The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-16
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The board of trustees of the soldiers home at
Bath N Y, exonerated superintendent Pitcher
OF the charges of cruelty
The president of the hoard of health states
that there has not been single case OF yellow
fever III New Orleans this season.
The two Iron Mountain railroad train robbers,
who escaped from the Coal Hin mines, entered
the stockade on Saturday and surrendered.
The mortality in New York rose last week
from 1,O5l TO LILO, which is a very high rate,
considering the temperate state of the weather.
The descendants of one Of Lafayette's aides-de-
camp are about to bring suit for the possession
of 100000 acres of valuable land in the Kanaw-
ba valley.
At Baltimore a maglignant type of measles
has broken out in st. Marvs industrial school.
occupied by 450 boys There have been ten
deaths since Wednesday.
The semi centennial anniversary of the incor-
poratlon of Chicago as village will occur on
August 10. The papers have Oegun 80 agitate
the question of the proper celebration of the
event.
Thomas Connolly. who was burned by vitrol
by Bridget McCae in southington, Mass, a week
ago, Is very low. The sight of both eyes is en-
tirely gone, and death is but question of few
days or hours.
AT Brownstown, Tex. Messrs. Hutton and
Van Astyne, two old citizens, quarreled. At
the conclusion of the matinee Van Alstyne was
dead and his wife had her arm broken and three
fingers shot off
Miss Nettie Ellis, daughter of Zachariah Ellis,
of Port Williams, Clinton county, OHIO, was
drowned on Saturday while out boating with
her little brother on the mllldam in Anderson's
Fork, at that place.
Frederick Smith, heavy lumber dealer of
TOnawanda, N. Y, has been absent from home
for two weeks in unknown parts, and several
hanks are wondering who is to pay them the
1851 900 he owes them.
The store of Vim. Weaver, at Montoursville,
Pa, was entered by burglars Friday night
ana 81, 900 in Catawissa railroad bonds, $4,000
miscellaneous securities 5000 in checks and
5000 in cash were stolen.
About 800 miners, employed at the Soddy
day, nOminally because they claim the weigh
ing scales are inaccurate, but demand for
higher wages Is anticipated.
Frederick Schuldt, ST.. of Reading, Pa, had his
son Frederick arrested for threatening his life.
The son was locked up, and half an hour after
wards was found dead in his cell, having hung
himself with strips torn from his SHIRT.
Two female pauper emigrants and children
were sent back to Europe on Saturday the
City OF Rome by the emigration commissioners
One female pauper emigraDt and children We're
also returned to Europe on the steamer Egypt.
Over 900 men have been summoned in ex-
Treasurer Folks case, at Nashville, for the jury,
and the twelfth one was obtained on Saturday.
The twelve are stated to be an ignorant and sOP-
~ lot scarcely able TO read OF TO understand
questions asked them.
The majority of the printers in the Kansas
City Journal office struck yesterday morning on
account of disatfection regarding the admins
tratlOn of their foreman. The proprietors of the
paper sta tie that they will give permanent en-
plOyment to twenty good printers at thirty-fve
cents tho usand.