The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-20
SUNDAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.

A fire in Edgefld Ga, destroyed twelve
stores. Loss, 100000
Fritz Dobel aged ten, was drowned in the
canal at Cincinnati.
A destructive fire at Barnesvllle, Ga, caused
a total loss of $3.50, 900.
At Wheeling, W. Va, Harry Carothers killed
John Voltz with ball bat
The total vote cast at the Ohio election
1873 1873 Us against ZIG, 1853 in October, 1880
The Republican leaders are planning for sharp
work in Virginia, North Carolina and some other
Southern States.
A passenger train on the Mobile & Ohio rail
road WAS wrecked near TupelO, Miss, and five
persons seriously injured.
The exports of specie for the week were $l92,-
600, making total, since Jan. l. Of Sis, O93OOO,
against $l2, 805, 600 last year.
The President has appointed Stephen F. Will
son, of Pennsylvania, to be associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court Of Now Mexico
Mr.. Julius Grau, formerly of Cincinnati. died
at Jacksonville Fla, from injuries received from
the falling of a scaffold in that city.
Near Mitchell, Ind. George Hostutler cut
| William Compton fatally. Hostutier suspected
a criminal intimacy between Compton and his
| wife.
John Daughan, miner from Jackson, o., was
crushed to death at Springfield O., by the caYing
| of a street under which he was tunneling for
sewer.
The imports at the port Of New York for the
week ended on Saturday were SO, 900, of
which s., 0l0 900 dry goods and s., 996, 900
general merchandise.
| Jacob Raber, a single man, and Thomas Jones,
married both of Locustdale, Pa, were struck by
fall of coal, while working at Merriam eoliery,
| on Saturday and fatally injured.
The railroad accident at Kinderhook, Mass,
| was caused by train wreckerS. The engineer
| died of the injuries, the tiremans recovery is
| doubtful, and two others were injured.
D. ~ aX
train on the Louisville New Albany & Chicago
| railroad was thrown from the track, resulted in
| the injury of over 100 persons, none fatally.
Willie Webster bootblack, fifteen years old,
was arrested at St Louis on Saturday. He says
| he was one of party OF six boys who lighted
the fire which resulted in the great lumber-yard
conflagration at Cleveland
Statistics show that in the last three months
! the number of honest failures in the wholesale
| jewelry trade thirteen, with liabilities of
| $745, 009 doubtful failures eleven, liabilities
$29, 900; dishonest failures six, liabilities 4270
900.
| The Oak Park dummy, in charge of young
| boy, running between Chicago and the village Of
! Oak Park ran into rapidly moving train on
! the Bedtime railroad. passenger named
| DIckey was killed. and others had narrow es-
| capes
F. C. Bangs, agent for the Perkins Lyons
| Company, liquor dealers. st Paul, Mimi, was
| arrested ut Wihamsport Pa, ON Saturday on
charge of embezzling $500 from his employ
ers and placed in Jail to await requisition from
| Minnesota,
The bridge disaster and train wreck on the
| Cincinnati & Eastern narrow gauge, near Bata-
! via, Friday evening. resulted in the death of
| engineer Wilbur and fireman Jones, and the in
| jury of several others The cause of the wreck
| is not known,
| Seven of the Lexington roughs, who came to
Cincinnati to work in the interest of Democracy,
at the late election, have been held to answer be
| fore the United States grand jury now in SEES
| sion. Several new arrests have been made,
and number of warrants are yet to be served
Michpicoton, on the north shore of Lake Su-
| perior, is reported to be in the possession of
| gang of rout,hs and whisky sellers. The re-
| spectacle people of the place have received
| tiee to quit the town On Friday right last the
| Canadian Pacific railroad Office was riddled with
| bullets by band of masked men.
| At St. Louis, Saturday, Mrs. Zerelda Samues,
| the mother, and Mrs Jesse James, the widow Of
| the famous outlaw, were awarded damages of
| 5000 in q suit against the Chambers Publishing
| Company for violation of the contract under
| which royalty was to be paid them for the pub
| LEGATION of ''The Life of jesse James"
| On Saturday afternoon an engine of the Phil
| adelphia Sc Reading railroad, in which William
! M ketchner, superintendent of the signal tow
| ers of the company, was riding, ran into mixed
| passenger and freight train near Exeter. The
| car and engine We're partially wrecked and
| Ketchner instantly killed. Several persons were
| slightly hurt.
| Young Kerns the night operator of the Chi
cago 81 Northwestern at Nlnnebago, was
| Knocked down by some unknown parties, huge
| cash being cut in his head 1t is believed he
| cannot recover He has been unconscious ever
| since. Friends think that man whose dis
! charge was obtained by Kerns for insulting
woman in that village committed the assault
| At meeting of the trustees of the New York
! College of Physicians and Surgeons, announce
ment was officially made that VIM H. Wander
| bt had given to that institution $500 900 as
| building fund. A site, including twenty nine
city lots, between Sixty-eighth and Sixty ninth
streets, Tenth avenue, has been purchased
and it is understood building operations will be
| begun at an early day.
The public health convention closed its session
| in st. Louis Saturday. after eeeting the follow
| ing officers for the year: DR. James E. Reeves,
| Wheeling, w. Va, president Hon. Erastus
| Brooks New York, first vice president; Dr.
| Henry P. Baker Michigan, second vice president;
| Dr. J. B. Lindsey, Tennessee treasurer, and
| DR. H. P. Walcott, Massachusetts, secretary.
| The meeting will be held in Washington d. O.,
in 1885
The steamer San Marios which arrived at
New York, Saturday, from Galveston, reports
that on Oct. l6, off the capes Of Virginia, she
was boarded by boat from the steamer Rio
Grande, hence for Galveston which brought
young man named Franklin taken from the
sinking yacht Bonit, the same morning Frank
lin was board n half-sunken boat from
Wednesday morning at which time the yacht
capsized, until Thursday when he was taken
off.
Foreign.
Brother Joseph has been made general Of the
Christian Brothers.
Another French victory in China Is rumcred