The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-26
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

At New Orleans on Saturday evening, jim
Davis, colOred, an escaped convict WAS killed
while resisting arrest.
Thomas p. Grnnell, of New York, committed
suicide on Friday night. He was a son Of Judge
Grinne of Massachusetts,.
John Moran saloon-keeper of Jersey City
was on Saturday, mortally wounded in an al
tercation with his son James The son fed.
Alderman Michael Gaynor, of Chicago shot
by tough named Jim Dacey in a saloon on the
night of May IS, died on Saturday morning.
Gaynor had been member of the City Council
four years.
Hanley one of the principals in the late prize
fight organized in Omaho and fought in Ander
county, after trial of a week was sent
enced to three years hard labor III the penten-
tiary. The case will be taken to the Supreme
Court
The spinners' union of Fall River will return
to work to-day. The strike has now continued
sixteen weeks. Secretary Howard says the
Union Mill spinners return to work only to
duce the number OF persons the union must sup
port pending the long strike.
The Marquis of Normandy, late Governor of
Victoria Australia, forwarded petition to
Queen Victoria, signed by sixty eight chiefs of
the island of Tauna, New Hebrides group, pray
ing protection against France. and for annexa
ZION to the Australian colonies.
II. A Collier, prominent attorney of Pitts
burg. disappeared week ago. On Saturday
his possession as assignee OF the bankrupt iron
firm of Reese, Graft 81 Woods was missing He
also left numerous private creditors.
John Donovan, for twenty years an employe Of
the Boston journal, was fatally crushed by be
ing drawn into rapidlyrunning press on Fri
day morning, and died at noon His last words
as he was being lifted into the ambulance, We're
go ahead with the press, boys. Getthe edition
off, and don't lose any bundles"
In the Common Pleas Court at Pittsburg, on
Saturday morning, Judge Stowe granted the
iron manufacturers a license for creation of a
voluntary tribunal to adjust the disputes be
tween the employers and employees in the roll
ing mill trade, conditioned upon the assent and
agreement of the necessary number of en-
ployes.
Mrs. J. Randolph Mordecai aged thirty five
years, wife of one of Baltimore's most prominent
merchants, has been removed to the private in
sana ylum of DR.. Conrad in Baltimore county
Mrs. Mordecai was one of party of ladies and
gentlemen prominent in the highest social circles
who went out yachting last Saturday. The sun
shone out very brightly, and it is thought its
rays affected Mrs. Mordecais brain.
About two weeks ago, man named Barrett
came to st. Joseph, Mo, from Omaha, and
advertised to instruct ladies in making macrame
lace. He got class of l25 charging them $3
each. Saturday morning his pupils went to his
rooms only to find that Barrett had left between
dark and daylight, taking about $500 of their
money with him, and leaving them with the art
half learned. He will probably try the same
game elsewhere.
Dr. j. w Chisholm. of New Concord. O., has
Just patented what he calls 'neuromOtOr,n an
instrument devised as a means of accurately
testing the strength of the nervous system or in
other words it measures the force and quantity
of electricity or magnetism IN the human sub.
iect. The instrument was manufactured in
Chicago, under the doctors care, and many emf
nent physicians who have eyamned it aver that
1t is ID boon TO the medical profession and will
become most valuable aid to practitioners in
the treatment and cure Of all nervous disorders