The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-23
fELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Mlchaet Bowe. detective, died at Jersey City
last night, from the effects of fall of ten feet at
the station house on Sunday.
The liabilities of Davis g. Taylor flour and
grain dealers, of Boston and Lawrence, are
about $780, nominal assets $780, 000
DR.. A Babcock is held at Syracuse, N. Y, for
trial, on the charge of performing an abortion
upon Hannah F. Nipe, who died April 10.
Cochran & Young, of Erie, Pa, wholesale
rag and paper dealers failed on Monday. Liza
blities, $135, 900; assets estimated at 800 900.
The largest gas well in the district was struck
at Wellsburg, O., yesterday. 1t is said to be-
much stronger than the celebrated McGuigan
well.
Colonel r, NJ Delaplane, of Wheeling W. Va,
dled yesterday morning, aged forty-three, from
injuries received by being thrown from a car
riage.
Jacob Kiefer and son Caleb, Geo. Hilliker and
wife, and Nathaniel Wright were run down off
Verplancks Point, Monday night, and
drowned
Suit has been brought in the Superior Court
against Roland Fl. Hazard and Stephen F.
Moriarity, to obtain possession of 1881, 900 of
the Mexican republic.
In a shooting ARRAY at C6ckeysville, Md, be-
tween Charles Brown, a miner, and Joshua
Gill; teamster, the former was wounded and is
not expected to recover.
G. Ambery, postmaster, at Ruttersvie, Fay
cite county, Tex, died on Sunday, and was
buried with Masonic honors. Be was the Oldest
postmaster III Texas, having been appointed be-
fore the war
John Fox, who resides near Auburn, Wis, has
been arrested charged with numbering his wife.
The woman disappeared four weeks ago, and in
vestigation led to the suspicion that Fox had
murdered her.
A collision occurred, on Monday, near Athens,
o., between passenger trains on the Cincinnati,
Washington d Baltimore railroad Conductor
John Dillon was fatally and several passengers
slightly injured.
James A. Everett, Of Providence, r. T., en-.
gineer of the Pawtucket steam fire-engine fell
fifteen feet, yesterday afternoon, from rotten
telegraph pole while transferring wires, andhad
his neck broken.
The liabilities of Cassels. Stinson G. Co., the
leather merchants, of Montreal, are now placed
as follows: Merchants Bank, SIG, 900; Bank of
Commerce, $l30000; Nelson's, $4,000; firms in
the city and elsewhere, $4,000.
News comes from Montreal that prominent
cattle men of the Dominion have rendered a BAN
quet to Sir Charles Upper and Hon. J. H. Pope,
Minister of Agriculture, in recognition of their
services in the caase Of the cattle trade.
Near Irving, KY, last Saturday Joe Finn
and Bill Hale, two desperadoes, engaged in
shooting ARRAY. Finn shot Hale through the
heart but before Hale fell he shot Finn twice,
from the effects of which he died few moments
afterward
On Saturday last negro near Loachopoka,
Alabama, beat his wife so badly that she gave
after. He later attempted a criminal assault on
the wife of his employer white woman, and is
now in jail
An Ottawa, Canada dispatch says this lumber
season promises to be very active. All lumber
on Hull and Chaudiere Fharves has been dis
posed of at very remunerative prices, while the
various saw mills on both sides of the river will
soon be in operation.
The delegates of the subordinate branches of
the Emerald Benevolent Association, at st.
Catharines, Ontario, met yesterday. ]. B. Nc
Cauley, of the Emmett indicator, Of Pittsburg,
addressed the convention at some length on the
working Of the association.
The tug Caroline Williams was burned off Big
Point Au Sauble yesterday. Loss $40, 900. The
crew were saved and landed at Pentwater The
tug was owned by Garfield 81 Co., of Manistee.
The tug was towing the wreck of the schooner
Watertown from Northport to Chicago.
At Newcastle, Pa, a move has been set on foot
to put in operation the furnaces which were shut
down recently by strike of employees. The
owners of the Etna furnace have imported thirty
five men from Sharon, and, with the assistance
of five strikers, have resumed work. No dis
turbance has taken place as yet.
John Coyle was hanged at Getty Pa, at
l1;27 yesterday morning, for the murder of
Emily Myers, May 80 1881. Up to Saturday
Coyle maintained an attitude of comparative in
difference, but the noise made in erecting the
scaffold in the Jail yard seemed to excite him
terribly and the efforts of his spiritual adviser
had no calming effect.
Henry Ellard one of the wealthiest farmers Of
Georgia, was on his death bed a few days since.
His wife died few months ago. and his daugh-
ter, young woman of IT years, was attending q
female college in South Georgia She was
called by telegraph to the side of her dying
father, and on entering the death chamber she
saw that her father was in the last agony Rush
ing toward him, she simply uttered the word
father" and reeling around, fell to the floor
dead. Both were buried in the same grave.
t. =, "a 7
alleged gold discoveries near Pixies Peak. Col,
are part of a gigantic swindling scheme Originate
ed by drug clerk who formed joint stock com
pany, scattered chloride of gold in some places
in the gravel of the mountain side. ard then had
reports of immense discoveries circulated so as to
boom the shares of his joint stock company. The
fraud was exposed too soon to deceive moneyed
men, but thousands of prospecters had given up
work elsewhere to try their luck in the region Of
the alleged discoveries