The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-22
SUNDAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.
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The Golden Eagle clothing store, st. Louis,
At Springfield, o., John Porter accidently shot
and killed Elmer Runyan.
John Lang, Dubuque, Iowa, shot his wife and
then killed himself She may recover.
The Merchants Wooden Mill, Dedham Mass,
was entirely destroyed by fire; loss, $4,000.
The Philadelphia North American celebrated
the centennial anniversary of its birth on Satur-
day.
The Queen City Suspender Company, at Gin
cinnati, has assigned Assets, So, 300 liabilities,
$26, 900.
Buchanan Brothers, Cincinnati, wholesale
clothiers, assigned. Assets $3.50, 900; liabilities,
$375.o00.
The Democrats of the Ninth Tennessee con
gressional district nominated P. T. Glass on the
2657th, ballot.
s The liabilities Of Panldine, Kenble 8 Co,
New York are reported at 1901, 736, and the
actual assets at $32 DIS
At Louisville, KY, Henry Clay a grandson of
the Great Commoner,p was probably fatally
shot by Andrew Wepler
banner Co., coal dealers and shippers, Mo-
bile, Ala, made an assignment. Liabilities are
in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Mrs. J. B. Morrant an old lady was found
dead near her home in West Winchester. Canada,
Saturday, and her husband is suspected.
-Alieu OHftIef SnOJ ana 1a6atiy wounded D. A.
DAVIS, at Anton, Va, with shotgun. Davis
was intoxicated, and made threats of Skaters
life.
A freight train coilided with passenger train
near Albuquerque, N. NJ, killing Engineer W.
K Fisher, fireman Robert Baxter and brake
man.
Failures in the United States for the past
seven days, 1885, in Canada %; total 218. Last
week, go Distribution about the same as last
week
Postmaster Cotter, of Rocky Comfort, Ark, is
reported to have absconded leaving his accounts
with the government short to the extent of about
s., 200.
Rev r. w Grafton, of the NJ P Church, has
been found guilty, at Newark, o., of gambling
and drunkenness. His license viii doubtless be
revoked
Miss Begil, of Quebec, while crossing field
containing cattle, became frightened at a demon
stratiYe OK, and died from nervous exhaustion
on leaving the field.
The steamers Bonanza and Morning Mail and
the governments lighthouse vessel. Lily, burned
at Cincinnati Saturday morning. The boats
were valued at $l05, 000
The carriage factory Of Williams & Co, Phila-
adelphia, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $50, 900.
Also, the carriage works of Vim. Wright, Nc
Donald Pa. Loss, So, GEO.
Commissioner Dudley resigned as Commits
sioner of Pensions, to go into the banking firm
Of the New York interests of the firm.
The gathering at Youngstown, o., Saturday,
to greet General Logan, was greater than that at
the celebrated Warren meeting of the Garfield
campaign. 1t is estimated at over 10000.
The reception rendered by the citizens Of New
York to Mr.. Blaine, at the headquarters of the
national committee, was, in many respects, one
of the grandest political demonstrations ever
seen in the metropolis.
Base bal-St. Louis T. Allegheny /; Toledo 2,
metropolitan /; Detroit T. Providence L; Cleve-
| land 6, New York l; Chicago Z, Boston 2; In
dianapolis TO- Virginia 10; Louisville 2, Brooklyn
| |; Philadelphia3 Buffalo 0.
isaac L. Long, grand secretary of the Independ-
ent Order of Chosen Friends, is Sc, 600 short IN
| his accounts AT 3 o'clock Saturday morning
he swallowed a vial of laudanum and now lies at
deaths door in San Francisco.
| At Talladega Ala, Leroy Huey and Johr
/ Davis, both prominent young men, engaged in ;
/ difHeuity. Hney drew large knife and plunged
/ it into the breast of Davis, inhicting q fata
| wound. The murderer escaped.
The little four-y ear-old daughter Of JOSEPH
Bylow, Of Toledo, was burned to death Satur
day. Mrs Bylow and younger child escaped
Their dwelling caught fire, and the mother, il
saving the baby and herself, had forgotten thu
| little girl who was asleep The house was de
stroyed.
Thomas Keeling, of Springfield, No, was re
| moving revolver from a safe drawer to put il
| in trunk, when the hammer struck against thu
safe, dischargng the weapon, the bullet striking
1 his brother Levy, seventeen years old, over thu
eye, inaicting wecnd from which he died in
forty Minutes
Chicago upper tendon is an torn up over The
elopemeHt of Miss Ella Turnbull with Alexander
Nervan, a butcher boy employed in her fathers
4 packing heuse. 1t is difficult to say where this
clipping business is going to end Next to biz
Democratic victory in November, the country
! needs q few young dukes, earls and other scions
of nobility.