The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-22
TELEGRAPHIC BREYTTIES.


S. r. Peeker, the drummer who took morphine
at the National Hotel. atGalveston on Sunday
night, died last night.
The Grand Trunk railway employees, at Mont
real and Stratford, have accepted five per
cent. reduction of pay for six months.
President Julius d. Dreher of Roanoke Col
lege. Salem, Va, who has been seriously Ill for
months from overwork is slowly conyalescing.
Catherine Herman, aged fifty, died yesterday
at Bellevue Hospital, New York, from the effects
of injuries alleged to have been inflicted by her
daughter
Mrs Elizabeth Reese, on trial for killing VIM
S. Ely, of Yorktown, Carbon county Pennsyl-
vania, ON March 23rd last, was found guilty Of
voluntary manslaughter
An immense labor demonstration is announced
for Wednesday, at Buffalo, N. Y. Ex-Judge
Butler, Mayor Powderly, of Scranton, and Mar
tin Foran, of Chicago, are announced as speak
ers.
Joseph Allen was arrested, at Hamilton Ont,
last night, on the charge of being the principal
in the ECrouch murder, at jackson, Mich, last
fall
John D. Harrington and DR.. Rufus W. Pea
cock, convicted of conspiracy to defraud the
American Legion of Honor, have each been sen
fenced to two years in the State prison. Har-
rngton appeals.
A waterspout and wind-storm demolished the
house of farmer named Bond, near Lockwood,
Dade county, Missouri. Friday night, and killed
one OF his children, and injured several other
members of his family
AT LaPorte Pa, young man named Siligan
was shot and fatally wounded by j Grubb, who
then killed himself Grub was intoxicated,
and finding Silligan in company with Grubb's
divorced wife, shot him.
Three professional burglars, who have been
working the Michigan Central railroad. be-
tween Suspension Bridge and Detroit, were ar
rested In Windsor, Ont, yesterday. They
robbed safe at Buffalo recently
The Sabine has again spread over the bottoms
near Longview Tex, and foated off probably
two million feet of logs, which have lodged
against the bridge of the railroad. The river is
rising fast, and heavy rains have deluged this
section.
1t Is understood that Brewster Cameron. who
is in Montreal, has convinced John A. Walsh,
witness in the Kellogg case, that he has no
ground for grievance against Attorney general
Brewster, and Walsh has agreed to go to Wash
ington to-day.
One hundred men were discharged from the
Baldwin Locomotive works on Saturday. A
member of the firm yesterday said that unless
other work came in reductions would continue
until the present working force 5000, was re-
duced to about 2, 900.
The steamer Manitoba landed at Boston re-
Gently with number of Shetland ponies, under
the law which permits the landing, duty free of
live stock intended for breeding purposes. The
ponies were sold to persons who keep them for
pleasure purposes, and now the government is
endeavoring to recover from the steamship com
pany
A four round glove fight for gate receipts at
the Coliseum at Pittsburg, last night, between
Cap tain Daily and Hail Stoddard, both Of New
York, resulted in favor of the latter The fight
was witnessed by about 1,50O people, and was
very tame affair. Dominick Mccartney, of
Pittsburg, and Stoddard posted $3.50 each for
har d glove fight for s., 900 within 300 miles of
Pittsburg three weeks hence Mccartney also
challenges DAILY and Williams to fight for the
same amount within four weeks.