The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Chicago is taking timely precautions against
the introduction of smallpox into that city.
fire at New Hartford Conn, yesterday. de.
stroyed property worth $50, O00-partially in
sured.
The casting of the fifty-four ton gun at South
Boston was failure. Unequal cooling caused
it to crack.
The Wichita Eagle has information that the
boomers" are again prepared to move upon
Oklohama.
The annual fat-stock show at Kansas City
opened yesterday The exhibits are superior to
those of last year.
Natural gas was struck near Greensburg, Pa,
yesterday, at depth of thirty-one feet, while
digging for water.
Generals Logan and Carr addressed a mass
meeting at Binghampton, N. Y, last night.
They speak at Oswcgo tonight.
The Riverdae worsted factory, at Quebec has
disposed of its stock at auction and closed down,
owing to lack OF a market for its goods.
Jacob Kuhne. of Louisville, manufacturer and
dealer in jeans clothing, has made an assign
ment Liabilities, $685. assets unknown.
The rascal who has been swindling biologists
throughout the country by borrowing the name
of Leo Lesquereux has been sent to Jail in Mil
waukee.
A boat containing whole family, father,
mother and child, was capsized in the ST. Law
renee yesterday, opposite Isle de Grace, and all
were drowned.
Robert Cook, of the Philadelphia Press, who
was assaulted by the colored iantor, with a
Ratchet, on Wednesday, is improving somewhat,
and the physicians are hopeful of saving his life.
The mail stage from San Angelo to Abilene,
vear-old boy, was robbed by two masked men
yesterday. They carried off all the registered
mail
j. NJ Simpson, president of the Texas Cattle
mems Association, has declined to appoint dele
gates to the ST. Louis convention, because the
stock men of south and west Texas do not favor
the M citing.
1t is said by the Boston Transcript that Carl
Schurz is endeavorlng to buy the Boston Post,
with view to making it an independent paper.
He offers to pay 80 900 cash, and assume an in
debtedness of $4,000
Chief-lnspector Hancock of the Boston police,
says the theory that the alleged conspiracy case
IN that city was black mailing scheme is incon-
slstent with known facts. He advises the pub
Tic to suspend judgment in the case.
Thomas Hickey and William Rooney, engin-
GERS on one of the steamers of the Western Ex-
press line. between Duluth and Montreal, were
yesterday killed by the explosion of the jacket
OF the cyllnder-head of the steamers engine.
A heavy sea was reported running on Lake
Michigan last evening. with a strong wind from
the northeast No marine disasters have been
reported but many lumber laden vessels are out,
and considerable anxiety issfet for their safety.
Later reports concerning the accident at East
Saginaw, where large number of persons were
thought to have been drowned by the partial
breaking down of bridge show the loss of life
was greatly overestimated. 1t is not believed
that more than three persons persisted.
The Continental Bank, of ST. Louis, sent
package containing 81 900 to Thorne & Co., at
Fredercktown, Mo-, which was delivered by the
express company on Saturday evening. On Mon
day morning Thorne & Co. reported that the
alleged money package contained only blank pa
per-
There is considerable excitement at Bozeman
NJ T., over the discovery OF shortages in the &C.
counts of some of the county officers The sher-
itf is short in his accounts ST., 700, while the
treasurer is delinquent in the sum of $40 400 for
license fees and taxes. The papers in the County
Commissioners Office show $50, 900 worth of
uncertifed bills some of which are not even item
lied.
Henry Kellen, who was a prisoner in the
Wisconsin penitentiary conviction for horse
stealing, has confessed that he took part in the
robbery of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad train, at Coolidge in 1883, when the
conductor and engineer were killed. At the
request of Governor Martin of Kansas Kellen
was pardoned by Governor Marmaduke, and has
been taken to Kansas to be tried for the greater
crime.
The races at Jerome Park, yesterday, resulted
as follows: Handicap-three- quarters of
mle--won by Florence E.; Richmond second.
Choctaw third. Handicap for two year olds-
three quarters of a mile-won by Bondeais;
Anarchy second, Bnnacle third Handicap
one and one-eighth mile-won by Walllower;
Greenfield second, Farewell third. Selling race.
for three year ODDS and upward-one mie-won
by Error Tony Foster second, Mary Hamilton
third. Handicap-one mile and three furlongs.
over six hurdles-won by Sandoval; Baily second
Quebec third. In the first race Maggie j. fell,
and over hsr tumbled Brookwood, Sam Brown
and Stonebuck, and their Jockeys Brook wood
was killed. and Potter, one of the jockeys, prob
ably fatally hurt
An Earnest Attempt to- Save a Life.
AKRON. o., Oct. 29-Physjcians who have
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