The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
TELEGRAPHTC BREVITIES.

There were seventeen deaths from smallpox,
yesterday, in Montreal, and fifteen in the sub
urbS.
Mrs. Loud of Boston, has obtained a, divorce
from her husband, the State street broker, on
the ground of cruel treatment,
The boiler Of hot soda fountain exploded in
Cincinnati. yesterday wrecking the room and
blowing out the windows, but injuring no one.
John E. Wetherbee prominent Democratic
politician OF Suffolk county, Massachusetts, and
leading member of the bar, committed suicide.
yesterday, by taking cyanide potassium.
At a German ball in Beaver Falls, Pa, on
Tuesday night, Frank Tress was fatally stabbed
He was in crowd who good -naturedy
jostiing each other and his assallant was not de-
tected.
Schenectady bonds bearing per cent. interest
redeemabe in 1902. and succeeding years up to
1917 were sold yesterday at 49, said to be the
highest price ever paid for per cent municipal
bonds.
Ludwell Grinnell, lately employed in the Pat
ent Office, was arrested at Mansfield Pa, yes
terday, charged with conspiring to defraud the
government by selling coupons issued from the
Patent Office.
The jury in the Baldwin murder case which
days past. have returned verdict of murder in
first degree. The verdict seems to give almost
universal satisfaction.
Archdeacon Farrer was given breakfast yes
terday. by the Rev. Dudley w. Rhodes rector
! of the Church of our Saviour, Mt Auburn) Gin
Cinnati), at which nearly all the clergymen of
the city, of all sects, were present.
Emmit Cunningham, young colored man,
Fswas found yesterday morning in the streets of
Cincinnati dying from two knife wounds He
died before being able to give any account of the
way in which he received his hurts.
Burglars, on Monday night, blew open the
safe of T. NJ Reese e Son, of Baltimore. and
ctnlA IpC md fN h0 tnf
So, 500. There were registered bonds for ST. 900
which the robbers cannot negotiate.
The congressional committee inquiring into
the facilities of the country to manufacture
heavy ordance and plate armor, heard further
reports from manufacturers, yesterday, at New
York. They will visit other cities soon.
Andrew Bruon, late president of the Hot
Springs National Bank, indicted for false en-
tries on the banks books, and swearing false
returns to the Comptroller of the Currency, has
been acquitted in the United States Court.
New York millers bought on the Produce Ex-
change, yesterday, $50, 900 bushels of wheat, the
largest purchase by city miers, on one day. for
many years Nearly all the wheat was amber
Michigan say BOZ, 900 bushels, and was bought
at ST. 044 0105.
The grand jury at Montreal has returned true
bills against j. Vanasse, editor. and j. Lessard
manager of LeMonde, for criminally libeng
Mayor Beagerand. The action arose from strict
ures passed on the mayor for having the Gagnon
patients removed by force to the smallpox hos
pital.
Some time ago George Deitweier. of Chicago,
assumed the agency of the Western Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, an association of fire in
surance companies, on fve-years contract
The association dsbanded ,7ithn year. and
Deitweiler brought suit for damages for breach
of contract. He yesterday awarded dam
ages In the sum Of SIG, 273.
Stephen Mcpherson, the colored janitor of the
Press, at Philadelphia who. on Oct %, struck
r. j. Cook, the business manager of that paper
with hatchet given a hearing yesterday
on the charge of assault and battery with intent
to kill Mr.. Cook was present, and detailed the
facts which led up to the assault. The prisoner
admitted striking his employer. Mcpherson
was held in 81 200 bail.
Ell. A. Roland, of Noxubee county, Mississippi
recently had his arm cut by gin, and had some
skin from the arm of Mrs Holland grated
over the wound Both Mr.. Roland and Mrs
Holland have since died from the effects of the
operation, and the koctor who performed the
operation is now in critical condition. It is
supposed that the knife used by the doctor had
been used in dissecting