The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-12
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Montreal expended over $IO0, 900 in fighting
smallpox.
The attendance upon the Sam Jones and 81
Small meetings in st. Louis is dwindling away.
The body of Martin Fox. formerly silk inn
porter Of New York, was incinsrated at Mount
Ohvet crematory, at Fresh Pond, L. l., yester
day
The faculty of Case School of Applied Sci
once, Cleveland have transferred to the students
the duty of making and enforcing rules to
govern their conduct.
Capt J. E. White, superintendent of the
railway mail service, has forwarded TO the
Postmaster general a letter denying the truth of
every charge filed against him at Washington.
Thomas HI. Ward, of Youngstown, O., county
recorder for two terms, has been fined $100 and
sent to the Cleveland work house for ninety
days, for driving his wife ard daughter from the
house.
At Austin, Tex, yesterday. a tubular boiler
at the Colorado foundry exploded, demoishing
the building and killing Charles Jones, the
proprietor. and Lewis Preston, the engineer.
Two other employees slightly wounded
Near Youngstown, O., yesterday, two young
men, named Harry Phillips and Richard Huges
engaged n a wrestling match in a stable for $40
side. During the struggle Phillips was thrown
into stall, under the heels of a horse, and was
kicked so badly that he will die
physician of Toronto, seventy three years of
age, named Andrews, has been arrested for
practicing abortion. His last victim is the
daughter of a hotel-keeper at Whitby. and her
life can hardly be prolonged. An Indictment
hangs over the culprit at Buffalo.
The body of Forrest Mackey was found. on
Thursday, in the southern part of Wausau, Wis,
only ten rods from public thoroughfare. He
had been out hunting the day before, and had
evidently become lost in the binding snow-storm
OF Wednesday night and frozen to death.
The east bound fast train on the Pennsylvania
line, when near Elizabeth Furnace, yesterday
run down two men and boy, killing 10Th men
and seriously injuring the boy. One of the men
was named Nathan Parns. and the boy was his
son. The name of the, other man was not
learned.
Connecticut savings banks will ask the Legisa
ture TO enlarge the list of stocks and bonds in
which their savings may be invested. There are
several million dollars now held as surplus, or
invested in light-paying securities, which will be
brought out for investment if the law is
amended.
Professor Foster. editor of the Sun, at st.
john New Brunswick, a member of the Cana
dian Parliament, and the recognized leader of
the Prohibitonsts, is about to be called into the
Cabinet as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Mr.
Mcclellan will be transferred to the Department
of Finance.
Fire occurred last night in the basement Of
446 West Twenty seventh street, New York and
after the flames had been extinguisted, the body
of a woman who lived there with her husband,
years of age, and met her horrible death while
seated in an armchair, probably doing.
Charges of ENLIGHTENMENT were made, on
Thursday, against j. V. Nicola and George La
Croze, composing the firm of Nicola & La Croze,
produce dealers, of New Orleans who assigned
few days ago. Nicola was syndic of insolvency
of Martin Delescobel, and as such is charged
with having realized about $20 900 from the as
sets OF Delescobel.
Night before last, five negroes-three men and
two Notwithstanding home from frolc on
d. j. Smiths plan tation, in York county, North
Carolina, attempted to cross the Broad river
near the Airline railroad bridge, in a canoe
The boat filled and sunk. and the two women
and two of the men were drowned. The third
man was rescued by persons on the bank.
James Murday and wife Maggie were welded
last May, and have been living at No. 246 Lari-
mer street. Williamsburg. l.. I. Murday has ac-
quired habits of dissipation, and yesterday came
home drunk and frenzied. He drew a revolver
fred three shots at his wife. each of which took
effect but are not dangerous and then turned
the weapon upon himself, inficting a fatal