The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-05
SUNDAYS NEWS In BRIEF.
Domestic.


The school census Of Iowa shows GIG, 900 child
dren of school age on JAM L
The imports at the port of New York for the
week ended Jan. 8 were $7,486, 900.
General Grants physical condition is such as
indicates danger in the near future.
A fire destroyed the factory of the Plymouth
Mass Cordage Company. Loss, 100000.
The Pemberton mills, Lawrence, Mass, en-
ploying 9 900 hands, will resume on full time to-
day.
j. A. Andrews manufacturer Of plug tobacco,
Cincinnati, assigned with $1,000 assets and $2O,
600 liabilities.
A schooner arrived at Gloucester. Mass, from
Fortune bay, with cargo of 375, 900 frozen her
ring, the earliest on record.
Andrew Erkenbrecher, prominent, wealthy
and enterprising German business man of Gin
cinnati died Saturday morning
A man named O'Donnell was arrested at New
ark, o.. for aiding in the transportation of arms
10 the Hooking valley coal regions.
S. c. Wilson & Co., Olney, ILL.,, assigned on
account of suit for $1,000 being brought
against them. Assets put at $50, 900.
Chief-Justice Waites health does not improve,
and he will not occupy his seat the United
States Court bench during the present term.
A freight train of twenty loaded cars, on the
Pennsylvania road. at Holmesburg Junction,
Pa, was wrecked, and traffic suspended for five
hours.
Five men were arrested at Blakesbmg, Ia.,
charged with the murder of Pleasant Anderson
whom they are believed to have lynched and
hanged.
A girl about eighteen years old, the daughter
of James Wilson, who lives about two miles
northwest of Richmond, committed suicide by
taking strychnine
Tho oec oo,a oe +I,o TrieL PoruLJ;oar .aor,,a ne
the United States have issued an address calling
upon fellow countrymen to organize in every
State in the Union.
James G.. Scrugham, teller and assistant
cashier in the Lexington (Ky.) City National
Bank, is defaulter to the amount of $37, 900,
and has gone to Canada.
Hurd has given notice of contest in the case of
the election of Romeis in the Toledo congression-
al district. He charges repeating, intimidation
and fraudulent counting of ballots.
E. j. Bulkley & Co., of GRANVILLE, ILL.,, dealers
in general merchandise, have made an assign
ment for the benefit of their creditors. Liabili-
ties, $l2, 900 to $l5, 900; assets, $40, 900.
The condition of affairs in the Hooking valley
coal regions is very serious The striking miners
are being supplied with arms and ammunition,
and an outbreak is reported to be imminent
At Fort Wayne, on Friday, the ellknown
clothing house of Sam, Pete & Max, owned by
Mrs. Julia M. Nirdlinger, wife of Max, was
cioSeu ny UHo SneTlu on aGGdcnmeuC proceedings.
M. III. Kidd has filed notice of contest for the
seat of George w. Steele of the Eleventh In
diana district, in the forty ninth Congress Kidd
charges that votes in his favor were cast out by
Republicans.
Graham, Walls & Co., proprietors of the Trade
Palace, the largest dry goods house in Craw-
fordsville, have made an assignment for benefit
of creditors. Their liabilities are between $20,
600 and $25, 900.
The Munsen ranch, in northwestern Texas,
has been sold to Coburn 81 Ewing, Of Kansas
City, for $800O00 There are 100000 acres Of
land, $4,000 head of cattle, and over seventy
miles of wire fence
Dr. j. S. Bevington was killed by train at
the crossing of the Cleveland g Plttsburg rail
road track near Alliance O. Miss Eva Elliott
who was with him in the buggy, was, it is be-
lieved, fatally injured.
About three years ago Col. r. p Finday,
then living in Urbana O., left the place with
his family, storing q lot of valuable goods with
one of the citizens. Since that time no tidings
have been received of the Colonel.
Arumor is afoat to the effect that Secretary
Frelinghaysen is to be appointed Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court, and that Justice
Bradley has consented to retire in time to per-
NIT the contamination of the plan.
The Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company
proposes to begin at once the service of collect
ing and furnishing to the public and commercial
organizations various market quotations, and to
this end has established commercial news
bureau, with headquarters in New York city.