Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
GOTHAM GOSSIP.

Pilokpo okets Preparing to Invade
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
Murder of Mrs. Eialka--John
kelly's -Heaith--Lucky Winners
on the Turf Etc.
New YORK, Nov. 30--According to
inspector Byrnes there is in progress
an exodus Of pickpockets and burg
lars from this city to Indianapolis,
where they Eope to be able to rob with
lmpunity in the great crowds, which
Will be attracted by the funeral OF
ce.President Hendricks. The in
spector said IF steps similar to those
taken here by superintendent Murray
and myself at the time of Gen. Grants
funeral are not adopted, the place will
be sacked. While one set of thieves
are working the crowds another batch
Will be rObbing the houses.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of young Ford, of Louisville,
who died suddenly at the Coleman
lahouse last week, were held yesterday.
Nearly all the members of the Louis
vile colony in New York were pres.
ent. The body will be placed tempo
rarily in a vault at Woodlawn, but
will be removed later to Louisville.
Capt. Gunner, of the Twenth- eighth
precinct, has made an investigation of
the circumstances attending the Ere in
Sixty.fourth street on the % inst, in
which Mary Fialka and her two chill.
dren were burned to death. 1t is
learned that Henry Kohout, the pris-
oner who is charged with having set
fire to the building, is an Anarchist,
and six months ago he was manufac-
turing and experimenting with dyna-
mite.
Speaking of Jno. Kelly's health,
the Times says: "It does not look
now as if he would be able to do any
mental work for a long time to come.
The date of the departure of himself
and family has not been fixed, but they
will probably go as sooR as cold wealth
er comes and he is pronounced by his
physician strong enough to travel"
) The Herald. speaking of last seasons
y races, says: "James L. Williams is the
seventh largest winner of the year,
with $37,655 to his credit; Joe Cotton,
the three year old, heads the list. hav-
ing won 1900, which entities him to
fifth place in the list of individual
winners Of 1885. Bob Miles is the
next important winner in this stable.
Having started tw~enty-eight times, be
won ten races and $l2,99j. Higgins
stables won $22,737, having started in
ffty-nine races and won twelve. The
famous young Kentucky stallion
Epaulet, which was recently bought at
auction for $500, was sold on Friday to
Robert Steele, at Philadelphia, for $22,-
500.
Miss Ada Sweet, late United States
pension agent at Chicago, is visiting
friends in this city. She was astonish-
ed at reading in print yesterday
that she had been happily welded to
an Iowa gentleman. The bride is
another lady. The mistake was made
by a Long Island reporter.
Fifty-one bartenders were arrested
here yesterday for the violation of the
Aexercise law. The low dives in Null
Berry street were raided and $50 pris-
oners captured.
During the past month the City of
Yonkers has been agitated by rumors
of a plan to annex that to New York.
The people there have been discussing
the subject and the project has met
very serious opposition. The territory
is contiguous.
A special from New Orleans says:
A movement has just been inaugur-
ated to erect a monument to John
James Audubon. The distin-
guished ornithologist was a native
of New Orleans. The movement
started among the children of the
public schools, who propose to contri-
butte a nickel a month to a fund for
the monument.
The Times special from Montreal
says some French conservative papers
of this province are urging the govern
ment to take steps to assert Canada's
claim to the State of Maine, which
they allege is a just one. The French
press of this city has fallen into the
trap and are gravely debating whether
The American government would be
Filling to accept a compensation in
money for the territory Canada would
receive by a rectiication Of frontier.
A Chapter of Accidents.