The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-06
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Creek Indians have decided not to sell
Oklahoma at any price.
M. De Rende, the papal nuncio at Paris, has
been recalled to Rome. 1t is not likely that he
will return. He will probably be made car
dinal
AT meeting of the Irish National League,
yesterday, Mr.. Harrington stated that SIS, 900 had
been received from the Irish branch and 81 600
from America for the parliamentary fund
The Chicago Press Clubs annual entertain
ment was given last night at Central Music Hall.
The programme consisted of humorous lectures
and instrumental and vocal music. The house
was well filled.
By an explosion of natural gas at Pittsburg,
last evening, Peter Mccarthy was fatally in
jured and Michael Wood quite severely burned.
The men were digging trench and had just
lighted lamp to work by when the explosion
occurred.
Mrs. Mary Stover a blind woman, at Benton
Ridge, Hancock county, Ohio, burned to
death yesterday, her clothing taking fire while
she was working about a stove. Her husband,
also blind, was severely burned while trying to
save hts wife.
A voluntary assignment of the Racine Wis,
Seeder Company was made yesterday. The as
sets are 500, 900; liabilities, $25 000 The indebt-
edness is about equally divided between Free
man & Sons, of Racine, and N. W. Ayre & Co.,
of Philadelphia.
There was great excitement, on Wednesday
night, near Greenville, Miss, caused by J. G. E.
Adams, manager of plantation, killing negro,
who, it is claimed, was advancing on him with a
knife. Mob violence was feared for while, but
matters are now quiet.
Orders have been received at Roach's ship
yard, at Chester, Pa, to start up next Monday
morning, and the machinery is being put in or
der to that end. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Steele, who
will have charge of the completion of the cruis
ers, arrived at the yard yesterday. About
three hundred men will be put to work.
George Thomas (colored) and Harry Poindex-
far ar
charged with committing numerous burglaries
during the past week. Several thousand dollars
worth of diamonds and other vauables were cap
tured with the thieves on the train, as they were
leaving for Cincinnati, from whence they came
last week.
The large fy-wheel in the engineroom of the
finishing works of Samuel Lea & Sons, on St
John street, Philadelphia, burst yesterday. Por-
tons of the rim passed through the wallis of
houses adjoining the mill into occupied rooms
The only casualty was tn babe, whose head
was severely cut. The engine-room was COM
pletely wrecked
A national association Of watch makers and
jewelers. was organized in Chicago on Wednes-
day evening constitution was adopted, one
article of which binds the members to purchase
only from such jobbers as are eligible to become
members of the association. The object of this
is to break up the wholesale dealers habit of
selling goods at retail at wholesale rates.
Mr. Henry Mosler has been invited by the Art
Association, of Cincinnati through Gen. A.
T. Goshorn, to exhibit his paintings in the art
museum OF that city, and they are now being
packed for that purpose The collection has at
tracted such marked attention as to invite re-
quests for its exhibition in other cities, but Mr..
Mosler has not decided whether to go elsewhere.
He contemplates study of Indian life before
returning to Paris
Patrick Curran prisoner in the county jail
at Williamsport, Pa, on charge of incen-
diarism. has made confession to the effect that
when young man. he murdered a man named
Martin, near Howard, Center county, Pennsyl-
vana. Both were engaged in counterfeiting, he
says and he killed his victim during quarrel.
Curran is eighty-one years old, and is on his
death He also eonfesses to other crimes
committed in Ireland.