The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-08
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The members of the Anti-Monopoly League
will hold their annual convention in Albany, N.
Y. today.
Jere Dunn has returned to New York from
Boston. and says the RyanSullivan fight will
certainly take place.
In the local option election ir Milan county,
Texas, yesterday, the prohibitonists prevailed
by majority of eighty-six.
mA,rhere was frost on Sunday night on the low
lands about Pennington. Me-, which did consid-
cradle damage to corn, beans, etc.
The local option election in Shackleford county
Texas. yesterday, resulted in the defeat of the
Prohibitionists by a two to one vote.
The board of health of Bedford, Mass, will
quarantine all vessels from the British provinces
on account of the smallpox in Canada.
Reports concerning the condition of cotton in
the Memphis district show that the yield will
fall considerably below tho July estimates.
The fire in the oil works at Cleveland reported
yesterday, caused q loss of about 5000 barrels
of oil and did $50, 900 damage to the works.
j. NJ Ivy & Co., of Rock Hills S. c., failed
yesterday. Their liabilities are estimated at
100000 The heaviest losers are brokers in
New York.
Jeremiah Hayes, ffty-fve years of age, died
on Sunday at the residence of William Hutton,
at Sleepy Hollow, N. Y, from disease resem-
bling cholera
Miss Mary Irene Hoyt, well known as the
picked in Boston, yesterday, OF money, jewelry
and papers valued at 81 000
William T. Yanny, prominent young man of
Chattanooga. and Ben Palmer, a negro, who
were wounded during the attack On the jail on
Sunday night, died yesterday.
At Cleveland, yesterday, L. M. Mix's oil re-
fnery, on Commercial street, was destroyed,
being set on fire by the explosion of a STILL
Loss, $45 900; insurance, $50, GOO.
George You're, of 951 Claiborne street, Phila-
delphia, is under arrest, charged with firing the
residence of his landlord, Gideon Wells, at 955
same street. on Sunday morning.
Hugh McHenry and Howard Pierce. living on
. farm in Shawnee county, Kansas, were ar
rested yesterday, charged with taking part in
the Blue Springs, Mo-, train robbery.
Four persons, Of Dover, N H., ate Of sausage
purchased at a butchers yesterday. One is dead,
one has recovered, and two are still in critical
condition. The fatal ingredients in the sausage
are not known.
Joseph Jarvek. of Milwaukee, discharged a
gun in his back yard, yesterday The shot pene
trated close-board fence, seriously and perhaps
fatally iniurng two children, and slightly
Wounding third.
Fire yesterday destroyed one side of block
on Water street. Port Townsend, w. T. The
total loss is $50 O00 insurance light. The prin-
cipal losers are 0. M. Bradshaw, j. Smith, Thos
Phillips and F. A. Ferrer.
dispatch from Guyamas, Mexico, reports
that Lieutenant-coonei Nonego and Mr.. George
Stevens died of yellow fever. General Lebas
and four other officers are down with the disease
Mild cases exist at Mazatlan.
The Sterling Paper Bag Manufacturing Com
pany, of Philadelphia. has made an assignment.
The company has paid-up capital of $4,000
The liabilities not known. Geo. M. Robeson
exSecretary of the Navy is the president of the
company.
John T. Hill, the partner of Holland the mur-
der of Tom Davies. was before the New York
grand jury yesterday. and was afterward re.
leased in custody of his counsel, who agreed to
be responsible for his appearance as witness
when wanted
Robert Bates, amaster plasterer of st. Thomas
Ont Is missing from his home and is supposed
10 have CONS to the United States. Before leav-
ing ne succeeded in passing about $2,O 900 in
forged paper, of which nearly every broker in
St Thomas holds portion, and leaves debts to
large amount
The meat inspectors of Chicago continue daily
to seize carcasses of hogs slaughtered at the
stockyards and intended for sale to consumers,
which the most casual inspection show to be
diseased. On Sunday the inspectors condemned
twenty-nine carcasses of hogs thus prepared for
market, which had been afflicted with hog cho-
era, and were badly diseased that the flesh
amitted An offensive odor