The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-11
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Navigation mas ciOSeO ON the upper mississippi.
Ferd Ward has been made book keeper in the
Office of Perry & Co., Sing Sing prison contract
OrS
A monument is to be raised in New York to
Nathan Hale, the revolutionary hero executed
as spy by the British.
Mrs. Alice Bryan of GAINESVILLE O.. committed
suicide at Charleston, S. c., yesterday, by cut
| ting her throat with razor Cause. bad health.
Ell. L. Nedringhaus. OF st. Louis, furniture
dealer has made an assignment to d. j. Blanke.
His assets are placed at $2l 000 but the liabili-
ties are not given.
David j. Judd. a farmer from Green county,
Kentucky was found frozen stiff in the water
underneath the Ohio-river bridge at Louisville.
He had been drinking
The cattemen ask a suspension of the order
to remove their stock from Oklahoma at this
time, on the ground that, if compelled to 60 out
now, many of the cattle will perish
The citizens health committee. of Montreal,
has decided to issue circular to the effect that
the city has not been in better sanitary condi-
ton for the past ten years than anpresent
The Commercial Grain and Stock Exchange
was incorporated on Wednesday by William T..
McComb, John w. Paddock and Will B. Herbert.
Twenty sophomores at the Wisconsin State
University, Madison, have been suspended for
failing to attend military drill. They claim they
absented themselves on account of the extreme
cold.
Edward ONeill, a prisoner charged with
counterfeiting before the United States Court in
Covington, KY. attempted to escape from the
court yesterday afternoon, and was shot dead by
United States Deputy Marshal Day
George w. Townsley. recently appointed post
master at New Holland, Pa. has mysteriously dis
appeared. There is a shortage in his accounts as
postmaster and he was otherwise financially
embarrassed. Attachments have been issued
against his property.
The boiler in the saw-mill of JOS A. Taft,
seven miles east of Superior, Wis, exploded
yesterday with the following casualties: Jos
Mckee, of Minneapolis, killed; j. Brenton, IA
| tally injured. VIM Burgess, of Superior. ankle
broken; VIM. Barlow arm broken.
Governor ireland, of Texas, has issued proc
lamatlon offering a reward of 800 for the arrest
and conviction of any one guilty of fence
cutting, and $3.50 for the arrest and conviction of
any one illegally nclosing or using the school,
university or asylum lands of the State.
j. r. Watts. charged with being the proprietor
of the Palace Royal, the most noted gambling
house in Louisville, was pronounced not guilty
in the Circuit Court Watts is chairman Of the
finance committee of the City Council, and is
well known everywhere as one of the proprie-
tors of the Louisville Turf Exchange.
The down train on the river division of the
Buffalo, New YORK & Philadelphia railroad
struck man and woman, near Oil City Pa,
Wednesday evening. The man had both legs
broken and was internally injured. The woman
was quite seriously. but not fatally. hurt The
couple are man and wife, Damvis by name, and
came to this country from Germany few weeks
ago.
T. NJ. Humphreys. agent for the Southern Ex-
press Company, at Hope, Ark. yesterday con-
fessed to Superintendent Acee that he had
stolen the S., 0Oe package taken from the Office
safe, Nov. %. and returned the money. He was
arrested, waived examination, and is in custody
not being able to give S.. 900 bohds. Humphreys
was formerly postmaster at Hope, and has hith-
erto borne good character.
For some time past, watches have mysteri-
ously disappeared from the Howard Watch
Company's store in Maiden Lane. New York
Joseph Dolphine, alias Jackson, was finally ar
rested by detective, confessed the stealing,
and surrendered pawn tickets for ffty.three gold
watches Among them was one belonging to
John r. Mclean. The thief was a repairer in
the store. He was held in Sc, 500 bail
At Pittsburg, in the United States Circuit
Court, yesterday. in the case of the Bell Tele-
phone Company against the Western Pennsyl-
vania Telephone Company. Judge McKennan
decided that the defendants instrument was an
infringement on the Bell patent, and granted the
perpetual injunction asked for by the Bell Tele-
phone Company. 1t is understood that de-
csion was arrived at by the agreement of the
counsel of the plaintiff and defendant companies,
in order that the case before the Supreme Court
might be fastened.