The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-09
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The temperature at San Diego, Cal, during
the month of November averaged 6So. There
were twenty eight perfectly clear days.
Dr. J. A Milne, of Oswego, N. Y, we'll
known insanity expert. who was injured on
Tuesday by being caught in shaft in his -four
ing mill, near that city, died the same night.
The Alabama House of Representatives has
passed bill making retail liquor license $3.50,
which is equivalent TO more than twice the
amount now paid. The Senate has passed gem
eral local option law for all counties.
Thomas 81. McDuf1ie, of Waxahachie, Tex,
charged by Ford 81 Co. of Dallas, Tex; with a
$500 forgery. He was brought before the
county judge and remanded. He will fight
against his extradtion.
seam of anthracite coal seven feet six inch
es IN diameter, has been struck at BanfT, n. W.
L. This seam is only one cut Of six in that To-
callty, the smallest being three feet in thickness
The six seams contain coal enough to supply the
entire Northwest Territory for the next fifty
years.
Col. VIM. Lamb entered suit yesterday in the
Circuit Court at Norfolk, Va, AGAINST the Rich
mond Wing, in the sum of $40, 900, for libel for
publishing the recent card of Congressman Wise,
in which Wise severely denounced Lamb because
OF the alleged offensive personal illusions of the
latter in a speech in the late canvass.
Sheriff Boyd and posse attempted to arrest
William and John Morrison in Lyons county,
Kentucky, for breach OF the peace. The Nor
risons fortified themselves in their house, and
thirty shots were exchanged. Sheriff Boyd
finally killed William Morrison, and John was
captured. None of the officers were injured,
though their clothing was riddled.
William Musel, farm hand. on Tuesday night
undertook to rob the house of Daniel Christmau,
a mile and half from Eaton, o. He killed
Christman, on the outside Of the house, with an
ak, and then entered and struck Mrs. Christ
man, who was in bed Securing $40 he attempt
ed to fire the house and fed. The effort to burn
the house failed Mrs. Christman will probably
die. Intense excitement prevails, and parties
are in close pursuit of Musel
While Albert Wheeler and his sister-in-law,
Miss Harriet Beardsley, were returning to Bridge
port from South Britain, Conn, Tuesday even
ing. in carriage, the horse attached to the
vehicle SHE'D, just above Zoar bridge, throwing
the carriage and its occupants into the river.
Miss Beardsley was drowned and Mr. Wheeler
was taken out of the water in an unconscious
condition. It found that he had sustained
injuries which will probably prove fatal.
A wild locomotive on the Buffalo, New York
Il Philadelphia railroad, while running fifty
miles an hour, collided with passenger train,
yesterday, near Wilmington Junction, Pa. The
engineer and fireman of the passenger train
saved themselves by jumping Thomas Mack
and Melvin DeVoe. engineer and fireman, re-
spectively, of the wild locomotive, stuck to their
posts. The former was killed outright and the
latter so badly injured that he died last night
Both the men killed lived in Oil City.
Fully one hundred foreigners were at the
Union Station. at Pittsburg. yesterday, on their
return from the West to their former homes in
Europe The ajority of them were Germans
though few were lrishmen Said one of them:
"These people are nearly all from st. Paul, Min
neapolis and other points in Minnesota. Some
of us have been in this country two and half
years but we did not get along we'll. Too many
people without capital have been emgrated to
ha hn arifx nf hox.a hor o1xv
enough money to get back to the old country,
where we viii remain"