The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-25

body of q newly born child on the charred and
burning bed. Ii was half consumed by the
flames, and the sex OF the child could no longer
be distinguished. Examination showed deep
cut on the child's head that had killed it. The
police put the woman under arrest and sum-
moned the coroner.
The reports in circulation abroad to the effect
that Gen. JOS Z. Johnston is dying in St. Louis
are incorrect f'ne General is in that city on
private business. He has been suffering from
slight attack of malaria for several days, but
was so far recovered yesterday as to take
drive about the city and attend to his business
DR.. c. T. Bean, who attended Mrs Robinson's
family while they lived at Chelsea. Mass, has
reported TO the police of Boston that Joseph
Field, rich widower who boarded with her.
died with symptoms of poisoning, after giving
Mrs. Robinson $500 bond for safe keeping
Field makes the tenth supposed victim OF the
woman.
While a New York, Pennsylvania 65 Ohio
railroad train was running fifty miles hour
near Hiram station, Ohio, yesterday morning
the locomotive jumped the track and plunged
down an embankment The coupling broke and
the remainder of the train kept the track. En-
gineer Richard Shane and his fireman escaped
with few bruises.
Yesterday morning. six miles west of Battle
Creek. Mich, a freight train collded with the
rear of west-bound passenger train the
Michigan Central Two porters were badly in
jured, two Wagner coaches telescoped and three
freight cars, loaded with lumber and SALT went
down forty-foot bank. Defective ar-brakes
caused the accident.
Oil circles at Pittsburg were excited yesterday
the opening of the Marks well, in the
Shousetown field. which began on Monday at
eighty barrels an hour and increased to 40 bar
rels an hour Yesterday without being stimulated,
and with the drill only twelve feet in the sand
It is believed to open up prolific field within
sixteen miles of Pittsburg
OF the twenty-five members OF the National
Butterine and Oleomargarine Association. six
teen were in attendance at a called meeting of
the organization at Chicago. yesterday. The
bill taxing butterine and oleomargarine, re-
Gently passed by Congress, was denounced as an
outrage. 1t was decided to test the validity of
tho law should it be attempted to enforce it,
Christian Holweger, who was charged with
having murdered his eleven-year-od daughter,
Mamie, at Franklin o., on July %, and who, it
was alleged, afterward mutilated her person 10
indicate rape and throw suspicion on someone
else, established his innocence yesterday, and
was discharged. There is much indignation
against the detective who worked up the cass
against Holweger
VIM. Plummer, of Petersburg, Va, and Mrs.
Virginia Edwards, of New York City, met at
Chattanooga, Tenn. for the purpose of getting
married. having been engaged many years
When the couple had taken their places before
the minister, the lady discovered her intended
was drunk, whereupon she took the marriage
license from the minister. threw it in Plummers
face and shortly after left for New York.
Sylvester, the negro who narrowly escaped be
ing lynched on Sunday, near Buffalo, N Y, and
who was rearrested on Monday night. denies the
charge. He Gays that in going through the room
in which the girl slept, he got some chloroform
for tooth ache. In the dark, he touched the
girls foot, and that when she sprung up she
spilled the liquor on her hands and clothes. He
thought nothing of the scream and proceeded to
his own room. He tells plausible story