The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-02
TELEGRAPHIC. BREvITIEs.

John Ralston, foreman of the Dayton, o.,
journal job office for twenty years. committed
suicide yesterday morning by cutting his throat
with razor.
"A balance-wheel in a saw-mill near Lapeer,
Mich, burst yesterday Joseph Reamer was
fatally injured about the head and Albert Nc
Nall had his foot cut off.
Dick Sanderson, living at Cnickasaw, Ark,
was called. to his door Sunday night and shot
dead by unknown men, Sanderson wac sup
posed to have been horse-thieE
Alfred Smith, of Cleveland. who killed his
wife and Louisa j. Wilson, Sunday morning.
and then attempted suicide, will recover. He
will say nothing about the tragedy The i'm
quest was begun yesterday, but nothing new de-
veloped.
An engine hauling train of empty coal cars
on the Bellefonte 81 Snowshoe. railroad. yester-
day afternoon. jumped the track, at Fountain
Statlon and went over twenty foot embank-
ment, killing conductor McMullin and fireman
Little, and seriously injuring engineer Jerry No
LAM
Henry Cushman and Isaac Lowder, district
messengers, of New York, were arrested yester-
day for stealing articles of jewelry from the
residence of Mrs T. b. Custer. widow of General
Custer. The articles were recovered by the
police, and Mrs. Custer declined to- prosecute
the boys.
During the temporary absence from home of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Westbrook.. of Hunting
robbed of ST. 500 III gold and many valuable pa
pers- The old couple had been saving the
money Tor fifteen years, and had secreted it in
an old trunk
Mrs. Katie Jenkins an insane woman, was
burned to death at Cable Champaign county.
Ohio, yesterday morning She arose early, and
In some way set fire to her clothing. When
found. she was half a mile from home, lying in
snow drift. All her clothing had been burned off,
and her flesh burned to a crisp
Thirty three members of the companies which
performed on. Sunday night at Heuck's two Gin
cinnati theaters appeared before ustice Sander
son yesterday, pleaded guilty, and were fined ST.
and costs each As thev were not arrested at
the instance OF the Law and Order League, it is
limited that the whole matter was arranged be-
forehand to prevent the assessment of heavy
punishment.
A crowd of boys began snow-balling Charles
Starbeck while hewas driving milk wagon on
| Thirteenth street and Cass. avenue, st. Louis,
Sunday afternoon. Starbeck Jumped out of the
wagon and attempted to drive the boys away.
when one of them drew knife and slashed him
across the face, inficting severe cut, two, and
onerhalf inches long The boy who,did the out
ting is named Reed, and was but thirteen years
Of age.
In the lower house of the New York Legisla-
ture, yesterday, bill was introduced by Mr..
Batcheller granting the consent, of the State to
the acquisition by the United States of Mount
McGregor cottage, and ceding jurisdiction over
the same. The bill was ordered to a third read
ing. Mr. Batcheller said Mr.. Drexel desired to
give the cottage where General Grant passed
his last hours to the general government as a
memorial
j. j. Waters, the postmaster at Quincy, a
small settlement in Newton county, Arkansas,
has been driven away by his neighbors on ac-
count of grievances personal in their nature,
growing out OF the dislike Of his manner of treat
ing persons having business at that Office. AT
last accounts, Waters and his wife were at JAS
per, the county seat, and his son-in-law and
few friends were in his house., which was be-
seged, shots being occasionally exchanged be-
tween the PARTIES