The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-24
TELEGRAPHlC BREYITIES.

The Marks oil well, at Shanopin, Pa, after
being drilled twelve feet in the sand, started to
flow last night at the rate of $500 barrels day
Shanopin is sixteen miles below Pittsburg, on
the Pittsburg g. Lake Erie road. This is the
largest we'll ever struck in that vicinity.
An old quarrel broke out afresh to-day between
Charles F. Zeigler and james Jordan, two Chi
cage hostlers. Jordan rained blow after blow
with an iron hav-fork on Zeigler's head. infcts
ing seven fearful gashes and two fractures of the
skull. zeigler is dying Jordan Submitted to
arrest cooly
James A. McTElhinney twenty years old, after
a day of dissipation, returned TO his homo last
night in West Thirty seventh street, New York,
and cut and beat his mother SO that she will die.
dis only reason for the dastardly attack was
that his mother demonstrated with him for his
idleness and drunkenness
Edward Richardson, telegraph operator at the
Pittsburg g. Lake Erie railroad Office at New
castle Junction, o., died in the city hospital
there. He was run over by locomotive, on
Sunday afternoon. and so badly injured that am
putation of his left arm and leg was necessary.
bis homo was at Lakefeld, Ont
Messrs. Scribners Sons, of New York an
nounce the completion of arrangements with
Mr. Gladstone for the simultaneous publication,
in England and America, of his new pamphlet
Oh his home-rule position. It will be in two
parts, entitled ''The History of an Idea, and
The Lessons of the Election.'l
George Rutledge was arrested at Baltimore,
yesterday, and taken before United States Com
missioner Bond charged by special examiner
of pensions with representing himself as a
United States officer, with the view OF victirnz-
ing government pensioners He was committed.
in default of So 900 bail. to await the action of the
United States grand jury.
Boyd G. CALDWELL the cashier of the Williams
port, Pa, City National Bank, who was arrested
or Sunday night on charge of embezzlement.
falsifying the books. etc, was taken before
IJ~4sA G1AA. Ca. k.s-v
yesterday, when bail was fixed at $4,000 for a
further hearing. Bail not being obtained Cald-
we'll was placed in Jail at Williamsport.
The will of Gen. James Van Allan, who COM
mitted suicide from the steamer Umbria, was
probated at Newport, r. l., yesterday. His
only child, James, receives $500. 900 and consid-
cradle real estate; quarter of million is given
to a grandson, and another quarter of million
to two granddaughter. If the children die be-
fore coming of age, or leave no will then the
New York Metropolitan Museum Of Art is to
have the whole of such property.
Two men claiming TO be manufacturers
agents, and giving the names of a. F. Ham
mond and F. Harnlin, were arrested yesterday,
at Pittsburg, o. s"spicion of attempting to per-
petrate q fraud he pair advertised for agents
to handle thei 'alties and demanded $3.50 as
security. lie addressed to the same parties
at Chicago an Ellington, Iowa, were found on
their persons. They claim their business is
straight. but pending an investigation they will
be kept under surveillance by the chief OF police.
By order Of Mayor Walber, of Milwaukee,
Edward Paetnke was yesterday released from
the county insane asylum on writ of haheas
corpus secured by local lodge of the Sons Of
Hermann It was charged that Paethke was
committed irreeularly to the asylum, though
perfectly sane, through conspiracy of his wife
and sor. He had upbraided his wife for indecor-
Gus conduct during the national sangerfest.
and it is claimed that she took measures for his
confinement to get rid of him. Mayor Wallbor
ruled that the charges were sustained.