The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
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At Westframs Mass, Thursday. Edgar King
shot and killed his aged father and then blew
his own brains out He was absolute fellow
and his father had refused TO give him money.
Francis COrrigan, of Weir Village, Mass.
tried to poison his neighbours dog last week
with piece of bread, spread with arsenic. His
three-year-oid daughter ate a portion Of it and
died.
Two men, convicted of violating the Arkan.
4 sas election laws last November, have been
/ sentenced. One goes TO the penitentlary for
/ five years, and the other must pay fine of
! $500
J Mrs. Mary Clifford, aged sixty, was arrested
at WaterviIle, Me-. Saturday, on warrant
charging her with the murder Of g woman on
! whom she is accused of having committed an
/ abortion.
! F. r. Bossley and Alonzo Acxley were ar
D rested at COrunna, Mich, Friday, on charge OF
swindling the Cincinnati Union life inSurano
company out of several thousand dollars on q
crooked loan transaction
/ The commissioner of internal revenue has de-
cided that under the recent act of congress and
| the presidents proclamation, in relation to
! Oklahoma wholesale and retail liquor dealers
may begin business there.
/ \ dispatch from Vicksburg. Miss, says that
/ Mr.. John :. Peters of Adrian, Mich, has pur-
| chased for the American timber company OF
| Michigan 1000 acres of the finest cypress and
! hardwood timber land in that section.
! At Butler. Pa, James Fields struck bis wife,
who went TO a bureau drawer and got a revolt
yer, telling him that il he hit her again she
would shoot him. He then struck her in the
face, and she fired, inhicting fatal wound.
Felice Viart, aged. seventy-two, a profess
| sional beggar, died at New Orleans last week
in an old shanty, where she had lived for over
twenty years in abiect poverty. After her
death the coroner found $4,000 concealed IN
the shanty.
The Hon. w. II. Calkins. former fepresen-
tative in congress from Indiana, has been ap-
pointed associate justice of the supreme court
of Washington Territory. He moved 70 Ia
coma several months ago, and will make his
home there.
The German government has issued a
Samoan white book" in which Prince Bis
marck censures Consul knsppe's conduct
throughout the troubles and declares that Ger
many has nothing TO do with the internal al
fairs OF Samoa
Latest reports from Hayti say that Legitims
has captured the fortress OF DeSSalines after a
terrible battle, which cost Hyppolite's army
forty-fOur dead, 132 wounded and lO3 prison
ers. This is regarded as the decisive battle in
favor of Legitime.
suit has been brought against the Mutual
Reserve Fund life insurance association Of New
York to recover 100000 on q policy issued on
the life of Henry +. Lincoln, which the COM
pany refuses to pay on the ground that Lincoln
committed suicide.
At the close Of the week, the leading
produce markets were without animation,
| but there was less weakness appar-
! ent Provisions were well sustained, grain
steady, flour easy, cotton higher, whisky lower,
groceries firm, dairy products steady, and gen.
| eral merchandise slow but steady. The money
market remained easy, but there was some
| little increase in the volume of business. Gov
eminent bonds ruled firm, but quiet The New
York banks gained largely in reserve during
| the week just closed.