The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-06

and the volume of business was only moderate.
The movement of merchandise was slow.
George Foster, prominent attorney Of Bir-
mingham, Ala. committed suicide by shooting
himself at the grave OF his wife. No cause for
the deed is known.
John B. Laidley, prominent lawyer Of Hunt
ington, W. Va attempted 10 commit suicide
while suffering from the effects OF drink. His
recovery is doubtful.
The preliminary examination of Robert Wat
son, charged with completely in the ballot-box
robbery at Plummerville, Ark, Nov. 8, is in
progress at Little Rock.
Rev. Hiram Harrison, a baptist preacher
with his son and seven daughters, are at OK
ford, Ga, on their way TO Utah, having been
converted to mormonism.
A six-year-old child, locked In a room at In
dianapolis while its mother went oUt to make
purchases, was burned so badly that she died
from the effects of the burns.
Two natural gas explosions in the vicinity of
PittSbUrg, within fifteen hours, wrecked five
buildings and injured a number Of persons,
one fatally and two others seriously
At Sunday nights session of the Z. s. senate
Senator Riddieberger OF Virginia persisted in
interrupting the proceedings. and was ordered
under arrest by the presiding oiheer.
Richard Estes in jail at Hartwell, Ga, on a
charge OF abducting and seducing his step
unce's daughter, attempted to escape Sunday
by burning hole in the floor Of his cell.
A Washington claim agent has sued William
+. Villas, former postmaster general, and Don
VI. Dickinson, the present head OF the post
Office department, for $4,000 damages.
Near jamestown. Pa, recently. two masked
men entered the house OF a wealthy old farmer
named Umberger. Having killed him, they
took $4,000 in money, and made their escape.
A collision occurred on the B. & o. railroad
near Wheeling W. Va, Saturday. involving a
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seriously injured. There were but four
passengers.
In the trial of Thomas Z. Vines the Chicago
clerk who had himself shipped IN a trunk 10
st. Louis, with a ,062 stolen from his employ
ers, the jury found that he was guilty, but also
found that he was insane at the time.
Jack Daglish was arrested at Indianapolis,
Sunday, and confessed having inflicted the
wound that caused the death of Thomas
Downie, who was found on the street Saturday
night fatally cut.
Gov. Hovey has refused to issue q commits
sion to Judge Niblack, recently elected MEM
Der of the supreme court commission, on the
ground that the bill creating the commission is
unconstitutional. The matter will be brought
to a legal test.
Legislative committees have been ex-
aiming into the management Of the
insane hospital and Notwithstanding the
hue and cry raised by the Republican
papers there mas been out very little evidence
of Encouragement brought out and this refers
more particularly 10 moneys that the embez-
zler Sullivan occasionally borrowed from the
treasurer of the Institution, Mr.. Gapen, but Mr..
Gapen insists that sullivan paid back all that
he borrowed except about s., 400, which Gapen
says the Meridian national bank is responsible
for and he has brought suit against the bank
for the amount. Sullivan il has been shown,
borrowed money occasionally from the re-
publican treasurer OF state, Mr.. Lemcke.
The latest foreign advices say that last Sun
day 500 letters were seized in the Offices of the
French patriotic league, many of them from
officers in the army, showing them 10 be Bou-
langiSts. 1t is said there is a fenian in Paris
who can give the origin of the first Parnell let
tiers which Piggott, in the letter he left to
Labouchere, declared were genuine. Arch
bishop Walsh has telegraphed to the papal sec
rotary of state, calling attention to the Piggott
matter as a sample of the misrepresentation of
the Irish nationalist to the pope The Peruvian
cabinet has resigned. The reason is not given
Heavy earthquakes occurred at Guayaquil and
elsewhere in Ecuador causing panic. Glad
stones son Williams alment is partial pa
ralysis He has improved. Gladstone's elder
brother, Sir Thomas is seriously ILL.,