The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02

some gentlemen, but before assistance could be
given them both drowned.
At Dayton, KY, Thomas Hayman fired on a
supposed chicken thief and killed William
Murdoch, a neighbOr.
Rock Island Engineer Hodge and Fireman
Harding were killed by a collision OF freight
trains at Tip Top, Col.
Wallace Peterman of Charlottesville. Ind.
deserted his wife and baby and eloped with his
sister-n-law Saturday
Postmaster PiersoD of New York denies the
statement that ne viii resign. Joel B. Erhardt
Is mentioned as his successor.
Pietro Dairavo, an Italian brigand, who muir
dered Count GiuliO Sanduzzie at Forella, Italy,
was captured at Stamford, Conn.
Policeman Luke Burde of Chicago was IA
tally shot by Thomas Reynolds, but shot his
man twice and took him to the station.
Tom Williams colored, was shot and killed
by Night Waterman John Woollens at George
town, KY, while resisting arrest, Sunday.
a boat containing six colored persons was
capslzed In they Ohio river, near Ripley, o.,
early Sunday morning, and all were drOsned.
The grand jury of Crawford county Indiana,
failed TO find an indictment against James Gill
bert, who fatally shot his son. 1t was an acct
dent.
1t is generally conceded at indianapolis that
an important position under Harrison's admin
istratiOn will be rendered to Gen. Gibson of
OHIO.
The secretary of the treasury accepted the
following bonds: -Four hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars OF AZ per cents- registered, at
1857.
4 number of white girls, employed as wait
resses at hotel in Springfield, O., refused to
wait on a company of colored minstrels last
week.
Several Poles were badly burned by an ex-
ploslon OF blasting powder, which caused
the burning Of Jour houses at Eyerson, Pa,
Sunday
AT Toledo, O., Saturday. an unknown man
struck can of dynamite with an ak, and was
literally torn to pieces by the explosion which
followed
Edward Gibbons was sandbagged at Bellaire,
O.. his children chloroformed, and his house
robbed, last Saturday night Gibbons was
fatr'ly hurt
e wife Of prominent farmer of Tobasco,
O., vas taken home from an asylum to spend
the holidays. She set FIRE to barn and tried
to commit suicide.
Miss Cornela T. White who had charge Of
the Indian mission school at the SiSseton
agency, Dakota, a II Dec. 2t She was a
graduate OF Nassar.
y new system of discipline was adopted Jan.
l at the Ohio penitentary. Corporal punish.
lShment was abolished and confinement in
dungeons substituted.
cN1D ph lfNnnClAf al uENu anu Impoverished
Plttsburger, is serving out a sentence for a
highway robbery which he committed IN
order TO get a home in prison.
In Lyon county, Kentucky, James Deane
playtully snapped pistol that he didn't think
was loaded, at some children. The ball struck
his mother, and the wound is fatal.
Over 5000 worth OF imported stained glass
Tor the Dubuque cathedral was seized Cor duty,
Collector Mclaughlin disregarding the de-
clsi0ns OF the secretary OF the treasury.
BY the burning of q Christmas tree i'm the
residence of Micahel Mcguire, at Pittsburg Pa
the building was partially destroyed, and Mary
Mcguire, aged eight years, fatally burned.
The new steamer Bristol of the Old Colony
line was completely destroyed by fire at the
New York dock Sunday night. The loss is
100000; covered by insurance. No lives were
lost.
A vote taken by Dakota paper on the ques-
ton of single or double statehood shows that a
little more than five-sixths of those answering
are i'll favor OF division and admission as two
states.
In Craighead county. Arkansas, William
West. a desperate, Sunday, assaulted his wife,
who was defended by Stephen Darcy. The
men then got into a fight with guns and both
were killed.
The story published OF proposed compro-
mise between West Virginia politicians, By
which the democrats were TO be given the gov
II
denied by both parties.
Two of the condemned Bald Knobbers and
five train robbers escaped from Jail at Ozark
Mo-. Sunday. Unknown persons from the out
side cut through the brick wall of the prison,
unlocked the corridor and cells and released
the prisoners.
A new revolutionary group has been formed
in Paris, calling itself the Commune Owing
to the difficulty in finding candidate to OPP
pose Boulanger in the Paris election Premier
Floquet expresses willingness TO stand, but
Clemenceau objects
Ex-Gov. Boutwell, is of the opinion that there
should be an extra session of congress in order
that four new states may be created, the census
protected, the republican, tarifi-policy carried
out, and the cases of members elected by fraud
speedily attended to.
At Pittsburg, Sunday. John Cochran, small
boy, went into sewer with lighted match to
hunt for q natural gas leak. An explosion fol-
lowed which fatally burned him and set FIRE TO
the Saw-mill run railroad bridge. The flames
were extingushed after the bridge had been
badly damaged.
Amos J. Stillwen of Hannibal, No, wealthy
merchant, was murdered by burglar while
asleep in his home at o'clock Sunday morn
ing. The weapon used was an Ak which, with
Mr.. StilwelPs pocketbook and S35 was found
in an alley in the rear of the house. There Is
no clew to the murderer.
Capt ~ T. Bauer. drafting clerk in the Office
OF the secretary Of state of Wisconsin, COM
mitted suicide at Madison, Sunday, by shooting
himself in the head. He had been for some
time past failing mentally and has lately been
given to frequent spells of dependency. Capt.
Bauer was sixty years Of age, and had lived in
Madison since 1876.
At the close of the week there was further
contraction in the volume of business in whole
sale and jobbing lines of trade, and even retail
branches were foreign TO activity but this con-
dition of affairs is natural and normal at this
time. The produce market however, exhibited
an improved tone, with more activity than for
several days. The money market was dull, but
there was an active demand for eastern ex-
change, which ruled stronger Governments
were firmer IN tone, but quiet. The New York
banks lost over million in reserve during the
week.