The Indianapolis journal., 1890-12-21
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Toronto City Council has decided that
street cars shall not run Sunday.
1t was the coolest day of the season at Saranac
Lake, N. Y, yesterjay-22o below zero.
Governor SEoup, of Idaho. who has just been
elected United States Senator, has resigned and
Lieutenantgoverno Wiley has been sworn in as
Governor.
The steamer Lahn arrived at New York yester-
total received by the Lahn and Majestic is equal
to 81. .707 900.
Newton l.. Harrington, aged twenty five.
jumped out of the third-story window of the
Commercial Hotel. at Tifin, o., and was Instant
ly killed Intoxicated.
Nicholas T. Armijo, the wealthiest resident OF
Albuquerque, n. NJ, committed suicide last
himself through the heart.
Mrs Elizabeth NJ. Ogilby, sister of Thomas
Buchanan Read, the poet, died at Dubuque. Ia,
Friday night She was one of the first settlers
of Dubuque, and was quite wealthy. She was
seventy-five years old.
Madame Beauchimin, of ST. Perpetue, died yes
terday from the result of injuries received
tercolOnial railroad at Lewis on Thursday. Ma
dame Beauchimin is the seventh victim of the
disaster.
The New York archaeological Institute has
filed articles Of incorporation for "the study and
gratuitOus treatment OF contagious diseases"
The institute comprises Pasteur and Koch de-
partment for the treatment of hydrophobia and
tuberculosis
Peter Jackson the colored Australian pugilist,
arrived at San Francisco yesterday. Jackson
said his matches with Slavin and with Goddard
were off for the present as he intends going to
Byron Springs, CAL. to remain until he feels bet
ter physically.
AT Amigo, Wis., Walter Mosher pleaded guilty
to shooting and killing his brother-n-law, Phil
Maloney, and within fOrty-eght hours after the
crime was committed was on his way to the pen
itentiary to spend the remainder of his natural
life within its walls.
A young man named Mann, employed on the
T.
tempted to I'LL coal-oil lamp. The fluid ignted,
burst the can and severely burned several mem
bers OF the family A three-year-0ld child died
from the effects of the burning.
Charlie Reed, aged nineteen, and Charlie Hen
Erickson, aged twenty, ventured upon thin Ice at
Cheyenne lake, near Colorado Springs. Col,
Friday. They had gone but short distance
from the shore when the ice broke, and both
were drowned before assistance could reach
them.
At Blanchester, O., Bert Cadwallader shot and
killed Jasper Lazere in the latter's saloon, then
jumped through window and fled, pursued by
a hundred men, some of whom were armed and
fired at him whenever within range. Finding he
could not escape, Cadwallader shot and killed
himself
John Devlin, of Detroit, Mich, leading mem
ber of the executive board Of the Knights of
Labor, is at st. Augustine, Fla. dangerously ill.
The other day Devlin and party Of prominent
Knights went out on fishing excursion, and
DevlIn caught severe cold, which developed
into pneumonia.
gagged for several months organizing colonies
throughout Kansas and the Mississippi valley for
the purpose of invading the Cherokee strip. 1t
is claimed that they have over five hundred fam
lies camping in wagons and tents within fifteen
miles of Caldwell, Kan.
A Lake Shore express train, while running at a
fifty-mile rate, Nottingham, Pa. last night
| caught farmer August Kirkhogel with load OF
| hay on the crossing Kirkhogel was accompanied
| by his son William. a lad of fifteen Both were
struck by the pilot and crushed to death The
horses were also killed.
The unusual spectacle of skating on the upper
| Thames is now being witnessed, and has added a
most enjoyed feature to the holiday season. The
| winter is the stormiest for a decade in England
but the facilities ii affords for sleighing and
skating go for to make up for the discomfortS OF
| the season in other respects.
Two safes in the Pickering building on the
government square, at Cincinnati, were blown
owen with dynamite friday night desks were
| pryed open, and 5000 worth of bonds and $50
in cash and ring worth $50 were stolen. The
banks have been notified to stop payment on the
bonds, so that they are worthless to the thieves
The case of C. G. stoddard the New York mar
| who was arrested, several days ago, in Chicago
charged with embezzling $2,3O0,O0O worth OF
| bonds of the Kansas City, Arkansas d New
| Orleans railroad. was calledy before Justice
| Prindiville, at Chicago, yesterday. Nobody ap
| peared to prosecute and Stoddard was dis
/ charged.
James schoonmaker. alias Stone, was arrested
| in Nyack, N. Y, yesterday, by two Brooklyn de
| tectives for the theft of $4,000. committed il
| that city eighteen months ago. He and hand
some woman, whom he called his wife, were
traced to Europe, South America and othel
/ countries. They went TO West Nyack Ill October
| and lived in secluded place.
| Judge Brown, of the United States District
| Court at New York. has granted a number o.
| orders compelling the Board of United States
| Appraisers of the custom house to produce
| their books in court and explain how they ar
| rived at certain appraisements. These order
| were granted upon the complaints of various
importers who objected to appraisements made