Fair play., 1874-07-23
sovTnEAsTeRHs.

Dick ins0m, who fell from
wagons and were badly bruised;
of . Mr.. Tucker, who fell down
stair and broke an arm /; Of child
who run a race through hot ashes
and got its foot badly burned; Of .
young lady wbO was thrown from =
"6ying Dutcbman" and caught be-
tween the "Dutehman'' and . tree
aud badly bruised; Of . horse who
went into pond with bis rider to
stake drink" and ."sunk to rise
again" (tbe horse); of . lady falling
with her husband from Q hay lott,
where they we're storing away oats
and breaking her ankle. II also
gives one account Of snake bite, three
accounts Of "runaways" !; two ac-
counts of births three accounts
of marriages and two accounts OF
"dcaths." Surely there must bc a
fatality about that county.
We have our daily mail again, and
the citizens Of this place arc happy.
Harrington AeU Era.
We have't our daily mail again.
aud tho citizens Of this place are not
haPpy.
Tho booths At the st. Francois
county fair grounds arc to bs auction
ed OF to the highe~t bidder on the
18th OF August next.
The Mutual Rase Ball club Of
Pennington were beaten ut Iron
Mountain on tho llth inst BY tho Iro"
Mountain club. Another game il to
| be played between tho two clubs ut
Pennington next Saturday.
Tho Pennington "bazoo, blowers
are not happy. Tho BRASS band and
the city are about to have law suit.
The chinch bug u reported worry
bad in Scott and New As.:rid coun
| ties.
Cssebolt of the Marble City Hrv.
IL being somewhat annoyed by hav'
ing "thst little bilr' presented too
| often. The cruel hearted wretche'
| haze even gons % tsr - to suS bin
| A hard "Case."
There is no Receiver at tho Land
! Office in lrontOn never.
| A man By the name Of Ra"'loll.
who was engaged on the construction
OF tho Normal School building d
Cape Glrardeau, was killed Ly light
ming on the sth inst.
! On Friday the 10th inst tho safe o
! Messrs Filbrun & Ivers, at Cape
i Girardcau, wss relieved Of s66.
! We clip the following items from
!: the Cash Book:
, Mrs. Hoffman of Liberty township
fell of q porch Friday 10Th ult
Her back war broken and her necl
badly injured. The unfortunate lad,
10 now lying io critical conditio"
| Mr.. i'll. Sch.efIer was bunge'
up" BY being: "blown ~" celrbra
ting "the glor,ou.. Ills eyes nov
look like he had emigrated from
first class free fight, but ws are gls'
TO know that he is rapidly recovering
i We regret to learn that Mr. Hen
r. Bruihl Was severely injured b.
being thrown from bis horse tw'
weeks since. There arc no extern
81 injuries, but as be could not spea
for several days siler the accident,
is supposed that he was badly Lur
internally.
| Tho Pennington Tines say ths
many cattle are dying in St. Fra"ci
county, from . desesse similar
texas fever. The farmers arc vcr.
much concerned stOut it.
Largo Aocks Of wild pigeons infe'
tho country west Of the river. The
visi, the wheat fields in such number
that in some pl.ccs there is gro,
, destruction OF grain. fears ars e'
, tertained thst the ripening ost CT"
will suffer from their depredstions
such IN extent - to reduced Il
: Weld to almost nothing. Tho fa
mers are hauling up the wheat Ps
, paratory to thresh'ng or stacking
to s.vs the gram from the greed
craws Of these young robbers
Dosiphas Prospect.
/, Mrs. Phelps, living on Terribl
, who is low in her one hundred M
= fourth year, . widow lady, sent
}, Doniphsn last Friday for some po'
T. der and shot, saying that the you'
D wild turkeys we're coming into Il