Fair play., 1880-09-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

"DOCTOR" BUCHANAN, who fled from
4 very ingenious scheme 10 make people be.
lieve he had drowned himself, Went to De-
trOit in disguise, where, under an assumed
name, he intended 10 connect himself with
another sO-called medical college. lie wa.
recognized by an old acquaintance few
days aftcr his arrival, however, and crossed
the river into Canada just in time 70 save
himself from arrest upon te!egraphic order
from Philadelphia.
Asa Dow, President of the Chicago
Board Of Trade, has been caught on the
short side OF provisions and forced to sus-
pend.
GEN. JAMES CRAIG has been nOmi-
mated for Representative I'm Congress by the
Democrats Of the Ninth Missouri District.
DIR. GEORGE Il. JOHNSTON and Capt.
John S. Wise, both prominent citizens OF
Richmond, Va, have been placed under
bonds not to fight duel. the preliminaries
Of which, IT Is generally understood, bad
been all arranged. The difficulty grew out
Of Capt. Wise having been black -bailcd by
the WestmOre.and Club, an aristocratic Or
ganiZatiOn OF which Dr. Johnston is prom
inent member.
AT Kingsley, Mich, Irwin Bingham
and his brother asked Tim Kelliher to ride
in their wagon. He got in and was
standing up behind the seat. Soon after
there was the report Of = pistol, and
Irwin Bingham exclaimed, al am
shot!" Kelliher claimed that it was. acci-
dental; that he WAS shooting at 4 mark
on the roadside. He assisted in getting the
wounded man to his home, and was Just
starting to leave the house, when the
wounded man grasped rifle near the bed
the lungs. Both men were fatally wounded.
AT Terre Haute. Ind, son of George
Iaslett, II years Of age, descended into u
vault that had just been dug after rule that
be had'dropped. He was Immediately over
come by foul air, aud his father, going to his
assistance, was also stricken down. Both
were dead when extricated.
THE crisis in Buenos Ayres is termi-
mated. The Provincial Chambers have been
closed by the military. President Avellan-
oda has Withdrawn his resignation.
THE dead body of a young woman
was found In the hallway Of the building
Nos. 205-9 West Madison Street, Chicago,
ut an early hour on the morning Of the 35th,
which was subsequently identified as that Of
Nettie 4. Carl, whose mother lived at U.s.
West Lake Street. The -Coruner's inquest
developed the fact that death was caused by
criu1enai nlaipractice, aud the notorious DIR.
Earii, whose office b IN tie building named,
and who has already served two years In the
Illinois Penftentiary for similar onense,
was arrested, charged with the crime. He
confessed that the girl died while under his
care, but denied that he was guilty Of any
crime.
RICHARD o. ADAMS, the defaulting
Postmaster at Deadwood, d. T., escaped
from custody while awaiting sentence. A
reward is offered for his apprehension.
REPRESENTATIVE HATCH has been
by the Democratic Congress
sional Con, ention of the Twelfth Missouri
District.
VANDERBILT has ordered Maud S. to
be withdrawn from the track for the present
season.
GAIT. FRED BAKER, of Brooklyn, n.
Y, and five men were drowned by the cap
sizing Of 4 yacht in Roekaway Inlet.
AN extensive lumber fire occurred at
st. Louis on the night Of the 18th. the Cam
eron Mills and III. yard of Mr.. John Meyer
being the principal losses, which ag sregate
about 100000. y--.
The Democratic Convention Of the
Fourth Missouri District renomnated Hen.
II. Davis for Representative.