Fair play., 1880-02-28

i" RaS county.
Scal't fever is prev s'ii'g al Cam
den, Pis'te county.
4 man 'n rea.rv comfy recently
whipped i,'s sl:e 10 dsah.
There is 20 Il saloon in Reynolds
county and only one drugstore,
One Of Cape Girsrieau's rommls:
sion merehsnts shipped s35O,o0O
worth of goods the p,st = ear.
The hnsiress boom j. So g-ea, in
Stoddard county that merchants and
shippers arc unable 20 s-cnrs cars on
which to ship their lumber. produce.
etc.
At Moberiy, the other day, the
little son OF August Boyd, while
playing with the feruIe Of the handle
Of a psrssni accidentally swallowed
it and ii-i.
The Mississippi county court has
refused to receive a new prob,te Of.
fee, jus. finished. from the builders,
because It waNg.uPe0nstructed accOr.
ding to contract.
The Platte CITY Lanimsrk says :
1--WE regret TO learn that scarlet fe.
yer, that most dreadful of all dis
esses. is prevailing a, Camden Point f,
ard i. seriously interfering with the
female orphan school, in which there
are several cases."
On FRIDAY evening Of last week,
Rev. Wm. CARROT, Of Pleasant Hill,
No WAS assaulted by n couple of
p,ckpockcts on train while i. was
standing at Sedalia. The men pick.
cd his pocket of $50 while they
squeezed the innocent old gentleman
between them in the aisle.
Ths court house at D,niphan, Rip
ley county, had q narrow escape
from fire week before last. A hOx
0s hot ashes in tho hall was the
cause of tho FIRE, which Wa. discov.
cred early in the evening by Lewis
Winston, formerly Of Ste. Gene.
We've, and sxtinguishei before any
more damage than q hole in tho
door was done.
An elderly lady, Mrs. Moro Du.
clos, living for u number Of years
aioLe in . ANAL cabin on AureDault
Branch, . few miles north Of this
place, was fo1nd one morning last
week in her cabin burned almost to
a crisp. 1t i. supposed she foil from
her chair int" the fire, as chair
was found sitting near the fire.
place.-[Pn,osi Independent.
4 young man named Ei. Nichols.
ty. while taking q load Of wood to
tOwa, fell from the wagon and be
came entangied in the gearing; the
horaes ,ork fright and ran, and he
VAS dra.g-d Considerable distance.
He was horribly msngIed, and had
his scalp nearly torn from hi. heal.
lie only lived a fcw moment. after
the accident,
A little son Of Gay Wadlow OF
Dade county, was killed by Il mare in
,is fathers stable, about two weeks
'go. He went out to feed the horses,
md, staying beyond the usual time,
lis mother went to the stable to a.
certain the cause OF his delay and
ound him dying from the effects of
'is injuries, the mare having paved
Ind troll upon him until life was al.
most extinct.
S. c. Martin and II. Turner have
,een travelling in Benton and Henry
counties. as agents for a pretended /
medical firm is Indianapolis. They |
money on their team and |
:. c. Marsh went with them to keep |
'harge of the team for the lender.
they worked people into giving |
heir notes for the medicine, which /
vas only colorei water. And they
old the notes here and in Clinton as
hey couid.-lSeda!ia Times.
Quite stir was created in the
three miles north of
his place on Friday night over an
lopement. Mordecal Williams, aged
ighteen years, has for some time
cen paying attention to Miss Lizzie
Wood, who has only reached the age
{ fourteen. The old folks objected
n account Of their age, and insisted
hat they should walt year or two.
me young couple couldn't see i, in
nat hight, and taking advantage OF
no first opportunity, skipped out to-
ether in search of parson, it i.
opposed. who would perform the
eremony. They had not returned
last accounts, and it is not known
hat success they met with.-ICali-