Fair play., 1880-09-18


- IL ,nentary ticket by the Southeasier
y District Agricultural Fair. to be hrl,
at Cape Girardrau from the 18th unit
the 18th OF October This Society Oi
, frrs liberal premiums, the people q
Cape Giraricau county are of a hos
, pitabie and generous nature. and "
hope 10 see the fair grand -ucccs>.
( a. {. Hcr,ich. Esq. one of oul
Young attorneys left here la-; sunday
TO cast his future with the good pco
pie Of Doniphan. Ripley County. thi:
State. Gus. i, Il talented Young man
. of good habits. and pleasant DISPOSE
ton. and the good people of DoniphaI
will find him no mean acquisition It
their town. We wish him long lif,
and succc->
a sad accident occurred at Tho
sale. at Mr.. Norbert Basltr. la,i >atur-
day. A. near a we can learn the par
ficular>. Mr.. Peter Nai;h and several
Others were sitting on Il fence. when
some of he rails broke. Those >iitin"
on il jumped TO the ground. excepting
Mr.. Naith. who. not being vonu" and
supple. fell over backwards 10 the
ground. striking on his head and
breaking his neck. Mr. Vaith was an
old and respected citizen of our conn
". and his sudden demise casts a
gloom over the entire German Settle
ment. as well rs over households in
many other parts ofthe county.
Hon. John Walker. candidate for
State Auditor. according to announce
mcnt. addressed the citizens of this
place on Thursday afternoon. He in
Il very pleasant and forciblc speech of
about an hour in length. reviewed the
character of the presidential candi-
dates. and showed conclusivcly that
the proper way for people t" east their
votes was for Hancock. the Inan who
even the party opposed To him. can
find no fault with. and can speak but
in terms of praise. The audience was
not as large rs it should have been,
but the fact that every one is busy in
the day time accounts for it. Had he
spoken in the evening the crowd
would have been much larger.
The Flag Pole. which was To have
been raised on last Thursday. was not
put up until Friday. owing to the
brcakin" of one of the ropes. The
pole was started up. and when a short
distance from the ground the line at
tached TO the pole parted lcttin" the
pole fall To the ground. breakin" il in
two places. Hands Immediately com
menced TO rc-Splicc il and. rs the top
end had broken of. it was determined
to make il longer than before. by spiic-
ing another pole to the the top max
ing it about one hundred and fourteen
feet high. 1t was raised Yesterday
evening about six o'clock. and to-day
the stars and stripes. surmOuntcd by
Streamer bearing the names of Ham
cock and English, the next president
and vice president of the United
States. The pole is tipped with fine
rooster underneath which is globe
and beautiful weather vanc.
A fatal shooting affray occurred
in Pennington on Monday last, the
18th inst. in which McMullen. the
sheriff. and Henry Horn noted des-
perader. known TO many citizens of
this place. were the participants.
There appears to have been an old
feud between them. arising out of fire.
quent arrests of Horn for violutiOns
of law. 1t is said that Horn came
TO town that morning, with the avOw-
ed intention of killing the sheriff. as
he expressed rs much to several par
ties. lie also tried to shoot another
man at the fair grounds the same day.
1t seems the sheriff was endcavorin.
to arrest Horn. when he fired on him
and strck the sheriff near the nipple |
on the right side. McMuIlen returned
the fire. hitting Horns little finger.
who fired another shot. hitting the !
sheriff in the abdomen. McMullen |
fired again. striking Horn just below
the nipple. but fortunately for him
his suspender buckle kept the ball /
from penetrating his body. Horn
fired again. missing. McNullen then
shot him through the thigh. Horn fell
and raised his pistol To shoot again.
but seeing his adversary on his feet
ready TO give him an other shot. he
threw up his pistol. saving Il give up:
am dying" whercupon McMullen
stood over him. saving "you have also
lone the work for me-" Horn was
odged in Jail. McMullen died at two
o'clock on Thursday.
-De>irin9 little recreation. we. in
'ompanv with our family and lady
,riend. last Tuesday chartered one of
rank Bahb'S Palace Sleeping Coach
-" raised steam and lit out for the
We Stecred our craft little
south West. and in couple of hours
,ulled up at the residence of Mr.. John
'hcarlock at the Sherlock mill. Here
~ alighted and entered the mansion