Fair play., 1881-01-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


A HHEAk-rr Of the ice in the Ohio
River at Cincinnati occurred on the sih.
Several steamers and o,icr craft We're badly
damaged.
NHs. C.. G.. GALLEY and Mrs. f. q.
Ellis, wives OF two prominent farmers in
Greenfield Township, Will. cr">sin" the
track cf the Baltimore X Ohio Railroad At
Havana, about twclve- mile from
Norwalk. o., were struck by train run
min" at high rate OF speed and
hot h kiilcd. almost Instantly. They were
riding in L cutter, and the sound Of the
drowned the noise Of the ap-
preaching train, which was also hidden from
sight 10y an intervening building. Their
horses neck was broken and the cutter
smashed to atoms.
AT Lake Providence, La, on the
night Of the Ith, mob broke open the jail
and took therefron prisoner,
James Brown, and hanged him to a
tree. Brown was j. hathoatman
from Illinois. In january, 1850, he and a
party of twelve others arrived in town. and
becoming unduly boisterous from
drinking, the City Marshal, Eer-
nard Mcclure, attempted to arrest
Brown, who acted as ringleader of the crowd.
Brown Immediately pulled 4 revolver and
sho, the officer dead on the spot. The m'r-
derer escaped, but was subsequently recap
tured and held for trial.
BIsuor ATKINSON, Of the Episcopal
diocese Of North Carolina, is dead.
NEAR kcokuk, Iowa, young man
named Mahan WAS killed by the accidental
discharge of gun in the hands of a COM
panian, whose n:htcd cigar happened 10
touch the trigger.
CHARLES LEBSTER, twelve years old,
sleddin" down 4 steep hill at Reading, Pa. :.
dashed under street ear, the wheels OF
which scattered his brains along the track.
NEAR Lexington, y. c., on The Sth, a
fast train OH the Eiclmond X banvi'ie Rail
way ran into Il rock slide and WAS Wrecked.
II. O'Donnei. engineer, and his fireman
were instantly killed, >eyer.l passengers sus-
tanning slight injuries.
HoLBEOoK cotton-mill, near Clin-
ton, Ark :, with large quantity of cotton.
burned on the 9TH.
ii. l.. BALMEI, an old fisherman, has
been arrested AT Henderson, Ky, for shoot
inc JOHN Davis, varni>her, said 10 he
'.w;intea" for shooting some one al Louis
vile.
l.. +. HENRY and Kirby Smith at
tempted TO assassinate pr. Robinson. 1T Cor
in:ii, n.y.. on The Sth, emp.y in" their reyolv-
ers in vain. All brothers in!aw.
The residence of Mr.. Mclean, ut In
derwood, Ont, burned on the 10Th and Mrs.
Mclean perished in the flames. Other
members OF the family were seriously
burned.
A JAPANESE coaSting steamer has
been lest with sixty four persons on board :;
PRESIDENT HAYES recently ordered
the removal of Foreman Cook, OF the
Charle>town Mass Navy-yarl!, for intimi-
dating employers at the p"ii>. Three naval
the CHARGES.
THE nlail-stage from Fort Davis to
FL PaSo. Tex. WAS jumped" hy the In
dian>, supposed 10 be 4 remnant Of the Old
Nictorio band, at Quiiman Canon, on the
Stl. The driver and team were killed, and
the stage and mail broken AMI torn 1" pieces.
Two children named Blank We're
killed in Chicago, on the 10th. 10y the admin
i>tration Of morphine, by mistake Of The
druggist. for salts of quinine.
THE New Orleans Times reports that
Jay Gould is negotiating. with every pros
p"ct of the bargain being consummaicd, for
the purchase of the Morgan Halroad IL
Donaldson. which is to he made part OF
the New orleans Pacific Road. thereby has
TENN. by a Year the completion OF that road
10 New Orleans.
The withdrawal of VIII Cumback
from the Senatorial contest in Indiana
leaves Gen. Harrison 4 walk-ovcr.
.IonN SHERMAN was nominated for
United states Senator from Ohio without
opposition.
The Connecticut Republican Sena-
tor,al Caucus nominated Gen. Iawiey fol
Senator hy acclamatinn.
A TERRIBLE outbreak Of fever is re-
ported at Tanderagce, County Armagh.
ireland. One hundred and nine persons
are pro>tra;ed hy fever. and many deaths
occur daily.
THE Secretary Of War asks Congress
to grant the right of way through the mill
tarv reservations at Fort Bliss. Tex. and
Fort Win-ate. y. NJ. to the Atchi>on. To-
pcka X santa Fe Railroad.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections have decided, by party vote,
10 call rlp the Kellogg case and dispose OF i,
At an early day.
THE annual exhibition of the Western
Poultry Club opened at Armory Hall. ST.
Louis. on the 18th. TO continue one week.
ANOTHER public appeal has been
made in New York for the relief of the col.
orcd refugees in Kansas. whose condition /:
described rs most pitiabie.
TWELVE persons were injured, nine
very badly. hy the explosion of keg ol
powder in the store of j. L. Andrews y Co.
at Climax, kalamazoo County, Mich. The
huildiu. was entirely demolished. The
clerk was weighing out the powder when II
i.nj;ed in some manner unknown.
A KEROSENE lamp exploded at the
residence Of Wellington Mo>er. at Reading
Pa. on the evening Of the llth. fatally burn
inE three children. The building burned tt
the ground.
GEN. ROGER 4. PRYOR, Of New ork,
has been retained a> counsel for eN-Gor
Spra.uc in the Forthcoming divorce >uit.
SENATOR MCpoNALD, of Indiana
WAS married in Washington. on the 18th, Il
Mrs. Josephine T. Bernard.
The rear passenger coach on We
bash train Wa ditched on the morning I"
the 18th Al Mitchell. twelve miles from -.
Louis. Injuring fourteen persons, none IA
tally.
\ CELLULolD factory at Newbury
port, Mass. WAS the scene 81 an explosion OF
the 18th. hy which Charles r. Schofield Wa
instantly killed and Charles Hayes and Wal
ter NanduZer were fatally burned.
4 poIIrp IL, rho 'nin,, EIprrriDr Mill.