Fair play., 1888-02-25
General News.

The gorge Al i!ann,h.i. Ma. wa. l.!
:c,i .,'yi. ni, Mo,,i,, .a>t
C"l. II. Mariin Williams will pub
l;>i, Il labor ,arrr at NJ, a,ir. NJ.
Tw, t!."ii-aa.i lives ARE r''i,"r'c'' -
l.,s" been lost during -n c-,tnqHnh,
il. Ci!ina.
Ii. flood. this season nn the Nj
>i--iri'i ~. predicted 10y the river
prophets.
\ local option election Wa ordered
in New Madrid county On the - l.
ii-'.
M"h"rly. No. wen, wet. but Ran
delphi Co. in which i, il situated. aaop-
ted local option.
The L :. Supreme Court Will not
i--U, il mandate .n the ease off,rooh>
the murderer ot ProiIcr. before
Ma, 1T.
Old Ripley Democrats have organ
i|''t NH'NfiaH' cum. "ti'tN ~
strong I'ireen,iI" H.. sun.
Frank Waihrn'- dele ,'r hcaI'n com
r,.li,.i I.i,u ,o give up hi- j"h n Car"
III and return tu Frc,.rr;, k Gown.
Rev J. \. Creighton. pr-t"r Of ia"
Prc-b, icrian Church at Pennington.
ha> accepted call from C"ioradG C,il.
IvAnS.
!lnry Grn'rehoi his rou-'n, Fred
Bchrcuf. ,hr' ugh 'hc heart i'll -.
Louis on saturday last. y dispute
about Young iaIj,> led Ia the iiag' h,.
The Catholic Church nrd the Ill
were the only public bindings Ina: -
capped destruction III the >wafil cut i,
HE {, clone Through Mount Vernon.
III.
The IIe|mhachrr Forge and Rolling
mail Company, Of this cit., ha- bccn
awarded The contract 10 supply tie
:ntirc Mis,On.i Pacific with links and
pins for lh. year isos.IG.-D.
Twenty persons Killed. ,w" hundred
injured. three hundred dwellings ahG
more than iiuI business h"u-r-
wrecked. i Tuesdays r"i'"rt Of the
t.. clone at Mount Vernon. III.
General Philip Sheridan declines
empiaIirally to accept :he Republican
nomination ter Ihc Presidency. lie
does not want any ri,;l office Gen.
sheridan WAS born at Somerset, o..
March. 1881, of Irish parents.
a daring attempt was made on sun
da, last to burn the l.uca, building.
). Louis, b, meals "f li2hIrd candles,
surrounded " iI!i shaving dauhrd with
plc., and -"i in pine boxes. 1t was
frustrated 10y Tine Vigilance uf the po-
lice and firenIrn.
The town Of Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, was
aim"s, cniirrl, wiped on, by cs clone
on SUNDAY afternoon last. The prin-
cipal buildings. including Sl2i.0D
court house were laid in ruiu-, and
hti, people are reported killed and
one hundred injured.
A man stopping his paper wrote to
the editor: Il ;Aink folks otirni to
spend ,hcr mummy Tor pa, per. mi dad
dy dihdcnt aud cyerybo'I, scd he Was
the inirlligrnicst man in the coun'r!
and hal the smist,cs, family OF boiz
that ever duggcd .aiers."
Mrs. b. Gratx Brown was buried on
Sunday last at Kirkwood. Mo-, te-idr
.i.c grave Of her hu-brud. the d;srin-
yui,hcd Governor OF Missouri. Gov.
Brown was the D.nocra'i" candidate
for the Vice Presidency when Greeley
WAS the Democratic and Liberal Re
publican candidate for the Presidency.
Harry Matson, pilot OF the Arkan-
sas City, SAYS in the Giobe Democrats
river news: "A part Of the gorge tha!
ob>trurted the clnnmel at Ste. Gene
We've is gone, and the channel il im-
proved, there being ~ feet. The
gorge remains firm Mt Little Rock.
which is II yrea: Inconvenience to the
people of Ste. Gcncvicve ~ that il
their only landing. aud tn" tcrryOoat
has been forced out ou the bank by the
gorge"
The total production OF the lead.
silver aud gold mines of Lead, HE.
Col, during the year 1897 aggregated
$lo.07o2. 81, decrease from that OF
lSSS. The decrease i, due to several
causes. In the first place. the lower
price which silver has brought during
the past wear made difference of one
quarter of Il million dollars upon the
silver production OF Lradvilir
Again, the two gold mines have been
in operation but little vi the time.
/ Lastly. the ore shipped during the
| l.a., wear has been Of rather lower
! grade. aud although the tonnage has
/ been fully as large, ii not larger, The
value has been less.
Potosi needs roller Touring mil
aul a new hotel.
Washington Co. has appointed IT,
! Democratic Central CoHiini,;cc.
| Washington G." finds il necessary &c