Fair play., 1889-08-03

Az English syndicate, il IS said, Ia,
purchased seventy eight grain elevator.
| in the Northwest
Tue personal property Of ex-Editor
| West OF the Chicago Times was levied On
| by the sheriff on the 2Glh.
The Richmond Paper Company, Of
Providence, X. l.. suspended On the 26th.
THE valuation ot Indiana railroads fot
taxation has been raised over - 0)),00).
| Two SMALL sons OF Fred Dwenker were
! killed by train near Chica 90, on the 2oti.
t CAPTAIN WILLIAM HALL, aged sixty. 4
! native Of Liverpool, dropped dead IF ap-
| oplexy at Brooklyn, on the 2sth, while dis
! putting about wages with two sailors on
! board his ship. Tn, Spantiarift.
/ PROF.. OLDRriEvE, of Chelsea, Mass,
I the champion water walker o. the world,
! walking five miles across the bay near
Hui.
| The body OF an unknown man was
J washed ashore near Babylon l.. t., on the
2StFI. Ii is thought possible that il is that
Of Hogan, the missing aeronaut.
An oil still i'll the Pipe Line yards at
Bayonne, Y. V, exploded, on the 2sth,
causing a loss Of $1,000. No one was ia
jured.
HENRY Z ABBEY in an interview, on
the 18th said that the report Of Mary An
derson's insanity i, absolutely untrue.
/ Her nlat! IS i'll no way affected by her Ill
ness.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HENRY S.GEoRGE and Mr..
and Mrs. Haberkoru (Margaret Matherl
were among the passengers arriving at
New Yorl, on the steamship Umbria
from Liverpool on the 2S,h.
\ DEAD-LrCK between the British Gov
eram"Hl and The London County Council
is imminent. Lord Salisbury has put
his foot down upoa some OF the more
radical proposals Of the council. and
mau.tests a determiuat!o on TO interfere.
:'IG JULIAN PACNCEFoTE, the British
Miui,tcr 10 the United States. arrived III
London from Washington, on the 2Sth,
and was euthuS iastically welcomed.
RETURNS from the French general
election, On the 2,,l i. % caHtons indi-
cate ii disastrous defeat Cor Boulanger,
who carried bat twelve of the number.
WHILE James Sullivan aui Patric,;
DOYLE were cleaning out an old we'll in
New York City, on the 2.tn, they were
overcome by sewer gas aud suttoca:ed.
john Sullivan, father of James, went to
their AID and VAS also overcome. He
wa, trkcu out unconscious aud is in
critical condition.
VI. DRESsIEES who is now on his way
to join Einiu Bey in East Africa writes
tlla: he expects 10 come up with Em!n
about the end Of October or the begin
ming ot November.
NoRToN'S POINT, the western extremity
Of Cpuey Island. y. Y, has been pur-
chased by II syndicate Of capitalists who
propose tn convert this unimproved spot
into mod popular seaside resort at an
outlay OF :l,nD),ol0.
\ REPORT has been received from Zan-
zibar ot the drowning there of DR..
Schmclzkopf, surgaou- III chief of the
Wi-smann expedition.
PROF. SC'!iLeMAN. the renowned Ger
man antiquarian, Is visiting in London.
He Is expected TO spend some time in Ell
gland.
Mrs. ALEXANDER SULLIVAN arrived on
the steamship City Of Berlin from Liver
pool On the 2S,ll. She declined 10 be in
tcrv!"Wea.
NEWS of 4 decisive engagement with
the dervish"s in Egypt is expected very
soon. a. the arriya. @: Colonel Kitchener
at she front with reinforcements will I'M
doultedly be the signal for aggressive
operations on the part OF the British and
Egyptian troops.
THE convicted jury-briber, ex-Stttc
Senator K. J. Creighton, who surrendered
Ia the police Of San Francisco recently,
after being a fugitive from justice for a
year and half, was, on the 9th. sem
fenced 10 five years. imprisonment in the
peaitentiary.
The steamer Toichester, on her way
from Baltimore to Deals Island, on the
2Sth. ran down IA sail boat near Fort Car
roll. Nd. There were FIVE persons in the
boat, three of whom, Mary kuIb. Mary
Weiner and John Bitz, were drowned.