Fair play., 1889-07-13
Southeast Missouri.

On Saturday. June 3V,i, willie Mr.
Eacke, residing al Eichwood-. in
Washington connty WAS engaged in
clcanin" out Il smokc-hOu-e. he was
the lucky finder OF 500 in gold which
had been placed there by some
unknown person.
Last Sunday night or Monday morn
Ing. during the absence of George
viii from his shoe shop OF Main street.
some ,ucak liIc.i entered the premises
through an open window and stole
from q trunk in " iirh Mr. VII kept
/ his hard cash. The trunk was not
locked and the person who committed
! the theft had little trouble in entering
and burglarizin" the premises. Pop
! lar Bluff Citizen.
Gums Ideal Comedy Company,
which recently delighted Charlcs,O-
pians with lis repertoire OF taking
dramas, 4 few days ago had the mis-
fortune to lose the wartrobes of the
entire company and thousand dol
lars in cash by fire at Metropolis, III.
1t is ioped that Manager Gum will
soon have his company on the road in
good shape a"ain.-tNaficy'on Ue,ao.
c,'at.
Willie McMu!in had an experience.
last Friday, which will be a lesson to
him, aud VIC publish the facts As 4 war
ming to other, that they can not be TOO
careful in handling firearms, bat should
always treat them As loaded and ready
to fire. While riding along in a bug
gy he attempted TO draw a couple of
guns towards him, muzz.c first, when
one of them fired, the muzzlc being
right at his ear and the load knocking
his hat Off Besides ihc loss of the hat,
the only bad result felt was ringing
sensation in his ear for some hours,
but an inch closer would have killed
him.-Je6esson Democrat.
The little tivc-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Burnley, who live
on Shctlev's creek, fe;l into a well aud
was drowned last Saturday. The lit
tie girl went to the well presumably
TO draw some water aud stepping on
a plank, which WAS rotten. broke
through and fell distance of
% feet before striking the water,
which is l6 feet deep. The mother
was attracted to the wei! by the
screams aud attempted TO rescue the |
child by letting down the well bucket |
but the little girl was too TAR gone to !
grasp its only opportunity 10 escape !
from Il watcry grave. Mr.. Burnley !
was not At home II, the time but came !
in shortly after and was so completely .
pr0strated with grief that il required ,
the efforts of friends to keep him from !
jumping IN the well. Mr.. aud Mrs.
Eurmly have the sympa,hics Of the
entire community in their sad bereav-
emcnt.-FrcderickiOwn P2aindeoler. |
John Weiss the father of the g,rl t
Anna Weiss who was recently mur.
dercd in st. Louis, formerly resided in
this county near tniOntOwn. In ,
September 1859 his wife was MUIR.
dcred and the circumstances pointing |
to the husband as the murderer he was
indicted by the Grand Jury and tried
at the following April term and found
guilty OF mansiaughter and sentenced
to three years in the pcnnitentiary.
The case WAS appealed to the Supreme
court of the State by the defendants
j. ". NOEL and T.. +. NOEL
but the judgement of the court below
was affirmed. The defendant we I'm.
'lerstand was pardOned oy the COVER
nor before his time expired and set.
Ting down in Jefferson City was mar
ried TO a second wife and the MUIR
Ilcred girl Anna Weiss. was a child Of
Ibis second marriage. John Wei.s is
4 tone mason and has been good
citizen of the states Capital.-Pe,ry-
r,Ne Sun.