Fair play., 1891-10-10

! EGGIT miners We're killed 1t the
! Abnrgwnii collicry, near BrArcnd,
Wales, on the Ist, 10y the Ovcrwinding
Of the pit gear
| Hos. HARVEY NJ. WATTERS"N died in
| Louisville. Ky. on the night of the
! lst He was born in bedford county,
| Tenn. November a3, isli. In !>3? he
succeeded James Il. Polk in the Twen.
| ty-siXth congress and was the only sur
| viyinr member of that body. He served
! in the Twcuty-serenth and Twenty
| eighth congresses and in lsi3 was sent
| 10y President Tyler to south America
on an important diplomatic mission. lie
declined office at the hands of Frcsi-
dents Pierce. Buchanan and Johnson.
He was strong Union man during the
late war.
THE city of Halifax, y. s. was re-
ported, on the morning of the Cd. to hc
in the embrace of a m ighty contlagra-
ton, which threatened the destruction
of the city and all the shipping in the
docks. \ hundred casks of kerosene
docks added largely to the spread of the
fire among the shipping.
THE fifth annual CornPalace festival
opened at Sioux City. Ia, on the lst,
with great ceremony. The weather
was not of the best. but nevertheless
the city was thronged with people. The
Mexican National band is there. and
will give two concerts daily during the
carnival.
THOMAS STEVENSON. of Elkhart. Ind.
whii, home at noon, on the lst. acci
dcntally shot and instantly killed him
self. lie was i'll the back yard shooting
SparroWS with a target rifle. when the
gun was caught some here in his cloth
ing and the load was discharged through
his heart.
The condition of the cotton crop for
the seven days ended the lst WIS some
what improved. in most sections, over
the preceding week, though in parts of
Arkansas and South Carolina the situa-
tion was more gloomy than at any time
this season. Nearly all reports esti-
mate quite a falling off from the yield
of last year.
SIR .IouN THOMPSON. minister of JUS
ticc, and Hon. {. f.. Foster. minister of
customs. will represent the Dominion
government at the reciprocity confer
encc to be held at Washington on the
18th inst
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ended on the 2d, number,
for the United states, pol. and for Can
ada. %, or a total of 30: as compared
with total Of PA the previous week.
For the corresponding week of last
year the figures We're ;?1, representing
liG failures il the United States and 81
in the Dominion of Canada.
CoMMoDoRE l.. NEDEH has begun ac-
tion for Slandrr at jamestown, y. V,
against Hon. w. u. Sessions. Mr. Scs-
siuns charged that Mr.. Nrder had pro-
cured his last three nominations for
senator from his district by bribery.
FIRE ut Alexander City. Ala, on the
ID burned the all lance warehouse and
$50 bales of cotton. The loss is ST..
0oo: partially insured The cause of
the fire is unknown.
\ EEIsK exchange of kilograms be.
tween the European capitals continues,
| with a view to reinforcing the European
sunaGrOns in Chinese waters.
SNOW more than three feet deep was
reported at Red Lodge, Mont. ON the
I'd, and business was hlockaded.
G. +. MILLS. th" English champ on
bicvcli.t who holds the English record
from Lands End 70 John O'Groat S,
| has beaten his own time lay twenty
two hours, having ridden on a pucu-
| matte bicycle between the two points
in four days, four hours and fifteen