Fair play., 1892-01-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE Botch Spinning Co., new cor
ooration with a capital stock of be-
tween S4OO, OnO and 100000, will erect a
new cotton hoisery yarn mill in New
Bedford, Mass, in the spring
In the Wietstock parish of Branten-
burg there was not a single death dur
ing 1891. The parish books show that
this record has not been equaled since
the year 17l9. A special service of
thanks has been rendered in the parish
church
Miss MARY BIRD, aged %. an actress
playing at the Cincinnati Grand opera
house, was fatally burned. on the
night of the 4th, by the explosion of a
bottle of face lotion which she held in
her hand uncorlled.
THE state Farmers Alliance of Min
nesota met in annual session at Min
neapolis, on the 5th, with about 200
delegates in attendance.
THE remains of the late Gen. NJ c.
Meigs, were inferred, with military
honors, in Arlington cemetery, near
Washington city, on the ath.
LIE United States steamer Baltimore
arrived at San Francisco, on the 5th
from Chilli
THE condition of Speaker Crisp, was
on the 9th, considered quite alarming
premonitory symptoms of pneumonia
making their appearance His physi-
clans were confident, however. that he
would pull through. but expressed the
OPT nion that it would be a month be
fore he would be able to resume his
duties
c. j. BELL. of Buff alo, n Y. is ac-
cused of embezzling $4,000 of the
county funds recently while deputy
county treasurer. His deficit has been
made good by friends who will try to
avoid prosecution.
THERE is no longer any doubt that
the British steamship Cavalier has been
lost with all hands. The bodies of the
second officer and steward of the vessel
have been washed ashore along the
Cornish coast.
A DISPATCH from Adelaide. South
Australia. of the 9Th, said that the min
istry had resigned. The governor had
requested the eX-premier, Hon. +.
Playford. NJ. p, to form a new eabi-
net.
THE joint republican caucus of the
Ohio legislature met on the night of the
9th and renominated Hon. John Sher-
man for United States senator by a
vote of IS to IS for john H. Foraker
A DISPATCH from Rio Grande City,
of date the 9Th says that Capt Thomas
Cara, the deputy marshal who escaped
during the Retinal fight, has come in
TO surrender himself The revolution
lists are reported to be badly scattered. |
BENJAMIN S. WRIGlr. a noted horse |
man. died at the home cf Horace +. !
Willis, in Medford, Mass, on the 9th. |!
from a complicG tion of diseases He |
was familiarly known as Uncle Ben
Wright" by horsemen throughout the |
TKE secretary of the treasury. on the |
9Th, received dispatch from Capt.
of the revenue cutter Gala |
in stating that his vessel struck on
Roohoo ledge. off Eagle Head, during
snow-storm. and would prob
,biy be total loss. J. Jacobson. the
was killed by falling
'moke e-stack after the Gallatin struck.
he officers and crew all escaped and
we're safely landed at Eagle Head.
The members of the St Louis COM
mission firm of +. Ellsworth Turner .S (,
%. have disappeared. together with
Ibout $40, OO0 for which they have failed
o account to consignors.
AN engine and freight accommoda-
ion train on the New York. Ontario
I Western railroad. colliGed at SMYRNA. ,
:. V, on the 9th. Engineers Sheehan
md Young, and Albert Cady. fire. ,
men. were killed. The boilers of both
'ngines exploded when the collision oc-
urred.
MRS. j. ". MARTIN. nee Cross, has ,
ust been discovered in Glenn coun- {
v, Cal, by n detective who has been ,
uniting for her for several months.
irs. Martin is the only daughter and !
eir to the fortune of fully million g,
ollars lett by eX-CongresSman Cross. !
4 Vermont. who died in July last. G
lrs Martin eloped from Washington
Tlth her husband ten years ago ,
WAR on Sunday newspapers has s
cen inauguratcd by the Law and Order I
ociety of Pittsburgh, Pa. which has
aked up au eighteenth century statute a
D sustain its action. =