Fair play., 1892-06-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

CLARK's mill-dam, at Union City. Pa.
| burst, on the night of the 5th. and a
wall of water swept through the town,
carrying thirty houses from their foun-
dations, and while many persons were
badly hurt. none lost their lives. Hun
drcds of horses and cattle were drowned.
BY the explosion OF d coal-oil stove at
JetfersOnvillc. Ind. on the evening OF
the 5:h, Misses Lizzie Davidson and
Katie McCann We're badly burned about
their faces. waists and arms.
MARGARET ELLEN CLARK, Il lady well
known in Dubuque, Ia, for thirty
years, fell down stairs. on the 5th. and
broke her neck. Death was almost in
Simultaneous. She was the daughter of
Engineer John Clark. of the Chicago.
Milwaukee, * st. Paul railway.
Two SHOCKS of earthquake were felt.
at midnight on the 9th. at CanoSa. Il
town in the Province of Bari. thirteen
miles southwest of Earictta, Italy.
The shocks were felt at Rome, though
not SO severely.
CHESTER IIEIrzMAN. of Loransport,
Ind. whose left leg was cut off by IA
Panhandle train. has compromised his
| suit uf $4,000 against the company by
accepting $4,000 in cash.
A ALAEGE number of the victims of
the Oil City and Titusville pa horror
| We're buried, on the 1th. with impress
sive ceremonies. 1t was estimated that
the list of the dead would reach about
300
Mrs. AGNES FRlEAG. of New York.
committed suicide, on the eth, rather
than be disrrsSessed of her home. the
rent of which. her husband being out
of work. she could not pay.
THE English excursion steamer Alert
was wrecked, on the eth. on the Jersey
island coast. y panic ensucd, but all
on board were saved.
Bob FORD the desperate and train
robbcr. whose cowardly assassination of
his former leader. Jesse James, earned
the eNccrationS of all good men and al
most elevated his victim to the role of n
martyr. WAS himself shot down. on the
Sth. without warning. III his new dance
house in Creedc. Col. by Deputy Sher-
iff Kelly. as the result of former quar-
rel. lie died instantly.
THE proceedings of the Republican
national convention. on the Sth. were
short and devoid of interest outside of
the ovation accorded to Gov. Mckinley
of Ohio on assuming the permanent
chairmanshiD of the convention. The
committees on credentials and rcsolu-
tions not being ready to report an early
adjournment was taken to the morning
of the 9th.
THE twcnty-fifth anniversary of the
coronation of Francis Joseph as king of
Hungary is being celebrated at Buda-
resth.
THE Oriental bank of London has
suspended.
QUEEN VICTORIA has donated $50 to
the Mauritius island hurricane suffer-
erS.
1HE Republican national convention
had not arrived at the nomination
stage up 10 the close of a long night
session on the 9th. which was taken up
in discussing the report of the commit
tee on credentials and the settlement
of contests by the convention. The
first test vote of the convention indi-
Gated a majority for the administra-
tion. and the denomination Of Mr.. Har-
ri>on was freely predicted by his friends
on the first ballot.
THE body of a boy of years. who
had been murdered. WAS found tied
to the ratings in front of a mousse on
Goulston street. in low quarter of
Whitechapel, London. on the 9Th The
boys throat was cut and there were
numerous gashes on the body.
IN the British house of commons. on
the 9th. Mr.. Balfour announced that
the Irish local government bill would
bc dropped, and he would state on the
Ilth what other bills would be pro-
ceeded with.
THE decision in the murder case of H.
Clay King, of Memphis, Tenn. win not
be rendered by the supreme court of
that state until July :. in consequence
of the illness of Chicf-Justice Turney.