Fair play., 1893-06-03

THE Winter Wheat Nitl-rs' league
convene! in Toledo. o.. on the 18th. IN
its first annual meeting. with much
business of consequence to the milling
trade pending before it.
CzERNowlTZ. a town nf Austria. cani-
tai Of the duchy of Huliouina. was Wis
tied, on the 2ith. by disastrous floods.
Five persons are known to have been
drowned.
THE great kissing ease which has oc-
cupied the attention of the Nontrun-
cry lind. circuit court came to Il close
on the 9th. at Charlottesville. John
Doherty. young society man, WAS
charged with stealing kiss from N;>,
Lovcy Surface. his aunt'S maid. The
case was one of uproarious fun from
start to finish. and scventy-five wit
nesses were examined The jury foHnd
Doherty guilty and fined him 500 and
costs. Doherty paid and at once left
for the west
FREDERICK SEiTZ, poor man, par
TALLY blind. wanted to give his share
to the mass of relics which are To be
cast in the Columbian liberty bell, at
Allentown, Pa. and turned over Il half
penny of sls09 He did not know its
full value. The coin is quoted by
numismatiSt ut $50. and it was accord
ingly returned to Seitz. lie feels like Il
millionaire.
Two CHILDREN of Frank Manager, of
st. Claire. Blue Earth county. Mimi.
met terrible death on the oath. The
servant was filling the gasoiin" tank
while the stove was burning. when an
explosion occurred. The children were
burned to death.
A COMPANY has been formed in New
York to engage in the business of rails
ing sunken vessels by Il novel method.
Large rubber bags viii he placed in the
hold of 4 vessel by divers connected by
hose with air-pumps on floats on the
surface. and air will be pumped into
them until they have sufficient buoy
ancy to float the vessel.
FIVE HUNDRED feet of stable sheds in
Garfield park. Chicago. together with
three camelS and seven hloolcd Ara hian
horses. were burned at : =. III. on the
18th. The park is being used bya band
VI t''i I''i NAtiills.l
to those of the wild west show.
a FREIGHT train was wrecked near
Dunkirk. o.. on the Fort Wayne road
on the 25th. Seventeen ears were
piled in every direction and traffic was
blocked. 1t is reported that several
trainmcn were killed
TIE Superior glass works at Ale
ghcnv. Pa. were wrecked and after
ward burned. on the 18th. by an cxplo-
sion caused by an overh2atcd heater.
Several persons had narrow escapes.
but no one was killed.
The president has committed to i'm
prisonment for life the death sentenc"
of Edward Pickens. Il full-hioadcd
ChOctaw Indian, who WAS convicted OF
murder in the district of Kansas.
THE wife of Tony Mullanc. the base
ballist has entered suit for divorce and
alimony. charging him with personal
abuse of the most despicablc character
and with failure to support.
THE Infanta Eulalie left Washing
ton on the 18th, on special train for
New York.
PROF. Moses G. FARMER, of Boston,
one Of the pioneers in the modern APP
plication of electricity to industrial
uses, died in Chicago, on the 25th. Of
pneumonia. aged 95 years.
ANNA WAGNER, Il German servant
girl employed in the family Of William
koesters. Of indianapolis, Ind. five
members of which have died under Sis
picious circumstances during the past
three months. was arrested, on the
18th. on suspicion of having poisoned
them. circumstances point strongly to
tho trirl'S u,riIt