The LaCygne Weekly Journal Linn County Friday April 7, 1899 T.N. MARSHALL was confined to his room the first of the week on account of a severe cold and fever. Dr. DOWNS reports a bright little daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Milton WALLER Thursday monring. Mrs. L.T. ROBINSON and son, Harry, were in Kansas City, Wednesday. While in the city Mrs. Robinson purchased another invoice of new spring millinery goods. A.J. WUTTKE was elected mayor in LaCygne, O.S. RIGGS in Pleasanton and Eugene LORTON in Mound City. Three as good men as you can fin any place. Last Friday night the residence of R.W. PRITCHARD in the east part of town caught fire about 12 o'clock and together with the entire contents was completely destroyed. Mr. Pritchard was is crippled was alone in the house at the time and did not wake until the room was filled with smoke, and he scarcely had time to buckle on his cork leg and leave the building. Everything was burned with but a small insurance to cover the loss. Mr. and Mrs. Pritcahrd have gone to housekeeping in the house vacated by Chas. Carnagey and family. Last week a little son of Julius ROSS met with a very painful accident. He was driving the cattle when he accidently ran into the wire fence, the top wire of the fence striking him in the face and cutting the fleshy portion of his nose almost off. The physicians say it is doubtful if enough of the nose was left unsevered to cause it to grow back. Ed. FUNK , the deaf and dumb printer who has been at work in the newspaper offices here since last summer, is a candidate for the position of foreman of the printing department at the Olathe death and dumb school. Funk is a graduate of that school and has worked in many of the big offices in Kansas City and Kansas and knows more about matter pertaining to typography than many of this fellow workmen who are belssed with the full five senses.--Eureka Herald. Eddie FUNK is a LaCygne boy. He has worked in the Journal several times, and we have found him competent, reliable and faithful.