The people's press, and Addison County Democrat. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1838-1841, 1841-05-18
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

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4 little after 2 o'clock last night, q fire which
Threatened at one time, almost TO equal the
memorable conlagration of 1895. was discov.
cred in the four story store No. I46 Pearl ST.,
which belongs to the estate of Z. Lewis. 1t
was occupied by Richards, BaSset & Aborn,
jobbcrs, (whose loss is estimated at about $40,-
600, insured, and by Samuel Cochran, lace i'm
porter, whose loss is about 100000, also in
sured. No l46, with the adjoining stores,
Nos.>l44 and 145, were entirely destroyed,
with their contents. No. 148 was occupied
by H. B. Howard. dry goods, and No. IA by
Adshead & Co, in the upper part, and by N.
w. Sanford, shoe dealer. in TIE lower part
The contents of the adjoining buildings, Nos.
l40, l42. and $50, occupied by j. IL W. Rel'
ley, w. F. & S. Waring, Oakeys 81 Robinson.
and Booth and Turtle, we're all more or less
damaged by wafer. The fire communicated
10 the Two stores, Il2, and ia Water ST.. oc'
cuped by w. Ruel as drug store, r. Chace
& Co. and Foster & Eason, and both of the
buildings, with the principal part of their con-
tents, were destroy ed.-N. Y. american Of
Saturday.
4 The Journal Of Commerce says the fire was
more destructive than at first represented
The total loss Of property is probably not far
from S350000, of which there is about S27j..
900 covered by insurance, distributed more or
less among nearly all the insurance Offices in
this city, and some il oher states.
VnLANY. 1t is stated IN tie Philadelphia
papers that on examining the cannon by order
of Commodore Stuart, preparatory 10 firing
them on occasion of the launch of the Missis.
.i,, fir acbo
several of them placed there by some incon.
ccivable villain. whose m'lice against all man.
kiad was happily baked by the caution of the
Commodore.
Elk President Van Buren, arrived at Kinder
hook on Saturday, in the steamboat Albany.
from New York.
Appointments by the President,
BIZ and With the aarice and consent of
The Senate.
Thomas Finley, TO be Postmaster at Balii-
more, Nd.
Henry Curtis, Surveyor of the revenue at
Mad:sonviIIc. La, vice w. Patterson, deccas-
ed.
Thomas j. Charlton, collector of the Gus
toms at Edenion, n. c., vice Robert ii. Nox-
en-.
The MURDER AND Arson AT ST. LOUIS.
The st. Louis Republican of the 10Th inst
publishes all the details Of the murder, bur-
qlarv and arson Of which we made mention
Yesterday. The alarm of fire was given,
il appears, about o'clock on the previous
Saturday night Several gentlemen forced
upon the doorof Mr.. Pcttis' Banking House
and through smoke discovered body lying
on the floor near the stove. The body
was taken out before the flames had reach
ed it. and found to be that Of Mr.. Jacob
Weaver, young man. a clerk in the store
of Messrs Won Phal and McGill, who usu-
ally slept in the room Immediately in the
rear of Mr.. Peitus' banking room, with Mr..
Jesse Baker, the clerk of Messrs Simonds
and Morrison.
Mr. Weaver was found in the dress he
had worn during the day but his head
dreadfully mangled. He had been shot
through the head. the ball entered above
the left eye, and 50 near had the weapon
been to him that his face and left hand were
blackened with the powder, and the little
finger nearly cut of, apparently by the ball.
His head was also cut open in several pla-
ces, the wounds appearing to have been
made with bowie knife or Ratchet.
Near to him in the same room. was found
the hat and handkerchief of Mr.. Baker but
no traces of his body could be discovered.
1t is conjectured that he had been killed
either in the bedroom or some other part
of the store, and that his body lies buried in
the ruins.
The object of the villains seems to have
been the money deposited in the large fire.
proof vault of the bank; and it is supposed
the murders were committed 10 reach that
vault in this they failed. The safe too of
Messrs. Smmonds and Morrison, in which |
there was some money, was undlsturbed. |
and it was therefore probable that little |
booty was obtained.
The loss By the fire has been very great |
estimated at 100000.
MIR, Weaver was young man of excel |
lent character % years of age. His pa
rents reside at st. Louis whittier they re- |
moved about three years since, from Wash |
ington city. Mr.. Baker was about the same
age. the sun ola respectable family residing |
in Worcester county, Mass. Mr.. Ansell S. |
Kimball who was killed by the falling of
a wall. was carpenter by trade, and ma
tive of concord, N. n. He moved to st. |
Louis in the fall of 1885. He has left |
Young and amiable wife to mourn his loss
1t would be impossible, says the Repub-
lican. to describe the intense feeling which
pervaded the community during the night
and ensuing morning, and in fact the whole
day. Every one was shocked at the enor-