The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-04
[JIJNE, 1889.

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[JIJNE, 1889
. iabout tlset Cnrtis waa = q a Yankee eave
D sufsr Who evsdlatly ihtended - mshe = 80
! jthinE oaf y tlssuegpo cillavers rssiss - "
not nolssssdson ~ way - Misscst. HI ~
] Iesous bondansa EAve him w u oaee - - -
/, der merclos of our sAesiA, uho Kindly sesSe
, him 70 bea noar jail To-day ~ has been hand
/ I'd over 70 the Sheriff y Johnsoa County, VT
len here for lows City aboat noon, and reft
ron in that direction for further infomstion .
70 The results q this arrest
/ learn that the little Crls 80 indentsred Y
Curtis ne vas bound p edscate, elOths, Sset
and provide ( i them that on the belief ID. a
had neglected his duty IN whole Or in part, ~
County Judge had notice served On him last
Friday 10 appear before him on Monday 70 shcw
cause Why he should not appoint another guar
dian, he
Whilst protesting to prepare for tat invest'
CATION on Monday. he quietly prepared to ~
the little girls into Missouri, and for that pur-
pose left Iowa City about II o'cloc. on Satnrla,
night, but through the vigilance and persever-
snee Of Messrs, Allen, Vincent and Mccoy
Washington county, he was arrested.
Yours Uslox.
FIRE IN TIaB HEART Or THB CITY.
4 General Cen1lagratlon almest--A Hard.
ware anA Greeery Stere DaEnt-1oss
e1e,OOO-1nsuranee 013,0O0.
At about o'clock on Yesterday morning
the hardware establishment Of Ross whippl J,
on the south side Of Jefferson street, betwee,
Main and Front streets, was discovered to be b
flames, and before the alarm became general th
entire building, three stories IN height, wss ! /
mass Of fire. The engines were soon on t.r
ground, but proved useless, and the entire con
tents Of the building were consumed, leaving
only the bare walls A strong wind vas blown.
from the north and In few moments the fr,
was communicated to the roof Of the three
story brick building occupied BY Z. Geschwend a.
q grocery store, on Main street, the fire COM
municating to the rear portion. Tie confer >
Of the store were removed and efforts were
made by forming line Of men to the rivei
and passing bnckets Of water to rave the build
ing, but the fire had gained such headway that
it was found impossible TO subdue II, and tie
building was left 10 its fate. The Are left moth.
ing but the bare walls, which were pulled down
late in the day. The surrounding buildings were
imminent danger during the progress Of the fire,
but by strenuous exertion were saved. Il Il ex- |
traordinary thar the whole block was not burnt |
Senator Grimes large block was protected By its
slate roof The whole surface was covered with
burning sparks, which could not fail to have X.
nited had it been composed Of any more com.
bustible material.
The origin Of the fire could not be ascertained,
as Mr.. Ross AYERS that no fire existed on his
premises after four o'clock Of the previous even
ing, and the canse remains in mystery
Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock 4 portion
Of the north wall Of the burnt building, front
ing on Main street, fell with terrible crash
upon the roof Of the rear portion Of Ben Ezekiels
clothing store, breaking II in, the whole mass
falling upon the first floor. Several persons were
almost Immediately beneath it, bot fortunately
escaped injury.
The loss will be heayy-most Of it, however,
covered by insurance
Messrs. Ross 4 Whipple's loss is estimated al
81 900, with an insurance Of &, 900 in the Home
Insurance Company Of New York, $500 in the
Etna, and $1,000 in the Charter Oak, both Of
Hartford, Conn. No part Of their stock was
saved and q few Of their books only were saved
| in damaged condition. number OF boxes Of
household furniture, belonging to Mr.. Steward,
which were stored in the third story Of the build
ing were also consumed; no insurance. The
building belonged to Messrs Mauro & Taylor,
and was not insured. II was valued at about
| 81, 600.
The new brick building occupied BY E. Gesch-
wend as grocery, was owned by Louis Kics-
cher, and was insured in the PhPnix Insurance
Company of Hartford for s2,4OO. Itsvalue was
about q, 500. The loss Of Mr. Geschwend from
damage to his goods by removal is estimated at
$500. He had no insurance on his property
This is the second time he has been burnt out,
though in neither instance has the ere originated
on his premises.
Considerable damage was done in removing
| SAI sVodS Va uCSSis. -. "A. AaN AOE o w., W. n.
Mauro and J. Pilger grocers, and Ben. Ezekiel,
tailor and clothier, which is fully covered by in
surance. Mr.. Keller, saloon keeper, also s,,s
tainei ,avy loss in the removal Of his fixtures
etc. The total loss may be estimated at about
$4,000, and the insurance amounts to about
$4,000.
We are requested BY the sufferers at this fire,
whose goods were removed, to return their &c
acknowledgements to the friends, whose active ex-
ertions saved a large amount Of property from
destruction. #E
This is the heaviest FIRE that has occurred IN
this city since the FIRE Of 1886, when Kimball 4
Co., J. w. & c. A. White, and others, wen
burned out. As it occurred on very cold af,t
windy night in compact block entirely built NJ
on jefferson street, and nearly 10 clear round 3.
Valley, and as the ERE engines we're frozen NJ
and useless it il almost miracle that the wholt
block at least, did not 60.
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eE The house Of Antoine Berger, in the real
Of the fire yesterday morning, ii was supposed
mus. he burnt, and was abandoned to destruc
ton. Antoine removed his horses and carts ans
. other valuables supposing that the shower 0
sparks and brands would certainly set FIRE to th
old frame house. But it escaped, and stands
memento Of early times and pioneer life in Bur
lington. If not the first house erected here, !
certainly looks it.
IOWA NEWS.
+ A CuRIosiTy.-We were shown day or tw,
! since, iu0s nature in the form Of sheep
which was not vet sheep, but lamb, with tw,
perfect bodies, eight legs and feet The stang
deformity was joined together at the neck. 1t
r perhaps needless 10 add that the creature wa
not alive.-Sigourncy Democrat
! The expense Of supporting the paupers Of Scot
county, last year, according 10 report just pub
lishcd, was 50, $50 93.
! The Muscatinc Journal Of the oath states tlna
J. W. Dutton,. late cashier Of the Branch Of til
! State Bank in that town, has been arrested o
:: the charge Of misapplica ation Of its funds.