St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-04-05

~ 4s.s4V <W0SVAss tAsV AVUG1UCtlO0 OF MS beau.
tiful ediAeA, M, Pike had his pocket picked d
offs wsllst which contained about $50.
i Tho sthsrt losses are very heavy. The {
Daily iEhqsi,srs Office wss consumed, loss z
$l25, 0oo, assured 0;aO0. They resumed
publication q following Saturday. .
A. 0sPetets q Coz 4200, 600; Insurance
$4,000 Music plates asnd ssheet music Of
a quarter Of sasesstuI . accumulation much
Of which can nsyerb - replaced, composing.
the bulk Of thelesas VI .aa s.
- Wheeler & Wilson'S Machine es-aa
adjustment; 8 loss 500 coo, ofwhich $3.50,
wv inlbonds and Treasury onotSswere in B
we safe, which has been lying in bed of
nre'1or sixteen hours, and are probably des-
hoyed. .-...,..~ .E..
tsigHtlar perss JOB Printing office, loss $50 600 j
mo insurance. .,f 80 -,
Bryant, stratton & De Haus College, loss
$8,OOO-no insurance. egs So. - r..sg#s4 -
Adams Express Co., having run out most Z.
Of their goods on the night trains, will sus-
tain little loss besides the fixtures of their
office. =. 80 -,
Philip Philips { Co, piano and melodeon
dealers, suffered . loss on stock Of $40, :.
They lost thirty seven pianos and forty-fye
cabinet organs. = ~.
H., The Daily National Uuion Office was also
destroyed, and the Gazette Office narrowly
escaped destruction. Many other minor
losses occurred, and the total loss is nearly
two millions. All business was suspended
on the following day. .....t.:s.i5
+. The cause Of all the fire was undoubtedly
the explosion and burning of gas; but how
it came to be escaping is still mystery.
Incidents and Accidents.
A livery stable at Davenport, Iowa, was
struck by lightning on the night Of the 18th
inst, and burned. Loss $1,000. .5''F '.'i' x
Heller & Hofman's chair factory in st.
Louis. one of the largest in the West, was
destroyed by fire, March %. Loss about
$35,OOO. ss;'iaaz ~ zi~@e+ e. ss'.LEF !.
. Joseph G. Smith, % years Of age, com
mitted suicide in Brooklyn, March p, in .
consequence sof the loss Of all his money
through q swindler..ss II: ~ as q.
g The house Of Mr.. Findiey, five miles from
Perth, C. w., was destroyed by fire on the
10Th, and three children and young woman
were burned to death. ,.%s 81 5.5--:-'<-
Eighteen persons ut Lisbon, near Grand
Rapids, Mich, are saidto have been poi
soned to death last week, by eating biscuits
in which strychnine had been used by mis-
take for soda rsffE3 z52tZ. go IS $50 !:-t3- p p
The wife of Lander Rogers, living near
Fennimore, Wis, poisoned her two boys
and 6 years old, and then poisoned herself
All are dead. The cause was domestic I'M
happiness. 81 q gias, gsiatz o:sz @53 -,
At Paris, Ky, March 2s,ia negro was
hung by the citizens for violating the per-
son Of . white girl Of tender age After
committing the outrage, he disembowelled
her and then cut her throat. 70 rs'-a J. y
In New York, March %, VIM B. Oddir,
an artist, was accidently shot dead by an
intimate friend, named John Ladew, while J
carelessly Ihandling p pistol. The latter
has given himself into custody. za. m. :;
About o'clock on the evening Of the e1st:
terrible tornado swept ever the southern
part of Montgomery county, near Ladoga2
Indiana, destroying timber houses, SC.
Four persons were killed and twenty or
more crushed and bruised: a.. :. i,.sa
| A serious railway collision occurred on
the Minnesota Central Railroad, near Min
neapolis, on the 2sd instant, disabling at
once three engines and leaving the Com
pany entirely without motive power None
Of the passengers we're injured seriously,
but several wore slightly bruised #-.: II
An attempt WAS made on the night Of the
18th to burn the freight depot Of the Indi-
aphpolis and Cincinnati Railway Company
ct Indianapolis. A discharged employee,
named Dennis Langley, WAS arrested in the
act Of firing : mass Of combustible matter
which he had placed under the building.
!, A confagration occurred on the night Of
the 2lst at st. Johnsbury, VT, Halifax, N.
s., and Astoria, N. T.. At the former place
railroad repair shop and two engines we're
destroyed loss 500, 600, insured for $s55,-
600; at Halifax = newspaper office was
burned; and at Astoria = house occupied by
the Government Vas completely consumed.
An accident occurred about three miles
south Of Indianapolis, on the 9th, by which
Nj. ,Eleazer Dunbar, an Old and respected
citizen, accidentally shot himself while
hunting pigeons, and died in : few minutes
Mr.. Dunbar was climbing fence. when the
top rail broke, and his gun was discharged,
the entire lad passing through his neck
and the back Of his head. .3sy : " 70 S u
At indianapolis, on the Esd, the jury in
the case Of 1gnatius Buchanan, the wife: s.
murderer returned ! verdict Of guilty, and
sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment in {
the penitsntiary for life. He blubbered
considerably, and used crazy talk when the 7
verdict was announced. He refused to &C.
cept the verdict Of the jury, and aclamored !,
to be hung without delay, in order that he
might 60 home. II is said that, on the frst
ballot, ten Of the jury were for hanging.
s.. On the t23d Mr.. James Burk and wife,
and Mr.. John Kelley, wifa and. daagter, all y
residents Of .Sangsmon county, in.attempt-
ing to GROSS tho south fork Of the Sangamon 8
river, at Breckenridge Nil, Ill, about5s
twelve miles from this city, with . pair Of
horses and uagop,s were all drowned. Tho
driver, and : young lady succeeded in reach-s
inKs 1.-THE shore and we're, saved Tho creek
waa very much swollen ct the time.Fs 81