Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-26
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
REsUnE OF THE ssWs OF THE WEEK.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES

Forbes & Butts hardware store, titz-
simmOns' bank and Miles bank, AZ Forts
month. Va. were burned on the 18th. Loss
sl5, goo; partially insured
The wife of DIR. G. f. Forbes was
burned to death in Walthsm, Mass. on Sa-
turday night, BY the bursting OF kerosene
lamp.
The mail party from Fort Laramie to
Fort phiIip Kesrney was attacked on the lltn
nv sbout thirty Indians. The party escaped
with the loss Of wagon and mules.
Patrons steam-plaster mill in Phila-
delphia was almost entirely destroyed en- the
I4th by a boiler explosion. One man was killed
and another injured.
The steamer Sunny South, with 1O4
bales Of cotton, was burned on the Alabama
river, below Selma, on Friday night. Loss
1915 600: mostly insured. One passenger Is
supposed to be Lost.
A destructive fire commenced on the
night of the l4th, in Ingersol, c. W., In the
shoe store of James GWinn, and spreading
consumed the stores of Arners, Pool, Brooks,
Grewzy * Fowler, Dobson, and buchanan
Bros. Little property was saved.
The clothing store of of IsidOre
Riclpor. and n Q hoe store of w. T. Gilbert,
in Elmira. New York, the the upper stories
beiur occupied az r-sid, nce=, we're bnrned on
Tuesday night The inmates narrowly es-
capped. Loss 1000; partially Insured.
Riker's flour mill and granary, in
Charleston, S. C., containing 10000 bushels
of grain and $50 barrels Of flour and other
DrOduce was destroyed by fire on the 18TH
Insured for 81, OBO, mostly in Northern Com
panies.
The mother of Hon. John COckburn,
Solicitor General of Canals, was burned so
HI - 1,v-h hal afofhnz aEinp fire from crate.
that she died in great agony twenty-four
honFs subsequently,. Mr.. Cassels, her SON
in-law. was severely burned in trying to ex-
tingui-h the flames.
There was a destructive fire at Viii
Ioughby. Ohio, on the 18th. The principal
sufferers were y. F. Merriam, dry goods; Vial
& Holmes, groceries; Vial Ferguson, hard
ware; Il ". Persons, grocer. and EaXley *
Abbott stoves. The POstofice and the Mer-
chants Union Express Office were also de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Partly insured.
The boiler at the Warren Mills, Rock
Island. H., exploded On the 18th, entirely
destroying the machinery and engine rooms.
The wa l. Of all but the main building are
leveled to the ground. The stock was badly
damaged by steam and dust. The engineer
and WCrkmen escaped. The main building
was not blown 20 stoms.
NO families u NHEAGI COuubN. LEU
nessee. Roberts and johnson, have been max
iug a bloody war against each other for
twenty years, during which time fourteen
men belonging to these families have lost
their lives. On he evening of the 1lth inst.
the sole remaining men of the Roberts and
Johnston families engaged in personal al
tereat son which resulted fatally to both.
Meals stable In Frankfort, KY, was
fred By an inceBdiaTy on the evening of the
18Th. Two tenement houses on Nam street
were burned. The fire communicated TO the
isiI and county offices, which were entirely
consumed. Loss 100000. Small insurance
The greatest excitement prevailed, and the
weather being intensely cold, it took long
time 70 bring the fire engines into action.
Miss Christine Kett, aged about Is
wears, living on Oak street, Dayton, Ohio
was brutally murdered on the afternoon O
the 18th, daring the temporary absence Of
her mother, by some unknown person. Bloody
tracks we're found on the snow outside the
house and marks of blood were also found
upnn the fence. A discharged Iistol belong.
inc to her brother was found BY her side, but
there we're cuts upon her head made by some
sharp instrument, aud the suppOsitiOn is that
IN ATTEMPTING to defend herself with the pis-
toI from the brutal assault of ruffiian, she
was killed by him. The pistol was so placed
as to raise the presumption OF suicide. Nc
clue to the perpetratOr Of this hOTrid deed
has yet been obtained.