Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-02-02
TELEGRAPHTC SUMMARY.

-cnl,1Es an CAsnALTIEs.


CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Two men were frozen is death IN
Brooklyn on the night of the 18TH
The schooner Sophronia was wrecked
on Cape Ann, Thursday-night. Inc mate ana
one sailor were drowned.
SamneI Mcdonald. a lumberman on
Rum River. Minnesota was killed, few days
since, by tree falling upon him.
The iron foundry of John O'Brien,
Of Troy, n. Y, was destroyed by FIRE rec on the
l9th. Loss $50, 600; insured for S26OOO.
The Bremen ship Mobile, with two
t,ousapd bales of cotton, was burned in Mo-
bile Bay Saturday morning.
The steamer Montgomery, with six
hundred bales of cotton was burned six miles
above Erie, on the Black Warrior river. Three
negroes persisted in the flames.
A merchant of Litchfeld, Illinois,
named A. A. Brown, was robbed at the East
st. Louis depot on Thursday night, OF Sl0O COO,
which he was taking to st. Louis TO deposit.
On Friday last an explosion occurred
at the east end of the Hoesac Tunnel, by
which one man was killed and three or IOur
others more or less injured.
The steamer Mexico, lying at the
st. Louis Levee was destroyed by fire Sum
day night she belonged to Captain Busy
and others. Loss, sic, OOo; insurance. ShOOO.
A fire in Alton, ILL.,, on Monday night,
DESTROYED the tobacco f4CtOrY of III. ID IIpe,
and adjoining building occupied by several
tenants. Total loss $4,000. Insured Tor
$4,000.
Two cid ladies, named Kinsley and
CasweH, were murdered in their own house,
two miles from Lewiston, Me-, on Thursday
night last. A man named Johnson has been
arrested on suspicion.
A destructive fire occurred on Dau-
phin street, Mobile, Monday night -Four
houses were destroyed. Loss about S5O,0 goo;
partially insured. Three tiremen were IN
iured, none fatally.
The Ohio river has risen 8 feet. s
inches at Louisville, and the canal is full of
heavy ice. Six coal bsrges sunk on the falls;
they are part of the fleet that broke loose
from Cincinnati. a number Of empty ones
went over the falls.
An explosion occurred at Ballard
Mill, IN Chickasaw county, Miss, whereby a
son OF Mr.. Ballard, man named Sykes, and
a negro were killed, and one person scalded,
supposed to be fatally.
The United States bonded warehouse
Of M. f. Smith & Co., on Washington street,
arEW AULks Was IOuBEu VI lAlsNNu WI III W
sIlks on Friday night, the property OF A. Il.
stewart. A portion Of the property was re-
covered. The robbers have not yet been cap
tUred.
The San Antonio papers confirm the
reported killing of seven Texans by the Mex.
leans near FTiO river, IN retaliation Tor the
killing OF a Mexican by Mr.. GOsett, in self
defence. The Texans had surrendered 10
Col. Beavides for trial, and were killed IN his
hands.
Mr., and Mrs. A. W. Clark and -four
bOarders, Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbury and Mr.
and Mrs. James Dyer of Portland, Me.
came near losing their lives Tuesday night
by poison. Mrs. kIngsbuTy and MIR. Dyer
are still IN a critical condition. The pbysl-
clans pronounce 1t arsenic. How Il WAS adj
ministeTed is a mystery.
A most destructive fire occurred, on
the Goth, ~ : A. NJ, IN Richmond, Ind, burn
lag Stewards boot and shoe store, McCaf
f5Ty's stationery store and news depot, and
Rose drug store and dwelling house. Loss
unknown, but large; partly insured. The or
gin OF the fire is unknown
A fire on Monday morning burned
out the Bon Ton and TivOli saloons and
Shlffman's tailoring establishment, opposite
the Southern Hotel, on Fourth street, 81
Louis; loss on buildings, $4,000, on othel
property S35, goo. Among the losers are
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damaged by water to the amount or SlOlO OO
insured fer $4,000.
A most disastrous confsgratiOn Oc
CURED at Monmouth Iii. on the Both, during
n driving snOW storm. About six clock {
TIRE was discovered in the CultivatOr Factory
Of .. s. Wier & Co., which was soon reduced
to ashes, together with Greenleaf's Bakery
and d number OF adjoining buildings. TOta
loss about fifty Thousand dollars The heav
lest losers are WIer IL Co.. thirty Thousand
dollars; insured for fifteen thousand, and r.
ID. GTeenleaf, about eight thousand; no insur
ance. For time the entire range OF ware
houses were IN great danger, and they weT
only saved by the utmost exertIOns. The on
GIN OF the fire is not yet known.