, 1870-03-17

for Ql2oo0; making total OF $ltdSok MI. NJ.
Dorell has nled bond h tho sun Of 80 ooo .x
the faithful performance Of tha contract hjs sure-
ties being tho F1twou brothers, Of Chicaro. Tho
time specified for The completion Of Tho work II
January I, le72 This will require the construction
Of Little more than ten feet Of the tuhnel eya,7
tTentJ-four horrA III Understood thai 4r, Nc
oonsu VIII commence itnmediateiy, and push for
ward the work aa rapidly u possible
The CluctnnattAns, being Ia want Of 1t maeuIn.
cent hotel" and grand "opcra house, appealed
10 Ar. & II Pie to ou1ld them: NJ r.. in rrply.
puhlshts letter setting forth his vteN4 and *
perfence In the hotal and opera house line, IL
BaJs that hotel, such a. Ia desired, might put
money In the pocket Of the lessec but none In TINT
Of the owue1 and that 30 fsr rs IN opera house ts
concerned, both the owner and leasee would lose
money; he had run An opera ho1so OF his oHn for
three yea,s 1t 1oss Of $4,000 : year. Els plan
for building the suggested improvement Ia to as
sesa each property holder 500 per front foot for
his lot Of Is BY 100 feet within 400 feet OF the hotel
and opera house; SO Per front foot for Ill within
IN additional 500 feet; aud 80 for all within an
additional !, 800 feet" The property .holdc.x, sin-
gular 70 felAtc, do not receive MI. P.s p3nu With
any great degree Of enthusiasm.
The WadEwortn Enterprise Of the 18th gtves the
following particulars Of the recent fatsl boiler ex
ploaieu near that place:
'" lu6 pOlk3Uld AAW-luA IOC2t15A IL lSQ4QGfEDQfQu.
about four miles southwest Of this village c4plpd
ed tts boiler yesterday about O'Clock, Hning IL
staaty Jacob knnpp, David Shook, Robert Nc
ConneIl, Frank Mcdonnell tson Of Rotert3, John
F.ritz, Lewis Hoover, md fatally woundllE Daniei
Hoover, who died last night Nj. kuupp and &he
two HooEeEs anu John Fntz were employed III the
mill, the latter as engineer, The Lalauce OF tue
Victims we're carpenters, working near by, and had
taken Temporary refuge taere IN shelter from tae
etorm. TIC explosion WAS Instant and terrible,
John FTitz Was thrown north about twelve rods,
and Vas the mos: terribly tuansicd r NcCon-
nell Eas thrown about twelve rods south Across the
railroad track Into corntleid- Near his body was
rcrc Of the engine weighing probably hundred
pounds. Franklin Mcconnell waa also
thIuHn ncross the railroad track south. about nvt
rods from the mill The rest Of tho unfortunate
number were thrown south, from two to I've rods.
all being more or less mangcd. The main portion
Of thu engine WAS lying about scsen rods east ol
| the mill Scarcely piece OF the boiler could be
found. The building. Of course, Was literally dc
| molished. John J. Snook, Who WIS an cmplofu II
| the MILL, esc4red the fatal result by 1ha Ma,
| freight, from Eeyll1c Station, on which he Ma.
coming to the mill, .selng few minutes late- TIT
Ehocf Tas distinctly felt in ths village. and nun
her Of cur citizens immediately went TO the sccnt
| Of the disaster on hand car, and rendered suef
assistance As laJ ID their po1er. Each one Of III
! seven 1cavca wife, and most OF them families
The cause OF the disaster, nf course, Is not det
pitely known, a9 no one IL left to tel the tale