Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-23

A young daughter OF George Fulton, oil
Huntington, Ind, attempted to kindle fire
with kerosene on the evening Of the 10th. The
can exploded and she was burned to death.
An Atlantic City On. j. dispatch Of the 10th
says that the capsizing Of yacht off the har-
Dor on the afternoon Of that day had caused
the drowning of six prominent citizens of
Philadelphia.
A New York dispatch of the morning Of the
18th says that on the preceding evening, dur
ing violent thunderstorm, an oil tank on
the Erie Railroad oil docks at Hoboken, n. j.,
had been set ON fire by a lightning stroke. At
two o'clock a. IN. the fire was raging with
undated fury. At that time over 100000
worth Of oil had been consumed. The storm
was widely extended and great damage was
occasioned by it. At two O'clock a IN. it was
still raining furiously.
The fire which broke out at Wcehawken on
the evening Of the 10th ragged during the 18th
with undated fury and was only checked at
seven O'Clock on the evening of that day. The
total loss was estimated at 100000.
According to st. Paul dispatches of the nth
the grasshoppcrs in Southwestern Minnesota
had been lately reinforced by swarms from the
short grass prairies of Northern Minnesota
and Northern Dakota. In Manitoba, in the
vicinity Of Fort Garry, they had destroyed all
growing crops.
On the afternoon of the 18th, during heavy
rain storm, the roof of the Hovey Block, i'll
Cleveland, Ohio, fell in, causing the death of
one man and the serious injury of two others.
The 18th was celebrated by the Orangemcn
of New York and vicinity without interior
encc.
The New York bank statement of the llth
shows gain of s., 800, 900 in specie, S2,000,0oo
in deposits, and decrease of 100000 in
grcenbacks.
A destructive fire occurred in Strcator Ill,
on the morning Of the 18th, which consumed
a large portion Of the business part of the
city
\ Springfield (Mass.) dispatch of the 18th
says that on the afternoon Of that day, the
paymastcrs train of the Ftchburg Railroad,
consisting OF an engine and one passenger
car, had been thrown from an cmbankment
near Shclburnc Falls, Mass, fifteen feet high
There were nine persons on board, all of
whom were more or less hurt
A genuine case of Asiatic cholera occurred
in Louisville, Ky, lately.
On the 18th two reservoirs in the town of
Chester, IIompden Co., Mass gave way and
swept the valley below of bridges, mills and
dwellings, causing loss of about s3jOOOO.
No lives were lost,
A fire broke out in Oshkosh, Wis, on the
afternoon Of the l4th, which before it was eX-
1 4 .t.s,
and one mile wide. The loss is estimated all
the way from S6OO,0O0 to 81 100000 One-half
Of the business portion of the city is gone and
one quarter OF the residence portion. Several
deaths are reported, among which is that Of
W 7. Taylor the City Treasurer, who died 0
oyerwork while striving to stay the rayages
of the flames.
An mccndary fire was started on the after
noon of the 18th, in a rag-picllcrs' shop at
No 81 South Clark street, Chicago, which,
before midnight, had burned over sixty acres
of territory, destroyed over 1000 houses and
rendered 5000 persons homeless. A stid wind
was blowing from the southwest, similar in
intensity 10 the wind that prevailed on the
day Of the great fire in 1871, and
burning ciuders were carried u long
distance, setting on fire several
structures in advance Of the point where the
fire originated, and where ii was sought to be
confined The territory burned over en-
hrarcd that portion of the South Division "
ing between Twelfth and Van Buren, streets
and Clark street and the lake 4 portion Of
this was covered with the shantics and wood
en- buildings saved from destruction in the
previous great FIRE although toward the last
the progress of the fire in a northrasterly
direction brought several OF the finest
structures in the city within the line of de
struction Among the more important build
ing destroyed were the Oliyet Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, Adephi Thcatcr
Michigan Avenue Hotel; St James Hotel;
Intcr-O Oceanic buildings; German Evangelical
Church; two jewish synagogues; the Post
office the offices of the FpcSide ttiad, Nttr
Coaeta,a and Northwestern Lam5em,an; the
Jones School building; the Con
tinental; Moods Hotel, and yari-
Gus business structures The total loss
was yarousy estimated from $40o0,000 to
100000 Several persons were killed
Three engines belonging 70 the Fire Depart
meut were burned.
The business portion Of the village Of Iowa
Falls, Iowa, was burned on the afternoon Of
the l4th Forty five buildings were destroyed,
mncting 4 loss Of about Sl3O0O0.
The official returns OF the vote on the Con-
stiutional Convention in Arkansas foot up as
follows: For the convention, So,25a; against,
S60T OF the 81 delegates elected, 20 are