American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-02-06
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.!
Canton Again in Flames I!
$4,000 Worth Of Property
Destroyed
The CID Fe..rce Hotel Gone.

About 1 O'Clock on Sunday even
ing last Il lire originated III the
house OF L. Trulio, the ! r'prietor OF
tho Magnolia Saloon and kestau-
rant. west side of Court Square, ad-
Joining the Pea,ce House. The
smoke was first discovered by MIR.
Murphy, who occupied room No. Z
i'm the P-ar.e House. The fire
started in the second story. The
alarm was given, and Canton No. l
was soon brought to the scene OF
the disaster. aud tie boys com
menced in good earnest to fight the
flames. Perhaps fire never ragged
So fast aud fierce. All efforts to
check it at it's starting point were
thrown away; and soon the Pearce
House caught, and rapidly became
= mass of SETTLING fire. Tive large
streams Of water were thrown con-
stantly on the burning timbers, but
with no effect, and the fire was com
pletely beyond control in perhaps
twenty minutes after catching the
Pearce House. The house Of Col
Jones, next north Uf the Pearce
House, was soon added to the ragin g
pile, and then it seemed that the
entire west side must so. Towards
the south the storehouse of Mr.. Ed.
Virden, of jackson, was covered
with flames, and it looked as If all
the brick Misunderstanding those
Of Mrs. kirkpatrick, the Bank and
the Masonic H..ll-were in immi-
nemt danger. On tie first of these
a stream OF water was held, and it
with the others was saved from the
very midst of the ruin. The build
ings destroyed were those between
The kirkpatrick building and the
Opal Saloon, viz: j. Siliett' 3 tailor
shOO, /. Kuhn's store, the Magnolia
Saloon and Restaurant, the Pearce
House bar and dining room, the
Pearce House, Col. Jones' rooms,
and Lutz s. Frey's market house.
The following is a careful esti-
mate of the losses:
Jim Garrett, loss by removal of
stock from the Opal Saloon, $1OO;
no insurance.
Mrs. Robert Leonard, loss of
building occupied by Lutz s. Frey,
800 no insurance.
Col. NJ. Jones, loss Of house used
as Office aud dwelling, $500; no
insurance.
Pearce House, loss total; insur-
ance for - 900.
Turk s. Yeargain, lessees Pealce
House, loss by removal Of furniture
and fixtures, $3.50; insured.
p. Trolio. loss of Magnolia Sa>
loon and Restaurant, and removal
of stock, $500 no insurance.
l Kuhn, loss of stock and house
hold effects, $500; insured.
E. Virtlen, total loss of house &C.
cupied ty S Kuhn insured.
J. Sill-tt, loss by removal of
stock, $500; no insurance.
III. Gwirntr, total loss of house
occupied by s. Kuhn, 500; no in
surance.
II. Hitler, loss by removal Of
stock and furniture, 500 (; no in
surance.
w. N. Bledsoe, loss by remosa'
of stock, s3,5nO; insured.
Andrew White, loss by damage
to building occupied by n. Hitler
and w. N. Bled>oe, $500 insured.
NJ. NJ Batclrlor. loss by re
moval of stock. $500; insured.
American Citizen Office, loss by
removal of printers material, 500
insured.
Total loss, about $50, 900.
The above losses on property in
sured are shared by the Planters
Insurance Company, of Jack son.
Miss, Planters, of Memphis, Tenn.
Phenix, OF New York, and Home.
OF New York, represented in this
place by the agency of Steele u
Yealgain and the Virginia Fire and
Marine, of Richmond, and Mobile
Fire, represented by Chas. Handy.
There is but one sentiment re-
garding the work Of the fremen-
it was all it could have been. Our
magnificent steamer paid for itself
On Sunday evening.
INCIDENTS.
Lewis Greer, cOiored man, re
c.ived a falling timber, on his left
arm, causing "A serious dislOcatiOD.
Mr.. Bledsoe had left $3.50 in cur
rency among some domestics behind
his back counter, which was lost.
The various lots of goods re
moved from the burning buildings
were stored in the Court House.
Mayor Powell pnt on a special
police force of ten men for Sunday