Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-10-30

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are without roofs; and at Delanco, Riv-
erside, Reveillon, Palmyra and Morris
Station ruins and damaged buildings
are scattered in all directions. At
fottstown, Pa, the nail plate mill of
the Pottstown Iron Co. was blown
down; loss $4,000. The Madison
bridge, spanning the Schuylkill river,
was almost completely destroyed; loss
$4,000. ]. M. Ingle Fishers
steam planning mill was damaged
several thousand dollars. Many private
dwellings were unroofed, and two
churches lost their spires. Geo. w.
Reagan was buried under some falling
sheds and instantly killed. AT Norris
town, Pa, the Presbyterian and Meth
odist churches, the Reading railroad
depot, Farnum's mill, and many smaller
structures were considerably damaged.
Stemmer's oil refinery, at the same
place, is total wreck. At Daylestown
the steeple Of the Catholic church was
blown to the ground and also portion
of the Reformed church. The new
court house vas damaged, and numer-
Gus smaller buildings were unroofed in
all directions. Barns, trees, fences, and
grain stacks, in that vicinity were lit
orally blown away
WHAT low: DEMOCRATS DECIDE UPON.
A Burlington telegram of the oath
inst, says that at meeting
Of representative democrats from all
over the state held here last
night, on call of Chairman Campbell,
it was concluded UNANIMOUSLY that the
first Tuesday in November is the only
legal election day for congressman in
this state, ana that the omission of the
governors proclamation does not de-
prive the people of jurisdiction.
AHUGE DRY GOODS FAILURE.
The hitherto extensive dry goods
house of Dodd, Brown & Co., of st.
Louis, failed Oct. ODD. The liabilities
are supposed to be about 81 100000. A
special telegram sent the evening the
disaster was made known, said The
firm is the largest in the city, and, with
the exception of two Chicago houses, did
the largest dry goods business in the
West. The most strenuous efforts have
been made by the firm to keep the facts
out of the papers, and they succeeded
in inducing both the evening papers
not to publish the accounts which they
had prepared of the disaster, and had
secured the promise of the morning
papers to do likewise, but the associat-
ed press dispatch from New York
spoiled the arrangement and the
reading public of st. Louis will
tomorrow receive such shock
as they have not for some time
experienced the facts in the case, brief
ly summarized, are as follows: Dodd,
Browne & Co., who did business in a
large warehouse on the corner Of
Fifth and St. Charles street, have
done q very large south and south
western business, and it was in their
succeeding in directing the bulk Of
the latter trade from Chicago that they
based their claims to being successful
rivals Of the Garden City dry goods
men. The firm which ten years ago
had capital of not more than $780,,
600, made strong bid for business and
by granting longer time and
making matters generally easier
for their customers than was
the wont Of other st. Louis merchants,
succeeded in largely increasing their
trade. OF late some of their customers
have been paying very slowly, and this
was especially the case with tn cir Texas
trade, their present trouble being, it is
claimed, directly due to the failure of
their lone star state customers to pay
up.
LONG RAILROAD LEASE.
Says a Chicago press telegram of
October 23rd Particulars have
become known here concerning lease
of the Denver e. Rio Grande r r., by
the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe road.
for 80 years; the lease to take effect
Dec. LIST. The Denver e. Rio Grande
receives 43 per cent. of the gross earn
ings, decreasing one per cent. yearly,
and will receiTe 81 per cent. from the
7th to the 18th year.
PROSPECTIVE WEDDING.
The st. Louis GiObe-Democrot of
| October 23rd announces that
Samuel j. Tiden is engaged to be mar
ried to st. Louis belle, and that the
wedding will take place within three
months.
HORRIBLE sUFFERINGs OF A sHIPWRECKED
MARINER.
A Boston special of the ODD gives the
following particulars in relation to a
shipwrecked mariner whose fearful ex-
periences occurred during the late
storm. Among the vessels wrecked in
the storm of the 12tn inst was the