Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-13
FIR Els AND CASUALTIES.

ltEla}r OWENS, IL prominent rittsburg
pork packer. has failed with liabilities OF
| $l6O,OOO.
BURGLARS blew open n safe III bronson,
| Mich, and got away with 5000 OH the 10Th
inst
1'HE post office at Erie, Michigan wat
entered on the !)tll mat, and the anie blown
up and ~ $40 stolen.
A youNG lady nj Montreal, named lGliz-
nbcth Dohcrtv, fell down stairs and broke
her neck while takinga somnambulistic
stroll.
ANNIE RoorII, s years of ngn, who was
bitten by n mad dog on the 18th of june,
died 1T Lancaster Pa, in great agony on
tho 9th mat.
A bark loaded with naphtha was burned
Mt Williamsburg, ~ H. Other vessels
were injured by the flames, all the losecs
uggrcgating 100000.
A FIRE took place in the Manhattan Vim
cgur company works, brooklyn, and when
he flames were extinguished the charrod
remains of Waterman Henry Susa, were
found.
BRockroS, Mass. dispatch of the 2nd
says the ircight-honsc OF the Old Colony
railroad with large quantity Of freight
WINS destroyed by fire; loss heavy
BArrlSE fERscuNElpER, cook at the
United States Hotel, Saratoga, N. y, was
shot dead by his friend and roommate,
August Brimmcr. The pistol was pointed
in fun ut ferschncider.
A STAIRWAY leading to tho Congregation
nj church in neadwood gave way on sun
day night, precipitating large number Of
people to therround. Many were painful
" injured,
WnuE Charles Spliugarber, 4 Young
man from pckin, H., was At work raising
an iron eupoln to tho dome of the Jewish
synagogue, rope broke, and Spllttgarhcr
was thrown to the ground, u distance of
fifty feet.
Two or three boys nj Pocassct, Mass,
undertook TO teach their little brother, q
years OF ago, 10 swim hy taking him to the
middle Of II swilt-running river and drop
ping HIM He got ont all right once or
twice. hut was drowned the succeeding
time,
CuARIEs NJ. CARRikR, carpenter aud
Joiner, while working in the new salmon
block in Boloit, Wis. stepped backward
into an open stairway and fell sixteen feet
to tho floor below, striking ON his head,
lilo was taken up unconscious, the blood
flowing from his eurs and nose, and ear.
ried to his homo, where he died in about
two hours.
A LAD about Ii years old, named Eddie
Boston, Of Sandusky, Ohio, while riding 4
horse Is bring home cows from pasture,
fell or was thrown to tho ground and
dragged nearly half mile before hecem.
ing dscninngled from tho haltcr.sirap,
which had been twisted around his wrist.
When found, on the edge Of town, life was
extinct, and his body was frightiully man
gled and the clothing torn from it.
AsrnIA from Laramie city SAYS: A
man named a. q. Angelo was found dead
beside the Union Pacific track THE morn,
ing by section hands. lie had been run
over hy the cars and ended bis life hy
shooting through the heart. l'hc man !
name Is probably Stauhrey &. Angelo Il
correspondent ~ the Liverpool Courier,
who WITS with Prince Napoleon in Xululand,
whore the latter was killed Angelo has
been writing UP the west for his paper aud
i had left Cheyenne
| Ara ball III Dallas, Texas, during the
progress IL il quadrillc, pistol dropped
| from the roar pocket of Billy Mitchell, u
guest, and wus discharged. AZ the time
/ he was dancing With Miss Susan Cameron.
The hall struck her right leg about the
J ankle, passed over the surface oi the skin,