Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

a MAN died in the hospital IL Galveston,
Tex, of yellow fever.
TuE Grand Trunk freight sheds al Rich
mond, Quebec, with sixteen loadcd ears,
have been destroyed by fire.
Mns. RAMEIsrERGER residing near La
Crosse, Wis, was kicked 10 death by one
Of her horse while attending 10 them
JAMES WILKES. residing on Clark street,
between Sixth and Seventh, Milwaukee,
Wis, capsized in a boat on the river and
was drowned
RoBERr WILKES, wholesale jcwelcr Of
Toronto, his daughter Florence, aged W.,
and hs son BERTHE, aged ! were drowned
NJ Sturgeon Point
Two twenty-five thousand barrel oil
tanks near Dallas CITY, Pm, were struck
by lightning and burned making Il con
Migration terrible to behold
Miss lAL,E MNrEEH, aged eighteen,
was walking with Il gentleman near Mt,
Joy, Penn, when spark from his cigar
set fire to her dress, and the girl was fatally
burned.
A ronrloH Of freight train on the Gin
einnati, Wabash and Michigan railroad
was wrecked near Marion, Ind, by n big
ionce-rail placed across the track by per
sons unknown.
FlRE Mt Glendale, o., burned Cloves sta
bic, klochs saloon and dwelling, John
Wcndell's saloon, Dennis Buckley's resi-
dence aud stable, John lIaber's dry-goods
store and II stable Total loss about $40
0O0;
A noY named Stockwell, was caught in
the ilange Of II pulley nj liaydens rolling
mills, Columbus, Ohio, aud badly injured,
The flesh was literally torn from one hip
and one oil his wrists was scraped to the
home. The boy is not expected to live.
WM. GLENpENNINo, of Detroit, while
attempting to board a freight train 1T
Furncssvillc while in motion, fell on the
track and had one leg broken below the
knee by the car pnssing over It. IT was
ampntHtcd.
A six-lEAR.olp 3on olJ Il. Alexander,
Of punkirk, Ohio, initiating the quarry
men, drilled hole III the ground, filled it
with powder, aud nchcd il of with II
match lie was frightfully burned about
the face, and will lose the sight Of both
eyes
A TERRIBLE storm passed over central
Indiana, on the 10Th inst, devasting corn.
fields aud swapping of big trees as if they
were pipc-stcns. Hail ~ big ny marbles
fell. and for time things looked dubious
at the Acton amp.ground, but beyond 4
demge Of water no damage. WINS done,
MoRRls BALI, Of Rockford, H., wa,
found dead near his fathers place ut ncIc-
van, Wis, from the effects Of u gunshot in
the face. MIR Fall had gone out to seek
chickens, and il seems probable that h,
nccidenty discharged his gun i'll clos,
proximity to his Ease M he was getting
over fence
WHILE two little daughters of Martin
| Powell, II saloon-keepcr of Peoria, III
were playing in M excavation for cellar
one side of the pit cnvcd IN and covered
them with sand. The youngcs, girl
cripple, was rescued unhurmcd, but whci
the other was reached, after ten minutes
shoyeling, she was found to he dead,
louN MEAL, lrayman for T.. II, Kelly
| Co.. of 81. Paul, attempted 10 board thu
train from Chicago, on the 18th inst, an'
in some way Neal missed HIS hold and wa
thrown upon The track, the car wheel
passing over his left leg just below tn,
ankle and over his right foot. lie also re
ccivtd n cut about the face, and other IN
iurics His left Log has been ampntate'
below the knee, and his condition y con
sidcrcd critical,
JonN kEllEliIli, residing IN Oakland
Gal. with his wife, and ncighhor, Mrs
King INDUCED IN drunken car"nsc, i
the course of which lie so the house .
fire Two of lis children, Eugene nm
Annie, aged two and five years respective
II, were burned to cindcrs. James, age
IL wears, was burned fatally. Mrs. ne
lehcr will probably die from her iniurie,
Mrs. King is badly searched kellchcr
slightly hurt,
A rERRlmE accident occurred in the y,
! suvius iron.works Sharpshurg, Tenn, \
which Jacob Hartman was horribly burr
cd Hartman il catcher employed 1T th
works referred q, and bar nf iron cam
through the machinery in such way rs
become unmanageahlo. The roller conl
not control il, nor could Hartman catch
When eight feet of ii had been throug
the rolls il passed between llartman's Lex