Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-06-10
The Fire Eie1nll.

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Fifty buildings in the Chinese quarter and q
number of stores and other buildings in the
business part of San Francisco, CAL, were
destroyed on the 9Th inst. Loss $5O,OO0.
Burlington hall, Chicago, occupied as q meat
market, burned on the 9Th inst. Loss on build
ing and stock 900.
At Ashland, o., on the 9Th a fire broke out in
when an explosion of two barrels of petroleum
scattered the flames firing the hall and many
other buildings. The hall was totally con-
sumed, but the other structures were saved.
Loss about $35, 1000; insured.
Eliel, Dantziger & Co.'s tannery at Chicago,
burned on the eth h together SSS with stock of
The Catholic church at Chambly Basin, Can
ada, burned on the 5th inst. Loss 500, 10000.
At Chatham, Ont, on the 4th instant, saw
mill was destroyed. Loss 100000.
Campbell & Eliot's cotton mill, Philadelphia,
was totally destroyed by fire on the Sd inst. Loss
heavy.
The Union Congregational church Brooklyn,
burned on the Sd inst. Loss $3.50, 900; insurance
100000. The houses adjoining wersebadly DAM
aged.
The Congregational Church in Brooklyn was
destroyed by fire on. the night of the I'd inst.
Loss $50,0O0; insurance $3O, 900:
Fahey, Jr., st. Louis, No., burned on the morn
ing of the I'd inst, together with q considerable
amount of feed, other property and between Is
and 20 horses.
Warehouses containing flax and maize burned
at Dunkirk, Eng, Oh the LIST INST. Loss 1,000,-
600 francs.
NIlr(lerOus Deeds.
At Brownsville, Tenn. on the 5th inst, Frank
King killed his wife, in a fit of jealousy, by
knocking her down with an axe, and then drag
ging her outside Of the door into the yard and
beating her over the head with heavy club.
King and his wife had rot been on good terms
for several weeks.
On the 4th inst, Ellison Hampton, 'colored,
living within 20 miles Of [Sumter, Is. CO. court
house beat his son aged ten years, to death with
q leather belt. He first beat him until his arm
wearied and then tied him up to a stake in the
yard and struck him nearly 400 lashes, the boy
expired under the lash.
At Louisville, Neb.. Oh the 4th inst, one Hoff-
meister, shoemaker, shot and instantly killed
one Of his boarders. He mistook his victim for
windows and otherwise annoyed him.
John G. Thompson, Jr., of Ohio, son of the
sergeant-at-arms Of the house of representa-
hves, Washington. was shot and seriously
wounded in the abdomen, at Highland Falls,
New York, on the 4th inst, by Beaumont Buck
to the West Point military academy and at:
tending preparatory school. Buck had been
made the victim of a mild form of hazing by
other students, and becoming enraged at some
remarks, drew revolver and shot Thompson.
Buck gave himself up to a justice and was COM
mitted to the county jail, to await the result Of
I;hompson,s injuries; The bullet passed
through the latter's body. His condition is
critical.
Ransom Smith shot and killed Jacob Ham,
mersmith, at Madison, Ind, on the 4th inst.
The parties are neighbors. Mr.. Smith ordered
Mrs. Hammersmith off his premises, where she
had gone in pursuit Of chickens. Angry words
followed, and, when Mr.. Hammersmith came
home he took it up and stoned Smiths house.
Smith then fred, sending ball through Ham
mersmith's breast.
A cutting affray toak place at Chicago, on the
Sd inst, between three young men, William
Bemerick, John Powell and Michael Sheehy,
carved on the head, from the left ear to the
crown of the head, the scalp being cut from the
skull The cause OF the trouble was dispute
as to who was the best wrestler.
A colored seaman belonging to the schooner
Mignonette, killed the captain and cook, seri-
ously. wounded the mate, took a boat and es-
capped to shore, near Norfolk. Va. on the I'd
inst. Heis supposed to be hiding in the Vs.
At Texarkana, Ark, on the LIST inst, O mob
attempted to take from Jail and lynch a
negro arrested for attempted rape. The friends
of Cromwell, the prisoner, fired on the mob.
The fire was returned and eight persons are rc-
ported wounded, some fatally, as is posed.
The prisoner had been previously removed to
the jail at Washington, thesheriff apprehending
danger.
Maria Arvout and Emily Chilsey, widows,
were murdered at Avon, Conn.,, on the night OF
the 30th ult Mrs. Chilsey was killed by a blow
on the head with an axe, and Mrs. Arvout 8
death blow was dealt with q tailor's goose,
which was found lying at her side. The motive
Of the crime was not plunder as, silver in the
kitchen was not disturbed, and bureau and
trunks were not molested. There is possibili-
ty Of a motive from the object of some party
interested in the destruction Of the will Of the
old ladies. They were in good circumstances,
and had quite a large amount of money.
At Baltimore, Nd, on the 31st ult., in a
saloon row, Charles Mosel was killed and sew
eral wounded by the police who quelled the
disturbance.
Robert Kelley, second mate of the American
merchant ship Bullion, was murdered at sea
NAV 9. by Ross. a seaman