The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-09

Paul, Mimi, was destroyed by Are on the
inst. Loss $4,000 on the mill, which also
contained quantity Of wheat and -four
worth probably $4,000.
The through express train on the Iowa
division Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul road jumped the rails on high EN-.
bankment on the Mississippi river near
Mendoza Junction, Mimi, on the 3lst ult.
The heeper broke Its coupling and rolled
down the bank q distance Of sixty feet,
making two revolutions In Its descent. No
one was killed, but the six occupants Of the
car were more or less injured. The acct.
dent was caused by broken rail.
THE boiler of BENZ. Taylor's saw mill
at Halt Creek, sesrcy county, Arkansas,
exploded on the Esd ult.. instantly killing
Tayloi's son.in.law, Wade Campbell and
Wade Griffin and Kennedy and Bert Wood.
ward. Campbell was blown about 80 feet,
through the top Of an apple tree. One OF
his hands was found rs yards distant.
Griffin was literally torn 10 pieces. The
other two men were not so badly mangled.
The finishing shop, planning mill and
blacksmith shop and the Wason Car Works,
Chattanooga, Tenn, burned on the 3lst ult.
Total loss 5000; insured for $4,000.
MATTHEW IRKCH was cut entirely in
two and fearfully mangled by fallinS under
the cars at North La Crosse, Wis, on the
S0th.
On the SOth ult, Mrs. Henry A.
Smith, OF Parkville. near Hartford, Conn,
hearing that her six.year.old boy had bro.
ken through the Ice, herself rushed on the
pond, broke through and both were drown.
cd.
GEORGE NoYEs, aged 81, died in st.
Johnsburg, VT, on the S0th, from the effects
OF chloroform administered by q dentist
before extracting a tooth.
THE elegant mansion of ex-senator
Stewart, OF Nevada, was completely Quilted
by fire on the S0th ult. Mr.. Stewart was
away and Mrs. Stewart at q reception, but
their little six.year.old girl was rescued by
the servants.
AT Erie, Pa, on the Goth, George
Sims was caught In shaft and crushed to
desth.
On the 29th an explosion of fredamp
at the Paintsrtown mines, near Twins Sta
ton on the Pennsylvania railroad, killed
three men.
HARRY and Thomas Zimmerman,
brothers, aged 9 and 10 years. broke through
the ice at Bethlehem, Pa, on the 10Th and
were drowned.
The boiler in the Etna Touring mill
at Springfield exploded on the 29th. The
engineer named Reder Is missing, his hat
being found on the top OF q building two
blocks oil. The dome OF the boiler fell on
the roof OF the Western Union telegraph
building and passed down to the third floor
$4,000.
A MANDAN, Dakota, dispatch says
three men, John Gallagher, George Hall
and John Monshan, were found frozen to
death In the Green river country, beyond
the point where construction Of the North.
ern Pacific railroad is going on. The men
lived at Minneapolis.
BY the explosion of lamp at her
house in New Orleans, on the 9th, Mrs.
Clara Claviss was burned to death.
THE steamer Prairie City exploded
her boiler above Hodges Landing, on the
Wabash river, on the eth. The fireman,
cabin boy and cook are missing. The body
OF Mrs. Captain Mcintyre was found oD
shore with both arms OF. The captain and
several OF the crew were somewhat injured.
NJ. B. GOULD, a prominent and re-
spected business man OF Chicago, was shot
and killed on the 9th, while playing q
practical joke upon colored janitor. Gould
and John N. Waite disarranged the con.
tents OF the latter's room and hid in closet
to enjoy the jsnitor's alarm. The janitor
on perceiving the evidence OF robbery and
hearing noise in the closet attempted to
open the door, failing in which he dis.
charged his pistol, the shot perforating the
door and passing through Gould's head,
causing death shortly after the shooting.
DUTToN 4 RHODES clothing house,
New York city was damaged by fire to the
extent Of $S5, 900, on the night OF the 9th.
Other occupants OF the building suffered to
the extent OF $4,000. The building was
damaged $1,000 worth.
A FlIH which started in Houghton,
Osgood & Co.'s publishing house on Devon.
shire street, Boston, on the 2stk, caused a
loss OF over $l,6o0,O00 before the fremen
obtained control Of the flames. The firms
that have suffered total loss are Rice, Ken.
dali & Co., paper dealers; Houghton & 0s.
good, publishers, and the Union Express
company. Several explosions occurred
during the FIRE in the North Bank building,
and some 6remen were injured.