Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-25
Disastrous EfIaZes.

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| Hayward's stable. with twenty carriages ten
horses and large amount of gram, were con-
sumed by fire at Newport Il. j., on the 22d.
! John Shea. an employee. lost his life in trying to
save the horses. Loss $4,000. ...f ..
The Arsenal Street Methodist Church at
Waterloo, n. Y. burned on the 22d. Loss
! $4,000; insurance So. 800. '.' .3
! The Academy of Forest Culture. capable of
accommodating 800 students, together with u
valuable museum was destroyed by fire at Mos
COW, Russia, on the 21st.
The Swiss village of Rein, in the Grisons
Overland. was burned on the 18th.
Batesyille Ark. was visited by disastrous
contiagration on the Goth. A falling wall killed
G. S. Gersuch and injured Thomas Jablin and
L. ". Morfeld-the former fatally. Total
I loss S75.0000; about half covered by insurance
The Imperial cotton mills at Dorley, Pa.
I burned on the night of the 10Th inst. Loss
/ $55, 600; insurance 525, 900. H..
| AT Cincinnati o., on the goth inst, a fire
destroyed the Roberts block, occupied by Burn
hams paper store and print shop. Loss over
! 500. 900
One hundred and twenty thousand bushels Of
corn were licked up by the burning of Gilman d
Co.'S elevator, at Atlantic, Iowa, on the 18th.
/ The large fve-story iron front building, 334
and $50 Broadway, n. Y, burned on the evening
of the goth. Losses estimated as follows:
! Hazen, Iodds y Co., importers of silk, $780,,
600; Dickerhoff, Rufilaer & Co, taiors' trim
mings, $250,000; James Wilde, IL. & Co., man
ufacturing tailors, $35000O. Loss ON the build
ing, S50,000; Insurance unknown. sa s... e..
The spoon factory of Holiness Booth & Hay
den, at Waterbury Conn, burned on the 18th.
Loss estimated at $50, 900. Y +..
/ Roberts carriage factory at Cincinnati, o.,
was consumed by fire on the 10Th inst. Loss
/ $4,000 ,si a..
! The carriage, hub and spoke factory Of Keyes
/ & Sykes, of Terre Haute, Ind. was totally de-
/ stroyed by fire on the Sth. Loss $50, 600.
/ John Hartman q livery and boarding stable
at Milwaukee, Wis.,, was consumed by fire on the
18th inst valuable horse, thirty sleighs and
fourteen buggies were destroyed. Total loss
about 5000; insurance $4,000. a."t
! The large summer hotel at GIiftith's Point
! four miles from Jamestown, N. Y, burned on
| the 18th inst. Loss on building and furniture
! $40, 600; insurance $4,000
t. A Bloody Record.
Near Princeton. ILL.,, on the 18th inst, a. ID.
Garvin, an ex-soldier of unsavory reputation.
having trouble with Mrs. Kessick, his sister,
attempted to shoot her, but was prevented by
daughter who received the bullet in her own
| body, killing her instantly. Garyin then shot
himself through the heart fatally. 80 ~ s.
On the 21st at Boston, the keepers of
boarding house, having missed two of his
guests for about eight days, broke into their
room and was Mortified to frd e. c. Marshall,
one of the missing dodgers, dead upon the bed,
with a revolver in his left hand and a bullet
hole in the side of his head. A lot of burglars
tools, crucibles, and anumber of precious stones
We're found in the room. The theory of the po-
lice Is that the men quarreled over the spells
and that Marshall was murdered by his partner.
Harriet Hink, widow, aged 30 was found in
| her room at Paterson, N. D.. on the Dist, MUIR
dered, outraged and robbed of gold watch
| and some money. ~ tss.rE ~ a.
| 1t has transpired that G. G. Lawrence, who
| died suddenly at Grand Island, Neb., on the 9Th
of February, was the victim of foul play, and
! his son, Frank Lawrence, is under arrest. The
strange and unnatural conduct of Frank before
| and at the burial of his father, aroused suspi-
cion, and an examination of the stomach of the
/ deceased was made. Sufficient prussic acid was
fathers life for $4,000 in the Knickerbocker
and $4,000 in the Travellers. s.f.rs.,y
Onthe town farm at Corinth, Vt, on the Goth,
William Ferrill, aged 70, killed another pauper,
Adam Ferrin,S@ aged rs, and then feut his own
throat "e,G &C.. ha
! VIM Theison shot and killed his divorced
! wife, Mrs. Mary Rodewalk, at Columbus, O., ON
the 10Th. Cause, jealousy. - ..,-
Henry Osborn, a white coal miner residing
| near Des Moines, Ia, killed his wife ON the
night of the 18th inst, by MASKING her head
with stone. 4,.t~.f ....1
The body of an unknown man was found in a
slough near Venice, Ill, on The 18th. The head
had been terribly smashed with a large rock,
and there were other evidences that the man
! had been murdered. g4fn a
At Metamora, Mich, on the 18th inst, an old
man named John Patterson, was brtltally
dubbed and robbed of fifty dollars. He was
not expected to survive his injuries. lfdeni1
At Sandwich, Ill.,, on the morning of the 18th,
burglars entered the house of Hiram P. Allen,
and were surprised by his sitting up in bed and
addressing them. One of the villains i,nlne-
diately opened fire and put five balls into Mr.
Aliens body, killing him instantly. Mrs. Allen
| took refuge in closet and overheard converse
3tion between the rascals which it is hoped win
eventually lead to their arrest. Only trifie in
! the way Of plumber was secured. 81
Charles Lane, aged "a, who recently removed
to Bainbridge Pa, from Maryland, killed his
wife, then gave poison to his three children and
took quantity himself, on the 10th inst
Only one child lives, and its feet are 80 badly
frozen that it is thought it must die.
At Brule City, Dakota, on the 18th inst, Jim
Somers, notorious character, entered into
settlement of an old feud with his nephew, M.
Somers. Jim grabbed needle gun and shot
| hia nenhaw through the body As he fell the