The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-01

TnE tug Thomas Spear with scows laden with
stone in tow, took fire on Lake Michigan, OF
Carlton, on the 2ith, and burned to the waters
edge. Loss $4,000.
GRANSIs h FMcErr's planning mill at Bad
dock, near pittsburg, Pa, burned on the Gath.
Loss $4,000.
AN old lady named Polly McClino was run
over and killed at n railroad crossing at Verona,
KY, on the Gath inst.
Ar Cincinnati, o., on the 23d inst, q fre
damaged MarmetS Co.. coal elevator and Lane
4 Iodley's machine works. Loss about &c.,
600; fully insured.
DURHAM a. Co.'s drug store and contents were
burned at Denver, Col, on the 23d inst. Loss
estimated ut 100000. Adjoining premises were
damaged 10 the extent of about $4,000.
On the 10Th inst. the crew of the pilot boat
Pet discovered the wreck Of schooner bottom
up in latitude II 80 north and longitude 84:30
west. The dead body Of one man was found
dashed to the wreck. II In thought the unfortu-
note vessel In the Gladiator which sailed from
Barbados for Falmouth, Eng, some time ago.
AZ the hulk was directly in the track Of trans
Atlantic vessels tho pilots wisely bored hole In
its bottom and sunk 1t.
SMERBURSE, N. Y, was visited by q serious
fire on the I'D INST, which destroyed Whalen's
ional Church, q. ii. Reynolds grocery, and u
half dozen other minor buildings. Loss $780,
900; insurance S22,OO".
NINE buildings were destroyed by u fire in
Marysyie, Vormilion county, ILL.,, OF tho 10th
inst.
THE sreamer Gussie Tclfair was totally
wrecked on Rocky Point. near Empire City, Cal,
on the I'D inst. No lives lost.
A TRAIN from Gloucester struck u carriage ut
the Cabot street crossing, Beverly, Mass, on
the Dist inst, killing the occupants, Aaron
Stevens and Clara l.. Trask, both of Beverly.
The steamer Thracian, from Baltimore for
Liverpool, lost two men overheard during u
gale. She also lost her chart house.
The hoiSting works Of the Providence Mining
company at Nevada City, Col, burned OH the
2lst inst During the tire an explosion of giant
powder blew the burning building in every
direction. No lives lost, the explosion occurring
between the shifts. Loss about $4,000.
THE northern freight house Of the Boston and
Maine depot, on Causeway street, Boston, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire on the evening
Of the 2lst inst, involving loss on the build
ing and freight stored therein Of probably
Sl3O,000. Loss on building estimated ut $780,
600, upon which there is full insurance.
TARAuLTz's stave and heading factory, at
Graytown, o.. was destroyed by fire on the
2ist inst. Estimated loss 10000; insurance
$4,000.
A FAMILY at Wilkesbarre, Pa. put arsenic in
a mealbanel to destroy rats. Mrs. Carl, her
sister, Mrs. Woodward, and servant girl have
died. and three other members Of the family
arr seriously i'll.
OK the night of the 18th inst, at Tell City,
Ind, the cabinet makers cooperative furniture
mandatory together with u number Of dwell
ings occupied by the workmer, was destroyed.
Total loss estimated ut s20U,OU0.
THE city mills ut Burlington, H., were dam
aged to the extent Of $4,000 by fire, on the
2lst inst
Ar Bay City, Mich, on the 10th inst, II fire
destroyed about !, SOC, 900 feet of lumber. Loss
20, 0OO insurance Sli, 200.
GREEN BAY, Wis, was visited by disastrous
fire on the Goth inst About sixty buildings
were destroyed including the Presbyterian
Church ana parsonage, the high school and
Pine street school and number Of the best
residences in the city. Loss about sl25,OOO.
KING Il CURTIS elevator at Kellogg, Iowa,
burned on the Goth inst. The building was
valued nj Sll,00O. Ten Thousand bushels Of
wheat and fonr thousand bushels Of corn We're
destroyed. Insurance on building $4,000; ON
grain $1,000.
\ BRADFORD, IA, merchant named flOSfky
was suiTocatcd by gas in his room at Crooks
hotel, New York city, On the night of the 18th
inst.
OS the 18th inst. four Young men went beat
riding on n lake near Coldwater, Mich. The
boat capszed aud II young man named NJ. II.
Joyce, formerly from Potsdam, n. y, was
drowned.
A WLKEsBARRE, Pa, dispatch of the Goth
INST, says: Mrs. Sylyina Carl and her sister.
Mrs. Il. =. Woodward, were fatally poisoned by
using cornmcnl IN which arsenic had been
placed for the purpose Of destroying rats.
JemIma Powell, servant, IL dying. Three
Others may recover"
FIRE ut East Las Vegas, Col, on the 10Th
inst. destroyed whole block, including nearly
half of the business portion Of the town.
About 200 people were rendered homeless. Loss
estimated at 500, OOO nearly oil heavily insured.
NEwELL's grain and flour warehouse at Nash
vile, Tenn, was destroyed by fire OH the 18th
INST. Loss $50, 900; insurance $500
THE steamboats, Mary Ann and Simpson
Horne, belonging to Honer 4 Sons, coal opera
tors, mOored near PIttsburg, burned on the
18th inst. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
THE bush fires in the parish of st. George,
Beauee, Canada, are reported TO have committed
fearful rayages. Seven or eight square miles Of
country were dcsolated near the frontier, and
Il large quantity of timber and grain, beside
houses and other buildings burned.