Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-15
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Fires in Pennsylvania.

Fires in Pennsylvania.
MILFORD, May 14th-1'he terrible forest
fires continue Over 5000, 600 feet of lumber,
vast amount of valuable timber, and sew
eral dwellings and barns, have been burned.
Six thousand acres were ablaze this morning.
A light rain is now falling. The steam saw.
mill of David Dale Il Son, at Moscow, was
burned last night.
WILLIAMsPoRT, May 14th.-It Is reported
that the fire which commenced in Milton
about L 80 to-day has destroyed fifty build
ings, including car shops, machine shops, and
the Methodist and Reformed churches. I'm
less the wind changes the entire town will be
burned. Milton telegraphed here for assist
ance. Telegraphic communication is now in
terrupted.
APPEAL FOR AID.
HARRISBURG (Pa), May 14th.-Governor
Hoyt sends telegram urging the Mayors of
cities in the State to stimulate charity for the
distressed people of Milton, of whom 5000
are homeless and hungry.
MILTON, May 14th.-A fire broke out at
II o'clock to-day in the car works, and a
heavy northwest wind prevailing, it was i'm
possible to check the progress of the flames
until the business portion of the town was de-
stroyed. 1t is estimated that 400 buildings
have been burned, including all the churches
The fire burned over a space of seven squares
in length and three in width. Assistance
came from Sunberry, Danville, Williamsport,
Lewisburg and Watsontown. The banks,
telegraph Office, newspaper offices, Pennsyl-
vania railroad depot, gas works, and all the
hotels are destroyed. Several bodies have
been recovered, but are burned beyond re-
-cognitien. Two hundred and fifty families
are rendered homeless, and are camping out
in the fields. Supplies of provisions and
oil Aa1 Of isi m q
to estimate the loss at present.
Large quantities of household goods were
loaded on cars and taken up and down the
road, and the fields around the town are filled
with goods. During the confusion many
articles were stolen. One lady lost 500, 600 in
Government bonds. The fire ragged so fiercely
in the upper part of town that most of the
people barely escaped with their lives The
wife of Dr. Cyrus Brown is badly burned,
and others are known to be seriously injured.
The loss is variously estimated from 81, 000, :
900 to 81, 600, 000 but no accurate account
can be given tonight. The mansion of ex-
Governor Pollock was destroyed.
MILTON, May 14th.-The latest estimate
places the loss by the fire at 81, 100000; in
surance, SS00000.
Fires in New Jersey.
GIBsoN's Mills, May 14th-Scarcely an
acre of timber land can be found in the vi
cinity of Hanover, Whitney and Wood
mancie. All has been destroyed by the fire
now sweeping to the sea. The population
were all out last night turning the flames
from the direction of the thicklY inhabited
places. Three dwellings, with outbuildings,
were burned. The forest fires now raging
about Allison, it is reported, destroyed 100
square miles of valuable berry boys, timber
land and vineyards The village OF Great
Republic lost twenty-five buildings. Two
houses were burned in Ocean. The loss of
the Burlington and Columbus Railroad Com
yany will be very heavy. In the vicinity of
Piqua river nearly seventy acres of choice
cranberry bog were burned, beside some hun
dreds of acres of valuable cedar and oak for
est and large quantity of cord wood. Two
houses were destroyed.
Mining disaster in Michigan.
NORWAY, May 18th. = Early Thursday
morning No. 2 shaft of the Lumberman
Mining Company's (Ludington) iron mine,
10 Gated eight miles from here, cavedi in, bury
ing alive sixteen miners. The shaft was so
feet deep, and contained five feet of water.
John Tie, an Irishman, Isaac Winn and
Oliver Gardner, CornishmeD, who were work
ing directly at the bottom of the shaft, were
taken out dead. The others, who were work
ing in drift, were rescued alive. Imme-
diately on the caving in of the shaft an alarm
was given, and the miners from other parts of
the mine hurried to the scene and set &C.
lively at work to release the imprisoned
miners, and as it progressed the half-suffo-
Gated cries of the miners could be heard
growing fainter and fainter. At about 8
o'clock an entrance was made and thirteen of
the miners rescued from the drifts of the
shaft uninjured. The remaining three, being
directly under the falling rock, were killed or
suffocated, and were taken out dead.
Westward.BOund Passengers.
OMAHA, May 13th.-The following through
passengers passed here on to-day's train,
leaving at 1890 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacra-
mento May 18th: B. o. Cutler and wife,
Placerville, CAL; f. @. Stebbins. wife and
son, Cuba, n. Y; q. F. Cornwell, British
Columbia A. Cowan, - Hamilton, Miss
Heron, Ottawa, Canada; Mr.: Mcdonald,
British Columbia; Crosby s. Noyes, Theo-
dore w. Noyes, Washington, D. c.; w. D.
McKinstry, Miss Jennie McKiustry, Mobile,
Ala; Mrs. Craft, Newark. N. j.; L. B.
Wilkes, Columbia, Mo-; j. E. Laforce,
Carthage, Mo-; G.. A. Sanford and wife,
Rockford, ILL.,; J. G.. Edmunds, Detroit !;
Lyman Elmore, r. P. Elmore, Joseph Gates,
New York; DIR. McInnis, NJ. p, British
Columbia; Mrs. G. W. Hill, Boston Mrs.
R. (. Knox, New Castle, Del; H. Wilcox,
Mrs S. Z. Robinson, Carlisle, ILL.,; Theodore
Storm, San Francisco Mrs. John Slater,
Baltimore L. r. Bours, Mexico; c. O..
Ruthrauff Cleveland ; DIR. A. K. Smith,
wife and child, United States Army G. NJ.
Foulks, Kansas; +. p. SEWN, K Lefont,
New Orleans H. &. Leonard, Oregon.
One hundred and forty-four through emf
grants left on last nights train, to arrive in
Sacramento May 10th.
OMAHA, May 14th.-The following through
passengers were on to-day's train, leaving at
1870 P. NJ, to arrive In Sacramento May
18th Miss Louisa Dohrman, Stockton
Mrs. L. r. Giles Mrs. Salie White, Heads
burg; Mrs. Amelia Gerald Benjamin and
two children, Oakland; Matilda Wallace,
Millbridge, Me. Mrs. Ida T. Rogers, San
Francisco G. G. Green, New York; F. J.
Barnard. Victoria, B. c.; HI. Taylor, U. S.
N; C. H. Cook, Oakland; Reuben Ssyer,
Dublin. Va; Mrs. II. S. Cook, Madisonville,
KY; Sarah NJ. Shiller, Salem, Mass; Miss
C. Higgins, Lillian Chamberlain, Los An
geles; Mrs. Ann Nj. Rawlins, Oakland; j.
w. Birdseye and wife, Bridgeport, Conn.
Eighty-six through emigrants left on last
nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra
mento May 2lst.
Texas Husbands Operations.
CORPUS CHRISTI TEX, May 14th.-Hor
ace Burr shot at his wife to-day, and Mrs
Barnard, his mother-in-law, springing be-
tween them, was shot twice Burr Their
ruck his sister.in-law, Mrs. Brewster owe
ne head with pistol, telling her to the floor
loading the pistol he shot himself dead
lrs. Barnard's wounds are pronounced fatal
The cause Of the tragedy was disagreement
3eeween Burr and his wife. resulting in tn
Gsttsr returning to her fathers house.
She Florida RepubllcanstateC Convention
GAINESVILLE Fla J, May 14th.-The Stat
Sepu5lican Convention nominated on til
Nth ballot Hon. S. B. ColoYer for Governor