Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-07-29

ture was originally built in 1893, the char
ter bearing the bold signature of John
| Hancock.
4 J. II. DEAN. a son of banker at Mime
/ apolis. killed himself with laudanum.
I A HAIL-sToRM inflicted great damage on
4 property in the vicinity of Brockton,
Mass.
THIRTEEN business places at Hastings,
Neh., were burned, causing loss Of S60,-
900.
FLAMES swept away the Irving house. at
Long Branch, many guests losing all their
effects.
HuSDREDs of windows were broken by
hail-storm at Brockyille, Ont. and trees
and fences were toppled over
A FIRE in Ryan & Cumminsky's tobacco
factory at St. Louis destroyed the building
and contents, which were valued ST 500
600.
THE fouring-mill of Badger < Son, at
East Amboy. H., valued at $4,000, was
fired by lightning and totally consumed.
AT a stone-quarry at Slatington, Pa,
two men were crushed to a Jelly by the
fall Of a mass of rock weighing hundreds
of tons.
HENRY NICKHAMMER, an employe Of
the st. Louis shot-tower was precipit ated
100 feet by the breaking of the elevator
rope.
Two buildings Of the Paquet cotton
mills at Philadelphia. owned by William
Wood * Son, and valued at 100000, have
been burned.
A FIRE at East Saginaw, Mich, last
evening, burned Pearsonis saw mill salt
block, and other property, the whole val
ued al 100000,
Mrs. kEoUGH and her young son, Of
bloomington, H., we've horribly mangled
by switch-engine Her husband is the
engineer at the union mills.
Col. K. l.. MoTT. of Columbus, Ga, 81
years OF age, one of the weaIthiest men in
that state, was killed by a train in the
Union depot at Atlanta.
IN Dixon Bros wire works. at Hamil-
ton, Ont, an explosion lifted the roof,
which fell upon and injured two men.
Flames then consumed the establishment.
THE propeller Winnipeg caught fire and
burned to the waters edge in the harbor
Of Duluth. The passengers escaped, but
four employees are Kissing.
ONE of the shops in the penitenti iary al
Columbus O., was damaged s., 600 by fire.
One of the guards was prostrated by heat,
and lies in a dangerous condition.
FLAMES swept away nine buildings at
Red Bank. \, J., valued at 80 600; the
oilworks Of Bush x Denslow, in South
Brooklyn, worth $4,000; Rings lard re-
finery, in st. Louis, the loss being $40, 900;
block Of buildings in East Oakland, Cal,
valued at $40, 900, and the Haekett block
at lonia, Mich.
CLAUDE SLYTER. editor Of weekly pa
per At Greentown, Ind, while standing AT
a desk, had every yestige of clothing torn
from his body by lightning, and was SO
paralyzed that he could not move a mus
Gle. Tie has completely recovered from
the stroke.
JUsT outside of ST. Paul freight train
of forty-three cars on the Omaha road
broke apart, the rear section starting back
down high grade, and striking another
train a, the depot at the rate of sixty
miles per hour. George Trider, veteran
engineer, was killed, and a loss of $50. 600
inflicted The track was rooted up for
fifteen rods.
THE pecuniary loss by the cyclone at
New Ulm, Mimi, is placed at $250,OO0
The rebuilding of the city will commence
at once. Property is being protected by
the Governors guards, and excursion
trains took thousands to the scene on Sun
day.
AT Chatham -Four Corners N. Y, are
tired officer of the army, Col. Henry w,
Jones, attempted to shoot himself and to
cut his throat with fragments Of looking
glass. For some time he has had spells of
lunacy, and lie will now be sent to an
asylum.