Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-20
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW,
THE EAST.

THE EAST.
A FIRE which broke out in the Fourth
avenue car stables, at New York, completely
destroyed the block Of buildings aud caused
the death a. 100 horses. The flames crossed
Thrty-second street and made an ash-heap Of
MoWolPs furniture storage building, the loss
being estimated at s2,000,000.
THE wholesale provision firm of
Washington Butchers Sons, which was estab-
lished in Philadelphia 12l years ago, has
failed. Its liabilities are admitted to be
~, 10000. II has branch house in Chicago
where 1t has been specializing heavily in grain
Parties in New York are buying up all the
Confederate bonds they can secure, giving
800 per u, 600 for them. 1t is supposed an
effort will be made by English and New York
era 70 secure their payment The loss on
the Morell warehouse and Vanderbilt car sta
bles, IN New York, is now said to be about
f2,5OOOO0. About 325 horses persisted.
CHARLES II. LANDERBEBGER's mill, on
Randolph street, Philadelphia, was destroyed
by Ere There were thlrty-iye persons in the
building. Some Of them escaped by jumping,
others escaped through the doors. Six per-
SONS were badly burned about the face and
eyes, ana nine persons were seriously hurt in
jumping Two OF those burned will probably die
s+sssitl silDtihfils AOA many fShIh tub eQlLOf
% SrriiHer''s M0ntbiy and wen known IN the
literary world by the title Of "Timothy Tit
comb, died suddenly Ia New York. He was
born In BClchertOwn, Mass, in 1873, and
graduated from tho BroOkline Medical College
ia 1871.
A New YORK dramatic journal prints
the statement that Edwin Booth and wife have
separated. It is said the estrangement has
grown FOR a year, and eliminated with the dis
cOyery that the wife had wllled TO her mother
property IN Chicago decided to her by Mr..
BJDih year ago. The fire at Landenberg-
er's mill, AT Philadelphia, was much more de-
stfucliYe Of ] imam life than the reports at drst
made It app, y. II is now ascertained that
oyer twenty PERSONS have died either from the
result Of injuries received in jumping from the
windows OF the burning building or persisted in
the hames Of the burning structure Col. Ed
win y. Morgan died al his home in Auburn, N. Y.
tie vgS ore Of the stockholders of the New
York Times one OF the onginators Of Wells,
fargo Co. Express Company, and elected to
Congress three terms, T.. The total taxes levied
urou the city Of New York for the year are
l,01l, $40, the rate being 2.62 per cent.
THE WEST.
The anniversary Of tho great fire in
Chicago vas made the occasion, by the daily
press Of that city, Of reviewing the CONNER
c,ai progress. From the statistics printed by
the local parers we CLEAN that Chicago became
"a ulti IN 1887. In the thirtv-four years between
That timc and 1871 she increased her popula-
ton 10 3o6,O0O, gain IN thlrty-four years Of
NhOut $40, 600 or 8u average gain per year Of
about 5000. IN the ten wears between Oct g.
1871, a"d Oct. g., 1881, the gam in population
WAS go, 900, or an average gain per year Of
10000. tn the thIrty-four years from 1897 to
~ ~ r1t Nv Inv
until the year sales had q money value Of
i5O,O0U,0DO. Ia tile ten years succeeding the
fire Of 1911 the volume of business was more
than doublea. year after the fire the bank
clearlngs for tho week were 100000, 900.
Nine years later the clearngs for the
week were $50 00O 600. In 1871 the
value Of the manufactured products Of Chica-
20 WIS S7G,5l3,0oo Ia 1851 the value is $685.
100000. The decade just ended began with
fire that destroyed nearly 5000 buildings and
9l40.90O,0uO worth Of personal property and
merchaudlAe. JGo Gre Of 1871 cut out of Chi
cage CITY as large and ~ pOpulOus as was
The Washington Of that year. In the last ten
years the lost ground has not only been recoy-
ered Int population larger than
that ~ New Orleans or san Francisco has been
added IN Other words, the city that was cut out
has been restored and another city almost as
large as the Washington OF tO-dayand that Of ten
years ago combined has been built up around
IT, This rapid recuperatou from the effects Of
a great calamity. and steady growth in popula-
ton aud volume OF business constitutes one of
the wonders Of the nineteenth century
"BUsHY" CLARK and Frenchy"
Bardeau were lynchcd near Socorro, n NJ, for
hors.-stealnc lanes Little n former rom
ductor on the Atchjsou, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad, was murdered at his house at Las Luz
mas NJ NJ, bv q PARTY OF drunken Mexican des-
peraIucs, three ~ whom were arrested the
next morning and made fun confession.
They were taken from the calaboose by quiet
ana orderly moo ana strung up to cottonwood
'''ii6 Wv 40" t''"'"o
A TRAIN loaded WITH building material
o,, tb, ps,,,;iee, VYIi.,, ovto,u,cr, ~ tho Nv
Ai't''h ana NhSaouil r@ilfoad' near Iable Rock,
Pawuec county, Neh. broke loose ana started
on1 o donn-erede. 1t overlook hat-car on
I1r.rs were tiUn5 TEr otorl 80 o VI ' h
jumping The Texas and Pacific road l. being
pushed toward ~ Faso at the rate OF twelve
cseo sre nrosed ~ tbe ol,oning ~ 1870 =
49,. .,.. g..
HiAhIhN o'ALEH, ldliililaTly Known aS
cid Mother Scales died recently at Calrollt0n
Grerno c,uttv m m tbo ,yond.rf,,ur "a
n ~
Nah'ed age Oh nv years. she was IN all proba-
olhty the oldest person IN Illinois at the time Of
h'r dcath. She was born ct Halifax Court
wbcn tho war Of the Revolution ended wen
: daring robbery was committed near Girard,
Ssdei tho Girmbdu.o ~ y PeTrne i a d Ihi
resident Of tho county. After gagging the en-
uir family, consisting Of Sir. Pyrrine, his wife
ana two daughters and a hired man. they pro-
o,tted % ransach the house They secured
TS'uoo IN god ana other valuable Articles.
Four masked robbersentercd the farmhouse of
Allan lMibsnk, Of Wheaton, H., hound and
gagged four members Of the family. and So
cured from mattress - GOO in money and
-fn coo in reot.tcrcd hond. Gov pilshrrv
.,t rs tbc In,i.latnre ~ N.,nnosota a ;, earnest
tt,,ll la Them To- nav tn, rallrond bonds ON
ia, ha,i, ~ Chanbrriain's proposition by which
half OF tho amount due. $4,000. OOOO will be
,r I. 49,. :.
hhL explosion q coal-ou lamp III
thc town No kakomo Col, caused nearly the
c.uel,lr d..tlu,liou of fine Dlace The loss il
...,..o..
l''-'tt y 3 "hNN'. 0cNciA h"luIeu men te-
cauH u ulaied by liquor stolen during the con-
4. EtataY... zinc masked robbere Who obtained
E uNu - la'd from the farmhouse ut Ezekiel
rtrru wclu captured ri Litchicld, H. Their
ti, ..D.,ry vs.. Guo wholly 10 a drunken dispute
,yt. tlic DIVISION If tho spoils. Tho Gar0eld
mo.uuo,t oi Late View Cemctery Cleveland,
-tN,r-t muaa. Of which Cleveland pro-
d tJr.Isc .5aOeU.
Vrcy co,,tileta ropoyta Nv talaoranb
4 ,bs ta,,.q., g,,,c, rroo, tho great corn, holt
vi tar West. show tnat the crop is in an uusat-
factory condition In Illinois Indiana
ard Iowa cousiierabje 5amaea bss boen done
, r, rcont prol,,lcd rams and tbe cro,, viii
ro'paby fam 20 70 80 per cent.
sue'' W ~ average lhe quaAty oelnS
ana Kansas the rains have been beneficial in