The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-06
STATE SPECIALS.
TEXAS TOPICS BY TELEGRAPH,
New Cotton Received NJ Denton and
Haxahaehie-A $4,000 Fire at
Palestine The Frontier Bat
TALON 90 be ReOrganiEsd-
Sabine Pass a Texas
Northern Railroad to
he Surveyed at Oace.



Special to the Herald.
Palestine, August 6.-The alarm OF fire was
sounded In west Palestine about o'clock This
morning, and approved to be quite destiuc-
| tive CONGREGATION. he extra of the Palestin,
Advocate. issued this morning gives the fol-
lowing account of the fire:
The hre is thought to have commenced
between Cleyengin's bakery and the Com
mtrcial hotel
Following is the list of losses: The Com
meIeih hotel Loss, sl6,0Ooj building owD ed
by MIR Nye; occupied by j. ii. Lyon, who loses
SG. 900 worth of household goods.
Ton Rickard, lime ho ase and tools. Loss,
$500; no ins ursnce
Houston house, occupied by W. H. Burton
| Luss on buiiding 81 200; on furniture slOO.
BurRitt Murphy, frame house, ow ued
| py the raih DAD company Loss, VI 900; loss
I n goods $4,000 TO 900; Insurance $4,000
Jack krethen's NJ ,gnolia saloon. LOSS on
building 81 900, on stock and fixtures Sl,4OO;
NJ insurance. 1his is the second time
krethen mas been burned ont.
| Charles tleveL gin. Loss, $500 to 600.
Arlington hUtel owned Oy Colonel Manning
and rented 10y Mr-. Weery. Loss on building
Sl,5OO; damage to goods, from 800 to $50.
j. ID ROoeits1n, Lune star saloon. Loss on
bui ding. 81 200; the fixtures and stock buned.
| small frame house, one used by Dan
Nudgher. Loss $1,000. Also restaurant and
barber shop. Loss Of gOoOs not known.
FRANK JOhnsUn, res lanrsnt; budding own
| eu ny a = bowers. Loss - 700; on tlNlures
! sSOOOi mon, Y, &c over $500
| Iw0 store houses belonging to Mr.. Bowers,
valued ht Sl,5JJ. Total loss; no Insurance.
| Wright, Restaurant and grocery; building
owned by Tom Crener. Loss 500 Loss on
| goods known.
After the lire had reached that noble brick
building aud old stand by, which has once be-
| iore saved the town, a general conf agration
was stopped. The strel uous efforts of the
nook and ladder fire company No, /, which
| hnH haaa itl.
down bu ldings and stIivlng to check the
| ilam-s, were thrown almost wholly upon the
| hardware ore of j M Sillimau Il Co,
! Here let us compliment the gallant iremen, OF
whom Tom Richards !. foreman, Oscar saw
| ers fist as istant; but for saving HI limans,
| there would have been Il rcspetitioh OF
MS fire OF 1919. The roof and windows of
Silliman's store are badly burned and the
stock damaged The boys had only ladders
and buckets TO work with, and were out al
the first alarm, and worKed while there was
particle If hope.
A bt.sA oreezc carried the flames to north
Main street, burning E Cassets boarding
81, 500; insurance Sl,700
Mrs. &. Fast, II large amount OF bedding,
damaged.
Blumenthal & Bro. lost considerable in
goods
Mrs. Mary Mands, building, rented by
colured people. Loss 81, OOC; boarding house
goods burned
Business building, rented by Mr.. Rarry for
boarding-house. Loss S., 5,OO I; Il sured. MS
b. lost household goods stored In The
building, and only saved some mattresses and
beddi &.
Two butcher shops, owned by Tom Crowen.
Loss S35O'
Spaitn Brothers lost heavily, including over
1910 p0 Inds of meat, market tOols etc. 10
insurance.
Her the nre was stayed, although sparks
set the Roman Catholic church on firs severa
times. But for the heroic efforts Of Reverend
Father ChaaDd and hers, that and auioin-
ing buildings would have been burned The
loss on building, clothes, etc :, Is aOout $3.50,
The total loss Is estimated by business men
at s30OO0. Tbs insurance companies lose at
least $40 000
Among the casualties MIR. Noah was
overcome with heat and fel selseless
while ,aving & ocerles at Cssset's store. He is
better to-day.
little boy of Mr. wilson, ten years OF age.
fell int well 40 feet deep, where the cun bling
was burned away. He clung to the rope and
wrs re cued by Rev Father Chalaud and Will
rec yer.
Fred Brown, a railroad brakeman, working
energeticolly In hauling out goods, was
Knocked down by a falling door .and slightly
injur, d.
The International railroad furnished yalua
assistance by the use of engines furnishing
water"