Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

! Ii is said that timber to the value 0:
| ~ ,WO00O has been burned ii the Parry
sound district of Ontario.
Tue court house at Fond du Lac, Wis.
valued n $1,000. was destroyed by an in
ccndiary fire.
RAv. JAMES TILToN, the oldest Catholic
priest in New England, died in East Bos
ton, on the 18th inst
4 STORM At Danville, Va, blew down
the confederate military hospital, iniuring
several colored people.
TIE planning mill Of Watrous Brothers,
II Bay City, Mich. and large amount of
lumber were burned, causing los5 of
S30Aao.
\ SAFE weighing three tons fell from 4
third-story window in lower broadway,
New York. and several persons barely
escaped being crushed to jelly.
Iii SLATER, Wisconsin youth who
went 70 Saratoga with Charles l., Colby
and family, of Milwaukee, was drowned
in Saratoga lake, or committed suicide
SOMETHING akin 10 cholora has ap-
peared among the hogs in the region Of
Plano, Ill One man has lost 80 animals
out Of -. and another h but II left out
of ,s
4 FIRE ii Austin. Nevada, on tile l4th
inst. burned twenty buildings. including
the postothce and Masonic aud Odd Eel
lows hall4 The los i estimated At Sl0o-
600
TnE piano OF the wrecked steemer Col
umbia washed ashore At Frankfort, Mich.
The body of Miss Fitzgerald has heen
shipped to Chicago. and thai oi Robert
Maleamson has been found.
WHILE the races were in progress on the
fair grounds at Kansas City. the main hail
was found Is he III flames and all the ex-
hihits were soon reduced To ashes The
loss IS estimated at $5o,uo0.
Tun propeller Skylark from Benton
llarhor. with i cargo OF fruit for Chicago,
in passing through the canal between Rem
Ion iiarhor and St. Joseph. struck a log
IN blind pile ana sunk M lives were
lost
FpW ARD +. CHANDLER, one uf the finest
woIbmen in thc icwelry business, threw
himself IN front u train on the Midland
Pacific road. IL Palmvra, Neb.. and was
instantly killed.
IL responding 10 an alarm Of fire in
Chicago. on the 18th inst. the hose cart Of
engine Ne | went into the river ut Adams
street, the bridge being sSurg. The driver
was iished out. and the horse swan about
i half mile up the river and climbed IL
the hank
EtlicK SWAMI, which embraces some
thousands of acres in the vicinity If STRAIT
ford. Ont has been on fire for ten DAYS
The destruction Of property has been verv
great The farmers residing near the
swamp have suffered the loss Of their en-
tire property, buildings. crops and cattle.
WnltR train was backing up from
Mount Forest 10 Glencoe, Mich, a falling
tree struck the cahcose. sweeping FIVE men
ont under the wheels of the engine.
Ernest Weight and William Lynch were
instantly killed Reuben Wright died
soon alterwsrd, and Frank Beverly is not
\ expected u recover
/ \ SPECIAL committee has raised $40, ,931
i in New York for the Michigan sufferers,
/ e which the stock exchange added 81 20
\ q. ". Hotchkiss, secretary OF the lumber
] mems Nchange Of Chicago, has collected
+ 81 80 in cash and forwarded a car Dad OF
+ supplies. The people of Cleveland have
4 placed $1,000 IN Port Hope. Sand Beach
and Sandusky appear 10 be focal points Of
I the region NEST in need of suceor. Sena-
/ tor Gonger urges Governor Jerome to ap-
1 peal to the people Of the United States
4 tor contributions 10 the amount 81 81 COO
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