Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-12-06

forty second and forty-seventh congresses
died at Pine Bluff on the 25th.
Baron Otho Manteuffel Prussian statesman,
is dead, aged II years.
Work Of the Flames.
The business portion of Petersburg, village
situated about twenty miles north of VincenDes,
Ind, was consumed by fire on the I'd inst. All
the records of the village we're destroyed. Loss
$4,000.
The International Compress at Houston,
Texas containing about 5000 bales of cotton,
caught fire and was totally destroyed on the
I'd inst. Four residences were also consumed.
Total loss about $500,0OO.
The NJ. E. Church at Gloucester City, N. j.,
burned on the Sd inst. Loss heavy.
The Mansion House, Waukesha, Wis.,, was
totally consumed by fire on the I'd inst. Loss
Bunker Hill, ILL.,, was visited by disastrous
confagration on the I'd inst. The business
part of the town was consumed. Total loss
$25,OO0.
Scott's Hotel at Massassauga Point, near Erie,
Pa, burned on the I'd inst. Loss $4,000.
w. S. SCOTS hotel at Massassauga Point,
near Erie, which cost 1000, was swept away
by fire on the 1st inst.
Three hotels and two stores at Mandan,
Dakota, were destroyed by fire on the 29th,
causing loss of $17, 500.
The Alamo Hotel at Denison, Texas, burned
on the night Of the 29th the guests narrowly
escaping with their lives.
The Pittston (Pa.) knitting mill. burned on
the night of the 30th. Loss $4,000:
A fire at Metropolis, ILL.,, on the 90th, swept
away business block and two dwellings. Loss
about 100000.
The Asbestos Companys large factory at
Quebec and a block of wooden buildings,
vanished in smoke on the 3Oth. Total loss
estimated at between 1925, 900 and 5000, 1000.
>ok orl Anff
department of Able, Kim & Co.'S glass factory
at Pittsburg, Pa, were reduced to ashes on the
2Stb. Loss $50,00O.
Upham, Son & Co.'s extensive flour mill at
Blue Rapids, Kansas, was totally destroyed by
fire on the 26th. Loss $60,0O0
The Headquarters Hotel, Brainerd, Minn.,
owned by the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
$25,yo5oo. "
Clevedon Hall. the residence of Sir Arthur
Elton, near Bristol Eng, was destroyed by
fire on the 9th. A portion Of a library which
was consumed.
Ardinger 4 Peppers Touring mills at Car
| rolton, ILL.,, burned on the 26tb. Loss T1S, 600.
| The Kendall, Roberts & Co. iron works at
Boston, Mass, were damaged to the extent OF
$135: 900 by fire on the 9th.
Record u Trs. .9odic,s
Deputy Sheriff Patrick O'Brien, of New
Orleans, was shot five times and fatally
wounded in a bar-room difficulty on the I'd
inst. Oscar Carrie did the shooting.
| On the I'd inst, DR.. E. E. Betzky, of Duran
go, COL, shot his partner, DR.. Fl. A. Clay, and
then blew his own brains out with revolver.
A gang of desperadoes who had been steal
ing cattle and committing other outrages near
Comanche, Texas, were summariiy dealt with
by the inj ured Texans. One Of the gang was
caught and 1ynched near Coleman, another
met a like fate 1iepe Springs, and two others
named Terry were taken from the officers near
Hazeldcll and strung up to q tree.
A stage coach was stopped near Yar's Ranch,
N. NJ, on the night of the Sd. The driver was
disarmed and the mail bags appropriated. Two
Chinese passengers were robbed of everything
of value and then fouly murdered. There is a
secret organization in the vicinity of the mur-
Arizona Copper Company, and bloody work Is
anticipated at any time.
| A desperate encounter took place betw cen a
negro murderer and police officers at Chicag1
on the Sd inst. It seems that Bill All en-, a
powerful negro, who, on the 9th ult.. frac'
shot Officer Wright dead, for attempting to ar
rest him, entered saloon on the I'd inst
and demanded drink, at the same time dis
playing two large revolvers. He left the
place but soon afterwards was cornered at q
place on North Halstead Street by Officer Pat
|
lain on discovering the approach of the officer,
opened fire, which was returned. The third
shot penetrated the officers left eye and he
fell. The negro fed pursued by an ex'ited
crowd, who finally discovered him under " dry
goods box in large chicken coop near the Pan
Handle track on North Halsted steet. a
struggle ensued and the murderer attempted
to escape. The door was closed just In time
when the officer on the outside fired two shots
through the thin barrier, putting an effectua
quiettls to the fends pranks. The mob hao
worked itself up to frenzied pitch by this
} time and the officers had all they could do tt
corpse. To satisfy all that the negro wal
dead, the body was laid out on board at th'
station and displayed at one of the windows
where for two hours it was viewed by the pub
lie.
A 15-year-old boy named Joseph Moriarty
killed his sister at Marlboro, Mass, on the La
inst, through criminal carelessness. he wa
handling an old gun and amused himself b.
pointing it at his little sister. AS 1t alway
r happens in cases of the kind, the weapon dis
charged, inficting terrible wound in th
! childs leg. Amputation was resorted to, bu
the sufferer expired.
: Robert Strickland, aged %, was found mur
r dered at Eagle Lake, Texas, and negro ha
q been arrested for the crime.
r August Vorndice, shoemaker of Cincinnati
9 on the verge of delirium tremens, made an un
successful attempt to kill his wife and child
q and then almost severed bis head from hl
J., body.
8 The performance at Cincinnati theater wa
u brought to a sad close on Thanksgiving day
by the accidental shooting of Anna Van Bohre1
j. an actress, by Frank Frayne, star. during q
e exhibition Of fancy shooting. Frayne attemp'
ed to shoot an apple from Miss Van Bohren
!, head with his back turned toward her and tn
n rifle pointing over his shoulder. He mlsse
his aim and the bullet penetrated the brain {
J. the unfortunate lady. Frayne was paralyze
/. with horror and is almost crazy.
The shooting affray in front of an assign'
tion-house in St. Louis, on the 29th, is the 80
topic Of conversation in that city. The woma
It involved is Mrs. R. H. Tevis, q niece of Gener
Sherman and daughter of Colonel Reese, {
" the regular army. She is about to leave tt
Il CITY with her father, and will not contest Il
divorce proceedings already outlined. H
in guilty companion, whose left arm was sha
st tered, was Frank T. Iglehart, formerly cashi
al in private banking house.
h A bitter feud between DR.. William Brow
IN and DR.. C. G. Stuart, of North Henderso
I'd Illinois, led to the shooting of the former
r the wife of the latter. The sheriffs of TO
counties were soon on the track OF the fiyl
ae criminal and her husband. who we're captur
rk at Aledo and placed in jail:
be Charles Crowell killed Miss Nellie Priley q
be himself with q revolver. He had called ut
school to take her home for Thanksgiving.
he The Americans who were murdered on
lie west coast Of Madagascar were named Emers
and Hulett.
ar A Chicago negro, named William Ale
be made fatal assault on the porter OF pala'
NV car on the Northwestern track on the morni
in of tie 29th. In the evening he killed Policen1
Clarence E. Wright, who sought to arrest hi
of at No. 81 West Washington Street. and Il
he made his escape.
ed Tomavoli, prominent banker of Buchart
IN was murdered and robbed in well-trave
hO street. :.g... q - =.
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