Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-09
Work 0f the Flames.

A fire in the business portion Of Shreveport,
La, swept away property to the value Of Sl02,- :
900. Several Masonic and Pythan lodges are
among the sufferers.
Longstreths coal chutes and trestles at Car
hon Hull, o., burned on the 5th. Loss about
$40, 200.
Sphinx 4 Co., druggists at Minneapolis, were
burned out on the 4th inst, the loss being $40,
900; insurance S16,000
Uleaborg, Russia. has been visited by terri
bic conhsgration, which destroyed most Of the
prominent buildings and inflicted enormous
losses.
The most extensive Touring mill in Nebraska,
was destroyed by fire at Milford, Seward
County, on the 81. Loss about siOO,0oh.
johnson d Coz large -four mill at Milford.
Neb., burned on the 8 inst. Loss S50,GDO
Nine. BustCed's concert ball at Baltimore Nd,
was dc Cstroyed b. fire on the night OF the ID
inst. John Person, stock broker, porIshed
in the flames.
IIslf block # business houses were wiped
out 10y fire at Osage, Kansas, on the I'd inst.
A fire at Hull, opposite Ottawa, Ont. de-
stroyCd several mills ard otht T property. Loss
estimated at over :20,O1U
The Merchant Mill. Knoxville, Tenn, Wa to
tally consumed by fire Oh the I'd inst. Loss
s250O0.
A freight depot of the New York Central
Railroad at Rochester, n. Y, wa damaged hv
fire to the extent Of nearly 100000 OH the lot
inst.
The building and stock of the Western Re-
frigerator Company, Chicago, burned Oh the
31st. Loss $4,000.
The Park Theater, New York City, was en-
tiroly consumed by fire on the afternoon Of the
Both. Mrs. I""''try, the Jersey Lily" was to
have appcaT, the first time before an
American at. ia the evening. Elaborate
scenic preparations had been made for the
event The loss IL estimated at s225, 900.
A great portion Of the business section OF
TruckeC, CAL, was consumed on the night Of
the 2ith. The fire was attributed to careless
ness Of employees i'll Mink's brewery, aud there
was some talk Of lynching the proprietor.
A Murderous Record.
"DagO Pete" young Italian, murdered
Mrs. Susan Mccarthy ard her daughter Ellen
at New Orleans on the 9th inst The tend used
a razor to commit the terrible deed. Cause.
jealousy.
John Radford murdered his estrargod wife
at Bellevue, o., on the 9th inst. The murderer
was captured.
Henry Detcrs and Frank NJ. Dale, intimate
companions, quarreled over a trivial matter at
Cincinnati, o., on the 9Th. Dcters drew a re-
volver and shot bis friend fatally.
A terrible cutting ARRAY occurred at Win
throp, opposite Atchison. Kansas, on the 5th.
John o'Brien was disemboweled and J. NJ.
Bates and one Launer were terribly slashed.
Robert Whitney, n l9-yesr-od son Of Nelson
Whitney, living at East st. Louis, went home
drunk on the 4th inst, aud fired several shots
at his father, who had reproved him for his
conduct whereupon the latter beat him over
the head with q bed-slat infiicting injuries
from which he died soon after. The father has
been arrested.
Fred Hutchins cut his wife's throat and then
committed suicide at Easton, Me-, on the Sd
inst.
A shooting affair occurred at Eureka (Ney.)
on the Sd inst, between James L. Anderson,
editor Of the Evening Leader, and Geo. +.
Reek. the republican candidate for superlntend-
ent of public instruction. Anderson was NOR
tally wounded.
Bill Harris, a negro who grossly assaulted a
Young daughter Of Goo. l.. Wilder, plaDter at
BsstrOp Parish, La, was run down b. posse
Of citizens who riddled him with bullets.
John Carpenter murdered Patrick Mead near
Dover, Ind, recently. The murdered man
mau leaves a wife and eleven children.
Iu a public school at Leavenworth, Kansas,
W. q. Ross, Q years Of age. acting as " moni-
tor" reported boy of ~ years, named Winter,
for whispering. Before his intention could be
fathomed the latter rushed upon the smaller
boy and plunged knife into his side, iDtiicting
O. mortal wound.
r. NJ. Lugg, . prominent planter Of Kosci-
usko, Miss, was assassinated while IN his cot
ton field.
Isadore Caseat, an old engineer in the Iron
Ark, q point directly opposite Little Rock,
committed suicide on the 3lst ult., owing to
his discharge for neglect Of dsty. His son,
Demo, filed with spirit of revenge, sought
fer the foreman of the works. Failing TO find
him he deliberately murdered Geo. +. Barnes,
clerk and time-keeper. Mrs. Caseat testified
before the coroner's jury that her husband and
son had entered into an agreement In effect
that the former was to take his own life and
tho latter was to slay Master Mechanic Rich
ardson. AT the time of the compact she looked
upon 1t as the result of their temporary frenzy
and did not troub 10 herself about it.
In drunken caroussl at Hot Springs, Ark,
or the 3ist, Frank Adcock fatally shot his
brother,in-law d. c. Boyne.
Mrs. Seguin, wife of q wealthy New York
physician, DIR. Edward G. Seguin. killed her
three children-two boys aged and 6 respect
lively and . i-year-old girl-on the 8lst, and
then shot herself dead. The tragedy created q
profound sensstiO- Moved in the best cir
cles and occupied a. elegant mansion. Cause,
melancholia.
Two Is-year-old boys qusrreled at Cleveland
ON the Goth, about some trivial matter, when
one drew long knife and stabbed the other in
three places. The injured boy will probably
die.