Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-05-31
The Fire Record.

sparks DESTROYED several stores in the small vii
lage Of Shawvan Station, Ky. Loss about
$4,000.
Lightning struck the Rockdale Wooden Mills.
and consuming the establishment. Loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
Noyes Bl os.' tinware establishment at Cleve-
land, O., was destroyed by fire on the 28th.
Loss $4,000.
The shop and sheds of the Pullman Palace
Car Company, at New Orleans, were swept
| away by fire on the 9th.
The extensive carriage works of Mclean Il
kimball, at Wilmington, Del, burned on the
26th, causingtheavy damage.
A block Of buildings at Portland, Oregon,
valued at s575,O00, was swept away by fire, on
the eth.
Tombstone, Arizona, was visited by serious
conf lagration on the 26th inst, almost the en-
tire business portion of the city being laid in
ruins The loss is estimated at $5O0,000, with
an insurance of about half that amount.
Louis Reinach & Co.'s salesroom of fancy
and decorative goods Chicago, was ruined by
fire on the 26th. Loss $4,000.
The court house at Center, Cherokee County,
Ala., with all the records, burned on the 25th
inst. Loss heavy.
The Griffith Portable Cot Mandatory,
Toledo, O., with large amount of stock, fin
ished and unfinished, burned on the 25th. Loss
| $4,000.
A collision on the Illinois Central Railroad.
near Makanda, ILL.,, wrecked a caboose and five
| freight cars, which immediately caught fire and
| were destroyed, Nobody hurt.
Forty houses in the suburbs of Riga, Russia,
were destroyed by fire on the 26th. Loss
830, 900 roubles.
The Grant Company's smelling works at
Denver. COL, caught fire and were completely
| destroyed on the 25th inst. The works were
the largest of the kind in the world and gave
| employment to over 800 men. Loss between
$500, 600 and $4O0, 900; insurance $65,000 An
| explosion in the furnace caused the catastrophe.
lumber in Sisson l. Lilly's mill yard, Grand
Haven, Mich, on the 25th inst.
A fire at Abba, Iowa, originating along the
public square, burned fire stores, the estimated
Building No. az Broadway, New York City,
was cleaned out by fire on the 2Sd inst. Dam
age to occupants and building $3.50,
| Flames destroyed the grist-mill of Nelson d
Co., in the vicinity of Wabash, Ind, and San
ger Hall, large wooden structure at Grand
Rapids, Mich.
One hundred and five houses in the Jewish
fire on the 22d inst. Loss 600 900 roubles.
blaze at Meriden, Miss, on the 22d inst,
licked up 100000 worth of property.
MurderOus Deeds.
Charles Bailey, gardener living near Mon
treal, was deliberately poisoned by strychnine
placed in his food by his wife:
John Denney, wounded by II. G. Wood, a
Denver, COL, real estate agent, in an affray at
| that city on the 9th.
Frank Miller, while robbing the residence Of
q. P. Moore, at Erie, was nearly beheaded with
scythe.
AS the result of neighborhood quarrel near
Lebanon, NO., on the Goth, two young men,
brothers, named Matthews, were instantly
| killed and two Of their companions seriously
wounded. They we're fred upon by concealed
enemies on the public highway while on their
Near Highland Park, nl., on the 2eth, the
charred remains of John McCarty, aged 60,
were found in the smouldering ruins of his
farm house. Unmistakable evidence was dis
covered that the unfortunate man was MUIR
dered and his body burned to conceal the
crime.
Early on the morning of the 21st inst, a
party Of about one hundred masked men took
two desperadoes Sam Aolton and Jim White,
from the Jail at Bolton, Tex, and hanged them
to ive-oak tree. One Of the victims had been
| charged with several grave crimes, but never
convicted; the other was negro who l0unged
in the caboose most OF the time, and could we'll
be spared.
Thomas J.. Orr, bookkeeper for the Bolton
Steel Company at Canton, O., was called to his
door during the night of the 22d inst, and shot
through the throat. Charles 0. Trappagan
was arrested for the assassination, and evidence
was discovered that he perpetrated the outrage
through jealousy of his wife.
| J. II. Weber, night-watchman at Tucson,
| Arizona, went on q drunk on the 24th inst,
and in frenzy commenced firing promiscuous-
| with his revolver. One of the bullets struck
a young man named G. NJ. Hinton, inficting a
fatal wound.
Sheriff Taylor, of Fort spunky, 1. T., r1ddled
Moses Silky. q notorious character, with bul
let's, on the Gath inst.
In knife fight at Columbia, Ala., on the
24th inst, Peter J. Thomas was killed by Jason
G. Jones. Both are prominent planters.
Mexicans and Americans indulged in fray at
1gos Rancho, on the southwest border. Seven
Of the former were killed and q number of the
latter wounded.
Ia, has assumed new phase. It appears
Mary was untruthful when she confessed to the
killing of her father. The deed was perpetrated
by her brother in order that the children
should rule the household in their own way.
Quite a stir was created at Columbia, Ky., on
the 23d inst, by the arrest Of Rsy. D. Cannon,
for the murder of his wife. The crime was
committed at Begleville ten years ago. Cannon
had been absent from home over year and on
his return found that his spouse had borne an
illegitimate child. He became so enraged that
he billed mother and child with an Ak.
One of the most dlabOllcal crimes ever known
in the criminal calendar was committed al
Rappahanock, Va, on the 22d inst. Mrs
Maria Bruce who lived with her paralytic hus
band and a bright 10-year-old stepdaughter
became enraged at the latter for some reason
and beat her head to jelly with stove.poker.
The wretched woman then carried the mutilat'
ed body to cabin near by and after saturatine
municated with the cabin. and neighbors ap
pearing on the scene discovered the murderouf
hag's work. She was arrested and jailed.
In dispute over dog at Galveston, Texas
on the 22d inst, James Balm killed B. W. Bur
CESS and his son William. T
At st. Joseph, No., merchant named Nc
Gee, shot another business man named Knapp
At Baltimore, Md, on the 22d inst, Franz
Burkman, alias Burke. was arrested for larceny
and confessed the killing in self-defense, Of
Capt. Edward and . colored mate in Machedot
: Creek, an arm Of the Potomac, on the 4th.
| 5VESn, Niorchay1a hos Shfon arrested ak Granf