Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-26

remains were placed in the vault of the Lincoln
monument, in which rest those Of the martyred
president. The remains, incased in q plain
coffin, occupied place in the north double par
lors of the residence of N. W. Edwards, where
the marriage ceremony occurred forty years
ago next November. The sombre black Of the
coffin was relieved by flowers. Around the
bier were gathered the old friends. In the room
beyond were Secretary Lincoln, MIR. Edwards
family, and other relatives. Mrs. Lincoln lay
as II taking peaceful sleep, and there was no
trace OF the suffering the patient woman bad
endured during the long years since the terrible
night in Washington. Upon the coffin was
placed a plain white cross containing q white
lily. A touching effect was produced by the
design representing the "gates aiar." 1t was
composed of an arch supported by uprights
three feet in height, and beneath the arch were
bust Of the martyred president was lust visible
among the flowers that surrounded it. An
open book beautifully formed of carnations,
with "Mary Lincoln" in delicate forget-me-
nots upon the open pages, and all immense pill
low bearing the Inscription "From the citizens
mentioned, formed the principal decorations.
There were beside innumerable tributes from
personal friends: The services did not last
longer than an hour. Beside the reading of
the Scriptures by Mr.: Post, the sermon by Rev.
DR.. Reed and closing prayer by Mr.. Parker,
clue eadng the snsns Of NV %u sed
Thee"
Work OF the Flames.
The Brown Manufacturing Company's works
at GAINESVILLE. O., were totally consumed by fire.
on the 23d. Loss $125, 5000. S.S<...
Several warehouses, two lumber yards, nine
dwellings, and some other buildings were swept
away by fire at Philadelphia, Pa, on the 22d.
Loss $4,000.
The furniture stock of Louis Hax, at St.
Joseph, Mo-, was damaged to the extent of
$4,000 by fire on the 2sd.
Fires on the 22d: South Wareham Nail Co.'s
mill, Buzzard's Bay, Mass, S5O,OOO; Chase
cotton mills, Washington Village, r. l.,
10000; Mutual Glass Co. building, New
York, $4,000.
Four saw mills and the machinery for sash
and blind making, two furniture and one build
ers' factory and five dwellings were destroyed
by fire at Fairfield, Me-, on the 21st. Loss over
$10O, 900. The business of the place is almost
hopelessly crippled.
The Cass Avenue planning mill at st. Louis,
Mo-, was totally consumed by fire on the 21st.
Loss about 100000. The stock of railway
supply house adjoining, wss damaged to the
extent of $3.50, 900.
Five business houses in Madison, Neb., were
swept away by fire on the 21st. Loss $25,0o0.
On the same day ten frame dwellings were de-
stroyed at STURGEON, Mo. Loss $50,0OO.
Pois' flour mill at Coburg, Ont, burned on
21st. Loss $25,OOO.
A fire at Newark, N. j., damaged weis 4
Meuder's brewery to the extent of $4,000.
fire at Port-au-Prince on the Goth, destroy
ed eighty-three houses, mostly business places.
Two oil refining stills exploded at Cavenpoint,
n. j., on the Goth, killing an employe The
flames spread rapidly. Estimates of the loss
by the disaster varying from $50, 600 to $75 200.
A fire in Smyrna, which ragged seven hours,
destroyed fourteen hundred houses and rem
dered 5000 people homeless. One life was lost
Fires on the 18th: "Castle Thunder" a
notorious St. Louis tenement, occupied by
over 400 negroes and depraved whites; no lives
lost. Freeman Block, st. Paul, Minn., $18, 900.
Goodells elevator, St. Louis, SIG, 1000. Heavy
fires raging in the pine and cedar forests in the
neighborhood of East Tawas, Mich.
fire i'll the livery stable at Chicago, early
on the morning of the 10th, caused the suffo-
cation of fifty eight horses and COW. The
upper portion of the building was occupied as
bOarding-house. Three men leaped out of
windows, while three women we're rescued by
firemen.