Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-21
was damaged to the extent of 10000 by fre

was damaged to the extent of $4,000 by fire
on the 17th.
A freight depot and twenty-five loaded cars
were burned at Communlpaw, N j., on the
morning Of the 17th.
Over dozen business houses at Laclede,
Mo-, burned on the 18th, involving O. loss of
$4,000.
The fire record of the 10th embraces the
railway repair shops of the Boston and Provi-
dence Raj road at Boston, throwing 400 men
out OF employment, causing a loss of 800, 600: a
number of stores in Sumter, S. c., loss $40, 900;
the Phoenix Block Mount Vernon, Ill.,, entail
ing loss OF $4,000: flour and saW-mill at
Orleans Ind, $17 900; several stores at Carroll
ton, Mo- number of business houses in Loo
gootee, Ind, several mills and factories at & o
lumbus, o., $4,000; Heath'5 cabinet store and
traits machinery depot at Boston, and gro
Gerry store and millinery establishment at Car
roIlton, Mo, 1000.
Fire broke out In the hardware and carriage
warehouse of S. D. Kimbark q Co., Michigan
Avenue Chicago, on the 18th, and caused q
loss OF $22500O. Another fire occurred at mid
night of the same dav in the upper floor of the
dry goods house OF Wandel Bros, involving a
loss OF 49, 600, principally by water.
Fire on the 18th inst, destroyed the entire
business portion of the town of Rusk, Texas.
Loss 100000.
The burning of an old paper stock ware
house at the corner of Ann Street and Thea
tOi hliCyS NSW LOIhs On bH6 morning OF the
10Th INST, made close call for the printing
| offices in Newspaper Row. At A. A. NJ the loss
was estimated at $3.50. 600
A staye factory at Kilkenny, Mimi, was de-
stroyed on the 18th inst, together with several
other buildings. The losses aggregate $50, 900.
A fire at Norfolk, Va on the 18th inst, de-
strOyed the freight house of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, together with another
freight house, 1000 bales of cotton, so car
loads of lumber and q lot of miscellaneous
freight. The losses will aggregate $500, OO0
ShelbyYille, Ind, had $4,000 fire on the
18th.
Eight buildings at Duluth, Mimi, were de-
stroyed by ire on the 18th inst, involving a
| loss of $4,000.
The Newton Iron Works at Ashland, KY,
burned on the 18th. Loss 5000, 900.
Toronto, Canada, suffered to the extent of
$40, 600 by fire on the 18th.
Slemner Brothers oil works at NorristoWn
"a, burned on the 18th. Loss $4,000.
A fire at Tama City, Mich, on the 18th, de-
stroyed property to the value OF $50, 900.
Deeds OF blood.
The house of Garrett Maybee in Brookv1lle
near New York, was attacked on the night OF
the 18th by an unknown man, who Knocked
the old man sensel0ss and strangled his
wife and daughter, afterwards robbiDg the
house of 800 in money, and some articles OF
small value.
On the morning OF the 18th a mob of 300
masked men went to The Jail at Fowler, Ind,
| took out Melting, the murderer of Ada Atkin-
son, and hanged him to tree.
female nihllist was publicly executed at st.
Petersburg on the 10Th inst
j. G. Barnes, of Pittsburg, a prominent coal
dealer, committed suicide on the 10th INST.
Mrs. j. II. Eldred was found dead in pork
barrel In the cellar of her house in New York
on the morning Of the 18th inst. Foul play is
suspected.
John J. Miller, a prominent citizen of Pearl,
ILL.,, shuf1ed Of this mortal coil at that place on
the 18th by severing his jugular.
d. r. Allen, an actor, was brdtally muir
dered on the night of the 18th inst, in the
dressing room of the theater at Vicksburg,
Miss, by Frank E. Starke, who had Eeen re-
Gently dismissed from the position of advance
agent of the company.
Thomas Towner, a. white man, in fit of
Jealousy, on the night of the 18th, murdered
an old colored man named Dickens, ct Cam
bridge, Pa. Towner was taken by mob to q
tree, with the intention Of lynching him, but
the pleadings of his wife prevailed, and he was
handed over to the authorities.
negro murderer who received a life SEN
tence az Jacksonville, Fla. on the 18th inst,
confessed to four other murders, one of the
victims being his brother