Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-28
CASUALTIES.

Two young Svedes Of Stockholm, Wis.
named Eric He8el and Victor Tdholm, on the
18th, skated from Stockholm to Lake Civ. and
on the return tx1p went through and were
drowned.
HEAyI rains near Indianapolis, Ind, on the
2lst, caused freshets in the streams in that
vicinity. The loss to property u about $780,
600.
A DISPATCH from xanistee. Mich, ON the
10th, says the steamer Manistee, plying be-
tween Hancock and Duluth. is supposed to have
gone down with Ill hands and Is passengers.
A portion of the cabinnnd 4 bucket marked
Manistee were found by Z search vessel.
FIRE ut Dixon, Gala, ON the 2oth destroyed
the business part of the town. Loss e25O, ,0O0.
TIE country residence of g. '. Hecker, =
Orange n. J., burned on the 18th. Loss &C.,.
The stable of Chris Hare, together With 2e
horses. Philadelphia, Pa, burned on the 10th.
FIVE warehouses and two dwellings at Far
Loss $2o,iooo. 0 '' '''' @''''
A COLLISION on tho night Of the 10th be-
tween hook and ladder truck and Z city pas
seneer car, Milwaukee, Wis.,, resulted in the
demolition of the car and the probable fatal
injury If . passenger named Annie Kenke.
On the 18th at st. Louis, NO., Anton Rick
terfeiting silver dollars.
On the 18th near Toledo, O., Samuel Henry
quarreled with his wife. Blows followed
words, Samuel got IN axe and murdered bis
wife, tl'en took . razor and cheated the gal
lows.
On the 18th near Pittsburg, Pa, two boys,
Frank Reed and Albert Wilbertt, quarreled
over . triaing matter, used pocket knives and
Reed was MORALLY wounded.
TIE steamer 8. q. Parisol was destroyed by
fire on the 18th near Matches, Mich. The pas
sengers and crew were rescued Loss $780,
O00.
A WHARF fire at Philadelphia, Pa, on the
18th, destroyed property of the American Line
Steamship Company valued at e150.O00.
THE town Of Sumter, s. c., WAS damaged by
FIRE on the 18th to the extent of $4,000.
TIE Phoenix Block, Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, burned
on the 18th. Loss e50,0o0.
The business part of Loogootee, Ind., was
destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss e75,o0o.
On the 8th Ole Nelson. land hunter OF Osh.
kosb, Wis, got lost in the woods north Of
Eagle River, Wis.,, and on the 18th he appeared
at lumber camp raving mad from his suffer
1ng6.
ON the 10th passenger train on the c. B. L
O., was tagged near streator, I'll. Before Z
brakeman could be sent back to flag any that
might be coming freight train dashed into
the rear car. SIX men were killed and number
injured. -.
A BOILER explosion at Fontinet, ind, on the
18th caused the death Of James Hurst and seri.
ous injury Of ten others. ...s~
A sKwllILL near WiliamspoFt Pa, was de.
stroyed by IN explosion and fire on the 18th.
Three men were killed and five injured.
OK the 18th Carl J. Behmin, aged 81, ol
Fond du Lac, Wis, fell into cestern in hif
yard, and was drowned. r. :
q On the 18th, at p. Il, . fire broke ont II
the lumber yard Of stanhillers, Amos l. Co.
Oshkosh, Wis, and rapidly spread to neighbor
ing lumber yards, and at o'clock about 1e
acres were one SOC Of fire. Assistance was OBJ
tanned from Fond du Lac, Neenah, Ripon aud
Milwaukee, and ct 8 ?. II. the fire was ont
The loss viii be about eS0. 200.
A GRAVEL pit in : Dallas, Tex, street, cavei
in ON the 18th, and five workmen we're fatally
injured. # "
TIE carriage hardware house Of 8. D. Kim
bark l. Co., Chicago, H., burned ON the 18th
Loss e25o, o,600. - s-.y,,s.s ~