The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-12-23
zN THE STATE.
Various Accidents, Court Trials COhila-
grallOns aud Other News Items
IN the State.


We were visited Yesterday morning by
the largest and most dishsterous cunha-
guttun that has ever been seen here. ia
Three hours one OF our best business
blocks wa. laid IN ashes, and thousands OF
dollars worth al goods consumed or
ruined. At about ! O'Clock yesterday
morning smoke was seen issuing from tho
doors and windows of the building occu.
pit Il by Powell a Strauss rs drv goods
store. An alarm was given AT once,
uut having no fire appliances
and a very limited supply OF water,
nothing could he done to stay the pro.
grc,s NJ the flames. which soon cummu-
uluutcd to the adjoining buildings and
continued spreading east aud west, un.
ui AK brick stores and five small wooden
hmldIugs were consumed. The losses
audi insurance. are distributed IA lol-
lows: NJ. Nj Burgess, on stock and
Wlldlug, valuation SlG,nN, insurance
sSuuD. Powell n krauss, los on stock
Sl2 500, insurance So 600, Schwartz &
Co., uu books aud samples, S2j,OOO, m
-urlnce S2,iOO w. Tutum II CO., loss on
stucl, $1,000, insurance 5000; Crawford
n Nigga, loss ON stock $4,000, insurance
$3.50; "W a. w." social club, loss on
furniture and fixtures $3.50, no insur.
uucu; Jcstrr Bros. bank building and
fixture, loss $1,000, insurance $1,000
Every thing IN the bank vault was found
intact, not IA paper or book was even
HcOrrhcd; X. y. White, one brick build
/ ing aud three frame, loss $3.50,
+ Insured - sOe Dr. j. A. Allen, lOss on
/ building, - 500, insurance 1880 Tho
. 'ut-i,Iun gymnasium lost their entire
/ "ulllt aui hnd no Insurance, Frost, Barry
| n Leo, loss on buildin4. not estimated.
loss ON library, about $1,000, fully In
1 I..... a Ia. .
5000, insured lur a2jO, total luss. Quito
mumb,r OF small dealers in adiolniay
buildings were damaged by loss ant
hrHuhugc hv removal OF goods. which ~
not ul pIr-out computed. The origin OF
th" lire rs nj present unknown, though 1t
j supposed to be the work Of an incon-
unty
our crllcns had scarcely reached their
holmes, after Watching the event OF tho
/ Dtrt cpullugAlion, when another alarm
Tu- sounded. The llic was this time dis
covered In the dry goods house OF Mesh
LutlN. ON Beacon street two large tables
/ ttIl,d "th clothing were found on lire
and removed from the building. The
/ loss win probably reach $1,000, iully In.
.urrd.
/ a Iury al inquiry are Investigating the
. origin Ol lhr second lilc, and the result ia
/ not set known.
TAIusASr COUNTY.
The grand Jury were convened by
/ 10y iudau Hood to-day, to consider the
. threr klhngH In this city during the
/ month of November.
At . o'cloch tonight the bagniu Ot
/ LOTTO Cooper took lire, and although
/ tine department got to work promptly,
the house wa, burned Loss, $500. The
| place was IN the heart Ut the city, and
was "a nuisance, and this had something
To do with the lire.
At o'clock word was brought to tho
/ city Of u very grave fire. The long grass
ia the city cemetery had been ignitrd,
and before plOws aud shovcls enough
could be obtained the Hebrew grave
yard uni the negro graveyard had all
the fences Il stroyed, IA well as the
grass, The lire also spread to the gen
rrd cemetery. The loss cannot be COM
puted, ~ u number cf fine marble tomb
stuue- and monuments were ruined by
the Intense heat
T., = Ceunoll il spoken II as candi-
date for dourkeoper Of the house during
tho extra session.
TOM GRERS COUNTY.
the editorial IN the Fort Worth Ga
tie ~ the lI'h inst, entitled "Dis-
grnyed His Uniform" Inns caused some
indignation here, because OF its unfair
~. ss to popular aud efficient army
officer stationed at Fort Concho, near
this place, The lieu enunt in question
nd not ply the uippers at night on wire
fences az charged, nor did he in any
way cnt fences III q malicious spirit. He
Wa one uf a hunting party who. to save
trip Of five or ten miles, removed sOne
b. md IulI lntl thn vi ra 10 anal Ia.