Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-03-13
vANDALIA vANQUISHED BY THE
RED RAvISHER.
4 Big Blaze. Heavy Losses and Light
Insurance-No Pause In Business
Full Particulars-Sparks, &c.

gram mat Y andalla was in flames, the
editor of the LEDGER took the first
train for the ill-fated town to get the
facts. In less than three hours we
were back and had a fnll account on
the LEDGER bulletin for the benefit of
the public of Mexico, many of who's
were interested in our sister city.
We found that the fire started at
1890 Saturday night from a defec-
tive fiue in B%ratton's grocery in the
building owned by Charlie Daniel.
The fire spread rapidly and soon de-
stroyed the whole block. 1t took
hard work TO save Barnett s residence,
the elevator and the entire block
south Of the railroad. The entire
block will at once be rebuilt Of brick,
and, in n sense of the word, the
town will be improved. The losses
are rs follows:
j. c. Neel, photographer, $3.50;
no insurance; j. r. Bratton, grocery,
81 800, insurance 81 800 in Phoenix
of Brooklyn; DIR. Terrell, library
and ledger, $1,000, no insurance;
Z. G.. White, city attorney, library
and papers. $500. no insurance; the
city, blank papers, about 500;
Winter & Martin, hardware, $500,
insurance 81 800 in the Fire Associa-
tion Of Philadelphia; DIR. L. S.
Bland, library, notes, books and
building, 81, 1000. no insurance; Mrs.
ID. Barnett, millinery and dress ma
king store, including building, $1,000,
insured in the German-American of
Chicago for $500; c. b. Jamison,
barber, SIS; Jesse Barnett, livery
stable, s1,40O, insured in the Ger
man-American of Chicago for $500;
Alex Mergell, bakery and confec-
tionery, $4,000, including building.
insured in the Fire Association of
Philadelphia for 81, 800; W. w. Wat
kins, justice of the peace, library and
papers, $500, no insurance. The
Justices records of the past twenty
years were destroyed. c. G.. Daniel,
law library, $500, no insurance =;
Caldwell, Smith & Chinn, farm i'm
plements, damaged about 5000
Blackburn & Bro, S. 5000, insurance
81. 1000 in Phoenix of Brooklyn and
North American of Philadelphia j;
Weider, butcher, loss 500; nj in
surance.
Mergell had just bought his prop
erty.
Cash Blackburn saved his pocket
book.
About one million rats went up in
smoke.
The town will now take on a new
boom.
The bank will be moved into the
new block.
Nandalia should now buy Mexico's
fire engine.
Cash Blackburn was just invoicing
to sell out.
Cash Blackburn cut his arm badly
moving a show case.
Port Emmons of the 1rgus, ha'
our thanks for fayors.
George Daniel saved the elevator
but froze one of his feet
Spit on your hands and take hole
again, 10 " andalia's ;motto.
The snow on the roofs and ssh
saved the rest of the town.
Cash Blackburn had just received
$500 worth of new wall paper.
Mr.. McPike wants to buy the
whole block and put up bricks.
Cash Blackburn's safe contained
about $40, 600 worth of papers.
Cash Blackburn had aSl, 500 polio.
expire a few days before the fire.
: The insurance on this block wa
light, because the rate was so high.
Not a single person is discouraged
ALI will 60 into business again at once
The boys carried out featherbed
and threw show cases out of the win
dow.
Five cars of gram made a marrow
/, escape they were pushed down tn
track.
Cash Blackburn has already bull
l a temporary frame store and is in fu
blast. :
, II the fire had ever crossed th
railroad the whole town would hay
gone up.
Cash Blackburn contracted for
e new building before the walls of til
u old one fell in.
Col. L. A. Pratt of st. Louis, hs
leased and taken charge of the Vino
= sor Hotel and bought the furnitur'
d beds and fixtures for which be pal
- 81, 800. Col. Pratt is an old hot
man and knows all about the business
He is well known to and popular viii
the travelling public. He will kee
u the reputation Of the hotel to tt
- front, and is a welcome addition
Mexico business circles. The hot
building is owned by Baker & Tnr
&tX Let There be Light.
Az sfatad in the LEDGER sou