Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-07
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A fire at Portland, Me-, on the Sd, destroyed
Pencils drug store. Loss S6U,uoo.
The village of Brisbin, Pa, was lald waste py
fire on the Sd. Loss $500, 600
Sullivan County, New York, was swept away by
fire on the Sd. Loss 100000. The residents
were obliged to desert their property and flee
for their lives.
Fire in Detroit on the Sd, destroyed property
Of the Detroit Steam Supply Company IpSdy ana
others to the amount of nearly 100000.
fire at Berlin, O., on the 3D. destroyed the
Berlin Flour Mill. Loss $4,000; insurance,
$4,000
One million cans of oysters, together with
other property belonging to j. S. Farren d Co.,
Baltimore, was destroyed py IRE OH ohe Ao
! inst. Loss $35, 900.
| A. Hinchman's warehouse at Waco, Tex,
was totally DESTROYED by fire on the I'd, together
with nearly all its contents of wagons and
! heavy machinery. Loss estimated at SOU, U0O
insurance $53, 600.
| The Ohio Planning Mill and Lumber Com
pany's property at Cincinnati, owned by Mitch
| ell & Co., burned on the I'd inst. Loss $780,
| 600; insurance S25, 900.
Twenty-four buildings were destroyed by fire
at Pressure Isle, Me-, on the LIST INST. Loss
1925, 900.
Barclay g. Curles' shipbuilding establishment
at Glasgow was laid waste by fire on the LIST
inst Loss 100000
| L. p. Swifts sawmill, seven miles from
Grape, Mich, burned on the 30th. Loss $oO,-
| 600.
Fire on Thomas Street, New York, on the
29th, DESTROYED property to the value of $780,
| 600.
Remington. a small town in Indiana, was
almost totally swept away by fire on the 29th
The losses aggregate $1,000.
A fire at Cedar Springs, Mich, on the night
of the 9th, destroyed $4,000 worth OF lumber
| and g. norton of the village
A. & w. Smiths tobacco factory at Toronto,
was destroyed by fire on the 2Sth The loss on
contents alone is figured at $35, 900.
Glens Falls, n. Y, suffered from fire on the
2Sth. Among the buildings destroyed were
Union Hall, the Opera House and the Presby-
| terrain Church. Fifteen stores were involved
in the ruin. The loss will exceed 100000
Fire in the coffee mill Of Arbuckle Bros,
Brooklyn. on the night of the 28th, totally de-
stroyed the structure, involving loss of $780,
900.
The tannery of Davis & Son. Kingston, Ont,
burned on the 29th. Loss $4,000.
| Forest fires on the 28th destroyed the saw
mill of Hoover, Hughes Co., at Snow Shoe,
Pa. Loss $4,000.
The mill of the Ludington, Wells & Van
Setback Company at.Menominee, Mich, burned
| on the night of the 25th. Loss, 800. 1000; in
| surance $4,000.
A fire in dry goods establishment in London
on the Goth caused loss of 81, 100000
Lie Srdlu 0lGNdGOIS vi DLultu, nippon "a w.
and Hudnut & Co., at Pekin, ILL.,, burned on
the 9th. Loss about $4,000.
Deeds of Blood.
1t was reported on the I'd, that Jacob Dobson,
companion in crime of the Hill brothers, who
were lvnched at Charleston, W. Va, was sent
out of the world by the same route, by vigi
lante sat Griffithsville, in the same state.
The Medicine Lodge bank robbers were taken
from jail at Harper, Kas., on the I'd, by an
angry mob. One of them resisted. and was
riddled with bullets. The other three were
hanged.
Two wife murderers paid the penalty of their
crimes on the I'd, at the hands of the hang
man-Enoch Brown (colored), at Halifox
Court House, N. c., and VIM. McHugb, at Gin
cinnati.
A mob of five hundred masked men at st.
Adams. W. Va, on the 1st inst, hanged two
men who had committed murder in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to rob farmhouse. One of
the victims of the mob confessed.
Mrs. Laura Williams died at Chicago on the
30th from the administration of morphine instead
of quinine by prescription clerk.
Allen ingalls,, charged with ''burking" the
Taylor family at Avondale, O., hung himself
in the county jail at Cincinnati, on the 30th.
A colored woman, known as Mrs. Doc.
Brown fatally shot Jack Low, at Jackson, O.,
on the 30th.
Geo. Bedel, proprietor of carpet-clean-
ing establishment at Chicago, was shot dead on
the 29th, by Isaac jacobson, a ramp in his en-
ploy.
Mrs. Charles squires, wife of La Crosse
laborer, ended her life on the 28th by taking
poison.
Antonio Moreno, wealthy Cuban commits
sion merchant. committed suicide at his Office
in New York on the 28th by shooting.
Charles Vose, wealthy retired cotton mer-
chant, committed suicide at New York on the
28th.
Adelbert Knowlton, farmer living near
Whitewater, hung himself during fit of in
sanity on the 26th. He was 40 years of age.
Minor Mention.
Astor's steel steam-yacht Nourmahal was
launched at Wilmington, Del, on the 3d. She
is the largest yacht afioat.
James DoWell, mason, aged 60 years, who
was terribly crushed in the falling wing of the
state capitol, at Madison, last November, died
on the Sd from his injuries.
A fve-cent reduction on day messages was
made by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, on the I'd inst.
John Shafer, a sawyer in the mill of Dorrity,
Alberts Co., at Muskegon, Mich, was killed
and his body frlghtfully mangled by the burst
ing of a circular saw on the I'd inst.
While workmen were engaged in demolishlng
the old Broadway Theater, Williamsburg, N.
Y, on the I'd, the roof fell, killing two work
men and wounding four others.
The Greedy relief flagship Thetis sailed from
New York on the LIST inst.
An inside wall Of the ruins of the Cincinnati
courthouse fell, on the LIST, killing Frank Stegg
men, laborer.
Fifty workmen were buried by falling wall
of the burned Whitley building at Westbourne
Grove, London. on the 1st inst. A large num-
Der were injured
The walls of Oppenheim's wholesale MILL
merry house, at st. Paul, fell in on the LIST, caus-
ing loss Of $4,000.
A platform at the base ball grounds at Gin
cinnad fell on the LIST, throwing 100 people to
the ground. J. P. Langan was killed and sew
eral others severely hurt.
Burglars blew open the safe in the Ocono-
mowoc post-ofice on the hight of the 10Th,
and wrecked the front of the building.
A small building containing dynamite, at an
Eletsvllle, Ind, stone quarry, caught fire and
was blown to atoms on the 29th. One man
was killed and several wounded.
Walton & Co., the largest coal operators on
the Monongahela River, closed down their
works on the 29th. Over 1000 men are thrown
out of work.
A cable dispatch from Europe, of the 29th,
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