The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-04-02

cd upon IT, Much Of the furniture.
the clock, desks, bookcases aud
their contents were saved. The
records IN this office, the evidence
of title to real estate in the county.
were propablv The most valuable IN
the building. Some of the books
were badly burned thc evidence Of
titic to real estate IL the county.
were probably the most valuable III
tie building. Some Of the books
were badly burned around the mar
gins, denued and scattered. but the
fragments were collected, and. to-
Iether "vlth the unI.arn1ed volumes.
amounting to several thousand, were
hauled to the Gifts engine house for
safety. All the deed books except
some OF the earl y ones, were saved.
! Everything in the county clerks
! office, except possibly some books.
receipts and small amount of
money which were in the safe, was
| destroyed. The court dockets and
all records OF suits pending in the
courts are in ashes The part of the
building occupied by the county
clerk is giving way and is the only
part OF the ruins in danger oftalling.
The fire fend also made clean
sweep IN the probate offices. All
records of wills, marriages, deceased
persons estates, etc, had been
swept from existence. Everything
is also destroyed in the auditors
office. The duplicate for the June
taxes went with the rest, and tax
collections Will be in terrible snari
In
THE TREASURER OFFICE
all that could be consumed by the
fire was destroyed. The safe, which
is one Of Hall's patent and cost the
county $500, still stands, apparent
Iy unharrned. 1t is both fire and
burglar proof and is locked by a
time lock. Auditor Brewster saws
it contained valuahlcs and money
amounting to $3.50, 900, and it is the
general belief that ITS contents are
safe. In the office of the county
commissioners. board of control. |
coroner. sheriff, surveyors, engineers |
and all the court rooms everything /
was swept away. From the sheriffs' |
offices sos, 900 was deposited in the +.
Lafayette bank Yesterday afternoon. /
The safe IN this office had not vet +
been opened, but the smoke issuing
from 1t gave small promise OF saying F.
anything there from. The same can
be said OF the safes in the auditors
office and common pleas court room.
In fact It Is believed the contents Of
every safe in the building except the |
treasurer are consumed. That
IN room FIVE contained all the crimi-
nal indictments, and if they are des-
troved there will be nothing to show
against indicted criminals.
THE LAW LIBRARY
belonging to the law library assocIa-
ZION, founded IN 1894, the second
best library OF the kind in the coun
try, and containing 900 volumes.
was entirely consumed. The loss
has been estimated at SI25 900, but
can not ne accurately estimated, ow-
ing to the special value OF many OF
the volumes. The only comousti-
bic thing in the whole court house
perfectly safe Is the set OF records IN
the Recorders office Probably the
contents of the Treasurer's safe are
unhar'ned, ana possibly some of the
contents of the safes In the offices OF
the county clerk, county commission
er. sheriff and auditor. and in
the common pleas court room five
may be rescued. Everything else is
in ashes. The total loss to the
county bv last nights work at the
court house Is estimated at over T.
100000.
NEWSPAPER OFFICES IN DANGER.
As the dav grew on apace the as
pect of things changed, and Il mob
at first has developed into commun-
ism of the most dangerous character,
and there Is now a certainty that there
is a we'll defined organization in the
city bent on mischief. Threats were
made. that the Enquirer and Com
mercIal Gazette newspaper offices
were threatened with .tI,nihilauon.
Preparations are made - receive the
Communists should they make the ef-
fort. which It ! believed will be done
before the night closes
THE GOVERNORS EfEADQUARTER>.
CoLuMBus. O.. March So.-Gov-
ernoT Hoadlcv'S advices from mem
ber> of his staff in Cincinnati to- night
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