Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-22
Deeds of Blood.

Charles Lloyd, who attempted TO kill City
Marshal North, of Beloif, las been sentsuced
to Waupuu for two years.
Benz. Poe. wealthy farmer near Browns
vile, Mo, was shot aud III He'd by Ben Dor
man, ne1ghbor, ON the 17th.
MRS. Annie Madison WAS found in Der home
at COvlrgton. KY. on tho morning of he 18th,
with ter throat cut. There was evidence that
she had been cboked with a rope before the
knife was used. Her husband has been arrested
on suspicion.
At Harrodsburg, KY, on the 18th, in heat Of
anger growing out of sport. VIM. Curry struck
DR.. Dillon on the head with glass, killing
him.
Cassius Clay, steward of o steamer at Little
Rock, Ark. killed John Humes, the engineer,
AID then drowned himself i'll the river, on the
10Th.
Morris Garrison died at Ripley, O., on the
18th from wounds received at the hands Of
David West the previous dav.
John Lowry and his wife were found mur-
dered by the roadside near Marshall. Mo-, on
the evening of The 18th. No clue to the
assassins.
Mrs. Louise ?. Malloty, wife of the proprietor
of the Mallory Steamship Line, committed
suicide, on the 18th, during an attack of mel
ancbolia by jumping from train while it was
crossing Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana
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Smoke
Twelve stores burned az. Edgefeld, s.
c., on the 18th. Loss 800, 600; very little in
surance.
Benton, Nichols & Co. folding-box factory
at New Haven, Conn, burned on the 18th
Loss, 800 900; insurance, $12 600.
An lnceDdlary blaze at EasGop, Pa, on the
18th, destroyed two saw mills, two ice houses
and general store. Loss $18,0J0; insurance
small.
Property in Brooklyn N. Y, to the value of
P2O0,0U0 was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
tile that started IN Miss Gibbons millinery
store at Grand Rapids, Mich, on the 18th, was
not subdued until il had caused $75, 900
damage; insurance $4,000.
French'S wOolen mill, near Ann Arbor, Mich.
burned on the 18th, Loss $40 600.
The steamship Nevada, Of the Guion line,
reached Queenstown, on the 18th, with hen
cargo on fire.
The town of GAINESVILLE, Ga, was almost
totally swept out by fire on the 18th. Over 800
bales of cotton were burned. The losses are
estimated to aggregate $40.
Twelve business buildings, Including Biz
yards Opera House. and about forty shanries
occupied by coored people, at Chrsfeld, Nd.
were destroyed by fire Oh the 10th. Loss not
stated.
fire at Monteo Wis, on the night of the
18th, destroyed the bank building, the finest
structure IN the place, and number of bust
ness houses. Loss S IS ono.
Fire i'll 8 row of buildings at Norfolk, Va,
occupied by wholesale grccers and commission
merchants, caused damage to the extent of
600.
A large portion of Lawrnnceburg, KY, was
destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss $40, goo,
partly insured.
An accidental fire at Wilmington, n c., on
the 18th, burned Wilson's saw mill. Loss $685.
000 insurance $4,000.
The steamer De France, loaded with cotton,
burned to the waters edge at Newberr, N. c.,
on the 18th. Loss $50, 600.
The Chemapgo Valley flour mills and the
paper mills of Cary, Nash & Ogden, at Point
Dickinson, q suburb of Binghamton, N. J.,
were destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss $780,
600.
C. A. Jackson & Co.'s tobacco factory, the
largest in Petersburg Va, was consumed Ey
fire on the 18th. Loss $40, 900; insurance
100000.