Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-30

MOSES G1EssNER lost his life::whle endeavor-
ing to remove the furniture from his burning
dwelling at Marion, Ind, On the 2lst.
GEN. w. SIGH, well-known lumberman, was
22d.
WAMsLEYvnLE, o., was entirely destroyedby
fire OF the 22d. Loss. 100000.
SIX persons were drowned in the Hudson
River near Verplank Point, on the 22d. IL
A wATERsPoUr near Lockwood, NO., de-
stroyed house Of q farmer named Bond, on
the 21st, and killed one of his children. Other
members Of the family were injured.
The Globe store, Alton, ILL.,, burned on the
21st. Loss over 1000; insurance $l6, 1000.
The propeller Europe burned to the waters
edge at st. Catharines, Ont, on the morning
OF the 18th. She was valued at $4,000 and
insured for $4,000.
FIRE at Baldwin, st. Clair County, Wis, on
the 2oth. destroyed the principal business
RAILWAY mishaps on the 2Oth, resulted in the
death Of John CANADIAN, at Rock Island, ILL.,,
and DR.: E. NJ. Fitzgerald and Frank Lyons at
Williamsburg, N. Y.
The Methodist Church burned at Saginaw.
Mich, on the Goth. Loss, $4,000.
MARX PHELPS and two boys named John
Murphy and Olaf Magnussen, were drowned
nv the capsizng of skitfs at Quincy, Ill.,, on the
18th.
BorHR1ck's grist mill, near Flint, Mich, was
wrecked by the explosion Of the boiler, on the
18th. John Miller, engineer, WAS fatally hurt.
JAMES H. BENTLEY, Of Milwaukee, was killed
at Sheboygap, on the morning of the 18th, by
fall from smOke-stack which he was paint
ing.
FIRES at Utica, N. T., on the 18th, destroyed
$50, worth Of property.
FIRE at Evansville, Wis, on the 18th, de-
stroyed property to the amount of $4,000; in
surance $4,000
The Peoria Qll.) Plow Company's works
were destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss,
100000. A large number Of hands were
thrown out Of work.
THOMAS CONNOLLY of Pewaukee, was etrangled
by piece of beefsteak at the Cambrian House,
Waukeshs, Wis.,, on tho morning of the 18th.
JAMES Rowe and Elnathan Woodard, were
drowned in the James River, near Port Emms.
Dak., on the 10th, by the capsizlng Of skih.
A DRIVING wheel broke and threw an engine
and mail car from the track at Newport, Ky.,
on the 18th. Daniel Huffnagle, fireman, was
fatally injured.
THE engine and four cars of freight train
were wrecked near Newark, O., on the 10th.
VIM. Mccarthy, young man who was stealing
a ride, was killed.
FIVE men were badly burned by an explosion
of gas IN the Pennyslvania colliery at Green
Ridge, on the 17th. Three will die.
SowER Bros. -four mill at Princeton, H.,
burned on the 18th. Loss, $4,000.
Asa SMITHS livery stable at Anamosa, H.,
burned on the 17th, with twelve horses. two
COWS and all the carrisges.
FIRE at Hot Springs, Ark, On the 18th, de-
stroyed eight buildings. Loss, $4,000.
The business portion of Monroe. La, burned
on the 18th. Loss, $38, 600.
TIE body of Geo. Leah, the Oldest locomotive
engineer in the United States, WAS found in the
White River, near Indianapolis, ON the nth.
Supposed to be case of suicide.
MRS. MARY HEDGES, aged 10. dropped dead
at Birnamwood, Wis, on the 10th, while en-
gagged in household duties.
ROBERT LEMBKE, aged 1s, was accidentally
killed near Waussu, Wis, on the 18th, while
out hunting.