Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-06
Minor Mention.

ley Railroad, died suddenly at Mauch Chunk,
Pa. on the LIST inst.
Henry d. BaswarG, president of the Detroit
city council, died on the 31st
A bill similar to the famous Ohio Scott law,
is about to be Introduced in the New York leg
islature
At Lewiston, Me-. on the 3Oth, the Grand
Trunk Railroad, which was indicted for caus-
ing the death of J. w. Perkins, at Mechanics
Falls, in 1882, was found guilty and fined 81 600.
Franklin Bump, legal writer of note, died
at Baltimore on the 29th.
A railway train ran into a buggy at Toledo.
on the Both, killing Miss Nora Mcintyre and
seriously injuring Mr.. j. NJ. Lewis.
five-year-od boy named John Windeman
was burned to death in a dwelling house at
Detroit on the 10Th.
Thomas Broppy, aged %, while at work in
the woods in the Black River region, was killed
by falling log on the 28th.
At WaUsau, Wis, on the 29th, John Riley, a
brakeman on the st. Paul DAD, was run over
and killed.
Lands End on the 9th. Two lives lost.
Midnight mechanics entered the postoffice of
a Chicago suburb on the pight of the 28th, and
got away with loot to the value of $4,000.
Tim Ward. blacksmith became lost in the
woods near Pitsyille, Wis, on the 9th, and
froze to death.
A little boy named Andrew Mango played
with fire on the 28th, and was fatally burned.
Smoke.
Fire at Goodwin, Dakota, on the 1st inst
destroyed the Rosa Hotel and the Lawrence
House. Loss on both houses $17, 900.
The business portion of the village of Bel
mont, Lafayette County, was rebuded to ashes
on the morning of the 31st Loss about $25,
900.
Two elevators at Toronto, Canada, one
owned by James AdamsoD, and the other by
Chapman & Sons, burned on the evening of the
31st. Total loss $250,000 The elevators
contained 40, 900 bushels of grain.
The town of Searcy, Ark, suffered to the
extent of 20, 600, by fire on the 1st.
At Leadville, Col, the Denver and Rio
Grande roundhouse, with six locomotives,
was destroyed by fire on the 1st inst. Loss be-
tween $50, 900 and $4,000.
Fire at Peoria, H., on the 31st, destroyed
property TO the value of $15O,000
Adamsons and Chapman o. Sons elevators,
at Toronto, Can, with all their contents,
burned on the 31st. Several vessels lying
alongside the wharf had a narrow escape.
An apartment house on Sixth Avenue, New
York, was destroyed by fire on the night of
the Both. Loss 800, 900.
A fire on the night of the 29th destroyed the
Phoenix Glass Works at Phillipsburg, Pa.
Loss about 1926, 1000; insurance $74,000.
Sprague's leather board mill, at Middle Falls
N. Y, burned on the 29th. Loss 100000.
Several stores were destroyed by fire at Hope,
Ark, on the night of the 9th. Loss, $50 900;
insurance 500, 900.
On the night of the 27th the Brigham Young
Academy, at Provo, Utah, was destroyed by
fire, causing loss Of 100000; no insurance.
It is a Mormon school with 400 students No
lives were lost, but there were numerous mar
row escapes.
Barber & Leslie's furnishing store, Jno
Grants boot and shoe store, and Melee &
AIean's jewelry store, at Bellevile, Ont, burned
on the 18th. Loss 1926, 600.
A fire broke out in Barge's dry goods store
at Hope, Ark, at O'Clock on the night of the
9th, and spread with great rapidity, consum-
ing several stores. Loss $50, 1000; insurance
$4,000,