Daily Republican., 1884-12-27
NEWS SUMMARY.
G RAIN ELEVATOR BURN Ed
ELEVEN BARGES FOCN-
DERED, ETC, yIC.


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The grain elevator of Hsinwater &,
Stearns, at Dallas, Texss, was on Fri
iday destroyed by fire, and two men
who were in the upper story OF the
structure perished il the flames When
the alarm Of fire was given Mr.. Rain =
water rose from sick bed and, rushing
10 the scene, offered "a reward of 5000
for the rescue of the unfortunate men,
but it was impossible TO save them.
The loss on the property is 5000
Contrary to expectation the Orangs
demonstration at Harbor Grace. New
foundland, yesterday, passed ef
Y. About 1000 Ore.rgemer quiet
through the principal str paraded
- aos.afned frors lDtTus'on on ON tba;r pa; 'nsy n
ponents' ground, and any hostiiiv p On
the part Of tlse latter was prevented hv
1.-The preserce Of g strong force of miI;t..
ry and police. aided by the presence of
a war ship in tttIe harbor.
While the tug Frederick Ives, of New
Haven, with thirteen coal barges in
tow for that place was trying to make
bridgeport harbor on Thursday night,
she encountered heavy sea off PEN
| neld Reef, and eleven of the barpes
foundered. The loss is s6O,OOO The
tugs Welch and Resolute, eaeh with
eleven barges, which eft New York
with the Ives, have not been heard of.
| A suspicious bcx was taken TO the
American Tract Socieiy's Office in
Nassau street New York, vest. rday
morning, and M. Anthony Comstock,
upon examining it, found bat it con-
fained an Internal machine, charged
with nitric acid and gunpowder. Tho
HI mo 10 bzf
tended for Mr.. Comstock.
The firm of Brooks & Dickson, thes.
trical agents, of New York, has asked
for receiver 10 wind up its business.
The dissolution, 1t is stated, is not
simply to Enlargement with one Of
the partners in regard to the proper
method OF doing the lussintss VI The
firm.
The Frer ch brigantine A. S. H., from
ST. Pierre, M iguelon, for Boston, with
a cargo of fish, struck on Sable Island
last Friday afternoon. Four men were
washed overheard and two others ere
drowned in attempting 10 reach the
shore. The sole survivor has arrived at
Halifax in the government steamer
LansdOwne
/. is believed that the House bill to
prohibit the fencing of public lands
will be reported iavorably by The Sen
ate with SmendMents ston afIer the
re.assembliDg OF Congress.
Lieutenant General SlD'ttI il sick
with a arrangement OF the stomach,
which confines him 10 his house and
iestr lets his diet, by di1ecil,n of his
physician, to " the juice OF oysttIs."
Represent Randall leaves Wash
ington to-day for his southern trip. He
will probably be accompanied l., Rep
resen tative McA6oo, oi New Jersey
Tie ship Lorn'y ank by the steamer
Cornwall il New York bay, On Thurs
day, was valued at 500 QUO. Her car
60 was valued at about $70,0 600.
Frederick s. Blelz, lumtel merchant
OF Columbia, made an assignment on
Friday.
Wangler & Co., cigar manufactur-
ers OF New York, made an assignment
IN Friday.
Terrible Chapter of Fires
The farm house and barns of Ben
jamip Dufresne, at st. Martins, near
Montreal, were burned early Friday
morning. Mrs. Dufresne, aged 80
years, and boy of three years were
burned to death. The rest of the fami-
ly escaped by sky light in their night
clothes, and had to walk in that condi-
tion to farmhouse two miles away
in the snow, and with the thermometer
IL degrees below zero. All were badly
frozen, and one, girl, is not expected
to recover.
An attempt to tbaw out water pipe
in house in Chicago, on Friday
morning, raised a smoke which caused
a fire alarm to be sent out. Mary Moss,
an invalid residing in an upper fat, in
sisted on being taken out of the build
ing. While being carried down stairs
her alarm was Increased at the sight
of the thick smoke, and she died Of
fright.
Four buildings in Peninsular e arbor,
on the Canadian side of Lake Superior,
were burned on Thursday night. "A
drunken FinlaDder was burned to
death and woman Was seriously in
jurtd.
A tramp named Wise, horribly
burned and frozen, was taken to the
County Hospital in Lancas er, Penn
on Friday afternoon. While in
drunked stupor he lay down near q
fire in the woods, and was so badly
burned that one of his legs will have to
be amputated. His condition is pre-
carious.
One of the two 80, 900 barrel-oil tanks
at West Junction, near Elmira, New
York, exploded on Friday morning and
both tanks were soon burning, The
shock of the explosion was felt in
Elmira, five miles distant, dishes being
thrown from shelves and mirrors broken
in the houses. The loss by the fire is
estimated at 500, 900.
The Eagle Hoisery Mills at Mechan-
icsville, New York. were burned on
Tn ursday. Loss, $50, 900.
The Popplein Si'icated Phosphate
Company Works at Canton, near Bal
timore, were burned ON Friday night.
LOSS, $4,000.
The steamer Vim Shinkle, from Cairo
for Memphis, got fast in the ice at Co.
lumbus, Kentucky, on Wednesday,
night, and caught fire on Thurs dav and
was burned to the waters edge. No lives
were lost. The boat was valued at SIS.
600 and insured for $4,000 She had
on board 400 tons of cargo.
The ferti izer works of tbs Acme
Manufacturing Company, II miles
from Wilmington, North Carolina -
were burLe1 on Thursday Los,
$50, 900. No insurance
| A fire Ct Desh 'er, Ohio, on Thurs lay
mig ht, destroyed nine store, causing q
loss ot $4,000 The fire was caused by
he explosion of a lamp.