Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-10-22

when they heard the explosion.
Henry Woodward passed the block
about a half an hour before the ex-
plosion occurred and saw no fire.
Night-policeman Marshal had his
hand badly cut by a glass falling
out from Harper & Turner's front.
The guns belonging to the old
military company were fshed out Of
the fire this morning by small boys.
A red hot stove was carried out of
a store, and, of course, a looking
glass was thrown out of the window.
Frank Frost and other members
of the hateHigeneer force have our
thanks for favors in getting out u
extra.
THANks.- Mrs. E. A. Shootman
wishes to return thanks to all who
assisted in saving her building the
night of the fire.
J. F. Llewellyn, John Buckley,
A. G.. Turner, H. Easter and many
others are fine workers when public
property is in danger.
Wood Trimble, while carrying out
Macfarlane & Trimble's library, re-
ceived a sever scalp wound, which
is not serious but painful.
R. D. Alexander, who occupies
rooms over Mrs. Rodman's, was
awakened by the explosion. He
thought it was a clap of thunder.
Woodward & Son held the insur-
ance on the Harper building, part of
the InteNigencer Office, Petit &
Lantz' grocery store and ], F.Mounts'
sleeping apartment.
Mrs. Rodman made q narrow es-
cape. She worked till the last mo-
ment to save her goods and came
near being suffocated by smoke be-
fore she got out of her store.
The smiling countenance of S. B.
Collins lit up the gloom in LEDGER
Office at an opportune moment this
morning. Bayliss' smile is as pure
as the nectar TO which he set 'em up
all round.
The people who stand around and
want firemen killed and buildings
burned will later get into a country
where there is plenty of fire but nc
engines as good as the one we have
in Mexico.
You can keep a ne wspaper down.
The InteNigencer comes out as usual
to-day. Little, maybe; but loud. i
will be booming again as soon al
money and enterprise can put in {
new office. Not over a week anyway
J. E. Hutton's library was burned
up. Among other valuable works wa:
a treatise on how to fire a postmaste,
without calling out the fire company
and another exhaustible essay on the
value of Mugwumps in politics. The
: Colonel did not have any insurance
on his essays but he felt better thai
r he did the last time the fire occurred
in that block.
We heartily sympathize with MI
S. B. Cook in the loss of the Intelli
t gencer office, which he had purchases
only a short time since. The pape
seems to be peculiarly unfortunate
as this is it's second trip up in smoke
Mr.. Cook, with his known enter
prise, will continue the p%ublicatio.
r of the daily in a reduced form fror
the LEDGER office, until his new out
y fit arrives and is ready for use. H
goes to st. Louis to-day for the pun
pose Of buying new presses and ms
s terial and inside of a week our cor
temporary will again be on its leg
: and we wish it better cce in th
future. To select and place in pc
sition a new printing office is n
small matter, but in ten days at th
farthest, the Daily Iate'ligencer wi
appear in its usual form with a bra
new face. The foreman of the LEDGE
will accompany Mr.. Cook to th
q city to aid in selecting the new ofic,
FIRE m SAME BLOCK IN 1882.
K On Saturday night, January L
1882, property amounting to $500
was destroyed. The fire originate
in Carroll & Bolts dry goods stor
. and the flames were first discovere
by persons coming from an entertain
ment at the opera house. 1t was
y narrow escape Tor the entire publ
square, and those who sustaine
N losses we're Carroll & Bolts, Harp
y. & Turner, Null & Warford, Smothe
'r & VOORHEES,, Mr.. Griffin, gunsmit
T. DR.. ". G. Pipino, and Mrs Tomli
son. The InteHigeneer was then,
t, now, a total loss. Harper & Tu
10 ner's business house barely escape
n. with great damage to building al
Of stock. 1t vas never known how t
Id fire originated, but the suppositi'
was, it caught from a lamp in CAIRO
10 & Bolts store. Capt. d. E. Sh