The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-02-26

The Grannis block, fine seven story
structure, located on Dearborn street, be-
tween Madison and Washington streets, Chi
cago, was, together with its valuable con-
tents, totally destroyed by fire. 1t was
occupied by the Continental National Bank.
the Bank of Illinois, and a large number Of
real estate and insurance firms. The total
loss is estimated at S250,00O. Other fires: A
pillow factory at Hamburg, Iowa, loss $40, 900;
Joseph IL. Browns wholesale grocery house.
at Fort worth, Tex, loss 500, 900; spice
mill at Farport NJ ", loss S40,0 four
large business structures on Second and
Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. loss $3.50, 900;
ID. Thomas & Co.'s dry goods store ut EN-
poria, Kan, loss $4,000; Touring mill at
Rondout N. Y, loss $4,000; the Thomas
Block at Brazil, Ind, loss $4,000; the Bridge
Block at Westerly, r. L., loss $40, 600; the
Alvin Adams mansion at Watertown, Mass,
loss S3O, 900; business block mt Troy, N. ",
loss SlO0,oos
Canadian steamship owners have re-
solved to petition for the repeal OF the act
compelling them to supply lake vessels with
fog horns, which would cost nearly $500, 600.
There were 254 failures in the United
States reported to Brddstreers during the
week against 273 in the preceding week, and
PIG, sO4, and 49, in the corresponding weeks
OF 1884, 1883, and 1892, respectively. In the
principal trades they were as follows: Gen.
eral stores, 81; grocers, IS; liquors, 20; hard
ware and agricultural implements, 10; cloth
ing, Il; drugs, ID; dry goods, IL; fancy
goods, 10; manufacturers, 8; shoes, 2; fur
niture, 8; jewelry, 6; produce and provisions,
6; books and stationery, s; hotels and res
taurants, 3; bakers and confectoners, a;
carriages and wagons, 4; tobacco and cigars,
4; cotton. 3; grain and -four 8; harness, 8;
lumber aud materials, 3; millinery, 3; mar
kets, 3; mems furnishing goods, 2.
The production of Bessemer steel
in the United States last year reached 1885,
300 tons, but 8 per cent. below the maximum
production of 1906, $50 tons in 1882.
In the lobby of the Canadian House
of Commons, member named Landry horse
whipped Quebec Journalist named Charles
Langlier, for alleging that he had deserted
his wife.
Five persons lost their lives by col
lsion on the Virginia Midland Road, near
Four Mile, Va. The contents OF the express
safe, between $4,000 and S150,000, were
destroyed, and thirteen through registered
mail pouches, $50 sacks of ordinary mail mat
ter. and 1eO registered letters were consumed
in the fire. besides thirty cars and coaches.
Money and valuables TO an unknown amount
were in the mail pouches, and the company 8
loss is S25, 600. A train on the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Road struck broken rail near North
Vernon, Ind. The rear sleeper was thrown
down an emhankment, a passenger and the
colorcd porter losing their lives. Nine peo-
pie were injured in a railroad accident near
Ashton, Mo. An east-bound cannon ball
| train on the Wabash struck a broken rail,
and two passenger cars plunged over a
bridge.
The Marvin Safe Company's factory
at New York was burned, tenements adjoin-
ing being badly damaged, and the occupants
driven half-naked, into the streets. The
loss is $3.50, 900, and ESQ men are rendered
idle The Mansion House at Boston aud the
Passenger Hotel at Mendoza ILL.,, were also
ing $4,000. The Union School building at
Howard City, Mich, was swept away, entail
ing a loss of $4,000.
There is an ice bridge across Niagara
River, extending into Lake Ontario for two
miles.