The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-19
FOREST FIRES.
Later CONCERNING the wisconsin Fires.

A Milwaukee dispatch OF tho 18th gives
the following general summary OF the stu.
alton: Though the forests in the northern
tier OF counties OF this state are still ablaze
and are likely to remain SO until raina
quenvh the flames, the danger to the vii.
lnges and towns dotting them is over, un.
less heavy gales should again sweep down
upon them. Whilen not over q dozen cases oil
human cremation are reported, it is believ-
ed that many backwo odsmen and families
remote from settlements cannot possibly
have escaped. The fatality to cattle has
been terrible. Hundreds Of charred bodies
lie on the blakened track OF the
devastating fire. It is estimated that
iii Calumet, Clark, Marathon and
q few adjacent counties 500 iami.
lies are rendered homeless and desti-
tute, and will suffer unless immediate relief
is sent them. Many OF these people had
narrow escapes from death, having hidden
In wells or submerged themselves up to
their necks in streams with with wet blan-
kets covering their heads, until the
fires passed. In some places the
fire = swooped down so suddenly
up ON the people that they barely had
time to seek this method OF safety. In
other places the roar OF the flames was
distinctly heard, and the terror-stricken
people ned madly before the flames to the
neiehboring villages and towns. The loss
cannot even be estimated. Hundreds OF
homes, dozens OF saw mills, lumber camns
and millions of feet OF timber are in ashes.
Acres Of ripening grain were laid waste and
hundreds upon hundreds OF cattle were
burned to death. To.night's advices are
that the fires are abating considerably
by running into clearings and be-
ause the wind has died out, How
ever, fears are entertained OF a
repetition should high winds pre-
vail again before rain appears. Along the
and st: Paul, heavy rains to-day extin-
guished all the flames. saving the largest
cranberry marshes in that section To.
day the suffocating clouds OF smoke from
the burning forests were borne by north
winds down as far as Milwaukee,. On the
lakes, Tor miles from the shore, near Green
Bay, Sturgeon Bay and even further south,
the smoke clouds are so dense that the sun
is obscured, and vessels can navigate only
by continuous blowing OF horns, it being
impossible to see 400 feet ahead at mid.
day. y.3ss .
The losses at Spencer aggregate $3.50.
600. Business is suspended. Reports from
the towns OF Eaton. Bellevue and Depere
reveal much loss and distress. Nineteen
families in the vicinity OF Woodru ifs old
mill were burned out. The Classen family
of five saved their lives by getting into the
well. The damage at Pensaukee is esti.
mated at $40, 900. Reports from Laney
and Angelica, in shawano county, say that
the fire is very bad. Five families were
burned out and their crops destroyed. The
mill near Angelica burned. Fred Reean,
near St. Nathans, Oconto county, lost five
buildings and his crops. 1;s
How tho Late Gov. TtIdsn Disposed OF His
81. Property. 3 r;
A dispatch from New York says: The will
OF 8. ]. Tlden was read at Greystons in
the presence OF all the relatives except
those in the west. The document is long
one, containing about ten thousand words.
Hon. John Bigelow, Andrew q. Green and
George w. Smith are named as executors
and trustees. All OF Mr.. Tilden's kindred
are generously provided for In the will.
The whole estate is placed in the hands OF
the executors as trustees. Each heir is to
receive an equal share in the line OF Ills or
her consanguinity. That 10, nephews
and nieces receive equal amounts,
and their children certain amounts,
but they are to receive only the incoms
derived from an equal separate specific!
sum, the principal at their death to be dis
could not state. None OF his relatives,
except Mrs. Mary b. Hilton. his sister,
are given any specific bequest forever. To
her he bequeaths the residence No. SO West
Thirty-eighth street, and the sum 81 81 90, =
900 to live upon. All of his real estate
except this place is placed in his executors,
hands to be disposed Of as they see At.
areystone and the Gramercy Park prop
erty fall under the same rule: The execu.
tors. are first charged with the duty Of
setting apart for his relatives the sums
named for them from which the aeverais