Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-15
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Seneca. Exchange and adjoining streets i
Buffalo n Y The fire was discovered o.
the fourth floor of the flve-story buildin
owned and in a great part occupied b
Root 4 Heating. wholesale sole leathe
dealers, at 2:3O a. m. strong wind wa
blowing and the flames soon had goo
hold on the building. At 1926 the rear Q
the six-story building of Sibley & Holm
wood adjoining caught fire. It containe
nearly fifty tons of starch, which burne,
like finder, carrying the flames owe
the entire building. To add to tn
difficulties sleet began falling in tor
rents. The scene was appalling. 1t il
difficult TO give the individual loses ,bu
careful estimates place the entire loss a
between S2,Ooo,oOo and s3O0oO0o, but eve,
this may be too low. The rear walls OF tn,
Arlington hotel fell, killing one fireman ant
injuring another.
John Sullivan, county clerk of Indiana.
polls, who failed for $4,000 recently, is
missing from the city and is supposed to
be in Canada His flight was occasoned
! by the discovery that he had issued fraud
ulent warehouse receipts for lsrge con-
/ signments of poultry. produce et.. Sulli-
vans confidential clerk and booikeeper.
I O'Neill, who wrote the receipts. is also
missing. Sullivan's crooked transactions
of one sort or another will probably ex-
ceed 500, 900. of which he is supposed to
have carried with him goodly roll.
Postmaster Wadsworth, Of LaPortc,
Ind. recently received a lette' from Ger
j many inquiring for one George linn, and
stating that he had fallen heir % fortune
of S500000 linn was until lltely an in
mate OF the county poorhouse, but recently
! escaped, and his wercaboutsi is not now
known.
Judge Aldrich, at Boston, on the 3oth
ult., refused to grant new trial in the
famous Snow-Alley cnse, and John b.
Alley will have to pay his former associate
some $4,000. The suit has been in the
courts for many years. 1t was originally
brought by Chester A. Snow for the recov-
cry OF about 100000 Of the bonds of the
Postal Telegraph company. owned by
Snow, and in some way in the possession
OF Alley. Seven times has the case been
tried. and each time it has resulted adj
versely for Mr.. Alley.
Tho high wind of the 4th at Omaha
blew down large section of brick wall
left standing since recent fire. crushing
two adjacent wooden buildings Eight
people were killed outright and many 9TH
ers seriously injured The dead are: Ed
ward Oleson. Thomas Lombard, Mrs.
Hincher. Mike Martin. Thomas Houston,
Peter Dryer and Rudolph Houston. 1t is
not thought any others of the injured will
die.
g. G. Mandt of the Mount Horeb, Wis,
Sun. had just returned home from trip'to
an adjoining town On the LIST. when he was
called to the door by rap and shot down,
his assassin escaping unrecognized. That
the deed is but another Haddock case
there is little room to doubt. While Mandt
was strong republican, yet he had been
bitterly aggressive in his opposition to the
saloons, and a short time since he received
an anonymous letter asserting that If he
did not let up he would find his soul in He'll
one OF these days" The burning OF Mandt's
newspaper Office some time ago is now
supposed to be the work of the same ele-
ment which prompted his murder. Mandt
was 30 years OF age and recently married.
George Herdle was a young farmer re-
siding about mile below Evansville, Ind.
Adjoining his farm was that of William
Tompkins. negro. who for several DAYS
past has been engaged in clearing Nh n
piece of new ground. cutting away the tim
Der and preparing for spring. knowing
MN to be very superstitious. Herdle re-
solved upon practical joke, and Friday
evening. February 1. about o'clock sta
toned himself at a point in the road where
ne knew the negro would pass. covering
himself with white ghostly garment. In
q short time Tompkins came along with an
axe on his shoulder. and Herdle rushed
from his covert making strange motions
from beneath the sheet The negro, in his
fright, struck out with the axe, splitting
the head Of the unfortunate Joker sularely
open to the shoulders, and, of course. Kill
ing him instantly. Tompkins then rushed
away, never realizing that he had killed q
human being. No effort was made to ar
rest him, as the act was done in a moment
OF great fright.
1t is now authoritatively announced at
Washington that President Cleveland will,
return to the state of New York to reside
on the expiration of his term of Office. and
will March resume the practice of his
profession in New York City. having ASA.
clated hlmse as counsel with the law firm
OF Bangs, Stotson. Tracy 4 Macveagh.
The news comes from Washington that
Mr.. Wanamaker has purchased the maoni.
1lccnt residence NOW occupied by Secretary
OF the Navy Whitney. on I street, above
Seventeenth, for $4,000. 1t was stated IN.
one OF his intimate friends that Mr.. Wanna.
maker will spend a largo portion of tho
winter in Washington with his family: that
the report of the purchase of the house is
correct: and that Mr.. Wanamuker will not
go to Europe.
AS the king of the Netherlands nears
his end. says recent London dispatch ,bo
stories OF a month ago concerning events
likely to follow his demise are revival
There is again talk of a now man Of Fur ,no
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DOINGS in THE EAST
An accident occurred early T1esdor
morning on the Lowell railroad near Pros.
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