Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-17
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Fires And Casualties.

THE town of Auburn, d. T., was par
| TALLY destroyed by FIRE.
/ BIG RAPIDS Mica, has suf sred seri-
Gus loss and Inconvenience by the burn
| ing Of its gas works.
Az earthquake shook OF sufficient vio-
fence TO make crnckery rat 10 vac felt at
I Shelbyville, H., Monday night
Carr. A. Z. BAUER, employed at the
capitol At Madison, Wisconsin, shot him
self dead Sunday in a fit Of des
pondeDcy.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Goodall Fite b.
James made an assignme NJ with 10 pre-
ferences. Liabilities, $4,000; assets
$4,000.
The Magenburg brick manufacturing
company, of Chicago, made a voluntary
assignment Liabilities, { 5000; Assets,
$4,000.
FIVE ships missing since thr storm of
November % and 26, have been given Gp
tor lost Loss fifty four lives AID 9bout
100000.
REpoBrs from many towns in northern
OHIO say the wind storm aid considerable
damage to properly on. no lives are re-
ported lost.
THE storm did great amount Of dam
age IL Wheeling, W. Va, and 5he neigh
boring towns an thourgh the surround
ing country.
IHE government training school for
Indians and a number of other build
ings at Carlisle, Pa, were unroofed by
'he storm. The loss will exceed $780,
600.
THE Richardson drug house of st.
Louis, aiiuated on Fourth street and Clark
avenue, was destroyed by fire on New
Ysar's morning. The losses foot up to
about 100000, and the insurance is
placed az $3.50 900.
BAYAu SARA, lathe steamer Paris
g. Brown, from New Orleans for Cucin-
natl, struck snag at Hermitage Land
ing Point Coupee Parish, at 8 O'Clock
Sunday night aud sank to the hurricane
deck. FIVE Of the cabin crew, two fire
IN II, ana one passenger are missing.
MADISON, Mob a IRE b-oke GU. TO.
Gay IN a livery stable, and before 10 cor!d
be controlled destroyed the building with
its contents, consisting of 36 horses, lot
OF buggies and several tons of hay and
grain. The flames spread TO "A small
dwelling house and store both of which
we're consumed. Loss, $i5 600.
THERE we're seventy.hve boys concern
ed in the PeunsJ lyania railroad brass
robberies, and it is now inumated that
several railroad men will be implicated.
The loss will reach nearly 100000, there
having been thirty-six locomotives com
pIetey stripped by the thieves.
TERRIBLE storm swept over Reading
Pa, Wednesday afternoon. Nearly a hun
bred people were killed aud many iLjar-
3D. Tue loss OF property lea great. BY
the same storm "A huge bnilding at Pitts
burg was wrecked and eight persons kill
cd
FouR men we're killed ct New Hope,
W. Va, on Saturday, by the explosion of
the boiler in Touring mill, and three
men were killed N a mine near Union
town, Pa, by the breaking Of the rope OF
a cage in Rhich they were descending in
to a shaft precipitatiug them to the tot
tom, distance OF 600 feet.
NEW YORK. William r. Foster, faith
or of William Il Foster, Jr., who
recently robbed the Produce Exchange
gratuity fund of $lg8 900 and then de
camped, sent today a check for S50,O00,
for tho benefit OF the gratuity fund. A
note enclosed stated that Foster had con
cludej 70 give his sons share Of his for
tune TO crafty the fund as a partial
pay ment If his boys st,aiiDgs.