The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-26
INCENDIARISm!
CREsCo CREMATED'
TWENTY-FIVE PLACES OF BUsI-
NESS IN ASHES.
Both Sides Of Main Street north oi
the Court House and Park
Street Swept Clean!
$76,ooo.oo LOSS!
WITH SMALL INSURANCE,

About two o'clock this morning a
fire was discovered in the rear Of the
millinery and music store Of Geo. H.
Kellogg. Alarm bells were rang and
nearly the whole town was speedily
on duty doing all that could be done
to rescue property from the rapidly
spreading flames. But little was saw
ed from the stock Of Mr.. Kellogg,
and his insurance is nothing. His loss
will reach about $4,000.
The Times building was the next to
suffer, both presses being wiped out,
and much Of his type and material.
He saved his files and subscription
books, his forms and pa
per for his edition this week, but will
sustain loss OF at least $4,000, insur.
ed for $1,000.
r. 8. Caward, dry goods, building
and stock, total loss, $4,000, insur-
ance, $4,000. He will open in Mrs.
Bucknam's building, west of the Con-
gregatlOnal CnurCn.
G. Meverden's furniture store, total
loss, stock and building, 10000; in
surance, $1,7OO.
A. H. Caward's stock and building
loss, 10000; insurance and goods
saved, $4,000. He opens in the base
ment of j. b. Caward & Co.'S. store.
Insurance is rs follows:
A. H. Caward on stock in State, Of
Des Moines, 1900; on stock in Home,
800; OH fixtures, North American,
$500; on building occupied by Barth,
in Milwaukee Mechanics, 1900; on
store room, in Continental, *4OO: on
store building, in Niagara, 5000; on
stock, in Springfield +. & NJ, 5000.
l.. +. Smith, on type, material and
presses in N. w. Of Milwaukee, 800
on building in National, 1900.
r. 3. Caward, on building, in Ger.
man of Freeport, $1,000.
Chas. Trumbull, on building. in
German of Peoria, $1,000.
q. Meverden, on building, in Home
500; on stock in North American,
$500, in Milwaukee Mechanics, $500
N. Bank & Son, on stock, In Hart
ford, $1,000.
| w. E. Laidlaw, on building, In
North American, $500; on stock and
fixtures in Phoenix, 800; on house
hold furniture in Continental, $3.50.
The Odd Fellows sustained a tota
loss OF their fixtures, on which wal
an insurance in n. b. & N. Co. O
&40O.
| w. b. Webster had insurance OF
the Post Office fixtures of $500.
| i. B. Webster. prop. Of the Hawk
eye Ornithologist and Oologist, los
everything, including his fine collec
ton Of specimens, with only $e:5 in
suraDce on press and type.
| g. MevetsiaD has put what remain
of his furniture In the Rink.
The post Office finds quarters ii
Mrs. BucknaM's building west Of tn
Congregational Church.
The burned Out are:
n. Barth's shoe shop.
A. II. Caward, crockery and Groc
+. 8. caward, dry goods and millin
Geo. H. Kellogg, millinery, must
cal instruments and goods.
The Odd Fellows hall and fixtures
The Howard County Times.
y. b. Webster, type, press, etc.
i w. b. Webster, p. q. fixtures.
G.. Meverden, furniture.
| Mrs. Siddall, millinery and house
hold goods.
L. p. Mason, household goods.
Mrs. s. NJ. Cole, hair work, stool
and fixtures.
| Mrs j. Long, millinery and house
hold goods.
Bank & Son, dry goods, clothing.
j n. Bank, household goods.
i DR.. Jerrald, Office fixtures and
household furniture.
! III. A. Goodrich, law books, Office
| w. E. Laidlaw, store building
stock and household goods.
i Rutherford 4 johnson, flour anl
feed.
| Peter Ferrie, living over the Liv.
Oak Market. lost everything nearly.
None Of these had insurance ex
cept ~ noted above. Their losses ",
are unable to obtain or estimate.
i w. H. Patterson lost two building,
without Insurance..
| Aug. Beadle three; NJ. B. Doolittl,
two; Mrs. Bolles one; J. j. Lowr,
one. Mr.. A. ID. Lent suffered th.
loss Of his shop torn down to arrest
the spread of the fire.
The Rink ought to be prepared fol
our turned out merchants.