Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09

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woman and her niece and then look nus own
| life: jealousy.
gan the opening address in the Cronin case
Chicago.
| John Arson and his two daughters, because his
attentions upon one of the girls had been forbid
Dec ls-Cronin murder case, Chicago, given
Dec is2After seventy hours deliberation jury
| dict sentencing Burke, OSullfvan and Coughlin
| to imprisonment for life, Kunze for three years
Dec. Charles Shelar, Niles, O., killed his
wife and three children and then himself;
Dec civilian Major, Mount Vernon, Mich,
| killed his wife and daughter and daughter s
| child and then himself; domestic troubles.
FIRES.
Tan 21.-Grand Opera-H ST. Paul. MINI.
Feb. Pin business district Of Buffalo. N. Y;
| s., 100000.
Fe6; lO-chemical works, Philadelphia Pa. /;
Feb 1s-ChemicaI laboratory OF Ohio State
University at Columbus
Feb Is-New court house, with many valuable
records, at Dona1dSville, La.
500 Coo Locomotive and car works C.. Z. S. s.
c. r. R., Cincinnati; $4,000
Mar. 5Theater at Altoona, Pa $4,000.
Mar. 7-Tarantas Theater In New Orleans.
Mar. S-Female orphan asylum, Platt City. Mo.
Mar. q Courthouse and city hall, Dover. N. H.
81. 600 10000
Mar 29-Warehouse of E. w. Blatchford &
Apr IThree towns in Dakota, hundreds OF
farm houses, many barns etc. reported de-
stroyed by prairie fires ,....
Apr @Freight houses cars and contents.
Boston, Mass; $4,000 Catholic church.
Apr. flute mills, Brooklyn, N. Y; 100000
a gsss rSe1s on eas
bank Of North river, New York City; $500
Apr: Sol refinery, Lima o. two men
Apr esNPork house in Cincinnati. $500 COO.
Great damage by forest fires near New ProVl-
May State institute for feeble-minded,
May st Vincent's orphan asylum, near
vincennes, Ind.
t NAY 3, soh Ma Hsgas entirely de-
June silk mill at Paterson, N. J.
June 5.-St. James Hotel Stevens Point
Wis., young man and two girls per1shlng In
June 6-Entire business portion OF Seattle,
w. T.; Sl5, 600, 600; several lives lost and hun
dreds of people homeless
June 7-Piano works. Paterson, N. J.
June 1S-New York Central freight freight depot
June 24EManhattan Brass Company's works.
New York City; 100000.
July 4-Large brewery in Milwaukee; $4,000
July I61French brewery near Fort Wayne
July e0-Chemical works at Jersey City. N. ]. :;
July 2s-Three large grain elevators and con-
tents at Blue Hill Neb.
Pocket-book Manufacturing Co., South Deer
field, Mass.
Aug. a5-Swift & Co.'s packing house, Kansas
Aug. 2e-warehouse, etc, at Port Costa, Cal. !;
$500, 600.
Sept. sTown OF Barker, NJ T., seven persons
Sept. SIN lumber-yard at Winona, MINI. !;
Sept. 7-Meyer & Co.'S establishment at Will
iamsburg, N Y; Sc 100000.
Sept. 9EImmense damage by forest fires in
Sept. 15-Large dry-goods establishment in
Louisville, KY 81 600 600 In exposition build
ing at ST. Joseph. Mo-. $500
$4,000 10000 1 ''' ~ ~
Oct Principal portion of residence district
of Grand Haven, Mich. 100000.
Oct. 9-Cotton, cotton sheds and presses. Sa-
vannah, Ca; 500 0OO.. Magnificent residence
of Mr. Studebaker, South Bend, Ind 100000
Oct. 13-Talmage's Brooklyn On. W Taber-
Oct. ss-Four- story brick block, Akron o. /;
$3.50, coo.
Nov Humber docks, Muskegon, Mich
Nov. brewery houses and contents at
Nov. sIFlouring mill of ST. Paul (Minn. }
NS %on M hc SS HOTEL Dallas, Tex
Nov. 1s-Pottery factory at East Liverpool,
NOV. So-Elgnty acres IN tne Ieslaea a anu
business portions OF Lynn Mass, purheo over
29o buildings destroyeo; lo4 dam III Fenoereo
homeless; two lives lost; So,OooOO 80 steamer
Santiago on Nantucket. MASS. soOOUo:
Nov. 2o-Great hre IN BosLon Dn Urn over tW0
acres OF business blocks; S0,OOOUO; lour lives
lost. .,,. ,.,,a ,n,
| Nov. 30-Tribune building, Minneapolis, Mimi
| 100000: 49, M
Dec. S-F1our mill at Lockport, N T.; SS5oOOC
-: Flour mills at Humboldt \ an. 9lOo'Ugo.
| Dec. 17.-Adelph1 Theater, brooklyn, N. Y;
| 100000.
| Dec. 28-Ma1n building OF western college,
| Toledo, Ia.
| Dec. H-In addition to the foregoing destruc-
tive CONGREGATIONS occurred during the year in
business portions OF the following towns: Al
tona, Ill; Bradford, Pa; Madison, Ind; LIE
Jackson, Miss; St: Mary, Ala; Carbon, Ind
| Memphis, Tenn. Chippewa Falls, Wis; Rock
Rapids, MINI; Butler, Mo-; Youngstown, o.
Guerneville, Cal. Riegelsville Pa; Ailegany
N. Y; Topeka. Kan. Black Jack, Tex; Bloom
| ing Prairie, Mimi; Lostant, ILL.,; Slater, Mo.
Mo. North Branch. MINI; Newman, Ga; Pc
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