Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
NorkS OF THE CALAMITY

u their training stable on tina Ronla.
sard' The Lee brothers are enter.
priSing and while their loss has been
severe one, yet they are the kind
winch meet reverses with a firm De.
termination and they will not miss a
uay IN maintaining their reputation
as dealers in the "klnd Of horses that
arrangements have been made To
continue all services Of the First NJ. q,
cnurch at the Baptist church on East
Monroe street. 1t is expected that a
new and modern church will be erect.
ed Immediately.
Joe D. Pratt, the scientific horse
Shoer' whose we'll appointed shop is a
total loss, casually remarked to 4
group Of friends, "Well lam glad INV
ground didn't burn 1t will not be-
long until Joe will be doing business
al the old stand but In a more modern
shoeing shop,
The reflection of the blaze on the
SKY was noticeable at Fulton, twenty.
nve miles south Of this city.
Fire Chief Mason Oreasey on the
part of the City Fire Department,
wishes to tender his sincere thanks tt
the many noble volunteers who SC
~valiantly did what they could In aid.
ing the regular fire laddies. Twas
their assistance that confined the
flames to the property destroyed and
saved the business portion Of the
city.
John s.. Luckie, formerly Of thl:
CITY, but now connected with the fire
department. of Houston, Tex, viewed
the ~smoldering remains Of the burned
buildings Monday morning. "'Twas
a miracle that the fire was confined to
the property destroyed considering
the direction and velocity OF the
wind. Your fire department deserves
much praise for the manner in which
the fire was handled, and continuing
be said, "No paid department could
have done better under the conditions
that governor the calamity"
The local order of the "Sons OF
Rest" whose headquarters have been
at the old livery barn for year will be
forced to find new quarters. W. r.
Carter, president OF the local order
will probably cgll a business meeting
at once at which the leasing OF new
quarters will be discussed. Many OF
tue members expressed sigh of re-
greet as they viewed the ruins Of their
old "hang out"
Many noteworthy attempts were
made by Lee Bros employees to save
the many noble horses from the fury
Of the tire demon. The boys seemed to
throw all sense of danger to the wind
and trip after trip was made into the
blazing shell In an effort to save hors-
es, yet the flames spread so rapidly
that the work was OF little effect.
Mrs r. NJ Whites gray gelding was
saved but her new phaeton was among
the large number of vehicles that
burned.
Rev A. A. Wallace lost a surrey.
Careful computation show that $685..
442 gallons Of water were used In hold
ing the flames In check.
The site OF the Lee Bros. stable was
occupied by the Allison Hotel which
was burned 10 1859.
Seven livery stables have been burn
ed In this city.
Lee Bros. have received messages
from a great many friends throughout
the country expressing deep regret al
their severe loss.
Lee Bros will 70 into business again
at once.
There is talk OF R. r. Arnold build
ing a brick livery stable facing W. s
Hathaway & Sons feed store.
A brick building will be erected
where Lee Bros. stable stood.
Lee Brothers, fortunately, savet
their accounts.
Approaching the efforts Of the fir
department, the Lacrosse Lumber
company and W. S Hathaway had the
members for supper at Hoxsey's aftel
the fire was out.
Passenger Trainmaster Wallace Of
the Alton assured the "Fire Ladies'
Of a trip to the Worlds Fair at th'
expense Of 1.-THE Only Way for thei
, work In saving property of his road
"Their efforts probably saved thu
lives Of many passengers when the,
turned a stream of water on the tele
graph poles whsch saved the service
collapse and thereby kept the wires II
working order The heavy traffic OIL
the Alton consequently was In direc
, control Of the train dispatcher AM
dire results might have come from
! the falling Of the wires" This wa
! the remark made by the popular Of
! fetal as he made known his apprecl
alton of their services.
\ G NJ. Haskell s. Sons will begin :
: erect A new two.story brick buildin
on the site of their burned buildin
at once.
The Mexico Military compan
. rendered splendid assistance TO Tn
Mexico fire company with a we
/ managed bucket brigade.
The Mexico Tel phone compan
sustained a loss which will prooaol
reach $500. Their South Side line
}; will of necessity be out Of service fc
ten days or Two weeks, as a new 90
foot cable will have to be ordered !
repair the break.
The Mexico Electric light con
~nany,s loss was not heavy, but on a
%cnunt OF danger from live wires, Ii
circuit was cut of soon after the III
started. Light is promised on sehet
ule time tonight.
The following patrons Of Lee BIO
,s suffered the loss OF horses and venicle
Mrs Q. A. Barnes, horse and phaeto'
Lakenan s. Barnes, pair OF horse
surry and buggy; Joseph Barth, hon
and surrey; NJ B, Guthrie, horse an
$ buggy; transit team and wagon; Be
y Ream, horse and buggy; Mexico Steal
aIIaundry, horse. 1t was fortuna'
that a number Of valuable horses We
n employed at the time Of the hre an