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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-10
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Henry Seymour and Thomas
 Lynch, their heirs, administrators,
 and to all who it may concern:
 You are hereby notified that have expended $300.O0 on the Association claim No. l, Association claim Mo-. 2 and Association claim Mo- 3, located on the Chistochina river at the mouth of Slate creek, in the Copper Center recording precinct, Territory of Alas ka, the location certificates of said claims being of record in the U. s. commissioners office at Copper Cen ter, Alaska. Said expenditure was made in order to hold said claims un- der the provisions of the laws of the United States and of this territory, and was made in the year 1913.
 And If you fail or refuse to pay your proportion ($100.00 each) with in 9S days after the completion of the publication of this notice your interest in Said claims will become the property of the undersigned, your co-owner, under Section 2324, Re vised Stautes of the United States.
 w. R. NORTON.
 First publication June IS, 1914.
 Last publication September IS, 1914.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-10

The new boiler installed by the In dependent laundry is working sue cessfully.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-10
BASE BALL SCORES
Games played August g, 1914.

American League. Chicago 2, Washington l. Pitchers -Faber; Johnson. Second game. Chicago l, Wash ington 3. Pitchers-Russell, Wolf gang; Shaw. St. Louis 2, New York 0. Pitchers James; Cole, Fish.
 Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 10. Pitch- ers-Morton, Combe; Plank.
 Detroit 6, Boston 8. Pitchers Main, Coveleskie, Boehler: Shore, Foster, Leonard.
 Northwestern League.
 Seattle 3, Victoria 2. Pitchers Gipe; Narveson. Spokane 2, Ballard 2. Pitchers Hughes, Coveleskie; Leonard. Second game. Spokane 7, Ballard f. Pitchers-Tozier; Salveson.
 Tacoma l, Vancouver 6. Pitchers Osborn; Hall.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-10

Man and wife desire position as cook and waitress; camp preferred. Address Mrs. Prudence Reed, Pana- ma Hotel, Valdez. k21
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-10
Northwestern League.
LOCAL eREvlTIES.

The Buffet is being artistically dec orated with a late design.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-10

The local sawmill is getting ready to cut up another lot of lumber.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-08-10

WANTED-Position by experienced chambermaid. Apply Mrs. Prudence Reed, Panama Hotel, Valdez. k15
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Hemmsn.
) way Of Lake Charles are visiting
at tho home OF Mrs. Cab. Ballard
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hanlsy and
children of Lake Arthur are vie.
itinR hers, guests st the Fleming
Hotel.
Mr.. Paul Dautrsuil returned
home this week after spending
several months In Port Arthur.
Texas.
Father Lafebvrs OF the Now
Orleans Cathedral wss here this
week. visiting Fathers NORM and
Trotoux.
Mrs. A. v. Fleming returned
homo this week after spending
several weeks in Galveston, with
her daughter, Mrs. j. L. Lytal.
Mr.. Ospel. engineer Of the
State Highway Commission. who
is Q practical road man, was sur
vsying the terrace road this wssk
and taking tho levels.
Mr.. Camille Gssser, who has
been working in Houston for sew
sral months, came homo this week
to spend . few days with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Cesar
Mr.. r. d. Crawford OF Opslou-
sas has bought . small farm near
st. Msrtinvills, this week. Mr..
Crawford will soon improve the
placs and made it . model poultry
farm.
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Subscription s. 90 a year IN advance
SATURDAY,. AUGUST 20, 1914
Parcel Post Eliminates Tn,
Middleman.

Officials Of the United States
Department of Agriculture have
been testing out the parcels post
as a means OF marketing eggs and
have found it highly satisfactory.
The department has shipped 466
lots, consisting Of 9.131 eggs to
various parts Of the nation and
upon arrival at destination, only
1927 eggs. or three and one half
per cent of the total were broken.
Ton dozen eggs can be shipped in
ono container a distance of $50
miles at = cost of At cents per do
zen. This includes the cost of
transportation and container.
Louisiana postal authorities ad-
wise that tho farmers and farmers
wives Of this state are utilizing
the parcels post extensively in
selling farm produce direct to the
consumers and excellent results
have been obtained.
Last winter when eggs wort be-
ing sold by retailers ct from 90 to
65 cents In thu CONAN mar ths farm.
ore we're only receiving 20 and Is
cents per dozen for their product,
giving the middlsman from 30 to
40 cents on each dozens eggs be
handled. The parcel post system
Of marketing entirely eliminates
The middlsman's profit and divides
the profit of the middlsmsn among
producer and consumer.
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LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. j. B. Fsrrsn made q trip TO
New Orleans this week.
Mise Elise BONN is spending
some time in Galveston, Texas.
Miss Lillian Daspit visited rsla-
tives in Lake Charles this week.
Miss Laurence Vanderoruyssen
Of Lafayette 10 hero visiting rsls-
tivss.
Whom in need Of Fancy Groce-
riss, telephone ]. b. Ferrsn's
Grocery.
Mr.. B. l.. Fournst has last week
opened q bar for white people in
the town Of Parks.
Mr.. Robert Maraist Of Lafay-
etts spent several days here this
week visiting relatives.
Mr.. A. Palmisano, Jr.. the pe-
can man OF Now Orleans was here
several days this week.
Mr.. Wesley Bisnvsnu and Mise
Henrietta Duhon OF Cade were
visiting here Wednesday.
Mrs. L. L. Jsrrsau Of New Or
leans 10 here visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. VOORHEES,.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-08-29
Infection and Insect Bites Dangerous

Mosquitoes. flies and other inseets,
which breed quickly ingarbags pa W
ponds Of stsgnsnt water. barns. musty
places, etc.. are carriers Of disease.
Every time they bite they inject poison
into your system from which some dread
disease may result. Get bottle Of
Sloan's Eminent. II is antiseptic and
q few drops will neutralizs the infection
cause by insect bitesr or rusty nails.
Sloan's Liniment disinfscts Cuts, Sores
and Bruises. You cannot afford to be
without It in your home. Money back
II not satisfied. Only Csc at drugstore.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-08-29

The merchant who lets goods
lay ON the shelves and fails to lot
the public know abont it through
the medium or advertising should
never say one world against mail
order houses or sgainst people who
20 to the city and buy tho goods
advertised through the great city
papers.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-08-29

DR.. j. 8. Martin and Mr.. A. g.
Goulss each received o fine Buic
automobile this week, but it will
probably DO some time before they
eau enjoy q ride in the machine,
as with tho daily rains, the roads
are bad.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-08-29

Msssrs. Curley aud George Bill
leaud of Broussard spent several
days here this week.
Mrs. Jos. Gore Of New Orleans
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. U. Lee
vert on tho st. John Plantation
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1914-08-29
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
My residence on the East
side Of Bayou Teche, Bridge
Street. For terms apply to
P. A. Bienvenu.
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Concert under the direction
OfMr. ]. ?. HOte and Nf. and Hrs. G. \. Gary.
BienVenu Theatre,
Sunday August 80, 1914.

CONCERT FOR BENEFIT OF THE POOR
AND CONVENT OF MERCY.
At Eight O'clock.
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The Convent Schools opens on
Wednesday September End. 1914.
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nowned masters
Place. Courtyard of cloister outside of Alexan.
dria, Egypt. Period During early years of
Christianity. Day. Easter.
SYNOPSIS.
Monks and nuns, previous to entering the
chapel, collect in the chapel courtyard and in
tone chants in honor of the day, after which the
Superior, Balthazar, announces the arrival of
certain Monk. Athanael, who has been study
ing the needed reforms of the dissipated, pagan
city, Alexandria The visit of Athanael enables
him to confer with his brothers and spend one
evening in prayer with them before beginning
his task of not only converting the apparently
doomed city, but Also it's leading cOurtizane.
That's, whose charms ale reputed as never fail
ing After impressing Balthazar with the seri-
BUSINESS of his mission and invoking his blessing
he departs :: :: :: ::
Though the sketch does not show his return,
it will be gratifying to the audience to learn he
succeeds and that That's enters within the walls
of the cloister before the third setting of the sun.
CHARACTERS
Balthazar. ................0eo oafy
Athanael j. F. Hote
Nuns, Monks Etc
Selections are introduced in We sketch in the
following order
Plain Chant, Faust" Chorus
Les Rsmeaux, Faure ...Geo. Gary
Prayer. Les Hugenots" Meyerbeer j. F Hote
Sancta Maria. Fsure. ..............JF +. Hote
Ave Maria, Gounod =. :. Mrs. Louis Duchamp
Andonte, That's" Massenet. ..... ID. r. Hote
Sauve!, Faust" Gaunod ............ Chorus
Sanctus "St Cecilias Mass Gounod Chorus
with solos by Mrs. Louis Duchamp and Mrs.
Paul Fleming.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

Estimated receipts fer today
Wheat G3 carr; corn 2S9 cars; eats
1856 oars; rye, cars; barley. IS
cars 'iogs for tuesday. 10000.
An official French report coycn
ing uo to March first, places the
condition Of wheat at II per cent,
against p pc. cent last year at the
Sane period.
The quaGtity Of -four AID wheat
en- garage 10 Europe during tho
2a4t week inrca 7ed Ll}.9O0 b.,
ard ttc quantity Of corn decreased
1,O5I000 bp.
S.ceAs CT wheat at san Francisco
all Beard ports ca March report.
cd d, $4,000 hu. o1npagcj with
10000 bu. one month aso, and
$4,000 bu. one year aeo.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has ordered the Southern Pac.-
ilc and other railroads f. make ina.
'terial reductions in Arizona wheat
rate. on or before March 25,
rrooG>hal1's Arscntine agent
cable the c.,ples Of corn for cg-
re,t is estimated at 233.SoO, 900 bl.
Gathcs,n@ in tho north is now GER
'ertl and heavy shipments are *
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
visited upon the third and fourth gen

visited upon the third and fourth gen.
Grafton?
When he re-entered the library the
candle was guttering In the burned
wings OF night-moth. The place
looked all at once gaunt and desolate
and despoilad What could Virginia,
what could Damory Court, be ts him
without herr The wrinkled note lay
on tiisj desk and he bent suddenly with
sharp catching breath and kissed it.
There welled over bin d wave OF
rebelliousA longing. The calaie spread
TO hay yellow blur, glhe walls fell
away He stood under tae moonllght.
with his arms about her his bps on
hers and his heart beating To the
.kound OF the victims behind them.
4 He igughed--a harsh Wild laugh that
rang through the gloomy room. Then
lie threw himself spn the couch and
buried his face in his hands. He was
still lying there when the misty rain
vet dawn came through the shutters.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
eYNoFs'o
Illustrated By laursE ssssai

CHATTER XXvU- Katharine Targe,
Determining NOT re SIZE up Nalan, without
q struggle. paints o'it 10 Shirley haw TOT
rjhls II Would De fuy TIE w. a whc
caused tno ducl Z" Wrgt Ns.l.ant, WHO
locks vo much ike us father
saan / tel sou Vnen i began wiz
me: not last night--nor the day We
pIented the ram 5lcrs 10 you kaow.
when your ii,;le muddy boot went
tramplng G3va u. earth about tleir
roots. | warttd Ia etoop down snd
Kiss it? So dear etEra thing about
yeu sash Not that evening at Rose
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
Salesman Wanted.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $500 ror
month aud all expenses TO begin.
Experience not absolutely necessary.
Take orders from dealers for Cigar
cites, Cigars, SNUFF, Smoking and
Chewing Tobaccos. Penn Wholesale
Tobacco Company. Station o, New
York. N. Y. 1-13 s-13
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
Miscellaneous Wanted.

Finest line OF fishing tackle In
stock. New line of loaded shells re-
ceived. safes opened, combinations
changed. Keys made; guns and re-
volvers repaired. II. Il. Ince. Ale
Commercial avenue, Cairo. Ill, Homo
phone 2l2-K
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

CHICAGO FUTURES.
Wheat,

Worlas shipments Of oats THIS
week amount to 2,3i0.0o0 lr
against aia,0p0 bl last week and
3.70o.eeN pu. last yeai
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
BOARD AND ROOMS.

For comfortable rooms, and good
home cooking, call at 324 9Th st.
Low rates given regular patrons.
Sunday dinner to extra parties 35c.
Home pohne 737-K. 2-24 t 1923
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

For CarpeGterlnE and general re-
pair work call J. II. ROGERS. Bell
phone s1S. Residence 500 Twenty
third street. Shop rear of 915 Wash
ington avenue. 500 If
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

FOR SALE-One horse power
Lambert gasoline engine; never un-
Grated, SIS. I. S. Finley, Mound
City, III. 2-27 500
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

WANTED paper hangers 10
ccats per- hour. Address j. 4. Pa
ri, los n Ninth street, iicrfn.
III. 5-le s. =,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
LADIESFiF
"l,APPY r,>Mr ksArrpa,

IlAFPY HOME MATERNITY"
ior pnysIo and voatua@snts. foy Y.ars sIpeen
s.sbis adoption in oiee bereS. cpn coma oaiasealUs
Yru yi,S Gall write ath-r D,. Tursar o. Fio.s.o.
il7.,L Pine Lawn 81. t>,ese Go. No. @TRSCTJy
eshssss
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

FOR SALE---Slx room cottage. 2
lots 25 by 1875. Price $1,000. Tcrms
500 cash, note $500. Spann the
Real Estate Man. ala Il
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

FOR SALE-One new IS foot
cypress skiff. One pair z foot ash
oars and metal row locks SIS. |. s.
Finley. Mound City, III. 2-2f $50
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.

FOR SALE---Sixty acres OF fns
alfalfa land in Drainage District,
Price reasonable. terms easy. Apply
l.. care of Bulletin. 20 II
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

LOST-Plain gold bracelet Wits
diamond settings. Liberal rewa.&
43G Twenty eighth street. 80 81
LOST BLACK umbrella, gold
handle, initials c., p. on top on IL
ter1rban GAS ear Tuesday night, be-
tween Mounds and Cairo. Return .
Gertrude Pat;en, l27 Douglas @nd
receive reward. $40 t S-lG
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
ADVERTISEMENT.

NATURALIZATION by a thor.
oI2hly reliable and compotnt man
for clerical or Office work. Can fur
nish good references. Apply q. II. $.
care B1lletin. $40 g
MARION HOTEL, New Taxi Line.
Day or night Reasonable prices.
New cars Both phone 81.
3-l1t3- I
EVERYBODY Favorite five cent
cigar Little Havana. Frank =.
Davis, Nigh. 3-ll If
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
AnvLETTsEhEYr,

FOR SALE-Thrce Hydrologic
barber chairs, two bath tubs and
one wash stand Will accept aag
reasonable offer. Apply Edward
Maley, 31l Ohio street. 3-6 If
FOR SALE-Eighth Street Bal
cry. Pest location in city, Right
party ean add dairy lunch btl: l.
ness Increasing. Price $1,000.
SPANN, Real Estate Man Eel
Phone i03. 3-8 Ii
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

FOR SALE-~Best Grocery buai.
ness in Cairo. Fifteen years estab
lisbed trade. New stock. huslnegs la
ereasing. Will sell cheap In the
next two weeks, Chance to get rich.
Apply TO Spann. the Real Estate
Man. Bell phone 403, Home phone
II. 2-13 II
FOR SALE OR RENT--Two story
brick store and living room Bldg.
No. 2Tli Poplar street. Apply to J.
T. Ryan. 2i3 Fourth street.
3-3t1.l6
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
NEW GROCERY STORE.

| Eavc opened q new and up t.
date grocery store OF all fresh stock
at Gorgan's Did stand opposite the
court house and will sell as low as
can be sold for FIRST class goods.
Prompt delivery will be made to all
parts Of the city. Satisfaction guar
an-ecd. We invite the general pub
lie to call and inspect our stock.
z. BISHOP,
-0il-2013 Wash. Ave. 81 t 3-I3
lAND0L0GY \ MAGAZINE gig-
ms the facts in regard to tho land
situation. Three months trial sab.
scriQtioI free. II for a homo. or ae
an Investment you are thiukins OF
buying good farm lands, simpl
write ne a Letter marking it personal
and ray Mail to ne Landology arc
all particulars free Address LIoy
NJ. skinner, General Manager, Skid
more Land Co., l4S Skidmorc Bids.
Mariaaette, Mis-. $40 3-2l
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
ADvERTIgEKENT.
Rooms For Rent.

FOR RENT-Two nicely furnish
cd rooms with bath. Mrs. @. Ross.
32t Ninth. $40 t.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11

For constipation, Chamberlain's
Tablets are excellent. Easy to take
mild aud gentle IN effect. Give them
trial. For sale by all dealers. -
Advt.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-11
Chamberlain's Tablets for Constipa-

rro ea continued '
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-19


can guess, or tell whether it be ford
able
The head of the column is already
swinging round and we are retracing
our steps toward the defile to get out
of the rat-trap.
And in the middle of the meadow:
Halt! Form sections"
The companies have fallen in. The
officers have assembled, and are
pow-wowing. We seem to have lost
touch. The sergeant beside me is
swearing'up his sleeve, and is cursing
at something about lunacy and
blindman's buff. l am gazing up
meditatively at the heights, over
grown with trees and underground,
and am thinking what fun it would
be if we were to have to make our
way back to the defile now, and in the
thick of it the enemy were to break
in on us right and left-no man
would come out of it alive-the battle
of the Teutoburger Forest recurs to
mel am trying to make out if they
are oaks or beeches over there
OF sudden there is flash of light
ming from the underground; the
very armament cracks and sways as
if it were going to fall in on us. . I"
Lie down" Horror screams
somewhere or other.
And trembling, we lie down
and over our heads rushes something
that bowls. for our flesh.
What's the next thing? Up and at
them now! Rush straight at the
guns. Suffocate their fiery mouths
with our flesh and bones,
Cup! Get up!"
The captain comes up to us at a
run. The breath of the iron holds
us tight pressed to the ground as If
in vice.
Turn your head away.
Now!
Now!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-19
BY WILHELM LAMSZUS
Copyright, 1918, by the Frederic A.
Stokes Coz
CHAPTER VII.


For whole of the forenoon we had
heard firing in the distance, the thun-
der of cannon and the rattle of mus
kerry. Our regiment had been march
ed hlther and thither. The fight had
drawn nearer and nearer. We were
expecting to be under fire at any mo-
ment, and then we had to fall back
again, and look for a new place to
develop our attack. 1t seemed as if
the orders that came through were
contradictory, and this tension of I'M
certainty fell like a blight on our
spirits, and got on the nerves both of
officers and men. At length we had
wound through defile, the steep
slopes of which, left and right, were
thickly grown with trees. Things had
got into bit of mess. We had had
to force our way through under
growth soaked with rain. through
brambles and clumps of tall broom on
which the green pods we're still pend
ent. At times there was nothing in
sight except the roof and wall of
greenery.
We breathed more freely when at
last the sky spread clear overhead
again.
So now we have reached a green
meadow, and are marching straight
across it, but are still unable to see
anything of the enemy's forces yet.
Even the firing has died down, and
has become more distant than be-
fore. 1t seemed as if we had come \
into another, remoter world, and
so we have; for soon we notice how
soft the ground has become under
our feet, how water is oozing up at
every step. We shall, if we go on,
be right in the middle of a swamp |
That is the reason of the solitude
reigning all around us.
The terrain is impracticable.
To the right and left of us, and all
about us, nothing but swamp, run
rin0 ont into q broad cheat of oman
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-19

The vault of heaven has cracked
above us, and has spurted down on
to the sand from above, Life is lying
Evening journal., 1914-08-04
What COURT Shall
TRY BOYS Il TO IS?

There is a mix-up in courts oyer the
Interpretation of the Statute as 10
jurisdiction in cases where the de-
PENDANT is over II and under is years
of age. In order to settle a contro-
versy as TO whether City Court or the
Juvenile Court has jurisdiction in
cases where boys are over II years OF
age, the Court of General Sessions
will be asked for a decision. IN City
Court today Leon Sewell was charged
with assault and battery. DR.. A. e.
Frantz, in a certificate, showed that
Sewell was born December %, 1895.
Accordingly. he will not be is years OF
age until next December Judge
Churchman said a question has arts
en-, as the judge Of the Juvenile
Court has declined to try cases where
the defendant has passed his seven
teenth birthday Judge Churchman
interprets the statute to the effect
that the Jenvenile Court has juris-
diction In such cases.
There is no use in sending up this
case" said Judge Churchman, "bo-
cause the upper court has no juris-
diction In the case Accordingly the
case be continues until Saturday, Oc-
tober 3, in order 20 get an opinion
from the Court Of General Sessions. "
Evening journal., 1914-08-04
EXPLOSION Cause
OF SERIOUS FIRE
Barn on Megilligan Farm,
ThreSher, Hay and Grain
Eaten by Flames
NO POWDER THERE AND
BLOW-UP A MYSTERY

While W. c. Gregg's threshing ma
chine was running through the last few
sheaves of wheat ON the farm of James
Megilligan, east Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad reservoir, in the Ninth ward,
this morning, mysterious explosion
took place, setting the farm buildings
on fire. The traction engine the big
barn and she'd 25O bushels of wheat, 40
tons OF hay, ten tons of straw, pig. a
corn planter and all the harness Were
destroyed by the flames, entailing a loss
Of about $1,000.
Early this morning Mr. Megilligan
came TO Wilmington to get change with
which to pay the workmen and secured
the money before banking hours. He
had reached Thirty-siXth street on his
return home when he saw the fire at his
barn. BY the time he reached home the
flames were beyond control. While the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's reser-
voir, filled with water, was within 200
feet of the barn the firemen could only
stand and watch the buildings burn be-
cause there was no driveway around the
basin from which they could pump
water. The threshing was about done,
the last few sheaves and loose wheat
being threshed when an explosion took
place and fire shot out in all directions.
The thresher was run out of the barn,
but il was a mass of flames and be-
came a total loss. A pile of twisted
machinery is all that remains of the
$1,000 thresher.
Mr.. Megilligan places his loss at
$500. on which there is an insurance
of $1,000. The loss on the building will
be about $1,000 Mr. Megilligan, in
speaking of the origin of the fire, said
he is at a loss 10 know what caused
the explosion. I'VE have had no dyna-
mite" said Mr.. Megilligan, cor any
other explosive on this place. Not only
from financial point Of view is this fire
heavy loss, but ] am left without hay
or straw TO be used this winter
The wind was blowing a stiff breeze
at the time and the blaze went away
from the dwelling house and other
outbuildings. The fire companies re-
sponded to an alarm. but when they ar.
rived the destruction of the buildings