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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1885

Page

3

Superheated Lard Blast Kills Three At Iowa Packing Plant

A Booxe & Co lard packing plant explosion in Oless Gail Iowa killed three men and injured many as a four story section collapsed. The owners estimate losses at 20000 with heavy fire insurance but no accident coverage. Packing halted for winter, leaving about 200 workers jobless. Pierre Lorillard travels by private car as he tours the south after a perilous rescue by two boys on the Alabama Great Southern line. A separate Jan 21 report notes a derailment on the Ohio & Mississippi railroad near Fairchild injuring several.

Joseph French John Koilar St. Louis Wilkins & Co Baltimore John Farrell James Brower James E. Booxe Ciartancoca Tenn Jan Pierre Lorillard Adelina Patti Alabama Great Southern Railroad Littl Lorillard Foiona I's Ohio & Mississippi Fairchild Court of Appeals of New York Bvanaville Ind Saunders Nally Jule Parmenter Graen Bay Wis Morgand & Ryant Oshkosh Thomas Barbour Teich Uoana Oliver Firma Pittsburg Antra Fplamon Ball Cincinnati Salmon P. Chase Silvester Talcott Rocton D. A Humber Marchant Galena Pennsylvain Railroad Company al Way Wistar Ita Eau Claire Wumber Pavero Grand ‘Trunk Road Oastorn Chicago Willian HL Sowaril Abrahant Juincalu William M. Evarts Horace Greeley Ira Harel Mr. Evarts Seward Saul

Avalanche Horror in Italian and French Villages

Snow avalanches bury three villages near Frascino with Sparone the hardest hit, many killed and fifteen bodies already recovered. Chaumont in France suffers similarly. Separately, multiple U S Senate elections conclude with Platt winning in Connecticut as Cameron gains statewide majority. Indiana re-elects Voorhees. other states report varied Senate results.

Rome Frascino Sparone Chaumont Hartrorp Conn Senate United States O. H. Platt W. H. Barnum House Platt Barnum Harrispurs J. D. Cameron William A. Wallace Messr. Lea Wallace Cameron Shiras Kelley Bramint Carcado D. W. Voorhees Indiana Porter William M. Evarts New York Edward Conper Jonathan Chase Rhode Island Isaac Bell, Jr Newport Arkansas Poindexter Dunn Land Taller Colorado Senator Hill Senator West Missouri Leland Stanford Republican Caucus Sacramento Sargent

Business Embarrassment in New York and Ohio Notice

Brooklyn carpet dealer B G Latimer failed Tuesday with liabilities around 72000 and assets near 90000. Associate judge J W F White assigned for creditors with about 74000 liabilities and assets likely half that. Richard Worthington boat seller debts near 380000 with assets about 40000, extension sought. Reynolds Reynolds printing and stationery in Darron Ohio sustained 40000 fire loss, covered by insurance.

Brooklyn N. Y B. G. Latimer Grand Street J. W. F. White the Common Pleas Court No. 2 New York Jenkins Richard Worthington

Will disputes loom after Gaines death in 19th century suit

A note from Naw Onceans reports twin wills offered for probate after Myra Clark Gaines’s death. One, allegedly in her handwriting, assigns major portions to Mrs. Evang and others, while the second, dated Jan 5 and witnessed, bequeaths land and cash to multiple relatives and friends. Attorneys challenge the first will as possibly inauthentic due to Gaines’s illness. The case proceeds toward a probate decision before Julie Houston.

Myra Clark Gaines Julietta Parkins Fuents Maria P. Evans Gaines Washington Evang William I. Wilder James T. Christmas Virginia Davis Plaquemine Brussa St. Landry Parish May. Whitney Edmunt Pendleton Gaines

Justice to the Tramps and a Railway Murder Traces

A Houston report covers the killing of Conductor Frazier on the International and Great Northern line near Overton. Tramps suspected after initial fare dispute, but later believed to be bandits. Frazier and Brakeman Powers wounded, Frazier dies, bloodhounds fail to track. wife arrives as the train returns to Overton. Linnois Legislature news follows with chaotic House proceedings and a potential speaker shakeup. Hong Kong and British forces issue enrollment enforcement amid tensions with China.

Houston Tex Vrazier Overton Powers Frazier

Woman Reports Assault by Chicago Contractor

In Chicago on January 21 a young woman testified before Justice Foote's court after an arrest warrant was issued for Alfred Jones, a Lat Forty-first Street contractor, accused of criminally assaulting Louise Loury on January 15 at his residence. Loury, 28, a widow with a son, detailed the forced entry, torn cloak, and threat that she would become his wife. Jones denies the allegations. fellow employee Charles Jacobs was later detained as an accessory.

Onteaco Justice Foote Lyttell Clerk Clingen Clingen Alfred Jones Louise Loury Franz Fahr Germany America Thomas A. Risler Hackman Sholto Street Jones Mrs. Loury Hiul Thad Sany Ale Cottage Grove Avenue Lieut Beil Norrest Aid Conntes Blys Laury Toto Charles Jacobs

Old Woman Cremated In North Carolina Fire

Special from Reidsville reports the Monti cello academy at Brown Bummit burned Sunday night. Miss Hensie Pritchard, 76, died in the flames and her charred remains were found the next day in the corral.

Thenstowa Reidsville N.C Oll Monticello Academy Brown Bummit Hensie Pritchard

New York Court Moots Cigar Manufacture Case

A condensed review notes a New York Court of Appeals ruling on constitutional limits on blocking cigar production in tenement districts. The dispatch bundles varied incidents from Indiana to Wisconsin, including crimes, fires, ship actions, and stock market quotations, with many names and places.

Oysters and preserves offered by H D Post Co ads

Oysters by the can or bulk and preserves from H D Post Co are advertised with related jellies and condiments. Tourists tickets to Florida and excursion tickets to New Orleans for the World's Exposition are promoted through COM&estPh y to all principal points. Agents in New York advertise fares and further particulars.

TI. D. Post & Co COM Florida New Orleans J. Boseaart

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