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Town of Hubbbard Nearly WipedOut by FlamesWill Van Patter, C. A Clancy, J. A. UtterbackIj. D. McFarland, Chas. Brennecke, D. E. By-am, Mrs. Ellsworth, Kight, Flagler, Nichols, Boylan, the Bank and R. R. Swal-lum are Among the Losers.LOSS ESTIMATED AT $10,000.About 11 o'clock last Friday night the town of Hubbard was aroused by an alarm of fire. An unoccupied building on the south side of Main street belonging to Mr. Brenuecke wasburning and the fire bad already taken such a start that it could not be stopped till it had expended its fury on all the adjoining buildings, which were all built of wood.George and Ernest Brenuecke used an upper room of the building, which first took fire, as a sleeping room. When they awoke the stairway was on fire, and they escaped by climbing through a window onto the roof ofthe next building.The whole town was out in a few minutes, every one anxious to do something to save property from des truction. The hose team did nobly with such facilities as they had, but the ilames kept leaping from one roof to auother, in spite of all they could do. Mr. Brennecke owned two buildings, adjoining, which were the first to burn. In one of them was his meat market, which was well equipped, and from which he saved nothing but his books.The Ellsworth store building was the next to the east, occupied by Mr, Knight with a mixed stock. The guods were all removed but the hardware. The postoffice building was the next, and the flames took it, but the new adjustible furniture was saved.Separate from the postoffice by a narrow alley was the Nichols store. And the fight to prevent the fire crossing this alley was a desperate one. Several times the building was burn ing, but the constant stream of water that was kept playing upon it finally saved it, and destruction went no farther east than the alley.On the west of Brennecke's the Utterback building, occupied as a dwelling, could not be saved, and but little was saved of the household goods within.Back of the posfcoffice, in a small Dut building Mr. Flagler had stored a lot of flour, which was a total loss.Following are the estimated losses:Will Yan Patter, meat market fixtures, §250, no insurance; C. A. Clan* 3y, building §350; J. A. Utterback, building and household goods, §1,500, nsurance §800. L, D. McFarland, ?oods, §75, no insurance; Charles Brennecke, building etc., $2,000, nsuraDce 31,500; D, E, Byam, buiid-ng §600, no insurance; Mrs. Bile-vorfch, building $1000. insurance $800; knight auction stock, $1,500, coveredThis week we were pleased to receive a letter from Dr. W. JE Whitney, who is now taking a post-graduate course at the Sew York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital of New York City. This is the third postgraduate course the doctor has taken since graduating at Bush, Chicago, and has many words of praise for tliie institution. He expects to return tc Eldora early in October, when he will befitted better than ever to handle the large medical practice he enjoys.G. E, Ostheimer aud James Hefroi have shipped their threshing machine and engine to Busline!), Brookings county, S. D., and have taken a crev of five hands with t hem to help Hires! the Dakota crop. Another outfit wai shipped this week to White, mannec by M. H. McManes, O. II. Watkins Frank Corbett, Arch Francisco, C Rumbo and Andrew Luniger, and om other whose name we could not learn They expect to find employment til cold weather at 8 cents a bushel fo oats and 5 for wheat.The firm of Rink Regel, tailors, at Alden, has dissolved partnership, Mr. Begel has gone to Wisconsin and Mr. Rink will continue the business.The latter is one of the most fashionable tailors in the northwest, and is entitled to the large patronage the firm has enjoyed the past two years.Mr. and Mrs. Shintaffer, who lb near KadcJiffe, were in the city Tuei day, the guests of Mr. and Mrs, Mad son Slack at Hotel Foster. Mr, Shh fcaffer is one of that kind of farmei that makes a country prosperous.Arrested for Lewdness.Upon several complaints Marsh Scurry one night last week enter the house of Flora B. Dillon, in tl city, and arrested her, together wi one Samuel Babcock. They we found occupying the same room a: the same bed. They were brought t fore Mayor Moir, Monday, he on tl charge of lewdneBS and she f keeping a house of ill fame. Babeoi wanted examination and was held answer at the next term of distri court in the sum of $100.She also demanded an examinatk and had it. The evidence disclose the fact that she was running a bom of ill fame. She was held to answi in the district court in the sum lt;§200. Both failing to givejbonds, thewere placed in the county jail. C. IAlbrook was attorney for the Stati and C, L. Haysfor the defendants.
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Eldora Enterprise
Eldora, Iowa, US
Fri, Sep 17, 1897
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