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Show j THE Film FIEND. H At C:20 a. m. tire wns discovered Ibhu- H ing from tho rear of the opern-hourw. H An alarm wiih Immediately given by 11 r- B lug of guns and the ringing of the fire H alarm at tho city hall. The lire depart- M inorit boyH wero soon on the scene to do 1 Imttlo with the Ilames, and their efforts H certainly commanded tho renpeet of the H Iitople of this city. AVIth blankets satu- H rated with water they fearlessly tackled ' the flro demon, and while the Immediate H neat of the flro was reduced to ashes, H yel their efforts to save the opposite B Mldo of the street were ctowncd with H hucccsu. Walter I'ecklmm's shop, H - llryau IJroa. store, tho Ilerry building H mid tho tele phono olllce escaping H vylth n inarching. The estimated loxa is H nn follows: Opera-house building, JGOOO, j Insurance, J2C0O; A. C. Thompson opera H liar lossv $2000. Insurance, $950; Omaha H Meat Market, $900, no Insurance; Robert H l'lcklo'A Btationery store, $1000, Insur- H mice, $500; E. C. Farloy'H barber shop, H $r,00. Insurance, $250; Mrs. Wallls's H dwclllng-'Ousc, $500 no Insurance; H Iiousch In which were situated the Union H ItcsUurant and Lee Wnh laundry, $1000, j no liiHurance; five dwelling-houses ut H -ttuck of opera-house, estimated at $1000, H no Insurance; telcphono office damaged Pf $50, Peckhnm'fl shop $50, Iirynn Hrox. Bp storo $100, Ilerry building $100. Mrs. H Melvlna Ilawllngn earnestly requested H the editor to convey her sincere and H lieartfelt thankn to the fire department and tho citizens for the prompt and H energetic assistance rendered to her H during tho (lrc, as it certainly Is due to H their heroic efforts that tho telephone 1 ofllco was not completely destroyed. Tho H origin of the fire Is still a mystery. Some H ifooplo say that It Rtartcd among the H nconery on the Htngu of tho opera-house, H others hold It could not have been there, j as a complete Inspection was made be- H foro closing. |