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Show A BIG FIRE AT MEHCUR. On .Uonday nlg'.t ni UtOO p m. tlio town of Memn m ,tn fd by tlio cry of me, whiph.iul in i,o Itrunswick hotel. Oi-oriw Barnanl'rf body wos burned to n c icp. The J.fertur Miner has the following to ray of It: "Jauk Uwi ii M',i t0 ij0 nill108l totnlly mined by ihenwfiiUonnagrntion. .lilt loss will iitidoubt-dly exceed thut ofnnylwonon iflnKd. Mr Lrls had Just vonipletc.l ni iiddltlnn o ids hl lumse nnd tha entire building had hewv (Irttenlly fiirnlfbed within iho pnsttlilrtydi.).. His loot) wlllcx(fed 0,t)03 Cnldwell Urot. , but-hcrs, . ro out Hjbe.nt 58,001). They n.,ly ,reee d In jAvliig n small notlion of il,.lr .in. , . their buildlrg was a tutnl loss, 'iio Ooldpn (inte nalofn was the n U IjyMli'S to fall n prryt.. the destroy ,g Iiend. This bulMing was owned b- a Lchlco-optfratlvpluMii i ion, wlnlm o saloon wnslnchargaoH has. Mvingsh i. Tho building Ii n tml M wb i0 Mvlngston s.iveil a littli stock, The Silver Dollar cif.r Hand w is completely gutted ; loss nbont iS,0 '. Thostockwns owneil by (irimthsn d Iioyles. Joo Mppmnn o ne d tlio bull . Tng. All of A. (5. Harfi buildings we o torn down by excited eitheens, lopr -vent It spreading, oxoept the nss..y ofllcoofA H. Jlayne, Theao bnildlmn are nlso a total loss ; eslimato cost nboi.t 600; ihls Included tlio Ultio Front rcsUuraut run by Mrs Howe, Atton.oy Harris' offlco and J. W. Hainni nnd Co'sreal cstato headnuarters. There was no In franco on nny of tlio bullet. Ingt effeenU. The flro was caused by Mr. Lewis en tcrlng the oil room with n lighted lantern which he di.l for the purpoao ol getting Bufllslent gasoline to fill tho stovo and warm some water. The gas at onco ignited, setting lire to his clothing and completely onvtiloplng the entire room in flimis. foul gavo the alarm. Krcd Solomon nnd Jack Kivlng Bravely responded and wonted like beavera to extinguish the (lames, but without success." |