Show coign on me the tom a clean bloomington BLOOMI NOTON aug 21 the city of colfix in this county oil the illinois central miles northeast northe apt is in fl unes and it is believed it will be entirely destroyed bloomington has been telegraphed for aid from ibe ire department no particulars will likely be obtained for sonia time LATER at 2 the fire was andr control the total loss will reach several of the largest stores ID ibe town are destroyed three krai failalo Fai laro R I 1 aug 24 TWO cotton mills tle and its leased property and the nottingham and a woollen mill the thornton worsted company failed today to day the result of the recent failures of lea is browand Broa and brown steese A dark the treasurer of the wauregan mills states that the failure was due to distrust resulting from the ail ure of bewis bros of the riverside oswego mills and brown steese A clark the liabilities are variously estimated at from to the nominal assets amount to about atie plant alone cota ahe mills are doing a bood and a director thought that if arrangements could be made to run the wills aliey could make enough money to anore than pay t on the debt and in time liquidate all obligations the second mill is that know n as the nottingham mill in this city ita liabilities are estimate d at from to the assets nominally exceed this bum the thornton worsted company oan both the Kive raide mills aad the brown steese and dark their total indebtedness debt edness being estimated at about 1 it their notes to the Kner Bide mills and brown sietse clark could be extended as they ordinarily would have been they could have paid aery cent of their indebtedness ednes but beina unable to get the extension they akre compelled to suspend paying there is also a on the property for held by charles bletcher etcher the british hosiery compary located at 1 hornton in reported indol ved to some extent but arrouge moots ft ill be made to tide them over as their liabilities are not very heavy the alenri ilard proposition NEW adz 21 the board of directors of then athern pacific railroad have unanimously passed a resolution to submit the financial plan devised by aenry villard as chairman of the cnance comm ateo to a acte of tha preferred stockholders the salient points of Villard ii plan are a mortgage for n aich is to be used tor the retirement of the outstanding first and third mortgage bonds and other securities curi ties guaranteed by the northern railroad company and which is also to be applied to the financial needs of the present and future of the company it is not intended to issue at present more than ot the consolidated mortgage bonds which will be dubeil to provide for indispensable improvements the en of terminal facilities and permanent improvements on the main me NEW POUT aug 21 mr and sirs W al K vanderbilt rave a big ball tonight to night their bert stable was used as a ball room being on the lower floor and the ladies room and smoking room was in the hayloft on the apper floor with alie entrance to the latter from the street all the apartments were handsomely furni ebed abid decorated with plush haw erg trees vegetables iran fruit in unique df Bigna wheelbarrows of robea were bet in the tails were carpeted straw with japanese lanterns and lighted with electric lights llie favors for alie german were unique liuro sliewa collars duraes donkeys and sheep aug 21 judgments for have licen entered against the comee A I enis contractors IA la la at present in where the firm a vear ago obtained a contract to extend a railroad system to the extent ot the north south american construction company waa formed to carry out the contract A representative of the firm said the were taken with a view to settling up the partnership of comegys lewis and that would continue he added lave been given to croli the firm did not one unsecured billi SS AUK 20 tha receiver of She ronan brothers co limited filed a report that shows the amount of bills payable to be actual i assets between and |