People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1897 — THE CASUALTIES. [ARTICLE]

THE CASUALTIES.

Addison Parkison, loss on Long’s drug store building, $4,500; insurance SI6OO. E. L. Hollingsworth, loss on Porter & Yeoman building, $4,500; insurance S2OOO. Loss on one story building, $1500; in surance, SIOOO. . A. F. Long, loss on drug stock, $5000; insurance $2,500. Porter & Yeoman, loss by fire and damage of moving, $4000; insurance S2OOO. H. L. Brown, loss on dental fixtures and furniture, SIOOO. Mrs. H. L. Brown, loss of pic ture. crayon copy of Horse Fair, a work that required six months to complete, $0OO; no insurance. Mrs. L. M. lines, loss on mil linery, $300; total loss of house hold goods, clothing, silverware, etc., SISOO. J. F. Hardman, total loss of jewelry tools and stock outside of safe, $600; no insurance. His loss may exceed that if stock in safe is injured. A. McCoy & Co,, damage to building and office fixtures, about $300; fully insured. S P. Thompson, damage to law library, about $500; insured in full. J. H. S. Ellis, damage to opera house wall believed to be slight. Ferguson & Wilson, damage to books and in naovii g, about $100; insured. • ' R. P. Phillips, damage to fixtures, aboutsso; insured. Telephone Company, loss on wires, about SSO. Electric Light Company, loss on wires, about SSO.

W. J. Miller of Battle Ground lost a painting outfit worth $175, Mr. and Mrs. Milliron lost about SSO worth of household goods. Plate glass was broken by the heat in the fronts of stores occupied by Ellis & Murray, Fendig’s Fair, Porter & Wishard and the post-office. The boy friends of Pete Brenner chipped in 50c each and made up a purse of S3O to reimburse the loss of his wardrobe. Isaac Tuteur had considerable loss by the hurried moving into the street. Some things were frozen some lost in the shuffle, and all somswhat mussed up. Warner & Collins, had their grocery stock packed into baskets ready to move. The Pilot type was transferred th the court house yard, and the several other business men made ready for an early exit into the street. Messrs. Parkison and Hollingsworth have already com menced clearing away the debris preparitory to the' immediate erection of fine new structures with uniform fronts and party firewall. This building will be ready for occupancy in about 60 days and all the old tenants are expected to return Porter & Yeoman are temporarily housed in the Nowels nouse block in Overton’s undertaking rooms. Mrs. Imes is not yet located her goods oeing stored in Leopold’s store. Dr. Brown was in Chicago yesterday and selected a com plete new dental equipment and is fitting up new rooms over Meyers s drug store. Mrs. Brown feels q.tfcite severely the loss of her fine picture, and desires* to announce that she would like crayon portrait work to do, that may help repair the loss that has fallen so heavily upon them. Ferguson & Wilson have been given quarters over McCoy’s bank by Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie. Bob Phillips has opened his Mrbar shop up in the office of the Makeever house. E. L. Hollingsworth will rebuild the rooms on Van Rensselaer street at once.