The "haven Block" Again On Fire

An alarm of flre disturbed the slumbers of our citizens at about the hour of 2 o'clock Tuesday morning, the bel] in the tower at Firemen's Hall striking the First ward. The iire proved to be in the fated " Haven block," breakf ng out thia time in a small store room or closet in the upper hall, adjoining the reception room of Revenaugh's Photograph Gallery, -in which were the gas meters, an oíd stove, and a box of waste paper. The three iire engines were soon on the spot and at work, and favored by the nearness of water and the peifect stillness of the air soon subdued the fire, but not until the interior of the upper story and the roof were badly burned, and the lower stones flooded with water, drivir.g out occupants with damagod goods, and wetting down and destroying ceihngs. The building was owned by Dr. Jeffries, of East Saginaw, and his loss is estimated at Ï1,000. Dr. J". arrived in our city Tuesday evening and as soon as the adjuster for the insurance companies finishes his work will commeuce thorough repairs. He was insured with Mr. C. II. Millen to the amount of $6,000 ; $5,000 in the Home, of New York, and $1,000 in the Girard of Philadelphia. Mr. Revenaugh was insured with llr. Scssions, in the Phcenix of Hartford, in the sum of $1,000, of which $600 was on stock and $400 on furniture and ftxtures. He saved his cameron and negatives, but carpets were ruined, and cases furniture, frames, and finished pictures more or less injured. Loss adjusted at $344.94 and promptly paid by Capt. Stevens of Detroit acting for the company. Dr. Lewitt had an office on second floor and was thoroughly wet down. The Dr. says that somebody or other is af ter the owner of the buildor some of the tenants, and that hc shall establish himself in other quarters. The lower story was occupied by Stiling Bros., Bakers and Confectioners, who had just had their rooms finely ütted up. The water was poured down upon them in torrents, fiooding the main floor, and fairly heaping itself up in the oven and wood rooms in the basement. Their goods were all removed, but their damage from water and breakage is estimated at $100. No insurance. Messrs. Cole & Thomap, grocers in adjoining store, were slightly injured by water. Fully insured. Opinions difter as to the origin of thu firc. Some say incendiary, and others combustión. The contents of the room where it originated favor the latter surmise. Had a strong wind prevailed the conflagration would have. been much more destructive. Herman Passholf, of Detroit, was drowned in the Huron, at Ypsilanti, on Monday last, wliich gives a correspondent of the Tribune (Detroit) a chance to teil the folio ring curious story : The Germán Laborera' Association gave a pienic on their grounds last Saturday, and invited the Turners írom Detroit as their gueRts. Since then they have had a very lirely time, until about oue o'clock to-day, wheu a party of the young men went down tu Iudependence Island to bathe. Two of them were taken with cramps. One was saved by great exertion on the part of liis comrades, while the other Mr. Herman Passliolf, went down. Iinmediate 9earch was made ior the body, but to no avail, uutil an old lady came along and told them to throw the young inan's shirt into the river above where he was last seen. They did so. It floited down some distance and suddeuly disappeared. Two young men immediately dove down where the shirt "was last seen and found the body. As they raised it to the surface the shirt lay across his breast and face. No theory as to why the shirt should sink in that way is known to our wise men here. Who will explain the " dirty shirt" theory ? "Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart," ond a large number of worthless curs as well as " dogs of high and low degree," are running at large without license. It might be well for the Recorder to give the pólice a list of the newly licensed dogs, and cali their attention to the fact that they can " turn an honest penny " (in this case 50 cents a head), by slaughteriug the delinquents. This is especially desirable considering the prevalence of hydrophobia in other cities.