Troy Daily Times Troy, Rensselaer County, NY August 4, 1960 (cont) FIRE LAST EVENING Last evening, about 12 o'clock, a fire broke out in the carpenter shop of Lewis FELLOWS, situated in the alley between Madison and Monroe, and Fourth and Fifth streets, South Troy, which before it was subdued destroyed six wooden buildings, including three tenement houses. Water was almost impossible to obtain; and it was not until the "Abra Read" arrived and threw a stream through six hundred feet of hose on the fire, and furnished water to the hand engines, that the fire was extinguished. A very destructive conflagration would otherwise have occurred. From the carpenter shop, which, with its contents was wholly destroyed, the flames crossed the alley and burned everything on both sides up to Madison street, with the exception of a wooden house on the Northwest corner of the alley and Madison. A tenement house, owned by Wm. BUSWELL, and occupied by two poor families who barely escaped with their lives, and whose little household furniture was destroyed,--was damaged to the amount of about $350. Insured. Jesse J. AYERS owned two the burnt buildings, and loses about $1,000. Fully insured. Mr. FELLOWS' loss on stock, tools, &c., is $500. No insurance. Timothy RYAN, a carpenter, in the employ of Mr. F., lost a valuable cow, valued at $40, together with all his tools, which were in the shop at the time. Two other men in the employ of Mr. F., lost all their tools valued at $100 each. Three tenement houses, owned by Ami BREWSTER, (fully insured,) were destroyed, and the occupants saving little or nothing. Their names are Patrick MADDEN, Patrick RIGNEY and Darby KELLY. Isaac WATERMAN loses about $125; and John VAN DYCK about $60--no insurance in either case. LOCAL POLITICS An adjourned meeting of the friends of LINCOLN and HAMLIN of the Eighty Ward, was held at the office of JONES & Co., corner of First and Adams streets, on Friday evening, August 3d. A large number of names were added to the Club. The meeting adjourned to Monday evening, August 6th, for the election of officers. A full attendance is solicited. At a meeting of the Fifth Ward Wide Awake Club, held last Thursday evening, the following were appointed delegates to act with the delegates from the several Wards to compose the general organization: William H. CARY, Z.P. BIRDSALL, L.F. DUNNELL, E.W. SHELDON and John W. ROGERS. The Club now numbers about seventy, and will in a short time reach one hundred. The following gentlemen have been elected officers of the Belleverett Club: Directors--John S. PERRY, D.W. STODDARD, Harvey SMITH, William KEMP, William C. BADEAU, David DEFREEST, C.W. PEOBLE, George BABCOCK, Wm. LEMON, Russell INGRAM. Captain--Richard BLOSS. First Lieutenant--Hiram W. ALLENDORPH. Second Lieutenant--Lewis A. ROUSSEAU. Third Lieutenant--John T. MCCOUN, Jr. Orderly Sergeant--Chas. W. PEOBLE. Second Sergeant--William OLMSTEAD. Third Sergeant--D.J. CARY. Fourth Sergeant--L.T. PRUYN. First Corporal--William MARTIN. Second Corporal--Charles F. GREEN. Third Corporal--E.J. SPRONG. Fourth Corporal--William KEMP. At a meeting of the Republicans of the First Ward for organizing a Wide Awake Club, last evening, Mr. J.P. KANE was elected President, and J.H. QUACKENBUSH, Secretary, for the evening. The signatures of fifty-three members were obtained. A committee being appointed to nominate permanent officers, reported the following, who were unanimously elected: President--L.D. ASHLEY. First, Vice President--S.H. KENNEDY. Second Vice President--Charles S. FLACK. Secretary--John H. QUACKENBUSH. Treasurer--W.S. GREENWOOD. Executive Committee--C.G. STEVENS, J.P. KANE, S.F. GREGORY, Theodore WILBUR, Jacob BONN. Captain--W.E. KISSELBURGH. First Lieutenant--Thomas TILLEY. Orderly Sergeant--Jesse G. HUGHES. Second Sergeant--Peter J. VAN ZANDT. First Corporal--Chauncey GREAR. Second Corporal--George TAFF. Ensign--C. HILKE. Mr. L.D. ASHLEY then took the Chair. Messrs. STEVENS, KANE, and KISSELBURGH were appointed a committee to draft a Constitution. The Executive Committee will meet next Monday evening at the St. Charles Hotel. The meeting then adjourned to meet next Tuesday evening, August 7th, in the Wigwam, at 8 o'clock. At a meeting of the electors of the Sixth Ward favorable to the election of Lincoln and Hamlin, held at the Bush Inn on Friday evening, August 3d, Mr. William ILER was called to the Chair, and John DUNBAR was elected Secretary. A committee of seven, consisting of M.V. THOMPSON, Charles DAVIS, Angus CAMPBELL, James SIMMONS, Joseph BREWSTER, Samuel PRICE and Medore LAVINE, was appointed to nominate permanent officers. The following nominations were unanimously adopted: President--John F. WINSLOW. First Vice President--M.V. THOMPSON. Second Vice President--James THOMPSON. Secretary--John DUNBAR. Treasurer--Samuel W. FRENCH. Central Committee--William ILER, William L. W. GEOWEY, James YETTO, James F. SIMMONS and Thomas FOUNCE. Captain--Moses ALMONDS. First Lieutenant--Charles DAVIS. Second Lieutenant--John YETTO. Third Lieutenant--Henry WEATHERWAX. Ensign--Francis HOPE. First Sergeant--John ALMONDS. Third Sergeant--Samuel PRICE. Fourth Sergeant--William PRICE. First Corporal--William GREGG. Second Corporal--Celestine YETTO. Third Corporal--Joseph ILER. Fourth Corporal--Medore LAVINE. Submitted by: Colleen Boose