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Fires. --The stable owned by Dr. Charles Mills, near the corner of Broad and 11th streets, took fire on Wednesday night, about 8 o'clock, and was consumed. The Doctor lost a valuable horse, a cow and calf, and saddles, harness and provender. The entire loss is estimated at $600. About half-past 11 o'clock on the same night, the residence of Mr. Charles C. Ellett, on Leigh, between 3d and 4th streets, was found to be on fire, and the alarm soon brought the firemen to the scene. The roof and upper portion of the dwelling was consumed, involving a loss of about $1,500, on which there is no insurance. The fire is supposed to have been the result of accident. A servant girl had carried a light into a closet where clothing was kept, and it is inferred that a spark communicated with some combustible article. The fire probably smouldered in the closet for some hours before it burst out. Another fire occurred the same night on Mrs. Murray's premises, near the corner of 7t