THE UW’ COURTS. Sew Suits Growing Out of the late Fire. Etc, Qrdoi' of Business in tho Courts— Criminal Clatters. Circuit Court. mStORKKJNC srscuuST.s. A bill was filed Id this court inrolvioc the ofoacObsrM U:?el t who suffered from tho effect* of diseases bo profo.-r I mo of dstVind int'< name and business, during t-Mi yor#. about SSO.OOJ, it being condi tioned thtt Bigelow should n u by. Jerome i-laitns that he tias met ali bis engagement* under tho M-voral MgruemonU included in tbs contract, and charges Hint defcndtnt has, in violation ot tho contract, assorted his own name by taking Setters, addressed to him. from the Poll Office, ;itid has proceeded to estnbhsh an offi*-? in Chi cago. It i# casually seated in th* bill that the ceipts by mail and exprc#i of t’>i* business amount to c? 0 per day. x>' UQCXI, PITIMOV W.4XTKI). Thcad ir Ota-sen and William Jl.ib.TJftQd c m plainelot Kudolph Kieouppot. This is a pro ceed!:.g rciulim? iroot a contention which has ari-en. since* tuo fire, b.'tirccn copirtners. The comji nin nit#. by tbmr bill. tillvg? that at tho time of the fire they three were eng ag 'd as co pirtocrs in condacting the Uus>Dr.*« ot manufac turing, and selling at wholesale, aiipner*, and having tneir place of business at Xu. 63d Chicago avenue. It ia further adeged that, although the articles of their manufacture eared from the fire huvo lucruasrd in value, the defendant, Kienap i>el. sacrificing them, that be may obtain •Doncy in fraud othis partners' rights. An In -3 n.ci.u.v is-u.d to testrain dciendaut in hisal ,rj.-d to be inequitable practices. Superior Court. TECST Kt'NPS—IXJL'.NCTIOX. An injunction was sued out by National Lodge, Xu. 596. A. F. A A. M.. to restrain Lester 11. ‘‘iow.uid J. Jl. Allen in tbe payment and re* ceipt of certain inourys. The bill filed alleges that tho defendant Glow is tbe Secretary of tbo com* plaining lodge, in 'vb.o i capacity be bas received o »i.?:Jcriibl« sums of money, which be has urgt eti-d f pay' *.ver to tbe Treasurer of the organization, until tbo occurrence ot tbo late tire. It is further alleged that Clow and Allen wore copartners in the lumber basin****, from which business they received great pr* fits, not withstanding which Clow, claiming tu have been greatly embarrassed in bis circumstance*, told his interest t* Allcu, without, however, making provision lor tbe psyment to cora piainautol themoncydne it. Because of this the injunction was sued out t» restrain Allen I.Mm making any payment upon tbe state to ‘.'low until hu liquidates this indebtedness. PAHTXEB.S AT VAUIANCE. A writ of >w exeuf aoa an injunction issued at tlic suit of .Edward Bo«s to prevent mio Agrippa jjbeld-n Irma leaving tlii» ju-.sJiciiou, and to restrain bun from any business of ihe firm A. li. Sudden A Co., lately in the win>‘“i i.<; .i.jd retail liquor business at No. 154 !-.j'u U (U street. Mr. Boss complaining. states taut duii.g April last hu entered into copartner ship with uutundant for the term of one year, each lur.iisliiug au equivalent amount of capital. They t>rogre*std wita their business, making profits as wed ns debts and credits, until the fire broke out. From too fire SheldOa saved some thirty barrel* oi liquor, which, it is alleged, be bos sold, with a view of appropriating the pro ceeds. Tuo nc exvut writ culls f*»rSl,sW) bail, and the irjuDCticu protects Sheldon from collecting money* due. Tbc Judges ot tbo dupreme Court bare agreed upou tho following ordur, to be entered of record; Un the first -Monday of November, 1871, tbe Cltyk of this court will commence a docket of all cases pending and undetermined ou the law side thereof, übereiu luriici or their attorneys shall, by leave of ttio court, lib) copies of papers de stroyed, which cu-ci shah be numbered in the order in which they arc prepared lorsaid docket trout No. 1 A upward, the marking of which deckel will be continued oulyimil toe last day ot tbo January term, 1872. at which time. unless otherwise or dered, all other pending nuJ undetermined suits oc the law side of siuJ court, s&all bs dis miss'd at the cost of the plaintiff, except, that m appeal suits, the appeal shall bo dismissed at ti:u c->st of the appellant with procedendo, and >ti sail* which bavcjieeji tried and stand upon a iji-. 11 Inr a new tml, or in arrest >d judgment. *ach motions shall overrated und judgment entered upon the verdict or ff a ding.” Tins docket will bs called lor trial on tho first .Monday ot December r.ext. Criminal Court. CfjjIXESS TO PE BBVIVRP. A careful examinatmu oi tbe walls of theeast wmsut the Court House, by competent masons ima architects, has developed tbo fact that tbe walls u: that portion of tbo Court House are sale, and it has been resolved at once to proceed to place the wjor m order fur present occu pancy by some of the county officials. In view oi the pressing necessity for the speedy rc-orgamzaUun ot the Criminal Court. w»tk ui innovation was already commenced on theold .'juuly room,so to enable me Court to convene and sit upon mo ursl day ot uto November term. That part of tuo jail wbtod was recently fitted up under this wine ts now crowded with prisoners charted vita crime. wbo*e early trial can only relieve tuu institution. A Grand Jury .win bo uuipaoucllcd on the first .Monday of November. Tho ealo 01 the Clerk of tbe Criminal Court has been opened. Thu pending indictments were all found preserved, excepting a part of 1 Pose pjcsciuod b> tbe Grand Jury o the Octo ber io* m. _________ Judges’ Meeting. NO CONCIXSION. A meeting of the beach oi Cook County and ol t:u District Judge ul the United Suites wa* called to conrenoyetterday at the High School IJuilUmg. Owing to A want o< notice, all uf the Judges were Dotprcsout. The übjtct.was to consult up.-n th** legislative measure* necessary to ouict titles. Tao JuJg -a present had a social c.nverjsuuu ...rj 1 j formal consideration until they all, or a ma jority o I them, could be present. Another meet mswib probably b held tuis lurcuoon. this comets. Dr. U. C. Perkins writes that, on Monday evening last, with the aid of a five-inch tel escope, bo caught a glimpse of Encko’s near tho star Beta, in Audrumedai and. on the next morning, be saw Temple’s comet, near lots, in the Great Hear. Doth cornels arc now laini, but will probably be visible to tho naked eye before long. Wo may add that tho place of Kucku's comet was in process of calculation in The Tribcxe office, but the figures were de stroyed by tho groat firo. and the calculator baa had something else to do since then. But for that catastrophe Chicago might have had tho honor cl catching the first glimpse of tho comet through a telescope. THE XORTHERS FIBEU RETORT or Tire SPECIAL COUMITTJCK- From ihu Milwaukee News, Oct-17. Yesterday afternoon Dr. J*». U. Thompson aud P. M. Child. E»q„ the Special Committee •eni in charge ot the «uppliea forwarded to the lU'tituto people of the west shore of Breen Cay. reported their action at a special meeting ui Inc Relief Committee, hold at *be Secretary’s office, in (be Chamber ot Commerce. Tuoy slated that they bfti Visited lb* mein points where the fires bad occurred, and bad sent soppUu* on to points they could not reach. In every case tho relief they brought came jost in time of utmost need. Tho eommittoo went to Uennlu hy boat from Oroen Day, and from thence aervs* tbe -country by wagon. Every where th»-y aaw trace*of tbe tearful devastation, and bear I Ibc most terrible reports of tbe rav ages of i-o fire, which were lolly confirmed by ■obsvqu *m observation and reliable informa tion. .were The Asirjj.ir in Pefbligo said that there SCO }uwi>lo in tUti district km>«n ai the Suffer liu'U. .Most oi them Americans; 200 were burned. A family named Newberry, 17 ia number. lost nil but tbrcu i-f ibvir number. From l.'JWlo l.irTiO people, *t Oconto, Pesaiigo. Marinette, uud iio (lie IVebitgo River, need aid. There were 2.&00 in Luat dbtnct. and Iroui 700 to 800 hare übch bufa«d. T.>v'a 30 north. raqgo 21 cost nod vicinity, wn Ibe scene of the fire. Xho tiro was home ou the wings ol a turuado Uiu; upturned troo*. Only buiUlats wor<- burned. the trees seemed to escape. Pcopl. acre found |a the woods, la lields nod la ru- ’.i. dead. Deer lay dead by the side ul the road, llorauj wi.ru killed, attached to wagon*. A i-liu-r ntt found dead with h.r twin children i. her arms. .Men were .found dead in the erects. The fish were killed in the stream*. In some cues b.-nd* f families wore killed ar>d the rest left; ui outers the children arc g ,e. One man cot into n partly dag well with h wife ami sun wheu the toruado catae and a y«d there till it parsed orcr. ihroviu* water o:t them and they o.* him till uancar wusover. A juuC i! u.‘J people tu the section are entirely l J e*htic is entirely S *ne* Xho mills are to b* j ouilt. t'ho tainmtuco suggest that relief lor t.« w«t shore should ho »cat directly toera. 'iocy went to Oc»nto usd Peshtigo and sent re lief Ij I .uca they couU not thomieiveg reach. They iccoumicna that u« tn->re provisions be scat to Green 15... but thatrbry be stored Here. £veiy purl the Slate i* supplies, and «riici".' cun be scut trom n*re woeu needed, ttaw i-r. ».lions, clothing, uails, and tools;"-: ixcdt-i. Also farming tnpleinents. fUE BESTfitCrtUS IS I> *Ol: ClhstT. IFrote tin: I) to but- 1 day i-.urut the firgs had been through the t >wi.. ut Bru-aeis. U.no.;, Gardner, FureaiTillt. Clay ;»an*s. 3-ucwaupc Sturgeon B*y, fcev a»l >1 and in a low placet* north. spreading wliu t ever -tray the w.nd happened t«» blow and keep as everybody lua coonant war-faro Jto sav.- Utcir h-uhia, •bao-i and crops. In tuaay plat '-lit*fire* had run tnrougb. burning up '.lie cnees* but Paving other property utan jarcJ f UB utTucra.ol which congratulated them* solves that (ha uuntirn over. A abort'tune was to'd»sj».Tth'u Illusion in uuisl hcart-rvod iug manner. About 0 o'clock sluuday night oj terrific tornado swept down from the suutuwosi. rushing through tho western side «f thu conuty, carrying deatu aud destruction in it-* awful career. BfginuiLg at the Frisian set- ileioent in Brussels. ilaWvpt fhrottcu tue towns of Union. Gardner, the western part ol Forest- i ville.J'Jasew.iUpee, the western past of bovasto- 1 pol aud down lijc oust shore of tbo nay. Almost, every budding in its path was burned. At Wil- Juimaon’s shingle mill on too Central Hoad, everything was burned, an* a most awful de duction of-lm«*a« lifo-onsued. Oat u( about eighty jjsrsons'who lived at the mill. filty-seven 1 died eiuu-r by buraiog'hr soDocatioa. The lew tiirvivors wuo esciped were bialy banjed, &nj t.ll a must horrible til« ut' the seme at this tre-1 tuendous bolocau-t. Ihc fire completely sur rounded l;»e p;acc, li ling tue c'.earej spot with Hume And smoke, in »nich sevcniy tmm. women, yiid ciilldrcb were struggling with death in in must fearful form. And most of them struggled JD van, ir-*lw> ufjlfa UitifiAs. Parlies *>f men' who vis>vc>i WiiliamsonvUle r.-port t;ic scene barrotriiieln-tiioaxirciQtr. la a potato paten, in the center of tuo cleaner, lorty jjvo bodies were found m otto heap, the balance being scattered iu diffsroul psru oi the clearing, two ot them 1 in a well. Tue bodies wore ail buried there. .Many ot t3em were disfigured ina uriitdo manner, arnu mid legs sum; cases and moat of Che oodius burned beyond ri’Cus,nU-o:i. Tue bam buss, Tuomas Bush. s» \rh-. uninjured, says ho was on the si.; xsott me barn .when thu hurricane came rim there seemed l» be a Perfect cloud VOLUME 25. will stood. descended upon the terror ußo n,tJ °f P*«-Ple- He defended from ino barn, mounted a pony, andcalloped tbroocb toe flame to a patch of hardwood timber. ISe toroßoioff hotried to set others to follow, bat anna roar of wind and flame*, ho found it impossible, except in the case of one man who followed him and alto escaped coin- Jared. A* tho flame* descend* J they seemed to strike at the people, and as each ware of firo swept orer the scene, person after person would drop. It was all orer in fifteen minutes. Ho went back to the clearing in hdlf an hour after the commencement m the fire (as soon as he e»uld reach it), and brought water to those who were still alive and were sufferios the keenest tortures from t-ie terrible burniue they bad re ceived. THJC iriSCOSBI* TIXkBX. From the Xieren* Point Finery. Tbo fire* in (be Wisconsin pinery have been the most extensive *ml de*tructive«var known Immense and valuable cranberry marshes bare been destroyed. Enormous quantities of bay bare been consumed, valuable pino timber burnt, and rendered worthless, ana much per* «oiiAl property of various kinds lost by tho re* leotless flame*. Toe area burnt over jo tbe Wisconsin Hirer is about 3.U00 square mile*, and the injury inflicted by tbe fire will f rm a I*m ol near SIOO,OOO. What tuigut have been tbs result but lor tbo timely shower which fell last Monday, none can tell. Tom wo* sufficient to! iravcnt it* further sr-eed. THE IIVSUBASCE EXHIBIT, Tbo latest accounts of the insurance losses in the firo of Chicago make the following exhibit, which wo bare compiled for tbe benefit of those interested: SEW TOXK COW AMIS- Grots Anett, Siam*. Juiul.lCTL bosses. Mtaa. City *442,70* $2U0,000 Adriatic, City. 243.120 5.000 Agricultural. Watertown.-. 550.843 Albany, Albany....— 261,07* Albany City. Albany 396.616 Stttptndiid Ameriean. P„ City.. 741,405 25,U)j American Exchange, City— 277.350 15.000 Aslor, City 403,571 300.UJQ Atlantic. City—...— 556,179 250.000 •Heckman, City 261,851 253.000 Buffalo City, Buffal*. 570.9J4 500,000 Buffalo hire and Marine, 8uH.1., 473,577 5(0.000 Buffalo German. Buffalo 270.U01 5 000 Capital City, Albany..— 293,766 Citizeus. F.. City 684,79* 25.UU0 Clinton. City- 392.704 3.000 Columbia.City—. 45U352 3.UCO Commerce. Albany 693.877 10 000 Commerce lire, Cay— 249.372 15 000 Commercial, City...——. 306,002 5 000 Continental. P.. City. 2,538.033 1.000.000 •Excelsior, City 335,744 250 000 Exchange, City....—.......183,969 •'ircmeu's, City 369.061 15.0J0 Firemen Fund. C»y. JT3,477 100.000 Fireman s Arun, City 226.269 20,000 Fulton. City. 383,002 Ad 700,000 WJ* Ul» 1.077,849 lUS.ixjo Ulea s Fails, Glen’s Falls— 571,123 lo 000 Uuaraun, City—,—. 279.683 40.000 Hanuvcr. P., City 700,335 223.000 Uulm.o.CllT 235.242 10,000 ilollaud Purchase. Batavia 171,496 Homo. City... 4.378.003 Ad 2.000.000 Howard, P., City.... 783.351 275.0U0 Humboldt. City 231,186 10UXJ Am porter* and Traders’. Cuy _ 30JJ83 22.500 lulcro.tiou.l. Ullr. 1.339,476 400,000 I™ ll c, 301,745 lur< risk, Jcff.ra.u, City 411.155 47.500 Km.. Louoty Ciljr 303.573 30.000 Laluycitc. L- L, City..— .214,751 7,500 Lamar, City— 531,402 200,000 Leaor. City.. 2W.801 30.000 Leug Island. P., Cuy.. 5A4.902 LoniUrd. city 1.716.009 Soii.ooo *M«ibMl»n. City 1.407,703 600,000 ’iUrket. P. City 701.634 450,000 Moeb.uios, L. 1.. Cuy 318.047 33 500 Meditate.’ .ad Tr—er*', City 460.002 .MorcmUo. City _ 373,309 luOOuO Mercb.it.’, City. 443.000 10.000 Nali»o. L. X., City 391,518 {..ti00.1, City 333,671 16.000 MAmilMm, 4’., City._ 433.638 40 OOJ -AColon 301,004 lurk Fire. Cuy 393,370 15.000 Timyars. City 1,304,567 235.000 Mono Amencn. City 770.305 250.000 fourth Hirer, Cuy. 467 4a> Facinc. City...- 443,557 Icier Cuoper, Cuy-..—...... £95 7 4 LUhel, Cuy 319.908 lo.uuo Republic, City GSJ.4TB 225.00 ieaolute. City £sj 45" -5 yyy Scnuncctudy. Scneueot—93.737 IVoutui uu sSKS’ftR- 1 Ad 1.000.1 M sterling, City...........£47 027 7 SOU Tradesmens’, City-. Axi’im oVim Washington, P„ fuy— 4 Z''Sm S u liauil bur-3 tiCity. Cm... 539.093 iolilOO C,U 300.000 Wwteru, uf liuflala. 582,547 liwluou Kii„t v >“»»«ara«*ra coui-jmes. 1 UJo m ti7 3- 12,00j t •IndeD.udL, 700.1 M) i a «nww aw.ooo c l«a** a uJr-bauu"" asoimi —sw.ww io.uoo r National.. SOtI.OUU 1 Pnoidc. Wore..tor... 037.750 SOoluoo Uaj'.'ju 7t«,W r Washington, 805t0n.......... J05.975 25 iM) omo COMPARES Alcmania, *255,000 2S 000 p Andes, luai'uuu SuaVu Cleveland, Cleveland iS'ixw 174.1u Jfi'uOO Home. Columbus 637.W7 ]su i;Ui Suo, Cleveland __ 301,340 75 OUO Missouri companies. Amer. Central. SU Louis.... SoODOO l Ancnor.... 121,974 Ul.uOy a Boatmens 51.788 20$J 1 COouteaU —_ 21 ,$OB 25.00U cmastu _ 271,0U0 25.00U CONKIOTICCT companies. t JJtoa, 6.762,635 2 000QCO City. Hartford 554,237 ±3.000 I •Charter Oak. Hartford—... 251,951 2iW (WO s •Connecticut, Hartford 405.069 4iw ow 11 Fairfield County. Norwaik. 216.358 30 000 i Ut!Mu l '*Hte!om SS.Sfc Phoenix. Hartford 1,717,917 7UU,(00 J •Putnam, Hartford 785.788 800.000 •North American 456,000 700.000 381,750 350,000 ERODE ISLAND COMPANIES. American. Providence....... 374,060 400,000 Atlantic, Providence. 326,614 275,000 1 Hope, 211,673 l&l.OOQ Merchants’, Providenoa-,-. 372.199 13.C00 Noraranset, Providence 792.917 33.U00 Providence, Washington, Providence.4ls,l49 650.000 Bocer Williams,Providaoca 279.946 100.000 j Maine companies. 1 National, 8ang0r........ 241,000 17.500 Union, 8ang0r........... 421.000 5.009 MICHIGAN COMPANIES. 1 Detroit Fire and Marina...... 273.000 30,000 WISCONSIN COMPANIES. Brewer#, Protective...—... 183.631 75,000 N. W. National 1912502 90,000 St. Paul Fireand Mario*.... 280.000 6J.0U0 Aurora, Ky—.. 168.000 35,000 FOREIGN COMPANIES. Commercial Union.-..—.-$4,000,000 65.000 Impßrial...-—.—6,438,665 150,000 Lirarpool A Leo and Ulob*U!t>.l36.4'i) 2,000,000 N. British and Mercantile— 4,104,693 2,000.000 Queen—.—,—. 2347.495 Nothin* Hoyal 9.274.776 93,000 PENNSYLVANIA COMPANIES. Franklin, Phil.. 3,087,0UU 500.000 Alps, Brio 265.524 11000 Boatmen'*. Pittsburgh—.. 18.000 Eureka. Pittsburgh——. 18.000 Artesian, Pittsburgh.—.... 17.0 X) Allemaoia—— 18.000 MopoDKahela—. 12.000 Pittsburgh—...— 10.000 Union-...— 5,000 Western 5.00 Federal., 7.500 AUeffhaay 2,500 Mercbanta’andMaußlrora’. 63X0 Enterprise, 611.0U0 125,000 Ins. Ci. v(S. Amariea. 3.060.000 (500.000 CALIFORNIA. Pacific, California. 1.700.000 2,000,000 MARYLAND. Merchant*’ and Mcchaoioa’, 324.208 250.000 Union... 21.000 Maryland 12.5U0 t 10,000 People’s... 17.000 Peabody 10,000 b 33.000 Franklin— 10.000 CHICAGO COMPANIES. Rcpubile 900,000 5,600.000 Republic, SEWB BT maii~ —One of the earliest coses on the docket of the Supreme Court It mdo waieb hag already excited considerable interest In the West, and wMch is the United States, appellant Child, F«*z «K Pratt, being an appeal from the Court o? Claim*, ibis is a suit on one of the well-known Premsoi contracts, made when the latter commanded the department of the West. —The Board f Supervisor Inspectors of Steamboats, after a lour eouauUntion, nave de cided adversely to the request of Western steam tu* owners, who desired to carry greater pres sure of steam than the lav prescribas. on too cround that tuey are not in the tame category as v s*el. that earned passengers. —A Unued States official reports, nndsr date ol September 8,1871, series of outrages per petrated in Ouatutm C iuniy. X. C-, on Mrs. Catharine Fergoton, her danguter (Strah Jane rergusuo). three ol nersooa, md young man named ba Phillips, by Ku-Kluz. all oi them wero taken out into the w..odi. and alter a cruel beating, drivau irom their b„mes. —Ttw iiidicuatnt against e*-Uorernor Clay too. of Arkans**, he* b cd qua»hvd. —Colonel Joseph Davit, lor mnur year* an I eminent publ c mun in Miaouri. died at Fay- 1 oue. on toe “to iust. 1 —Lost week sUatapU were made in Bedford Caunry, Tone., by negroes, to cemmitt a rapa apoo Miss Blessing. MUs tsussn Patterson, sod Mrs. U«>*arJ, but tbs ladies succeeded in getting away. Thursday, at midday. Mr*. H-g«r* wm TiolateJ. Samuel \V«*l.s, colored, was oapiured and identified ty her. Uonry Williams wst identified by Mt*««s Bleeding and Patterson as the man who arsanted them. Both men were committed to jail at SU*lhyriUe, and oa Satur- day taken to tue district la wuieb the crime was I committed for trial. After dark, whilst bslngl sent back to the Sbelbyvllle jail, they were taken fr«ta the guard by some 503 armed men. not dis guised, and banged. —U..Q, R. Koe, of the Bloomington Pan tograph, bat bjon appointed United States Mar* sbmi lor the Southern District ot IlUnoi*. —Mm Rose Gurbdr, tormerlyia Sitter of Chanty at Columbus. Ohio, has IcU lor parts unknown with Mr. John A. Arthur, local editor of the Evening Diipateh, of that place. Tbo sudden departure grew out of ao attempt on the part ofeome other friends to force her back into the convent. —The coal miner* of Clay County, Ind., have strnck. They new receive 8l pertm of 2,103 pounds, and their demand is for the same priee per ton of 2,000 pounds. —The War Department has been boxy since the Hodge defalcation examining the accounts of the Disbursing Office. This led to the discovery of a discrepancy of a quarter of a million be* tween the money reported by General Balloon. Disbursing Officer of the Freedman's Bureau, as on deposit to bta credit in tbo Sub-Treasury 1 at New York, and tue amount actually found 1 there during Uite investigation. An inrestiga -1 ties is to Progress. —John Fbaris, a eJored employe of the steamer Pembina, was killed at Keokuk ou the 16tb insU. by. one uf the deck bauds uamed Thomas Walker, also colored. —A Kartd's special (rum Leaden says: Mr. Bradlaw. at an immense meeting here to-olgnt, declared that tbo (iieon was insane, and dc maaded the regency to be entrusted to the Judges of tbo law and equity until a republic was established. --Accounts from Northern Kaosas ssydestruc* rive fires have been raging in Deer Creek aud Harrisoa f £r*dk~V«ll£Tg.. extending to Jefferson burned. Tho loss-ii estimated at $30,000 to 5*0,000. —London #pwinl* represent Fnglond on the era of a revolution. They declare that Sir Cuarlca Dilke, who supplies ibi Kidical work men with money, will be the first President of the neir republic. —There u increased excitement in Salt Lake Lily in regard to tbu tin roinei at Ogden. 'The star nf the it e»t in said to bn wonderful. \v~£ r f\ l Lo m ia °f Vale Callege, and w. t. KedUeld, tho duunguuhu 1 meteorol-.fiit, unre botb. u* dared against tb» pipnlar theory o* a J>>* u>!'iinctiv« equinoctial storm. “On Wedncflday last. a prairie fire swept over Washington Count*-, 10w.,. devoata tiuf a tract of country Uelvc mi.es wide and twenty-fivo mile* lon*. Marshall and Nemaha bounties bavj also been burned »r<>r in Jaree I>arr. tao farmer* losing Principally in bay and fences. Tup Courier iUt Elat Unit says that Mr. Gau tier, or«.U»er-in-law »pd Prime Minister of liaex, has had at Lone Branch au iot nr view with Prejj,lent Grant, from watch hocatu.\fa;iof«ou adoaej. Sinciihen he bus returned to San D-mmen, and ha* bought tbt re several bouses mod Itita Of laud ia expectation os coasiderablu mo m their value. —lne Interniitlonal Industrial Exhibition which closed at Buffalo ou tbu 14th tost., tin* been a creat success. —The ioial stock of oil at Titusville on Oeto -Itvas 4y2,J19 birre’s. The shipments duriuc aepumber were 557.440 barrels. “At a meeting ~f mauulacturen jn PilUhnrcb on the loth lust., one of t&eio suggested that tncy should borrow. on their cote*, tivu hundred thousand dollars, which can ha obtained at 8 and 12 per cent, and loan the same tu their customer*iu Chicago aid per cent per anantu lor five years. —Founoeu per cent of the fire* in Now York are caused br kerosene oil, and the Fire Marshal uryes citixms to avoid danger irom that m*- ertal. —Jay Gould ran his train bearing bread and umter to Ooicjc.i sixty miles au hour, and land ed in tbo uuncry city without but box or a worn tire. l Tuo Botch Gan Canal, oaca a national jest, is a »w navigated by steamer*, saving u distance of seven miles every trip. —The Slate Attorney General of New York ha* written a letter, indicating bis willingness to co-operate in the work of punishing the Tam mauy King and insariug a pure election. —Fires prevail in tbo moontain* tbe whole length of California. —An umouuded rumor that the Sacramento Savings Bank lost heavily by the Chicago fire, caused o run ou tbe bank, but all demand* were mot promptly. —George A. Blanche 3: Co., Cincinnati book sellers. have failed. —At SaViot caasec mot pi —Thu Ontario A Erie Ship Canal Company will open its stock books immodiatuly. —Tbumai Boscoe. woll-koowu lor bis many traoiiations trom Spanish and Italian Uluratare died ou the 24th UIL —Too now French taxes cams into practical Operation on tbo Ist inst. Among the addi tional imposts there is t<> ha one ot sixty francs levied yearly on ail billiard lanloa, and 10 per cent on ali railways, nacicney carriages, and boat fares on and alter tbo Ifitii inst. “Great Republican meetings were held in Madrid on tbe Idtu lust, at which resolutions were adopted declaring that tho party would offer undoing opposition to uvury firm of guv ernm*nt for Spain which was not purely Uooub licao. “Tbo Mormons havo started a subscription lor the dcivnsu fund, to aid Brigham Young. Mayor Weils, aud other magnates in overthrow ing tbo charges brought against thorn by the United States Grand Jury. -Win. J. Slaussou. contractor ol tho Midland Railway, Now Jersey, is missing, with £3d.OUI). It ia tean-d ho has been murdered. “Tho trial ot Georgo J. Uotu. fur tbe murd«r of Oliver J. Halstead, commenced at Newark. N. J.. ou tbo 16ih iuit. “In the Baltimore Episcopal Convention on tho 16th lust., a message wo* *ont tu too House of Bishops asking them to suggest that the money raised on the 15th in parishes, and horo aliercoUoct.d in churches, bo applied i.. the destitute clergy and ptoplo uf th« Episcopal ohmche* of Cmcagu. “Guixat has guno as French Minister tu Greece. —An expedition to defend Manitoba from Fcniuti attack* leaves Oollingwood uoxt Friday, under the command uf LieuL Col. Osborue Smith, ot Montreal. Tbe torue wilt uuusui of uoout twu hundred meu, enlisted tar six mouths. —Judge Altvin, one uf lb* must brilliant Judge* on the Canadian bcncu-Jicd uu Saturday last. —Opt. J. S. Ellison, who participated In tho battle oi Lundy’s Lane, died at Saoraiuentu uo Friday last. —Alaj<>r James S. Dana, of tbu United States Quartermaster's Department, has been relieved ir«m the D.partmcut of the Lake.-. and ordered to Arizona: uud Captain James W. Scully, re lieved in the Department of Dakota, jj wr dored to report iu me Commander ol the Department oi the Likes for ussiyotnoat to duty as Chief Quartermaster. “There was a Very auvero snow-storm on Thursday last near lUwliua Station, Wyoming T.ic snow was turoe and four fa 1 deep in some places. -Tboc.irncr-sionu tho tie r Boston I‘ast Office wa* l.ia on tbclfith mat. President Grant at ,edGrand Mn«t«r Woo. bury w,t.t tho trowel ■—'The Count Scbwabe gallery of lalleu he roes” winch was sold ftlauctwii io Boston,» abort time since w«s purchased by Hubert Vf alter of Cbteugo for 32,500. —Pater A. Lormner, u prominent eitixeu ol Dubuqe, di -d to that city, on tbo IC:L iiist. —Clark County. Wu.. has bud its fire. The principal io** is in log*. —Cacuise, tbo ablest Indian in Southern Ari zona, has oad a peaceful interview with Al-jor Piper, tbe Indian agent at Fort .Moituc, New Mexico. —Toe St. Qothard Bail-way. with a tunnel about tbe length ot that ot the Mont Cents, will, it appears, very soqu be couanenoid. Tbc CUbi tol oecces.-sry far tbe tunnel is about CO.OOO.tXXIf.. and for tbo hue* to join the Italian and tbe »wt»s Hallway about 125,000.000f, —Thu Directors ot tuo Birmingham, England Gas Comp.ny have discovered Irauu* to the ex tent ol £2S, UXJ, commuted by its mte 3«cr*iary. —Dannie the first half of the financial year the British Treasury receipts amounted to 31.- 849.933/., derived ns follow*: F.-om customs. 9 095.000/. excise, 1U,0C9,(X)0/.; stamps. 4,794,000/*- taxes. 391,000/.; income tax, 1,475,000/.; P..»t-o*l- G?onu a ttW." 953/. The payment* ru tho saute period amount ed to 34.931,073. The lalanea in lh-t Bankf Kurland on Saturday last was 2,007.235/.. and in tuatof Ireland 1,470,711/. The Budget estimate of revenue fur the twelve months is 72.315.000/. —Tno Cumpirollur’s annual report, just sub mitted to the General Assembly of Tennessee, shows the State Indebted tio*s to bo foe valuation of real estate it placed at 52t0,386,- 777; the average value per acre £8.39. —Julius Menus, so weli-kuuwn in tho West in connection wnh the Michigan Centra: Railrimd and laxo steamers, died in Buffalo, on tho 14th lost. —Toledo was visited by a furious galo on Sat- urday night, which blow down several small building*. —On tae 12th Inst, a prairie fire destroyed everything we»t of tuo Republican Kivcr in Northwest rn Kansas. Tho loss was aver JIOO.uOO. —A ireight train on the Toledo. Wabash A Western Railroad was burned near Lafayotie on tho IGih Inst. L -si, $30,000. --Tuo t'ltixens’ CoiumittiM have found, that the New York city debt doubled latterly, every two year*. 1c w*.a $36,000,900 in January. 1569, and $73.000.0u0 in Jauaery.'lSTl. It wu $43.- 000.000 on Junoary 1, 1970. and $97,237,525 on September 14. 1371. Too committee tear the debt will be lunbcr swelled tu 3120,000.000 before tbo duke of the ©resent year. —A suit involving the title to the Mariposa estate or Fremont Cram has beeu commenced to San Fraucieco. —A dispute has arisen between tbo Free State of the Orange HiTer. in South Africa, and Kog laud. lur the jiomssion of the Vaal Kivur. The fact that the new diamond held* bonier on this rjrcr gives value t<) the announcement. The new German Consul, recently appointed to the State, will act as mu piro. 65.000 150.000 2.000,000 2,900.000 Nothing 93.000 —The real El Dorado” has at last been fouml In theThamee cold-field in Now Zealand, if the Sydney .Wetrfteer may bo believed. From one of the minea ol ,t hat locality—tho Caledo blsq H«o;—a dividend 01 $375,000 vu realised in fourteen days* and m -re than a ton of gold nurealized from five hundred nod sixty tout ol quarts. l General Sebastian!. brother of “Marital Se bastian!. ono of tbo teir remaining veterans of it»o Ftrai French Empire, died recently at Ajac cio. —AI a mediae of the Episcopal Synod, held ni lavurovis n few w«ju ago. the fact of tbo Arch bishop ol York and the Bishop of Winchester h-vmg preached in Glengarry Church was dis cussal. O*io ot the resolution* passed expressed the regret of the Synod that their LnrJ«bips did not use tUa entire service a* prescribed in the Prayer Bonk, as by to doing they would hare prcveoteiUreporu that are injurious to the peace ■sod w«U-doiur the churcbes.” —The fstoor of John B. Gough died in London on September I'-t. —An Indianapolis despatch says the argument 00 the petition in bankruptcy against the I. C. AL. 11. R. Company in the United States Court has been again p<.stp .ned until the 7th of h’uvumber. An i-Qwrt will.be made to com promise with t io ere titors. —•The Catholic Cnarah at Malone, N. Y., was blown down i*ythe gale of the 17th. —Captain Houston, <-f the stsamboat Ilespcr. hsa brxuhtsait in the Federal Court at Mem phis frtu.i be taken.” —ibo property seued in Brooklyn by the reve ouo officers is valued at trots poO.OOO to $75,000. and included over 3,000 barrels of whiskey, thirteen stills, aad two large r c.ifymg estab lishments. —W. A. 0 bbnnt has been re-alecied President of the Rew York Goid B.tnrd. —The Journal dtt Jhhati urg- a no organisa tion ul the Fr«uoa army on the I’rursUu nlan. 1 ~~.L'he v Pans correspondent of tu« Loudon Daily ,Y«r» says that a reaction «m the bourse was cau«<3d recently by the news that M. Thlvta had remied tue Grand Cross of the Krd Eagle of Prunia, offered him In the name ot the £m ,perorotQenoany. on the grnund that in the I present state of diplomatic relations between France and Germany he could uot accent any I faror from tbo Cabinet ul Berlin. I —Aburriesno at Hanover, Mich., on the 15th. d estrosed tho Methodist Church in that place. I» “ff n ?fc B# «n another letter assert ing that be will not accept a nomination for any I office in, tno present campaign lu Minnesota, says be i* not rich enough to follow politics as lan amusement. Ue explains chat he .proposes i to lecture this season upon his reminiscences of Washington life, and running ftr offi.ee would iotertere with bis engagement*. I —The Prince Imperial ot Germany has confer red oa W. U. Bussell (“Bull Run Kntfoll") the medal of tbs Black. bite and Red Ribbon, for bis services as correspondent of the London Timet in the Franco-German war. —Judge Jeremiah 6. Black writes i* a recent letter to tbo York (Penn.) GaseOe: *'tbe b»rti tie nod disgusting frauds in Row York bare done more to grieve and dishearten the friends of good government than any other thing that has occurred within my_ recollection, To save the Democratic party alive, it must repudiate these scoundrels utterly. If they fall to do It, they will go down to political perdition.'’ —The Baltic Lloyd Steamship Company, Stet tin, Pru-sia, printouts by cable 11,000. with a re quest that It b« tent to ibe Mayor of Chicago. •—Tbo Lake Superior Timet says that the Sil ver Island ore has yielded as high as £6,000 per too. The.Tbunder Bey mins is now idle, owing to pour management. A heavy party of cap italists from Toledo. Oaiu, are tbo controlling owners of the 8.-ea miuo. which is nearly ten miles from Prince Arthur’s landing. Various rumors are afl iat about ibis mine in regard to its wonderful richness, and it is reported that a portion ot it has been sold at an enormous price. Uich deposit! ,r -oil v*-r are said to exist around Like h’i*- tbst country is already fi 5.600,000 INSURANCE. Ml tan FIRE INSURANCE UO. OfNEW YORK. We are authorized hy ad vices from the Company to state that they are prepar ed topay all their losses and continue business, as here tofore. All claims under the late fire must bepresent ed at our office,lo Mdridge court. Parties desiring in surance in the “Iron-Clad North American,” apply to Geo, C. Clarke Go,, AGENTS, lO ZEldxid.ge-co'urt. LIVERPOOI, LONDON GLOBE Insurance Company. The losses by the great fire ia this Com* puny, which amount to about |3,000,000, will be paid immediately and in full. Every facility will bo given to those holding policies under which losses hare been sustained in making proofs, for which uniform blanks will be supplied at the office on Wednesday (18tb). Authority haying been given to draw on the head office in England for the full amount of these losses, tbe assets in this country (amounting to over $3,000,000) will remain, as before, in the bands and under control of Xhc American Board of Directors. The business of Piro Insurance will be continued as usual, and those who desire to effect insurance on properly will please call at the office, as the Company has no solicitors. TTil. WARREN, General Agent, Office No. 5 'West Madison-st. Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, N. Y. TIIK FIRST COMPANY TO PAY A LOSS AFTER TPE GREAT FIRE, C.*ali Assets. Oct. Ur. '.371, The adjuster* of the i.'ooirtnr are now paring lop, m a n iu v k St. Louis Cairo Etpmt- T "6:10 a. m Cairo Express p. m j«t, Louis Express :?5 p. qj Hyde Park jtOakwoods Fass*nget.*~..— a. iu *i;3J p. tn At n. in *7:25 p. m "Sundays fxeepteil, tSaturdays excepted. Paneagars will be ticketed and baggage checked o=l, .e.T..=.,0.«===.... D fi Poj ;)nSsoS General Paasepger A sent. Chicago Alton Railroad Company. FREIGHT NOTICE. On and after Friday. October 2w. 1571, all charges l llanswr. FURNITURE. Furniture, PABDOB PIT BEDROOM FUBSTTUBB, OFFICE FUBIfITUBE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1871. INSURANCE. THE tan Centra] INSURANCE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, Is prepared to pay her losses in full, and con tinue her business with an unimpaired capital. Policy-holders are re quested to call on the Company’s Adjuster, at 35 South Canal-st., CHICAGO. GEO. T. CRAM, Secretary* THE SECURITY Lire Insurance Company OP SEW YORK Is now located at 756 WaBASH-AV, PoiW holders who have suffered by tbe Are will he treated with tho gieau-st liberality. This Company has doaatot gi,t>» f.«r tbo r*llrf of Cblcrgo auSerers. C. BAKER, General Avetit. INTERNATIONAL Insurance Com’y OF NEW YORK. Capital ani Assets, $1,400,000. THOMAS W. BLA7ITE7, .Aa-iEnsrT, 43 West Wiukhlnjj-ton-st. Policy-Holders. bulLrers by the Into fire, will please present theirclalnu as soon as possible. Risks on all Desirable Property Written. NORTH BRITISH M Mercantile taw Co., Of London and Edinburgh. CAPITAL, $10,000,000 Ed GOLD Gold Assets, after Paying Chicago Losses, $12,000,000 The New York Managers have received tbe follow ms telegram from London “Board of Directors stthacrioo lira thousand dol «rs for relief of Clib'aco sufferer*. Settle mid pay all •a*-* promptly. Ans'-rlc.tn huoii, amounting to m.soo.ckki. mil not be touched.” We are now prepared to receive application! for In surance iu above company. S. M. MOOEE CO., Agents, 6S South Canal 379 Wabash-aT. HOME Insurance Company OF NEW YORK, 30 and 32 Canal-st. nnu p, k 1 have arrived in Companv, York. This Company will pay all Us losses as soon a* ad justed. and with two million* of solid as«ot* left aud more to be aub-cril>ed. If Deeded, will continue to indemnify the property owners of America as here toforo. ARTHUR F. WILm.SUTII, Vice President Homo Insnrince Co., of new Y«»rk. New York, Oct. 10, 1871. GENTLEMEN; At a moating of the ••.Ger mania,’' ••Hanover," “Niagara, and “Repub lic Insurance Companies, of New York Com* prialng tho Underwriter’s Agency," held this day, duo preparations wore made to pay Immedi ately, upon adjustment, all losses incurred at Chi cago alter doing which the capitals of tul the companies will remain unimpaired, and bare a surplus of over half a million dollars, learlng the gro?s cash assou of the Underwriter's Agency over two and one-half million dollars ($4,500,000.) A. STODDART, General Agent. To Ogden. Sheldon A tfeudder, Agents, (B Sonlh Canal street. Chicago. CTT-AII nereona holding policies la the Un derwriter's Agency," will present them at 64 South Canal-ttU, for adlastmenu OQUKN, SEELDON A SCDDDBE, Agents. Headquarters Adjusting Department PHOENIX Insurance Comp’y, HARTFORD, CONN., No- 661 Wabash-ar. Claimants will present their policies immediately for registration and adjustment. a. \V, JILLSON. Tice President, lu L. llttToN. Adjuster. Ilnsinein Office No. S3 South Canai-et. Policies issued aud renewed ly 11. H. UItOWN. Resident Agent. International Ins. Co., of New York. CAPITAL AND ASSETS. H.IOC.fWI The adjusters oflossM have arrived to aettle all claimsag.inn tbiscotupaur. Policy holders are quoted to present their claims at 3u9 Wabaeh-av., or at my office, without delay. 1 am prepared to ac cept riaKs on dwellings and other desirable property at fair rates. THOMAS W. B LAYS BY, Agent. Office. <3 West WasblogtdO-st. Office uf Miller dfc Drew* Agents of Pacific Insurance Company, of San Francisre; Washington Insurance Company of New York; Aina lusnrancn Company, of New- York; New Amsterdam Insurance Company, of New i**rk, removed to So. 472 W.ibashrav. Koger >VlUlan>B ltxaurance Company, Of Providence. R. Z. Parties having claims against tlie above-named company are requested 10 attend a meeting of the claimants at the uffic* of tba aeanta. ran adjnsttßsnt of Mid cl ilm«. A- A. WILLIAMS. Pr atnent. Williamsburgh City Fire Ina. Co. OFFICE. :w BROADWAY, Nrw Tosk. Oct- 11, 1STI. At a noting of the Committee on Claims aa bosses, convened by the President, a resolntlon Was pasted nnanimonaly antberixing him to telegraph to •■hlcago that alt loasoa sustained by ibis Company, as •oon as adjuat-d, w.mld hasattled hy aigUC draft■ wltliont deducting tha sixty days* mtarest- EDMUND P»tICG?». President. Occidental Fire lusuratice Co. f OF SAN VRANCISCO, CAL.,- A, C. GUSENKBAUSU AGENT, Office,*6 'Vnt tl-adolph-st.. up etalre.- All HoMtng pollfi-e In this cnroftanf ple»«* r»*>ort. Liverpool a tttl attd XSlube Insurance Company, OFFIOK NO. WM Risks taken at current rate*. ttjl. WMtltf.N. Oner»J Agent. PHCHNIX INSURANCE CO., or Brooklyn. X. Y., To No. 30 3ladiaon-st, SECOND FLOOD. D. S. CRITCUELL, A teat. 1J.550.000 •Ai.W Cadi urti, Lota in ftf>, Commerce Insurance Company of Albany Y. Will adjust all claims at office, 50.30 W. MadUoa* •l„ 3rd floor. Boom So. l. 31. y. YOUNG* Gen I Aft. Koyal Insurance Company* of ljlvorpo«l» &ngUn4. CHARLES 11. CASE, Gaoaral A rot. So. CJ Sooth Caaal-rt,. up stair*. ASSETS TES MILLIUN DOLLARS. Yonkers and New York Insurance Company, WESTERN DEPARTMENT, Office. 1066 Indiftpa-ar. Adjuster of Fire Lout*, Office 73] Mala>«L Seren yrara’ vxpertanea in intnranee, Hal adjusted loa**s for many ot tha moat prominent companies. Will make up claima and >raa*at tbem to the eotayanle*- iteforeocae xirea aa required. Insurance .Policies IN EASTERN OR CHICAGO COMPANIES Colleetrd without daUy. or aold for cash by J. H. 2IISSELL, ATTORNEY,. M West Haadolph-at. Yonkers and New York Insurance po. Policy holders win pleaee'prceent their claim* to HERRING’S SAFES GREAT FIRE. Mntra. Harrfae ACo: Gestliurs In the rter-memoraU* fire of tb* Blh and 9th inst. wbieli destroyed *ofpa twenty thousand building* InclndfrigCheentlre wholeule hnaitie** p--r --tion of the criy. wo had our valuable*, book*, paper*, etc., rocioie I in Herr.ug’* 5a ea. wh en, owing to the m'-naity m tho brat, and the wont of water, were itiibeddei in the ruins fur diy* before they could he got at. and. notwitbtiaadisK the aaj*raUrt*d trial, ibeybave pr-re.l equal lo our expectation, preserv ing our property when ovcryUilQg else was swept away, D*r, Allen A On— Warner Felix, Taopan, McKUlop Co., He*th Milligan. IZaafea.j iLuklna. Marlin A Union I-*. Trnat Ca Whw ier. tiav'gßk. (1 *afe») W. rt. »l»yt A Snn. We*gv. Klnlaod A Ord* Loomii t F-*llvtt, .w*f. _ I'harlta Cleaver. John VP«r«(llf Ca., Tenny, ilcClellan A H. 11. Moated, T«mir, Aituour. Dole Co.. A. E. Neely A Co., Drlukwortb k Leopold, Stanton x C*., Klel-I, Benedict I Co., Guotge Armonr, A. M. Wright .t t:o„ L. A. Willard. Oik*. Oro. Co.. jjlQgerXTiilC4.it. Van Sbaacb.Stevensoo Ja». b. Kirk X Sou. Keed, A Uraeaatnrtaentofnerring’s Patent Champion Safe*. Book Sales, Dwelling I irate Safe*, VaUl Door*. Eipre**Clie»i*.etc cona'antly on haml si oor factory and watrroom. cor. Foorteeotb at. and ludmua—v. SAFES. P. B. COuK, General Northwestern Agent for 51crler, Bahinaon A Co.'s Cincinnati Safes, is ready to receive order* and deliver safes. Office 756 Wabash-av. CBlfxco. Oct. 16, 1871. S. ft. Chicago, 111 Dcax Km: The Xo. ll> U Y lre and Burglar Proe.f Sato that we purchased of you about oueyearttgn *4T-d all our p*p»rs, money, bonds, and jewelry, amounting to about t.Quwu, Intact (a the recent great eenflagratiou. It laid in tn« rnln* two days at a fearful beat. We can cheerfully recommend it to parties needing a good safe. BSTPKCEEU X CO. HERRING’S SAFES TRIUMPHANT! Twenty-two Safes have been taken from the rnlns so far, con tents all safe. A large assortment.' of all iltn, constantly on hand, at tbs Chicago depot sad manufactory. HERRING CO-, Corner of Fourteenth ■st.and Tadiana av. DIEBOLD ZIENZLE’S SAFES PCOYKD THE BEST IX TUB CHEAT PICE. *146 m?£-ST. D. 5. COVERT. Cvtnral Agent. Can generally bo opened wit!) key. lufemallon given at Cl Sooth Canal.tt, OUR OFFICE CAN BE FOUND AT SO. 66 WEST MADISOS-ST.. We have ordered from onr factory at Cincinnati and our branch housca at Si. Louie. Louisville. and riewUnd. OVER TWO HUNDRED3AFE3 OF DIFFERENT SIZES,.- which will be ready for delivery (na fewdars. HALL'S SA FK ANH J.f»«*K CO. Oar office can be fonnd at SO. 66 WEST MADISOS-ST., We have ordered from oar Qtclory at Cloclonatl and oar branch, Looms at St. Look, Louisville, and Cleveland. OVER TWO HUNDRED SAFES OP DIFFER ENT SIZES. which will be ready fbr delivery In a few days. HALL’S SAFE AND LOCK CO. WM. A. BUTTERS 00., uuee ao. ixu* mauua-Av., Will rssuuifl business on or before November I. At Ko«. 3 aud 4 Dearboru Park, Directly oppoalta old stand on Randolph-st. 1ET10S! inmost WM. A. BUTTERS CO. ARE READV FOR BUSINESS. Office 1204 Indiana-av., Southwest cor. of Indlana-ar. and TweatytHtih-ai. Orders left at ear new stand, f 3 and. 4 RandalpU-st (OPPOSITE THE OLD STANDI ■Will Meet 'Witt Prompt Attention- Sales vf all kinds of merchandise solicited. Wo will bold our first moor New Aoction House oa Wednesday, November 1, next, opening with a fre*h stock ot dry goods, clothing, boots and tboes, Yankee notions, Ac. WM. A. BCTTEBS CO., AUCTIONEERS* GEORGE P. GORE CO. ■will have their first auctloß sale of SOOTS -A-USTD shoes, under the new dispensation, on Wednesday. Oo tabor 26, st OH a* m-* at thsir Jpftdous saleroom*. Jlos. 1 and 2 Randolph-st., COR. MICIIICfiS-AT.. at Which time a splendid fine of all grades of good* for men's; bays'; and youths, women’s, raise**, and children’s wear will bo offered. _ Hoosebald Farnilnre and Otiier Gooda On Saturday morning, at the salesrooms No*. M and 6u \Vest Madl»u»-»t. Al«a. •-’ubrla «we-t potate>*«. Colby and Wirts Auctioneers. Wr «b»II «->l on Friday, October SO. 10o'clock e J».. nil the household good*. wndiUM *»l pnrlor, ciMia her dlßlng-roolo. and kitchen fon»» cu r aum-fl mirror*, crockery. Ac.. ail contained lu the Vo. I3t \Teet Jacks™ st.. corner D»plalne« iuvS*£* wltb Wim -or the promisee. Also, on« O' l r”*‘m.Br'!t'wl»Tg. A.e.1..~r.- The-Chicago Business College Will oDcn la a few day# on Slrteealh-aU, be- 1 Wabash and Mlchlgan-avs. Two of the Uxjoat and finest balls la the city _ hare been, leased. And a FIRST-CLASS BUSINESS SCHOOL will be conducted as heretofore. All the depart menu wQI be in operation, with fall corps of teachers. Office at present, T9i Mlchlgan-av. Seretalflse offices and store rooms to rent. Ap- ply at 793 Mlcblgan-av. BRYANT CHASE. (formerly Bryant Stratton. The Chicago Collegiate Institute At JUrenswooJ Is only twenty minutes’ ride from the Northwestern Depot; fare, sorea cents. Prof, jleyo isatraets I>. dCnalc, Hadaoie Schmidt In Frvnchaad German. The attention of residents on the Vorth Side la especially Incited to this school. KPWARP BATES. Principal. BOOTS AND SHOES. Doggett, Bassptt& HUls. HEADQUARTERS at 522 Wabash-av.. Corner Harm on-court. Have oh the way a new StOCK of BOOTS SIDES, F* A. Mltebel SATES. IX THE SAFES. Harris Safes DOJi*T DESTnoy YOhU SAFES. Safes. Safes. AUCTION SALES. By Gilbert Martin, Auctioneers. Haw StoreKoa. S3 and M West Madlson-st. AT AUCTION, XStGATIOITAL. GENE RAX. NOTICES. Important to Merchants. g-eo. w. cross, LATE OF CUTTER, TOWER CO., General Stationery Purchasing Agency and Commission JWerchant, IX ALL KINDS OK GOODS, 128 Nassau Street, New York. Having in th*» business for the I .»t »4*vfnt«*en fear*, l b*re m*d<* aoay in**rr lire, botany food* you mav,front time to lime reqain*: afftaJ to their PUOMKTSHIk'MENT. l.y .«i.t dirvet, make cor tract* Air shipping, or st-ml t* other ptrtiM t>»be pitpced; and my heme in 'hr ro*rkr< eoDHi«ntlr nnnblr* me lo know wh tv :a l>m c* e«p- Ih»r» ll*- good* I oral eri I direct Hom ihe 51 A N UFAUTUnKUS. or other ar-ma, pi jr«.a, r«>rrviLß duplicate, and at the end of the month yon in >r remit my camrai*9iou. Case* and cariac*cha:grd *i eo«t. On Scmlros; first orler. pie**- **lvuo wa it huus- nr house* y-o have prevloiuu bought ir»m. iviiat credit received, and if you nav** anv pr-iereiice. As to my ability, Ac., I rrfer yen, by p-rmission, to h. L, Drown, Esq., of L. L. Brown A 00.. Paper Mann lecturer*. >onth Adam*. .M-a*. Wm. biting, E»q.,«: Whiting Paper Co„ Holyoke, Halt. CKO.. W, CItOSS, 13 Xaisan-at.. N. T. X. B.—To partie* buying larraiy special term* will ■e mad*, or will make contract* to buy at a stated *ntn peretotj'h. Term* niude known on application liy jotter, ttatjng about the amonnt ol good* tvqijlr* ed t»r th* ww«»n. orf*>r«inck. A CARD FROM Fitcl, Williams Co. Our Office is at 75 Calumet-av., Second house north of Twenty-second-et, where wo have all our books and valuable papers that we eared from the flazseo. Weearnoitly solicit til persons Indebted to ns to aid na all they can by remittances. Thankful for past favors, and hoping to relmbark In business again soon, We remain, yonrs truly, FITCH, WILLIAMS CO. General Notice, THE AMERICAN MERCHANTS’ UNION EX- PRESS COMPANY are now prepared to RECEIVE AND FORWARD ALL BUSINESS OFFERED. Eastern business, for New Yak, Boston. &c.. office HS-Twenty-eccond-et. Western business, for Chicago, Burlington Quincy Railroad and con nections, at office Canal and BurUndlon Crossing. For Northwestern Railroad and roads leaving from that depot, at office corner of Ktozlo and Caoal-ets. fold Milwaukee Depot). Alsoat office 314,216. and 919 West Randolph, corncrCansl. Principal office, NO. 115 TWENTY-SECOND-ST. National Sunday School Teacher* Office, ii Wait Baudolph-st. ADAMS, BLACKMKR 1 LVOX, Publishing Company. The General Agency OF ALLAN LINE OCEAN STEAMERS at pre«*nt In 137 31ilwaukpe*ar., until removed to Niroa’e DnllJlnc. LaMallo-et., io about three weeka. ruiitt to and from Europe «t lowcit rnte«. VKKD. S. WINSLOW. THE OFFICE OF THE COAN TENBEOEKE CAEEIAGS KAHUPAOTTOING COMP'Y IS AT Til 818 FACTORY. Corner of Randolph and Ann-»ts., rbsro they will resume their business in a fi-w days Qd be prspircd to receive orders as usual. All persons iuJcbiud to us are requested to remit' AT OSCS n currency, by express, to enable ns torel.eveoar mplujts, eotue of whom ARK HOMELESS AND IN WANT OF FOOD. All persons baring buggies, carnages, or wagoos in their possessioa belonging to os. will please rctnro theta to our isciory or tend (heir address, ami save trnoble. Iron Fronts for Buildings. IlanJiOme. cheap, and quickly put tip. All kinds t Iron work for buiMinffi. Cttiuiu-s nuu all lo or* ilion furnished upon application. J. B. A J. M. CORNELL, tf fantre-ft.. New York 1 *ltr. Notice. All parties hiving account* against us tint are do a can, by presenting ;*amo at our office, tectlve their money. DAY, ALLEN d 0.. fi3« Michigan***. 900 tVAaib-av., and* DO and 3d Weat Waiblngton-it< All parties Indebted to ns are nrced to remit st unca hr draft on New Turk it eurreimy l>y express. Uur fa Tory wns sar.d- Orders (Miuring »u fi'*m all parts of thoeeuntry will b- filltHlln rlieordorm which they come. Address all communications F. W. FARWELL, S*er. tary. gvi Wahssh-av. Wholesale Merchants And. laaincis men wldting to announce change of location, anil give notice that they will fill orders, to their customers throughout tin* Northwest, can do so AT ONCE in the Northwestern Union list oi THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE news papers, by applying to s. M. BOOTH, At the office of the Chicago Newspaper Union. U NORTH JEFFERSmN-ST.. CIIIOAGri. The National Live Stock Journal Will appear iu tho usual form about tlie 23th. GEO. *W. RTJSX Sc CO.. S3! WEST MONIUHs-ST. Chieagq Newspaper Union, IS Forth Jefferaon-.t- The Dell! Erectac Wlkob aio Milwaukee,baa the ItrgoslJob Prtatiag House In the Northwest; running thirteen steam presses. Orders for work may be leit at Chicago Newspaper Union office. 13 North Jeflbrjop-at. The Chicago Newspaper Union will bare three more fast newspaper presses running the first of next week and will be able to accept press work for them- We shall also hare an abundance of nricting paper of all sixes. psutwutt A- T. AIKENS. President. Bread for the Hungry. We Will deliver In Chicago by the Chicago. Bock Island A Pacific Railroad, or th» Chicago, AlC»ti A 8t Louis Railroad, choice family flour at tb* follow. Ins prices: GKolca-whue winter wheat poor f«r $8 23 per barrel: choice red winter wheat flour f*r $7.23 per barrel, lor one barrel or more. Send the money by post office order, or hr express, prepaid. This was the wholesale price cf flour belora the Ore. AB J.M i'ntOox. tiir am., Joii.t. m. Joliet, 111.. Oct. 16. 1 371. 612 Miohigan-av. All our account book* and plate* ara saved. The machinery Is In motion to meet the wants or all oar customer* at the earlleet possible moment. ROOT A CADY. A Card From Our office U temporarily at 8«» Wabseh*aT. %»e shall resume busmoM at the earhtwt pnawblo mo ment. Gur frlsmis wb<» are indebted to u* will cull er «.special (avur by (etniitiuK us at onco ell they •ither in earreorr or New Turk ixcbsnt'. ItIuHABD?. OKUJIBAUGU t .“UAW. Grocery BroUcrn. An adjourned tneet.a* will beheld at Standard Hall JTrid.r. At ID*- ni. A .lull attendance is re- St. Louis Law School The MnUr annual nation of this erhool opened October 11. Full coureo. two ur»«, «i* luonrhs each. Student* admitted tn eitlier rlnH. on exwml nation, o*all January I. 187.. luitloa iw.. to» P* r itoatn. iurludlu* mo of r n'.nn^f r«.r particular* addrm C. M. >T£t>AuT, fl anui i nltr. ait N rthTblrd-e: M. Lou-. Ml> TO RENT. TO BKNT. House* famished or unfurnished. email cottages, aoltea of rooms, Ac., la ail parts of the city. Also, a large tarn on State-si., south of Fourteenth, capable of holding 14 horses or more. Parties de giro os of renting, buying, or selling, will do well to call at my office, as my list embraces property In all parts of the city. WILLIAM D.KERFOOT, 69 East Wasbington-st. “Bnrat District.” To Adjusters. For not desirable rooms and accommodations at So.BH Ind»»w—av. Inquire qm ptr-mif*. .express: American Merchants’ Union Express Company, General Office cor. Indtaua-ar. NOTICE TG CONSIGNEES. CBICAOO, Oct. 11. 1571. This company bavins resumed, business, are now prepared to deliver money »nd other properly eon* •ifned to this city. Parties expecting ihlpmeots will please furnish thslr address. Notice to con. signets through. ibe Post Office will be gives on re ceipt of property, and effort* made to deliver con ligaments on arrival. AU mooey. gouds. warns, merchandise,* and property generally left lo onr poe muSon after such notice Is given, or after offers to deliver bare been made to consignees, will thereafter be held at risk «f whom It may concern. Branch offices corner of Randolph and' Oreen-tts., and at Northwestern Railroad Depot, comer ol Klntle and Canal.su. CUAS. FARGO. Assistant Genera! Superintendent, CHICAGO SCALE COMPANY. Fairbank' ,T (t Tirl «i-I|s- NUMBER 73. BANKS. NATIONAL LOAN AND TRUST €O. REMOVED TO 107 Randolph Street. W'f litre to announce to oor patron* And vlin pulm lie generally. that we havo SAVED EVKItYTUING, and are now prepnrwi to transact all LutiOess i-n* trustrd to us with fidelity and promptitude. Ptroorand reUAMejisfes* Drain on the Bankers of lUu Llilted rtatea Aiuternrnetit in l.uc.ion »n Urjtenf ■ma'Unm*. at *Lh*; .hafts on the B.»k of Dautot o w Ivrk, I reiel 4; 0.. I uila-elotii.i. M'-'-’V wut br telegraph to .tow Tori, Boston I muJelpliia and >an trancisco. Deposit accounts iveelerj aa.nsital. GEO. c: SMITH. President. WM. 11. PARK, Gamier. The Slate Savings Institution WILL up EV >UUUv INKSS u.V TUESDAY JIOUMTU. o“T<»ukis j7 t 569 Wabash**?., at 10 o'clock. sod dash* to de t- lueif entir-energies t» relieve their suffering »n:C deposit. .r*. *n.| will p, r Ilim of cr c TWENTY DOLLARS. Oil LESS. wjim pc> ori a m: ‘T oced money fur pregent UoiilC The Union Insurance Trutc Company will open for Rcneral tonkin* business on Wednesday ,;Dctvbst !6. at their branch office 3.6 llilw«ukre.a».. and will •pcH about tho Ist of Jf >v«mU>r at 37 We*t JladUoti st under «h~ -li-rnmn lions-. The Marine Company, of Chicago, J. Y. SCAMUOS w!l! for the present occupy effiro XD. 2SI OUTfACE GROVC..W. A» soon as vanlti are built, tie abov,.. name 1 bank will remote to the turner of C- ncr-s«.*r. and 31 fclif ean-sv.. which place it »v».l occupy until the old site is rebuilt. Germania Bank af Chicago. MO. 17 MIUVATTKEI: ATESCE. The n-rminl Bunk has e.lat.lUbed Us n*«r office at the nbov.- place,. uod is doing (Le regular Lusiui ss lwnt»» a obi accounts are iiberalli settled and new accounts opened lir CPe cnatutnary way. IV. J. HALTED. CM.,. C KM KI SDUUF The Cook County National Bank IS OPEN FOB BUSINESS AT 223 MIOmCAX-AV. C. Follansbec Si Sou., ll.mkfi-J, 40i Wuluih-av. Tho CUy National Bank Am building flr«*pr«»f rank In tb«ir upv office, on tl«* northvA-t corner of Clinton and W-,«hin-- tou-ata., and will rrsum- buaiiio.i m is« daya. Hibernian Banking- Association Hare rcanmoJ bn»ln-*»*t 4tS WAHAMH.AV corner Pe<*k-conrt. Office of Itlcrcliaiil*’ Savings, LOAN AND TRUST CO., 4U Wabashar. All depositors are requested to forward ras AT ONCE, at above address, a statement of their ac count with the bank, lop verification. CUAS. HENROTIN. Cashier. il. Clauascnlus Si Co,, BANKER. And die (.Vn.ulfttoof the North (L-rniiin Union. West UaadoltJi'tt. machinery. Engines and Machinery. €.I&G. Cooper &Co., MANUFACTURE JtS Stationary. Porablo. and Farm Slide Vulro ENGINES of every required size. Upright and Hoisting ENGINES. The Corliss Automatic Cut-Off ENGINES. Cooper A Co.'t luiprovcd Slide Valve Cut-Off ENGINES. Tubular Locomotive and Fine BOILERS. Circular SAWMILLS. FLOURING MILLS, and complete MACHINERY for flouring mills, sawmills, elevators, lumaces, and laci orics. Plana and specification* tarnlrhcd to customers wit ho at charge. Small Engines on band or in pro cess of manufacture. Older* filled on short notice. The sft. Vernon Iron Works, established IS*J, are among the largest In the country, and have the nut approved facilities for manufactories.- Their Call on or address, for large illustrated circular. C. O. COOPERA CO., IQ and 13 Wwat Randolph-wt.. Chicago Portable Engines. Wnhave In stock.and eta lornl-h lustanl**r, 8. 10, 12, U.IU, -V 1»-IU*USE PORT VIILE ENGINES, b*>tti tn-mnM «n*l uiimtinnte-i. This style oC L-iiitiuo ia uuMt su.t«Mo tg>-*ll indoor rork.un.l will readily Sell to farmers alter being U *\Vo would rrf-r you to ADDISON BALLARD. Lumber Dewier, Chicago; or wr.iolo YE O X SIIuKaxKER, RICHMOND. IND. Steam Pumps, WROUGHT IRON PIPES. RUBBER AND HF-MP HuSB, AND PACKING. TDK NORTHWESTERN MANUFACTURING CO. to North J-(T k on st. Bacon’s Portable Hoisting Engines, FOR CONTRACTOR.-*' USE. HOISTING OF BUILDING 31 AtEUI.\L. PILL DRIVING. SIC. Quick working, cheap, simple aud durable. ilann tscmrrd by THE 3IORUIS CO. 3IACHINB AND IRON CO.. 3* Coniandt-t.. New York. Caglnes. \-2 to 100 Horse. L**ve shops rudy for nse. Re turning n<> foundation. Noiseless t fiction Grooved Hoisting Machinery. Automalle Cable Carriage* lor conveying material any Uietauc* economically. CoiitriftK-d Pumps. pump per real m»i« water with same power than any pump In use. ‘■’■TO'd.- ANDKKWS 1 BUO. 4J4 Water btreat, bear York. TtRAL ESTATE. ILEAL ESTATE OEriCE op SNYDER LEE, Room 17 Nixon Building, northeast corner Monroe and LaSalle. Also West Side office at N0..9 South Bamed-st.. Masonic Bonding, comer Randolph. House For Sale at Racine; The l»te residence of Wci.V. Baker. Esq., on 31-in* st Karin* cmh b<* bought vii Terr c»sy term*. Price, sajiOu ludu- is the most prosperous manolactur- Tnf to*n tu iVUcntnlti.cn relies from Ci.lcjko, and flVfs i-Tir.Qnliiia n lor p«-r#on* eugagrd Field, King Co. and Jacob Weil HAVE REMOVED 448 MICHIGAN'-AV. v We bare applications now fur the pnrthaw sea rental of real estate in the Burnt District, bouth Side. Send lo voop Hat* atone*. TRANSPORTATION. GOODRIvH’S STEAMERS, Hmcn anfl MuAcgoo. Bally for Si. Jo.cpb and Ban os Harbor. Scml-wtelclj to Green Bay. 8 HOTELS. TM EiTersiie Hotel, Riverside, will be kept, from this date, by Messrs. Gage Bros. Rice. Snflferera by the great fire will be liberally treated, and board for the fill and*wln ter at Tory moderate prices. Pleasant rooms. Goa and water, and frequent trains. Apply at Riverside. Transit House. dummy tlx times dally. Wnod’s Hotel. 3» Sute.,l.. corner Hnbtwrd-coortr'CliTrayo. 11l- ENoUH Vft>6l>. PrbrriAs^.' rimt.eTa«« ercommodatfon*. ■liafgM wonjbl^. WANTED. Agents Wanted for Tfi* niete’-r of I’hicaao and the Great Confl.iCri -1 lion, by Uou ?olbetlauACti*abvtlm. ol the Ud- hUtorr of the. PAST of thta meet won-, derful of.cltiee, aud a •■w 1 1 DERAILED,- CI^COURTANTIAL. ANIX-MOaT DRY GOODS. CHAS. GOSSAGE CO., 233 West Madison-sf. We shall reopen in a few days, at the alone number, with a stock of fresh goods. Our JDHESS and CLOAK MAKIATG IJEPA It T2IEXT will be re-established under the old man- arjtment. GARSON, PIRIE CO. Will re-Mimo baMneas very soon, of which paniculur notice will be given us. to time and place, lu. the meanilmr, our friends «nd customers will oblige oy sendihg remittauces and cor respondence to So* 636 West t-iiKe-st. dry GOODS. XEW GOODS RECEIVED DAILY BY THOS. PHELPS CO., 32 Sl 34 West Randolph-st, Cyit.SKIiC.VSAL ALL GOODS SOU) AT OLD P3K2S. HAMLIN, HALE COMPANY, Office. 2SB Miehigan-av, Retail Department Will reopen, within a very few days, in the largest and most convenient Dry Goods .Store in Chicago. S2S West r Ma'dison-st., With ft full stock, suited to the present wants of this community. Wholesale Department Will reopen Oct. 2.1 in the large brick building, 29,31 38 S. Canal-st., Id Immediate proximity to the new Sher man and the Briggs Houses and the Rail way Depots. Their facilities will be amplo for prompt ly supplying the wants of their customers, and their assortment will be as complete as heretofore. BUSINESF CHANCES. WANTED A puwluutr row as sootl corner far dry ffoodt»« Uim UiaChlfaioto-dt/. Batld ln£2|x?.V combined wbhtu comfortable a irtiilfure om qorfQ Victoria need dex Ire. Stock of pmda on hand worth about SI 2.000; bnlldios and lot 813.000. Will (Abe unencumbered real estate on Sonlh side fthc blacker the betted; must liarc a food part ca»b Ap ply at 9IM> West Lake st The best printsS cents. All other goods In proper tion most act rid or them. At the <>AK TO 906 West st. MISCELLANEOUS. PAPER. Winnebago Mills. Flavins two nulla in operation and Lirge amount f stock altli p-d *t?r>r tlir we aiitll, daring nrxl week, hare good stock of Mnnilu, Wrapping Nona, Priumtg. uo'i Writing Papers. Knohrancst by draft on New Y k »'•*. TracK. far-, an.l all (be fixtures comrlpt** f.>r tn« m mu acute «f P ns Tobacco. F«»r lerrns address J MB' D'*KITT. '..1 itn. h.»ngunon-e:s. Dtscribuuaa office saoio. 2?i«noi» petmineat. J W»rd Ellis, i*re*l«l-n»; K. K Job.. G. Iftw. Tr. Merer, m Culver, Pane, iloync Co.’s SATIOSAL PAGISGi XOtDEBING ilAcniSE- ..rtaasmier.ti h.tticit niada tj •u?? 3 r l icaptelatonce witli :he abora Q»iua>lill-- .ivi* s..ou:d Ur l«*-t a; our effle.-. *l, >*a-J •'■-re plulnn-at.. without «;el«y. Removal* Office ef.Trraho, Ruiiliug A L«. and Cut*. Verghc. C.s*ol Mr UirarU and Wonen»t*nrtf, now (J(*tla£b.tirutt*-uv. _ The Mlsae* Aihen Have removed tbeirDr«a;MaWng Parlors frem 96 Vaaßaren-et. u* Su Uarmou-coar.. The Office a’ C. B. Sawyer Co., IS AT 449 WABASH-AV. New Yurk .Dallies and Weeklies C*n he U*i»t Um- SIILUSIAS UoUaE SEWS DEPOT... IVe. Have Roun. at fsrrt uaLL, lake forest, i 11.,' '.■p lour yoonff lall*s wbo bare lost their homes hr ib file. iiu very reasonable terms: Apply to tno Prnirtptl.' LAmCr«»WT,Qct.lf. W», Buckwneat Flour. ICO BARBELS NEW AND CHOICE, Si West L*te-st„ RAtRWys-V }>V«»NR. ■The- Best Automatic Cut-Off* Entitle v In the Country wllfbe on exhibited ar the David M. r«r l4ta»ufoe*urii>(t H'orJo. ow rb “™V*T'2*l! .\?J I’lrtiee m«4»> of enaloeearereqtr »t«l to c^lland iSISe/AdiSwe h. LlKCOWN>i*^*«P««* |m>.. after <>ct. »9. NOTICE '.TO 'SHIPPEBS. The Pittsborgh,'Fort Wayne and Cbicaigu Rail FwlaM flnw>t,Hnli«oo eumot, Oeln* Miri from dertrtml ion. by the grent ana of SiUuJijjmd Somlay olgtiafts now In stapo to t>k» frofcn.. this artery of trade to open np and relievo ihoao who may have .'property to CtUcaro,'and lwm opened anoffiewat NaOMadl mo tlieet, nnd.rjho Brin, n LacledeV opp