THE RUTLAND WEEKLY HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 187L
3
THE RUTLAND HERALD
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1871.
TUo Holocaust tf Fire.
The firo fiend seems to to holding a
regular holocaust lu tho West. Tublic
attention h is been diverted in a me .mire
by the great conflagration that his laid
wn-to tho city of the plaiu, from tbe
destru "ive fires that have been raging nt
thesimc time in thcpniriJ and furc.-t
region of the Western States, yet in seme
of the.v) regions it baa been us fright
ful in it way as that in Chicago. Tut
f r the, overshadowing desolation thai has
f 11. ti upon an enterprising city, the
Ma higan fires would uov be tl.o theme
of vi ry tongue, laid appc al to the pity
f v--ry be .rt.
S-aiiw of dr.iuih in Au-ru-t and S-p-(.
nit r hie u-r.illy followed in tbi.i i iui,
try by cxti-m-iv e Ii res in tho v. orals. The
ti1-. s t!i it h.ivn rag-.. I in Wis toii-in -.tad
Mioi.-ig u, i.r- howi-wr, f ir iinou cxt-jn--i
tli in those of !..rni"r year-. The
di -tri s.a nxn-.iig ti.u sotih is. ia very t ret,
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tt rtain it a it giv.ti by 1 he St t-,.!;,-eh
i-m op- ra t r. np-- as a 1 i i. lb f. r h
Sunday the General attfii-bd choic'
on Motel -y was to b.v tl e c .rn- r s'

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Tin-: Ti-xas Fi.m 1 1-, Ac. r.'.b g b-
thehi'.st reports the (hai.. i v ,ts have car
ried the T. xas eb r-i n I y o I .no t ion
The v- hole pi poloi r i ,.pp..r
to 1 ..ve i i-t-n up us in a r iH.iii'in raii-e
ng-inst the corrupt ring of the carpet
baggers, which now holds the state. In
Texas, hi d in otl er Southern State--, the
e-rp.t b.gu.-rs have been learning too
fist the flri-iTici.iiiiii: of Tammany Hall,
ud s with t t fust chance of the tax
pyrrs and of the p.-opb gent rally to get
a
tb-m, down they u.-
Si'.tts. The Sp.rii-li t rea-u, y ac-oitits
are in a very eofu-ed condi'iiin. M,lcam
po's Ministiy r. -commends a tour-co
rigid eeotituny in the ndmini-tr-iti, n ot
tbe public fund-. The intention i- excel
bmt. Tho carrying of it into eff-ct wil
he exceedingly ddli -ult. The truth is the
treHsnry d.-fi-lts and public debt of Spain
are st,m tieutly heavy for the instant era
barmsstnent of any ministry, and the en
dangering of the throne itself.
From the Chicopro Tribune of Wednesday
October 11th,
TIIK CITY OF THE PLAIN.
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE
FROM A CniCAGO PAPER.
FIRE
Hun- it Commenced, and Spread
Incidents during' the Con fluff r;i
tion 'Hie summary Execution of
the Iiiccudiariew.
During Sunday night, Monday and
Tuesday, thin city has been swept by a
confl tgratton which haa no parallel in tbe
annuls of history for the quantity of
property destroyed, and the utter and al
most irremediable ruin which it wrought.
A (ire in a birn, on the wer-t side was the
im-ignit'eant cause of a conflagration
which ha. j swept out of existence hun
dreds of million of property, hits reduced
to poverty thou-; tnds who, tbe day be
lore, were in a sra'o of opub-noe has
cover. -d tbo prim-5, now swept by the
v .1-1 M,ntb'.vi--t wind, v.-ith thousands of
hnnole-s unfortunates which ban striped
J.OfMt aiTw of buildiatrf which has des
troyed public improvements that it has
t ik'-u years of patient labor to build up,
.n t which h-i-i snt back for years the city
limnd-hoi her population and crushed
l.rr rc-mir'.. But to a blow, no matter
hoy. terrible, O'hir.Hpo will not nuccumb.
Lit-.- a it is in the senior, general as tbe
miti tho h-piiit of her citizer.s has not
fh-f.i w iv, and before the i-moke has
:tr .1 .twav and the ruin.-; Hre cold, they
tr. iniiinsr a pi n for tbe future.
'('e.'-'Ui.'b o mir.y have been deprived of
tv.ii. e-. mi fu-teu.iuee, aid in money and
pr. is:ons i" iliwi'.' in from all iuarterH,
nf..I m :eh of th-? re.-nt ditres will be
e.'J, via'cd e"or- aivith'-r day has gone
ly.
It is at this tnriiuont iuipu.Vtblo to frive
i fa!
c.niut of tho losses by the fire, or
t :te tho number of fatal Occidents
number
u cii'-red.
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i -ur ito information tun-"'.'.-
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to it
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W'-stei-'t
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at or, t
I night that human ingenuity could not
s, m that fi-ry tide. At tbesmie time,
so burdened were the n. bids of the people
with the cot fl oration that the questi ,n
wher. it would end never entered their
minds. Engine No 11, which had retreat
ed gri-lu.lly north on Canal street to
Fii-s' lumber yard, or rather where that
vard 1, ol been two dtvs before, was sud-
I 1 A.-..1 1-- u" Kll of fl ItTlf 11 71 .d
j 'Ot i S1,T I I 'II II'.' .1 J
..l.olo.o.rl t.. ts fate. At that, time the
tire was running almost entirely north in
two s.-lii i-n'i'.mn One was between
Clinton and J. if -rson.the o'ber h-twepn
i Olinton and Canal streets, lu that tear
ful Hdv io p, th" firery cohorts of the
o!ihern e.dumn led, and while they
made their T.sVuigbt upon the barrier of
T
lumber mi frame toil. lings unou van
Bur-en str-. f, lo-d.-ring on th bhi'-kened
site of t! e preceding night's roi fl titration
th- advanc n the west had only reached
Vt Harrison B -fore tbe roar of tbe
(1 .no s in the lumber yard the crowd stood
in awe, though even yet without
Thought of tbe peril to come. It was
now ..bout 1 lo o'clock.
B it, while, it sppni'-d as if tbe demon of
id. nm had reachpd a desert and needs
must die, a new danger seemed to threat
en tho city. From the south side, in the
neighborhood of Adams stree, wherea-b.-iuts
no one on the west side could guess
with anv degree of certainty, rose a col
umn of firo. not largo but horribly sug
gestive Such engines as could b
moved were called off from the west to
f t-otet t the smtb side property, and tbe
ft -mos left to die of inanition.
FIItK. AS SEEN F1IOM THE WINDWARD.
The fire of Saturday burned the region
in the West Division from Van Buren
street north w-.rd to Adams, and all oast
f Clinton street to tbe river, Murry Nel
son's elevator alone standing. The light
from the burning remnants of these eight
pen acres of ruins illuminated the heavpns
on Sunday evening. Preci-ely at 9 30
o'clock tbe fire bells sounded an alarm,
and a freeh light, distinct from tbe other
only to those living west of tho fire,
sprung np. The wind at the time, aa it
had been for tbe preceding forty-eight
hours, was strong from the Bouthwest.
Tbin fire commenced on DeKoven street,
at the corner of Jefferson, and one block
north of Twelfth street. Tbe wind car
ried this fire straight before it, through
the block to the next block, and so on
northward, until it reached Van Euren
street, where it struck the south line of
the district burned the night before. Here
this fire ought to have stopped, and here,
under ordinary circumstances it would
have stopped. But the wind, though
fierce and direct, carried the flames before
it, cutting aa clean and well defined a
swath aa does the reaper in the field, tbe
fire gradually but rapidly extended later
ally, and, in the very teeth of the wind,
worked backward nearly to Twelfth street
and then east to the river. It worked
against the wind along tho west line of
Jefferson street to Van Buren. Nertb of
Twelfth street it cast ita burning brands
across the river, firing tbe tan yard of tbe
Chicago Hide and Leather company. As
tbe firo widened at its base its direct line
to tho northeast waa alao widened, and
thua many houra after tbe first sheet of
flame bad reached Van Buren street other
lines comiog from tbe base would reach
the same point.
Eut the work of the fire on the west
s'de, after tbe first through rush, was
slow, and oa late as 10 o'clock on Monday,
many homes within tbe area were ignited
for the first t.me.
The route of tho fire was distinctly vis
ible. In five minutes after the first (lime
bad reached Van Buren street from the
s nitheast we could see tbe incipient fire in
tbe South Division at a point three blocks
to the north. The blazing brands borne
before it bad falieu into tbe sheds and
shanties near tbe Armory, and at onee
tbe lbi mounted high. The food here
was in abundance. From the river to
Market street, tbecco to Franklin and j
W l'.-, in a northeast, dir. c'ior,
i's way a-' if di recto.-! by hti en
it nude
ineer, in
lit.e. rikinir M-idis n street ea-t
of Wei's and near Li Salle. B it, preced
ing the actual bl-z? was a shower of
buniinj: brauds, falling upon roof--, re ik-
mi; 'tit.
;ih window-1, fallirti into yards,
nr.d each brand st-trtina: a new lire,
t'r.- vva-i in full blast, in the rear
rni.ii Bink an! Orient d ISuiMin
The
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st. In
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k to th.
C'lOll'.
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a VI
f of the
11
th.- old 7 ri'l'IIK
di-fine' e.-.n-t'me
the Sh-r-u
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h id e. i-.-
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t.
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ia a tlez -n to ices on w,. n-n
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D.vi-ioo. Anv one wb wiT t tke a map
j wiS! tt.at the Hi," from the p .in'
where the fire began to the w iter works
I was the exact line of the s uthwest wind.,
Trie fire was nof e.ntir.gous. Stantibus
i to the windward we c oubl see the fire
raging ,t various points along the line, at
the -en" time. The intervening g p
w- re r.ipi.l'y c-vi-rwht-'med by the- il un.
1 and -h.or tly niter LiU's brew. ry an 1 th"
water wo -ks were ahl iz Ttiere was'one
eoir i'-.n ois fheet of high-mountain fliin-;
from D Kover street oti the suit h w sf ro
:'lie lake ..ore at Chicago av. -Due. X.i
..b-t tele seemed to int. rnut the progr.---s
of the tire. S'otie walls eru-n1. led before
it. It reiihrd th-' hih.-it r-ofv, und
swept the o.rrh of every e .tnVo-o ltd
The gale wis inltose in iu s-veri-y
II ,ving retimed the b.ke, we n tl e w.
had high hope
tb it the d. -trueti
'.Vi-.ri;
wonll V.- rots fined to t Vie dirif p
mown through fhe v. rv heart of
,tl, thu-th-
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that h id
53., r the s nn- x rao-d in ar y fie'
mirkeiir ne.r tb' i.la.'e of 1
i n
:ng.
the
fo'io-.vol to the tied. It w.-rk- I
-a-t, and even no re s't-aiiio-'y, the w- s
Its progress west on M id is .n street w n
h.v, and it was not until broad da!igh
that it a!t icked the d i s' i beri-'s of Mvr
All '.and IS -s and I'l ws, at Mooi-.o
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me l I i ury or i
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t -.ny p.di
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,1 t,, look w
tue it.tltn
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West I )i vi-i .11 t
t i r h of T vi- f 1
h n .1 w in i h r
in a n i
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With -t gh I te
'fore u 1 h u n d -the
othi r dlvi-i Hi
ts seeking shel'er.
there wis oto- con
at t o
1 'A
of f,,-i'
thron -a .1
,b,s' h, to
t i ii u in- s
J. tf -rs ,n
tr'elll
the sir,
e d l'gh
et of
r rees
.in fi
ll the si
rn
Tiveit
a r i
i in
A' i
it I il SIDE -oi'
twen'y
'i nr.
r. --.(.in-
.b out twenty uiir.nt.
tbe wotk of ib'-tru -t
p ist mi.:
n heg in ii
I.'g
'ho
we r
n
to w
ni
ti r,
Sou'b d'vi-i.te. While the fl nm
e i a r i i-i g t h- .u'h Br '.neb, ut 1 1 arri--ttft,
H w "tl as -weeping norih-vaid
.rds the burnt d district of Siti.rbiy
t .hi i hi f r-t i.i, y e.ommuni uti ,n t t
bid li-i'ii hind.d across to thopast
de of the liver, a blazing messenger
iii. .1 n the wings of the bur t icans, ov. r-
lea
a i.istaiiee ct tully a tiuarter ot n
mi'e, alii bilged against the rty clapboard--
of a tbre --t(- V tenement house,
-ii n i. d i (-ir the gas works, ahoutmid.
w-.y between A'lams and Monroe, and
Wtdis and Market stre-ts. The momen
tary contact, of tho fire brand with the
side of the building was ,-u tli -i. tit. to in -augurate
tl e fi i-hi fnl carnival id d' s'rue
timi. The dry siding tot k lire like a lu-eif.-r
match, and bt fore there wos time to
turn around the entire strueturo was en
eie p.-d iu fl im-s. At this tim- th
in igt.horhood known as "C.,nb-y's Batch,"
and tb. u.o-t squ-.lid, pov rly-stricken.
er i ;n st ii ro d portion of Ctiicago can
tuined hut few people awake or close at
hind, the grei'er part b irg abspn at h
sei hp of the fi re una s t h
-.vi tne-i an 1 child rt u w
riv. while the
re m bed and
a-b er. A cr v horror
of horror and flirm wa
nt once rat-en, t.ut not m n -niugr, it 1-ti'mo-t
et rt.-.ir, to enable the sleepiug in
habitants to save tht-mselvis. Th"
frightened wre'ehes came crowlitigoiti1
of the bbzing tenement, but so ntr than
we can write it, all t-seepe from the low
er part was cut t ft', and there is ev.-ry
reason to suppose that from five to ten
human btitigs perished in the il lines at
this point.
RIGHT AND LEFT.
tbo fire spread, traveling among tbe dry
tenements, thickly distributed, at a rate
of speed f,.ser than a man could walk.
Within sixty second.-., the space of one
block had been traversed, and tbe south
line of Monroe street waa reached for
nearly the entire distance between Wells
and Market streets. A lurid mass of
Mimes was bnrled bodily across Monrof
street toward the north, lapping np the
stables of John V. Farwell Co., and the
American Merchant's Uuion Exprps
company, before more than half a dozen
of the hundred odd magnificent horses
could be rescued, the remainder of the
noble and valuable animals being either
burned or suffocated within two minutes.
ACROSS WELLS STREET.
By this time the fire had crossed to the
east side of Wells street and was rapidly
working eastward, sweeping everything
in its course. It is impossible to estimate
the number of lives lost in this locality,
the area of which was wholly covered
with wooden frame structures, all ot
them crowded to tbe utmost with poor
people. Iu the terror and confusion
which prevailed, hundreds of women, with
their broods of children, were seen wan
dering about in a state of hopeless be
wilderment, many of them doomed, be
yond a doubt, to be overtaken and sur
rounded and lost in the wilderness of
flame.
NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD
the fUmea progressed, crossing Madison
streot, and extending east to LaSalle
street at the same time. Stone, brick, or
wooden structures fell alike, and with al
most the same degree of rapidity, and
it had now became apparent that the en
tire business portion to the lake shore
was doomed. No one could doubt this as
soon as a fresh display of light farther
south announced the fearful fact that the
west side fire had leaped the river.
From Black River Gazette.
A Leaf from Memory.
KY MAHAL A GOWAN.
"O dear, another button off; you are
always doing something to annoy me, and
something to keep me always at work. I
wish I could have a little time to rest."
The above quotation I heard, many
years ago, fall from tbe lips of a wife who
had spent the entire morning reading tbe
opening chapters of a frivolous novel, be
cause it was a new work, and Mrs. L., a
millionaire's wife, bad read it, and pro
nounced it a splendid production and
recommended it to all ladies who wished
to be considered stylish and aristocratic.
Of course, thosj ladies belonged t-i one
kind of aristocracy, for they painted their
faces to make them look pretty, and wore
artificial curls because nature refu-ed to
give them beautiful ringlets, and always
dressed in tho latest fashion, and put on
aits to appear agreeable to their visitors
but fur their bu.-bmds they bad a casket
of cross looks and unkind words and acts
which they exhibited in the borne circle,
whenever any of their fashionable notions
were opposed.
I argue that there aro only two kinds
of aristocracy in America tbe natural
and artificial. The latter is tbe kind re
ferred to, and its votaries arc persons des
titute of true dignity, and it is a lament-abl-i
fact that mo-t of them are women
who eon
-ider themselves very diinifi- d.
The 1 adv referred to tr-.ssr sed a f .ir
share of personal beauty, and bad -ime
lovable qualiti-'s, that b-nt an influesioe
in her favi.r towards captivating a gentle
man, thirty years hr r senior, vh..m she
m irried ui .ro to please an artful aunt
than herself, f-.r the aunt eor-triVu
i el
many far inatiig vjrib' t i Irect a union
between a ri. h old g.-n i-'inao and r
niece. Ho h.ol a hid, ndil bom" to irit.-..-
du "C bis y
was v- rv
Ulie-M.-i
prou.!, l.Ue wr
sg to this ert-fi'
e t '.vtiieti
ill ari sto
era' ie w to. m
Ir i, t i
no:i ;if a el -or.
fer o'n..-,
r t
e l,i
1 th a.K d
r.. d and u; e i
1 -.king wiv,
t ie .s wi h c u
ili.-t'o-itiot.s.
lb, lit,:'.
oei' pi
a 1.
u cat. l!,
J, wilb
Itivated
but iu
r! ouate
their
ii and
Mip.-rh
into ile.
i.in-1 e
n
1
f t-
mi-.pi
This
hi- yol
happil;
and he
d.
d
i if i
in
.g, i-iiiv wife, did not live very
Together, for she liked todauce,
b-'Ugbt that married people should
kind of tn n s itisi. t more n d apt ed
n than fr li.-Wing at the midnight
a (o'i r. on. 1 I- believed that
r
u r
Wa-l ior oi's t in
July s' oa! i b 1
eo-uit g in ,nt; r
thy fur his i p i.i
o w :i t a-i e. My.,
-it iu h. r r .to v-h
it-.vel. !:,.pi-.g -ho
pith of i,;', i
r f i v ir i 'e i i i
w. i:, i k-'oo
and the Fourth of
in a more -had
no symp-t-c.a;i-u!t-'d
her
de-ired me to
e re id a new
in in.' ino the
rni"i
.t
i o g t o in v a-i t; t
e .uid ii I-.::'
ole -e her, tho
I h id I sho'l! i
he ,1 r wi-h a 1
evaded find ib-s
Mv k a'
and I r .1 to V
....:.v-iii, ro
such kind f r.
r--mat-re,
ut
I wi-h -1 t
eotiTt nt- i
i civ v. tithfii
t.j y-
.-t ilf.e
1 h
-.V.' tllWHV
d.
1 th
tosts
r i' -oitcd his
tol 1 hi in that
I. is wit
mg w.
and th
ihl sp -il m- but
hi-'o-y i f iv;g
ai it !e i.o-. t I-. I
e tli.lt met w r h
and -irh" -he
I i j ivt-d p
I -.no, to re
l i
in r f ih
is ..i. i a t i
1 tn h .r
1 itltt Test
w r k s a
-."".Milto:
had
st hetsi-lt b oir after
as liunvan's 1'ib
t. n's I'ar.oli.-e L i-.'
alol a run all over
violet t i t-or t-
in ti and st ir
taht. mi 1 b r it
oubl be only a U".l'
d -m l if my uncle
rn.
tie
1
tted to d
f ,-h;on ,1 b
V
I,-.
,i i
I
form 1 1 e s
The bio
f inter, h
t r in t h it u n
i- s 1 e u- i t
(oto
a l,,o sio A s
rti t i nn s
his n.i tin rv
U.-oj
I"
1 u
1 a ir, as his
it i.j on hi
ts s-.ft wi
V t his
w r t's
kr.ee.
W
01,
I
el i
tt i
1 he
W lb 1
I. t tie-
ud
TH
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:d h.
will
h
t
gh
The
IS tl.
rn
v. i-
tt t-i,'
a:
t to
,1
ai
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l it- v
,a ti..
i aer
t r in-
be
it of
w.
r.' t er.- i m
1 1 1 g
quil .1
.f u.v ch.I lb
,1
pro
the
ed t t
sight
and
a lit-
t line sermon i
Hl,d
i strong toit. r, u
i- u di. 1
HI l
j una.'j is'.-d r--otii have n-
lll.-t! t i tl' ;;p my n
more it ,m a hook or t i. e
V.T had 11 lb a ri-
rv .v.-1 y-t. m no
pen I am using
tool it, in a an if u 1 rn
city.
My good
el i r.g years
llf- tr m v
erel t-e old i
uncle s i eri 1. xitt- s m ins. ut
s erpl,
1 me to
gin to h k at
ts, and to rev-
tls s ale
.1
pel;
pie, and n p to 1 1; is
e ni'-n t ioi.ed wit h i
hour if
the
mpt
of"
it f
a. V
even it tto V are a little pet u l ir, v
ren Icing forth n: invo'imtarv te ir. My
oh-ervat ion i that th. se who have disre
spected the aged and infirm, h id their
cruel (bp-iitm.-nt come buk to them
when tin v hot' t expect, it, und if ih-y had
put their thoughts in'o wo d ould but
acknowledge the jutnts of the retribu
tion. i n im i
At ,.b ut a quarter to 1 o'clock, a ic-gu-lar
eh tin of fire from wi st to east was es
tablished, the junction la ing t if -ctr-d
across the i iv, r at f.r near Van Buren
strict bridge, whrre the rows of wooden
buildings on Market street, and the re
maining portion of Coiiby Patch, south
of Adams street, foimed a rapid, route for
the progress of the dt v.-s'ating b.-mrnt.
What the first fire on the south side had
left behind the second one took up, und
working eastward even more rt. pidly than
ihe other bad done, so that by 1 o'clock it
had also reached LtSalle street. A coali
tion was effected between the two depart
ments of flame at about this time, and
there the awful work went on more furi
ously than ever.
FASTER THAN IT COULD HE TRACED,
or, at least, faster than, from any position
of observation, tho looker-on could accur
ately note the precise buildings which
were overtakcu in their order, the lltmes
now raged toward the river and the lake.
The finest of Chicago's business architec
ture and this tbe marvel of all America
was included in the ravages of the fire.
At 4 o'clock in the morning the line of
flame and ruin in the South Division ex
tended from above Harrison street north
ward to tbe main branch of the river, a
distance of about one mile, having includ
ed the Michigan Southern Depot, the
mammoth Ogden House, covering an en
tire block of ground tbe new and unoc
cupied Bigelow House, both of Honore
block-, Lombard and R-ynolds' blocks, all
the line of seven-story marble buildings
on LaSalle street, the Chamber of Cam
merce, Court House, Sherman House,
Briggs House, Tremont House, Crosby's
Opera House, Wood's Museum, Hooley's
Opera House, Dearborn Thpater, he Post,
Mail, Slants Zietung, Vo'ks Zietung,
Times, liepvblican and Journal ofliets, so
that rhe Tribune was the only daily paper
in Chicago left untouched, McVicker's
rhe only thpater, and the Palmer House
'he only first-class hotel. The fire bud
not crossed
DEARBORN STREET, SOUTH OF MADISON,
and it wscocfilently loped that the end
of the d-struction could now be predict
ed. People began to lift np their heads
and thank God that gomntbing was to be
left of Chicago, and at C 30 o'clock in the
morning there was good reason to believe
that the conflagration had spent itself.
Thankful and contented in the bslief,
large numbers of tired watchers went te
their homes, if they had any, to get a lit
tle food and rest. It was all well that
they went, for they were spared the fear
ful renewal which occurred so scon after
ward. At about 7 o'clock in the morning
a sudden gust of wind,
A PERFECT WHIRLWIND,
swept and eddied through Dearborn
street, beginning at Jackson street, where,
at that time, the fire had died down to
embers. Beds of living eoala were caught
up bodily by the hurricane and burled
against and upon the wooden structures
across the street, and in a moment the
fire bad gained a foothold, and swept on
once more to the northward and eastward.
All that had been left untouched between
Jackson and Madison streets, and between
Dearborn street and the lake shore, was
now doomed to destruction rind as tbe
fury of tho first hurricane of wind i-ub-
sided, there came almost a lull, (-o that
the fire bg,ui
w; ht ward.
to woi
k
ilb w ud mid
WARASH AVENUE AND STATE S'l'KKKT.
As the fire progressed av Wibash
avenue r.nd State 8'reef, it t;e:i'u us if
it would be impossible to stop it. Only
two engines were in that section of the
city, and these were powerless from the
want of water. After the cor.fl njration
had succf s-fully passed Adams, Jackson
and Van Buren, sud had arrived at Con
gress street, a determination and vigor
ous effort was made at Harrison street on
the west lin. Leaving tho block bet ween
Congress, Harrison, State and Vv'abish
avenue, us certain prey for the llirne-, ef
forts were concentrated cm the lino of
buildings on tbe north side cf Harri-cn.
On tho corner of State ws a wooden
buildinvr which was too inllimaHo to be
allowed to stand. The proper method of
stopping was here adopted, tnd the prin
cipal actor in tho contest was thereafter
a red-c ipped chap in a square-box wagon
in which wtrc also pi -ced several pounds
of powder. Tho wooden building on tbe
northe". corner of State and Harrison
str.'ijtH, was fir-t to go, and was laid flat
by wo chare's powder.
N x to t hi-, on tbe was n three-
tory V ulde, brick, whlcb met tbe s 'Die
fate as its ncihbor, and in rt moment
only the front wall remained. The effect
nt this was seen in a moment, ana th"
fire w. effeciuilly check. -d, at ba-t as
far as the high-reaching dan gen us fliine-
were concerned. B.-tween tho brt.-k
house just mentioned and
which occupied the .rni-r
the cVuteh,
of Wabash.
w.-s a
small fr mi i building, wbieh wa
-.n ext: em. ly
partook of th
(1 iiigen us ftj.t(.rtii.r, and
e jn-' trettmel.t which
ciir-n t;ie next lu.n-e t ut not until ,.j.cr
it bad so f.,r h -en cnveb.pt d in tl -i.i s .is
to seriously endanger the church.
The la-t 1 mlding was ia ruiiity
'lit:-. H.ifi: IM-- THr. riliLM i'.N,
an 1 it it gri unds nobly,
e.-mrtionly c ilb-d tbe Wah isb
Methodist; Church, mil was o
l w ,i -Avert
ro
ie of the
lUg te e;,
oldest churches in the (ity, h
delieated m Jv I tie t.l .wm
up
s-.lv
the f ulling on t'ie west jirov.-d th
tion of that end, and the church re-:-'d
fhe attar-k from that side. On the north
side of the church wis the r-
a
.1
r.
though, fortunately, ih
lot between the tie ire-
e w is
hoe.se
a vac tn
and th
church. The heavy, hone-My-Vtitlt w ill-
of the latter MI1 the intervening di-ta,,, e
so far protected it that n'hing to k fire
except the ornarn-nhil tow. r on the1
northeast onrt:er. This was extingiii-he.1
bv a citizen volunteer, who -how.-d mos
wonderful ind ti'-'rene- to .1 irg-r and m ir-
vel mis tl" -i'-ncy in work.
Here, then, w is the re tl taming to-ii
of the disaster, aru
ed by tho chur.-h
liiiiw.'-i the fi iint-
over the b trrii-r f .r n.
nr. 1 the ov. r'bro wr
did t s'l v-e.l ;t,
1 .v. t i.I.d the .k
even more f rt uti it,-i.b.-
t arr. st progre-r-
-s s'reet, and i v.- i.
il The ea-t thro
r ti
ui
t n W
,V -t
w I i
at

n
t'
ro'.
,1 by
v;e
g t
ii. a
b-
rr-ii'.. ro w and t to
ignite. O.i the Wa
1
ii.
r- .rn-r th- fire su. e.b-d ir
oun.i iry of .ngre-s re. t
the hri k 1 im k on tie
th
1
s Tieiio' c-.ruer. II- r,. agiin gur.y u
I- r w is ii-. d to oi. .1 i; in fighting th.
tl .tin s, and bv its aid .V,. oil') Wh..-h
aventi- wa- r. du-', d t.. a h. ip ..f ruins in I
am.m. n'. By this meiiis the fire was!
che- k. l at this point, mi l the ind cf d--
Vi.-tati.ti at b Ugtb reaeied.
r. r;;-
i!
'i
!I.i.!N.s.
Th
ght ft in tho
building w is
W have ever s
V. 11
one
o w s
f the
7'.
wl.
the
the lika of
f
n. At 1 S") a. m j
To the southwest
view is lik' il j
ri s it ;i 1 of t-t u k smoke, wl.lcti, "o r
e I with thobi'-id g! u-e ..f the tl un. s whii t
c u-cd i', pr-sentnl a reni.it k-tble pi( "u- -Due
wis niiothir column i f fire ai.e
-iiinli-' r.'-e, while tho north was light-,
with the living cin b-rs und destrin'iv.
brands. In tin minute.- more the what,
hori.t in to the west, as far a- oul 1 b-
,1,., nhiel
-ecu from the windows, was a
lire
the
,1
with fl im-s leaping np
,i
ng
wb.
line, jut showing their heads
-id. ing from view like t i gu s
Five minutes mere wrought
Peal afrcr peal was soiio lol
f.o.n th.
.ii L i
and tin
to belch
Of the
the west
Court House bell. Toe fir,. w
Sal'e street h ul swept north,
o
Chamber of Commero- began
firth smoke and 11 imp from the
and ventilators. The at wit
Court House was alight tli.-n
wing tho tower wis bl-zing on the
south side, and at 'J o'clock the whole
building was in a sheet of flame. The
Chamber of Commerce burned with a
bright st -ady tl imp. Tho smoke iu front
grew denser for a n.iuute or two, and
then bursting into tt bbiz from Monroe to
Madison str.ets, procbtimed that Farwell
Hall and the buildings north and south
of it wero on fire. At 2.10 o'clock the
Court House tower was a glorious sight.
It stood a glowing, hikI most dazzling
trelliswork, around which was wrapped
sheet a winding sheet of 11 imp. A'
2.15 o'clock tbe tower fell, and in two
minutes more a crash announced the fall
of tbe building. The windows of the
office were hot, and the fl imes gave a light
almost dazzling in its intensity. It be
came evident that tbe whole block from
Clark to Dearborn, and from Monroe to
Madi-on must go that tbe block from
Madison to Washington mu-t follow
Portland block waa ablaze, whilo every
thing from Clark to Dearborn on Wash
ington street was on fire. At 2 -JO tbe fire
was balf-w.ty down Mudion street ihe
wind blew a hurricane; the fire-brands
were hurled along the ground with in
credible force against everything that
stood in their way. Then the fl imes shot
up in the rear of Reynold's block, and
theo the Tribune building seemed doom
ed. An effort was made to save the files
and other valuables, which were moved
into the composing room, but the build
ing stood like a rock, lashed on both sides
by raging waves of flame, and it was
abandoned. It was a fire proof building!
and there was not a few who expected to
see it stand the shock. The greatest pos
sible anxiety was felt for it aa it was the
key to the whole block, including McVic
ker's Theatre, and protecting State street
and Wabash and Michigan aveuuos,north
of Madison street. When the walla of
Reynold's block fell, and Cobb's building
was no more, the prospects of its standing
was good. Several persons were upstairs
and found it cool and pleasant quite h
refreshing haven from the hurricane of
smoke, dust and cinders that assailed tbe
eyes.
Meanwhile tbe firo h id swept along
northward and eastwsrl. The Briggs
House, the Sherman House, the Tremont
Uou-e had fallen in a few minutes. The
bridges from Wtdl-i to Ru-h streets were
burning the Northwestern depot was in
a bl-zt", and from Van Buren s'reet on the
south, far over into the north side, from
the river to Dearborn street, the wholf
country was one mass of smoke, fiame and
ruins. It seems as if the city east of
Dearborn street and the river would be
saved. The hope was strengthened when
the walls of Honore's blck fell without
igniting that standing opposite. The va
cant lot to the south seemed to protect it,
and at 7 o'clock on Monday morning the
whole of the region designated was con
sidered saved, no fire being visible except
a smoulderine fire in the barber'a shop
under the Tribune office, which, being
confiusd in brick walls, was not consider
ed dangerous. Every effort was made to
quench it, but the water works had gone
up, and the absence of water, while it an
nounced how far north tbe flames had
reached, forbade any hope of quenching
the fire below.
SCENES ON WABASH AVENUE.
The scene presented on Wabash avenue
on Monday for a period extending from
4 o'clock a. to., till late in the day, was a
most extraordinary one, calling to mind
more vividly tbe retreat of a routed army.
The lower part of tbe avenue bad, at an
early hour, been occupied by residents of
burning quarters, wdio sought safety for
themselves and their chattels by deposit
ing ibrm on tho grasa plats skirting the
sidewalks. For a long distance these
plats were occupied by families, mostly
of the lower classes, with their household
goods. They supposed that they bad dis
covered a place of security, but their con
fidence ia this regard proved unfounded.
As the fire commenced spreading up the
avenue a wild scene of confusion ensued.
Tbe street was crowded with vehicles of all
desciiptions, many drawn by men who
found it impossible to procure draught of
aunimal-. The sidewalk were flded with
a hurrying crowd, bearing in their arms
and upon tlo ir hacks and beads clothing,
furniture, etc. Ladies dr.s.ed iu elegant
cost am-s, put on with a view of preserv
ing them, t.nl with costly apparel of all
kinds thrown over their arms and shoul
ders, s'aggered along under the unwonted
burden. Poor women, with mattresses
upon their head--, or weighed down with
furniture, cott rod wbh weary steps up
'b crowded s're.t. Nearly every one
wore a stern expres-ion, and moved on
without a word, as if they bad braced up
their minds to endure the wc.r-t without
manife tir g any emotion. O.'.cusionitlly,
how. vi r, the wail of women end children
ren' th? air, bri' glng tears to those who
witnessed the m mibs'atious. Toor little
ehiblren shivered in th" coll night air,
and looked wi'h wibliy-r pned eyes up in
the s -enes tb-v could not comprehend.
Ludicrous incidents were of occasional
ooeiirreii' e, lighting up with a sort of hor
rible humor the t. rribl." realities of the
situation. Wmen would go by with
dogs in their tirn.s their pets being all
they bid saved from the ruins of their
hom-s. An octogenarian ran in a yard
with a large rat enfolded in bis feeble cm-Vra.-e.
Men dr urging wagons wore green
veils, over their f ten to protect their eyes
from the blinding dust. Drunken men
st a
po-
ercd among tbe crowds, apparently
of the idea tb it tbe whole affair
l I. .ov.
wiSHgrm.-i nri'iic'pai spr. e, in wiuuo
they were t-kug p-rt us a duty that
-h u'd di-. barged ly a'l go-d citiz-us.
Tl'U.ks pa-sed up street loaded with
trunks, on which s.t 1 idies in cos'lytrarb.
Wl
i,
rids in th.-ir ears and on
l
th
w
it!
-ir fin
l.o r:, r. a v.. t .re t,.(.p
1
eild h -.ve s .-orned the id-'a of t nimg in
vtbirg 1 ess intro-ing tlun a luxurious
td .'1 or rotpe; but their pri !e was lev- p ij(,ji; JaSf,ln on tb CVC-nicff of
d In t-'-- pre- nee of the itnivers.I im-; 4
root d a ger, and thry were thoron-bly j the llt!l ttt T 4o
..i tv,,. humblest cart in w1 ieh to meas'tres to allevi it" th-3 suff-ring of tt.e
th iti-eives und th'-ir valuables. i sorrow and po.eriy-stricketi poor in Chi
I'lo gre ..t p .rtion of tb p. '.pie knew j The meeting was held. Gov. Srew-
wbitb.-r they were going All they; t Wl,c,n,;1 t0 prMe !;nd J. M.Tripp
h;
I 'h
a to
rt at.-l tbr v must m-no rn. Ihe:
......i .oaku- .r.l f .r hours the i
-..--to- being filled fr m h u-e to
with tnert, woni'n. children, horse-.
noil -s,
'hir-r
V, b
h ,t
1:1 ri a'
,e -t-
t.e- lb irr ,w- every- j
olext-r.ss'drivers were hailed
of boti-.-s. or cigerlv r-ur-!
d bv th
ii;r,nts, wi'n tt.e vo w- nt
ir-ilin r. m ,ving bonsehrdd
,s of sif,-. In m any in-1
to p
s 1
7..,-.,. t., a- iCils were unstieepssiui,
I n'r s f ie lovi- r V, n previ .u-ly en-j
oio. d Vv ..tb.-r parlies; but when they
were di-et gi.'. d they i h u-ge 1 ihe mo-t
XKibitHTit pri 'cs, ranging fr..m to SlOtt
for a 1 vid, mid turning up their nos-s at
tb r- r.f i, mount- le-s than they a-ked.
This ri i-s of people made great profit out
..f th- e 1 inii'i'S if their f t'l ow-ritiz-ns.
d'heir rocket.- niaT b heavy to day, but
their c ui-ei. u; o, if they have any. should
j-t h.avicr. The instances of gener-

(of
y were, however, far in excess of those
greed and selfishness. People from
ii-tri ts wbi -h bad not already been
burned, or who bid secur-' 1 their own
gaols, turned ia with a will and worked
to ii--i-t th. ir friend-, and f- qu-ntl y reti-
b red aid to taersotis wli. in they did not
even know. G Hid angels iu the shape id
IVllllil

:i-tril
uted t tod among the suf
ko kindly to those who
aid
ei -tried to labor under the severest fllie
lion. Human nature, G id be thanked,
has its bright as well as its dark sides.
Ir, addition to tho crowds pressing
nth w ird, throng-move d northward to
io wb it they could see. And these cum--r
ii'Ti nts frequently caused a jam that
-v i- almost inexrricabV. But after great
fi'.,.-t, i nte? rsed with considerable loud
oik ng and no small degree of profanity,
ho dead lock wollhl be removed, an.l the
oppo-i -tg surges w ..uld again mak slow
progress.
When the church on tho corner of Wa
b i-h av. nr.e end Harrison str et took fire
it rt. 1 as if no limit could be placed
io the southward march of the rnon-ter.
An im no ti throng was collected in th.
vi.'ioii v of II trris-tn street aud Ilubbaro
...mr' iiTir? worrl w-s l-ia-'-e,l eTTiom- th(-tt. t
tbtt loird's C dli-r's chur.-h wis about j
being hi wn up. The intelligence sure ir! j
with th- raivb'iby of ligh'ning and th-i
i-n-d a terrible r ice for life. The mas---
fl -1 i a- cb.itut, ly for the avenue, be)
t r-sk.-lter, p I1- to 11. It wis every on
f .r i to 1 i'. at d the devil t ake the bit d-i
ni'.-t Life oorisi b-ra' ion wits bad to
hh'-r ioe er-. x. Fortunately, however,
no mo- w i- s. riou-ly injured in the fear
fnl roe. (id ihe people p-uri d in dis
jointed m -es t .wards the valious sHe
strt- in tt. y of them nbr.g them-el Vi -un-
ife till they had p! ced several street
between ttom-.ivcs and thp point from
wbb-S d anger w .s expected to proceed.
And so the day wore on, the living ka
leidoscope making constant changes, but
ivr presenting the s -me sad aspect. Ex
cit -m-nt. so-rotv, gi i--f, terror, panic, mad
Tie.-s co hued everything, relieve! simply
by a f. w touches of lu licrousness that
wre 1 s In'. 1 v grot sque in their rel .tion
to the all pervading horror.
Kr wr. ok the ri-ori.v. into ihk
WKST lilYISiU.V.
S soo a the j opl- wen' of C! rk
-tro t beo-ii. to sei T h at 1 hel e was mi hope
and 'h t tto- fire w i- really bound to jjo
nor h we rd t, nn in b finite point, they
tiirn- d "11 'heir mind- to getting over in
ti 'he W.st Division, where there wa
eompir.tive sof-tv from the fltm.'S and
plenty ot vac .nt irr. imd on wbieh to er.
c.amp. S i, rii-c.e Chicago Avenue bridge
was usple--, the wh, l'i tide turned to
ward D. vision, which, from Grove to
Hal-ted, wa- untouched and promised to
remain so. It was not many minutes be
fore a Hteaiy stream of ctrriages, drays.
express rv .gons and venicies oi every des
cription were rushing pell-mell across that
bridge, interlocking and breaking, while
the southern streets leading np to Divis
ion were j linmed with wagona which oc
casionally caught fire. The expressmen
nd draymen, stimulated by the immense
prices they were receiving $20 to a
load drove their heavy teams recklessly
breaking down tbe weaker teams and
forcing their aiy across the river, in or
der to return as worth' as possible for an
other load. Sometimes they themselves
came to grief, and then, unfastening their
horse-, tried to find another wagon.
THE ROADS WERE FILLED WITH PEOFLE
crazed by excitement and liquor or stupe
fied by srr.ok-, and no regard at all was
paid to th-m by the drivers, so that at all
thes.i points numerous accidents were
constantly occurring. One man was drit
ing up Clark street with a heavy load
when he fell from his seat and
INSTANTLY RKOKE HIS NECK.
The wagon was loaded with trunks
marked "Barton Edsall." Mrs. Edsall
was taken from her bouse in a half insen
sible condition, quite early in the morn
icg. THE WANDERERS
crossing Division street, either scattered
themselves upon Grove Island, which lies
between the North Branch and Ogden
canal. When the trains moved a little
west they found their way blocked up by
the cars of the Northwestern road, which
had been run up there to avoid the fire,
and people were compelled to make long
detours to get through them. Many un
able to force their way through the con
fusion at Division street, which was al
most rqnal to that at tbe crossing of the
Beresina, turned into tbe side streets and
made their way to North avenue, where
thv were able to get ont without much
difficulty, though much hampered by the
railroad trains after they got across there
Not only teams but font passengers, car
rying in their arms children and some
little articles of furniture or wear
ing apparel, wended their weary way iD
the same direction. One woman had noth
but a silk sack, and another was accompa
nied by a child, who had in its arm a
couple of cats and a little dog, and crying
itself, soba out, 'don't cry, mamma.' After
getting out rn the prairie, they settled
down wherever they could find room,
some sitting in rocking chairs, and others
upon blankets on tbe ground. None of
them said anything, but all sat iutently
looking at tbe firo which was immediate
ly before them. Many who bad teams
went to tbe Arbsian Well, where they en
camped around the large pond, which sup
plied them with water. There they re
mained in tbe most forlorn and uncom
fortable condition, which was agcravatd
by tbe rain, which began falling at 11
o'clock on Monday night, and which
caused a change from tbe warm and com
fortable temperature of the diy, to tbe
piercing dullness of Sunday morning.
Continue' on 4 h pige.
Iidd IcImi r y.
Our village has to a very great extent
partaken of tbe excitement that has pre
vailed through tbe country tbe pist
week, in reference to the terrible calami
ty that baa cvf rt .k- a tbe O ieen Ci'y of
tbe West by fire. It has been tbe theme
of conversation on tbe s'reet-, at the fir'
side, in the store, slops nnd manufactur
ing establi-bmc-nts among us. Furrnr
comicg into town were eager for the
news, and from nil there arose one gener
al outburst of sympithy and sorrow. Tf e
di-trer-s, wretehedce-s and woe, that has
fallen upon the inhabitants of Chicago,
and the amount of untold .uff -ring that
mu-t inevitably fdhv.v for months to
c m', to the pior who h ve lo-tth.-ir,
earthly a'l, wis the burden and theme of
niscours'. It is sr-bben we .c such strong!
manife-tati ins of d- ep feeling and -orrow.
i 1 he terrio
n. .-s of the calamity s '-med

j to be re tbz -d hy all. it was the feeling
j tndt jt,,bi(vd Gov. S'ew.trt und others to
i TT" u t irir.ottlbld O.'or J P T
The Governor
the cbi-rt that
it j
laid before the meeting
had c illed tb- citiz-ns tog-tbr-r, and was
I f.Uny, d by 1)-. Kit.-b.T and other-. O i
motion a
c mmirtpp w-
appointed t
l at
0,10,3 VT"CvA t0
.licit i
id for the -nff-r-
cut mi't 'e w; re
era at Chicago. Tbe
I Kt'v. 11. i ijeavi-tt, 1. liart our, lul.
I A g Xricy, J. M. Tripp, J. H. Simm-:s.
gpveral others whose names I cannot
recall to memory. The day f diow ing.
the committee were all actively engaged
in receiving subscriptions, and the re-j L mgdon, Foreign Secretary of tlifC m
suit is, thht our cit'zms have paid ovpj mi-ion, a former studtnt et Castlfton,
more than !'K which have bppn d-pa-i-: Vt rmr.r.t.
ted in our bank subj-ct to tho draft of
the Mayor of Chicago. The amount I am
aware is not what may be deemed !arg,
yet it honorably expresses from a grei'
many generous he iris, that it waa ia thi
event truly lb. s'-r-l to give. The mite
from the po r ;a fully illustrates tbe
truth of tho thought, na tbe thous iiid
from the m lli'maire. Tbe Rev. A I
Baib-y improv-d this c toasion arising
iroi
I.-'
t,
!,V
r 1
h'trity, by p-eaebii g
f.r. -no rt, font the t-x'
f 1
lt-t in
t
op
t!
!e of .1 .rrt-s, I! 1 -b-.pt r
o !l verse. It was
so, i-i 1 ty l- i i-tero 1 to
very
wi'h
I tru
'.I
at att.lltloll .ay -l 1 irgo audience.
ill who board, mtv b- piofiod by
th i t i no
-rt i-
v t'i-.our-o.
(Hi. tetnpl '.ted
t-i -tart a factorj-
iii .111 village, for 1 he pti rp. .se of m inufrtC
tui'ii eg J. II. CVus ''Fire pro! f sheet roof
ing." Toe c. mpmy ia to te a stock com
p my. The -'g-nt, among n-, is Mr. A. R.
A -hit v a g,j,d business man. This roof
ing is now manufactured ia Portland,
Mi. io, Manchester, N. II. and Spring
t -Id, M iss. I have seen a specimen of
the roofing. It is composel of indistin
guishable material mixed with cotl tar, to
the eons:stency of thi.tk paste or morUr,
together sal j cted to such a high degree of
t mn..r ,r ;ri exnel all Volatilo cro-
p rties accomplishing by extreme beat
stbat the action of tbe sua would do with
it in this condition rolled and pressed
inti sbte's two feet wide ly ten feet long
and any thiekr es- required. The sheets
aru pi. i d upon tbe roof when cold and
af te
I la(
fi'.
V
i I I
i' l" shrink ige has taken
lering it impossible to be
weather. I am told it is
ad a
b
-1
r ota ot any pitcn. it nas
fa of any pitch.
bet I;
pr ,v;
ar.d i
bi-'.-r ,1 to severe testa that have
it to t.e both water and fire proof,
rot be surpassed for gutters. Be
ing of -mo.'i'-b surf ice, the lea-t defect
can be ,ii-c..v. rei and easily mended ly
the ap;ib .-a -i-m f the same m aterial hen
heated. Tf.is roofing is deemed superior
to any o'h.-r in u-e beciu-e it ia cheaper,
and more ea-ily epplied than any other
roofing, a:.d it r in be put on by any per
sou of ordinary judgment, and at any
season of tbe year. It ia said to be raore
durnbl; ihn si ite or tin, and there is
nothing c n t qu tl it in its power to resi-t
the action of the atmosphere or elements.
I hin told it is fire-proof, and buildings
having this looting on, or iu any of its
form-, are insurred aa cheaply as those
covered with slate or tin. It ia uuques
tijnably a good article, and if it will
Corne np to the -nguice expectations cf
tbe manufactures will prove very valu
able to tbe State'of Vermont.
Butter -nold iu our village last Fri
day at 30 cents for choice lot-, and from
that down to 22 ceuts f jr medium qual
ity. Potatoes brought 40 cents fcr mar
ket. Considerable hay ia being shipped
from the depot to Boston. Cattle are low.
Good quarters of beef selling in our vil
lage last week for 5 cts. per lb. for fore
quarters and 7 cts. for hind quarters.
Rev. Dr. Cbicktring from Boston,
Mas-., prsacbed a very interesting ser
mon in the Congregational church last
Sabbath evening, upon the merits of the
temperance reform. The subject was
handled -with a masterly hand, and I
truet may produce abundant fruit.
Religious Intelligence.
BAPTIST.
Eav. L. A. Dunn of Fairfax, has ac
cepted the Presidency of the Iowa
College.
Mr. D. C. Bixby, of Crozier Semi
nary, has been laboring iu Johnson, Vt
Ha has recently baptized nine person?,
but Bbys ha must leave the field white
for the harvest.
It is stated that the Southwestern
Baptist Publication House has failed fi
nancially, having exhausted Its capitttl,
$99,000, in about two yean.
The Baptist Church of Germany re
port, as its latest statistics, S3 Sunday
school, with 271 teacher, and 2(SS1
pupil?.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The Lamoille (Vermont) Conference
reports nine churches; four acting pas
tors two pastors 4S0 communicants ia
Sabbath school, 587 average congrega
tion, 822; contributions, ?13-3 church
property, 17,706.
Rev. Azariah Hyde, formerly of
Vermont, is now loeated at Galeaburg.
Hev. J. A. Theme, of the Fmt
Ciiureb, Cleveland, ia cillel to Chattf
nooga, Tenn.
Among the list of Rev. W. D. Love'w
sjrvices at Milwaukee, was the baptism of
twenty children.
Rev. W. D. Love, on removing bis
family to East Saginaw, found bis bouse
well supplied with provisions by his gen
erous people there.
Rev. Dr. C. C. Tarker of Gorbam,
Me., waa released from his pastorete with
advice of an Ecclesiastical council, on tl
2:Ji ult.
Rev. Charles Aiken, D. D lite of
Uuion College has been inaugurated as
Professor of E'bica and ApoIoijetic3 at
Princeton College.
Rev. Dr. Shedd of New York, has
been elected to the chair of Didactic and
Pi.bruic Theology, in the Seminary at
New Brunswick, vacated by the death of
Dr. Berg.
Newbury church and sociely unani-iuou-y
call Rev. S. L. Bv(j0f Underbill.
Salary f 1000 and parsonage.
EPISCOPAL.
Ou Sunday, the S h iast., services
with addresses ly Bi-hop and Clergy,
were held in twenty two churches of Bal
tim if and vicinity, in behalf of tbe So
rb ty for tb- Iucrea-or f the Minis ry.
Monday, th" Oh, tbe G 'ii.-rl
Oou--!iT!-m, i .w in s -sion in E ninanuel
m t. i .1,: .,.i.,. j v.i: A
j -u....t. uu
private prayer in bid- "If of th-i dis're-sed
I
ity of Chicago nnd in hv c vet.ing, af
r an 1 q.unt s-rmon by tbe L r.d Bish
p of I, if. fi.dd, England, the contribu-ie.-i
of over two 'b u-and dollar-, was
-d r- i to e ,-ent to the May r of Cbics
o, f-.r t'-.e relief of suff-rir.j, regard-
i th."( or sect.
d he Bi-hop t.nd Conv-ution r'q'ier'-ft-rir-gs
to be made in every tiHrisb
,.f ,V
K: i-copal church in the lnid
at.-, in beh-df of Chicago; and p
it.Tedl .-t Sunday, (ihe lot! ks tbe
v win r. they should be made.

1
Oa Uoin. -.iiy, the 11th, addresses
1 wer iu!h -t Baltimore, iu b half of tbe
I Italian C: ur.b Reform ra'ive-mpnt, ty
j Bi-hop C xj, th R-v. Dr. Ilught of
K-w York, and the Rev. Wm. Chautioey
Oa Thursday, tbe 12'b, occurred at
Baltimore, the great Missionary Jubilee
meeting of tbe church it being fifty
years since tbe present missionary society
began.
Daring tbe session of the General
Coijvetiti ii, d.i'y communions were held
in three ..f h Biltimore churches, St.
Pe HIV at. Luke's, and Mount Calvary.
Tbe Rev. Dr. W. B. W. Howe was
i ie. ir-.tfrl assistant B shop of South C-r-
ti., in Baltimore, l-,st week Sunday. He
v.o- born in Clarem'.nt, N H., where hi?
f a'h. r whs at one time rector.
The R-v. J. M. reek's sermon on tbe
Choral Service i- now If ing published by
the Jo.pd Messenger.
The two Bishops, other dignitaries
and clergy, of the Church of Euglaud,
were handsomely receivtd by tbe Balti
more Convention, at its opening, and in
ttri.--.iing speeches delivered.
L1BF.KAL CHRISTIAN.
R-v. George S. Guernsey will preach
at Shrew-bury Oct. 22ud, and at Csven
dish Oct. 20:h.
Rev. Kittredge Haven will preach at
Sudbury O.'toher 22ud.
The Uuiversalist Society in Btrre,
Vermont, will celebrate its seventy-fifth
anniversary ou Tuesday, Octfeter 27th.
There will be a memorial discourse in tbe
morning, a public dinner at tbe Town
Hall, followed by speeches, singing, social
er'eit. it rnent aud a Sanday School con
f. to re meeting iu tbe evening. Tbe
rvi-uiug meeting will be opened by an ad
dress by Rev. J. H. Farrsworth of Spring
field. A cordial invitation is extended to
the Universalist ministers throughout the
State.
Rev. W. O. White celebrated the
twentieth anniversary cf bis installation
as pastor of the Unitarian church in
Keene, N. H., TLur-day evening, by a
parish gathering. Three or four hundred
friends were present, and the hon-e and
beautiful grounds were thronged.
METHODIST.
St. Albans District Association met
at St. Albana B iy, Tuesday evening.
Eighteen or twenty ministers were pres-
iit.
Rev. Dr. Erastus Wi-ntwortb, a for
mer missionary to China, ia to give a
coure of public, lectures ou that country
before the Boston Theological Semipsry.
ti urtf rly tnet-tiiikr- were I. 1-1 O.
lej'b, at E ist Topsb-im, Frai.klin, Hyde
park and Morrisvilb1, W..bt .ri, I-le 1,-,
Motte, Barlington, Winooski. SbeHn.rne.
Bradford, Wind-or, H-trtlatid, West
Windsor.
Some leading M-thodi-ts of New
York t.nl Brooklyn have secured a tract
of lG-l acres at Glen Cove, L. I, of which
hey propose to make another Martha's
Vineyard.
now Much vt It Is the "Work or
THE Incendiary Incendiarism has
been suspected in the cafe of Chica
go. It has also been suspected in the case
of tbe prairie fires. On Friday bight
Ust three separate attempts were made to
fire LondoD, Ontario. Have we the Paris
Commune in the midst of os It i mat
ter for icqairy how much of this des
truction is the work of the incendiary