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THE RUINS. Persons and Property Guarded by United States Troops, As sisted by Vol unteers. Enconrajinff Meetings of the Board of Me, Baiters, lawyers, lerclianls, ani Bnsiness lei Generally. The Legislature to Meet in £; 'eiei Session Te-Mor ! - . w to Consider the Emergency. Seventy Dead Bodies Recovered from the Ruins Awaiting Identification at the Morgue, The City, in’ Chirge of Lienlcnnni Oeninl Sheridan—Martial Law Proclaimed in tie Burnt District. Full Description of the Devastated Territory and of the Enins of Prominent Buildings. Partial JLUt of tlic Insurance —lncidents, Announce- ments, Etc. YESTERDAY. Owing to th' fact that the North Division was atcmiblc only acres* Klmie and Division street bridges and through the dark LaSalle street tun nel. passage through which was forbidden to teams, the people wiia. cstorday visited that quarter of the city were chiefly th«*c who had formerly tired there, and were bunting for shreds and scraps of property, or vicre trying to find the places where they had ouco lived and tho properly they bad once owned. The great rush of visitors on foot and ic carriages was across Randolph. Lake, and Madison : street bridges into Ihe South Division, People from the West Side, from lower down on the South Division, and strangers who had just reached the city, all turned lu that direction, and wandered from point [to point, often puzzled as to their whereabouts, and seeking in vain tor old tud familiar landmarks. The jwln „’.paTbu»lueis iu the South Division yesterday was the DIGGING OUT OF SAFES from the smoking bedding* In which they were buried. Several persons were smart enough to make Urn: a business, and thoy succeeded In pet* ;Jng all the work they'wanted. A few ropes, shovels, lever,’,' onfl, * occasionally,»little water, made up the stock in trade, borne bad gotten oat their fourth fate by *2 o'clock, and were hunting arutmd in search of other jobs, Many of the (*afc<* came up in excellent condition, while others wtre Jim most deplorable wreck*. One of Herring’s lay on River strcctoenr Itasii .street bridge, the Interior woodwork gain;, and all the papers charred. The Harris safa of D:‘c:!irnb.icbcr who is in the tobacco, business on Water street, wa* al*o found to he worthies*. It contained pipers valued at about SIO,iiOO. Others were taken out which had appar. •rally paired unharmed through the fiery trial. Others which had bjcn <i|*encd were found to be in excellent condition. All things considered, they have stood rather tetter than wn* expected. Many which have been gotten out will not be opcuc-1 for a day or two. until they get somewhat couled njk EcVickcr was working to get out his yesterday anil they were aUo laboring on one or two in THE TRIBUNE Building. Another business was started by a man In a cart, who drove down Randolph to the lake displaying a signor “Removal sign* |uiutod here,'’ so Unit ]mtbou* desirous of slicking up upon the ruins of ihelr .-lures a notice .of tliu places at which they intended to reopen business could do *O. Nothing Strikes the eye more.favorably, In going near the South Sid), than the great number of these little BULLETIN BOARDS. which have been roughly lettered off with notices of removal. generally to Watiaeb avejme or to West Canal or Randolph street*, and they give abundant proof that the energies of the merchants have not been crushed ontby the" catastrophe which haa be fallen them. ' *■ THE. STREETS. On crossing the river at MadUon street there Is vaaancyoa the north side of the street, aud uclb iuucl.-c, and with a few noticeable exceptions there remain but insignificant and one-story relies «>f once fir.-i class buildings. I-aw’s coalyard, on t lie south hide of the street, is on fire, and even where the fiames have not broken out, the white Mnoke is pouring out at h fearful rate. .Some of it may, however, be saved, by the liberal and con stant use of water. Beyond there, going east, there is practically nothing until the relics of he Otis Block are reached at (be corner of LaSalle nd Madison. Just to tbo «» ntli on LaSalle, the walls of the Arcade Building, which was Immedi •njc’.y in the rear of the Farwcll Hall, remain com paratively intact. THE TRIBUNE BUILDING. THE TRIBUTE was, by several bums, thclaat newspaper in Chicago to survive the general destruction, and its magnificent fire-proof building was the Inst to succumb, although it bad been sur rounded by fire on two tides for about four hours. The building was a perfect model of architectural elegance, uud had been constructed throughout with reference to safety end durability in case of fire. Thu ceilings were of coriugated Iron, resting upon wrought iron “1" beams, while every parti tion wallin the entire structure was of brick. It was, in all rcsjiectN one of the most absolutely - fire-proof” buildings ever erected. That is. it was fire prool up to the date of its destruction. It was completed in April, INKi, at a coat of about fiS,- 003. and its content* were fully $100,030 wore. Itelying upon the integrity of their edifice, THE TRIBUNE comjmny-'had takon no insurance, al though they now have little cause to regret this neglect. lu the corner of the first flour was the counting room and business office, with a fire proof vault for the safe keeping of records, valuables, etc. Ou the Madison and Dearborn street front* were elegant stores of various kinds, all filled with Mucks of goods, lu the basement were the boilers and engines, two of Hoe's eight-ciliudcr presses, fcveral folding machines, large quantities of print ing paper, and a vast uf Dilscellaucona machinery, tools, appliances oud nuiluni! necuuary to the canning <m of u great newspaper. The kbcond and.third floors of the building wore devoted to ofliccs, allot which were occupied. Ou the fourth floor w re 1 1 ho editorial aud comjoelng rooms, all mpcrbly filled up. As stated above, .the building withstood the Etorm'for several hours, and it was not until 10 o'clock on Monday forenoon, sis hours after it bad , seemingly escaped, that it was reached from the eastward from McViikcrV Theatre. The Interior ' woodwork aiid cotubuftiblc malarial was consumed stance, but the floors and walla generally remained iot'aet. although all wore so bll?te red,'crocked, and xw I tied a* to be almost worthless for future use. In the jtrivute ulliee ol the business manager ou the ground floor was a relic of the siege of Parle, A Jim pp shell, which was fired by the heat, trad, os THE CHICAGO TEIBHNE. VOLUME 25, plodlug, toro nwi Jo breach in t'.i. w ;:i ;j vicinity. HA ecarcb among the nml* reveals 1’ „rr*.tiring ftcl that the twucigbf cylinder preae-. dried ;t üb«mt SOO,OOO, are not seriously d*r.v,jj:j. It if. believed lhatbolh can bo restored to v-v.oo -u a email cost. The four tattle., arc also all u;l t. In cluding the two which were on the pmt v- Sru tj;- men got nared and left. THE POST OFFICE BUILDING alto stood well, Us walls>clng intact, acJ ite mrf U not entirely gone. It can probably 1* At the northeast comer of State an- ?:-dii.‘n directs stands,comparatively uninjured, me yatLi hihed brown stone front which was creel!" !L< r' Since there was nothing in it to bam, i’> front shows very few traces of fcorchlng. The m.-rrak j which stood in front of it has fallen against one of the nppcrwlndows. but las broken ; Of the magnitlcent block ocdbpiud by the V«.mot \ News Company. S. C. Griggs Jt Co., only - :r..g ! mentremains, tbeeou(hxv»sf-n' eoi-i;; < i*;; oa’.i rising trUv* •■'i-o:/, ~'ory At *>.; c kinj.-ton s-.i C *tsu tin o-bl} Wa\ i’u‘ Me trj;;| I . fis AVluNai. Ls • pcifcftly m/c, <tiU doors , Field. Jung «t Co. retain their office j n t;-c basement, where Hobart Law 1* also in stalled, and If the room were only swept out, and the pieces of pajiur removed, no one could perceive that anything hod gone wrong over head. Unquestionably the comparatively slight repairs will put it In order again, and It will serve aa a nucleus fur building in that quarter.. Turning cast Into WASHINGTON STIIEET, [ the way It encumbered with the limestone blocks which oucc formed part of Field, teller A Co.’s store, aud which were thrown there when ehr building was blown u;». Mixed up with brick, tel egraph wire, aud other debris, it makes a mass of rubbish which ought to have impeded the progress oftheflimes, but did not do ao. Down in the basement, piles of dry goods arc still burning and emitting an unpleasant stench. On the opposite side of Washington, the photographers’ places and the other stores have vanished, while DRAKE'S BLOCK is decidedly more of a ruin than it was a year ago The question of ibo removal of the SECOND PRESBYTERIAN congregation has been eternally settled. The hard limestone walls of the church resisted very well, notwithstanding the slight amount of hltnmen in them. The southern tower remains, and the walls are all upon a level vltha point Just aliore the top of the great front window. The experience of this fire has been rather unfavorable to the softer. LIMESTONES from Leicoat, and has shown that, after all. a thick wall of good brick will stand as well, and resist the action of the flames ns well as any stone that is need here, excepting granite. The eflect of the fire upon the Athens marble baa been remarkable. In some places the stone has disappeared alto gether. In others, such os the LaSalle street front of THE COURT HOUSE, it has been gnawed and eaten away, or fallen off ia great flakes. The sandstone and granite may not bare been exposed to so Intense aflame, but t hey certainly stood very well. Tno TRIBUNE BUILDING was badly scorched, hat Hie stone was not mate rially injured- DEARBORN PARK has been taken possession of by Keen A Cooke and Lord A Smith, while right across the way, on the BASE BALL GROUND. the fence surrounding which, bos been wiped out. Is a sign to the effect that parties wanting room on pnbllc grounds most go to C.B. Farwdl, at tbs corner of Thirteenth and Michigan avenue. Tho American Merchants’ Union Express have obtained possession ofa part of the ground, including tbe diamond, n n 4 Grey Brothers have bold of the north fiftyfeet of tbe base ball lot. C. T. Holies, dealer in stoves, have also begun running up a small booth. Tbe ground is covered with piles of lum ber, and boars a more striking resemblance to Cheyenne la its incipient days than anything cl*o. THE IRON »TDHiC> of J. V, Ayer: Hall, Kimbark A Co., and other*, on Michigan avenue, between Lake and Randolph street*, present a curious spectacle. Tlwy are filled with iron twisted, distorted, and boot oat of all shape, while across the street the Immense iron rafters and beams have been dealt with in the most, extraordinary fashion. In many of these storey and, indeed, generally io the large wholesale warc .houecs, the fires were still burning, and, of course, no attempt was made Jo pot them out. The side, walks of THE UNION DEPOT, (hick and strong, are still standing, but 11/ C offices in the rear have caved io except at the north east corner, when) one I all pinnacle remains. The building occupied by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy aud Michigan "Central Road* has been gutted, but the walls are still partially standing. The Michigan Central freight depot has also been cleaned out, though the walls ore uji to lha spring of the roof. Quite an amount of sugar was lost here. Just south of this depot half a dozen cars were burned, the (racks yet remaining on the track. .Near by was a car which had just run up from Tolono on the Jilt- Illinois Central Road filled with provisions, gener ally bread and cheese, some of which were issued on Hie spot to hungry men who happened to "be nearby. The trains of the Illinois & Michigan Central stop just {a front of the old depot. STEAMERS FROM .ABROAD. At the head of the slip whiih lies just west of Elevator A was the Providence,. oncAf the five Amoekeag steamers which came on from Piiuvorgh, and the Pharalr, of Detroit, en gaged in pumping tester through a long line of hoac, past the ruins of the JfasaxfO jt House,to wet down the ruins beyutuL Another engjqa JT* f near the Centra! Elevator, playing upon as ifluncseo I#U of wheat, which was in ELEVATOR A, and which was bursting out in little puffs of smoke all over tu surface. It cannot be very easily extinguished, and ail that is to be expected U that It will gradually moulder away. THE MARINE HOSPITAL, an old acd substantial building, is in very good order, comparatively. Of course the Inner walla and the roof arc gone, but Ibe outside wails have btoodilvery well. U is not possible to ascertain as yet the entire amount of SHIPPING LOST along the river and the branches. The Narariod, however, a new vessel belonging to Captain Good, rich, was lying off Goodrich’s docks, and tried to run not, but stuck just beyond and behind Hath bone's stove manntactory on the north side of the river and sank there, her boilers now being just visible. Eight or nine schooners and brigs were also caught near Ibe mouth of tho river, and burn ed to the water's edge. From Hush street bridge cast, on tho north bank, the coal heaps ore In a blaze. Rathbone's piece, and oil immediately cast of that, arc safe. Rush street bridge Itself is a hopeless and utter wreck, as is also the State street one. THE GREAT WHOLESALE HOUSES on River street bate been complelcly>wcpt away, and nothing is left to give an Idea of what wan once done there, except that in same placet there is iron, and in another a quantity of lima which has been effectually rulnod by the beat. Along here were one or two burnt safes, and as many dis gusted, bat BDComplaining, owners. Water street is done for, and State street, from the bridge to tho Flret National Bane, is in the t .w|t condition. - At the northwest corner of Clark and Water streets one comcrofa building Is stand ing, but ought to be taken down as soon as possl hie. - « THE SHERMAN HOUSE has totally disappeared, and • the remains in that part of the city ate so scanty as lomake it almost iin]>ossiblo to identify localities. On many of these streets women and children were engaged in COLLECTING SCRAPS . of Iron and all kinds of rubbish from the sUllhdt building*. Some boy* had (baud ou Water street a lot of China dull haWs, scorched hat unbroken, and were carrying them off as relics. Three men were also moving up (be river in a rowboat, intent on doing a Utile wrecking; If they got a chance. Tho burnt district U now to thoroughly patrolled by regulars that there.need.l* no apprehensions as to Urn perpetration of more thefts. Tlicoldpsn of . <:. - THE COURT HOUSE Is gutted, hut the wings have stood very well, and the first floors are aafe. Tho Briggs House cellar alone remains. Wentworth hw secured the Laclede and will bo open to day as the Brigge JJogef, The ; j walls ofthe first story of the; Board of Trade build ! Ugarc still tiandirg. : j The effict of the fire upon the dlflercnt kind* of f i . arcmcntlus been very curious.' As a pialier of '• j »ur« the atone st«oJ It the l«a. hut the large i | cobble stones split la many Instances. Tbc - * -ispbalt laid in the Court House square whs nut Is ■ J jnted at all. The new cylindrical | BLOCK PAVEMENT j on Clark street stood It very well, except In one f | {li e, where the tar kettle had run over and a great was eaten oot. • The tar was gone from bc- I t’- -<n the blocks whom the gravel had.not befen j laid no it, but tho blocks were generally uninjured. J Tb • pavements on Madison, Houdolph, and the , other streets were In much better condition than j w.i• t* cpecled. . They wore badly honeycombed In !, !.ioy place*, ami sometime* twisted and itjo | Lm. i, lint can be generally repaired. Thu rails of i ill: rtrcct car> were In many cates badly sprung, ' : ; - kills are uninjured. THE SOUTH SIDE KOAD ! •<: ■ letlily have its track all required to-day, i x. in take the West Side companies buln ; - i ; lii oto relay theirs. There is considerable lebiis in msny of the streets, hut TUE WOKK OF CLEANING Ims already begun. The sidewalks, wood and stone, have gone, the large limestone Mocks split ting and caving lu. Along the South Branch LINDS BUILDING . i flands, and Ihe Keening Mnil has Us office there. 1 'Hie coal yards south to Madison street are still burning, ami will do so deajdtc the water, wilh lire | exception of the one at Randolph street bridge, j .Tfcc LaSalle strict tunnel is In perfect order, but, „ on account of the darkness there, and the fear of t accident?, no carriages were allowed logo through. „ There are no records In them at present,-and. If fl any were stored there, they have been destroyed. PRESERVING OItDEK. The leal headquarter* of the oulcr-prescrvlug force of the cily I* now at Nu. bOO Walmj'h avenue, where tJcacial Phil .Sheridan lias established hit. headquarters, in the lion»c formerly occupied by the Phteulx Club. Here the head of the city has planted a pine table and entertained hU numerous visitors. Th&force at the General** command, in ndditlou to the city regular aud special police, cousbtri of erven companies of regulars and fix of volunteers. The former are from' Omaha and other western points, and arc all camped upon the site of the Ball Park, on Michigan avenue. To them, us the most trust worthy and vigilant force at baud, ha? been en trusted the care of the South Side burnt district, reaching from Harrison street to the main river. Jn this space is at present the wealth aud treasure of Ibcclty yet in safes.aud in most cases buried In the ruins. The numbers of THIEVES now known to be in die city, and the presump tion that they will make the safes their objective point render this disposition of the troops the most prudent one possible. The orders to the mntluoU last night were of the strictest possible kind, aud It will be woudcrfuliudced if the rnflianly element shall triumph. • THE MILITIA arc from Bloomington. Springfield, and Cham paign in this State, and number six companies in all. They arrived In the city on yesterday morning under orders from Adju tant General Diiger. and wore Immediately sta tioned in different parts of the city to repress pil lage, nnd generally to preserve order. Two com panies were placed on the corner of Prairie avenue and Twanjy.pecond street, and were as fiue-Icoklog men as one could sus. They were from the Illi nois Industrial University at Cliampalgp, and 3 heartier, healthier, more Intelligent set of men would lie hard to find. Ono other company of wgs stationed at tho corner of Canal and Wilson streets, for the protection of tho thoroughly-affrighted residents of that portion of the city. Another company was placed on IJaWcd street, with bead-quarter* at the railroad elation. On Twelfth street. TITE NORTH SIDE did not need much military protection in its dil apidated coudltlon, and was abundantly guarded by two militia companies stationed io Lincoln Park. A part of (lie Champaign company was also at tl|e coruer «>f Randolph and Elizabeth streets GENERAL bIJEUIHAN' seemed satisfied, th?l the .city yaa pvr/ocily safe under the protection already#! fc#ml; hut. iu pnl<;y to assure this, more troop* will arrive shortly. Three additional companies of regulars were os* peeled last night, and ten companies more will ar rive to-day, making a force large enough to keep in onlcr all the rough* in the United Stales. ANOTHER ADDITION foifys order force of the city wax on yeelorday starred by Qcneral fpjnk Sherman, under author ity from Mayor Ma;oji and Sheridan. This will .consist .91 9 ycgimcqi of ’ uiiiltU ' to Up recruited by trustworthy men for twouiy-day fcfyfco. 'fhc'.rcgipre/if wjfl consist of ten companion of sixty meg, an*) thru# officers each. Tho Colonel Jm« established his bead-quarters at UlO Wabash Avenue Methodist Church, corner of Harrison street, and the only members of his staff yet known are (MI, Dyer, Adjutant, and Martin Bjnn, Commissary and The.foljowjqgff.e of the Captain* en trusted with the railing «f Iff ih.# jjr#cr of their appointment; I'Jiil. Wftflswpi tli, Japics Steele, T. 11. Whittlesey, L. 0, (Joojjrich, Jqim Fisher. Paul Fnech, John Paul, H. S, Farnsworth. J. K. Fisher, and W. E. Rogers. The only Captains of companies, who had report, cd tjpdr recruiting offices on hut evening, were the following: T. 11. WUUloiflv, corner Twelfth and Stale streets. S. 8. Farnsworth, No. 1C South Green street. J. K. Fi*ber, corner Indiana avenue and Six teenth street If*. g. Rogers, corner Canal aud Madison streets, THE NGJITJI DIVISION present* a sod and dreary lafpUcajv. Crpesi/yj the river byDiviflluo street bridge a vast swecpofdcsor Jstiou stretches out before the eye. With tbo ox. c eptiouof a few pieces of solid masonry standing up here and there, monuments of departed glory, everything has been leveled to the ground, and 00 yesfigcsromainoflbe wooden buildings which lined the streets 09 that s((Jc of the river. Along Division Street .nothing .can ftc recognize# gotil Sedgwick street is marked by three jagged pprncra qf what was once Franklin School- Thente toNort# ate* nnc there is not a trace on either sidp of the road. &0d yesterday persons wandered around In search of the sit?* of their homes, hoping to find among the debris some rcmrtsnls Of their property. The fences and sidewalk* arc all gone, find the rails arc bent aud curved, io some place* rising as high as three feet. A brick tower tells where the North Avenne Police Station stood, amjsf/injllng oat In bold relief against the sky arc the waifs and towur of 9t. Michael’s (Gorman) Chorch, on North avenue. The wails do PQt appear to have suffered much, and seem to bavp withstood tbo beat better than and building on Jbo North J3lde. Th* Calhp’lc Church of which the Roy. Iff- BnjJer tyaa the pas.- lor, baa vanished ontlroly.and to bos tho Alexiau Hospital, except part of s side wall, which rises high and grim. Between these landmarks nothing but rubbish remains. From Sedgwick, along North avenue, to Orchard, everything is gone, tho Newberry School having been a barrier to tho fuythpr progress westward of the flames. Tho sebeoj house i* ffPW {A HOUSE QF KgpUpß, and oa£h room la .crowded with men, women, and children, as many as Dvcrjty families Ijelpg in each room. Food is being dualt mjt fo i|jcm sqDJclent to supply their wants, and crowds of perscss are in line allday getting rations. BOUNDARIES OF THE PIKE. The only part of tho North Division that escaped was lbs aogla honj|i}uii on the south by North avenue, on the cast by Orchard etrppt, amlon the west by tho river. Tho line of destruction ran northeast trout the Newberry School, striking i Webster avenue near Lincoln place, and continuing Ibcnco to the lake. All cast of Uulbnrt street to the city limits, all cast of Orchard to the lake, and all south of Orchard was destroyed. A (u>v solitary bouses stand. Oueoflhcsc on Lin pojrj plafe. Is a white cottage, which remains gnscajhed in the njfdsl of the dreary waslu eur founding It-' A policeman named Bellinger, an in valid, was the occupant when the fire raged. He bafllcd Up 11)0 'BldcwalkTos far ;as possible Isolating bljshoiuc,;.! Then bepompd water over (bo building uotii pone lpfl, jad the waterwas all gone, he look hisUderout of.his cellar and used it in thu same way. ’i lie house is now occupied by three famllit a, one of them hulug Commissioner Gund's. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1871. lake. It la a gloomy ro:xd to travel now. Despair breeds over tho frier of the ground, and nothing ex ists to mark the thousands cf happy homes swept away on that dreadful night. Striking Lincoln Park, the trace of the besom of destruction is visible oxen there. The fences have all gone, and some of the railings around the graves in the Old Cemetery are tcorcbotL and burned. The fire did not .penetrate far Into the park, as Itdid not reach It until ahont II o'clock on Monday night, when the welcome rain was fail ing in torrents. so»t hern it may be Interesting to 'state that a the same hour, the Haines caught John A. lluck's lionso.lxsyond the city limits'and. it was the lasi house destroyed. . The hotucKo. £O3 Clark street,! saloon opposite Lincoln Park.keptby Mr. C. ItaggU stands.unbar Ed, mid so do txvo horn-da n short distance boulh, one of them b’clug a handsome liruwn front hon? c not entirely finished. Tho eipai« of those build ings may be attributed to llielr isolated position. The panic Is true of the residence of Mahton D. Ogdon at the comer ofOak and Dearborn. There It stands In all Its beauty, not even the fence scorch ed, Considering the Intense bent by.whlch it was Ihrealcacd, Ito escape was remarkable. Staudingnorlhcnst of tbc Ogden tuanshmun the lake (•hore.nre two dilapidated talus of Hack's aud Hivory'e mammoth breweries. They ore a total wreck. Tbo lower stories and ut intervals pieces of heavy masonry survived the shock. ' Unity Church, so recently reared In all its beau lifnl proj«oitlous byjlhe iiidomitahlo energy ofJtur. Itobert Collyer and his congregation, stands now *trip|>edofall its grandeur, a rained pile of blister ed stone. The walls are solid, and the towora am not malerioL'y damaged, but the building U gutted' ftimi hnsemet to root. Next to U area few windows marking the alia of. a Urge Mono residence,mnl Immediately sooth of jl arc the roofies* walls of the .New England Church, one of the most elaborately finished edifice* cf the kind hilhticonnlry. Those who hare eeeo Hagoi goous decoration* indils munt feel Miy for it fata. Robert Cullyer's old fchurcli, onthc comer ol Chicagoavenueand Dcaibom street, moic recent ly used by the Baptists, has all disappeared bu the basement. TbcW ater Works stood the fiery lott well. The tower is intact. The walls of the Immense engine house arc still perfect, the roof only being destroy ed. It was strange how It took fire. The flames bad only reached Ohio street, when suddenly and in an instant, the roof was and the’ men lurldc rnnning for ' their lives. The buildings intervening were untouched, and It seemed as If an invisible tongue of flame shut across and slincfc tbe roof with the rapidity and fatality of lightning. Tbe assistant engineer bad barely time to stop the en gine, aud shoot to tbe men to open the safety valves and save themselves. This occurred at 7:9) on Monday morning, np to which time there was a full head of water on, with only one engine run ning. Such Is thcl account given by Mr. Crcgicr,' the engineer. A Urge force of meu arc hard at work on the machinery, which Is expected to be ready for use early next week. Bill's and Sands' great breweries, near the Water Works, on the lake shore, are badly dam aged, the roofs are gone, and the walls cracked and torn. The German church on Chicago avenue, Dear State street, can bo identified by the luu-crucal story, which remains. The Church of (be Holy Name is wrecked all bat the spire. That solid piece of work stand* as good as ever, and the new htory recently added by Frank Agocw shows by its substantial appear 4qce that It was the work of a faltl fpl and .skilful mechanic. About a zuputh flgp Mr, Jphß Ponlia began the frapiewurk pf the Rpper portion pf the spire, which . reaphojl n total hclgfit of 300 feel. It wady for slating, but the fierce wind of Mondey night, aided by the fire, blew it down, aud it I* rumored that six men wore injured by tbe'falllng timbers. The Orphan Home, conducted by thcbijtctaof Mercy, which stood In the block alongside the chnrcb, Is gouo entirely. ButllUlO; of the wreck remains. It was there that : 230 .orplmn children found a home, and were educated hy the pkua women who devoted their lives to the holy work. The Children bad a narrow escape, and.but . for. the effort* of Mr. J. U. Sail Ivan, who drove them away in hi* wagon*, many of them would have fallen a sacrifice to the rclcntlesj* destroyer. comp IlfO Jllajorlcnl Sccicly, on Cutario ttrccf*. \la precious i»xupioifß, ui«* jjllcrly /jQJlrny.cil. '< 7’h«ro W(la jhe*orlg|na] Kyan. tlpallon Proclamation and p e.illoptlon pf inept I * - toos ofihc war lliat would barn U*on prim) by All fultireago*. TUo building wtw Intemlpd to be fire' 'proof.aitd Its maasivowalls would lead anyone to l)cllcvc that nothing could shake or dertruy them., K worth! worn, however, thnt not even ft conlj lirennl tin* fiery wave (bat Ijcat and Barged against U. Tfto JrelHlug Is now a borp of stone. Two arched wlndo’wa'ln Ibo sonlfi tjtid of ±c'font are al] ibai nrnialur Arte there a reouumentof'a building, amj.worw’tl.au of ‘smith Vwclvo felip'4'*crcat}|fos W'jjft pp »«pßf K3 fe *C twatb )bc blisjjclcbh mays off übbjsh- •• ■ . St. Jamfjft’ Episcopal P|i»rfb bar |qrt 11* rpof and floors, but otherwise tho injury la apparently PII A triangular piece of wall ie all that survived of the old Market Hall, a place of some notoriety and ;t»ter«»t In thoblstoryof the city. 1 jdacc o) pm Kinsjo School knows it n 0 pjorc! and'itfl site can w not wiifionl X,, s)!l!lck<}r|jyflf«irt|fsr north <jn LaSalle street stood a church, of which oply )h? *9*f?r “lid walls remain. f . f J We have gone the rounds, the dismal round* 01 desolation, cod have Indicated the.- prOftlflCfit structures that have left a Iracc behind.. They are few fay {fctrreen. Tooiuaads, of booses, o 1 happy howoa and’presptrvo* bwslucsn marts,, re. - raaln unrecorded, for so completely "are they blotted out that even their owners and occupants cannot positively locate their bites. . It la worthy of notice that scarcely a street has n : y&?4 of wqodcn sidewalk remaining, and those who witnessed (he coDflagraljon kp a qw full well the fatal certainly wilhwhJcU they conduced tho fir* from block to block, even'across vacant blocks. They were as perfect conductors of fire as stool Is of streets the Nlcolson pavement was bad ly homed, and It was scorched more or loss cvery- where. „ . . ' ' There has been ranch distress and no.small ampaufof actual sulfcrlug among the people-of tho North DiyiclQii. 'When jrelfeatlng tjotdrc the fire like a manner at sea without a coiqpui they did not know where ihoy wore going. -They sought refuge in all aorta of places. ‘Under the sidewalk at the Division and North avonuo bridges families laid down weary and exhausted to get that sleep which they needed so much. One case Is worth relating. Jajjjcs Roche, a teamster, told tbo tale about_ himself and Ip* ftmlif. JJc Jived with bla wife and six children, at 40 Glen atrset, negt Franklin. In the early part of- the fire be used, hia horses and wagons helping bla friends to remove Ihelr furniture, I?hcp b|s Q\m property was threatened he loaded lb® WSgflna »»h I* lß fiooda., rmqo bed ding «mong Hm rest. Jflswlfc pat |3OO In green backs in ana of the beds, and rented back.tptho honseto save something.cUtt- Before alio could get ont a blazing fagot fell on the beds. Inthe wagon and set It on fire. Her ciothea caught in the house, and to save her life her hat band was forced to tear tho , clothes' 'lrom he- body. She had literally nothing on her ai£l yscaped >yiif| ghqwg bjsnket around her.’ The eldest daughter jxas .lAidht. They took refuge under the alflewal|c: near Aycnucftridgo,‘and wore there attwb o'clock yes terday, wheuib& .hgsbasd ‘ camo down fovvn to got her some clothes. He stated that ho_ did »qt*^|p. i cu.*d, and bis wife would not stir, from her, biding place wilhont some covering.- They bad.only two hors* blankets to cover them, and IWed on a barrel of ilour which tyas abouf Jhg tjnly thing t|}ey Throe njiqjstara api} a Catholic ejereynpn ?lcp k under tho sidewalk one night, “itch U the SWc - mcutofjlr. Roche hlmsolf. - ■ v.' PUBLIC MEETINGS. MERCHANTS. BANKERS, ETC. * A ftq hgiiU.hjjk'i.f. an'l oLhqra. nbotycre In hasiiivuginfhe gont}yHlr|: he'd at Standard Ilal'.-a rKrorTblrtoonlh alrect'and illchlgaa'avc’nno,’ at 2 o’clock; yejitertsy gftcjTioon. The of the assembly, as ?9 IhP p»l|, to arrgngj for Ui s resumption , fif nusliicss. and to |*oricci H«TB »hd hf prusont omcrgoncios, Ex-Aldcrma« Wicker tnl!o 1 th 3 mcotlug to or. der. 1I« said: Gentlemen; A meeting was called bore last evening at which an organization txtk place, and I was made ffa Chairman. The'objects oftbatmect ing were lo provide for the wants of the duslitnle for protection, and lor such mesetirca as might I>e deemed necessary for tho rc-cjtabllßbmeDt ofbnsl uc.-5 and for the rebuilding ofourcify. Nothing' definite was concluded njiun. A motion was made to api>°bii an Executive Committee, hot It was do firred until this altsrnoon. I. as Chairman, was instructed to telegraph the Governor and reqneet him to call a sisalon of the Legislature fiume diately, which I,did, and I received this answer: Springfield, Oct. 10. <-'• G. "Wicker-. Tho Legislature iscallmlto meet on the 13Ui ioeU,Krid*y. . , JOHN SL PALMEIL Tho object of this piceliqg is to api>uint an Ex ecutive CoinmlUoo, -I / &appeae since provisions have been made-by .General Sbcriihui to protect our cltlzuua all we ha\x loalou to proceed to re establish and rebuild tho «ly. To this end let us proccodat once tliat some thing may be accoup- Usbed as sooa as possible! Hon. ,1. C. Dure. It eo happens that" a meeting urban kens and merchants and others bad been called for this very hoar, at Ihe corner of Ami and Washington streets, with a view to locate the city government over there.’ A voice :Is that official? * ■- ' ■Mr. Dore: I will give you myaulhcrity. A voice: I knuWlt !ul>cm. • Mr. Dore: My authority \» -Judge Bockwith David Cage, and B. C. Ayer.- • They requested that the bankers and others adjourn their meeting; and-" repair Immediately to the corndr of Ann aid Wash, ington, and I am requested to ask this meeting to adjourn and meet at that place, as they have agreed to keep that meeting open until we get there. The Post Office, the Custom House, the banking inter - cat I*ben, and the Insurance officer* would bo betc: lf>rc hod any. Out mercantile Interest Is here, and we want thu diy government hetts, Thla Ik to be' a kind of grand centre, aud I am told that ibis hall has, been tendered free to our city. It is a city hall, almost. In llsetl. rhopc that before we adjourn an Executive Com mltioc' wljl be appointed, end 1 will a»k thoChalr man lo pohilpatc the committee, and that the com nilttce draw up such a communication,as they think proper, and submit U to o ueellng to-be held at 3 o’clock to-morrow ahernuon. I now move that the’ Chair appoint an Executive Committee of ‘seven* whoso doty It shall be to present to this meeting !©-morrow a communication such uk they may deem proper. The motion was agreed to. The Clunrnum: I have received a despatch from Mayor Mason, which the Clerk will read. In that connection I might say that agreeably to a Tele of the meeting last night this hail was tendered fur. thenseoftbu ciiy government, and thaSocrctaty' : was requested to furnish -that information ta tie Mayor.' : The Secretary, Mr. M. A. Meyer, then read the following telegram* : Springfield, Oct. 11. t R*S. Mason, Mayor of Chicago: • Tba Legislature -\* called for Tuesday. 13lh of .October. Send down ’a committee to suggest* measures for relief of your people. Everybody is disposed to aid yon, and It la desirable that some of vonr Senators and Ueptvseniatlvee come. JOHN M. PALMER. Written on the back of tbb despatch was the fol lowing; Will the meeting, at 3p. m., appoint a committee . in compliance with this request. It. B. MASON, Mayor. MR. Dore. I have telegraphed the Governor to comp hero and comprehend the position. I think it would be wplj, bovrevjr, to appoint a com mittee. . Mr. Kellogg. At n meeting of merchants tli* # morning, I was authorized, in the name of C. B, Fanvell and Marshal Field, to telegraph. Gov ernor to meet us at Standard Hall, to confer, with the merchants in relation to this great calamity. I have telegraphed, but l»ve Dot yet received an am swer. ' : The Chairman. The citizens have been well eared ’ forby.the city authorities; The commUteo alluded to wilt consist of the following named gontlemsu • General John' A.' Logan'Chauncoy Bowen. J. C. Dore, W.’ P.' Coolbangh,’ J. M, Walker, Butter .Palmer, Judge Otis. *- " 1 On motion, the Chairman and Hon. C. 1). Fax well were addM to the committee. / Oii mQtlod oT Mr. Dore,'the : meeting adjourned to attend Lhd mecclng at ;Anu and Washington struct*. • South Side merchants, hanker*,- manufacr lurers, and others are requested to meet at Stand ■ard 11*11, corner of Thirteenth street and, Michigan • avenue, si 3 oMock this ahtirpoou.. . , UAXpife ASjT There wc;e two gatherings of business bodice, anuoonoed. ft* A o'clock in the afternoon—^Hto meet lug of the buolwrs and the uniting of thu mer chantial lbe Standard Hall, on Michigan avenue. Both of tbi-so bodies ebon adjourned to attends third and' Joint meeting, on.the corner of Wa-blng inn and Ann streets. The object of tbe meeting was to take measures for.jhq immediate rpbulldlfigbf the business por llsubf lhc’6oilfh l j. tfcarampn Was bfccted Chairman, and. ||eury 1. Sbcljjon Secretary' The o.fthcCquipwn CamicH, Sjt. Hbi d«vstatcjl 'jnfofßjaHouJ^nt : were readJlß plapotfeo City Guverowegt farlbo preicnl wherever It would bo for the best Interests of the wholu city. . Es-MayorKlee, after staling he was about to prepare for the rebuilding of bis own property, moTwl.tliata conunlMce of five be appointed to 'confsr at once with the Common Council for Ifon iWiiidinibif tso (if/ir ;• -jir. • Scammon,- -tha , Chairman. and who. is r; ‘tl|« r '’’,PßsH d enf’ ,i*' Mappe Baqk. Sfated thafr opqii.fto fctp(iid|ag. of the bum. od portion of tb* Mouth Division dependod tho ftllttfO Wl r *ll°h of Ihc city. It was not a realtor of expediency, btttt-f *«Siin2 jwwtally to us air. Uo could rent all hU buildings, 1 In many casos. 'to, former tenanU, at the former .prices, as soon’as they could be r ; Afi*rafulld)«ns«lbabyE. P. Ifanysn, ono-of the Wert Side.; Park'! Commissioner*., Colonel Hough, of (be Chamber of Commerce, .General Stiles, the Cl iy - Attorney l , Dr. Evart*, Obndlab Jack.- soB, Henry I. Sheldon,' General Mann, and others, llw'ae'ncaHimoUSly resoled )h“) » yOmpjillce pf fifteen, five from each- division' of tbo-cUy, be appointed to'wait upon tho Common Council, and confer as to’the rebuilding of the City Hall.' ' The Chair appointed on this committee: , - Prom (he South DivUlon—Ex-Mayor Rice, J. C. bore. Dr. Evarts. Charles U. Wicker, U. U. Uonpre. Pronl the North .Di virion—Mahlpn D. Ogden, ObadUh Jackson,-‘A. H. Burley, John Borden, J. 11. Kccif. - . ■Prom the tyest Division-General Slilos, Gen eral Mami, E. f, E.tinyan,' A. : M. Billings,’ E. F. Colvor,- - . HENRY’I. HHBLDON, Bacrolary. ANOTHER MEETING. An Informal meeting of merchants was held at Standard Hall, at,balf-past 3 o'clock ;yeiienlay af ternoon, to consider the subject of spgce for store onLako Park. -A commlltee on that matter, bad mgol}i3ff 93 Jfy? prcyloua. ?vcn ing, and thoybad: pßnfJtrefl tbc o. Public Work*/ The whole patk.frqnp Randolph to Twclftb*etrcct will Ite occupied by a Jjaildln? »torlc» p; bplght,- A* tnp meeting was,, an Informal &oc, qo definite tjctlon vyaslgkoq. Jtwas suggested that the different p|a*scf of business mou, that la, hardware, dry goods, notion*, etc, get aa near together a* possible. The committee bare a rough draft of the *jiace, and merchants are ro ; quested to call at Standard Hall and rclcctaslie for their building*, Many firms have already or dered lines of goods from tbo Bast. . .j. . ; :BAU MEETING. A puggtjjnaJi fcVWIH? W3* 'noon ay the Bogrdqf Trade rejomf. The Hod. Grant qopijrlch’presiding, and J. C. Knlcker*. acting aa • > On motion, If *«)* rpwlfgd that a ipepllgg qf the Judges of the virions courts and of (be inember ‘of tiro bar ho held at.Rlce £ Jackson's ItaU. at-li O'clock tq.ipiy, aqd the follqwlng gentlexqcQ.were appointed » fflnim|l|ep Jfl gjjho i£e gr : . raugements for the meeting} QmnfQoodrjcbj J-R- BradWoli, John W. Eager. J. C-.K'nlttcrbocfecr. K. 1 F. llnnyan, J;M: Mariam and P. Mcliugh. Rice’«fc Jackson’s Hall has hcen selected aa: tbo place of moclteg.- sluco all tbo county ofllccaare there. “ •r; . CITIZENS' JIBBTINO. A mecilng o’feltUcns wq* held on Tneidav cyqq. lug in the Tfjg V Utt gathering arc not exuutmilt it vyaa a meeting of the• mp*t important character.. An-agent, was ‘ preicut-IromXtotrolt, authorized lo: mky arrange mevjt»forfsoMJdVorthJs(HnppUt>M- il *** ><jß *- tbc n»««l>h3 Id'dteJdg jn vyhgt fqrm tko rcl;. ahonld come-rln clothing, munuy, fapl, food immediate use or for future cousuuptiun. I* v..: determined to accept DJlrolt’a magulllccQl dor. a I Hon In clothing. | LOSSES AND INSURANCE. > The following 1? a list.of looses and insurance as , supplicj by the sufferers ,up to the time of going to press; 1 he total amount of grain destroyed In ifvc ’ele vators was J,ii“|,7ofi bushels, valued at $1,235,P:-t Tho amount remaining,in store Is StfOO.OCO hu Jicli ? “W m. M. Butler’s Ibt of losses and Insurance 1» • as follows: Printing office on the third floor at No*.'lls Madison street;. loss $5.10); insured M.COO fu Mu lual Security of Chicago. Class staining works at No a. toil. 211 and SlB So'- |>crlur street; loss, on buildings and stock $7,000: insured SI,OOO in Allcmanla, and;sl,CoO In Gel mania, both of Cleveland. Dwelling house, No. St Adams street; loess2,soot Insured SI,OOO la Commercial of Chicago. ;; ‘ Dweliiugs No.-S3 nml-27 Quincy street; loss Insured inUanlcn'pity. ’ ' Dwellings No. 231 and 3% Ontario street; loss- ' $*,000; Insured $3,0J0 In Carden City. •. l>wxi!ingsNo.3olanduo(>Ericstiect; loss $3,000; snHired S?,O(X> in Garden City. ; Store No. 337 Lake street;, los?; $10,000; Insured SI,OOO Home of New York, and $3,000 Manhattan ot New York. •' Stock of hardware in above .store! €12,000; in- *; sored f-.W Duffsio Fire and Maxine, and $2,500 Cleveland. Total.lues by Wm..M.Butler, Si7JXU; loUlia «ar»nce,s2Lm —Michael Blabrocy, dwelling No. 9 Ogden Place; OM $1,830 ; Insured «MK» in Home of Chicago. —Joseph Shannon,same bouse;-loss SIOO. to nsurnucc. —JosephO'Connor, same lionsc; loss $000; to loßiirancc.,' •, . —lluyck iKnnx, No. a? South Water, street, chemical*; low MhIXW; iusuraucc $10.21)0 Jn -Kina of ilaniord. Home, Manhattan, aad Security of New York, North American of Philadelphia, Fireman's of Chicago, aud People's of, Worcester, Mass.' '' —August (iebhsnir, residing at No. JB3' Division street; blacksmith shop No. ft£l Michigan, street, with wagon aud farmge factory!-' Total loi»sCWjf Insured SOOO in Mutual Security-of Chicago.--; ■ • ,-r-Thomas Maddy, No. 03 West .Harrison* street | Joss $2,000; Insured $1,300 in Fire of Chicago —Wm. Kluc, No. CM North Clark'street; lost $1,300; insured SI,OOO, .Etna of I|artford. —Geo. Shore, No. ltd S. nth* Clark street; lore $7,0C0, bunding'and Content );lriß - urC(l $1,30!),-Mer chants’ of Chicago! : j —Willoughby, Hill £ Co., Boston Clothing House, and IW 'South Clark street; lota $60,000; insured. $5,0C0, German. of .Cleveland; S3,(MO Lycoming of Muncy, Pa:; S2AW Aurora tf' Aurora, III.; $3,000 Teutonia of Cleveland: $f,500 AJlomanih of Cleveland; S3,CO) North British of London; trial,*s3s,ooo. C. A. llavllaud, (! r ui oj the West and Soldiers' Friend; loss $1,003; insurance not stated. - —Mrs. Mary Buckley, No. 137 Townsend street. Lose,s3,ooo; Insured $1,300 In thtf.Mercbanis', u( Chicago. ‘ ’ • ’* —J. P. Kennedy, No. 203 South Clark Btrccl;ioes. SSW; Insured S3OO Teutonia.of Cleveland. ■ —John Wren, No. 233 South Market street; ‘los* sr,oooon building.'and contents; jnsnred* $3,000 J^erchanls’of Chicago! ' j ~ , —Mrs. Kale Tierney. No. TO Third syenite; loss $3,000; insured $2,003 Chicago Fire; ’ '-l —Mrs. Tierney, No.SM State struct; 10aa : on building and contents; Insured SSOO Chicago Fire, and $1,900 Mutual Security of Chicago.' 1 ' 1 * —Thomas Ilastle, No. 213 JUndolph Btreet;.lqte $60,000 lu bonds and mortgages, lind s2t\oooin building and *tock; Insured $3,060 Commercial and Mntu4lScfnrityqfChicago. • : . P- Nuddand W. C. Grant,- residence No. 11 Adaqti street; lews $33,000; Insured’sto,o3o.rn Hart- - ford, ofriartford, and $3,000 to MerebanU'. oflLut ford. .•!.-• —Q. lJ.i?artncr, : No, 318 ?Ako street: loss S3O, 0u0; Insuredsl2,oo) In', homo cbmpariies'j aUo' at corned of Lake and Franklin streets; injured inhome companion. ''—C. B. lleynolds. No. 406- North- Wells '*treef; lues slt«M: insured SI,OOO In Republic, of Chicago.. —W. T. Hancock, No. 13 V'att Bnren.street, fur niture and clothing store; loss $1,3001 Insurauctr .SI,OOO lb Dodorwrilers, New York. r - - —Empire Line, J. Stockton, Agent,. No. Va La- Salle street ;loes $1,500; Insurance $750, liioenlf.' of Hartford. W. Sontlmold, No. 30315 North LaSa’lt\ ■fiirnilore.cloiyng, ic., $»,500V insurance, S2,UW,' Alloa, of Hartford. - i •, —Mosers. Onalt, Soulhwell * Co., No. 70 street, • Ajlna,lpirijopl., ' . rr-Doctor J. S.. Clarke, .No, 333 North , Wells slroct. Los?, $13,000; Insurance, sCooin the Home Mutpal, of Chicago. .. —Clarke* O'Keefe, plumbers, on the east side of LaSalle street', between Randolph jiml Jjike Loss, $3,000. No Insurance. * '•••*' 1 Tli.E OENKUAL PROSPECT.— - There are $?6,n00,C00 of capital represented: In ln»<ir*nco crtTrpnnt"* Oitju^©comiihlnqs have- ihun'to 30- mVlUom*,. nioft cop;s here {u pay, to»srz., fctjf. fepifS get fmm lnsurauoe S'iiQqtpV4Tßl I,^°fls - Miflutfht titai r oa<in. aae. ihc comiwnh ii will pay 50 per cent, of. losses, if this Is correct It fs th«)U.;ht <> (|i'ui the national banks will pay 10Q per- cduk within a reasonable time. . \ ■ i; • TIIB SUIIP^Y. . f . Vcslord"! noon some cif the netir ftdams stroet, made a- connection with tho city main there, and ptlinpcd the water lo.sc.'tbot’itiere: wasasapply attlic hydrant* ucay tha river,,ami. iHiO la the houses along Canal el r jct,.sjnu oil the floors., A klmilftr ( crnnoction’ was.: mad*: at, Twenty-Second, .street,: .and at.Sfrfeeiithv e> that water ran from som-: iiftlie ’^otjih'sidg. Thpiifiii' it >aroe frQm' , river; it-was quite paUMlilc.-tlic stream itcjag ujiich purer, however, owing to the fact ilu)t the dbchargn rum tho main sewers has ceased,'or been greatly diminished. Mr. Creglcr/ at.the , \Yaipr \Vorkß, by Monday, . CITY HObTITAi; • The following patient* are’ iu-Ward D of tbo City Hospital: ' ~ ' Charles Kattcliug; burned at a stable'on flic Lakoahore. • -, l '' ’ ■ .Charles Mclntyre, burned fltMclro{mli{aa fiall. fbomM MfDujuap, Itupipd at 123 street, worth scorched hear Twelfth street.*- 1 • James.plvafn.bqrncd Pcyqrcly q», the foqirr *.f Polk afid CJafk wlijlc trylpg tq'save hi.’ furnllqro. Vaclbadly burned. In Ward C arc James Frank Bloke, burned b: lace and bands. Henry Gaylord, No. 43 North Slate strict. t,„iiy burned on the face god hands’ at bis rcahleno*. • rotcr.Clark.No.l2tNorlh Markotetree!. : Ip.Uie.hoadi htcq,.apd liaptls, A IJATPy "FAMILY. ' In tho following circumstance, ‘bar., rr.i? M>m-i* thing like the awakening from a lion: •> .i-cam - to 'find Italia dream,' 1 jlr. Ford. \Viu»L>W. the well-known banker, owned ab- *V,;ful rtrldouce and grounds nearly opposite -to Hvjgbt's Grove—a little paradise, In which he brj tr-k«*n particular pride. At the near approach «,] IC (t rc ent of the neighbor* urged Mr. Winslow'. k-.uV.y to b-jtakc themselves to : tbclr • earrlag-, Rlu l r! c p: TBcy" did so. They -fled .V their •; •and, : - along with thot> aß ,]* of " others, .sought (be bleak prairies, trhere they cqmpcd Qnt; for thtt Mr. W.wander ‘.ed back to gazo upon the ni ; B , 0 f lit* happy home,* When lo! then; burst uj^ u ' hi- t>-;:ubUd-vision,a green casUit\ the dc- t. [tv.jf Lv»old.boni<U{Uh* scathed-. k->i '\\-y : r—in roopd it. nls sing l uv hippj'Jhniiryrelnrpwi: taking,many »uflcrr:'.r.lcitur ullVlhem. - AhAthdlt friends jutvo i'XW-iU&ly,.. t HE UltOCEliij. rnph~ iu-( developed many In* .. ' vl.-ir-is aml itar«Tenre. ;>'ot The fee .’i ca. stauccaof ' to's{>eak -)! i:- t!iMi-»ada ><f firesides so gvacronsly given up tin; ssiri-ft-r#, lit ds 'take the-grocery store kcrp-ra. ami their, various .dealings. ■ Two cxßTuiilt;% ■ rc given—those of Holdfast -and Slack*, up. Twr utli*nii;n \vll 9 Crs:-;;n of ll'dui.t*', pcoaperonygTOCCn-went ta ir„r. a. r ,"t' tho aud > fcnneitedj aappheaion r.'ii:’ ia oaclj ( cj»se* # * *ttc # ’proffi>U” r.jiv -r!*; -‘N<'t a-' CiUtVa; uqrth': on i/iCj’V •' fi-i flthcs hagd the ' -4U a rec«it customer of biapu the sldc j -.vc”. :-‘ l Mr. SaUih.-'lViuH ehhuoli ok my :r.--<*ih.r>. You Mhdrerati tbo provMous yo n. utid pay mein the spring." This Isnotal •> • Markup's boy next day announces to Mr '* : *»t If shQ la taking in jmy famlU.*a I NUMBER 67. (Siaeknp) will furnish aU their pror's'ons free for a lime. Umro, Slncbnp!—Holdtast , YESTERDAYS FIRES. . Between 2 and 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon a lire was discovered iu the Uck yard of>’o.ll7 Wuhfleh avenue,- near ll«rmuu.c<iiirl-a marble front building. ; A hose-cart was passing’ at tlic time, and the tiro was put.ynC' ’ , Abimtli o’clock p. in. a woman at No.- -IGS State street set Arc toabcd-tlck. arrested, and" fie lire pat out. . :" '* rOUCE FROM INDIANAPOLIS.; ' Captain-Johnson, df’fbii Indianapolis police here on Tuesday, with fourteen rabn t ‘ in uniform, and they requested/rations and bed-' ding for thclr own accommodation bore. .They reported lo oiir local authorities, add went on guard on Tuesday evening, rusted all day jester ira}', and Were on patrol duty again last night. * : : , , r : OX TUE WAY./ r ‘ - llarrtabnrg, ; l’a.,'Octill.' .To the Editor of. The (llucago, Tt’putnt: ■■ ■ Tnc follcrwitig-pe«ons : arii on, the Pittsburgh i Port Wayne train from-New York/due in Chicago at Oo’clock p. m. on Thursday/wlthald for and In search of ftieniUvD: El Fatness, Philadelphia; Charles‘M. JtjwJcy, ikwpm t'Dr.'AVm. rieflstoo; Orange, N. £.; S. J.t/rUflwoliL'Sr.,' I’ldJndrlpbi-t; Biebard Wallcnnnn and Joel! TLEoiy,- Chicago; y. O. lliil, Abingdon, ID.’ •.! : J ' " ' * .a genuine cUHiosrp\v ’ ; , The little onc-slory frame in the rear of which wastbo barn iii whJolijlhs tire Originated, on Dd Kovcitstrcut,- bUuklv to-day--alone- ami unto- Jared. The flames swept rpqiidilon eVeryside igniting! everything : eise-r while that miserable •IructurosUnds—amDn&Dicbt6rth’e‘idacl' whore Ike fire commenced. ' Will i.nne enterprising.mu scum please purchase U at a fictitious price, nod help to relieve thcdbastur.with a round sum? . INCENDIARISM.. . _/ In addition to Ihocasce'of incendiarism air'-*,r r reported;the' following ,-wcjl miihcblicated facts were , gathered yesterday.. In.the alley between Taylor'and Twelfth streets," running, from UaJstcd to Newbetty streets! amatrattired ioa black cloak was found cn>uching;at too rear of'a barn, ami' in the aclfof applying ’a lightest mald| lb dry combust!-, blematcriaF. ; Th'cpn’rly wfui saw tlic attempt, in' the Impair,oftlniJnjoipoidJ sailed r nir-alarm,' In- • “tend of tiring at the. iDc^ridjaryiaud^lhowretch] escaped.-’ ' i'—At Uo'clock bn’,Tae»itiy ‘fureno.m CharFc s cllstrocf, near Canal airect hc-heard thecry •of fire mlccd by.'oohic women. Hushing into a shed b&dtscpvcrcd a quantity of brimstone on the; floor, bunting. In ’this Instance, incen diary c*capcil. ; ;,J ’ il 1 jr- .*/ '' ' i <—At the drug store or^cfld r 'Brothers, I 'bo Canal .street,between Juddaod WlJsolialrCcts, there was found'finder -thd "bamVon juosday ahcrmxni, .a pioco.ofMahllla-ropr! jljfpct loni;, saturated with Ur and olher combustible substances/ I?ba .duds were frayed, so that UAvOdTd readily on a)o« end- a-Jooeb .knotTnw: tied and soaked iu tar.' An experiment was HubscqiicrUiy.: tried . with thp rope, and ft wis'fpmid' Vu'-bnmalqw., Tlic .gall'ty. man, tn this case/wta unwept* *'<*■■ ‘”y~ , —Hannah; near the City Elyvator! .fopnd a.hahdlo r of,‘hay.and. straw deposited to-a'risky place, ahd.aatnratcd' with kerosene.' waa die Tniid-Tyi : ‘ ’ ■ —A young roan wbb was to. THE .TBIBUNK ‘ofUccycbleTdayraorofng/bbi laiipd to mentlou his address, stated dbat i to the setting flrc ; to thq lu; whicUHo UTQj,iVl3icfe were no raVolVcrk lb the tfduio, aml-.lhq ruffian has qscapcd. li>fj : jir::j : " 1 -• , —A si] 1c dress aaintated ayilli’ Itcrosenc-was flung owra ganlen' funee*cm'Wabash, aToana,’lnto.a 'back yard, and was picked «pdripplngwlib‘6l!. ' ' —A.man vua sben liAiiging to a lamp post on one nf tbs avenues, dead bat not cold,' . • —At 1 o’clock, yesterday gftopioon. Deputy Sn pcrintendent.Shcmipn, received notice from Ser geant MeAnlcy, at the Webstar Urenne snb-rlalion —the only bno rematolug dn tbo North Side—that serosal bouses bad been set on tire, and that more .than a dozen Incendiaries had been captured .’and were "locked - I np ; to ‘ jibe,, station. The. natural . rumor that. > the mob intended. ‘to :despatch,tocm withont delay accompanied" the . announcement, ami n squad of polled were called together.r-An omnibps- passing the Union struct station waireaptarcd by.the police, lire occupants - (juictjy requested logo l out-and tliivdrlvcr order-. cd tb'drh'olo Ihbttallbft- - The report proved to by yatterly.wlUioutfimiuhition. the sergeant who njadfr U being probably.Miu ylctip', ofn by some pidhr-sfrlckeri nJifhleut or tifujy policeman. ‘ . ..} • K .r .AX.vrvßAi..-■ ?• The following despatch haou forwarded to prominent Chrlstlah'mQß In tbn East. and is here by madapubllclhnt ClyrisMsu ministers nnd Sun dsy School SupcrlnjcmL-nts 'tlio coual ry may take action nisrequestvd.' ~ < ■ - Mait; hundreds ofaar jto tr Christian Faniilic? arc .hamejesa. WUI you not stimulate the inifin j >'•> collections In the Cltnrcliu s;ud oN ‘upon wo taming fjabbalh in jlicw , houeaiid fhijdrco or a*r. .Mooayv''Sttnrt.ay -rV. - -‘ l *tbnenrd'withomhQmca orololhlng. •J -*• : J-i ?- : j'IUkMUODV. .• • : ; -, : itKV.-f.• . . ... D.W W!t«. ; ■’ . ' ! ' IleUefCoir.im?’.-; y. if. o. * ./ Tifn’ ov- resign .... fiitMMtCeaterqd in the A,v.dc-»y uf I)e --|ljfn Half Bps owing to t’v: c;;Uwtod thcrc. The artist* work >d boro bally ».ut their ef forts were oMlnle'avall owing ;« tbf im;w«bhityu of cbtitn; mean* of Imp;;**: t;-: '•». Tlx; Kattlc of CcUraburgr llothen.;. I •> _bi -rml'Ml >icthre ‘was takbn ouVby - >*r< special!ylu fuoued that Ilia s* • s:>n.i;yl>c shipped ,t*uthe artistwho• ,v.i i. 'the Lu x grotipc oT’.l. W. Doan'* family. paint*-, nj.l’ina and Vok?s bust at NV o: more were , :d,-.v *.vt J. The two achi tectum'- pictmv b; N> \ <■» Mynk-V which have ‘ bifi. hi Enhury ; «o long, were - - ouiy >• > : *Uy 'shipped . to. .'Yule coU«SQ- marine, a tego picture by HlcrstfliH. y - 1 - 1 ’ ;h-.*>Mair ptettirca'dn tS6 pal* idfy.-npA !•»« Jo‘ lb« Swimupmcopcc tlnp r forward ’d r :‘>m Italy. Were. lost. Tbefe were • about»};’ n ! ii’.-h-d pli tures In’ the gillcry In all. ; Tho • o»n*' *ni?L whocaminiosUtf their woVks 'were >*i*< ! Uoc*~«*:U, add, Ford. T)josc who lost evervdi’ > ; are JvnWs, J*. 11. S. ‘.need, IVkbluS, Drury. ■*'v« , U;an«! iUcW'iarud f?U p:t--Vf-(;I V . ’ *• I Tti. : •Mil;? Llbe a.;.t>'.a'y '-■-•ok iMdscssiou on tbo Jfct of last No- Wa 6i»fcßA h6u.se gallery. , A'flion, the Superintendent bribe Opera House Art Gallery; fortunately l had mean’s of train f<ortatlon itbsnd and saved nearl^eycrypicture tathegnllcry, Inaddillon to the flue collection lit Mr. CtosbyV private roomrf. ' - ; ' THE tiISTQRfCAL'SOCIETY'S BUILpING.' The Jess of the Historical Bailding U irrepara liV. Tbo library embraced 17.300. bound volumes, iTo.tWO pamphlet*, and'complete aft* of dies of the; 1 Chicago’newspapers. This collection embraced a complete record of tko history, of Chicago from Its earliest days to the ' present. In addi tion’ to. tbo . library, -. the,', society ..owned the-. original : draft -of • the Emanci pation Proclamation by President Lmcolb/a com plete set pf the Chicago-battle Hags, the Uealy Gallery of three hnodred painting*, Diehl's Ham let. Conlurc’a Prodigal Son, and Volk’s bust of ’MEXlWoln—the only one for which Jlr. .Lincoln ■Jiad a life-slttingi The lut» of lUoso treasures of art and Hiyßlury wlp he f v -lt inure keenly hi. the tolnro thatrat Rtefent. They arc treasures which, .cannot he replaced, and lo.Uipir loss the history of Ihe city Is lost also; 1 ‘ , , ! ! Sbnc valuable: jwivito" libraries'arid painting* wofOfUQ burned,..anions, them those of.Messrs. McCajrc. Xniblff, ’aiid .Sheldon. Mr. McCagg jbsb^,’-•’ 'ln wuddillon to - his - ■ flho ‘'libra ry, . Healy’a, bblorlcal • •piemre; of , (he ’ . Con ference at Hampton .Raids, and Powers' «lalr.o of l*ocahontiir.vllie gallery embraced about slxty-fivo pictures, all by the bc*t home and foreign artists.. •.. ,'SAFES OPENED. The old .Comptroller’s vault lu the Court House tnslioen'examined.and found -intact;l(. contained alt the fiw*amcet roils-of tbo city from Irtipiapff ip ‘ It-va* cic4 eipecUlly bribe Tai 7 0ojpB\!sfibney. • - it. > Everything Jn tho vatUDjOj ,Upj: non B *k -waaij^qliy ! - ANNOUNCEMENTS. Messrs. S, C.‘ Griggs drCor.have'already 'coni;, mcnced buslcoV*; and 'are selling books at one of iinj!\Yaha»have««a;ro«idoDC3f.:. t ■» . .. Twenty-second Street bos assumed a lively i>osr □ess aspect since the lire. It Is now the Lake street of the South Division, and has one bank in operation, the Twenty-second Slreei Saving* Bank, I was the only back in the city that escaped destruction. Colonel Eastman has secured the Plymouth Con* £reoilfonal Chnrch. on Wabash avenue, near Har* tnon court, as the Post Office, and will more la there at once. BULLY FOR BONNER. John IJ. Walsh, Esq., the President of tbo Western News Company, has received tha follow ing despatch from Robert Bonner, Esq., the pro* printer of the ,Vf«? York Luigir: ' New York, Oct. IT. To.Tohr.Ji. Wnhh, Esg., I'r/st. Western yacs Co.: All New York epmpal lazes with Chicago. Millions will he collected In this city alone for tbo general relic/ fund. Bran* on me at sight for ten thousand dollars towards relieving sufferers who arc in any way connected with the newspaper or ■newabueiocss:.. ~ ROBERT BONNER. , Mr- Walsh has opened ‘an office at 99 West Ran dolph - street, where he will receive apollcatlons and distribute tho relief. •, . .ARRESTS. .™* Shannon was arrested last evening near tho Great'.Eastern ;Bepot,by Officer Dctllngcr,and a .number-of chocks partly cancelled on tho Traders National Bant,' from Frason, Drayton & Cq * ; 1 *i"; i Uj i,. Joseph ILUneayiUc and Gcorgo Benson were ar- Jested far breaking Inla 'the mult of Kimball * Cc» The officer caught them with ihclr hands la tho :T«iU.;; ; . r \ ..—Officer Carpenter, at 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, taking ’some regular soldiers on to the North Hide to-McQjrmiclOi, Reaper Factory, and when near there a man.yithin fifteen feet of him sudden ly tlrc<f at him five or sir times with a revolver. Fortunatelyho"vr**;imt Wounded, and finally se cured the mao... He gives the name of Joseph Mor ►clcnsy. nnjl says he was a watchman of the Pesh- Irgo' Laiiber Cbmittny., The ease was continued until Friday, u ■ ' , , William Webb, formerly employed by Mr. Wolhcr, - of this - dly, was arrested on Tuesday, charged.wittarsoh; by a number, of South Side residents. lie. was held to ball yesterday for fur ther eiaminationl ' —Bridget Hickey, a servant girl, was arrested on Jhe; charge of arson In the South Division, and held forfurtlicr'evidence. • ‘ ' ' ' DIRECTORY. Tho Pacific ami. "Atlantic telegraph offices arc 1-1 ___ —Thu Pullrssn Palace Car Company have stationed ; lhcir ofticcat the comer of Eighteenth sired find Prairie avyhttc. The Dumber* Exchange Is at the southwest cor [ nor of La]cc and Market streets, where the import ers ami dealers can ?jc.found. —The Post Office can bo reached r in Eighteenth :and Twelfth streets. Til*.situated at Darlington .Hall, comer of Slate ana..Sixteenth streets, whero the Western Union TcHgrapli Company have their headquarters also. . ■ ... ‘ r , PERSONAL. If Arthur 37. Sullivan, expected In this city front Nelv York.' ha? arrived,, be can find his brotLe* William at THE TRIBUNE office. —lmnt, Preston & Kean, bankers, opened the'r safe ydstcrdayjaad brand'all money and securities unharmed. They, will resume business in a few days. r ' —C-Van Hasan, I ’President of the Detroit Fir and. • Marine • Insurance .Company, arrived here, to-day. lie assures the agents of his company Messrs. Lcwt?&’Hathaway; that they are prepared to and will pay every dollar of their loss promptly. . ,J, 11. Mcyickcr, may. be found at No. 190 Michi gan avenue,-where he will do all inhla power to help ibo needy onbt of the profession. , ' WARNING .TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS. Parlies in.the 'country will do well nottocomo to the city, expecting todoa produce business for aftnv'dayi.r Tho coaunLalpn men will be able to ;tr^by ( next .week. TUL then Jonrncys will be limited quantities of produce can bo ‘Ukcocareof, and some parties ore ready to make advances thereon. | TTUIEATENEIJ DESTRUCTION. : A small 'piecu of. charred wood was found on 'Tuesday lying upon a tab)c In tho house of Dr- Carr, No. 333 West Madison street. It was thrown 'upon the floor, whojo it broke in pieces, the frag ments Igniting tho carpet in two places. It was extinguished in a short time. 1 ‘ "TIMELY" AID. William Baffin, President of the International Iron Moulders’ Association, arrived here Yesterday to look alter iho lotcrcslaof bis craft here* •I—John Collins. Secretary of the International Typographical Union, arrived here from Cincinnati yesterday, bringing S3OO, raised in an hoar, for ihu relief of Ibu Chicago Union printers. Hu will remain aomd days, and remlcrallthc kid he can !n urging anbordiualc Union* to contribute all the needo* funds for the relief of tho emit her •, . THETURNING POINT. UIiJi'IIJUNINU r&INT. Madison street bridge ap l tbu a-iectnl Jill’s of NortuU & Co-Mfcie ofllysatod fnw de*!rncilon by Ihq'fcunicasa-steam , farce'pump attached to tbo mil!,-br./wliicb a iH»\vcrful stream of wtt:r was kept upon-the bxpdsid l property, hour after hwtr. , This ‘ pump Undoubtedly the// Wert Division, from a terrible* couiUgntlion, for if the Orient il Mills had burncci the cotnhn-tlble nature of the ndjolultig buhliug 3 .UU'i ailjiicul lumber yards would have itsurud a rcoue of devastation too. hcari-sictcnlnj for cun tctqidiiliQjv. William Crtulie!<l, Charles Mungwr. Rrjhcrt Whitley turd ;Jc#j>e Iltllcubeck had charge ! i f tbl < pump. run ui<iiui.ATciiif. tomor has a s;»: v i,t *oselon of ; t!; !'I.. -is!ftl’urc ; to take action ou ihe part of tbu ; ist.Kf, reintiyo to thc llrc ii\ itds city. Miinbcts ovns Cook County are typrclally requested to la j i»ru*culat the nv:v)Lm' iu-rpriugflcld to-morrow. ' . ‘ -ISEUEP. All jicrions In'nqcd’of In; d will please call at ift. Putrick’s Charcb, ciruer uf Desphtiues and Adams streets. ' TREBBUVED. T S.Winslmr, banker, corner of South Water and'Clark streets, stated y. sten’sy tbat i n« ofthonfesdn bis bank wrs found to have pre scrvcil * all * the money thcoin d-po‘itcd in'act. Trto others nut yet oycned a;c thought to be a no in good condition. ‘ ' THE «EUMAN CLERGY. A call ui>oti all the German clergy, nftbout re gard to creed or sect:. All German clergymen of Chicago,' are R'qncitcil to meet at No.CSC Uurasldo Blro't,- northwest cwni'et of Twenty-second street, on, Friday, at 2 o'clock p. m., to mature plan* L> .bolp our' distressed people, and to alleviate tho sutTdrhigin'f the poor. ,E GCNTUUM, Pastor of •the Si. Stephen's Congregation. RENEWING. The Star Union Lina and Ciarko A Co., Agent t • ! he Pennsylvania Kiilroad, hare their office at No.‘J West Madison street, under the Laclede Ho tel! ’ ' Mon were busy yesterday erecting fiamo buildings In Washington Park, on the North Side, to accommodate houseless persons. ' MISCELLANEOUS. The general delivery of letters at Ihe post effleo will commence IMk morning. •' Parishioner* of the Cathedral of the Holy Name canfiodlhelcpaftoratSt. Patrick's church, where Intelligence uf tbelr lost friends, clothing, food, nnd lodging can be obtained. Pho<6grapb»iof. the rains are being taken from every available point, for Eastern illu«tratcd pa pers and stereoscopic slides. THE ELECTIONS. PBFNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia. Oct-10.—The Republican majority for Mayor in thl* city is 7.fcW. The S:atc has gone Republican byat least 10.UUU. . Twenty-cue wards give a Democratic net gain of only 133 on the vote for Mayor. Carbon county shows a Republican pain of SOS. Berks county, G.OOO Democratic majority. York county, Democratic majority. 1,300; Republican gain of 4c0.. In Philadelphia the Citizens’ Reform ticket polled 2.500 votes. - Philadelphia, Oct. - 11.—Daring the riot Baynird Data (white) was,-shot In the shoulder by Georgs West (white). An unknown whits roan was killed on Ibe-corouc of Seventh and Lombard streets. Ocorgodteddiir; da not expected to live. Several minor affrays occurred. Pistol tiring was frequent vTb'oTtepnbßcaiM gain two roetnltcr* in the Legist latareib/Philadelphia, four in Luzerne, and idw two Senators, giving them a majority oj lw»th ilonscs. The majority for the Stale CcntvnUou la brenthelmrug.il" ‘ 1 “Thnadelphia. Ocf. U.-.Fohmjt'b Prt.ts esthaurw* the Republican majority In the State at 20.WW. Tbo Ja heavily Republican la both branches. ** OHIO. I : J ■. r , Cincinnati, OcL. JL—Returns from this county arc yef very lacwrantetu In the number of wards. Theiuette*,la*c Bisbl, adjourned till today, and hare-jnjt Tdstimed'their work. Returns are in. from >lxJWia ward* and twenty precincts. T*« Republican* claim tuo election or Hour of Ihleg. lalatlre Candida Us.. Rates and FitzgeUW aro la doubt. Kanemlorf, Republican candidate. fHr iVnintrsC’ommfMiuucr. l.« lnt\o*»nr. The «■> jnalrtdrr of the Republican CunUy ticket is proh> ably elected.; Clnclnnatl.Ocl.H.—Noye*. Republican, cats 53.. COO majority i‘» ihe Slate. LegMamte Republican, Cuyahoga t'omiy 4,cOU Republican u-tjorlty foe State tisket