Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 9, 1881, Page 2

O TRIBUNE: schools were dismissed. All clties and largo And small towns Iu tho State are reported as sinealy observing the day. Speelal masses for the Presittent’s recovery were offered In many Catholic churches, NEW YOUK CITY. New Yon, Sept. 8.—Today was generally observed in this city and Brooklyn as a day of prayer for the recovery of the President, Very little business was done, nti special services were held im many of the churches, DETHOTT, Dernort, Mich, Sept. 8—AlL tho public offices were closed here today between 10 and Lovelock, in obedlence to the Governa’s proclamation. Meetings were held in all tae churches, and prayer olfered for the recovery of tho President and relief of our fellow-oltizens suffering from tho terrible devastations by tro. ELK RAPIDS, SUCIL z Spectat Duspateh to The Chteagn Tribune. Fix Raping, Mich. Sept, &—In obetience to Gov. Jorame's proclamation, tho people of this enterprising itttle town and Sts concourse of yle- {tors gathered In tho churches at 11:00 thls morning, and for nearly two hours offered np forvont appeals to the Throne on High for the recovery of the President. The stores, and an luons, and factories woro all closed frou 10 until 2 in the afternoon, and the people here showed thoir deep xympntby for the very sick man at Long Branch. ho eakt ho did not mind it, as tho President was feeling so nuch better, SECRETARY BLAINE and tho members of tho Catinct met together ihis morning to transact sotne of tho routine ‘Dusinesa of tho soveral departments. Socretary Dinino said that thale mail was now forwarded to thom hore, and that, though tho several officers intght not remain altogothor hero after - this week, still thoir headquarters would be at. Long Branch as long ns tho Preatdent rematnod. ; MIDNIGHT. Reeretary Blaine to-night takes a mitch less hopeful view of the President's case than Dr, Bitss has ducing tho day, Ho enys that Bliss’ tutk of convalescence 13 not warranted by tie facta uf tnd aituntion, and that tho most that can bo sald ts that the President is bettor, Whether this tmprovement ta radical remains to be scen. Thore uro rumors tate tonight that the President has had a return of nausea, or vomlte ing. Dr, Hamilton denies this, Gen. Swatm who has beon with the President tuls ovening.. howovor, sald that the President bad eaten no little too much today, and that ne hat suffered somo discomfort from it, but that fo was now sleeping. mor AGAIN. 'To the Western Aasoctated Prest. Lona Branen, Sept. 8.—The day hero opened sultry, and, although a trifle couter than yester+ day, the heat’was very oppressive and the at- uoaphere smoky and unpleasant, and much nuxiety was felt with regard to tno effoot the contioued ticat would have on Prosldent Gar- field. Soto tlmo before tho hour for making the morning examination, Dr. Reyburn sald to arcporter that ho had beon over to tho Presl- dout's cottago, and understood, from the sur- geons in charge, that the pttlso was abovo 100; ho dic not’ know tho temperature and respirne tlon. He reported unt tho President had been somerh.t rostless during the carly part of vitfo night, and nowr midnight had grown ;woary and fallen asleop, aftor whieh hour bis rest’ was good, and Dr. Wiley thought very rofreshing. Tho morniny bulletin (pulse 101, temperatue 98.7, restration 18) was rogarded by allas moro favorable than tho record of yesterday, and wheu Dr. Hamilton came over to tho hotel, his quiet manner and as- auring words causod a vory hopoful fecllug. Dr. Biles gaid tho President was doing first-rate thla morning, and was {ns moro frvorable con- dition than he bad been for a woek or ten days. Private Sceretary Brown, in response to un inquiry whethor or not It was trua MRS. DR, EDSON was going to roturn to Washington today, sald DUNLQUE, 1 Bpeetal Disvareh to The Chieadh Tribune, Dunvgue, Ia. Sent. 8.—Praycr- meetings were hold todny in the Eptscopal, Catholic, and Cone gregational churches for tho President's recov- ery. nnd thoy were Inrgeiy attended, No mect> ings were ever beld in this city in which more fervid und heartfelt supplications for Divine favor were powtred forth than In there gather- ings. Many of tho best clnsscs of our eltizens attended. Tho banks were closod, aud many stores n portion of theday. HOLLAND, MICH. Bpectat Disvuteh to The Chicago Tribune. TOLLAND, Mich., Sept. 8—Tho day of prayer for tho President wus not’ genernily observed hero,as the Mayor filled to {ssue 1 prociune- ton and havo it known genorally. The Classis of Holland, Reformed Chureh, being in session, dovdted ono bour for that purposo this fore noon. Hope Church hel It at toe regular time, while othora hold It this evening. CEDAR RAPIDS, LA. Spectat Disvateh to The Chicas Tribune, CrpanItartns, In. Sept. 8.—In necordance i with the proclamation of Gov, Gear, . business ‘ it was a fact. Tho sccrotary would not say more | was suspended between 10 and 12 o'clock, and i ‘on the subject. It can bo stated, on tho vory | union services held In tho churches to offer : best authority, that Mrs, Edson's withdrawal | prayer for the recovery of the President were : from tho caso was not on account of any misun- | fargely attended. Tho people express great i derstanding whatever, and was merely to please | gratification over tho favorable outlook for s. tho Presitont in his request that tho | thoir Chicftain. ‘ number of attendants be decreased. CLINTON, TA, é Tho only renson her sorviccs wore CrinTon, Ta., Sept. 8.—Tho time appointed by ‘4 disponsed with In preference to somo one else | Gov. Genr for public prayer for the President eg ia sald by those acquainted with tho dotaila of the caso to be in compllance with tho Presi- dent's desire, ho preferring that thn attendants henceforth should bo mnics. Mra. Edson left for Washington this morning. Drs, Baroca and Woodward also left for Washington on tho morning train on business demanding imme- Mate attention, The morning bulletin was not reassuring, It was considered to bo fair; but fre thero was a noticenblo feoling of anxloty for jater reports from tho alck-room, This anxicty continued untt! noon, when Dr. Biss announced that he would acon be. able to give tha exact sondition of the President, ag he was about to make an examination, The Doctor lator stated, In anawer to inquiries: “The Prosidont is getting along splendidly. 5 To 1s botter at the presont timo than for many : flays."* “How do you account for this remarkably rapid change for tha botter?” “Well, the wind, you soo, has ebifted to tho north. It!s somewhat cooler, and much tess op- pressive. Tho pure atmosphere fs commencing to havo Ita effects.” “What does tho oxtraordinary chango Ind!- eto, Doctor?” “IT INDICATES CONVALESCENCE,” “Do you renily think the patient is convalos- cont?" “Tdo, surely, and tho syinptoms bear me out in that theory." “ Do you think the chango will bo permanont?" “There la every indication It will, Tho gland and wound aro both doing wall. The formor suppurates quite’ sufliciontly, and from tho wound tho discharge 1s moro freo, and of # bot- toreharacter. The wound looks brighter, and tho color !s better in every respect.” “Well, Doctor, you are surely gratified with this chango?”* “Indood I'am, We will bo ablo to get the Preasidont in condition to mako @ cominunica- tion to Congress yet, If this continues,” AT TEN TO-NIGIT, Dr. Dilsgatated that the President's pulse had risen to 108 sinco tho ovontn bulletin was te- sted. Tho incronse is attributed to the usual fobrile riso, and occasions IIttlo or no apprehen- sion, It is thought tno morniog oxamination willsbow a gond puiso and temperature. Col. Rockwoll stated that tho President bad a splon- aid day, and all bands felt much encouraged, Dr. Hamilton said that everything looked well, and the case was very promising. Bhortly atter 10, Drs. Biles and Hamilton bad retirod, and tho * Prusidont was slecving quietly. At a Inter hour, Gen. Swaim said overything was progressing ulcely. Tho President partook of solid food during tho evening, and had a natura! pnssazo of the bowels, which indicated tho proper assim Matlon of food. Gen. Swaim said the President hag enten too much tonieht, and bad expressed some discomfort from It. was observed In this clty and Lyons by a general closing of tho bustnoss houses and muctings ut the churches between the hours of 10 and 1, Reports fram othor cities {udicate a wenerul ob- servanco of tho day throughout tho State. FONT WAYNE, IND. Spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune. Four Wayne, Ind., Sept. 8—In response to the Governor's prociammtion, a union service was hold hore at the Baptist church today to offer prayers for tho recovery of tho President. ‘Tho attendance was large nnd the prayers nu- merousand carocst. | RATTLE CREEK, MICH. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. BAtrie Creek, Mich., Supt. 8,—In accordance with a proclamation by tho Governor and a re- quest from Mayor Howes, religious services wero held ot allof the churches tuday, and prayers offered for the recovery of our wounded Presl- dent. MUSKEGON, MICIE rt Special Dispatch to Tha Chicago Tribune, MUSKEGON, Mich., Bept. &—'odny was ob- served In nll the city churches ns one of prayer for the recovery of tho President. Much fecl- ing was manifested nt various moctings. LUDINGTON, MIGII. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns. Luninorton, Mich, Sept. &.—Publlo prayer for the President was nold today. Judyo White read Goy. Jerome's proclumation. The public schoole were in attendance, Many tender ox- pressions of sorrow wero givon by our citizens. ee GANADA. THE TRENT VALLEY CANAT.. Bpectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Perennono, Sopt. &—A party under Messrs, Belcher & Rogers, civil cnglnecrs, act off from this place Tuosday to examine the country be- tween Lako Concbiching and Mnatcnedash Bay for a suitublo canal route, Thoy will also vx- ploro the Heveda, wetting throuxh to the Georgian Buy by the end of September, This Je supposed to be the most diflivult and experi- sivo atretoh on tho Trent Vulley Canal, and bud been very little explored, GENERAL NEWS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ‘Toronto, Sept. 8.—Priactpal Cockburn, of the Uppor Canada College, has resigned bis position, the canso given boing iil-henlth. [is under- stuod that High-School-Inspector Iuchan, of Hamilton, will recoive the appointment. The Hon, Alox Mackonzio, ox-Premier, has are rived {n Toronto from his transatlantic sojurn. Nis heatth {8 much improved, Ho says he feols better than he hus fur ten yonrs past. ‘Special Dispatch to The Urteagu “tribune, QUEUEG, Sept. 8.—The Quebeo Government has given the services of nlucty prisoners from tho city Jali to the contructors for tho new cur-shops at ifocheluya for 40 cents per day each. It ts stated that the convicts are to be supplied with aplug of tobneeo and three glnsses of liquor euch per day by the contractor, A company 16 belng formed at [Mallfax to raise tho old Froneh frigate Danville, sink in Bod ford Busin carly in tho last century, Sho wout, down in fighting trim,and itis thought Ie will pay, ie getup the old guns and other fron and miutala, Sprctat IMapatch to The Crleacn Trimunt, Ortawa, Sept. 8&.—A doublo-hoaded snake ie now In possession of a Smith's Fate man, Tho roptile uses both ends in enting. It isof the garter species, a STOLEN TREASURE, Puavenvuta, Sept. 8.—A box left ag secure ity with uv botelkeoper py C, Euaston, now in the Maryland Penitentiary, waa opend today by the police, and found to contain a yalunbte din mond ring and United States bonds to tho value of $19, OFFICIAL BULLETINS, 8 o'cLock, Loxa Bnanen, N. J. Sept. 8&—At the inorning exunlnation, made at 8 o'clock, the President’s pulse was 104; temperature, 08,75 respiration, 18, Iie was reatless and wakeful during tho early part of the night, but after midnight slept well until morning, His gen eral condition appears more encouraging. DW. Buss, F, WU, Mamintox, or m. Exnenon, N. J., Sent. 86:80 p. m.—At 19 m. today the Presidents tomperatnre was 88.4; pulse, OF: respiration, 17, At the even- ing dressing, 6:30 p. m,, lids temperature was 9.1; pulse, 100; respiration, 18 Ile has taken a Hberal amount of food, but solid and fluid, with apparent rolish, By special request of tho President tt has boon our duty to: say, In this publlo manner, to Surgoon-Gonetat J, K, Danes, Surgeon J.J, Woodward, and Dr, Nobert Heyburn, that, in dispensing with thelr services nw hla medical attendants, be waa actuated only by x wish to rellevo them of a lator and responsibility, ‘whieh, in bis {mproved condition, ko could no longer properly iimposo upon thom. Both tho President and Mra. Garhold desiro to oxpress to these gentlemen personally aud In the aumo publio manner thoir hich appreciation of tho great skill and discretion which thoy have so constantly exorcised us associate counsel in the management of his cuso up to the presont time, DW, Briss. F. HL, HAMILTON. BLAINE’S BULLETIN. “THE CHANOR FOR THE BETTE Ennenon, N. d., Sept. &—Secretary Biaine sent the following at half-past 10 tonlght; Lowell, Minwter, Lauton; The Presiacnt’s rest was muoh broken during tho tlrst halt of Jost night, but toduy bis condition has beon more favorable, Ho had less foyer this afters noon than fur soveral duys past, hag a better pulse, and an improved appetite, Ils surgeons ate tnuch encouraged, His comfort has been promoted bya doolued change in the weathor, ‘The thermotnoter at this hour (half-past 10) 14 75 Fabrenholt; yesterday It waa 05. BLAINE, Sveretary, ) FEELING, uOSTON, Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Bostos, Muss, Sept. &—Today was ob- served as a day of prayer far beyond the ob- servance of the usual April Cast and praying day, In Boston business was Jargely sus pended between 10 and 13 o'clock. ‘The State amd Notlonal Courts, the City-HHalt, the public sehools, and the leading business houses were closed durlug the forenoon, and the lurgest houses of worship were opened and filled, In some there was standing room only, ‘The stury of Boston is substantially that of the rest of the State, ‘The churches were open and the people praylig from Barnstable to Berkshire, Business was suspended fn many - places during the hours of prayer, and the a What Bewitched the Regulator, Charlottesville (Va. Chronicle Tho well-known necuracy of Sr. J. W. Lpop's regulating timesplece hay suveral times tntely been futerrupted ina. siugulur manner, ‘Tho mechanism of the elvek fy superb, and until roe cently it hi jot varied more than a minute or two for alx months. For several weeks past, however, It has been obaurved that on Monday Toralngs tho clock hie been ten wlnutes nbead of correct tine, and evorybudy about the evtub- Ushment has been puzzled to aeeuunt for ths strane frenk. Last Monday mornulug close ine apection led to the solution of the mystery, A sipall spider waa found ou one side of the case, and from the polut of the pendulum a slender thread of web bad been stretched to both sides of tho cuse, thun shortening tho stroke and ine oreaging the mouon of the machinery, it is evident that the object of the hitle spider was to stop the moveinens of the pondull und it fa oqually evident that Sundiy was chosen for tho work became on that day there was no Ila- villty ta interruption, — Afraid of the Camera, ‘here {so curious surersiition among tho Bhoshones concerning the photogrupule process, aud it ia with the greatest dlticuity thiut one of them can bu got to sit for wp ve Lane dlunecu, the urtlat, bas tried repeatedly to got plotured of the uoble red nun, but be has only succeeded! In inveigling tyoor tbreu lite bis gale lery, aud they werv so terribly irightencd at the eumera obsciro that thelr pletures looked as it thoy Were expecting every moment to be ture dered, aud their hair fuirly stands on ond in the portrult, Although the Jindiaus are morally in drowl uf tho terrible invention uf Daruerro, the Chinese ave oppasitly Inclined, and are parties Jary taken with the photographie art. ‘Tho Chfness women aro usualy fol of photograpia, and Moneco has several negatives from Monger Man wources. oa ee—esesaesi A Barber Speculator. Clueinnuttl Gazette, Me, Charles Fox had entered & tonsorial estab. Tehment and submitted hiv tage te thy razor of ony of tua colored gentiomen, wha, of course, entertained bitu on all tho topics ‘of the day, One side of the fucu bud been lthered aid shaved, aud the othor wus just aidurgolng the first operation when a dusky’ friend uf the bare ber ruvbed frantically In shouting, “October whoat'y down to twenty-twoand three quarters.” ‘The barber dropped bls razor und even left olf in the middio of bis couversution, and with no furthur explanation thin “wut to Ko to tho bneket shop,” sturted for ‘the door, Mr, Fox suggested willuly that his facu Jncked that wy metry which Ja becessury to beauty, Tho spec. uluter only auewered wa ho rushed out the dcr, “Cau’t help it; alt yot no Ho; gut to wo ta the bucket shop." er No bealth witb Joactive liver and urinary or- gaus without Hop Bitters, FORTY PESHTIGOS The Michigan Conflagrations Unparalleled in Amer- ican History. A Burnt District Comprising Over Forty Townships of Land, One Thousand People Thought by Some to Have Been Already é Burned, The Loss of Life Placed by tho Most Cautious at 300 to 500. A Tornado of Fire, Moving with Incredible Swiftness, Com- ing Without Warning. The Flight of the Miserable Victims Usually Limited to a Few Rods. Families of ay Many as Nine Persons Found Hnddled Together in Death. Five Thousand People Now in Danger of Death from Want—Aid For- warded, EXPLANATORY, WHEE THE FIRER ARE RAGING, The scene of the great Michigan terror may be readily plneed In the mind of tho easual reater by the aid of the following ex- planation, The southern peninsala of Mic! igan hus the form, on tho map, of n left hand mitten, latd on tts palm, ‘The space be- tween the thumb and fingers is represented by Snainaw Bay. Muron County forms the end of the thumb, and beneath it, on the map, He ‘Tuscola and Suntluc Counties, side by side, Sanilne to the eastward, Bad Axe Is inthe centre of JIuron County, and is “tho county seat, and Caro is In the centre of Tuscola County, and is the county sent. Enuch of tho three counties hus about twenty- four townships six miles square, NEWS FROM DETROIT. MI. GRENELL'S STATEMENT, Spectat Drapatch to The Chicago Tribune: Dernoir, Mich., Sept. 8.—The Roy. 2 Grenell Jr, pastor of the First Baptist Chureh of this city, arrived from Sand Beach at noon today by the Narrow Gage and Grand Trunk, pssing through most or the burned region. in Sanilac County. Ho give a reporter A GRAPHIC AND FEARFUL DESCHIPTION of the calamity as he saw It, and heard of It from eye-witnesses, On hls way to Port uron by the Narrow-Gnga Ruallroad it was notleed that, some places, the track had proved an effectual barrier to the flames, which did not find fuel in. the gravel of the rond-bed, In other places, however, it burned the ties and twisted ond destroyed the rails, which had to ba re- placed, In other places It lad leaped clear over the road, and taken anew start on the other side, For the most part, [t got across in some way, and the spots of unburnt coun- try were BMALL, FEW, AND FAR BETWEEN. From tho car-windows, all the way, it pre- sented to the view tha. aspect of a burned desert of ashes and smoldering ombera, withoutasign of animat or vegetable Nf a country AUANDONED BY GOD AND MAN, and to which it was impossible to imagine any one returning. The telegraph poles had all burned, and the wires lad heen reset upon any stick that could be found, and, for long distances, were merely told slong the ties beside the rails, ONE OF THE MOST SINGULAI AND APPALIe ING PHENOMENA accompanying the culumity was the awesome darkness which preceded It and remained until all was over, ‘Tha experiences of Sand Beach will Mustrate that of .the whalo lake shore, At sunrisa Monduy tho alr was as clear ag usual. Atabout lp. m., the people begun to observe A BINGULAR COPPEI OLORED APPEAR ANCE of the whole firinautent. A little later this deepened ton deep red, aud by 2 o’elock it was so dark that people were compellad to tuke lanterns to flad thelr way about out doors, Mr, Jenks, a well-known. eltizen, sald that he passed his hand back and forth before his face and could not see, VIS FEARYUL DARKNESS continued all the afternoon, with an occa- slonal rift, through which the rays of the sun darted furtlyvely with unnatural-bright- ness, to be succeeded lmmedintely by stilt more biluding blackness, MANY THOUGHT THE END OF THK WORLD was at hand, and were filled with terror. The horrors of the Imaginutlon were sven Inten- sited by the approneh of tho flames, the sto- ries of the untyersal deaolution to the west of them, the dread that they were fated to a trichtful death, and then by the arrlyal of THE CHARRED, NLACKENED, AND BILADE- _ LRSS RESLAINS of the poor victina, “This awful condition continued all along the shore unt!) Wednes- aay morning al 8 o'clock, when the wind which had been blowing steadily from the west, turned suddenly from the north, carry- ing the coul,;molstalr of the fake to tha fevered heads and smoke and ash begrimed fucesofthy people, It was sweet as the breath of God, aud was accepted ag thank- fully, : THE ACENEA O¥ HOWHON IN ‘THe Woons weretoo frightful for any pen to portray, The dead were found everywhere, very rarely recognizable, and $n most eases undis- tnguishable as tinman beings, Many were MBE IASBES OF BURNT FLESH, whieh fell apart when touched, and in’ very fow could sox or age be distinguished, From one body the head fell when tf was lfted tip; from another, that of a young woman, the leg separated and: hung suspended by the tendons, In somo places families were found KEDUCED TO AN UNDISTINGUISHADLE REAP OF KOASTED AND DLACKENED BLOCKS OF FLESH, where they fell together, overwhalmed by the rushing flames, ‘The mantfold horrora of the calamity wero multiplied by fearful tor undoes, which cut off yetreat In every diree- tion, ‘The awful heat of the atmosphere ralsed the sinoke a Httle from the ground, and Jt hung above the earth fn an iinpens trable muss, shutting out every ray of light, and leaving the poor creatures below NELPLES’ AND NLIND, ; until the firg caught them and closed their agony in death, Now and then flames shot up in tremendous masses, which would be scdzed by a tornado and carrled bodily 9 quar- terof niuilo away, and thon pushed down nguln to start the flames Ina new quarter, dn Uils way helpless fugitives tying for Ife wore PENNED IN RY SEAS OF FLAME, and roasted like rats Ina eagy. One farmer, a few niles fron Saud Beach, who was plow- Ing with oxen, on notlelng the approaching darkness, and thinking he had plenty of time, waited to turn his cattle and norses loose, He thon’ hurrled to. the house, and, finding his wife gone toa neighbor, took two vhildren himself, and gave three others In chargo of his oldest daughter. BEFOMUE ‘THEY. GOT MANY RODS from the house the flames had got before then. Ho lurrfed off in another direction with his two youngest, but the girl pushed on over the burning grass with the other three, Heescaped. ‘The hodies of tho other four were afterwards found In a heap, charred beyond recognition, WILLIAM HUMPIUEY, TITE MAIL CATIRIETE from Argyle to, Eliner, started on his route Monday, but was stopped midway by the flaines, Ho unhitehed the horse from tho wagon, made a saddle of the mail-bogs, and, mounting the beast, turned back ata gallop. ‘Tls ineldent fg only Imaglned, for the horse arrived without rider or matl-bog at Argyle, ‘There the people, belleving the worst had oc- curred, TIED A ‘TAG TO THE HORSE'S NECK and urged him back alone over the road. ‘ho poor benat fallowed tho habit of his dafly duttes and dashed over the road, He reached Ehner safely, and the people there learned tho story of lis adventures from the tag. ILumphroy’s burned body was afters wards found in the wilderness [none place, the mail-bag halt consumed in snother, and the wagon entirely consumed elsewhere, AMONG THE PEISONS NURNED OUT by tho forest fires ;who have como to De- trolt to get rellef for the sufferers is John Ballantyne, of Verona Mills, who was re- ferred to in a previous dispatch as a spenker at the public meeting held here today, In an interview hoe told tho following story: On Monday morning last it was ns pleasant at Verona Mills ns it Is this morning here. We had no more apprehen- sion of danger by fire In our locality than you apparently haye here today. Dut about 13 0’clock A DENSR BMOKE begnn to blow ont toward the Inke and a terrible wind began to arise, A number of us went buek into the woods to Investigate, Wesoon fount what wasthe matter, and, hur rying back, I toldimy faiwlly that we were xo- Ang to be burned out—that tt was linposstble to save anything. Itwas not more than twenty minutes before a cloud of smoke enveloped us and we were left in total darkness, ‘Those who couk! flee toa place of refuge didso, £ and my family started to go, but were CAUGUT HY THE FLAMES before we had gone more than fifteen or twenty rods. We managed to get into a cornfield, and renialned thera from about t o’cluck In the afternoon till $ the next morn- Ang, nearly suffocated and unable to see any- thing about us It was a” perfect mass of blackness, After the fire sweptover it, almost everything was gone, ere and thero was -n farm-dwolling yet standing. Nearly all the stock, enttle, sheev, and lorses, were killed, and we saw them tying by the roadside. ‘The people were loft nl- most entirely destitute of — clothing and provisions, In ono instance — that 1 know of fifty pounds — of flour were all the provisions that could be obtained for seventy-flve people, In another place there were 104 people left with avout the sane nmount of flour, ‘There wis no meat or provisions of any kind, I owned o sawmill and flouring-inill, and the conse- aucnee was that PHOVLE MEGAN TO COME IN from all about there to appeal to me for ald, Assoon as possible 1 came away and sent them somo relict from J. Jenks & Co,, of Sand Beach. From there Teame down, tell- ing them I would. see what could be done. As Iwas leaving that day they had found fifty-eight bodies, Lhave not been able to learn the details of tho loss of life in the ‘Town of Paris, but the report 1s that, thore was a groat nuinbérs” Mit. M’DONALD, FROM MINDEN, also relates the situation of altars in his quarter of the burned country, In the Town of Verona, where there are 200 people, thera, are only = threa houses left. ‘Tho smoke began to roll over us about 10 o’clock., At noon we lind been burned out, ‘The burnt district in the peninsula undor Saginaw Bay oxtends for about thirty miles north and south, ane titty tuiles enst and west, us ‘near as can bo aseertalned. It swept over the ‘Town of Paris, nearly everything in which Is destroyed, the same ns at Verona and Bing- ham. In Colfax, Sigel, Huron, Gore, and other townships !¢ ts moro than people dreamed of, Before Lleft Sand Beach yes- terday : T BAW FOURTEEN DEAD NODES brought in. Wo had to light our lamps to seo to eatour dinner, At o'clock we hat to light lanterns to sea in tho strect. At times the darkness wasso Intense wecould not see anything,and then ocenslonally everything: would be lighted up.by a red glare that would give the bulldlngs and the trees the appearance of blood. ‘This was cnused, we suppose, by the burning of buildings and trees In the distance, THE FIRST INTIMATION that wo had of danger from fire was the sight of a blazing barn amile and a hall dis- tunt, from whieh burning shingles began to blow over us and soon dropped thickly about in ourmldst, After a long and despornte tight the -villnge, with. tho exception. of the glevator of C, A, Wood & Co, was saved, ‘The elevator was burned. Minden Is siti. ated west of Forrestyllle ten miles, Forrest- ville fs on the lake, Is In’ a very fino farm Ing country on the Ino of the Port Huron Rullroad, I hays been buying gratn thore, About two-thirds of the grain crop was thrashed, and 1 think I had bought about 7,000 bushels, i AFTER THE FINE WAS OVER, Tiltched up and drove out Inte the country a short distance, where there was n family burned. On arriving near where the house had stood, we found two of the chiklren burned nearly lo a cinder, A little farther on we found the mother and the father and two of the ehilidrey in a dylng condition, BURNED ALMOST 'TO DEATH, In on area of four jaltes thers was but one house left. Wo suw stock lying In the road where thoy had been suffocated and burned, In one caso T found that no man bad moved alt his household yoods and other eifuets out Into a fleld adjoining his house, ‘They were burned and lis house saved, At Rluh- mondville a gentleman told me that they found’ alxtcen boules in one fold, ‘The deseriptions which you havo recelyed In the papers are not exaggerated in the least. ‘Iwo. thousand families are destitute, and at Jeast 200 Hyves have been lost in Huron and Sunilac Cowntics, Minden ts just a inile from the Huron County Mne, <The fro fs now ,out in on gront portion of. this. country, Wo drove over miles of it, andina great many places you could not find, fire enough now to Nght aolgar, At burned from 1 o'clock Monday nflernooit until some tino Jn the following night, ., THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WEATHER lias checked the fire to w great extent. Mail Way counnunivation was cut olf yesterday, exvept that In the. afternoon a construction train pasaed over the Jlne of tho Port Huron & Northweatern and brought in some helv. 1 came to Port Huron last nicht at 8 o'clock. and suw some rellef in the shape of pro- visions sent on. ‘Ehe elevator at Minden, whieh I had charge of, contained plenty of grain and dour for the country about there, butthe merchants had very Mite in thelr stores, depending almast entirely upon tho clovator for thelr supplics. Minden is quite acentral point, and peoplo are comlng in there from all directions, trying to get ald. IMMEDIATE RELIEF 18 NECESHALY, the sume kind as was sent from Detroit and Port Huron this morning. ‘The best kind of relof for these people ls provistons and cloth- ing, although they have to have timber, nals, axes, spaites, and shovels, and cooking aten- ails, All the saw milla aro burned, and they have nothing with whicl to build houses, Farmers have lost their homes fo great many eases, and [have had scores of farinors any to me; “TP ean’t doany- thing towards movi my faintly. My horses and wagon are burned.” Farmers that hat thousands of bushels: of wheat in thoir aranaries aro entirely destitute, 1 KNOW OF ONT) MAN i who: hail a t00-nere farnt, who lind just re’ eontiy been tonsnlo of tine entitle at Port Huron, and made sume new purchases, who: now has nothing but the bare ground, covered as it) «fs owith halt- burned tree trunks, ashes, and cluders. ‘The provistuns to send to these people at oneo would be flour and ‘pork, A great mony of tho families have nothing to cool food with, even If they hind ft, Famttles which had oan abundance of every- thing are teft without — chanee of — clothing, Young Tailies that. knew had a great abundance of clothing of every kind ave left today with NOTHING EXCEPT A WRAPPER, and are compelled to go about barefooted, It seents almost impossible that poople hay- Ing so much around them could come away and leave it without taking something. with thom, but it you could witness the scenes wp thors you would not doubt for an fustant. Terror and consternation seemed tu seize them, and they loft evérything. Anforuntion from trustworthy sources states that a rainstorm: has visited tho. section of country lying between Deckersvilte and Sand Beneh and extingulshud tho tires, be sides helping to clear the atmosphere, THE STORM-CLOUD HUST WEDNESDAY, butitls Impossible to get anything detinit from the north of Carsonville, : A Vort Austin dispatch states that the loss of life by the forest flres on Monday and ‘Tuesdaz 1s estimated at from 200 to 00, The following named towns are bitrned: Bad Axe. Verona, Forest Bay, Nehnondville, Charleston, Anderson, Deckersville, larclaville, Sandusky. ‘The following named towus are partly burneds Port Iopo, Minden, Ubley. ‘The great loss In. the villages {8 nothing to that in the country, where the losses‘are too numerous to be nampd, © HORNIGLY ALMOST BEYOND. HE To the Western Assoctated Press Dernorr, Mich, Sept. 8&—Every hour brings more horrible stories from the fires that swept the regions of Snnilae, MLuron, and ‘Tuscola Counties, and the Macedonian ery for help goes up, Money, medicines, and surelent ald are being sent’ in from Port Hu ron and Detroit. There is no such thing ag elving particulars, but it Is known that over 200 men, women, and children are burned to death in Sanfine County alone, and as many as 100 more In Turon, ‘Lhousands of fant- Teg aro homeless and alwost niked. ‘ho Villages of Forest Buy and Huron City, both in Huron Connty, ave gone. An Bvenbiy Netvs special from Sandusky, Sanilac Coun- ty, reports that 4 TUE ENTING CENTRAL PORTION OF THAT COUNTY is burned over, and scarcely anything loft, ‘Twenty-three dead bodies wore tound along the ruads in Moore, Argyle, Custer, and Waterton Townships, Within fifteen miles of Minden over 200 persons .are known to have been burned to death, ‘The Intest re- ports fnereasy’ the horrer of tho alsuster, InK. ‘Tho tre came with a hurricane of wind | Monday noon, aud the whole heavons avemed! tobe on fire. ‘Tho inhabltints thought of nothing Lut to eseape with thelr lives. Re- Nef trains and boats are forwarded from here today. Provisions, clothing, bedding, and all necessaries of life are neoded. ‘Thon. sundy of people are destitute and must be supported for mouths. IN PANTS OF SANILAG COUNTY + itis fenred pestilence will breed from dead cattle, horses, and sheep, Detrott Is today emptying tts stores of provisions, loading them on bouts, nud sending them forward, the merchants having met and dectided to help all they could. ‘ courses, A speelal from reputable citizens of Lex- ington says: Dead bodies are, brought in from all directions, It {s now known that over 400 were killed in Sanilis County, HBNON COUNTY AS TAD AS SANILAL The Poat-Tribune - correspondent tele- grapha; “The details of thé disaster -In Huron County are as bad as fn Santina Conn- ty, 1 bolleve that when the returns are In, 1,000 persons will be found to have perlahed in the daines,. Forester Township will turn out 'Thiirsday to bury the dend cattle, sheep, -and horses, the stench from which Is un- bearable, 7 “ “The Rey. W. F. Allington found sixtean dead bodies near Deekervillus Only tive buildings are lett between that place and Minden, ‘ “ Jolin Fiytewager’s tninily of seven chile dren and wife were all burnt. together in Parts township, with tiftegn. others, ‘The Day family were burned with. Morrls Clif- ford, wife, and ebild. Amin and woman are lying dead In the road between Donner’s Mill and ‘Tyre, j “vr FAMIAES WERE BURNED in Moore and Argyle. Five hundred familles are ‘reported ut Minden as haying been burned out’ A woman wns burned at Sinith’s MIL, half a mle from Tyra. “Wherever a house fs left tho people flock to ltlike sheep toa fold, in seme places ny jnany as six fanillles being in a: tog shanty, ‘They must have rellef from below, or great suffering will be the result, I ‘enw many Snuillles today who hadn't had one meal sinco Monday, nnd don’t know when they will get one, Thelr tenme sre all ono and cows and othor stock burned. Noso- lution stares them In the face, They talk about tholr misfortunes, and inany say, bud as it 19, It might ben great deal worse, Thoy gro gind to wet uway with thelr lives. Many of them aro Canadians, who have been over but a short tine, aud had Just bexun to yet matters in a comfartable shape, Many need wodioine and modloal agatetunce,” DEEPENING EVENY Hout, The horrorauf tho situation in Sanilac and Tiuron Counties, on tha shores of Lake Huron, Bro deepening oyery hour, An, appeal was it sued Inet night at Port Huron, elyned by Benn- tor Conger and tho Hon. W, L. Bancroft, calling for moucy, clothing, and provisions to bo sent Torthwith to the Hon, KR. 0, Curiton, Mayor of Port Huron, The distress la unparalialod. It je belleved 300 people huve perishod, and. feared: Tauny moro have, while thousands are stripped of everything—food, shelter, crops, stock, atl Bwopt cldan. from the fuce of the ourth, Ac- counts continuo te came In‘of. a moat harrowing description, George MeDonali, of Minden, Santiac County, tuils 4 burrowing tulo. Over 200 fumilics ary homeless in that section, and sulterlug from want of food and clothing. JOUN BALLENTINE, OF VERONA MILLS, ‘say's that Afty-three in the neighborhood of Band Hoack, The tire suddenly reached Voroua Mills on Monaay, and the town was soon wiped out; “The wind was so strong that Hullentive and wife were picked up and blown titteen or-wwenty yard. A woman and her husband were found tying agulnst o tree, dead, tho womny bolng partly delivered of achitd. Tho devustation causod by the tres of 1671 1g nothing in comparison to the fires of the past fow days. In tho vicinity of [ichmondville, Westoru, Forester, and Murver Townships relia- ble information louds ono to say that upwards of 200 persons perished in the Hymes, There was uu escape for thom, The woods and ground wero go dry that uo warning of danger was wlyvon. Fastur than a racu-horee came the Bre, “188I—TWELVEY PAGES At would embrace a housn or 8 barn with jon tents and away to the noxt, Persons who havo beon through tho torribto ordeal say that in ten minutes from tho thno the fro atruck thoro would he no vostixe of a house left, ATHIP THROUGH THE NURNED District. Avorrespundent mys: “I have Just returned from a trip through the burned district, and a deseription of the stuhts would ninko tho rend ors’ blood turn cold. In tany snetanecs men, women, and children were found lying on thor fneca In tho ruad,- where thoy had fallen whon ‘taken by the tire, Children were tying on logs, where they bad elambered for aufety. There was no finding encb other when conee separated. Many took refuge in wolls and ruot-bortses, thinking to exenpe, but in almost evory Inatunve were suffacuted. Dotalls of tho disaster In Huron are as bad as here, 1 believe that when the roturnd are in 1000 persons will bv found tu have. purlsied in the tomes, Forester Township 5 WILL TURN OUT THURSDAY to bury tho dowd cattle, sheep, and horses, tho atench from whieh fe nubearnble, The Rev. W. T, Allington fond sixteen dend bodies near Deekerville. Only tive buildings were left be- tween that plicu and Miudon, Joho Flyte- wager's farnlly, seven children. and wife, wero all burnt together in Paris ‘Township, with ifteon others, Tho Duy family were burned, Morris Clitfurd, wife, andohtld., A min and woman are lying dead in tho road between Donner's mill and Lyre. Fifteen families wera burned In Moore and Argyle, Five hundred families are reported at MINDEN as having beon burned ont. A woman and seven head of cattle wore burned at Sinith’s Mill, hilt nt insle from Lyre, Wherever 0 house is loft People tloek to It [ke sheop to the fold, In soma pinees as’ ranuy ag atx farmilles being inn lox shanty, Thoy must fave reitef from tho blow or grenc suffering will bo the reault. Teaw muy Tumnilies tuday who lad aot one meal alnco Mott day, and who do not know when thoy will get one. ‘Thetr teams are all gone, and thelr cows and other stuck burned, Desolution stares them Intho face. Thos tuik about thelr misfortune, and innny of them say, bid as It 1a, it might bea arent deal worse, ‘Thos ave sind to kot way with their lives. Many af the men are Cann dinns, who have beun over but a short the and have Just bexun to got things in comfortable: ghope. Many need medicine and medical at- toudanes,”” MERCHANTS AND CAPITATASTS at noon toduy pledged themselves for $100,000 for tho sufferers fn tho Michigan burned aise triets, and also put thole hands in tholr pockots aud pulled ont $0,000,t0 bu immediately expended for Hour and ment, which loave hero before dark tontght ona fast steamer for ald to tho sulferers fn Saniine, Huron, and othor counties, ‘This tatter ts for Immediate use, and, If neces- sary, $500,000 wil bo raland, A report from one of the beat men in Sanilac is Just recelved, say> dug that 4 are known to be killed and over d,000 burned out. A few additional particulars have beon ro- colved thisafternoon,° From Lexington, Sanilne County, the follwing additional casueltics are reported {un Moor Townships Mra. Strong ani two uhitidren. Numphrey, tho stage-driver, % Mrs, Fraak Dennlson, ebitd, and elster. Vaul Wetzel, wite, and tive ebitdren. George Kroteh, who wont to thatr roscite, ‘Twenty persons wore repurted burned to death in Custer Township. In Bingham Township Thomas Burnes, wife, alster, mother, and two children, In Austin ‘Township an old man named Pay Michnel Weleh, wife, and to obildren, Nearly every farmor in that township lus lost: elthur lis hous, burn, cropa, or all of them, ‘Tho lugs of life and property is immense, DEAD HODES ave being brought in fram alt direerions. It 15 estimated thut 500 huinnn beings brave portshed, and 5,000 peopto aro homelces and in finmedlate want of assistance, Tho furmefs tn newer townships loso ive atuuls, houses, barns, erapr, ovorythlog. A furmor who just cae in from Austin Town: ahip snvoct hts family of elght children ino fletd of buckwheat, but auys the wholo country in that part was totally degtruyod and muny Ilves lost, ‘The loss of live’ stock fg simply Immense. ‘Khu okler settled townships escaped with but little logs, but In most of the, newer townships nothmg remuins but w tiro-awopt, blackened widerness, E ars Adigpatoh from MARLETTE, SANILAC COUNTY, gaye: A toreibly stute of alfnire exists at this point. Tho entire seotion of country iying to tho north and ent of thla pluce hua buen on tlre, and hundreds of farmiliva huye been rendered homeless, Up to this time seventeen persons are known to have met their deuth by fre. ‘The horse of bra Hutinphrey, muail-varcier be- tweon this pluce and Davis’ Corners, caine hone badly burne {th a cnrd nttuched to tho sitle dle written by Humphrey, stating bis porll from tire, A rellof purty found bim in the road dead, He was outirely denuded, bis clothes elthor hay- ing been burned on hie person or torn of by Ulmselt in bis desporution, IN THE TOWNSINP OF ARGYLE, Huron County, tho following were burned to Mouth: . VYuul Whiteale, wife, and five children, George Crateh, wife, and three children, Mrs. Morels Welch and two htiarap, eet Jan ivsou and two womens rg dbni m2 Canada, nines unknown, meee i} eR GP ‘There aro also several go Yadly’byirnod that they cannot live. In somo ‘seetions' the firo wwept everything before ft, and spread with fe such raplitity that the peoplo were obliged to. tea with only the clothlag on thelr backs, Jo Lapenr and Huron Counties, back from tho luke abore, the devastation hus been far less serious, ospeclully In the toss of Hfe, although braporty losses have hoen sovero. ‘hut In Tus. cola County is eatimated nt $200,000," ; A SPECIAL FNOM VASSAI says: “About 10 o'aluck this morning there was 8 alight showor, which partinily subdued tho five, It-did not rain at Millington or Wusvoln, but there hog been ne wind, and tho fire nas been kept under control, Tho fire inovad somewhat around Vassar about dark tonight, but no danger of the conowed destruction of property waa apprehended as the wiud has gouc down, —_— SAND BEACIL NEWS. A WERK OF JOMRON . Spectat Correspondence of The Chicugo Tribune, Sanp Beacu, Sept. %—-Abont 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, of thia week, a strange darkness settled down upon thiss village. ‘The darkness was so tntonse thatlt was in- pasaible to discover anything threo feet away. At about 3 oteluck the winil-began to blow strong from the west, and the swuke and ashes began to blow down upon us, “At half-past.3 the alarin of fire was beard, caused by aspark igniting a wood-pite In J. Jonks & Coa salt block, and but for tho prompt ace tlon of the fira department the block and many other buildings would have been cone sumed. ‘Cho darkness contlaued all the aft- erngon, At about 4 o'clock A TREMENDOUS ROA. was heard to the north and west of the vil- Jaye.’ Large conls and cinders began to fall upon the outskirts of the village,and persons living there began to move thoir fimiligs to tho contre of the town, Tn gho meanwhite tho fre wasanoving very rapidly toward our village, and many jad given up all hopes, when a light breeze strack up from olf the luke, and undoubtedly saved the town, At about Sor e'clock a great many farmers camo in from tho country and reported uroat toss of lity and proparty, Among those found burned In this townsbip are Juines Maub, wife, and son, an Rutleon, four of James Cochrane's chil- ren, Hodert J, Wado, wife, and three oblidron, ‘Tho following 18a partinl Het of the missing reported from Port Hopes dir, Qranta und wite, Mra. McChinuk, , Mr. Gutlge. . Jobn Ripley. Jdobu Madican. A child uf Mr, Coon. ae Mra, A, Lowls, Adverman farmer named Lean, A sou. fea Jeromlat Ludiagton 8p, ‘Thrvo of the Mosa childcen, ubert Clark and big motbor, Mr, Bhuva and wife, - a é LATER, Sinco writing tho ubove we Just loarn that there are from sixteen tu twenty persons found degdin Paris, “women tre wearlug tugs.on thelr fect, havlisg Wearo anfo in saying that there eovonty-five persons burned in this eauees feast ‘i havnt, NEED MELEE, : ‘armors havo norced, Wornust hay: lating, or menns of aubstatenen tune et winter, Hero ts 9 Meld for Christian benmeter® and charitably-Inctinad perions alt oe country. ne be tha Kupptics enn be sent to ft, Jenks & Co,, and thoy will be ha Roltef Committoe. W, Irvin o mile aver ta tho 1 Wa tives, 4 ——__ . NEWS FROM SAQqINAw. THE NEWS GETTING IX Speclat Dispateh to The Chtcaga Tribune, AT SAGINAW, Mich, Sept, 8—The fos tal details of the tlestruction by tire tn ie cola County during the past tow days a Just beginning to bo fully realized, as it ‘8 now possible to traverse the country Toul But as yet we can give nothing tke a sufe tatiniatty either of tho loss of property ne ee WILD REPORTS, ure crowding “ upon us thick rom these arg left enough to know suffering In Huron, Santlac, att es Counties will exeeed that of 1871, Yesterday, wt Cass City, a number of persons we brought in maimed for ifs fiom the effects of burns, and It was reported on good anthority to-night that sevoral dead budles find been found. In i ‘THE TOWNS OF WELLS, NOVESTA, AND Daye TON i and fast, aud many lives have been lost. Grlevans tates of people fleeing for Hfe and peing obliged ta tun through the tlre are bethy substantiated every hour, 2 hins alteidy sent for. wis has altendy sent for wagon-loads o jons to the sufferers near Cass pie of them being resdents of Huron and Sante lac Counties, During the next two months there will be a steady eatl for rellef from our own county, but the eltizens count un aht from towns In the State where thoy have not been so fenrfully affected, THIS MORNING a tond of clothing was made tp and sent ont, Tho wind has been strong and steady for thy past three days, veering so that it has blown, from almost every polit of the compass, ‘There $s one vast waste of desolation in tho evenly-setued portion of this county, HUNDREDS OF FAMIAES ANE Homnnnss AND MUNGRY, with nothing left of their possessions except the fuw clothes upon thelr backs. Many wilt bu undor medical treatment for weeks, aul all of them will be dependent npon the chur ity of the world for a year to coms. CHARLES HOLMES, engineer of the Saghiaw, ‘Tuscola & Moron Ruilvoad, wrived tonight from HMuren County and gave a graphite description of the forest fives there, At Bad Axe, the county forty-lye buildings were burned, ant fifteen, including the court-house, are left ‘The people are left destitute, Vorona Mills, six miles cast of Darl Axe, was totally destroyell, Ile says the fire us it swept on ronred Uke the.sta, ‘Thousunds of acres have burned over, and people lett destiite, Many lost thelr shoes, and, In place of dresses, wenr coffee-sucks, Ile says uo ves were lost at Bad Axe. IN TH VICINITY’ OF VASSAR, ‘TUSCOLA COUNTY, losses are reported us follows: Willan Wells’ barn, whieh contatnod taventy tons of hay belonging to B. Suid, is Wells had linnber fer a new house In the ing Wiltlam Hunan, East Vissar, barn, hay, grain, buggy, and farm tools, Meury Sherman, housg and barn and al, thelr contants; a field of corn, plgs, and hens. §, Disbrow, saw-mill, fenees, ete, J. 8. Kllbourn, tumber-camy, thnber, eamp tools, ole, Charles Opparmann, house ant contents 450 bushels of grain, and stack of straw, ything. Charles Stanley, all but house, Mr, ‘Tetzell, everything combustible on the place, anil the family almost naked; Mr. Empy, everything on tho place, inelud- Ing fonees; John Warner lost everything; David Bo barny 5 tevensgbarn aud all fences; Bates miN&t Crampton, and all the tene ment houses; loss about 35,000; Syivester Houghton, house ant barn and all contents, Schuret Bros., house and contents, ‘The following Is A PARTIAL List OF THE L038 In and near Cass City: Eugene Morse, house and barn. J. L, Mteheoek, barn and contents. Jfuwkin & Wilson, two mllls, George Hawkdns, house ant barn, ‘Nwo bridges over the Cass River, John Littel, houso and barn. Wooit's conver shop. Depow's house and brick kiln, Et Brotherton, house and barn, Witina Withey, house and barn Andrew Segar, house and barn. Elder Deming, hotise and barn. Clark Travla, hot Seth Wiors, house and barn, George W. Howell, suwiill, John Eno, house and barn, Willian Welrs, house and barn. Mr. Kennedy, house and barn. IL, C, Demag, house and barn, Solomon Strickland, house aud barn Orhuido Strlekland, house and bar dohn Vanconghunt, house and barn. John doing, house wd barn. Mr. MeClury, barn, hay, aud part of house hold goads, George Bradshaw, house and baru, - Mr. Jones, two houses and barn, ‘Thoms White, house and barn. dohn Seribner, everything, Charles Bennett, house and bara, Wiekwelrr & Waldon, house aid barn, oF aides about seventy-threa thuttsand feet of Tum Mr, Lynd, house ant barn, Kit Murphy, two houses and two barns. George Bond, six miles enst, everythings Robert Brown, house and barn. Qilbert Hartwiek, house and bar 8. MeClelland, wlll, near Cunber, Ed Davis, barn und stuc! AN ELLINGTON TOWNSHIP {wo persons were burned to dunth—nanes not learned—and aehild suffocated, Jolin Sands, five and one-half niles souti enst of Mayville, lost a log barn und cul tents, Mr, tents, C. M, Ingersoll, nnd a large amount of lumber. Ml fully $1,300, ; eutt’ Truwan Gray was living In 3, si ate house, and his family lost every (ing bi ea clothes an thelr backs, It was lund Ae bie saya tho children, 6o roplet was the adv of tho fire, Mr, Darling was, drawing lumber fer Ingarsoll, and one of i HE we aud anothar rujned by die fia ‘ ‘Joly Jolyon Jost w log stable, anid Joseph Young his burn, stables, aud mmehine es Lewls Wilcox bad a large quantity @ ver burned. satu gual West of Mayville, long the nul sity many Fos of fenco were burned, N° Horb's barn, with Its contents, 6-0 non the grain, and not enough ent rermale farm to fence ten neres; loss, Be ins East and north of Kelly’ Corne ache aa of Barton, Recher, Wilson, Seki le Blackmun were burned, with most? ae qi jeer oy TH: HOMO ‘Tv the Western alssoclatet ree esters Easr SaaINAw, Mich, Sept Oo othe day the wind blew freshly eet fram 9 cast, and tho tenmperature ys at pte degrees on Munday to Sh deste Bigger, opyostt Sands, barn and cute use, barn, furniturs a i [lls fos wus