Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1871, Page 3

HYMN FROM THE (FALray. “Pon't be a rash boy. Bert,” [ said. warn HE FOREST FIRES, __| t#pdly, end the party deemod it pl] See eaws coretenpentamepemennaindesesarbemaee ingly. “First impressions are often right, after THs — ee ae ee CATION OF THE ACT oF Eee. 2, ane bee That, provided that thie fort of F-sus. Sl tatterhe wastookingalt thoagh | _ THE DEVASTATED pisraicrs, | Lestat: [outer Tic items bearand | O'ae CRMEAHTEE geskaey a ac tpigt fvat oT tae po atte vom ree ib seeks ee ian thro — . ri wand shall eos! car ot the house for Rate Devine, to tempé heroff with | Extemt of the Fires—The Losses, | Weight of the smoke affected them vers much, PREG S aUeRiE TIONS I THE Soph clection: ana pret Re de for tie, | him for a delightful row upon lake after and soon after starting they were forced ty ridé DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. | Si nach cleetion: dnd rreetdca feria which bent im xnguis! water-iflies. Of course she went, ina bewiteh: | ‘The most ttriking fact about thess creat dros | SS Tipldiy gs povsibie. | AT throngh that 1008 | ax Ace fixing the for holding th: General "Fike Unieed Sietes thet k Gether mane ing boating costume, and came home three | jx the apparent spontancity with waich t:-y | ay they tiled along, e nesrly blinded, Elections in the District of Gluaiis pag Oy et a Ye the throne of glory | hours later wreathed with the beautiful white | burst forth in a hundred widely se wane Sarl fhros vera i ee nes ee pag Bernas A head ; Miles, lustromeyed an stately a8 Helen of | ar ihe same Ume. Jf a bani ; | Oritce Kiver. 2 thersurethe wail | theres shail be held on the fourth Wednesday of | ious nail prints tor me ear. Sur 3. and be tt Partner enacted, That an | however, when toward twilight I heard her | », been widely different he actual | be heard many miles, and its rapid motion was! qnirgcict mainte for the immediate taxing elect of over the gardea wail talking wilh Rilo act | Toy areeceen. Teports Of viiagen ablese ait | Suiftistng. ‘The tine'e* fire gested to bo a soll | {hie aceite noveby declared to be a force trom and walked down the lane. along the Huron shore, from ‘the § ” Clair river | Wall of Game ot «bout 20 of 50 ivet in Leight,and | after its approval by the Gorernar. wenas, | wien Saibe salt way,,aftor you had gone ap | fo Saginaw bay. The east and weet shores of tue | MOTed a6 rapidly as a. ect horse coald run. Speaker of ts var et belopites. or el " bs pen devi | 3 A ¥ | ae = ne was saying (what | bay have alike been devastate ntlagrations in bodies of forty or more fect square, and TLLIAM STICKNEY, re: name: the District of Cok nbie, to tae capital pay ha six bupired t "3 [are Brovaded “Phat, tire auch cubmeripes or ! She did not seem so much tke astately Helen, | by precencerted arrangenieut, the rewuit would | 2¢ fans would be quite near. Its roar could | Ngvember of enc j said work, and ‘and now I want so very | are reported in the Saginaw valley, at varivas | President of tke Council, fetet within | much to keep it : 2 pact Perane /Baes “4 rd with almost electric rapidity a dis- | Approved, August 19, 1571, Decessayy to aval of anid oo of the “You May kecp it and welcome,” auld Rite. | Pont slong the Detroit and Grand Haven Rails coor Hits er a huadzed sods aaiead, and tien | PPrve D COOKE. Governor, au 31-Sm Sonin,Coptral Mairead Womenny: ana | {Ane you wou't tell any one.” pleaded Miss | while on the western shore of Michigan, from Se inalienad Gini ee | are Tr AND SEOR: Se Pescemne | Devine; in ap eager, anslous way: ‘you won't | Grand Traverse bay to South Haven, over 20 | diately ignite and add itadestroying force to the | \OFIOE BY THE GUVRENOR AND BRORE- Taal be tell, @ you happen to see it again, that it was les, the destruction gh AL emcngage arin 44 “2 people of the Distric Dal ~ yours—that ix, that did: not do it’ myself you | ov this coact aheee bry ut Red River the party, reduced | Thej OF disapproval. of an Act of "the know? And I will giv usuch @ pretty gold presperoas t ros, Moved on eastward and south | ! bein reset ab siya hood district but Lately burned. | j pt pel A OR | north, 3 Inmier town, was in great ith an object fifty yards Goud. oak which shall ex art dh on Grand | ®¥8Y, great heavy clouds of smoke hanging like te greg face, shall he Praverse . a pall through all the distance of 25 miles they | n interest a it emp yl cer ne lg eer ape gd ‘actom thet fraveled before reaching the Mississippi river, . Pte four mit. | gbebon of the iarming of four milbons of i Green Bay were and even the re the emoke was very oppressive. | iione of improvement bends to, a vote, of be people tion in the bald Districee” Silt'ee ecketted teeke ; tt Ma 3 uated somewha @ usual route jection trict,” approve M7 Diane he wale jong the whole k traveled, and tound at different points the 4 , ig proval. with the entd act chittio he act anteeris: | ep Beiter Bhd charred Tomsins of three human. beings, noth- Ezxcurive Ovricn: the Distriet of Columbia to create a debt for ~ ee t band Bert we e is ny information | 1g lett but the bodies, and those burned toa | yop, DSTRICT OF CoLtunia, August 21, is71-$ | special tmproverseats apd repatre in sald District by RTS IOGR | tosLow how much of the uninhabited country | UP. Ne could be found that would in | ciscticn inthe District of Columbia, whichwilthe | te issuing of four million of bonds. and loving & BERTS MONOGRAM. | bad ; ster Derg nngi grorcroy ¥ | any way ify the burned corpses. bell on the fourth Weduesday of Isfi, | AX for the payment of the interest na it shall an ‘e | We northern part of the Lower 9 af fo nnally accrue thereon. and sutmiicing the net, with pode near RU, CO ee A letter from Yankton reports that the last | being the twenty-second day of that mc SRS NZ coerwe Pharecn. tad sybentiting the © Rite ss ¢ would like to be strong and brav: wild rs down ceach feund the country pretty well | of the Legislative Asscmbl raph srceenry thea ani the monk, lon ; d region Lorth | the co i Be Sree Arey oe the District of Colum: | provement bunds. toe vote of the p-opie ot © general | like Ida Pfeitter, and go traveling all over the | fire has peed © 7 to within a mile or veil wa Tumbin to create a dcbt for special improvements and eee eine mie Ditrict 1 work _ camuiee and the fire is st urning in variousdirections. (7 ie ~tca bs Said ebection Will be the first general election after | ve Xone?” asked Kate Devine, incredulously, | fount * The ruineet toot eon an ,atious directions. | pu>airs in said District by the lasulug of four milion uid you leave lo Rite, that ys ngin the | husbands the ball of 4 ow don't tell acks + | of bonds and levying a tex for the payment of the | [Re Passage of snid act entitled “* An act levying ou all sides, | interest as itshall antitally accrue tieron apd eub. | TX {or the payment of the Interest ws it shall neces sWept Across the country in | mitting the act with the question of the lesuing of y accrue om four million dulls Another terrible fire raged the | the four million of improvement bonds to a vate of aaactcetiied "Anak authoring i teenes grain and hay and burn all dire don’t think of lovers and 1 st like other girls, for I shan’t be- | UP of = shall constitute a apectal Taod pledged for the pay- ment of aaid interest. mC. 4. Amd be 4: Serther enacted, That 4 ai a8 Fe frequ: asons inthe North-W would give the sama ny thls aide oF Yankion, xd within afew | Soe PegMgt (ar Site ortanseat etka | Sxfembin we tenie nfebt or enaish mprovemcate | Gettin ' Rage ks x? graced act y shading ing soto the | fe for hundre miles of that city. ‘The tlames swept toward eee area ee in ophe of cid Disteien tes. | id re inankt District by the feeming of four red by the fourteenth ection of the charter of she had deawn a girl fancie: rhe char Fankton, and in their course devoured soveral | Theirapproval ordaapproval, tm connection withthe | ™iiiion of bonds. and lovring s tax for the payme | the District of Columbia, (act of Congress of Feb- ool next day. | till they come of them: ruary twenty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy- on the veranda at the end | prised me by hav! at Rite sur | Michigan ar Miah Senatt honses, besides numerous barus, sheds and | yuestiay of ie already form; 7 and hemlocks, with poe stacks of grain. The coach due in Yankton on accra: There were voi ng four millions of bonds for special | 2 the interest as it shall and submitting the. forests of p 5 improvement and repairs as. me oue.Jand by suitable proclamation to submit Where the trumpet-creeper grew thickest; and | and. ehild that she was, let her heart's chords | lenyer of beeches and ples cover the land. | Wednesday evening had an exciting time of it, | sald election will be the frat same go che ‘And prescribe the form in _ Moving my chair a little, L could see Bert Mor- | ved apon even by the careless hand, and | Tt'js a glocmy wilderness, whose ‘mouotonous | It was discovered that the fire was coming, and | the bassageof aid Act, Said act Ie beret shall be voted upon. neue tey lounging | on a bench, with Miss Kate | respond sweet musi loneli eed Goran Sonaain fqc- | 2 Yace ensued. The driver plied bis whip, and | *3¢ publication thereof is made hercwith. And said election, as respects the said act. will be cok pond ewoet ma plush. | loReliness is relieved by an occasional manufs P. B.D COOKE, ne | , turing village on the shore, at the mouth of a | &Way the horses went ona gallop. Nearer and jambia, | beld ae in the said, ert was smoking b . Speaker sf the Be ™ or of th: District of Colt A provided. Seid act is hereto WIh ue tng neil Monet. ver ought | Stream, or a camp of lambermen in the Interior, | nearer came the fire. ‘The red glare filled the Governor OO WIN L. STANTON. subjetned and publication thereof tx herewith made Proaideat of € k B.D. COOKE. seem to take pride in ma- | to be brave and lofty and noble and like a stain- : villages are created by eatablis! exten. | Sky; the forked tongue shot out; the terrible Secretary of the District of Cvlumbia, “ot © Approved. A\ 39. 3871 king & man free to do th less knight. And T shout not think of looking | ane Yuille for cache thee ening exten: | Tiings of the demon were in the oermot te , Govemner tT BD ASSORE Governor. for him, for he would be sure to find me.” down the streams, and shipping the lumber or | #flrighted passengers. The driver gathered his | AN ene ae Distrlot of Columbia to oreete Secretary of the District of Columbia. « ‘Then you are sure there is this wonderfal | working it up into tubs, pailsy barrels, chairs, | ines, drew the leaders from the roall, the horses | ett for a F the iestiug of four million gf tends, | A¥Ace levying e tax for the payment of the int (OFFICIAL) zayed herself that morning after #6 where for you on earth?”” demanded | hedsteads, and a variety of other articles. There | gathered, Jumped, a rail-fence was beneath the | Std mening cise tot het pe a ot bonds wot, do Wt Yoel aaaualiy: accron ee four million —s Bert Moriey was expreted by stay Kate Devine, with a laugh. are few farms, The climate is bleak and the | “heels of the coach, the coach wason a piece of | Srit shall sununily accrue thereon, and submsting dollars of bonds, suthoris d to be issued by the (5° Brosraatie! NOTICE. and fishing-tack spend two we; “Idon't know,” said Ki fe, gravely; “but if | soil generally thin and sandy. On the Door | plowed ground, and the fire went by with a roar | the act with the question of the issuing of the four | District of Columbia by an act entitied "Au act Sone tion. She b asly contesved to me that | there is, 1 pray to God every day to keep him | Denifsuta, ie Wisconsin, however there icon | like a cataract: Ficlat'a general election toneid Dictate ee PO | Seber ante hi eatrict of Columbia to creates | TO THE VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT OF t Sete, ee | ee: siderable good land cleared and devoted to wheat Be te ‘enacted ty tne Leatslatiee Assembly of the | District ‘by the isting of tout millions af bonds COLUMBIA: cee bea A little ‘hush fell over us at this, and then | cuiture; and it is here that the principal destrue- In the Jaws of a Swamp. Dusivice of Columora, That in order that special im- | and levying a tax for the payment of the iuterest | ‘The Board of Registration for the District of Oo- cs as he bowed to | Aunt Rebbie called Rite from the window, and | tion of farm-houses and crope has taken lace. A late number of the Detroit Free Press con- | provements and repairs of the strects, av x oot — unser oceres thereon, and submit” | jumbia will hold sessions from 1 o'elock, m., until i heard of her in away she ran. . , | In some parts of interior Michigan and in the | tains the following, which will remind our re alleys, and roads of the District of Goumbia mabe fing the act, with the question of the tesuing of | 7 orcieck, p. m.,of euch day heretnafter mentioned, Lereningswittatown | | «: Was there ever such an odd little thing?” | country around Fon du Lae, Wisconsin, damage | ere of Victor Hugo's story of the traveller who | commenced and comploted, and sewers and. bri four millions of improvement bonds,to a vote of ss ‘ near E 3 GRelaimed Kate; and when, presently. Bort | to farmers is aiso reported. ‘The lumbering vile | perished in the quicksands off the coast of Bro- | b& coMetructed therein, sad other necessary pub Tsaid | Morley joined ‘us, languilly fanning bi is aca fe the le at @ general election Dis- | for the purpose of registering the voters residing im works be executed, the Goveruor of said District i» | trict. > chests eut msel€ | tages along the lake and bay coasts and on the | tagne: b : the District of Octumbie, ot the Scllowing named - A 4 D e : authori empowered, for a behalt Be st enacted by the Assem' « . Pahtls to msself; and just then the step I had | with his palmetto, she told him asa good joke | rivers are seldom surrounded by clearings: The | A German about twenty-five years old, | ® brary renin cipheebon enforce mad) WP ele apr eo aos hat tarts peel pare | laces: listening for sounded on the walk, and I | poor Rite’s heart speeehes. > | forests, from which only the large trees bave | named Henry Oseter, employed om & farm in | Mier atrece ecg ttecntt Sot the interest annnally, as it may accrug ou the four FIFTEENTA DISTRICT. Oe ae Saince en Came in with his pockets | «What! that sunburned little schoot-gtel!” | been removed, are In immediate: proximity to | Nankin township, eet out, touunt after a oow | amount of four million doll dollars and papers, making me feel | ejaculated Bert. “Does she have fancies like million vat the District of Colambie in sccordance with the pro- | qAtittat Patt of the city of Washington tying the ike | the houses, and this made the destruction of | the other day. He took his rifle, and expected | Silty, one hundred within the following bounds: Commencing at bor pecan u ‘The villages reported as burned in Michiga net. About 5 o’clock in the afternoon, when zl te Hest among the reeds! It used to be the dream | are Rirch Creek, Litile Kiver, Center Hattor, | within'a mile or two of Perrinsville, ho came | *ge2 Rercontam annually. Rin Monecantoscunan nam cieng Homey avenue to First street west; thence up First street weet to K street north; thence along K street to New Jersey avenue; thence up New Jersey avenue to L of my youth to goroaming about till I found just such a love as that. But the world knocks the A Sec. 2 And be tt further enacted, That a specialtax | issuing of Sand Beach, White Rock, Forestville, Cato Ve. | down from ® Dank in & plece of woods to the | inhereby levied on the taxable property cf the Dis —~ notions out of one. You and I have growa more rona, Huron City, Port Austin, and half of Port | edge of asmall creek. Across the creek was a jumbia, for the period of ity years, to Hope, ali on the Lake Huron’ Shore; Holland, piece of marshy ground, not over four yards | 8" mount sufficient to y the interest which pay avestion a practical, haven't we, Miss Kate? Grand Junction, part of Manistee,’ and Gien | Wide, covered with long grass and plants.” The | $cerucon the cald bonds during said period, which | tent bends, street north; thence along 1 strect nerth to Goventhh geomal sipped oar She smiled half absently sae tedonte | Haven, on the Lake Michigan shore’ S sum sort of ground extending quite a distance | Slnitheasand deliars, ducing each oF et aoa street weet; thence down Seventh street west to @ together T gave her all the “ Oh, Bert!” I said, with sudden feeling, “don't In Wisconsin, the villages of Pri either way. Osster determined to cross it, after | agreeably to the provisions of the act of the street north; thence along G street north to Sixth spare, admiring her Litt throw away all the gold of your youth solav- | per Such, Lower Bush W: getting over the creek. Taking half a dozen | of the United States, entitied, “Am act to street west; slong Sixth street west to D_ street dainty fhuting on her white wrapper ish pa steps, he found the ground giving way, and | & government for the District of Colambi 2 ng lashes, and her ’ erhaps there’s a mint that keeps coining,” » said, smiling at me; and, then, starting up ! Lcan get two north, and along D street north to North Capito) stroet,on MONDAY, October 23, 1871, at the south- ‘act of | west corner of Fourth and H streets, Washington. the we and on the east «lion ken, Scoville and Casco’ perished. in the mae a jump for what be took to be solid | Dreved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred aud , | ground. "F Tanda up to his knees in the mire, | Seypnty one and in the eame manner that the gra- cen : Of the bay, Little Stur : a Dt Tus | Aud Tound his feet firmly gripped av if inva vice. | CfAltaxes of eid District shall be collected, am to sehe *T believe I'll go to the woods! ct . * be ie lusively for th: nt rt of the house te | hours’ gunning beturesapper.” | of the workmen on the railroad con- | He tried to work his feet out, but every trial | {eves and uscd exclusively for the payment of the wed February SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. of kveaumten —— ee | Lad bg pote pad tags gnarl pts scacting north from Fort Howard were con- sunk them deeper, and in Jess tas five = mutes Bec. 3, And be tt Surther enacted, That the Gover. ae 5 seventy one, and AN that part of the city of Washington lying + Jevine Was very . ve id ask y ge e ay io umed, an were m: I ber ci se bi ecs were out of sight. ‘hen he landed, | nor shall, in connection with t ecretary ie mani taxes aid folowing : Commencing ard, thinking it over, It? | Mr. Morley. Twant one so much for my | “the loxsof lite by these calamities cganot yet | his gun ruck the marth Ave or eke feet, | Gomplruller, prepare said boss for ineae’ and outa, District shail be Cullected, anf be sbplied and weed bron acces wan tiegend appre vow oat harm deeper than tl Hat.""Bsut maybe vou ean find something else: tained. In Peshtego over 100 persons | alighting on a piece of old log, which held it up. | O84 sd shall Betigued br’tke Gor: | accraiae en said teeter fet Cate cot Sack Rema? | canal:thencecions the Sinsef thocseal to Panera ic, of glance, and t mysere* 1 | HEANE gteat Prilliant bird comes im sight, shoot | were tmrned oF drowned, and 120 were serionsly | When he found that he was mired, Oseter be. | B&vvement bonds,” and shal Secretary” an mitted to the n wot very ian! self.’ am r < said Comp- he, wi the said ¥ treet: oars injured. In the neighboring lumber districts | gan tothout for, help, shouting himself hoarsa | (iit Coumtersigued Dy, the Secretary, and Comp- | mitted to the peoples with the said act pina a Smiths Gece en a ae over 200 dead bodies have already been recoy- Goiwe recollecting that he was three quarters ot | trict. Col ery! avenue; thence slong Maryland avenue ered. It ix believed that 800 persons perixhedin | a miles from any house, and half a mile from Bec. 4. Amd be tt further enacted, That the bonds eastwardly to the canal: thence along the line of the the Green Bay region, and the victimns in Mich- | the travelled road. As it grew dark, and as he | Which may be prepared for, ee canal to South Capitol street; thence up South and igan will swell the total number of the lost to | felt himself slowly sinking, he took a careful | *#id, until required for rai pee e- North Capitol streets to D street north; and along D ited with the Comptrolier F said District, an Bball not. permit any one or more of them te street north to Sixth street west, on TUESDAY, f fo is first act was to empty | of his possession, except for the purposes of rhe the Mt. humbly, “and, of course, she wouldn't | + Tobey, lady fairt’’ said Bert, with a lowly in full radiance on a little gray moth | bew; and then he was off for his rifle, and di- — wejsaw him crossing the fields to the | woods. Just befere sunset he returned, tired, flushed, | 12! » condition of : tes cov | and successful, with three beautiful red-winged | Reatly 1,090. ‘The condition of the survivors in | survey of the situation, to discover hls chances : e bes | | the burned districts is pitiful. Many are far | of eseape from death. act: October 2%, 1871, at Justice D. R. Staith's office, 306 a vesieu lense teh | Plackbirds Ufcless and swinging in his hand. He | away from towns or railroads, and they cannot | his pockets and remove his coat and vest, that fod he'shall’ give’ such security for thelr wate keop- | st t Sunt-anl-whelt acon, Woinahen. ahgbewnegt 0 | Gh how gorgeous!" eried Kate, iu a rapture. | H\Pfomptly reached and relieved life thesut- | the extra weight might not. sink him. ‘To ins | tug, as may be required by he Governor: aut ihe | the pam Eveecanetn Seeeneeee ier hee, and ep | aust the thing for my black hai? But youll | £¢re™ by the Chicago ca amity. Prompt meas- | right, shout ten foot away, was a knoll of solid | Simi iron 8 re@iats Cusd wmter thi wee eee | tien Cpon All that part of the city of Washington lying within 3 It was Roman history | cut the wings off for me, won't you, Mr. Mor- | Pree ‘olen throeh eae He oes Ken by the | ground, on which grew @ thornapple tree, one | f "Yall report, from time te time, to the Legislative | published Pe = feed tm hee owe wor, With ovigtnal | Sor: toe that I water Goatd bear or on™ nevolent throughout the country. Theirneeds | of the limbs of which extended almost over the | Asscmbly” of the ameuut cf'asicaras well eet tke | and Rveuiug Bear the following bounds: Cemmencing at Eighth street I first time in my 3 Oh yes, I'll dissect it,” he said, lightly, “and | € Preseing, the winter is approaching, and | man’s head, and about four feet beyond his | amount of interest that may bave accrued or to be Sen other papers as tt west, and ranning along G strect south to the canal; a of the stately | yours, too, Mrs. Hathaway.” I Had taken the | Tags acceas to them, will soon be Closed. on | Leo eae ae ae eee ae ey Raeea: | MAUR od BOOS oer enacted, That two millions Bigothe prise iain Santas iets Se easenaamar en down to Con- | poor dead bird up in my hands. I do not want | TeMdy access to Areadir seg - 5 Spon oy eae . ne balf of said bonds may be prepared for the ° northwestwardly its junction with Maryland ave- ing | the wings myself; but Lremembered two sisters | ,,.4¢ last accounte rain had fallen in the burn- | tapk off ifs ruspenders, tied them together, Mens during the yeor one thousnad tight huudred | printed, and thoce in tater ot nue; thence along Maryland avenue to Four-and statins eoen Me Athome whose hearts they would rejoice; 9 I | $08 districts, the wind had subsided, and fears | made a noose, and after careful and todious | sete during the year one thousand sight hundred | printed. and those in fa hostinenen teaeas ux Soe muha Rett amok ee cy paen oe theuned kiss conan, of the further spread of the flames had abated. | work lavsoed the rifle and dragged It to him. | fecal quarter aflerthe. adjournment the next : reat: thence up Four-and-o-balf stre eh - —— his w re @ mire nearly | regular session of the ve Assemb! ‘one | Levyt peer guasngend amuse Sian vine com dram, aad Bert, “Schoolgirls Like suck | TheDestruction of Peshtigo—The Fire | two hours, and quite a while after dark. He | milion aud a bait dortag the year one ghousand | Parent street wost; thence down Eighth street west to @ See eee Bier! Blow ho. Noswy Raitoky Morons | {oly ita nt rok nyc the art | Gabbard aston ana we te | 2 rat Seth ce WEDNERDAT, Cob Bit Gut at the back-door feeding the chickens,” | the VAlli ge—Great Lous of Lite. hour, but the extra weight of the gun, as he ceeceldl replied Aunt Rebbie, conc thereof is authori: as af le act entitled “An A correspontient, writing from Menasha, Wis., | held it up, sunk him nearly to his hips, and’ he ener wale pid bs sail become and ou" tomben 35 mullet drag, ve all went out there, and found her sur- | on the 1th inst., deseribes the destruction of | Wickly laid it down. stitute a debt agains 5 it EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. just to make sport for a man led by her flock of downy pets. Bert made | Peshtigo: ae a ery uate eae ee | ashehy Sa Ane te Tether opened, That apen the | maillicns of bond All that part of the city of Washington lying south « And far below, in the coral grore, soffering of the red-winged blackb rd, and | The village was sitnafed on Peshtigo river, | danger, was 90 painful that he could not help | salcof sny or all of sald, bonds the proceeds thereof | of the, interest of G strest eouth, betwoon South Capital strest and ‘The purple mullet and gold-fish rove,” | explained. Rite took it in a sort of pitiful | seven miles from Green Bay. It was a nice little aog tl id onoant to te Fei’ | and.shall be drawn out upon warrants of the Board | sting of four millions Kighth street west, on THURSDAY, October 38 sang Bert, in triumphant tenor, as he came | amaze, caressing the dead, drooping head. | town of about 2,00 inhabitants, quite regularly ae Gr ee numb him. | Cf Public Works, and shall be disbursed by said | vote of the 180, at the Greenleaf Coffee Mille, Me 608 ugh the gate and laid down lis trophies. | Then, as we waited for what she would say, to | laid out, had ‘tine hotels, stores, churches, | Little tntts of grass growing up from spots of | Board for the payment of the cost of special improve. | District.” * » No, = There was no coral grove, but I am sure these | our surprise she burst into tears. schools, &c., besides the large factory owned by | S0lid ground not much larger than his head, | ments and repairs in said District, including the | the words following, to wit: Street south, between Four-and-e-half and are the genuine Mrs. Hathaway | ‘Oh, how could you—how could you!” she | the Peshtigo Manufacturing Company, a sash, | WeTe all around him, but the moment he took | necessary incidental expenses thereof, for no streets west, Washington. tor leok sobbed! “ He wasso free and glad and happy | door and blind factory, and foundry also owned | hold of any of them it Boul pat away, having | other purposes; but no payments shall be made under Fact eae NINETEENTH DISTRICT. ‘And he po : Land pur- | up in the tree-tops. “Put his pretty wings in my | by the same company, who owned nearly every | Do Teal support. | Osster had a plpe with him. | 20%, ae ee Ee | All that part of the city of Washington lying pleon the still quivering «cales. c Devine | hat! No, indeed, he shan’t be robbed of a sin- | buildingin the town. The factory was devoted | He got thus from his eoat, and twisted off the | $2'ten per centum in excess of such payments, ox- within the following bounds: Oummenting at Pat vent te cXamaine them, w/ch smailing admiration | gle bright feather! Iam going tobury him just | to the manufactory of pails, tubs, broom handies, | German silver ring ground the stem. The ring | cept in the case of the final execution ofany contract pees rd mae but little Kite, turning wer back in girlish dis- | as he is, out under some beautiful tree.” c., and gave employment to about 700 handsin | h€ broke Kypiheee is teeth, cape it up like a or.gomplotion of any work and settlement erefor. centh street east, and running north to Boundary gust, walked away to the house. We had some | Bert colored, and Kate —— laine ee Aerie i regent egromeet ts aa —— aaerenee ten ag eg a along Ra per epermne yy of the mullet broiled for supper, but I am bound | as Rite stopped crying and walked off, carry’ ¢ town is nearly surroun y pine fores: cs reac! - mad: this ‘ol street; thence down Capitol street to say that their flavor did not equal their color, | the bird inher handse ¥°8 | tne suburban portions being built-camong th | Time after tii he made the throw, but the es ced and carried on according to the ‘comme! carri isions of the aforesaid act of Congress of the and when I saw th street north; thence along K street to First street rest thrown “La, child” called Aunt Rebbie after her, “it | pines.” The inhabitants have for the past 10 | hook failed to catch, or slipped off, or bent ont ; , twenty-first day of Febroary, eighteen hundred and weet; thence down First street to Massachusetts i wished, with . that the ain’t so bad as if it wasa robin. Those pesky | days been fighting fire in the woods, trying to | Straight, and at 10 o'clock at Se rod the victim | seventy-one, aud exclusively for the promotion of avenue, and down Massachusetts avenue to North aga blackbirds eat the corn up as fast as it grows!" | save the town, and had settled down into a feel- | Was up to his hips and slowly settling. Placing | the public interests. Capitol street; thence down North Capitol street to x 7 But Bert followed Rite silently, looking, like | ing of comparative security, since the woods on | his coat and rest on either side he pushed ratt | omices or ecaploye of the sail District anall soeney E, and along E to Fifteenth stroct east,on FRIDAY, + yy ~ aan talaetaeamianlbal imide oy gy pepe yea eg “lon Sunday night they Were awakened trom | body from settling as fast as it otherwise would, | copsent to the use, of any” of the mouoy' authorized October 27,1571, at the Assessor's Office of the Nine- teenth District, No. 50 H street north, between ised by this act, contrary to its provisions, He had bis chance the next morning, however, | her dig the blackbird's grave; for when they | this feeling of security by a noise like distant | He Ceased trying to shout knowing thathe could Sot "os cunvionion fo Grlatual Court J ‘conviction in ‘the ot being obl wo getothe city. He and Be ame bac! indignation , i aned i: i not expect hel fore another day. District of Colambi yanished by imprison- North Capito and First street east, Washington. were off by dawn, sith @ big) Ma thas [Sent eee a a DD he ngp Piniennon pcm theyaoay gre oe Jester did not return at dark, the man for | Strate etude Diet ee ae Ee ae, TWENTIETH DISTRICT. All that part of the city of Washington lying sonth of E street north, between North and South Capitol streets and Fourth street east, on MONDAY, Octo- ber 30, 1871, at No. 41 South A street, near First street east, Washington. TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. & big lunch in their | honest young eves. crash of falling trees and the roar of the wind | _ As € ashet, and singing like minstrels. ‘The rest of | " Twasamused when Bert sought me out the | and fize could be plainly heard. ‘Soon after 2 | Whom he worked walked a mile or so im" the Se ee ae att ae banaeed ae us being left to our devices, Kate Devine se- | next morning with a sort of eager interest, and | tornado burst upon the town, unrooting a num- | direction from which he was expected, but dean cuae Cena linea: oe cluded herself to write letters, and I, most un | told me that Rite was really one of the brightest | ber of buildings, and quickly followed by asolid | Stopped within half a mile of the place where | thay ong Ulatsand gor riher expectedly, got my treasure out of the day by | little things that ever lived. sheet of flame, extending the whole length of the | he was sinking down to death. Returning home, | spall be submitted to the peor discovering something new in Kite. Ibadtaken | She's sitting out on the door-step now,” he | village and fat beyond each way. In an instant | he agreed to makea further search inthe morn- | District at the first general ¢ hi @ book, and was going actuss the fields to a pic- | said, ‘drawing a map of Greece for a school ‘tas whale exposes side of the place wasin flames. | ing, and when the time came got a neighbor to held after its passage, together aye gene Auestions of te old oak-tree that shaded a corner of | exercise, and it’s a regular gem. Do come and | Men, women and children rushed into the street | go with him. They took a direction quite differ- | the iseut of the four millions nds aforesaid, the pasture. [kept al by the wall, carefully | see her, Mrs. Hathaway?” and, surrounded by fire on all sides, were soon | ent from that in which Osster was to be found, | in the made here wh aie — 1g the tall timothy, its blaish-purple | J told him, with an air of superior knowledge, | either smothered or burned to death. In the less | 8nd searched the woods until nearly noon. They published in such papers asthe Governor may di- heads, so as not te spoil the mowing, when sud- | that I was aware of it all, and that if he would | exposed portions the people tied tothe river, and, | then determined to go the other way. In com- | Published in euch paper i thereof Jenly, nestied down in the grass, I came upon | look through her atlas he would tind it a perfect | jumping in, many were drowned. Some sav. ing out of the woods they passed within forty | be eontinued for three months pr ishe was making asketeh—th | port-folio of sketches and bits of design more | their lives by keeping their bodies well under | Tods of bayer omy were nearly half a mileaway | charming than maps. “ Her father wasanartist, | water, and ouce in a while putting their heads | When one of them fired at a squirrel. All night you know,” I concluded. Away he went at | underas the heat became insufferable. Others | long Osster was slowly oper, Woe when the teenth street east; thence down Fifteenth street east to C street north; thence along © street north to the uneasily just over the dis- we to take possession of the atlas, and I fol- | took refuge in wells and cisterns and were | Stn marked noon he was up to his shoulders in FOR SPECI PROVEMENTS. tee Eastern branch; thence along the line of the Eastern ad “ready safcly | lowed, well pleased to see my little comrade get | saved. Quite alarge portion of theinhabitants | the mire. Hearing the shot, he put forth his| por theact of the District of Culanbia entitled je number of votes cast thervat fer members sf | branch to B street south; thence along B street as life. S appreciation. ran toa field to the lee-ward of the fire, and by | Strength into a shout, followed by another, and | “An act authorizing the District of Columbia to cre- = lative Assembly, shall, within forty-eight | south to Fifteenth street east; thence down Fif- She took it very quietly—his delight over her | lying on the Found were saved, although some | bis voice was heard and zeaugstees. Even after oP pecesd for. Specks if imsprovennonts and — o mate: pout end 7 by the omfcors of the | teenth street east to D street south; thence along D | slight pencil sketches: studies of old stumps, bits | of these were budly burned. ‘There is but one | bis friends were within fitty feot of him he had | said District, by the isentng of four million shalldcciguase thewtni, of ee eee returns | Servet south to Bouth Caroline avenue, and gaue | ot gray wall, lichens, a Dough witha bird's hest, | house left standing, and that is isolated, and | to shout to guide them, as his head was below | and levying & tax for the payment of the interest, as | shall designate the number of in jon: aclump of violets. Suddenly, as he turned over | lately built of green lumber. As near as can at | the grass. They instantly set about rescuing Sr eeene, | Seem Seetin event b> Sau eet can, an r » With the question of the box of each election district with the other paj of | TUESDAY. October Sl, 1871, at the southwest | the leaves, he came to something that made | present be ascertained, 250 lives have been lost, | him. Logs and brush were piled into the swamp nt bonds, to said election and the others shall be plated in os . . | him tart and change color. He louked up in a | fusetly women and chiles Avbeaee good | until they could reach him. Finding that they enerel election in weld Di led envelope and bedirected totheSecretary ofthe | corner of East Capitol and Kighth strocte east | lazed sort of w: many men have perished, there are 75 who are | could not pull himont by the arms, the mui Be of im District and be H i for the issuing of ‘four millions prove- rict and be placed in his hands by oue or more of | Washington What's the matter, Bert?” I asked. badly burned, many of whom will die, and | Was scooped away from his body, and he was | ment bonds ae provided in said act. ite Pith On ren a conta TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT. ing,” he said, drawing a long | early all'are more of lees bucned. The destrne: | literally pried out. He has been sick with a fe- of the bonds sual) Coen followers nn ™* “UIE |) ue rorarns an chrestal tee bene ae All that part of the city of Washington lying with- T felt just as if some one had | tion lias been sv complete that the streets cannot | Ver since. ‘AGAINST SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS. the same, and add together the votes as | in the following bounds: Commencing at the Eastern ss | struck me in the facet Did you draw this, | be traced, all being covered with sand, which o FRLLAS Against the act of the District of Solumbie en- cast in each district after doing 80 shall certify braneh at the foot of Fourth street east, and ranning r Rite x . : n Was swept in great clouds by the tornado. In mnatural A ag! sale titled, * An act = , — of eso | poomds aired hemd Sovereee gut. (<4 ‘® copy of aw § Sp Seat Geet ont ts Gout Ouedien anaes : Wh Bem lgreang mend mam ype od Se en nate oem toma cone] | PaeLk Ss moet ore es waitin Sogalve te nid Wietricns by toes tasty of Tour mil. | —Gixth. If teahell appear trom entd teternssacerti- | times slour Boath Gercline evenes te D amrest shoulder and saw on the paper he held out the | pletely covered by sand. ent roun © New Jersey papers ERS? 3 - ! | ft rough design of the monogram Kato De- PT could fill columns ‘with heart-rending tnct- | stating that a diabolical attempt had been made | Hitt Of bonds, sud iayibg a tax for the payment of | fed toby the Sec of eald Lee ee oF te Votes | south:thence along D street south to Fifteenth streot | vine had given him—less elaborate, but the | dents of this con! tion, but will only give a | by rome unknown parties to set fire to the resi- | and Submitting the act, with the question of thé | have been cast in favor of this iaw,itahdli be in | east; thence up Fifteenth street east to B street ¥ ¢ | same dainty fancy. 7 few as illustrative ‘he rest. Inone instance | dence of Samuel Whitehead, an old lerman | issuing of the four millions of improvement Sateen | full force and effect, and the Governor shall pre- south; thence out B street south to the Eastern i eee ARTS | gyi Thsm perhaps you drew this too?” he re- | aman took his family and fied to tho bridge | of means and enfeebled health and mind, at | toa vote of tho people at @ geueral election in fie Tae wea oe te baper® of the District in which | branch,and slong the Eastern branch to the foot of = of themseives. The marked, taking the cherished monogram frum | spanningthe river. The bridge was soonon fire, | Washin ,0n South river, East New Bruns- peat cade the Seeating a Sous witlticun of wa t — PL a Cope or Fourth street east, on WEDNESDAY, November 1, s ver to the pasture | his note-book. and the poor unfortunate family were nearly | wick. attempt failed, and the affair was portent bonds, as provided in in enad oot shall be voidand 1871. at the northwest corner of Ninth and K streets, * irawingot my | “Yes,” said Rite. roasted alive, and then jumped into the river | forgotten by the public, until, last April or May, | P’hird. That a ballot-box for each election district o¢ af further enacted, That with the | epposite Anacostia engine-house, Washington. ta Miss Devine, impelled by merciless fate,came | and were drowned. A Woman, on socing the | it was again brought to light by a man nained | shall be provided by the Governor,in which the bal: | payiicsi andy, ts Zerther em mewspapers ne afore. 2 2 | Strolling toward us just at that moment In one | fire approaching, put her little girl, achild of | Baxter, who had been in the employ of Mr. | lots forand against the said law ahd for and against of three months, there shall be = GEORGE 8. GIDEON, . », | Ol ber prettiest morning dresses, her hands full | six years, in a well, which was nearly dry, and | Whitehead asa sort of valet. Being very sick, | said im: fpr a eS Me ede] er ure of the Governor and of the WILLIAM SYPHAX, le comrade, I wld | of honeysuckle blowoms. . ran to the river herself for security’ The | he confessed to having been hired by the two Pea 0 vas regards, the pareuns entitled to vote, and | eC! oe ee iwi be submitted to P.M. DUBANT, ; u Bis in all our sails | « Ah, what have we here?” sheasked, lightly, | woman was saved, and, as soon as she could, | daughters of tho old gentleman to murder him, Stherwise,in accordance with the laws and roguls~ we neta ora ol soem after ts pane ROBERT GRIFFIN and make me gems of pictures to re- | as she joined us. found out the locality, and her joy was so great | for which he was to receive one thousand dol: | {tM eit may be applicable to the holding of'aes. | xfer thelr approval or « and recorded ie hoes MATTHIAS H. esummer by; and when Kob and I of pretty things—and—mono- | at finding the little one alive and well thatshe | lars. He saturated Mr.-Whitehead’s bed with Sai clectious in said District. ofthe ‘of the District. Wx. C. Barren, Cierk. ge to Eur Pe we will take you to sketch us an | rt, looking her full in the face, | swooned, and on recovering clasped her child | kerosene of] and set fre to it, but the domestics Fourth. Upon closing the polis, the ballot-boxes Src. “ enacted. That whereas an _— - = m tat of delight hee | ance in his eyes. in her arms, and ran off crying for Joy. Too | heard the old man’s cries for help and rescued-| containing said tickets shall be opened, and the bal- | omergency exists for the immediate taking effect of + Twill go if vou w e mo,” said little | he meant, faltered, tried to | few, al were so fortunate. In many cases | him. Both daughters are married and are | lots shall be immediately counted, and : tally list | his act in the event of its approval by the ie, it SLATE MANTELS; Kite, eye and cheek laugh carelessly, but failed; and then, with | wy ilies have perished. In other cases | wealthy. They reside in Brooklyn, where they | thereof be neds: ond apee the commer a. Senathe iene and after the proclamation past fot back to the | some balt-uttered word of apology or explana- | men have lost their families, they being, at the | move in the highest social circles.. They were | counting is cach cloction Sistrit, tapstaes wim |” CHARLES L. HULSE, farm-house, and fo tmen kad re- | tion, turned and left us, gliding away over the | time of the fire, working to save the factories, | recently arraigned, but pleaded “not guilty.” Secaesets at abe egate number of votes cast Bpeaker of the House of MARBLE MAN Ss! turned. Keb wss TAS & former of | green grass again, dropping heneysuekles ashe | In other instances men perished in their en- | They were then held to bail each in two thous- | statements of she eggregate number of votes cast WILLIAM STICKNEY® the yard, but Bert Mins Devine sat at ease | went. deavor to save their families. In one cas2 to | and dollars to appear for trial on December | ply, shall, within forty-cight hours, made out and President of the Couucil. in the veran:'a carnestiy discussing monograms. | Ah, how the wheels of life turn round, if we | which my attention was called, a little boy of | 26th next. In court the ladies presented a very | si the officers of the several election pre- approved, A: =e GAS FIXTURES! Itwas when mone us were first the rage, | only wait a litite while and watch! seven years is the only surviving member of a | elegant appearance, being attired alike in bit or tricts, which returns shall designate the dD. EB. Governor. su 2l-tm and Bert had sre ey Sty Sbtcimens in his note | A few days thereafter, when I drove Bert | numerous family. As soon as the fire had suf- | silk, with jaunty hats and white feathers, and muapber of votee cat ich setutee akan ee TOTICE AND OCLAMATION BY THE book to show. He had made a few scrawlingat- | Morley in the Nght buggy over to the station, | ficiently subsided, all that were able went to | wearing no jewelry except diamond ear-rings. | ®%! ‘election box of each election district, with the N&oitad. B pul ‘an “Anac PARLOR HEATERS! iempe tw weave together his own initials, but in Bisvacaton nee regres icy to him (Ale the relief of the sufferers. Blackened, charred icp gaa believes Lapa Fistor and the | other pay ‘of said slection, and, the tenet toan a cock oftie Pied- + iciously, ** Miss been qui mn were lying i: direction, with their | whole story trumped u] jaxter for malicious ‘in a sealed enve! 5 directed to the | mont and Company upon certain *<Twish some one wonld design me a mone- tion fo our society this summer, hasn't | Clothing, as ¢ geusral ting, nearly on Guite | motives. ae Be of the ‘of. Col and ‘be he exclaimed, laughin ee original and artistic, you know. me burned off. Many dead es were found in sh down, and other GRATES, plain, or finished Mise Kate, isn’t that the sort ae thing you ladies He locked round of me with bg Os com- | the river, and many more have since been re- | TURNING TBE STREAM OF CaARITY.—To (trianaings. whi paldtand sliver 3 ical earnestness In his handsome face, have di m continue food and clo to Chicago, PARIS RANGE, #e. are supboved to dos Make ame a monogram, | “I've got a new ides about some things, Mrs. | {Culses’ while Dthere are ‘ceipglod or fearrally | while there lowueh dire suifering “in Wisconsin aie cast ea ai se ve you anything you lik; r Hathaway,” he said. ‘I'm coming back here | isi and M: , 4s simply a misdirection of chari- F ge ‘and catent of our Beir t's @ dangerous promise, Sir!” she said, | next summer, and next; and Tam going to win | “The most imaginative mind cannot begin to | ty- We bave the assurance, not only of news- Fotnlebing Goussor thelow price at we g her lustrous eyes meaningly upon him. | little Rite’s love by-and-by, if 1 can!” realize this fearful calamity, much less my poor but of the authori- . * Cau't help it,” he replied. recklessly; “I'm | “Then you must make yourself brave and to deneribe it. Ihe antioks and enecee of || toms thas Will do very well for the TWO GREAT SPECIALTIES : perishing tor. Tonogram. Tak» wy name, my | lofty and noble and like @ atainless knight," I | fe dying, and of those who had lost near and | ent without of In < =xP ” Sor purse, my lite, but give mea monogram! The | said, quoting Rite’s words. “ Remember that, Gens hicks the iy aspect of the blackened | the. rat gus bile, and “ NON-EX- truth is, Miss Kate, I believe it to be an impos | Bert! = co! 5 the ing appearance of many who, | were living {n voluntary idleness on the public Besar tofeo ineroases ves sible neva ag a teten, one De =e That's the woe I have set t myrelfto do,” be | badly burned and destitute of clothings supplies, and hundreds morea\ a life and property. 2 ey! 1d mak; my said, gravely; an ut faith a # tundh a kar es ? ‘Could you? I 4 2 y him. they knew not where; others of the free passes over the a com. r 5 word remning. ~ ‘That's the work 1 have set myself todo,” he | the last agonies ef death, you could. sald, rely; and I faith in him. 2 borri = icture too pel the sapemsee se has down.” Hence- |" “ I'm afraid I have not the power,” said Mis realty be issued only to those who HAMILTON @ PEARSON, fully justified. Bert been taken ther really need them, and passes co: to the Devine, with what sounded lke a real sigh; but | Morley s to-day @ noble mans aid a Diewing co | S2,beeR taken te Greta Bay and other towns, | really need ehildrén, theold, the ick, and the she made quite ashow nevertheless of writing | the world. And Reb and I smiled gladly in | tality isone of the marked traits of the West. | Lelpless. The correspondent writes: “A his full rame down upon her ivory tablets. ‘h other's faces when last evening we received | ‘The to the Peshtigo Company, who owned | gentleman who was toput {had stopped, with Kite, = few minutes to | a wedding invitation, witha monogram of dainty | the factories and most of the town, besides large Spa heliding, nnd Fri S) that work T the but just at this | design and curious interwea’ - You could ine lands, is estimated at three million dollars, | must come to a stop account of the ce alled, and we went to watch his | read “ Rite” in Lome Boggs wk , if you Centder the lose of their extensive warehouses in | of two-thirds of his. ty nme ey who had drawn amateur performances. looked sharp enough at each vine, tendril, and | Chicago. provisions for a week fromthe public stores, and ‘Two days after, as 1 was passing through the | bud.—Harper’s Baza: Mennekaunee, a town of soven or eight hun- | would work no more-until they had eaten it up. Bert Morley stopped me with a vei dred inbabitants, is all ‘The dest citizens join with po rinne ates: i and said he had something pretty &7-Men who can’t be bought—Those whom no | houses. Fortunately no lt in insisting that relief henceforth, ee aes b> sce one will buy. Marinette fs also nearly all take the form ot furnishing E imc | _sa-The latest style of bridal head-dress is a | in this section is partial racef dest eS FL | ale eccribe it but porkaps soca | RFeath composed of small white ostrich tips. | saw mills and factories at not a "Chiengo. is yourselves out of these materials | 2 bridal veil is trimmed with vines of lilies of te tages, aro stopped byan | INC! omg ‘cals oy of ork is no 3 ith two, bare sant eevee =a eeanset resis! the authorities. pe Thould pot he employed before - and then a perfect | s@-* A devoted little wife” vette, Ind., AKOTO. - When we add that mc-vine twining fy and | secing her husband blowing in the muzzle of © ena rene ee talk of sending a portion of the stores on hand to MANUPACTORY gun while holding back the hammer with A Race for Life. Wiscousin, Fuk ‘probably we. the 9 1; “and would | foot, tripped down to ask a milliner about La Crosse, Wi8., Oct. 18—A party has ar- | advisability of following their |, and bestow- ow t itwas im her todo it?” cost of mourning, and whether it would be be- | rived in this city who traveled for several days | ing his charity where it will tell—Springjield JAMES S. TOPHAM & ©0., seg coming to her complexion. through and along the burning district of Da- | Republican. E lev ¥ know. I've been 87 It is certainly a curious chemical fact that | kota and Northwestern Minnesota. For some s firt: and here to leaving Cheyenne river, in B2-One of the most touching ii on thin pure dainty Bit | once these re eee en aes | SATs Eeerees So Ue sowenty-tive. miles Waser | rested i thateera secokenem of een ree te n 1 | No one canuse either of these articles separately | the crossing of the Northern Pacific Railroad at | the Duxbury (Mass.) graveyard. It reads: | with safety, and yet combine them, and they | Ked River, a dense smoky atmosphere prevailed, | ‘ Chisel can’t help her anv. and tears is of no | form a substance necessary to health, and one | which each day grew more dense, warning them | use.” Could marital grief be more tenderly and | found upen every table. that immense *‘prairi¢ fires" were approaching | pathetically expre: ‘One door above Odd Fellows’ Ha) SMeMOMRES, PATENT STATS pat tn o2 oor