The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-10-17
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ness on their hands, or else, if finished,
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TloGA HOUSE, OwEGo, N. " .
Sept. &c, 1849.
his is q village in Tioga county, con-
tail,s y population Of 1000, and is peopled
by aclass sof wealthy men. 1t is an old
settled town, and has an air Of quiet and
ieliness, ifI may SO express it. The
place IS esteemed avery healthy one, and
during the last summer, was the retreat
Of many who fled from the infection and
dust and sweat Of New York City. A
considerable business is4done in the way
ofselling goods, oper ating in lumber, and
some other emplo ynents A railway track
from here to Ithaca has been laid for
some years past, but has had no other
motive power than that Of the horse
The company ihat first built it los. their
money and the company that has recent
ly bought ii, has sold the iron, (lat rails}
forswhat the whole road cost them, and
they re now putting down an entire
new track, on which they design to run
locomotives. This line, in connexion with
II steamer on Cayuga Lake, unites the
New y ori and Erie with the Buffalo and
Albany Road. Stages also connec, from
here with jefferson, at the head Of Senc-
ca Lake, and from thence with Geneva
by steamboats, This is the present, ter
minus Of the New York and Elie Rail
Road. \ good many passengers larry to
dinner, supper, or ~ night, before TAX
ing th. ca is or stages, and the. great re-
sort for them is s.T'ioga House, where
they find one Of the most abundant tables
TO be found in Western New York, COM
Portable rooms and beds, the best of at
tention from all the people about the
house, and in IS B. Bennett, Essl, one Of
the most obligiag and gentlemanIy Hosts
ever met with by traveller in a strange
land. III issthe crack house ofthe place.
and richly deserves the high reputatlonis
3sustans.
THURSDAY, Sept ct.
This morning at 8 O'clock, fire broke
out on the principal business street, and
ragged unrestfained until 8 o'clock. All
the large stores were consumed, together
with the larger portion Of their coutents;
the bridge acr' SIS The SusQuehanna was
lwo,hirds destroyed; the Bank and Post
Office saved all their documents & move.
able property; the Telegraph Office, and
the room Of the Division Of Sons Of TEN
perance, were burnt, with all their con.
tents; all three Of the Offices are COM
pleieiy annihIated. One printer. in los
ing press and types, loses his all, having
no insurance on them. Two young la
dies, who had worked and laid up $500,
had just purchased stock Of Millinery
goods, purchased a building for 81 500.
on which they had paid $500; and have
lost the whole, having no insurance on
the properly.
What will renderthe losses particular
ly heavy, is, that the traders had JUS.
laid ia their fall stocks, and there were
some very large establishments keeping
on hand 20 to $4,000 stocks.
Ihere IS probably no less than 100
buiidingsdestroyed 1890 900 will scarce
ly cover The loss This is the most de-
structlve fire, IN proportion to the size OF
the place, that has ever happened pro.
badly in the country | was fortunate
in having been located at secure dis
lance from the fire, and consequently sa-
we'd from the unpleasant necessity Of be-
ing driven out Of doors in double quick
time. The ssTioga House, is the onlv
Hotel, Of any note, now left in the place.
p. NJ. r,
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