Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-05-24
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bouf 'dof yet Jay afternoon, the wind
athe tis3 bdiI very nigh, our citizens were
dIShsed ~ thslfe b4ll, s116son after dense
volume Of black smoke rolled up from two new
wooden buildings iD St. Anthony ST., near the
Post Office, anu in the short space Of twenty
'sains.esAhs bsildiaesaa&sessaaAa.a,ssnn.alhsAi a
Of ruins. From what we can learn. the flames
originated from fire pnder the bluff, back Of
rtl,es hsiAisg nearest Abe Post QRiGes sshich lad
been, or was then in use, to heat irops for the
tailoring establishment Of Mr.. Edmunson. The
occupant Of the first building The wind swept
the flames across the sxestto the Marble fac
tory OF Mr.. Amidon,= and that, (the second
time in sin montI1s) was also consumed, with
another little bdilding near byH Thebeat was
quite intense in the neighborhood Of the Post
Office. the book store 81 Won Ham, and the
clothing store of,Hasllssllg 8 e. Thompson, and
these buildings were only,sayed BY, the active
exertiops of Iour Icitizens. % The, windows in
the two first mentioned, were broken by the
heat. ." Piles Of lumber near by; were saved
by the utmost exeftions of The citizens.ii Large
einders Of fire were driven BY the wind on to
the roofs of the surrounding buildings, and
many Of these buildings caught fire, 1ut were
saved by buckets Of water.., Al one time the
store Of E. Hatch was in ilnmipsnt danger, but
was saved. The Pioneer Hook g. Ladder
Company swere promptly on the, ground. and
did all the service they could with the'waAen al
hand, this making the third time they
have been instrumental in saving the building
on the corner of Third aud Wabashaw streets.
The first building, nearest the Pos Post Office
was owned by MeClung 81 Iaes.. Cost $4,000
no insurance. Occupied ON the first floor
by Mr.. Edrnunson, as a clothing store, with
stock of $4,000. No insurance. The foom0n
the same floor adjoining, was not occupied.
sRThe second building was owned by DR.. J.
H. Steward -eost ST. ,S0O---no insurance oc-
cupied on the first floor BY Greenleaf & Chap
pell. Jewellers. who had a stock Of Sl4,O 900,
with SIS, 900 Of customers watches, all of which
were, destroyed, and upon which there was no
insurance. a,The7 next room was occupied by
DR.. Steward as his office. His library ifurni.
ture, clothing, and instruments---all destroyed
---loss 81 ,50O...no insurance.
On the second floor, over the office Of DR..
Stewart, was the office Of Messrs Dunn &
Bradford, who lose their books. furniture and
clothing. Loss $l200---no insurance.
Over the store Of GreenIeaf s. Chappell was
the Dentist office of DR.. Patterson, whose loss
cannot be far from $4,000. No insurance. To-
tai, $37 600. v arfao
Mr.. Amidon's loss is $500 and with the loss
Of the small building near BY, the total is
$4,000! .a...
No fire has occurred in St. Paul within our
memory, that has swept off SO vast an amount
of property belonging to so worthy class OF
young men, as the FIRE Of yesterday. 1t seemed
as though the Fire.Fiend delighted in calling
scalding tears from the unfortunate sufferers,
who but 20 minutes before were chasing the
golden bubbles THAT floated in their brains.
The loss falls heavily upon Messrs. Green
leaf & Chappell, whose stock Of rich Jewelry
had but scarcely been placed upon their shelv-
es. Mr.. Edmunson's loss is also severe. The
same can be said of the others--.it was their all
--and they have the earnest sympathy of a
sympathzng community.
P. S.---Messrs. Greenleaf & Chappell will
save about ST. 900. The length Of the whole
building burnt. was upwards of 80 feet front.
The damage to the building owned by L. C.
Dayton, was $5O---same to the one occupied
by Won Ham. The windows in the Post or
flee were broken by the heat. ee,
EE We hope that our citizens will make
good the loss of Mr.. Amidon., He is an old
and worthy gentleman and has already suffer
ed by fire o the amour, Of ST. 600.
THE RIGHr SrIRIr.--We came passenger
on the Northern Belle about one week since,
with Mr.. Thaddeus r. Webb, Of Moscow,
Clermont Co., Ohio, who, having read Bonds
Minnesota and>its Resources" sold his proper.
,y East, purchased seeds for garden vegetables
laid in stock Of fowls, packed up what .duds'
he could bring. anG with his "hoasehol.l gods
about him, Gan interesting family, and 81 500
started for Minnesota for the purpose Of loca.
ting near our city, and furnishing the denizens
with fresh eggs, butter, cheese, and vegetables
for their morning repasts. Mr.. w. is an ex.
ceent specimen of an enterprizing man, and
is just as certain to get rich, and live comfort.
ably, if he retains his health, as we should be
to break our neck by jumping off Of Bluff
three hundred feet high. We bespeak for him
a kind word when he seeks TO make the &C.
quaintance of our citizens. ''
-Speaking.of Bonds work, reminds us that
it is doing good service for Minnesota: The
work has been Rewritten and an edition oil
5000 copies is now passing through the Press.
The author informs US that since the appear.
ance of the work, he has received over six hun.
dred letters Of inquiry per annum and has an
swered them. We canddly aver that there
are many things in the book we do not like-ii
is written too glowipgly, and perhaps, uninten.
tionally, is apt to mislead, yet, it has done, and
is doing much toward building up Minnesota
therefore success to it.
Brow1Nc !---Hitherto the inhabitants Of Min.
nesotu have done their share of blowing, in or.
der to bring "the land Of milk and honey" in.
to general notoriety, but the Territory has Ia.