Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-08-27

The fire commenced in the cupola of the New "
City Hail. and was discovered shortly after II ooK
on Wednesday morning 1t burst out in terri6o ocK
ume and in short time the whole Of the magn6ooat
cupola from the base up to the statute of the
of Justice was enveloped in fiery shroud It orio
ted directly in the spot where large quantity Of
works had been started during the day "'e'
A general alarm was rung, and the Park was oo..
full OF remen, their machines and large numbers Of
cited citizens. tx
The fremen found it impossible to bring water toh
on the cupola Only one engine was sufficiently noU"u
full to play upon the clock tower and before that %
be got to work the whole structure was in b oold
blaze. 'lSt
AS the fire made Roadway, it attached number =,
fireworks which had been left on the roof and roo
and roman candles eant strange briiancv 70 tLn;
teresting spectacle of the confagration VIC In
By one O'Clock the cupoa fell, at which time tbo
gave way and the fire burst in huge volcanoes Of ga
from the windows of the chambers immediatpv I "uE
the governors room. 'e
The scene at this time was awfully grand Coo r.
upturned faces, umined by the glare of the cOngon,
ton, was visne as far as the eye could reach anJE
up above their heads another multitude reused G
their sumbers peopng the windows of the Asto ousn
and other hotels in he neighborhood
By O'Clock the flames were pretty well eytincp;ob,
The loss by fire and water Throughout the entire 6u
will amount (says the N Y Journal of Comnerce1 .
over $22 000 The injury to furniture in the Govpr
room and other portions of the building is estimated %
$4,000; and the damage on the building $2OOOO To
centre OF the Governors apartments was the onI
damaged by fire, but all the pictures which adornod
the walls safely got out and carried into the cham
Der of the Board of Aldermen and Mayors office One
or two were slightly damaged by water
The large sheet coppelstatue of Washington was
safely removed, also his wrtingdesk which he used i;
1889. The county clerks office was damaged sjobir
by water. The ibrary-room, the Mayors Office the
Clerks Office of the Court of Common Pleas were some
what damaged by water, but not to serious extent
The storerooms in the upperstory of the building where
nearly all the public documents of the Common Council
had been piled away for years past were mostly de.
stroyed 1t is said that about onehalf Of them will be
a total loss.
The COuncmen's Chamber, as well as the Superv.
sors' room, also uninjured. The rooms have lust
been reftted and painted
The clocks throughout the building all stopped and
several of them said to be ruined by water. The
City Hall bell stood the flames and is said not to have
been injured in the least
TIE GRAIN CROP OF 1858.-The Prairie Farmer
gives the following estimate of the grain crop in the
North Western States:
"After careful examination of the whole subject we
have come to this conclusion that of the wheat crop
OF 1858 Illinois will not export more than six million
bushels-perhaps far less that Iowa will export less
than one million bushels-probaby less than half mil
lion that Wisconsin will not export than three
ths much of the crop of 1857 that Indiana will
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that there will be falling off in Ohio of at least three
millions of bushels Bear in mind we offer these as very
high estm@;es A continuance of bad weather may re-
duce the amount for export to almost nothing. At
present the quantity is wasting at the rate Of many
thousand bushels per day. How much old wheat there
is yet in the country do not know but the quantity
is certainly less than commercial papers estimate it.
The corn crop will somewhat affect the price of wheat
but there is no possibility of its being average YIELD
DEATH FROM MILK SICKNEss-The Mobile Regidcr
speaks of the prevalence Of milk sickness in that vicinity
1t says:
"Our information of the death of Mr.. Simmons and
his wife, from milk Sickness was derived from the brother
of the deceased They resided in the Howells neighbo
hood about sixteen miles west of the CITY, Both were
attacked on Monday and they died within twenyfour
hours of each other, on Saturday and Sunday Our in
formant also mentioned the case of widow woman and
her two children, who died the next day after eating
milk. These resided just the State line, in Greene
county. There are seven eight other cases in the
neghborhood above mentioned none of which has yet
proved fatal The disease among the cattle is there at
trlbuted to the same cause alleged in one of the city
papers this morning the rust in oats land rye which
has extended to the range"