, 1861-07-06
oUR MILWAUKEE LETTER,
DisaAfFous Fire --- Fourth Of July.
and other Natter.

DISASTROUS Fire Fourth Of July..-
and other MATTERS.
tspceia1 Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune j
MILWAUKEE, July 5-2r. N.
Yesterday afternoon about one o'clock,
while The boys were firing off pistols and fire.
crackers ii rear Of the American House, on
Sp1irg street, one Of them carelcssly dropped
a fire cracker into a pile Ct straw adjoining a
COW shed belonging to the American. The
flames rapidly spread, and in two hours '5iime,
over thirty buildings were consumed, com.
rritjrg parts oftt1ee different blocks on three
different atree:s, doiag damage to the extent
cf at lcas. s65, GOO, hardly half covered By; il
Eu1ance. Among the prominent buildings
buried Were the American House, r Kane &
Sons, lroErit1ora, a very large wooden build
Ing, loEs In furniture and building, so 0oo-
Insured for &1G,0o0. Ciisbce d Co.'s Livery
Stable; nezt west, stock mostly saved, build
irg owned by john Plankinton, whose loss is
s3,Ce0, with 10 insurance, The Spring Street
Metto.4if1 Church, corner Of Spring sud
>econd streets, opposite the American, WAS
s1tireiy consumed, loEs s5,0o0- uninsured
AustinFs new brick block, corner Of Spring
aud West Water streets, AID only saved a!ter
irat extrtions, loss not less than $},00o-in
eu1ed. Williams brick block oftwo stores, next
LES: Of tie American House, totally destroy
ed Icst 81 D0-paItly insured Fabbeck's Is
brick block, on west Water stfcet, totally des-
1rcyed. Loss $5.0oo-past1y insured 4 row
Of frame buildings adjoining, were also des-
troye6, one of which was occupied By s. 4.
kinball, hide dealer, who had stored therein
1G0o dry hides. Loss $40o0-iusured for
$1,000. On the opposite side of Wes: Water
Street two frame buildings we're buracd, one
Ct thtm occupied by H. Meade i Sons, stove
ecslerF. Loss unknown The area Of ground
occupied By The burnt buildings is equal to a
| block aIda hall, and but for . fortunate change
| in tic wind, which was blowing very strong
at the time, the four principal business blocks
On The vest side Of the river Tould have been
consumed As it is, nearly fifty tenants are
Of small means, who can Ill afford to lose
their all The lire department worked well
af:=r they got under way, but the insbility of
hand engines to combat Euch fire was dem
| onkt1attd more fozcibiy than ever. FeH Of
cur citizens, however, have any hope that q
the members Of the city council to procure
the much needed steam fire engines, for only
/ . small portion Of them own any property
themselves, and those that do, belong to the
unpopular side, in the boards, viz, th5 busi,
| reEe Interests.
| LIE ON%A44GAI( " ILLS uIE BeITGu tIEALH
| much excitement, ahd to render interesting a
dsy that was passing Oft as very dnli Fourth
| Of July, Thtre we're no public obeerYances,
ardtte only oration delivered was one bJ the
fomewhat notorious Sherman II. Booth, who
I had hired tie most prominent balcony ii the
! tity for the purpose. His audience consisted
Of .bcut five hundred uaen and women Of
| misc Gllaueous tastes aud classes. His tubject
vas Men and the Timcs," and it ia needless
10 SAY that he made strong speech He is
! now canyassipg for subscribers 10 new daily
1:aper which be proposes to start here next
! nonth, TO be called The Ltte. A publication
Ct the incidents Of his own Life would be
sb1ut az Interesting as anything, these warm
days.
Speaking Of newspapers reminds nc that
ber1ah Brown, secessi0ni6f, and editor OF the
Daily Aeaes, Who for the last ninety days has
Of at tie hands Of some mob, together with
the pFcPrietors Of The sheet, has at last had
bis desire E1stided, the only variation from
his hopes being that the mob consisted ot
certain othcers Of the Law, who elected the
seceeEit ztsts and installed Mess1s. Aharpsteia
s. Lathrop, the former p-oprietors, NOBODY
il EorTy at the change The paper could not
be any worse, and may be crest deal better.
Under Brown it was the organ OF the rebels
At the eouth And the repudiators at home.
Tie rews that the Fitat Wisconsin Recl.
tnent has had chance at the enemy, AID
come out ;hesd, (whith, X r. the s.y, Tsy, was fsst
TRIBUNE wa5 rec q id With much hlsnshus:.sm.
Yortw UIake, Of this city, who Ia repor.ed
| anotE tie Killed, vas The only son Of very
rts,&I;s5le parents, who bear up with totti
+-ct -nttr tbeIr 6x.riGce for teeie country't
s,te c.