Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-28
THREE CENTS,
CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Daily Corr,ro;o
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correspondence OF the Baltimore Daily Commercial
IT., CINCINNATI, o.. March "a. 1866.
me great topic of conversation in This 90 III
SS -. Piesg IS tne late destructive FIRE It is the
sIc5est co almty, Eecuniary, that has ever vsitS
the Queen City Of the West In less tbaD VISITED
upwards OF ttoo million dollars north of 1o, nUug
Sh0udernE IN ashes. The greatest sufferer bj ~
fire is Mr. Pike, the owner and manager Of > bi the
l9nce magnIfeenD Opera House, and he BENZ ~ t5S
agGylest loser, lew words personally may not be
I1IsS w HouI numerous readers.
MIR. Pike came to this city from New York in 1919
and engaged in the Wholesale dry goods business Not
Hndlng the business M lucrative he wished he dis
continued the selling Of fabrics and turned his atfcn
ton TO the distieTy business and from his profits in
zens of Cincinnati.
After being possessed of sufficient amount of this
world goods he conceived the idea Of erecting
an Opera House. an Institution long needed here bat
an undertaking which none of the capitalists Of
the city had the hardhood to engage in In
ana Icrpsichore was erected, and he was
landed as the Great benefact0r of public good So
tIetct dd ne work in the erection of the building,
hat before the public was aware of his Intentions
Inc n inc superb dramatic temple in the West was
T5{ 9r oefEGancy 1t cost him upwards of three
tlQn gas always been among the first objects Of inter
I ISneu oF 9y strangers. But it's gone and nothing
where once stood the bride Of CINCINNATI
winnie the contiagration was at its height Mr. Pike
viewed the ire with the same irditieren 20 ne on I'M
PasSoned spectator who had nothing at stake
Many theories have been advanced as to the oroi,,
arrived at. but the most plausible solution IS tbat
TIE catastrophe was caused by the leakage Of cas-
The force of the explosion was so great that tha 80
portion OF the Opera House cut, and thrown com
Pletey across Baker street, dem0lishing in its way
several stores. ""'
Politics in this section of the world have but ono
way, and that Is decidedly JOhnsonian. The peorIo
heartily endorse the policy of President johnson anI
aud hl4 gr his firm expression upon the Freedmen
Bureau bill. N+- .
business as a general thing is dull This is OWING
IN great measure to the fact that many capitalists
nave gone South and engaged in cotton planting.
anu fears arc being entertained that the crop will NOT
PAY great trouble being experienced on the planta-
lions IN securing labor the freedmen being chary of
engaging their services unless at eXOrbitant wage.
Many OF your readers will, doubt. rememlier ~,
excursion made from your city upwards Of t,o VaSrt
ago, By the City Council and HoarI of Prado ~
cincinnati, Chicago, and other points IN fhe West
y nile IN this city several members of he Raft
more tlty Council we're the guests of Col lew Rev
man, mlnc host at Brighton, and incident unon his
hospitality and geniality, enjoyed themselves TO Their
utmost The Colonel is now located on Fourth street
attending TO the wants of the inner man and ajw9T'
his threshold. @NS 01oss
At he Burnet House, MI SiIas F. Miller, ,,,oprfo-
tor, was pleased to find Col. William Wilkinsa1
well known IN your city, in the capacity of cbinf
clerk Friend Billy is great favorie with the tray
Gllng pubuc, and understands the wants OF the wan
derer with singular nicely. 1"0 van"
=, Ny next noti0gs viii probably be from Chicozo
Illinois. -'H4 i'ii'ttsoa