The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-12-16
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The Gra.Isest Hotel Il, tho J,orld.
..,-a From The Chicago Jsarnal 3saG
The foundation for the grand new hstsl
to le built BY Potter Palmer, Esq, on staAs
and Monroe streets and Wabash avsuue, ID
now about Anished, and the work haa been
suspended until carly next Spring, when Il
viii be pushed forward vigorously. -7
1r. Palmer 10 now travelling In Europe,
with special reference 70 ''postipg" himself
~ regards architecture, In order 70 apply 10
his new edilice Ill the latest and best psiuca.
pies of construction and ornanentasioA
In letter Just received from him bya
friend in this city (date Of letter, Florencs.
Italy, Oct ssd), he writes: ~ -
II am getting along with Tho plaAs q
my new hotel very we'll now hare thu
front elevations all decided upon, except
that on Wabash avenue, which will de.
eide upon after my return 10 Chicago. The
State street front will be very grand-more
% than that Of any other building in our
country, excepting tho Park Bank in New
York, aud l think my hotel front will ex.
eel that arch tccturally. lshall let the ICON
and = part Of The stone work as soon ssl
return, and, as soon as the weather wih per-
init, shall push the buildings as fast as pos
sible. hope 70 get at least 40 meu at
work on It by the middle Of March and $50
by the 1st Of April. 1now intend to build
it entirely lirc.proof, or - nearly 70 a. posr
sible., Lam determined to have my lots@,
when completed, surpass any other hotel in
the world, not excepting the Grand at PasiA
Il have had great opportunity since my
arrival in Europe u improve my tastes ar.
ch,tecturally, and am collecting al The
ideas possible, 10 combine In The hotel
Paris exceeds any city in the world in ~.
chitecture- Vienna next. London Is very
deficient. Venice has one church. which,
though Of medium size, exccls any building
in the world. Its interior is entirely Of the
finest marble. Florence cannot boast Ut
any beautiful buildings externally, but Of
some beautiful interiors. have made and
am making very large collection of pho.
tographs of the finest buildings In Europe.
which I shall give oil our Chicago afchi.
tects an opportunity to examine, a. wish
to do all In my power to encourage the ad.
vancemcnt of architecture in our city, In
which feel an increasing PRIDE"
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SHOCKING TRAGEDY-BuRNT ALIvE.-
On Tuesday hast James L. Sutton aud his
son lost their lives In . manner incxpressi.
bly, shocking. The details, Is We gather
them, arc as follows Sutton's claim is in
one of tho canadas west of the Carmelo, e1.
tending into the hills beyond his house sone
distance. He was making clearing, abovo
the house. and had put out fire for tho spuf-
pose. TO this he had gone several times
during tho morning, and at NOON, Apprnheu,
sivc that it might reach some ''shakes" In
the adjoining canadas, he went TO the scene
Of the fire, accompanied BY his little boy,
aged six or seven yeara The ground is .
fat Of several acres, covered previously
with thick growth of fern, bounded by
steep hills on either side. and with shallow
gulches at tho bottom of each. What tran
spired after he got there Is left 70 insgiua-
ton; whether In attempting to direct the
fire change of wind envcloped him and The
child IN fame and smoke, and 20 siaed
them. or by some chance the child strayed
into the path of the fire. and both were lost
in the effort Of the father at rescue, it 10
impossible now to divine. Not appearing
during tho evening, Sutton's wife having
vainly looked for them, the neighbors were
aroused anil the next day the bodies were
found lying in one Of the gulches mention.
ed, both being black with smoke and much
orche'.-Aonlerey Democrat. .r.G -.s
The surprising magnitude of the Texan
cattle trade h little realized. In the words
of tho Omaha Herald: Texas is truly The
cattle hive Of North America. While New
York, with her 4,0oo, 900 Inhabitants and
her settlements two and half centuries old,
has 616,000 oxen and stock cattle; while
Pennsylvania, with moro than 10000
people, has III 800 cattle; while Ohio, with
2,oeQ 900 people, has 74o, 900 cattle; whlla
lllinsis, with Z, ,so0, 600 people, has 81. 100
cattle; and while lowe, With l zoo. 900 Pc.
pie, has 0s8, 200 cattle, Texas, not forty
years Of age, and with: hez t0e, 900 people,
had 2, ,000, 900 head of oxen and other cat.
tie, exclusive Of cows, in 1857 ~ shown By
the returns Of the County AsscssHs: In
1870. allowing for tho difference between
the sctual number Of cattle owne,l and he
number returned for taxatofn there mnss b
fully 3. .000, 600 head of beeycs and stock CIT.
tle. This Is exclusive of cows. which, 6
The same time, arc reported At COZ. 900 head.
In 1872 they must number 500. 900, making
= graad total Of $500. 600 Asad Of eaet3e Il
Texas. Oue.foarth ot these aro tcevee;one
fourth are COWS, and the other two.fsurths
are yearlings and two.5csr olds. There
would therefore, be s50, 900 Aeevss,: ESQ, 900
oows and 1.soo, 900 young cattle. There
sse annually raised and branded 10000
calves. These cattle orc raised On ne srses
plains Of Texas, which contain $500 90