Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-11-07
The Chicago of To-Day.


aDout them What myriad Of books
it would require to contain the
thoughts and reflections of mankind
over these remains that so closely
bind the present with the past. To
traverse this fire blasted area Of six
or seven square miles fills the behold
or with awe at the immensity and
completeness Of the desolation, till
no sinks overwhelmed with the cal.
amity. The fire fiend out of brick
and stone walls, has hewn out Pom
pegs pillars, Cleopatra's needles,
leaning towers, all possible grotesque
shapes that evening clouds could as
sumo there black bear fifty feet
high is sitting on its launches, and
here Cyclops equally tall is leaning
on a pillar, and these lofty abrupt
stalks Of stone and brickand mortar
mark the site Of some Of the finest
edifces erected by modern wealth
and art
If all the broken and disappointed
hearts in Chicago could speak out,
how bitterly would they denounce
that mistaken judgment that associ-
ates happiness and contentment with
g,Ided palaces or rich and costly mer-
chandize that the frey deluge may
sweep away IN AN instant And yet
Chicago will be speedily rebuilt, un-
less we are entering cycle Of fire.
yeHr- during which the works OF
modern civilization shall perish.
Such cycles visited and destroyed the
area oiancient ciyiazatiJn;wild beasts
returned TO their former haunts
whence they had boon expelled Ton
centuries.
But Cllcago, notwithstanding her
present ruins, ia relatively greater in
respect to the rest Of the world than
over she was before. We find we
cannot do without her. lfany other
city were destroyed, years might
cIap4e before it, restoration, but no
sooner is Chicago in ashes, than cap
'lal aud labor j. rushing thither to
rebuild it, rushing thIther from every
region OF the world No city had
rvor such an opportunity to render
itself lire proof as Chicago has now.
SO bnildiug- can bo erected on the
burnt district unless brick or stone.
There will be no commineIing with
wooden buildings, and the new city
VIII be a safe depository Of the con
rcnupted commerce Of the world
The consequences OF the policy is
that lots in the burnt district are aug
mentiu0 in value. On the west side
where wooden buildings abound, tn,
cost Of insurance has run to too higl
figures 70 tolerate any business OK
pansion. There is moro of hope anc
capability in the ruins Of Chicago
than IN all that is left untouched by
Che flames.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS AS we
lntlmatcd in the lastthe HeraH would
be done the democracy Of Grant
County postponed to the last minute
any announcement of its nominee,
for the legislature. This gave The
unterrified good opportunity &c
P"dead to support an independent
candidate and divide the republican
vote; and then with their own nomi
nee gobble up the party vote and
many Of the disaflected. The game
was well played this year, but with
all their cunning and hard work we
are not prepared to believe that the
democracy Of this county will have 9
single representative in the next Leg.
isIature. Mr., Ovid b. Phelps OF Ian.
caster is the candidate for the Senate
VIM. j, Mccoy of Bectowu. T5oma.
Torney Of Fennimore, aud James w
Seatou OF Potosi, are the nominees il
tnoir respective localities for the As
sembly.