Middletown transcript., 1871-10-21
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News from Chicago IL full u interest.
Up to Saturday evening lO2 dead bodies
had ben recovered feons he ruinq. The |,
coronss, who has sl6AdrA Aeli nl(Pty -cne
iuqucs1s. declares 6prpIdsically Hal. 10.
bay bss bssn Nm, 'bss'k istSas ahss III /
Suspicious persos's arc ordered % is ar
rested aud comssi,,cd wiskous triat There
rss god rsssoe fos the. .etpse>s 9ths do h
predatIcns offhicves ana juSt ge6udd foff
alarm. seeing that the Jail and caIabcose
were burnt hnh 40 prisoners, confined
for mll sorts of oEcusrs, were lct ico~e mp.
on the city. Building operations are now
in active progress. aud in a few days bu-
siness will begin tn How in its old clssu--
nels. On Saturday night . furious gale
occnsioncd great fears of the renewal of the
cunaagruii,n Fire. brands were blown
about in every dirccton. aud many build-
ing- were blown down. The heavy rains
of the previous iwunty-four hours for,u- /
natcly prevented any outbreak Of the fire.
II Is stated the government has lost cigh- |
teen millions in grcenbacks. consumed in |
the fire. All the banks are perfectly
sound. aud will resume business shortly.
II was officially announced to the Lcgis-
lative Committee and in Paris on Satur-
day that the long pending customs treaty
between France aud Germany had been
signed by Prince Bismarck aud Pouycr
Qner'ier. The signature ly the Ministers
definitely concludes the fin ,cc par, Of the
Convention; the par, regulating the Gus
toms yet requires The ra|ica,ion Of the
Rcchsra,h The treaty recognizes the
principle Of reciprocity. aud consists of
three separate conventions. Que territorial,
raiifying frontiers aud conccding to France
n snail slip Of territory; one financial,
providing for the payment II the n,lein-
nifty, aud Involving ihcivi,hdrawai OF the
German troops. nnd tiy other relating to
customs The produd If Al.acc aud Loo
ranc are to enter f'y fec free for one year.
sud the same privilt gc is to be accorded
to the products Of France. Tho cvacun.
ton will begin within two weeks after the
ratification VI the treaty
Official nf,rmaiio,D has been received
by the Canadian Coy rnment of another
raid upon its border uy the Fenians. un.
der the command of General O'Donphuc
They attempted to cross the line ~, thr
9TH inst at tcorgctpwn. mud un Moudn,
morning captured the Canadian Cu.tun,
: House and the Hudson Bay post at PEN.
binn. meeting with No resistance. MS there
was no garrison NJ the pl,cc They seem
tn have been soon after attacked by furrc
nf United States troops, hy whom they
!, were quickly diTerscd. General O'Neil
i was with them. 4nd was captured One
: accouu, states H., he surrendered The
main body Of We Fcnians, i, is said
4 crossed the bnrdj jr line near St Joe. Min.
: ncsota, closely uursucd, however, by the
United States Troop. The people Of
Manitoba wcrA completely aroused. and
every able. bodl \ man ~a- under arms.
q. Thr GovcrntI Of Michigan in prccll-
nation, gives Ync IDEA uf IT," terrible ile
d. which has devasl,ted that pnl ncialihor-
. Ing States. Sgytal counties are alinnsi
:. totally ruined. Mites. towns. and village,
having been reduced To ashes Mills. en-.
tire townships pt valuable lumber. DIV u.
:. ing, bnrus and crops ar" completely de-
sircyed, aud tlion-aiid, Of people rendered
homeless aud destitute Of the absolute ne
:, cessarirs Of lif lie makes call Iol
= prompt and dheral relief ncsirnr,iv,
" iirrs have aisp ragged over great cstcn
: IT country in Northern Kansas. consuming
:. Luuses, barnf great quantities Of hay
" grain aud oil,tr crops
nj The rivaaaxof the prairie fires are tru
:. ly aplaliing kfwp hundred dead bodie
;. have been r, cred u, Pr,hiiro. Viz an
i ha, bce,, e imaicd that no fewer thai
; twelve hundi lives have been lasi u
that ulare nj a Numerous tuwn in Wis
). con. n and clisan hay. been totally De
.traS Il. aud h mari, eYcry c1se with
:. t,ar,il sncfi c III human lie The ne
:. .pnn,s of su ring are unmnralod even b
the disaster Chicago. aud tl,,hcs. f,o'i
and money Ire urgenily needed hy III
stricken pee Pc.
Sp The yan of the custom. m.hnn,c nt Obi
n cago va. ned IN Tuesday II con
e. ,aiufd 81 6, ,Go0 in gnll and 81 900. 90
ar IN grernh ks The gol was melted IN
10 To an ulm solid mass. but il was snfc i
y shape OF llion. The grcenbncks wer
u Entirely 4 psumed
= \ iisp ch from Halifax states tina, tn
+, heaviest irrcanec known in twenty year
:. !. occurred ,rrc on Yesterday evening week
Tbs iids ,sc two feet over the wharvc.
!, ~ Many .el. we're injured. and sewers
~ lives III
y y Frot lie tone nf Admiral Por,er's lcl
!, ter to ereinry Rnhtson concerning ,l
u, :" condi "f our iloc, in the coren. i, Al
II n pears ", further trouble Is apprehrnde
y. bciaedh the United States and China.
- =, Detkls have reached Loudon Of grci
- storms which have occurred in China. il
:. volving immense loss Of life and propert,
:, ~ Al least three thousands persons are sai
:. to have perished
'.e The recent gale in the Canadian pr,
!" vinces wns the scvercsi experienced &
u" many years, involving great dcstruciio
1t property. but us yet ascertaincd I
- great oss df life.
L Jutrcx has been reelected Presiden,