The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-12-07

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their boa, having been upset, sod both
bsing 10 inminsn, peril of sinking.
For this act Of heroism tho Emperor
gave him a gold medal which be al
ways wears, and no doubt the dis
ctrning eyes Of Columbia's fair daugh
ters will recognise it among The many
decorations which the young man wears
on State occaliops.
Although the United States aud
Russia represent two systoms Of go.
vermcnt widely differing from each
other yet they have always been firm
friends Our revolutionary fathers
were indebted 10 Uatharine the Sec
ont for diplomatic recognition. and
from that day TO this there has been
20 interruption Of kindly relations
During the Slave holders Rebellion
Ru'sia's sympsthiss we're with the
North, aad steadily resisted oil efforts
IN the part of other European pow
ers 10 have her take an uniliendly
stand. Hence the young priscS will
receive y cor lial greeting. because Of
the steady friendship of the great En-
pire he represents.
LossE, By THE WISCONSIN FIRES
A correspondent OF tho Milwaukee
Nscossin. who has travelled through
the burned region 10 Wisconsin,. pla-
cos the number of lives sacrificed ut
100, The loss Of property is ostima-
ted Us ioIlows A medium rs, imaic o'
damage 10 pine lands 10 the Greos
Bay region is 100000. The damage
ou the Wolf is figured at $500 .000.-
Ihere is abundance OF hard wood lsii
in places The dsmage 10 indlvid-
uals may amount t. 100000 The
loss ofthe titesn saw mills burned is
pat ut 1925 900 The loss Of cord
wool, ties, hemleck bark. etc, is sat
down at 100000 The losses Of fen
ces, buildings, wagons, cattle aud
crops am Jug he 900 farmers caanot
be less than sG00U00, making u to,a.
aggregate Of more than 81 001,U0G
aside from those at Peshtig,. There
are ,hree hundred or more wounded
sufferers remaipiax in hotels. board
ing hJnses and hotels about the lay.
Burned ears, fnces, hands and feo, are
common TO nearly all. Macy 10 rooms
can hardly stir in bed, There are w.
men with great Lurus Oh the sides
and limbs, with faces like kettles aud
hands Ike claws, burHed ~ the bones
Men could isht better aud dave IN re
than womsu Mosl of them per she'd
hy sudoclti0s Li,ilo children are
sad ) muinei in their iee,and faces
Nearly al w,il recover vi,h9a, the
iuss Of sigh; or LIMB.
A season Of terrible suffering Cor
be poor has suddenly dswned Tao
frost kisg alreaiy wie!ds suprem
sway in several sec,ions of The aouu
Try, hespIne pain ani misery upon
thousands. 80 far Cottonwood. IN
U;ah Territory. seems 10 te the worst
of. The huge snow drit,s are ropor, =
si TO tc SIX .aot on level .ni ir u
forty ,oa banIrei fee, deep IL tHe
m0uniau doti.e., cudan ,eIins he lives
OF tue miners, many Of whom have al
ready rerIshcd. besides aidi1z the
pangs Of HUNGER 10 tho distress Of w.
mcu and children who are unable TO
oh, ain tina. shelter in winch the coii
bias's caunot reach them Several
rivers and canals 10 the Eastern aud
NJ ddle States are also trozsa over
snl navigation stopped. The great
cslonitics which have occurred du-
ring tbs summer months, the CAicsgo
,nd Northwestern fires. and the steam
boa, and railroad horrors. have lsf,
hundreds Of people homeless ana PEN
nIless, aud now that winter Is upon
them heir suferings will be inieasc.
unless the peops Of the country who
are blossei wils plenty como 70 their
SD.
CHICAGO has commission In ses-
sion to Investigate the origin Of the
rocen, 6re, aud tho res possibility OF
Is rapid spread and wide extent The
facts so lar developed nrs thus sum
med up That Ms. O'Leary wen, to
bed at half past eight o'clock on the
night of the fire, ou accosnt OF her. o.
account of hcr "sore fut )" that Pat
mclaughlin, the 6iil"r, resides 10
the trout part Of D Leary's mansion ;
,hs, Mrs O'Leary heurd Mrs White
aav tha, Nal au1blin hu1 a nor,,,
aud tho party wanted oysters, and the
oysters wsnted milk to be 'shlew
ed" iu, and that they went out ana
mixed her (OLeary's) COW. The
McLaughlins admit that they were
having littlo Publication over a
"greenhorn' just arrived from Ireland
but deny the oyster "sh'ew,,' or ha
wing MIXED Mrs O'Leary's COW after
Mr, o Leary had gone to bed, Al
the witnesses seemed agreed that there
was pile Of shaving in the barn,
and that the fire was first sb.erved on
the side OF the barn where the sAs
Wings were stored, but none of them
have any idea how il came there or
how long it burned before tho engine
got there.
la the course OF an address. 10 re
Spouse to welcome from friends and
neighbors upon his rJurn to Aubnrn.
Mr. Seward said In tho course OF
my wanderinss | have soen, not al
the nations, but some of the nations Of