The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-12

can tell. Perhaps no one can ever tell,
bat some ere known to have persisted,
aud there b q heart sickening fear that
the victims Of tho fiery monster may be
counted BY scores. '- -.'rf7 .- 1
HORSES AND CArrLE BURNED.
Hundreds Of horses and cows haze
been burned 10 the stables. and on the
north side numbers, though released from
confinement, we're so bewildered ssd
confused BY the sea of Are which sur.
rounded them that they rushed wildly to
and fro, uttering cries Of fright aud pein
until scorchsd and killed!
THE SCENE 1NDEscRrBABLE.
Any attempt at . description Of the
scene Of this appalling calamity would
be idle. The simple facts are that the
once great city of Chicagosis destroyed (;
that hundreds Of millions of her active
capital have vanished, and that nearly
oue' third Of her inhabitants ore homeless.
Any attempt to embellish would be but
mockery.
AsslTANcE.
Throughout the country tho people
are at work to relieve the suffering Of
the Chicago victims. Wheeling, Va,
gives S., 900; Columbus, Ohio. $40, 900;
indianapolis $4,000 and pledges $780,
900 more Cincinnati S10O,OOO and $685..
900 by private subscription Oswego. N.
Y. $4,000; Leavenworth. Kansas, s1O,.
900; Pi.tsburg 100000: Alleg ghany,
Pc, 10000; New York, Albany. Bal.
timore, Poughkeepsie, Saratoga, Boston,
Cairo, Nashville, and all the prominent
cities throughout the country have ex.
pressed their sympathies, and are raising
money, provisions, clothing, blankets,
&C., for the unfortunate city. j. o. AL
lin Of Nashville gave 500 with the
sentiments, "No North, no South, when
our fellowmen are in distress; here is
500 for the needy in Chicago" John
Shankliu Of Evansville, Ohio, gave $500.
GENEROUS ST. LOUIS.
Our own metropolis has responded
most nobly to tho call for assistance from
her former rival. On Tuesday morning
she had landed in Chicago eight tons Of
provisions, and her business men and the
city had raised s290, 900. with q pros.
pect Of reaching a half million. All
honor to St. Louis.
PkoCLAMTIoN FROM THE GOVERNOR.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Oct. 9, 1871.
To the People of Missouri:
A calamity unparalleled in the history
of our country has befalen the great city
Of our sister state, Half the houses Of
the people Of Chicago are in ashes. All
Of its business portion is destroyed.
Every bauk, railroad depot, insurance
Office and newspaper establishment; every
Wholesale house all its accumulated
products and food supply, and nearly
every trade appliance and ELEVATOR are
reported as utterly consumed.
Such disaster will move the hearts Of
orr citizens to the profoundest sympathy
Let Us unite likewise in the most gen
esous emulation, and extend the largest
possible aid TO them In this their hour Of
misfortune. l therefore recommend oil
counties, cities, towns and other corpora
tions, and all business and charitable as
sociations, and the community at large,
to take immediate steps to organize
relief, and respond promptly to the deep
sorrow which Missouri feels at this over
whelming afliction.
1t was only yesterday that they wer'
united with you in congratulating 20,
on your own soil and 10 your own chic
; city, whilst their own hearths were beinl
desolated. Let us respond by throwing
: wide our own doors to those who ar,
without shelter, by sending bread ant
raiment at once, and by such contribution
ward off further distress, as the generou
heart of our great state will be proud t
! transmit in recognition of the warm an
intimate feeling that has heretofore 8
b closely bound our citizens together.
Q l cannot forbear to extend to al VII
8 have been thus stricken down in tn
t midst Of an unbouuded prosperity tn
d sincerest sympathy Of Missouri's son
Q and daughters in their distress.
!. Done at tho city Of Jefferson th
d ninth day of October, A. D., 1871.
d B. GRATZ BROWN,
}. Governor Of Missouri
FEW PAhLLCLS.
: Says the Missouri Republican
y will be many days before We can lear
the full extent OF this calamity, but "
know enough already to see that it ha
10 few parallels in modern times. -Th
/. great fire in New York Of December Il
10 1885, swept the frst ward east Of Broad
D. way and below Wall street, destroye
d 648 stores and business houses, includiu
70 the Merchants Exchange, involving
10 loss Of $ls,000,000. The great FIRE
,e London that broke out September 2, l66'
t. and ragged four days, destroyed abo'
70 Eve veeighths of that portion Of the oil
y within the walls. The burned area vi
;, q space Of one mile long and half . mi
broad, and the value of buildings, goot
;" aud other property destroyed was $50
~ 100000 Tho FIRE that destroyed Mo
~ COW, Septsmbes IL, 1912, lasted man
y, davs. and destroyed &c. 800 houses. AZ