Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-03
CHICAGO.
Facts and Incidents OF the Fire and
Since.
From tho chlcngo Ionrnnl. oct. an

From the Chicago Journal, Oct 30.
} Considerable complaint is expresse,
} IN many quarters because the Aid anr
Relief Society refuse to aid the poor Q
J the city whO,have not been burned out
\ business block OF six brick stores i
being built on the southwest corner O
West Washington and Green streets
adjoining the old First Congregations
Church building.
The old church building on the cornel
of Halsted and Harrison streets, former
ly known as the Seventh PRESBYTERIAN
Church, is now being converted into
large market house.
The l,rst gilt the Rev. Mr.. Swing has
received toward his new church is q
collection of old rare coins, and the let
ter of Abraham Lincoln to the Senate
and House, approving the "Act for the
release of certain persons held to ser.
vice or labor in the District of Column
| bia." These are to be sold for the new
church, and are given by one who gave
| his mite toward the Westminster
Church long ago. These gifts will prob
| ably bring $1,000.
| During the past two weeks the Board
of Public Works have issued permits for
the erection of 100 brick structures. All
but about ten are to be put up in the
burned district.
In place OF the plan agreed upon by
the American Unitarian Association, to
call on the churches on November u,
for $50 900 to build a National Mission
airy Church in Washington, it has Just
been concluded to substitute for this
measure, in this years call, the rebuild
ing Of Robert Collyer's church in Chi
cago. 1t is thought probable that S50,-
900 will completely restore Unity
Church. The Association has appro-
priated $4,000 toward Robert Coliyer's
salary for the current year.
The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
announce their intention to pay in full
their losses by the Chicago fire. 1t will
take about 81, 100000.
The contest for the future supremacy
between the West and South Sides has
at length been concluded. 1t has been
found that rents are so enormously high
on the West Side that Il city could not
possibly flourish there, hence it has
been unanimously concluded to rebuild
about as before on the burnt district.
The New York Tribune says: The
Rev. DR.. Ryder, ofthe principal Unitari-
an Church in Chicago presented to DR..
Chapin's congregation, last Sunday,
(Oct. 22d) the needs of his Socity, which
had lost its spacious and elegant church
by the recent confiagration. Twelve
thousand dollars were raised on the
spot.
The work of relief during last week
was carried on rs usual, with the excep-
tion OF few changes in the place of
meeting of some of the meetings, which
are given below. The reports of the va
rious committees up to Saturday night
last make the following exhibit: Appli-
cations for houses made OF the Shelter
Committee, 4,5I4, and 3,249 orders
granted. 5,7T3 persons in all, have been
furnished with Railroad passes. During
last week, passes were granted as fol-
lows: Michigan Central, l6l Michigan
southern, 254; Illinois Central, SO; Rock
Island 80; Chicago and Northwestern,
252; Pittsburg, Ft Wayne q Chicago,
24S; Chicago and Alton, 90; Columbus,
Cincinnati and Indiana Central, LAG;
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, II.
Mr.. Writ Dexter reports that the APP
plications for food had fallen off from
to 10 per cent; in one district the de-
crease was from 5000 to l 1,050. In the
North division, most of the applicants
We're sick and decrepit people. A large
share of those who asked for assistance
at the outset, now supported themselves
entirely.
The Relief and Aid Society have
adopted the following as the standard
daily Iations for family OF five persons,
the amount to be varied according to the
income of the family from labor or
other sources: Bacon pork, pounds;
or beef 3 pounds; beans, | pint; pota-
toes, , quarts; bread, 3 pounds; or
-four, . pounds; tea, | ounce; or coffee,
y ounces; sugar, ounces; rice,
ounces; soap,ss 1 ounces; soft coal, ton
per month.
i young man by the name of I. w.
Zutterl n, on the afternoon of the fire,
saw woman drinking out of large
silver cup on the lake shore. She SEEM
ed TO have bag full of such, which, up
ON examination, proved to be the COM
munion service of the Fourth Presbyte-
rian Church. The woman gave these
rich things up, and last evening the
young man brought them bright and
good to the Rev Mr.. Swing. He was a
stranger and might have melted up the
goods had he not been an honest, good
fellow
We may state for the satisfaction of
our distant friends, who have so gener-
Ously furnished us the means of relief,
that they could not possibly have fallen
into more competent or careful hands
than those of the Chicago Relief
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