The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-10-12
Ekc Prairie Fires.


Tkc Prairie Fires.
Sr. PAUL. Oct. G.-the great prairie
Gre is rtiIi raging with unabaicd fury.
tho slight rain of yesterday
arrested its progress little tor time
It's course IL southeast, and up to the
last accounts bad reached nearly as Ear
south as Iowa border. and eastward
Ms far Us the Mississippi river, which it
Is hoped will stay ils further progress.
The Li.h wind of Yesterday drove
the fire forward with lightning rapid
iry. and IT WAS burning frrcoy in Il G
brg woods around Glencoe, Lczutc
Ma ka'o and New Tim.
Rcgorts e the ravagcs of the Gre
Geud arc coming in constantly. though
ia Y are evidently cXagsera,cl. The
i.,s"s 80 far as positively known are
coudrci to houses, barns. fence. hnv
wheat AMI live stock. Only two lives
are known TO have been lusr-ihat Of
u SNeic namol Cunucuut, e Klul,out
county and - man, name unknown.
who started from the same county
g.,h q drIv, of cattle for Fort Geary.
AMI was oy,rtakeu by The fire. There
.re no means OF a.ccrtaiuing the u
mount Of damagr donc, owing t. the
large tract oI country Ogcr which the
fire has swept aud its inaccessible M
lurc, but it must be very heavy.
Many mall iarHs are completely
dc,trpye !, anl solitary farm houses in
the tack OF the fire were invariably
barrcd to the groGni. The amount
.! sl,trring mus, GccessIrly be- great
a. many Of tho farmers have lost
every thing-honcsical, liyo stock
aud crops, with long winter close
upon thtm.
More DcsOlatiOn.
LOUISVILLE, Oct ll.--A gentle
mtu win has just made trip over he
Louisville New Albany AID Chicago
liaiirosd, say; tie prairie anl wood
lirr~ are raging ulpn! the liuc. tn,
Naukakcc country WAS one broad
mrs Of flame. Mllcs upon milcs oi
'cuccs, hay, grain in shrc.s, corn in
the G'Hs, hoiscs, barns AMI ca,tle
pcns, ha sc been burned, aud the fire
IS sill raging.
Many towns on the north end OF
the roll have ben competed to turn
out all lhc;r inhihiant, to fight the
Dire, In Clay county, 10 iIana, the
woods are on fire 10 many places.
.ul threaten Ihc ruin of Brazil, and
'hc greatest alarm prevail, among the
people.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. ll.--Thc Mayor
~ this city has been t-lcgrnptei that
several towns in the lumber ai,tricr
at Green Bay have been bIrncl
/ PI,ht,kl Village an Sugar Bush
settlement were burned on Sunday
nlaht. Il is reported that two hun
irei persons have peri'hed IN the
flames.
Th, town OF Mcnomon.e is reported
safe.
AMERICANS generally will be ght
To notice that the War Department
has furnished II rcfntation pf the sto
ty that Brigalicr General Robert, An.
ierson, ;ho hero oi Fort Slmicr. il il
distress and poverty in Geneva, Swlz
IlnnI, TO which place. 1t is said, h,
WAS compelled t. retire on ace ,unt
Of the cheapnrss of living, h, inrom,
not being sufficient to maintain bin
IN this country The c,rr,.plnicnr
who tod that story-a B,iriiivc. b,
the way, winch has generally beer
publi' he'd throughout the Unite,
allowing Sympathies to mis-
lead his judgement anl to carry il II
Il without prop Investigation. The
! War Department declares that Gcnrr
al Anderson receives S4l2l per uu
mum, winch wlui he qal'e enoa. I'll
% snrporl him In tkc United Sta'cN
even in the great cities, in rcsprclu
Tie manner, aud which could be mad,
mach more available in tho rural see
liOus, heinz n much llrgcr inrom,
than hundreds of thousands Of hi
cnnntryuien enjoy who get alouy
com lorlably, aud have good food an,
plenty Of clothing, aud are able t,
pay their debts. The effort, in th
ease, to show that our government /
; mean, has not been succcsefuL-h
. luirer.
WOMEN under certain ci cumstnr
COS are somiable. A wife in Sa
Francisco was so agreeable snd livcll
at breakfast. tho other mornin,, tina
her husband took hi, ratons TO
chemist aud he discovered arsenic !,
iieciual quantities. lie says il h
.a,chcS Der doing thai again he ,ha
egin b. think -he don'i care uuc
about HIM.
New iohK, Oct 0 In ihe r,. f,
,ieFsrO Il ans. char.cd win hl,u
r nh,zzlcd S-9J0U5 hpm rhc SlI
ii PeDns, ivania jude MoCunn ha
decided 10 dismiss the. wri of o.,
teas corpls, and has ordered Eyans q
enter bail TO await the arrival al ID
"iiicrrs from The State of pcnnsl ha
, ni,. vti a 4 ha a.uis,ti,.t. 4, an, th.E =.