The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-24
CHICAGO.
Rebuilding on the Old Walls of the
Court House.

Rebuilding on the Old Walls Of the
Court House.
CHICAGO, Oct, 22.-The walls Of the two
wings of the Court House have been ex'
amined and found but little injured.
Their condition Is such as TO admit Of i'm
mediate reconstruction. The supervisors
have ordered that the work on the ecounty
wing be ut once commenced. The roof
will be nut on at once, and the work on
the inside can progress during the winter
A HoMELEss CONGREGATION.
Alta meeting Yesterday oil the Congrega.
tion Of tho Fourth Presbyterian Church,
Prof David Swing, pastor, it was ascer-
tanned on close Investigation that eight
hundred wOrshippers in that Church were
burned out Of their dwellings and are
homeless to-day. Their house OF worship
and their Erie mission school were like.
wise destroyed, In fact the home OF not
single worshipper escaped destruction
This was one OF the most tlourishing Pres-
byterian Churches in the city.
SUICIDE OF AN UNFORTUNATE.
W. G, Longworth, a carpenter, who
lost all his possessions by the fire COM
mitted suicide yesterday by shooting him,
self at his temporary residence, No. W
Clinton street. He had been labOrlng
under q serious depression for several
days.
NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Chamber of Commerce have dc.
cided to rebuild with stone. The new
building will be superior to the old one IN
every respect
LOCAL PoIAFICs-UNIoN TICKET PRO
POSED.
A meeting ofthe Republican Executive
County and City Committees, In conIunC'
tion with a number oI leading Repu6li'
cans, was held to-day. Alter discussion
resolutions were passed,
q First. That the call already issued for a
City and County Convention be with
drawn.
Second. That they would meet with the
Democratic Committees, and the leading
men of that party, to confer as to the ad'
visibility OF a union ticket
Third, That a Sub. Committee be ap'
polnted TO meet with the Democratic
Committee, then In session at another
place, to inform them Of their action, and
adjourn, TO meet again tomorrow, to con
slider what offices they would concede tC
the Democrats, and lastly that il the De
mocracy would not accept Of the offices
conceded to them, the call Of the Repub
lican Committee for Convention, should
be renewed, and a straight Republican
ticket nominated.
Tho Board Of Directors Of the Hartford
Fire Insurance Company have glVel
orders 10 rebuild their building here a
once. 1t will be completed in sixty days
: CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-There are indica
, tions to-day that the Chicago insurance
! companies will do much better than ha
. been generally expected. The Republic
: which at first resolved to pay twenty-five
! ! per cent and dlsband, 1t Is understood
q will reconsider that action and pay, !
a full. twill pay twenty-five per cent be
lore adjustment, and after adjustment pa
in full. 1t Is hoped that several othe
companies will do equally well. 1t
: also asserted that tho LumbeTmen's wi
: pay in full the entire amount. :,
:. A portion Of the city Is now supple
= with water from the Water Works. III
/, only shut OIL from the burned distric
i where II Is not needed.
~ The committee appointed at the recel
u meeting OF the Rock River Conference
ascertain the losses Of the Methods
y y Churches BY the fire, report as follows
y :, Loss 10 the Garret Biblical Institute, {
, the building owned in the city, $9OOOl
: Methodist Church stock, $l2O,O0O;
n Grace Church, 100000 on Scandlnayle
" v and two German Churches, $4,000. I'll
= The amount Of insurance that can DO r
i, covered, Is about $4,000. =.
~ The inquest on the Grosvenor homicl'
" " has not vet been closed. The exciteme
~ =. which prevailed the day alter the occu
10 renee has measurably subsidized.
"a Gen. Sherman, who was young Trea
M commander, publishes communicate
y" w In tho Tines, In which he defends bis q
I. y lion In establishing military patrol In |
J" city by authority OF the mayor, and he
II. sefts that although young Treat, as
~ ~ vice anxious TO do his duty, mig ut ha
oa g. exceeded that duty, yet in heart he Is
" nocent Of intentional wrong.
=, Col Sherman defends Lieut.. Gene
tW "a, Sheridan from the assaults Of the I'm
~ and insists that he had no more TO
u" with the homicide than any other citiz
The total destruction Of school bui
on ings and school apparatus by the rec'
'% flre Is valued at $99S,000. Eight sch'
all houses were burned.