The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-11-14
THE WISCONSIN FIRES.
A summing Up OF The Loss of Life
and Property.

A summing Up of The Loss of Life
and Property.
A correspondent of the Milwaukee
Wisconsin, who has travelled through
the burnt regions in Wisconsin, thus
sums up the loss of life ind property in
the country through which he passed
"After making deduction for exag-
gcrations, J had supposed that 500
would cover the number of dead on the
west side of the bay. / now learned
from reliable sources that the actual
number of interments up to Monday
night counted up to 504. Add another
hundred for remains of ashes and char
red homes at Peshtigo, and l think we
have not far from the true number on
the west side. Add $50 for the east
side-making $50 in all-and the death
roll is nearly complete
alt is impossible to figure the aegre-
gate losses of pine timber and farm
property with any degree Of rloscncss.
1t is the interest of mill men TO hnder-
rate the amount of fallen pine that must
bc secured this winter 10 save it. A
medium estimate Of damage in pine
lands in the Green Bay region is $780,
600. The damage on the Wolf is fgur-
ed at $500 COO There is abundance of
hard wood left in places; the damage
to individuals may amount to $500, 0,OO0.
The loss of the fifteen saw mills burned
is estimated at S225,000. The loss of
cordwood, ties, hemlock bark, &c, is
set at $200,000 The losses Of fences,
buildings, wagons, cattle and crops,
among the six hundred farmers cannot
DE less than S600,000-making a total
aggregate of 100000, aside from
Those st Pesbtigo.
The country through from Brown
county to Big Sturgeon Bay, for 400
square miles, is utterly devastated. At
least fonr hundred farms in this tornado
section alone are left desolate--stripped
of every Improvement. Fences, barns,
dwellings, implements, furniture, wagons,
harness, and crops, all went up in a
'whirlwind of fire. 1t will take thirty
years, in that cold, hard soil for their
timber to grow again. In the aggre-
gate their loss must foot up $1,000 q fam
| lily. Farmcs here have saved lalf of
their teams, that wclc let loose in the
woods, and n Third Of their stock. But
they have no hay, straw, grain, VI feed
Of any sort-not even the poor chance
Of browse in The woods. Nearly all,
with large families have lost their last
;, cow and pig. In ride of six miles on
nearly straight line, / saw but three
hens, and flaming mill-the only farm
implement left in the town. In the Bel
gian settlement on Red river, sixty-two
families were burned out in row! Not
a house, not shed, not a coop-not
one fence rail left upon another. The
families had fed, almost naked and
breathless, to the few cabins on tho
outskirts that were saved.
"Ihere are 800 or more wounded suf
ferers remaining in hotels, boarding
houses, and hospitals, about the bay
Fifty Of the Pcshtigo sufferers were a
the Dunlap house, Marinette. Half o
them were able to be about. Burned
ears, faces, hands and feet were common
to nearly ALL Many in rooms coulC
hardly stir in bed There were womel
! with great burns on their sides ant
! limbs, with faces like kettles, and hand
!, like claws. burned to the bone, Mer
+ could fight better and dare more thar
women. Most Of them perished b,
! sufocation. Little children are sadl,
MANNED in their feet and faces. l say
one with heel gone, and another will
an eye Nearly all will recover withou
, loss Of sight or limb. l could ifll .
book with stories of the hospital. Mos
, Of them suffer more from hurts Of fhint
! than body. ! have sad methory of
poor widow who lost her crippled DO,
who went on crutclies, and. sprighu,
little girl who fell between the burnin.
, logs. They were ali of her family. 'Th
, screams of both,' she said, seemed for
I ever sounding in. her ears. There is
q future, and no doubt compensation fo
: all these suffering ones.
"Most of the cabins that are left ar
crowded with two and three familie
each. l saw one with four men, fiv
women and sixteen children-two O
them infants. They had just receives
an outfit of clothes, warm stockings
knit hoods, thin shawls, thin CATERS AM
light colored dresses for the women an,
girls; old fashioned hats, burstcd boots
O thin jackets and summer coats and pant
for the men and boys. There we're som
9 occasions for laughter, bnt none of rid
Y icule; all were glad and surprised a
q getting what they did. l saw no imme
diate want of provisions. Flour, porI
, and hard bread are distributed to all
9 packages of tea and coffee to most.-
u There are nearly potatoes enough in tb
r. country, if distributed. Their stocl
a that Is left is driven off to meadows ant
y fields not burned over One large hear
ted old farmer was keeping eighty od'
- cattle belonging to his unfortunat
! neighbors. Without stopping to con
slider the ways of Providence or tn
y uses of philosophy, these simple mind
ed people seem to have understood th
f art of hrl ping one another"
The Georgia Legislature on tin,
Runaway GcyeTn0r.
:. ATLANTA, Ga, November 6-Botl
branches of the Legislature adopted til
following resolutions:
Resolved, That Rufus B Bullock, lat
y Governor of this State, who has resign
ed his Office and left the State, under cir
, cumstances creating grave suspicion
: that he is guilty of high crimes ant
Ilnisdemeanors, and has in charging in
+ letter, bearing date of 23d October, ,1S71
r addressed to his political friends and tn
3 lpeople Of Georgia. that the majority o
= the House of Representatives had pied
t gel themselves to vote articles of i'm
l3 parchment against him without :nvesti
'Egation. and that the Senate had deter
/ fniAed to unseat sufficient number O
/ Republican Senators to secure his con
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