Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-19


NUMBER or HOMELESS.
A careful cs,imat" Gi the numhc
Of people rendered hn;frlrss, hasc'
u.,rn the recent census. puts 'h' 10
tai a, not less than 10000, .liSiri'u
cd rs follows: III the noth Div
sion, $1,000. or all hut 5000 "i III
entire population of the Division; i
III. South Division, 10000, aud i,
the West Division, 5000. Th"us
anls OF these nutortnna,cS are lcav
ing t'se city on every train.
Tbs. railroads carry all free VIII
desire II go
The chr frhes and schcol houses ar
still crowdr,! with refugees from tn
hurni district. tor whose care ever,
ctf,~, is being male by cficirn, com
mitlces. allied Ivy relief committee
from oihe, tiles.
rnE prAr.
CulcAco. o., The tieh y ca
bodies already lying in vhas'y r"w'
in the m1r.ur; he two long Go unn'
of names OF the missing in the NOR
,ng'S paper; me churches and schoo
hn,.ses crowded still with halt cloth
cd weeping women and children. arc
terrible reminders ot IA" caIamit,
whole horrors no woro.s Will ever ''
founi 10 describe The 81. lies IN the
tnorsuc we're mostly tounn on the
North Silr aud i, is hut too cr.'ai.,
That this is only small portion ct
the nnmlcr who were caught IN the
ragm. sea 1T flames aud utterly n
snmea The Coroner Yesterday held
inqups,s on sixty tour dad bodies IN
the morsue; only two OF which w,'e
One Of these was
Henry J. Ul'man, the banker. the
finding OF whose holy was mention.
I'd yesterday. The other a man
named Peter OIsrirn.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS.
There is little hope that any at the
invaluable records OF property IN the
Cont House VIII lie saved. But
still titles are not obli,eraicd. for tor
unately three abstracts makers Al
east. Chase. Bros. & Co. Shortell
& Hoard, and Jones 4 Sellers have
preserved full abstract and maps ut
'i,y property, So that every claim To
title can he proved. Records OF law
suits. judgements and executions
ave also been preserved hv private
enterprise. anil in time COZ ti'lence
will be restored AID values return.
CucAGn, Oct IL, p. NJ
Mr.. Letter. Of the firm OF Fled.
Letter & Co. has become insane
rom the effects OF his great losses.
ATTEMPT TO THROW TRAIN OFF THE
TRACK.
MILWAUKEE, Oct IA part of
he Chicago plunderers. who were
leeing from Pinker,on's death order.
with a probable intention OF making
/ raid on IA inc or Milwaukee. left
On the train tor Milwaukee, on Tues
la,. Their intention b, in. appar-
rent. the railroad company would
not allow them to proceed further.
They then rc,alia,el ny attempting
to throw the mex, train "ff the track.
The ring LEADERS hav" been ares e |
and there is Il fair prospect Of getting
the others.
FREE OF DUTY.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Secretarv
Boutwell,. in answer to kilograms re.
ceivci from London. Detroit. and
other places. has given directions to
admit. free OF duty, all goods and
supplies frnm foreign countries for
the Chicago sufferers.
POTTER PALMER ALIVE.
CHICAGO. Oct. It'll" dispatch
announcing the su,cile OF Potter Pal
mer was incorrect.
1t probably started from the tact
that be was not in the city. He was
attending a funeral of his relatives in
the east.
The following dispatch was re.
c-ivrd from him to Mrs. Potter Pal
mer
l have particulars If the fire. Am
perfectly reconciled to our losses.
We shall not he embarrassed. Have
an abundance LETT. Be cheerful and
do all possible Tor sufferers. Will
return by first tram after funeral.
Potter PALMER.
PRESENT STATE OF TiiE CITY.
General Sheridan reports to the
Mavor that he learns OF M cases ot
crime or ont age. The many rnmors
Of attempted lncendiarism. shooting,
hanging, etc are the Great ures of ex.
cited imagination
Under all the circumstar ces it is
wonderful that everything is 40 or.
derby and that all persons are SO well
behaved General Sheridan and
Mavor Mason, with the forces a,
th"ir command, are doing all that hu
man vigilance and energy can do r.
hiring order ont Ct choas TO protect
private p rsons and property, and t.
preserve the public peace
TIE NORTHERN LIMIT OF TIE FIRE.
The only part of the North Divi
sion That escaped destruction was tts
angle bounded on the south h.,
North Avenue. on the east bv Orch
ard street, and on the west l,y tn,
river. The line Of destruction Far
northwest from the NewberrS
School striking Webster Avenue
near Lincoln pace. anil continuing
thence to the lake. All east Ut IIurl
Int street to The city limits. III eas'
OF Orchard to the lake. and all snn,l
of Orchard WAS destroyed. Ah,u'
halt a dozen honscs and cottage.
alone remain rs mcmentoes 1T tina,
beautiful portion Of the city, the
North Side"
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