The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-19

II.
ter, and the taost of tbcm very scant
lily clothed. All that could DO seer
must be taken care Of in some way
The residents of the West Divisior
turned out in full force as sanitary
and relief committee to take in overy
one that the house would hold, and
thousands were in this way provided
with covering other than the cold
canopy OF heaven, which in it's bras
sy redness, FURNISHED fe-ccly bright
6y the continuous glare Of flames fol
days and nights, seemed to wear Q
threatening scowl that portended
death to more than one poor sonl.
Besides the threatening of death
from cold and wet there was more
terrific dread which thrilled the
the strongest heart to the core, and
that was that the band Of despera
docs which were known to infest
that quarter with the purpose ol
burning the city. would succeed in
getting FIRE started in some Of the
churches which would result in the
total destruction Of what little re-
mains OF Cnicago, ana cast .hO PAu
peraom three hunoreo 'nousano
souls.
With all this sad feature before
them the commlttee wenS 70 wora ,a
with nerves oi IRON ana lhuom,'aolt
energy. Every ioot OF grouno wa,
Pasrolieo oy s.rons guar, A.o
many very lmPortans sFres's nlaoo
ine nignt was aarn anu co'u anu
dreary, IN TINS ruined city, oes.itute
OF iight ana water, anu nres .ne la.. :.
ter element only appearing Wnen =
was inaccessloie, 10 great mvuu.a'n
GUS p'ies oi coai anu raln, .ne iullu
names, which seemed " .cucn 1ne
orassy dome oI heaven Win .nsll
long taper hn8ors. All wss gsoou'
Wretcnedness, ana yes WIN : stel1 !
fortitude the nigns was Passeu, ano
reiei 1ufnlsneo 70 al tue heeuy
wherever io1na. -,
Inc loss OF tne elevators y - iol'
lows: 80
North s'de elevators, JOY aov,vWo Snn push
e:s Central eiesa.or ovo,Oov ousn onn
els; sbd the Na,iona. e'cvn.ol, ovo,
ooo ousnels. All grams are 'uc'u0eo
10 tne statement.
AS an ino,ca1lon oi sne wluo eA,
tent OF our LOSSES, II lnay 10 ssI.oo ,.
that three prosners nerrlcks) los,
everything, a.snougn Iney oaun hsoo
IN q oinerens DIVISION % .no cry.
Inc recOros oi ueeos were uulnou
up IN the court mouse pu' .ne ~,
dexes were sased, any 'no aosaIao'
nrms, onoreaI q noaru, anu Onase
BROS, nave savou sneir aoS'ia a.'
DOCKS co'npio.e'
Inc greatest nntercst everywneIe
prevails with reverence 70 Inc eonu'.
tion OF Inc Danks, vsu',s anu 0alos -
Inc CITY. V1iso = nu'pper " pan1 !
ana other saies' nave ocen alreluy
opened ana aiCer carelui eAa'nins''
tion 1T seems tnac every uon9r ~
TINS VIII DO savcu. lnree u Ins
Na.ionai Dank Vaui's "e'o openo1
ycsterday, ana everything Iouno
intact. lno moss ,mPor'''nt po,ns :
however, s ing ph.s io.c'sao.o.
A careial Analysis ol TINS ,.en e,sc'
q more cheoriui aspect 70 an"'rs tnal'
mlgn' % enPeoseu. VI sns ass'osase
ioahs, ncariy s"o-eniuS "us
10 LUMBER, gram ana provision uea,
ers. Inc provision anu .umoer aeal
ers nave ios' comP1ratlvc'y h'''c
ana as iof tne gram uea'ers sne en-
tire loss OF gram win not eAccoa e1''
OOU,OOV.
Ihls loss Woutd la'i maniy on
about SIX ieading grain banks.
Inc greatest loss IN Ine ol'is receis'
aoie OF the banks VIII DO on regular
mercantile paper. II tnis mercahtae
paper is worth even twenty oen,s On
the dollar, there IS reason 70 nops
that the banks VIA uitimately hho
that their "Diils receiVaoie are "ortn
on an average. oo cents on .ne uol'
lar, ana, perhaps, consiaeraoie 'Eore
It Will take tune 70 make .nis asall-
able. but we believe tnat some oI .he
banks will ultimately pay tne wnoie
OF their deposits. Iney must, o.
coursO, have some money TO oegin
business on, and for TINS reason wlil
not be able TO pay anything very
soon.
Alta meeting OF the railroad com
panies aud prominent capitaiists'
last night, a proposition was maae
10 iet tne ra''foau oonpH W pmrau @
tneir uePo,s po.moen a. naon ~
street anu tne Liser, anu A0op '"o
NorIh eiuc ~, sn 'umu.. t..,.-,,oo;ao,, ;,
Notn'ng oen"'9 G mas oeen uso'ueu
upon, however. n.e "ouiu enanss
tne business % .ue oa.y - en0 eou''
ana West ior tne iu.ure'
Inanss " Ivy o..ss1M 1Y.,.aSc..,os | "
~ s,1 I f., sntyar from bnnger q,
:" edness [ II th;s irving lime. Hun
a.ads =, ,r.;, loads of nr.,vi,ions r.
oaa;nn ,orward 70 ma with all speed
go. So, nrar,ar from Maina N
ns.ah. Ever,, ~, and ,own - the
w., and Nor;h wes, largo or ANAL
Is sana;ns messayes and offers OF
hol,, - ne IN tho shana Of na;,s and
olher building hard ware cooked pro.
a;s;ons of avery hind clothing