Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-19
WHOLE NO., $50.

control, and the fire companies ar
: working with snperhuman encrg,
but as The fire is occasionally break
ing ont in new places it cannot y
eve., conjec,nred how much OF hi
.D,vis, on can be saved. Large bodie
OF cind. RS are constantly being wafi
ed over rom smoldering ruins of tb
burnt district.
Thousands Of people are homeless
hut the citizens III the suburbs hav
opened their honse, and provision
are coming in.
faGESDrARlEs AN REsTED.
CnicAco, via ST Louis }
Oct. 10, ) P d.
Two men have been ARE sted or
the West Side, caught in the act ol
firing residences hitherto untouch Ell.
1t il now supposed these men a, ,'e
part Of band OF villains to whose
unparalleled wicke.lness this city
owes lis horrible misfortunes They
are now ii ,cusfody Of the police, hat
it is exceedingly probable they will
lynched hy the ininriated populace.
rnE WEST SIDE on FIRE AGAIN.
Tho West side has been set on fire
by lncensliaries in several places,
and the copfagration seems 10 be
raging with greater fury than ever.
and within the last halt hour fears
have been aroused that the remaining
portion OF the residence part o. the
city will be destroyed and that the
city will heccme complete waste.
now THE WATER WORKS BURNED.
A resident OF the burnt district on
the North Side, says the water works
caught fre from L,ll's brewery. This
last building caught fire from flying
c;nders. carried by the terrible gale
from the South Side. long before
South Wate.. Street. even. was on
FIRE. The whole OF the North D,vi-
sion was on Ere in a hundred places
At once, and all DESTROYED except a
few elevators in the angle formed by
the main river and the North branch.
BLAcKLEos COMING TO PREY on THE
CITY.
Intelligence has been received from
police headquarters, in neighboring
cities. that almost every train is bear
ing to Chicago numbers Of hlackless,
theive. and de.peraaoes Of the worst
description, who will make the city
perfect hell, unless additional police
are put on guard. nF
TIE COURT HOUSE.
Bleak, smoked, hollow and desc
late. upon the scene, rear the walls
O. the Court Honse-scane Of many
a distressing anl exciting trial, Of 10
cal legislation and public business
Not only have the roofs "buckled,
hut the entire structure looms ur
tr"m where We write. 3 mined mon
nment Of departed greatness. The
ola fence remains. Will, the tasselate''
pavements. hut the glory Of the tri
bnnals and the Council chamber ars
things Of the pass. =
LAKE STREET.
From the bridge TO La sale St.
Lake St. was built mp on both side'
with husinass blocks OF brick AMI
stone. remarkable more for Their
commoiiousness and convenience
,han for their beauty. All are gone
The Boar.l Of Education rooms
brokers' offices; the Northwestern
Railway ticket offices; the Unite'
States and American Express offices
the jew-lry stores OF Rodain d Ham
lin. A. vanCott 4 Co., and Others
| and the dry goods store Of J. B
Shay q Co, all WI known place
Of huain-as. are IS uuslghtly as
neglected grave
LAKE srRIEr. AGAIN.
From the fremont to the Grea
| Union Depot is not far. but IT'S wealtl
OF merchandise and stately -difce
we're known far and near Throughout
the West. hut the eye dims and tn
pulse goes slow when the ruin ofthi
mobile mart meets the sight. Name
Of firms who did business here Nigh
be. given, but they stand engraved il
the hearts ot many 4 canntry meE
chant, who has prohtea bv the cour
te-ies of Lake street jobbers.
.s SOUTH EIDE.
| The scene in this section Of the CIT,
| is too appalling to dwell upon wit
other words than those which will il
the most adequate manner convey Al
Idea OF the reality, which seems be
vonA the power OF tongue or pen I,
relate. The streets that are burn
over are Madison, Monroe, Alan
jackson, Van Bnren, Congress, an
Michigan avenue. where it was check
Cd. the Michigan aveaue hotel bein.
saved. On Wabash it barne'
Through to Harrison street. The las
hopse burned on the east side OF Ws
bash avenue.
| On the west side. Dr.. McChesney
fthe Wabash Avenue NJ E. was no
burned, 1T the northeast corner q
Harrison and Wabash avenue. e
| On S.ate street, 356 was the Lar
number burned. This waa the sont
limit 40 far west At the track OF tn
michigan S,u,hern Railrosd. Tn
Hong freight housesd,n and nu
lfr~,9ht) we're burned with all the
contents. cars and everything as Fl
south OF Taylor and west Of the tract
llTsylor street, the north limit OF
great lnnher district was not eros
led, TO the south
Thus, ia short, there is only on
building within the limits above d.
scribed which ,s not burned to ashe
and this seems to have escape
'through 4 miraclc-it is nnmbere
81 to 90 Harrison street, on the CO
ner Of North avenue.