The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-10-26
CHICAGO ITEMS.
About $4,000 men ore cngae

clearing away the RUNS IN ChlcagO.'
Ono lady contributed parasol il
aid of the Chicago sufferers.
Tho Commercial Advertiser statN
the total losses Of insurance companio
by tho Chioaso fro At $57 100000.
"A carpenter named Longworthy
who lost his all by the Chicago fir
committed suicide % Sunday.
--Empe1or wilhelm has made ,
donation of ono thousand thalcrs To-
tho relief OF Chicago.
Tho Relief Society aro devoting ,
largo share Of their money and euer
Sies to tho work of building tom
porary houses before winter sets in.
Twenty marriage licenses were
issued in Chicago last week. Not
withstunding the confusion and de-
struct,on caused by the fire, Hymeu
was not disposed to suspend operations
Tho people Of Detroit have sem
word that they will furnish one hun.
dred thousand dollars worth Of lumber
amountin to seven hundred thousand
feet.
Tho subscription Of the District
Of Columbia for Chicago will reach
$3.50, 900, $25, 900 OF this sum to be
appropriated to sufferers in Michigan
w isconsin and Minnesota.
Col. T. W. Grosvenor, city
prosecuting attorney of Chicago, was
fatally shot by volunteer patrolman
on Friday list. The patrol who was
quite boy, called on Grosvenor, to
halls, and fred when the latter contin-
ued or his way.
Tho little one-story frame shauty,
in tho rear of which the fire originated
on De Koven street, stands alone and
uniRjured. The flames swept around
it on every side, ignitiug everything
else, while that miserable structure
stands-a monument of the place
where the fire commenced. On tn,
"Wednesday after the fire, the body of
the historic COW lay half burned in
the ruins Of the shed.
"A friend rapnrts this of a family
to which, during the past summer, he
paid a delightful visit 10 Chicago {:
1.-THE husband was shot aud killed in
his Own house by burglar on Satur-
day night; and now the news comes
that the wife persisted with the
corpse, in tho conaagration that an.
INFLATED store, dwelling-place, and
everything"
Private letters from Chicago state
thae many of the women of that CITY,
whose sons, brothers. islands, and
fathers were only few days ago men
Of wealth, are sending to New York
tor sale the remnants of their rich ward.
roces and valuable j"welry to raise
money to relieve the wants Of tho SUI
'erers at home. This is sacrifice in
deed, and worthy of the noble women
OF the stricken city.
The banks are now prepared to
engage in new business transactions.
and as the receipts of grain and pro-
duce are comparatively fair, and the
stocks on hand large, general revival
OF business may be looked for 10 few
days. The stocks of grain now on
hand aggregate over 100000 BUSH
els, while 1000, 900 bushels will cover
the amount burned or injured by tho
fire.
"A young lady who escaped from
the burning city Of Chicago, in the
course OF graphio account Of the
great FIRE, tells the following: "Tw,
blocks beyond where I lived, in Hal
stead street, lived an old German, an
almost helpless cripple, whose sole sup.
port was his wifi. and young son.
The latter went away in the morning
and did not return. The fire RAPIDLY
approached with deadly omen, and
the old couple were not only distracted
at tho absence of the boy, but feart ii
OF their possible fate. At last the
flames came so near that they must
fly or die. In the strength of her
affection tho old woman se,zed the
poor cripple, placed him upon her
back, and thus staggered along for n
distance of tw' bucks, when soue
men placed him in a grocer's wagon
md drew him to place OF safety"