Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-16

| where it stood.
With regard to the probable loss from the fir
| it is impossible to say anything certain. saw
| an estimate the other day, which was based ~
| the tax list of the city, which is over $500 600,
| 900; and the writer inferred from that list tina
| the loss cannot exceed Sl25,0OO 600. Now, &C
cOrding to our system of taxation in Illinois
this city tax list never shows anything Ike tht
proper amount of property in the city. To my
knowledge, houses having from $4,000 to $50,
600 worth OF furniture in them are not rated a
more than $1,000 to $4,000. Stocks of good,
were never valued among us at more than one
fifth or one-tcnth of their real value on the taN
list. All our merchants had Just filed up theil
stores with fall and winter trade stocks. From
these and other facts estimaIe the loss by the
fire at considerably over $500 100000, and, il
damage, depreciation of real estate and proper
ty, and loss of business are considered, the loss
would, in my judgment, exceed S3OO,OOO,OOO
Mai. John Hay sends the following dispatch
DARED Oct 18tb 70 tbc New Yorl, Tribupc.
caue luto 'oWh yesterday uoIIin@ WIN y
CROWDED Sap-1au ol Nil. ,, ue w.. a
eNS'l s",luh tlioio N"s d lu5'i iui 'Ic 'eIcEl"
once al5'l ut every consaerahe Town ioE news
DoSS pus 9l,Si''lols lelG i 10 AM iueIi uIs
palc.le1' gliu .ilS my olliN ''l2
ileuleu tlielt nlAle'9 1y ColVralicllous allu eyl
uo' ~. ~ % a. 0,.S II we
poIteu ta' tne my Ia" gecn sL'l ~ az ~ isiotl
1850 anu a, ia ~ W
HlhEIus PStIoie"ui "t ~ "l'n ~ ',stOne'l
dee d ~ VI ~ mi eious W " ~
Yet, devOured by anxiety rs they were, these
Illinois merchants preserved an appearance OF
GOODNESS that would have done honor TO an lrO-
quois at the stake, wretched cripple came
into the train with doggcrel petition asking
rs ~ ~ @ '' i5 stj III ~.
mai >, h,, o,,,o.oI t 80,
III, ,ic IN" 10 rccoaJ With an tSm i,l, djt
courtesy OF his race, Then they began to ask
each other where they would put up, laCeuOuSly
mentioning the burned hotels,
rs the Pacific OPEN asked one.
Yes at the top, sad another, and the jest
was highly TehShed.
AT Laporte man came on board, Of whom
one Of the passengers asked: How about my
houseY Burned was the reply. The next
question consisted merely OF searching glance,
and the answer was, shes all right at our
iatherS's; we gOtyour papers out of the safe this
morning; they are all right, too"
"Well,' said the merchant coolly, "when n
man has his wife and his papers what more does
he want|
The first man met on leaving the train was
tbs Hon. l.. SWEET asked if he was one of the
few fortunates. He smiled and nodded, con-
graduated him ON the safety of bis house. "Oh!
that's another matter; my house is gone, but my
wife and children were saved" This spirit is
too common to he remarked, yet, when you COM
pare it with what you see among other people,
1t seems very admirable
A druggist came TO me one day in Madrid,
hall insane because he had bought soda-toun-
tam winch ne could not work. lie tore ms halr,
bit his fingers, and called down maledictionS on
his birthday because he saw $500 in danger Of
being lost. My ducats and my daughterE a
Chicago man IS very fond OF his daughter, II he
has one; if not, he is equally fond Of his neigh
bor's daughter As for ducats, he likes the gain-
ing of them remarkably well; but, when he
loses them, he thinks much less OF them than Of
those he intends to gain.
The gloomiest man on the train was the rep
reSentatIye OF great New York house, which
had large credits in Chicago.
Potter Palmer left home ON Sunday night
worth many millions; dispatches reached him
at every station on his way east, and every dis
patch announced the loss Of fortune, but he
did not tear his hair, nor did he speak disre-
specially Of the day he was born. He doubt
less thought very vigorously how he was to 20
to work TO get back those millions.
WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS ARE DOING.
This morning visited the offices Of the Tri-
ouu l anu 1ne 1ouIual. lue! are printing edl-
uohs equul u ABOUT tMo-ihlrdS VI thelr usual
H on ShdchIey mug hauu PI tsses, in
S"u'. oueel Tale n'is u'S 81 iLllIatc AGAINST
our lree TRADE nalneSaNe' Inc Iflouhe, Gov.
pIoss' Ilotace nut anu M MGq!ii are ueavy
iosers ny tue hre, WINE MI llson OF the
journal mas lost poslhVeiT nothing, except
some paper he stored IN the tribune building be-
cause 1t was fire proof The Fidelity state de
post company restored him $4,000 in treSh
crisp gfeenDaekS, unSeathed by the flames.
The Time thinks it will indulge in no in,
decent haste about appearing again, but will
wait few weeks till things are more settled.
the kepuohcan is as smart and yyacious as
petrol in a storm.
Alter struggling through mob OF uewsbOvs
who were 0eseging newspaper offices, met the
Hon. N. b. Judd, who was returning home after
an unaYailing search for an insurance company
in which he is interested. He spoke lightly, ai-
ter the Chicago manner, Of his losses, but in
Obliged in some enthusiastic expressions about
the beauty of the ruins on the south side. The
front facade of the Bigeow house gives an cx-
qulsite hint for triumphal arch, and the south
angle OF Palmer house looks a little like the
campanila Of the duomo at Florence. / checked
his flow of artistic appreciation long enough to
ask him about the prospects Of the situation.
ne 1nS" .5lTa WIN hopGlul, Dut Seasona0le
HoIus ! ne CITY must DC repullt; ITS removal
ii Ioil lnG spaeIe oi Iue commercial ACTIVITY OF
eie "se - not Possloe, III view OIL IT'S geographic
ctl Posl'lolii II Is yer 70 early 10 predict with
aPoIiutG cei .aiul Muetler tHe Iu'ure fortunes
vi tne cllS are 70 remain IN the hands oil those
VINO nave nav. 50 Ioug confronted them, or whether
new inell are 10 GUIDE the new deStneS. There
VIII DC the RUNS OF individuals, whether Of
classes or not, IS as yet unknown; but the com
merce oil the world demands that there shall be
a city here, and DO the hands of one and anofL-