, 1872-10-09

q feet faith to the most alarming reports. T
's thonsard-tongued Runor neTar had bett
= held, and never found more willing listene.z,
b Vas s.s.ed that man had been caught while
:, The get OF firing building, and had been h.ns
= on the Epot by thosa who detected him. 4
= exact location was stated and thoee who to
3 5Ee story had it from the lips Of witnesse
q Nothing could be more circrmstantialls told, 8,
i nothing better Touched for. It had ali the q
q pescrnee of truth, but none Of the substauc
6 lhus, nen were reported to haTe been lyncht
;. On Western ascnEe, On Twelfth street., and {
. Douglas place. No one knew when such an O
: curIenee might happen in his own neighbo
5 mood, nd, an night came, grow more and MOI
nervous It every sound that sceroed to ba causf
3 BY B rufnod footstep.
The following paragraphs will give an idea
! What the public mas fed on, md what they too
Bridget Hickey Was arrested for setting f.
} to a barn In the rear OF house On Bu1Rsid
street. BY no1ne mistaken ideas of clemency, nh
NRs not hanged.
Two men who we're causat trying to set fir
to the Iesnit Church, On the West Side, wer
, disposed Of withont ceremony, and the lockers
cn we're pleased to ear, sEarTed 'cm right
AT about II O'Clock, yesterday forenoon,
man residing on Fourth avenue caught & ma.
IN the basement OF hi. house, number unknown,
armed with hay and matches. He Savo tn
als1m and the incondiary was caught, and stoned
and battered to death. He lies on the ayonu
yet. nea1 Fourteenth street.
A boy attempted to help On the coafagratio1
by iSniting clothesline saturated witt, kerosene
and throwing it into building On Thirty-seo
end street. Hc received his deserts at ths
hands Of the fremen who eaw the act and nov
"eleeps in the valley"
"A man, name unknown, WAS ehot bv neg11
at the corner Of State and THIRTY second streets
BIS offence Was, that he set fire to building te
obtain better opportunities for plllage.
"A man WAS Been hanging to lnmp-post on
one OF the avenues, dead, hut not cold.
| "A young man stated TIM. . man was caught
in the act OF setting fire to tho room in which
be lived There were no revolye1s in the house,
and the EuEau hns escaped.
Tue or false, and most Of them certainly we're
the latter, these things kept alive feeling Of
terror and dlstruct. It Was i'll for the man who
got In the lee Of barn or fence to strike light
for his cigar.
During the days ir1medistely following the
f5e, there Wa q regular exodus from the city,
and it is believed that es 1aany as forty thousand
persons took their departure. Some we're clerks
and Eozkinsrnen, who were utterly cleaned out,
and had no place to stay and nothing to do
Men sent their families 70 rela!i7es or friends in
the country. there to remain till homes could ho
secured for Them Numbers went East in order
to attend TO their busine.s. The railroads for
IN any way vouched for By the different Relief
Committees, and numbers who might otherwise
4are staid found It al excellent opportunity for
leaTing tue city for nothing Chicagoans WHO
ha2psnad to be away from home hurried back
at full speed, and crowded the incoming trains,
but they did not equal those who loadod down
the outgoing ones.
This Intense NERVOUSNESS and apprehension
showed itself most strikingly whenever the fro
bells were heerd Ordinarily nothing had been
people listened to them. They would count the |
suokes. ind that the alarm did not come from |
their Immediate roigh5o7hoods, aud then give |
the matter no fu1:tez thought, certain to find all
tha information thoy wanted in the morning pa-
pere. Bat all thai VAS changed No matter
whence tie alarm Eas gi5en. it became matter
OF general concern al lefr their hcuees, and !
looked to $50 il they coe1d observe either smoke
or ha1no. A fire broke oct in the evening at tho
loot Of MA1son street. Usually 90 one wo1ld
1latsoa OF that stree. cane out upon tho side-
walk, nnd asked the driver Of each xee.ern-
oound car Whist the news WAS concerning the
Ire, and he, transformed for the mon1ant from
! messenger OF eocd hdiogs, informed them
gain and again, and square af:ar sQaare, tha.
he conffas1ation was under control. The burn
ng OF shanty upon the prairie west
+ n thu. the e % Ii, 5ss 5sssa 4, ss9s 1sss turmoil
ost In putting It out Wherever detested Both err-
sea ed citizens Trrkcd With desperate energy. Soe
ID tho tter wait IS usual fer the r1ynl OF engines
hey worked themselves and frequently were thFouyh
9TH their work befora the hraznen reached tho SPOT
here WAS No tnsnzzaca to induce enc ct thnu 10
pudas al theee dependent days the quiet ind coed
rider Ct the ctts were rnu.arkahle- 7Eeze was far
olaon in that way. There few onenses agzinst
erson CT propesy, znd the criminal classes seemed
II the moment, to h.vs become orderly e!hzeah 9
cHrEkSG UP.
Bat this p-xiod Ct manifest dBpondency aud gloom
Is no. Of long duration. Tha majority, instead of
coping over their losses, set to work TO repair them
hey b ~ took 5or their a9tto 1e1!oo.,s hgn Al eona
hare were nunberiess hearts, but those who pos
sed them ac1e too pzoCd to show It, zsh1zn-
70 be thought less plueky than their fcroxsnner-
d Twas not fashionable to CIT. Tho proper thing k
DO vas to lcst At Losses and shame those who had
It suffered In the Presence ot eomuch gooa-asture,
who had not been burned oat felt hiuerH an
@ ts1or beng THIS phtlosorhical aeeeptanee Of the
a showed 1tseaf IN tbs notices psiated on 8
{ i. =: 90 ass sasss e
ors9 which be had no control Homes . L
, !ate location told the inquirer where to go. New
q .dea er1aog into existence man went AscuEl o'
'ck- Others, provided with crowbara and chains o.
At into the sa1s-rasng business. Never was there =
= lottery, with 80 much e1eltemen: and so many CO
mr. Of TIE hundreds and hundreds Ct Kafes Lew vi
at through tho t<1.l uascathed. The owner Of ons
Cd b Haea WIS excaed. e. smoking, from tho n ne
m Il: wa;ted for It to cool He loaned over as It was
med 1ns:sed Of his books, hts precious bonds bis a..
ucd jc"elEy, he found only chaszed paper and NJ
ness Eetal and thea he cursed :he manufacturer ws
from eee ot the Court Eouse bell pack os +s
11ed cards paper Q. melted tse. speang into -
nE- The length Of R11ea3ph st-re:, from tho II.
1gc to Snte etEtet, devoted to this irtusty -
and boys "junpsd csin-" OF tocx POSSESSION of ~,
cellar OF hardware crockcry stexc md display ~
heir treasures upon 1mprovtse1 couucEs or pros ~
. stoves Contractors for tbs removal Of debr1a VI
n to announce Themselves. Wooden shantSes ~
IN going up On the foundation walls which had up- -
marble structures. The empty West and 6outh w
stores vere rented, and merchants telegraphed -
To- new ssocks Of goodsy and Ec.t to tell thetr ~
so1necs whso to 1oak for tAa.a- 49,. m
ueadaJ, meeting of the Board Of Trade WAS held ca
oma roaEna Ee-ursd on Can,l stxuct where a{tef ]
had teen appointed TO Cooperate With tho mes
3tcpa1 eusdc11tes n the d.str1busca OF renef, hot
iutioo WAS adopsed that n contracts not settled f7o
preceding Saturday, be cancelled- TaIs unwise c=z
9o1!t1on wax however. rrconsiderc the motion .s
Z F. Ramsey, and, !. meeting held on Satur- put
It *aa das:ded thas al engagements should be or
1rrd. Nolneed.r, tbs Directors of the Chamber to
nsoe-ee decided to rebuild On tao old site md cen
o:t Hue d1J meeting Of the b.nkers wan held, ,ac
a!1h H. coolbac8h p1extded, and where it was ava
tm:oed 70 condnue business. By evening" Twelve CITY
oe banks had fonnd temporary otcas, 1nsaT Of for
in tbs private rcssde.ees Of tez Officers. ind d. tou
d <aslr iEteatou of b-gnntag 60 soon IS thi1 the
homes were in order. Tbo=6a It uzs not knoxa mo,
tncy ooaa ao yef their acH7u 1sturaiy tHrpi1d IN
tpnuaeae Eas uoaefEtoea Sn.t tho Tauits OF .u'
,an WIRE per1acty s7fe- Thursday Hey decided fyr
they would begin 1t to pay out Is pr cent TO ecc
ntcrn, and the ssTlrgs kanks announced .h-t o2t
Nould so to having that SUN t!o:,