, 1872-10-13
Sunday Morning, October IS, 1879.


PUBLIC 1NIEAE.S1 LIN t04ka0o.
On Wednesday last We printed q large edition
OF the artic1e giving the history OF Chicago from
the date Of the fire. Oct. 9, 1871, to its trst an
niyersary, but the demand was not supplied, and
On Friday ne Issued another edition, carrying
the entire 1ssue to SIXTY THOUSAND.
It is interesting to notice the destination OF
these papers. There Is hardly city IN the
country to which these papers have not neen
mailed; andeyen inremotev villages THEIR1RUSE,
with the wonderful history Of the New Chicago,
is to be found. 4 result is, that from Sazious
places where q few copies Of the papers have
.leer received, there are orders already coming
for others, showing that all over the land there
il STRONG and deep-felt interest in everything
that relates to Chicago. Nor is the
Interest confined to this country. THOUSANDS
of copies have been mailed to all parts Of the
British Empire, to the German States, to France,
to the Austrian Kingdoms, to all parts Of Scan-
dinavia, and even to the cities and towns OF re-
mote Poland. All over Continental Europe,
Chicago is regarded as the marvel OF
the present age, to which all eyes
are TUNED, and in which 4 multi
tude Of hopes are centered- Wherever want,
poverty, or political oppression is felt, the hope
Of emigration to America is general, and among
these people Chicago il regarded as the point IN
America to which the emigrant is first to direct
his steps. In or city We hare the pioneers OF
this migration. There is hardly nationality,
OF division OF nationality, which has not
Its representative here When the fire
occurred, the event Tas felt IN ai
Europe, for each place and workshop had its
representatives in the already wonderful city OF
Chicago. In many villages Of Europe, the work
ing classes denied themselves their ordinary
food, that they might give one or more days
earnings to feed their distressed connt1ymen
#ho had gone to Chicago. The interest IN this
city became deeper because Of Our calamity. and
to these people their friends and count1ymen,
who share in our municipal prosperity, have
sent back the full story of the fire. its vide
spread destruction, the struggle to overcome the
desolation, and also of the grand victory which
is shown in the rebuilding Of the city in nobler
and g1ander proportions than before.
The rebuilding Of Chicago is astonishing eren
to our own people, who are daily Witnesses to
the progress Of tile work it is, Of course, more
wonderful to the people Of al1 parts Of the eoun-
try who are less familiar with the story but, to
the slower and more plodding people OF Europe,
the history Of what has been accomplished by
one years labor in Chicago viii be considered as
riya1ling the extraEsgant works Of Aladdin and
his obedient Geuii.
This interest in the story Of Chlcago's SUCCESS
full restoration, and her increased trade, com-
merce, and productions, indicates, also, how
strong is the financial concern in all that per-
tains 1t2 the city Following the fire there was
49, !, how Of capital to the city, not
u be loaned, but to be Invested
...oroprietors- This money is NOW here
Z in lots covered with warehouses and
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