The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-11-22

cIiet literary tastes. resided in Sum,ne, .,,..
out Tor the past two or three years, there 1,
NOT been asingle dwelling house in that stree
~ nar oeen wholly rebuilt with the most uuI
stantiai granite warehouses;. Tnn,ty Cburc
still stood In summer st., but arrsn,emsn,
had been made fer its reconstruction in A.
othar part OF town
The destruction Of Pearl aud Hi,b s,,as,
va. wiped out the largest boot and shoe mar
ia the world, Tor this industry in this couDtr
! sss esn!eIed there; A very large part OF tn
leather trade. OF the trade in sboe ,d;,os
and other trades connected with the Root an
snoe trade, also found their center IN III,
same locality. The great establish.ne EMS NJ
sne New England cotton and WOODEN mann
! sactufen are all swept away. Within few
years New Devonshire street was Laid oul
snrousn the District burned, and this thorough.
cry OF the FIRE. The noble warehouses; on
Dotn slides OF IT. a. we'll as those In Otis street
anu winthrop place, have perisheJ.
| Ane PRINCIPAL wool warehouses were ON
Congress and Federal streets. and part Of these
streets Is also IN ruins. At this nunept n
49,. lem .nst The nrs has been checked on
tLs eastern side OF Washington street. and
aunoush u has consumed the rear Of some of
tne warehouses on that street. il has not
en- rokbthrough into that street itself. In
Dfoah street, kilby street. and nearer the
wafer. are large stores containing stocks of
vet re>ched them.
| Old residents of Boston. who have not been
mere Tor five years, should understand that
The whole OF Fort Hill has recently been dino
do"n and carried away. and in its place Is now
level plain not covered with buildings. The
crowded pauper population, which. till lately.
niied every tenement on Fort Hill. has been
removed to other and. at present. safer homes
Inc swarrns OF the poor. which, till recently.
crowded the cellars Of Broad street. have
nearly All gwen room to the growth OF trade.
and that stree. Is no longer to be regarded as |
one OF the LARS Of this degraded population |
To these two facts is il Que hat so few neonls |
are left houseless bv this disaster.
Not more than five hundred families have |
oeen unhonsed. The real sufferers are the /
most active business men of BOSTON, They
represent mainly that Younger class of mer-
chants, and to whom. in the last fifteen wears.
velopment which though not perbaps 80 NOTICE.
able to outsiders, has been marked feature Of
boston growth. These men. conscious of the
immense advantages which the CITY had for
trade. had availed themselves OF large re-
sources tn construct . system Of warehouses
whlcn had no superior in this country. per.
maps none abroad, and to open new streets
which should answer their needs. The old
oyways II the more northern part Of the CITY
had become crowded and inaaeauate. Tbev
looked with pride upon Pearl street, Franklin
street, New Devonshire street, and Summer
street. as business thoroughfares nowhere
exceled Every new year the development Of
the manufactures and commerce Of the coun- I
Try and OF their own city had shown that they
bulii on no false hopes in constructing such
solld and expensive storehouses.
vi this city, more than any other in this
country. II Is true that the different branches
y INDUSTRY hkes to remain together and work !
.ide by side. To speak OF q Boston man OF
MIX street and Franklin street was 10 call 20
mind the large Wholesale and iobbing estab-
ishmen;s OF the dry goods manufacturers of
>ew England. Pearl street and High street i
we're TO him the centers of the boot and shoe )
ndustnes OF New England; Summer street a
vas That OF the latest advances OF domestic :
Try goods These streets were occupied al.
most distinctively for these respective pur- 4
'oses- c
THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PRE-. o
10 strangers. the consolidation Of these C
Inherent interests cannot be better explained il
han by saying tina. here, in the region
ounded on the water side. two-thrds of Il
nile. on Washington street nearly half . "
ale, and on the northern side and southern r,
'de nearly half mile each, lay the very d
Ichest part of Boston.
1t was. perhaps. the wealthiest section in Of
ne country. In this district there were few al
yelling houses. no hotel Of importance, no cl
'eater. no church. except Trinity and the old
ouih Church. which has as vet escaped the W
ames: The Cathedral block. which il de- .!
royed, was magnificent collection Of ware ri
ouses. The site was formerly occupied by sc
re Roman Catholic Cathedral. the ground bv
lving been purchased . few years ago for
Il square foot. di
No banks have been DESTROYED except the br
evere. North America, and Continental q
he North Bank and the Bank Of Mutual Re- ia
'mPtion were in peril, but have not yet suf- pr
red. ",
1t IL rumored that the old South Church il
'stroyed, but have no reliable information m
the TACT At this moment. The name of OF
70 church indicates period when Boston Ia
" confined wholly to what is now known a. on
Q North End. when this church, the third tn
lilt in Boston, was regarded as the most av
utterly of the three. 1t was established %
out the year 1900. The present edfce was ga
ected In the early part of the last century.
18th the advance Of the growth Of Boston. an
Q old South Church long found itself in the Of
rthern part OF the city, and it is q melan- pa
DIV reminder Of the origin of its name. il II pa
spared to-day. that il Is at the southern lea
int Of that part of old Boston which re- Tn
Inns. Opposite the old South Church. in pal
Q time OF the Revolution. was the Province mel
'use. which was used by the English Gov ass
pors a. their residence of state. When the ent
glieh army took possession of Boston, find tot
:. in the winter, no other building large
ough for the training Of cavalry, they in
zed the old South Church. and used it as . We
ing school. This insult to the people was bee
Q OF the most bitter inflicted by that army age
on the Colonists. The congregation own = and
,at deal of real estate in the neighborhood, s6,
!. like that Of the Trinity Charch of New full
*, are very wealthy. They maintain other niei
irches throughout the city, and were con- the
lplating the erection Of . very fine church sew
he region known as Back Bay As land. loss
rk of the old times. there is no building in thr,
,ton the loss OF which would be more re-
tied by its older citizens.
YRAyKIIys BIRTHPLACE.
opposite the old South Church 7
building. in the rear of the Tronscyipf ~ :
&c, which was built on the scene Of the s'e