The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-11-21
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Aao.hsr Large Fire In charleston FRI
day Morning..

day Morning.
At about three o'clock a. m Yesterday
Ere was discovered by : Night Wa'chman
ia the room occupied by Baines h Ewing,
dealers in books periodicals, stationary
etc which is situated IN the north c"rDp'
Of Summer. aud Kanawm streets At 'be
lower end Of L.vee Square The alarm
was in n'di'lely giv"O aud shortly after
.hr steam Ere engine WIS 10 action 1t the
mrne Of thu fire. THE rigging Of the
Cnput Hnuse hell .o,on brought together 4
large ard excited cr,si m cIlI'ns who
during the progress oFths crna 'gA'i'n are
said 70 have afforded valuable assistance
to the Gre department aud "wuers Of prop
er.y that wa, being consumed by the Gre
rHR FLAMES
ran 6ercrly and wore only sublaed after
an hour aud a half consumed by vigorous
and heavy work The engine got out Of
order aud burst section Of hose, after
playing a few minutes upon the burning
structure. and occasioned au agon'zing de
lay Of some time before il was again put
to work In this emergency, "a little gar
den hand Gro engine under the direction
Of Mr. Charles Ward and owned BY tho
Gas Company, did invaluable service, aud
undoubtedly mndMe city, as the fire was
held in check or at leas, prevented from
spreading. by j. while the larger engine
was being adjusted Had the fro been
communicated across Summers street q
merciful God might have helped the un'
fortunate; no human agency at our dispos'
al whould have checked the conaagration.
JOURNAL oPFcE
including type presses aud other appurt'
enunces ofn printing Office was also Who'll
ly consumed. or damaged so much as Ia
be M account for printing purposes =
The building 10 which the FIRE occurred
was a two story Exclusive Of basemeot)
brick. the front portion Of which, on the
frs, aoor was occupied by Baines 4 Ewing,
and the back portion Of the first floor aud
the whole of the upper story and the base.
men, by Gibhens. Atkinson Il Go, pro.
prie,ors Of the Journal. This house WINS
owned by Joseph Shields. Aware F Glib.
bens. (edi'or Of the JovmD, Samuel S
and L T Moore
INSURANCE..
Baines l. Ewing aud Gibbons, Akin
son & Co., we're insurediin the Home Of
Columbus each for 81 SOD BAh FIRMS.
however, will lose considerably 10 excess
Of this sum The owners Of the building
we're MISC insured for 81 900 in the State
Company Of Parkersbure Loss on the
building estimated at $4,000.
From the Cincinnati Enqurer.l
Editor Of Enquirer: Is il true that a
majority Of the white men 10 the United
States voted for Hora"e Greeley for Pres.
ident 1t the late election? Upon your
statement | have so said. but It has been
several times coutradicled by Gran, men
Will you give us the proofs? Inquirer.
We will, with pleasure The 'proofs'
are these: The majority for General
Grant on the popular vote will vary but
little from 600 900 That majority is
made up Of whi,e,snd negroes. In 1870.
BY the United States ceusns there were
1 $3.50. O09 negroes in the United States
There must be now over 5000 900 Of
them. We pole in Ohio one vote to ev'
ery 6vo inhabitants In Indiana il is one
to every four and fraction We may
safely assume that one out Of every Eve ne.
proes bias voted But for the sake Of sr.
eument VIC will estimate their vote at
100000 or that vote Mr. Greeley did
not receive more than 10000, and We
doubt II he had 10000. The minority Of
Grant on the negro vote was certainly
more than 100000, or 100000 more than
bis vote over Greeley General Grant
therefore g"es into the Presidency con-
demuod by mnj'ri'y Of the white voters
Of the country He goes IN by a vote Of
ignorant persons, the most Of whom can
not read or write, and who have been
MANUFACTURED as voters during bis term
Il is COW definitely known that the ares
Of devastation in Boston is siziy.fnur acres
and the number Of buildings burned 74S
or the character Of these buildings anc
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