, 1873-11-29
Their tsavagca ira s1annnn.

State. licking np with liz tongue OF tIllno; III
allnoht m Instant tho laborca tolls OF years.
Hundreds hnvo lost their alE. and thousands
WIZ w u, II 10 Jl dono dit s % tho wntof 10 feed tic
stock and support tho famtlios Of these Bottlers
ia solemn question TINT Ia staring our pcoplo
In llle face. !" Destructive prario-reB" j." Ia tho
ominouH reading TINT mcots tho cye In oil our
Tho inioronl"nco Tribune notoa destructive
prairio-drcs on Monday aud 1uosday. Or tho
latter 1t saya:
berca by mnny OF our pooplo on account OF tho
obstruction of d vaBt amount of acoumnlRtiohB |
erty."
< correspondent Of tho Lawfonce Tribune from
Anderson County says IN destructive prailic- |
tlo swept in from Cotroy County upon tho north-
west cornor Of Anderson OIL Thursday, tho 2lst |
inBt, doing much damage. Tho long 'contnuo1l
dry weather enablod 1t to move over ground
to feed 1t. 1t burned for Owen Grant a stable, !
harness., p1ows lnrgo pen Of corn, crib Of oats,
four large hay-rolu. and lnost Of tho foncos on
LIS Plaee: Mr. r. %i,rh dns.r aud otheIs n
ing, nor plowed tioldH were j. protection. 1t
burned through the rev. a. X. Johnsuns door
yard, coneutning his wood-pilo. heated tho
Misunderstanding OH Lis house until the resin
stables md granary, burned to within three foot
of tho stablcB before II could be stoppcd.h
The Junction City Union says "l'ho fro
broke out at or near the head Of Black Hollow,
Inst Sunday morning, whon as our rcadcrs will
remember. tremendous gallo was prevailing.
Tho 1lro ran aoloas tho divide toward Humboldt
Crock, passing within half a milo Of Mr. Eldlidgo
creek at james L. WlngGelas. Iii worry nbort
lima Mr.. Wingtlold's fcnccs, forty tons of
! Hungarian, bis wheat, III fact everything OF a
combustblo nature thnt lo owned. except his
-
Guilty, Ind Disappeared il smoke. At this point
| the fire spread from Humboldt Cteok to Nc
| Dowell's, and followed tho courao OF those
| streams, sweeping everything before It. After
Passns w4Eoas @ s, psso1g g,n up humboldt ta
farm Of Mrs. Hand q widow lady. Mrs. 4.
| lost everything except hor house. T. N.
Church VAS moro fortunate, sustaining
lost thirty tons Of lay aud considerable fencing.
md twenty tons of hay belonging. to A3om y
Julia, wore also GestroYed. L. Chase lost 450
BUSHELS Of corn, forty tons Of Hungarian and
millet' iivo tons Of praire ard al his feed 10 Of
bccn thresled aud put near the creek. aud was
hayed. Joseph Cummings suffered to the extent
of twenty-five tons Of hay, and hiH neighbor, alr.
Deviuncy. lost twcnty-six tons Of bay and about
$40 raifH. The johnson brothers all suffered
moro or less Joseph johnson lost sixty tons Of
hay Horny johnson lost twenty-five toms Of
hay, considerable fencing, all Ills corn, and part
wagon and tcn or twolvo tons Of hay. Andrew
johnson LOST twenty tons Of hay. William
Pettijohn lost 500 bushels Of corp, and
about thirty-hvo toms Of hay and five
approached the place Of Mr. 0lisner RHO, with
lis vito ard eight children, lived in duy-out
OH the divide. Mr.. Glisnor Ind tho wa!l OF q
Htono house partially complete, aud had colloct~
ed some lumber for tho building. Mr: Henry
! ~
tho fire and warned tho family OF their danger
(Alr. Glisnor being abneut from the houso):
Airs. Glisner Attempted to got to . pioco Of
broken ground, but was headed OF tho fire, md
took roiugo with hor children within tic walls
OF tho unfinished house wc have mentioned. and
30 escaped. Everything tho family possesaod
except Tho clothes Oil their bacGn, WAS destroy
cd. OF the other parties living oil the easl side
of Humboldt, re learned the names Of Jere-
sniai, Malcolm, who lost thirty tons Of hay with
his fenccB; Phillip Houts, who lost twenty
tons of hay and twenty tons Of fodder, md
large amount of fencing. john Houts lost leay.
lay. The fire crossed Humboldt ut i. N.
Chnrch's, mud did some damage to uonry Con-
nor aud William Andrews, aud thon the sea OF
flames rolled over into Morris County. The tire
structive in its effects us gu Humboldt Mr..
Mousort lost Bome 1900 rails. Alr. Horny Carl
ton lost sight hoEa, and IN fact eyory tlins or
cept hia house. Mr.. Whitehurst lost Ionciug, rs
| 0lu nlTs t1csbs nlAtk!lbtu bkAUlo hAs
burned with harness, .etc. The scene ia Do
acribcd BY those WHO witnessed it rs perfectly
awful. Tho wind blow perfect llurricane, a..d
tho air seemed filled with fro 800 feet from the
ground, and the ilamcs ran before tho wind like
d race-hoYse. Guards which had been burned
around farms proved perfectly useless, tho flames
flowing completely over them. Tho cattle on tue
pra;rios warned by instinct, took refuge in tue
creeks, and wo hava heard Of no losses o!
stock. Sunday afternoon tho fire had reached
Crooked Greek, in Morris County, nnd was doing
immense damage. How fur beyond that point il
spread we have no monns OF aacertalMns. Tht
= amouut Of damage dono cannot be estimated By
tho value Of tho property actually burned. The
farncra burned cut are lott without anything tt
feed thoir Btock, and will DO forced to sell at
. grcat sacrifice. Al!en Nomaha. Marshall, Brown
faley, pottawotnmie, Dickinson, Davis, Wabaun
acc, and Morris Counties, and clear down to tht
State line, have beon devastated and tho ocharrct
track of tho fond bas loft dcaolation and sutror'
! inE ind o4cribable,"
From the Council Grove Democrat We leari
that tho loHs in that county alone will oxceos
S50 1000. Tho Democrat narrates tile following
mir. Liudsay, besides losing everything ho pos
aosscl, was nearly burned to death. In Iii
ondcavors to qucnch tho flames that wer
te his a ztebss au
,, hausted. lie took his team, ropaircd to til
! creek and filled his barrels with water, an'
started to roturp only to find that lie was cut OF
from his home by tlo encircling fire. lie lasle'
but Tue animals, on aae eong Il contract s With s
tames. wheeled short aboutt throwing him fron
the wagon and prostrating him OIL tho ground
: Upon recovering Ills feet he was enyelopod |
managed to struggle through tue flames, but III
clothing waB on lire and ho was badly burned
: ila attempted to tear or his burning garments
but owing to lin hands being burned raw he va
unab!c to do So uo took out Lis knife mud Gu
. from Lis body evcry yestigo Of clo,hng oxcep
h1B boots Which ho Woro until tAoy bc