The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-12-23

purposes:
Gen. Hazan, building ...............Sl,53 j
Mrs. Gray. millinery ................. I.z3l
Dr. &. q. ufles. library, exc. .-...... 10 o
q. siArAmtn, building ................ 1868
Il oiscAnlan, si0cA Vi clothing. ......... 1,4UJ
hoAn = Brother, battling ............. $3.50
va. Hobbs. groceries and gueeus@are 1850
Airs. bEnAing. elolAius .............. 80
-. IL. LagAa, building. ............... 90
1niy BUser, bui.Glns .....-....... $50
Gtaliy Busar, millinery. ....... ga
a. y eianer, confectionery ......... $50
Henry Eslie, building torn uovu.... 800
l.. " Ci-g1, twp buudiugs Torn dawn Sgp
= 4. Grant 4 Co., paper aud paints. do
>. b4ls-, robes, exc Observation-Disclosures. ~
5. l.. Davidson, bulclng damaged 800. %
iclal--.,.- .-...-.- ............. 81, 4aJ
Before closing this account we mus; abuIe
10 s0aae CT tue parties Concerned, as also 10
some 0f The incidents that were particularly
uolie=abie. ". G. Hobbs, enc OF our most
uPrisht, constitutions aad Lightly respected
citizens, hiss been followed by So mueA alg
such swift bad lucA taat lie not o4.y deserves
but Ass ,ac syIaqathies OF cur en;iro peogls.
IL has been bUt = sLeft iia.e sincc tae iloor %
his store rooAl gave way. precipitating a large
aud valuable STOCK OF qgeeasw ware inio tue Gel
lar below, mass OF shattered and ruined
goods. soon THIS was loiosee by tie deatA
oil lis partntr, and another closing Up OF busi-
ness. BGi pcrssYefag ald Aspeigi Ae stared
anew, only 10 lie overissea With ii.e ard raia
asaia IA Friday
-. Emil. DuseI's laae. tee, seems s.G&l,e
and hard. Yith her hGs5&ud, TWO or three
years siuce. sic .sTdrd il New YORK ffom
switzerland, with eleven ,aousand dollars IN
lard money. Being ignorant Oh ocr Language
aaa ways.ia less lasa a ear they were aeceed
Of everything, ald last WINTER, in The waat
aAd dsaatutioa that Il. upon the country, sAe
foaGd herself eul o. a oiaIa VITA her iaa4,.y
OF children Que day, win baE siagie LOAF o.
bread IN the bouse, and that borrowed. Be-
ias skilled ia fancy needle work she pushed
her way TO town, rented room ana went 70
work. Sac had bul Begin 10 see the slycA
edges OF the oak clouds that 50 long had o.
scured her prospects-Iad got u NICE ii,ue
stock Of gsoss ana made the first payu.eat
upon her house but few days aeiore--wnea
VITA her hard-woTkisg husband and four A.tle
ones she sgMa finds herself upon The street
and her possessions ascending IL fame aud
smoke.
10 Miss Gray. EeE laLier. mother and tamil
", also, sysnpalhizms hand should be ex-
tended AID we don't know 5at 70 othes occa-
pants OF tue burnt buildings whose circum-
stances and histories we know less OF. But
Mrs. Gray and her daughter had nearly ;hsir
entire stock destroyed the time OF the Winner
and McNatt uagedg-;heir goods being
thrown into the street. and many Of tBenl So
len and lest. The Doctor ana Mrs. Gray are
boIh invaiids. The afst that she saw ci tic
Gre flame burst cut tight over her head. she
WAS masking cut an order Il tic time and had
$40 in cash in her hand which in tho excite
men. was dropped ana buraed up The Dee
tor had left home bns two days before. Wo
hope our people VIII recoliect them 80.
Among tho many accidents of The fire and
exctemeEis, The narrow escape Of Sir. Stack
man is The most worthy Of notice. tic was
attempting TO carry oai some Of bis goods
when as suddenly an expulsion the room
was a solid flame. Staggering il The binding
smoke, aud his clothes lire, he was caught by
A. 8. Lamb and taken across the street 10 .
drug store, from tiieace carried on cot to The
oceilenial. For some hours il was thought
he had inhaied sa,ae Of the flame, ami that
the cAansss Tor Ifs wsfe sim, but next morn
ing hs Wac much better, and AZ this writing is