, 1877-10-24
This Resort Discovered in Flames
at s O'Clock Yesterday
Morning.
Total Destruction Of the Audit0-
rum and ScorchinR OF the
Museum.
Total Loss About sa0, ,000..'Detasls Of
Losses and Insurance.



more will tue unsoptistleated youth from tho
rural regions wander about the place
looking at the free picture gallery
OH the outer walls, nor enter its classic prc.
ctncts to sec the real and the stuffed animals, or
the old,fashionc'i, simon-pure, blood.and.thun-
der drama, or lisfcn to tho wtshy-wasliy stuff
tlignlf.d bJ the ha.ue Of d variety performance.
Tho Museum ia mass Of ruins-a relic Of
the past: victim to the EAsaEes
OF the arc-ncnt1. Tho last show was givnn Mon
day night, wAon Jules Keen. as Chrh, split thu
cars Of the EroundllnRs with hfs German char
actcr delncattons, and tho regular yarlety people
brought up their ond at the show to tho
un!cigned delight Of their audience. To-day
they arc out Of 4 lot,, thels warlrobes have gouo
up In smoke, and they arc contemplating the
uncertainty Of human affairs In general, ansl
complaining bitterly OF their own sad faee IN
Yesterday nurnlng an alarm was turned fn from
Box ~ At tho corner Of Monroe and
Dearborn streets, aud IN ono short hour
the M4scum wns mingled mass OF blhekcncd
att, roasted curiusitics, and ssngcl dresses, Or
tho mcrest shrctis thereof, stnokc-hrRrlMcd,
crisp, aud really to craa'l'le awaY NJ The slIght-
est touch. AZ the time mentioned, clerk in
tho St. Elmo happened to step futo tue alley In
tue rear Of the restaurant am.
OBSERVED s,tuHR i5suiN0
from one Ut the upper windows in tho north
wall ut tho Museum building, Aprisatc watch
man was cslled, and the result Of his lnycstiga-
ttons WIS that he turned In tho alorctad alarm
without loss of tiule. Tho fremen were soou
Oh tlle ground. pcrceiving that It was d
b.. Ger lob than they had hargaincd for,
second antl third alarm wero sounded,
to sut,luc the hanes. Their efforts to prcrent
the spread Of the fire were attended with aue-
cess, hut the Museum itsrlf Was doomed. Only
the bare walls aud the debris fnclosed between
zen :ssn s ~ets aS hsd ees Sess
balconies and galleries. i Aeaso atmosphere Of
smoke filed tno ruins, although :, 90
oceas!en. sntltcr!ng pillar ssryea ; & to n 1eht
themselves presented uncomfortable evidences
not gct below the sccon. aoof, but TIC valor
a sa' Tsss css doing bs tep1tas anr
dealers on tho first floor, suffered most tn
a pccnniary way. l3ilt tle spot on
which all eyes were fastened was tho south cud
OF tho building, wlleru Fl
1tK siCsRuN rRorEm
VAS located. Two or three Ut the ptpemcn had
mounted to tho windows, where &hcr wcrc
greeted BY tho Erow1e oi two blink bears, " ho had
evidently broken fruln ihcls cages in tter sny8ge
be!w, debating, probably, whether It were best to
make Authcr hrrak ant leap to the pavement.
81 Acscc wcre tney, That tho Grcmen gavc all
Idea at 'tocrattng them aud Fctreaicsl. When
tic tltc was out, tho hoIlcs Of these ferocious
pets were found croucllng cluso to tho bars vi
tic cells, tiestc even In death. The Inhabitants
OF all the uthcr cayes-thc birds, foxes, ami ull
thu various cfcetera that can b. gathered to-
Kether IN q building nf this eoEt--lad ait
pctisllcd except pour while rabbit, which was
fouttl to 10 just allve, md no more 1t was
quickly rc.nove<l, ana thu fresh air revived H.
The stuffed srcctncna resisted the fumes to
some extent, hut tho combined astaek Ut fire,
sMokc, and waser was rather rough on even
their stolid equanlmtty, and they all showed
signs Of hard usage.
tha present manager, wills about used up. Eur.
rounded by his aetors, and while plunged IN the
Walter southgate, manager Of tho Globe Thca-
trc, a2king him 10 meet tho latter o. sooh AT
p!agticaelo y afrange ano4t M upening tue o!o6e;
While admitting that Walter was beyoua nll
thrna. The note awsy anil eYiuccd
disposition to commune with himself
tn his great loss. Thu wardfobes Of all his
actors except those uf Jules Keen aud ]. Il.
includes J.. X Manning, Miss Fannie Became, tho
Victorelis, Annie Hsaldoll, Gllday t. Glneyan,
flenry Bryant, tiroEgc uasana, Miss Cllrrrie
chapman, Murphy = Mack, ". II. LLOYD, II,
Jennie southern. a;arr!e stcllenry, md Agnes
Singleton. Their combined loas IL stated 10 hu
about 45,7O0.
As latiulated, Chaplin s. Gurc's loss was en-
tIrcly by water. which spo'ieu their carlcatures,
proyocattyc of ~ much laughter 10 days gons
by. and their largu collection OF cnGrayiugs.
The bar ant 1xture' wcrc considerably dam
asca, aud thsf entire loss, they say, will nut
fali be10w $2u,00. -....-
TuElR INSURANCE.
Is "a follows: Two thousand gyo hundred dol
lars eacli iu the Farnlers', Merchants t. Mert,a1l.
lcs', Franklin, Ut Wheeling; Lycomlng, Granite,
ol Virginia; urf,nnu. q Frrcror1 H.; Stand.
ard, Of New Jerscy; franklln, Of columbu*;
lsoyal Canadian. Western, OF Toronto; tiirarti,
!.yactbarg,. ut Virginia; German Ancriean, u
ltennsyirania; FaraYilIc, of p!tginta; Old Uo-
Iu!nt0u, VI Virginia; Mississippi Valley. Of MeIl-
plla' Cu'n.ncte'a'. u luchin1idi Gel,nania, u
N,"ls,noId, .1ucltnoul 'Ftro Association, atcr-
etiants' d Mechanics Ut Richmond, l4ycasnlng
e" fixtures exclas'sc!yh ZELDA Ut WISCONSIN,
WestcI.cstrr u Ncw York. rhtrutx Of St. Louis,
! Jersey; $1,000 ea.h Ia the Germau Vi Pitts
| burg, Atl4lItIr, UulGrwritrra' of Pennsylvania,
Lafayette Of New York. aud Pacific 81 st. Louts:
tl,Ao each in the En!pirs Of Wheaton, Ill.
j.. Aile,uania Of Pennsylvania, and AtaHayunk
| Of PeuusyIyanla: II. 90 each IN Tue New Yoth
Central. Hudson u New JcFsey. aud bui1xio;
l.taAiU7 !u the Union Of rhl!adeIphIa+ Total,
"a, ,lCNd7.
the Ioss TO zAn THEATRE
| Is estimated by Sit. J. T. Walsh, who owns ths
hutloiug, Vt from 4l5,0o0 to 3a,0oo. The
building MAS tntutcd for eG, DA. " this tslt
york; Farmers 4 Droysr4', and City Of Prov
t4eneo carried s! 10y each; aud the len Frank.
In and Kcntdu, Ut CuYsngiou, gi,UN. Tic
ealaucc has reccntly been changed. Thc lnlus.
aucc on rentx was coscre.lty policies for $3.50
! Philadelphia, ths Fire Association, anl tne
statut Ut Pcnnsyiyaufa.