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Fast Evening at tho Ruins.

At o'clock last evening the Sergeant In
charge at the Thirty y-sevcnth street Police sta
tion said that only about half n dozen persons
had applied to him for Information OF missing
persons. He was sure that not more than u
dozen such Inquiries had been made dur
ing the day Comfort was derived from this
statement because all those who came
to the fire lines to make inquiries were referred
to the station. Nevertheless the residents in
the nrighborhood continued to insist that at
Persons came long distances and crowded upon
the lines Of police officers at the street corners
The wind blow the smoke in northwestnry
neghhorhood Of Central Park said that its OPP
prcssve odor was. pcrceptiblc everywhere in
@ sH enrncs pdrt % We're hq brSwync Gy tWvo streams
Of water on the ruins. and the fire boat
Havcineyer was pumping four streams up from
engines were left to- quart the fire. Then the
flames frightened up. The tall chimney at the
S, S%rfi side 3L the t"ctGi which lbcod h"d 1eGn in
edges the marks Of eight stories, stood
out plain in the night Tho two huge coal heaps,
flame during the afternoon. were now crowned
with tall columns Of red fire. inside Uf the
northwest angle Of the factory in Thirty-siXth
street. whero II was said many bodies
lay buried. the dcsolate heap % debris
was lighted by burning end OF timbcrs TINT
had gradually been charrcd 10y the heat
below until their exposed ends broke into
hames in tho. air. From the whole ruin
arose sutfocatng smoke, its yellow
undsr surf.ec showing the extent of
the confagraticn yet in progress. Tho 'iremen
said that the ilre wass completely under control.
and pointed for conformation tu the fact that the
dceolatc fringe Of ruins about the burned fac
tory were devoid of spark or n.ms The
thrones OF spectators grow thinner ma the night
wore on. At IL o'clock only n few hundred re-
manned ut each corner. and the abors OF the rc-
duccd numbers OF tired police officers were
lrssgusI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-04
The Piano Factory Fire Tran.

The fire originated in the drying rooms of
tho "bellying" department. on the fourth noor
OF Joseph =. llule's pialSs factory. This build
Ing extended through, three lots wide. from
Thirty-hith to Thirty-slNih street 1t also ran
down in the form OF nm l. on the Thirty-Alth
street side, from lot 52l TO 5il. which reached to
Eleventh avenue This latter part of tho build
Ing was new. Workmen had Just completed
whitewashins It's Interior, and the sashes Of the
windows We're not yet put In. The huge struc-
turs was eight stories high. ana full every
whore Of tho most combustiblo material, dry
lumber. shayngs. and varnLsh. From the many
confused stories obtainahle In the. prevailing
excitement among the employees Ol the rslAh,
iulu north Of the middle Of that part Of the
LuIling runnln. through from Street to street.
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wha. !. Known n. to tho Los. OF Life.

Wild estimates OF the number OF lives lost
were circulated According to somo Of them.
100 men wcre buried under the fallen bricks.
Careful observers put ths number at
not over fifty. and possibly as low
as twenty Foreman Abel OF the warm
ishing department OF tho piano fac
tory. was very indignant at being suspected OF
possessing any knowledge about anything that
he thought Mr.. Hale might not wish to have
known. IIo would not say whether any men
from his department wero missing. whether
they could get to the nro escapes, whether fifty
men or hundred were under his charge. what
the provisions were tor regarding against iire or
anything ESQ Murkmen less trnmmrlcd ny
mn exaggerated sense OF loyalty united in say
ing that cOmrnlrs from the upper stories were
IN IS ing, ana among thcm those whose names
could he positively asrertalnod and any definite
knOwledge Cleaned ns to whore they Woro last
6tsn, were the following:
George Greb, a varnlsher. 62 years old. man
OF family, was last seen running down from tho
gwen seeking to make his escape by the stairs;
but already the fourth story WAS iull VI IRE. ana
II Is not thoughi he escaped.
Nicholas Mang yHrniShrr, "a years old single.
WAS last snrn IN tho seventh story, coniu-rdly
groung about ior his tools in tho fast thlrhen-
lng huuEe.
Albert Lee Of AL West Thirty-sixth street
hung hnl way ont ol one OF the scvonth story
| Tho terrible draft sought to draw him in.
lie clung to the SILL but rlasplng It's hands d"s-
pnlrinsly OVER his head ut last fell back into
the llamcs. He was 53 years OF age and mar
ril.
Mr.. Crnpc and John dumburgor. varnlshers.
james i. Winters Ia positive that he saw four
or Ave NJ drop from tho eighth story OF tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-04
The Building. burned and the Losses.

The following il n list OF the buildings de-
stroyed, with their owners and occupants and
some Of the estimated lossos. On Thirty-hfh
street. south side-Nos. 50i. SOC. sos, $40. James
Devlin's stables 5l2. three-story dwelling
Christopher Bath David shannon, Richard W.
Goodale; 5l4 brick stable; SIC to 524 inclusive.
John Graham 4 Sons factory-oss estimated.
100000: 526 to 52s. inclusive, Ave story brick
tenamcnts belonging TO hetrs Of John Doylc;
$50 and 532. five story tenrmetts Of stephen
McMnsters: 536. three story frame building OF
Mr.. Bloodgood. VIM. Hngerdorn's grocery be-
meath. Thirty-nlt street north sidc-No sos.
], Walker. charcoal ,5i2 to 525, inclusive.
Hale's piano factory-loss estimated $500 900
to 5000 600; 527. Browns machinc shop; 500
booths boiler shop. Tenth avenue. west side.
Manhattan Oyster House. damaged i55 70 4Gl,
inclusive, John Mcintyre, partial loss 4G3 Ed.
Flint. blacksmith slight dnmage Thirty sixth
street. south slde-No 5Oi. John klchwny;
John f. smith, botling establishment. loss
sl5 1000. 5l2 to 52i, inclusive. lihle's piano fnc-
tory 52G, Mrs; Reilly grocery ~ Mr., Mona
CHAN milk; $50, ChnrleS Co.'S trunkman; 532.
stre"t north sidn-No. $40, j. Tieurn, tene-
mont; 81 20 81. inclusive, stables and storage; /;
5lg Peter Matthew's.
Four brothers named Fitzgerald lost almost
nth street IL "A contractor in partnership with
his brother John Of $50 in the same street Pat
rick lost all his furniture and household goods.
worth t2OO0 John saved his furniture but
lost about 500 worth of feed. Michael FuH.rr-
nld Of COG West Thirty sixth street. who was
employed as fireman for his BROTHERS lost all
his effects worth $1,000, Morris F.tgurald. an
officer in tho Ninth Police Precinct, lost ali his
Mi married unl have children.
NJ, 5l2 Wost Thirty -hith street was utorly
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-IWV TTTII rs" II IN IL
ompanics at the fire Were
why there wa. IA Scarcity OF Water.

John G. Campbell Chief Engineer Of the
Department Of Public Works. was asked rs TO
the small water supply. He said that tho mains
IN that quarter OF the city were laid under the
direction Of the old Board. and were hut six
inches in diameter In those days hand fire
engines were in use. and all the engines in New
York could not have exhausted main OF that
size: but the substitution Of steam MS the pro-
polling power Of the wnt-r had changed all that
One steam IRE engn" was equal to live OF the
hand kind. and Was almost suili'i to exhaust
a slx-inrh main. Three or four would do 50
completely, and the seventeen that poured on
yesterdays fire could eaSily exhaust the mains
on the two avenues and Intervening streets. A
is-inrh main CROSSES from the great reservoir
in Central Park. via Seventy ninth and con
tguOu- streets and continues down Tenth aVo-
nue. to Thirty y-eghth street. but goes no further.
This was constructed by the present board. and
tine lower part of the city: hut the money and
power necessary to carry out this intcatlon
failed In consequence. tho contents OF this
main are principally discharged into a thi rty-
inch main in Thrty-eishth street, so that they
supplied the east aide Of the city rather than the
west A four-foot main also runs along Forty
second street tapping the various avenue mains
IA II crosses them; but below Thirty eighth
street six inches limit the diameter on tho
blocks bounded by Tenth and Eleventh avenues
and cont guous streets. The department il re-
placing six-inch mains with larger ones in
other portions Of the city. but lis attention has
never been called TO the lack of water supply IN
the iire region OF yesterday Mr.. Campbcll
nearest to the fire 10 yield water on any other
ground than that the supply was exhausted 10y
other engines before itrcachcd them. As to tho
general supply Of WINTER. all III" rescrNolrs. he
year. and the failure OF water yesterday could
not come from any but n lOcal leak.
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R,,usi,cnn. who wn No, Obey.

At t,r meeting OF tAo Thirteenth Ward Re-
wicsn Association " nrnokyn last evening. the fo,
lowins named oncchodrs, IN accordance with liayesa
order should have rendered their .nauous a men.
hors of the association James A. Browne, Assistant
Postmaster Hrpoksn, VIM Greon. Cha- q cnmher.
son, John T. tuhNii Jr all tu'loh iot~' ~ stctors
John l. t'lkhn. ST., cirrh Williamson Post Ofce:
Isaac Gievnhu-h, money N-orltr clerk, kfuoklNn foA
unl'e, Ani the l'ii'r ctr.nr', Wm Naunan Jacob H.
Holmes, Herman Sunu.-, VIM DuryrH, Ihe flrfdcnt
Mi A tiuwvll Nuuuanr,d thnth hat received letters
rnu uulJ two oi the above nsmcd, Mcssrs Browne ana
DuNcs AMI tuunx d, bate which occurred ptior W
ter rcept!nce te rnity a. llHyr' in di,rn hisinI
rpV1 ,ias was criticised by capt y l. 'O'hru ana
Wih,r.. II NAs -ert'd that II Is tIc lni'inn al NO
u'ccral tors who ci not rcNisn last nshi TO main ~
the hs-o.luuuu long enough T. manipulate tlr MtIa
prime eui conventions 49, they hat, ur to done.
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factory. Two of them alighted on n two-story
building near by, and the others must have
fallen on rock hut thinly covered with earth. In
either case death must have been the result. aud
he thinks that all 1--WE are covered 10y the ruins.
Oliver Pasnicl,e's body was recovered and
taken To- Bellevue.
just before the alarm Of fire Mr., Stewart died
at 52l West Thirty-sixth street Within twenty
to death 10y the confederation. The bodies were
aftcrward carried hastily from the burning
John Kcntsch. Of SO6 West Thirty-eighth
street. Is missing. 80
L. A. Smith carried Mrs. Stratton. " sick
woman down from the third story Of u tone
mcnt Mt $40 West Thirty nth street. At
o'clock she died Of exhaustion. caused by the
aN
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A spark from the piano factory fell on the
Gospel Tent. at Thirty-fourth street and Broad
way. at Il quarter after 10 O'Clock. Ii ignitcd
the tent. and the wind soon made blaze. Fire
engines arrived promptly. but as they could
not save the tent. and the high. thick brick
syHns"Run ''1 "h "i,",L s'u" dI
Tho flames swept over the tent. and with five
minutes a few charred bits of rope. scattered on
the nOorng. were all that remained. Tho
chairs on the platform. and u few on the edges
Of the auditorium were burned slightly. The
case Of the molodeOn was burned. but intcriorly
IL utt iulurtI
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destroyed. It was valued Mt $4,000, and owned
by James Drvlin. who also had u stable along
side. II was insured for ss.0DO.
Josiah Walker occupied 49,, Is and II West
Thirty fifth street as n charcoal yard. Hc had
owned tho buildings and was insured for $4,000.
Nos 5Og and 5ll West Thirty fifth street were
occupied AZ y stable by Mr.. Connolly, who also
had a barrel factory at j2G He thinks his loss
Ia fully covered by insurance.
Matthew sullivan. barrel maker, occupied 5li
West Thi.ty-siXth street. Evcrythlng was lost.
He has nm insurance OF $4,000. His buildings
were worth ~ 200
What was Destroyed.
The following diagram shows the cxtcnt OF
the fire:
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story windows. Many mon wcrc yelling in the
seventh and eighth stories. One climbed out
side. and dropped from sill TO- sill. kicking in
the sushcs with his feet. He fell from the third
story. and was seen no more Two followed
him. but quickly dropped. Some hung to the
ss for minutes. until forced to fall by the heat.
lower storics konrns thinks there were Mt
least twenty men burned in the seventh story.
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Charles Heaey and Edward Morris aged II
aM - years reslecu,eJ were arrested Yesterday Ion
setting nre to kdw ara Ahcarnc stable at Columbia and
Cauol streets. South Bruohifn ON sunday night Tho
hmliNg n"i its tNf'nf-. am liiul NN'uHhV horse,
were destroyed Ahrhrur o~ft urnhg u his Residence.
l"und gins OF bnSs plnl ON lu- -tuo9 AMI drove
tn away. striking ll,t,N GA the ok With IN. walk
lus cane. hca.rb tl'u sot a match aut Eo.ns With
IA. lii Tia Iaur
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A snow storm on Noun, Washington.

MOUNT WAsuiNdTos. \. H.. Scut. "a heavy
snow storm Is now prevailing here This the Grt snow
storm the summit of Mount Wnshington since the 22h
June Tho nunu Just past s the hrst Aus Without
snow storm hcrr Tor number o years
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Irene A. V. House, who murdered hNr hus.
bAu-, ~ on \ Uuu~ Tie Sow huiA dltnt.t IiMA"r wh
-i tom tie Ssfr n-Aitf lfi t'itt IA IRE ntVo
yesterday, She has cOmpicelY recovered,
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The dark spaces show the burned rcsion while the
lighter lines designate the budings that were
scOrthcd amd only shghf, injured
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Maltbys choice Norfolk oysters can always be
found NJ Che depot tl IiaIrs0n sl-AsE
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Clear or partly cloudy weather.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-06
A Thoughtful Good Man.

A middle.aged woman has called al
the postoffice two or three times daily
for the past week, to see if there was any
mail to her address Her anxiety final
ly became so great that she explained
that she was expecting money from her
husband who was off on his annual va.
cation. Yesterday morning she was
made glad by receiving postal card
from him. She retired To one the WIN
dows and read aloud to herself
"DEAR WIFE I'D send you $50 with
this, but you see I'd have To- pm IT on,
and some one might take il oil. put Il
counterfeit in its place, and thon when
i got home you'd be in jail.
She read it over again, and there were
tears in her eyes rs she unused
"He's the best man Oh earth. Few
husbands would have been as thoughtful
as that. don't know good II. oney from
bad, but for his thoughtiulness ! might
pass this night in Jail ] see now what
q narrow escape I've had, and III take
the children and GO and board with my
brother-in-law for the next two weeks. !"
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Mrs. PartingtOn.

IL will be interesting to those who
have laughed many times at Mrs. Part
ington's comical sayings, to hear what
the good old lady (Mr. b. p. Shilaber)
has this to say as to the way in which she
came to make her debut before the pub
lie, in the Post, Of Boston:
Her first innocently wise saying was
inspired by remark OF one of the
newspaper men, on night when IA
steamer from England had brought news
OF an advance in breadstuffs, who said
he did not care, as he bought his flour
by the half dollars worth. 'Mrs. Part
ingtoD was then made to say, in the lit.
tie paragraph that it made "no difference
10 her whether -four was dear or cheap,
as she always received just so much for
a halfdollar's worth This was copied
the next day, and the inducement was
thus offered to try again. This meeting
with like success, they were kept on,
until Mrs. P, as she expressed it, had
obtained 'memento' she could not
check. Mr.. Shillaber adds: "Mrs. Part
ington was an entirely original creation,
for had never seen The Rivals acted,
nor read it, and though | knew, from
extracts in comic complications, of Mrs.
Malaprop's existence and character, it
moved no pulse of my ambition. The
real inspiration which prompted the eff
fort to continue the Darlington sayings,
when the idea took positive form, was
the constant hearing of expressions, by
very excellent people, that seemed too
funny to be allowed to pass into forget
fnlness, queer errors, inadvertently
made, and otherwise
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-06
Educational Difficulties.

An old man who owns q stall at the
City Market took u notion, few days
ago, to use his spare hours in lettering
his condition. Procuring his spelling
book, was seen behind it when trade
was dull. He tired, however, OF spelling
the words to himself, and engaged the
services of boy about thirteen years
old, having the next stall, to hear his
lessons. Everything passed off all right
for two or three days, and then storm
arose and a climax came. Holding the
book in both hands, the boy observed
awe now como to the word welcome.
How do you spell it?"
"Well, sir, spell it w.e-l-c-u-m."
"Not correct"
"K-o.m."
"No, sir"
"Then it's kim"
"No, sir"
"Boy, don't you lie to me-" warned
the man.
&c, guess I'll resign my Office" replied
the lad, as he laid down his book. ave
let you 20 and spell cat with k, horse
without an Q, boy with a double to it,
because you are old, and | didn't want
to hurt your feelings. But when you
call me liar, and don't even know how
TO spell the word, it's time for me to re-
sign"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-06
Typos Actors.

Montague, the gallant, that half Muir.
ray Hill is breaking its heart over, was
q type setter on the London Era, and
that at not very remote period, either.
Then there's Harry Grip and Lawrence
Barrett; both were printers. Barrett
had an humble origin, but be had been
studious, and is now one of the best read
men in the profession. John Moore, of
the Fifth Avenue theater, is another
typo. Joe Jefferson, the best actor of
modern times, once earned his bread at
the case. So did that capital comedian.
W. ID. Crane so did William Warren.
Of Boston, and Charles Burke, of Phila-
delphia. Of dead actors who achieved
worldwide fame, William E. Burton
and James w. Wallack, Jr., belonged to
the craft. John Parselle was compos
itor. So was your humble servant, but
l think was better printer than an &C.
tor. 1 believe Neil Bryant was flyboy;
and l am sure Barney Williams was
one. Steve Fiske, of the Fifth -avenue
Theatre, had something to do with news
papers, but | am not certain that he was
ever employed in composing room.
Theodore Hamilton, another good actor,
was a sub printer for years. l had al
most forgotten Charles Fisher. He used
to stick type like race-horse. Not
long ago he told me that he went into a
printing office for the first time in thirty
years. He said he found the situation
OF all the boxes readily, except the re-
ceptacle for the interrogation marks,and
they wanted to know what IN tho mis-
chief | was doing there ?"-New York
Sun,
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"a friend of mine had u counterfeit
bill passed upon him that be wanted to
get rid of without getting into trouble;
in his dilemma be consulted legal
friend, who said that be would show
him a way if my friend would hand him
the bill. This done, the lawyer invited
his client to accompany bin TO saloon,
where drinks for two were ordered by
the lawyer and speedily disposed of by
the two, whereat the lawyer rendered
the bill 10 the bartender. After quick
glance, that tunciionary returned it, say
ing, That's bad" The lawyer leaned
over the bar and muttered SOTO rscs,
"PermIt me to examine yoar license for
liquor selling" After q bret study Of
has mau, the bartender said, Let me
look OF that again ?" and, after another
brief pause, said sIs's better than l
thought" handing over si.T5 10 change.
As the lawyer Iefi the saloon he handed
his client 1925, keeping the balance,
which lead the latter TO excissm. "Arent
you charging me pretty sseeply fer At-
vice ~ "Bciter keep quiei," was the re-
tort. "My private opinion is that this
whole thing 10 Q swindle-"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-06

\ wedding announcement startled ali
Indianapolis high life few days ago.
Mrs. Flora Stewart, the widow OF 4
brave Colonel in the late wsr, aud the
accom- plished daughter Of one D. the
wealthicst citizens, met 81 Munich,
where she was prosecuting Der musical
studies IN 1875, William r. Walschnsr,
leader ot the Kings band, and as ardent
attachment sprang up between them
She wrote 10 her parents about u, and
they replied that, # she marrled, they
would dis0wn her; bat sbe married the
musician notwithstanding and KEEP; the
event secret. They both cans 70 this
country al the same time, and WGlsebner
obtained lucrative position in Indian
apo.is ~ q salesman. As soon ss be Be
came independent, bis wiie announces
to her startled parents Der relation 70
the popular yczbg Basarian ard re-
marked sh4, the time bad come 20 dis
own her. Bat after lsttic faEisE, fhs
stern parents concluded not 20 DO 81, 2ad
SEX nowIedged tks5r handsome son-in-
Iaw With rather more pride than ether
wise.
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-06
Y EGETINE
HAS ENTIRELY CURED NE

MR. >rhyESs,--
Dear Str.-My daughter. AFTER having At
tack of WhOoptng Cough, le;t feeble state OF
health. Being advised by friend, she tried the Veg
etine ant after using lew bottles fully restored
To health.
have been a great sufferer irom rheumatism.
have taken several bottles ri thu NegeIne Tor this
complaint, ami happy 10 SAY Il has entirely cured
have recommended the Ne1 ctiRe 10 others With
the good results IL i great cleanser and pur
iiier of the blood: u Is pleasant take ami !
cheerfuliy recommend 10
JAMES MORSE. Spl Athens NJ
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