The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-09


but the business portion is all right A
special messenger also arrived from Cas-
City with letter signed by the president
of the village, stating that fires are raging
for ten miles east Of there; that nearly
every settler Is homeless and asking. fol
cooked provisions for distribution. One
report says TINT the scene at 8 P, NJ. was
heartrending.
a special from CasSille says; Every
building in BadOx except the court house
was burned yesterday afternoon and sew
eral lives lost. Huron City Is also in ashes,
The destruction Of iarm property in Tuscola
county yesterday and to-day Is simply ap-
palling, and no adequate estimate can be
made OF the loss. A great number OF iami-
lies are homeless, Clio is wild with ex-
citement,
A public meeting was held last evening
and load Of provisions sent to Cass City.
PEOPLE DRIVEN INTO THE LAKE,
report from Cassville, Tuscola county,
says the fire from the woods has consumed
almost every building in the village Of
Huron City, including Langdon Hubbard's
residence, stave, saw and grist mill, three
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the people into the lake for shelter, The
lire also wholly consumed the village Of
BadOxu with the, exception OF the court
house, where the inhabitants were gathered
destitute Of food and clothing, Five lives
were lost in the vicinity. Verona Mills B
alsp Consumed, with the exception OF one
church aud d school hG,Lse, Part OF Aus
tin Is surrounded by the fire, but linless
the wind rises, they apprehend no danger.
Huron county seems to be mass OF fire,
The farmers and settlers are daily losing
barns aud houses and contents, and unless
rain Yistsils soon the country will suffer
great loss 4 ill4sll .ilst
A report from Frelands, Saginaw county,
says the damage in that vicinity is chiefly
confined to fences, large quantities having
burned.
In Beaver township, Bay county, every
thing Is reported rs being burned. The
wind changed today from the southwest to
northwest, which hGs checked tile fires ton
certain extent A report tonight from
Clio states that there Is considerable fire
three quarters OF a mile north Of that
place. Although the wind Is from that
quarter now no apprehension Is felt ut
present as to the village.. There has been
Considerable fire MI div and more or less
destruction OF fences have been caused
thereby. The loss ofthe fences las proved
troublesome TO the farmers md Others hay
ing stock, which IL now running at large.
The village and surrounding country pre-
sents gloomy and forbidding aspect on
account tOf The smoke Travel on the
Watronsville road, five miles out from this
city, Is cut OF. The heaviest Ares are on
y, w, c. Cages farm, on the Indian Town
roadj A bout. 200 tons OF hay was much
endangered, Other property Is in great
danger in that direction.
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On tho Oeerhelu roads, Us Iaf as eouIu De
learned, the families were obliged to do
hard work In fighting the fire during the
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short respite In the morning ana ehaDleu
them to breathe more freely. Their build
invs were nlaced ont ot further danger.
T.o,, non,t,, tSho.,T 1Io..oa, ,vho r,,do
IrPp rtou' peYS '''!e'''' i"r'eS ~ @ WIZ io"o
over lArge section oil country, visiting
Bridgeport, Frankerroth, Blumheld and
other points, II Is learned that fires prevail
more Or less over the whole lirca OF the
country through which he ypased, and In
some tIficcs wi1tian andlchilurcn could he
eetsnialihg ibt places OF safety. Men md
women were out fighting the flames and
fields were being .plOwed over to aid In
stopping tmelr ptOgIrtssi l., ,u.,,,,,, oo.,,,,,
hack n ErankeHroths % heap pennarS % % md
were reported us being bad between the
villages Of ,Iuscold simultaneously. on the
ma1tnsy Nlds n", P@aS roaa %pO ,een riaGin
and aliSlH ten miles iromthe sity the s rTiSss
oftwo barns and several wheat stacks were
noted. Nearer 70 the. city they are burn
ing hercely, anu the farmers are drawing
water and placingit along the road near
their buildings, to be ready In case OF elner-
gency In some cases water has been
drawn seven miles. Az Jolhson's Corners
and SwalB 'hOlcl the ilrGs Are rigging,
and are u great deal worse between Dam.
son Corner and schnells. A barn iu!l OF
grlin, belonging toA inrlner named Nom.
elteftt near bridgeport, was burned lilst
nightG Cs Payments' house, IN GliIford
town, was burned. Loss I0O, with illsllr'
anGe. The hayst9cks o. william Dover y,
Indian settlement were burned on Monday
alternoo' mr.. Dowers nousS caugn' n mrG
iour times Dut up 70 Monday alIernoon had
not been DESTROYED nls reported 'o-hight
that the hesettlement IL swept away
,,r,rrt TALES or DISTRESS.
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III pu'l''''i" , ,,.l,l. vom"s",p un'S vD'
farmer named hris Iost everything AN.
other who had Just built n new house had
II destroyed, and number Of cattle md
hogs were burned. One man, who has q
mortgage on his farm and expected to
butcher Monday tobuy his cattle, viii now
have t6SsS his home NJ s 81 az ins Oss 10 o are