Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-23

telephone to proceed to the fire. The engine responded promptly, but before it reached the factory the flames had been put out. The damage by fire was confined to the up-
 per floor, but the rest of the building was 1 drenched with water. The roof :and flooring were badly burned and the stock damaged. l The loss amounted to $1, 800. There was no
 insurance. A fire exactly similar to this one 1 took place in the same building about eight years ago. The damage will be repaired at l once. Quite number of girls will be thrown ! out of employment for few weeks.
 A Glance at Chautauqua. The Seat of the Chautauqua AssembIy-A Busy World in Miniature Its Great Summer Activity.
 CHAUrAUoUA, N, Y. Aug. 20.-Chautauqua,
 the seat of the ''Chautauqua Assembly," is ! situated near the western extremity of the I beautiful lake of the same name in the ex- treme western portion of the State of New York. It is only nine miles from Lake Erie ! and seven hundred and fifty feet above it. This places it fourteen hundred feet above
 the level of the sea. Yet there is nothing to
 impress one with it's attitude except the puri- ty of it's air and the absence of visible noun tain ranges. It would seem as if a more charming spot could not be found. Hundreds of attractive cottages adorn a well wooded plateau and ridge on the very edge of the lake. Approaching Chautauqua from the
 lake, at distance it appears like forest primeval,' but soon the splendid Hotel
 Athenaeum looms into view and the cottages
 can be seen crowded costly among the trees. Landing, we find ourselves in the n1idst of the life and hustle of city life in the woods; postofioe, telegraph, express and newspaper offices place us in di-
 rect communication with the outside world
 Steamboats continually ply the placid waters
 to Jamestown and Mayville, and the branch
 railroad to Mayville gives rapid access to
 Buffalo, Cleveland and Cincinnati via the
 Buffalo. New York and Pittsburg and the
 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern rail
 roads.
 The scenery is beautiful, the air pure, the
 sanitary conditions well nigh perfect and the
 thousands" happy. No one is disappointed.
 Everyone is delighted. But Chautauqua is
 something more than wooded slope, health
 ful air and beautiful scenery. It is the ''Chau- tauqua ides'' and it's expression and deveI- opment that enchants Ohautauqua's ground
 In the words of Hon. Sydney Dean, of Rhode
 Island, at the recent meeting of the Press as- sociation in the reception room of the Athe-
 neum Hotel, "Chautauqua will revolutionize the whole educational work of this country" Chautauquas great aim seems to be to teach ! those who are deprived to greater or less \ degree of higher educational advantages how l to educate, how to govern themselves. how to improve powers hitherto ''born to blush \ unseen" Chautauqua has succeeded thus
 far. In our humble opinion it will continue to be successful We cannot describe it's | methods now. We will only refer to a few | of it's accommodations and means. The auditorium, near the steamboat landings l has seating capacity of three thousand. The | children's temple, normal pavilion, chapel, hall of philosophy in St. Paul's grove, mod ! els of Jerusalem, model of the great pyramid l are some of the centers of the forces which f emanate from this vast educational religious and recreattve institution. But strictly l speaking, it is the amphitheater with it's great 1 organ, powerful chorus and sea of human | faces which forms the center of the Chautau- 1 qua assembly. The amphitheater will easily 1 accommodate six thousand. Here eminent | men from all over our country daily deliver l fascinating lectures, theological literary and scientific. Concerts of the highest order are | given both vocal and instrumental. Profes- sors Case and Sherman are powers in their ! conduct of the chorus and the soloists are ! picked" from the principal cities East and West. The crowds are immense, the enthu-
 siasm is unbounded. If you don't believe it
 come and try it. L.W.C.
 The Indian Camp on State Street, Near Bradley.
 The Indian camp on State street, near Skinner school, on the R. T. Merwin lot, is a great source of interest to all the small boys of the neighborhood, and scores of boys from other parts of the city visited the spot yesterday, also many adults With the great est curiosity the ''wigwams" were viewed
 and the forms of the Indians, of whom there
 are eight men at present and one squaw.
 They seem to be intent on doing a thriv- ing business in selling Indian medicines, and
 evince little anxiety for buffalo hunt or the scalps of the people of the neighborhood. Nevertheless the small boys view them with faces wearing an awed expression, and some of the dime novel boys who were rioting with anticipations of seeing bloodthirsty tokens of Indian life were disappointed to hear nothing but medicine talk. A lot more of the Indians come today. They come here from MiddletoWn where they have just brok-