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Show Spreading Fire. Buffalo, Aug. (August) 27. - A fire in Attica destroyed several large buildings and is still smoldering. Loss $30,000 to $40,000. Steamers were sent from here. Mostly Nubbins. Chicago, Aug. (August) 27. - The Times has comprehensive crop reports showing the crop of the West badly damaged by long and severe droughts. There is a discouraging prospect that a major share of the yield will prove to be nubbins. There is a material shortage in many sections while others report an average crop. The belief is expressed that the deficit may be considerably offset by an increased acreage. $1,200,000 Sale. The Times says 8,000 acres in the vicinity of Lake Calumet, South Chicago, has been purchased by a single syndicate for $1,200,000. The purchasers are leading spirits in the New York, Chicago & St. (Saint) Louis Railway. The Western Indiana and the rejected Belt railway was, until recently, owned by Joseph Forsyth, who vainly tried a few years ago to get a $50,000 loan on it. Now he sells it for $1,200,000. This tract will be presented as eligible for manufactories, shops, etc. The purchase has given an impetus in real estate matters, particularly in that section. Big Fire in Chicago. Chicago, Aug. (August) 27. - A great fire broke out about 8 o'clock this evening in the packing establishment of John C. Bailey, formerly known as Becker's at the Union Stock Yards, which had not been extinguished at midnight, at which time all the engines in that section of the city were working on it, being greatly impeded in their efforts by the scarcity of water. Few facts are learned as yet, but it is known that 45,000 pounds of bacon, a large quantity of lard and revisions were stored in the warehouse and will be completely destroyed. A rumor comes over the telephone that several persons are killed. The loss will probably reach $1,000,000. The Cause Of Guiteau's Mental Anguish. The World's Philadelphia special says: Col. (Colonel) Corkhill, United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, who has been taking a vacation at Cape May, left today for Washington. Col. (Colonel) Corkhill is reported to have said that he has been informed of an organization in Washington, whose purpose is, in the event of Garfield's death, to break jail and put an immediate end to the life of Guiteau. Their desire is to hang Guiteau by slow process, and in the meantime each member of the organization is to be allowed to put a bullet into Giuteau's body, taking care not to strike him in any vital point until the last moment. The Colonel says he has good reason for a belief that the guards of the jail, who are all ex-union soldiers, know of this organization, and are in sympathy with it. He is further reported to have said that it has been with the utmost difficulty that the warden at the jail has prevented the guards from finding some excuse for killing Guiteau. This, it is alleged, in a measure explains the encounter which took place recently between the guard and Guiteau in the latter's cell. Guiteau, it is said, knows that the guards want to kill him, and for that reason he has suffered great mental anguish since the first relapse of the resident. He is so nervous that he gets little or no sleep. The colonel says that while he believes no torture is too great to visited upon Guiteau, he must see that the law is obeyed; which protects Guiteau, and reserves for him a fair trial before a jury of his countrymen. He says it would never do to show to the world that in the capital of the nation, the officers of the law were unable to enforce its mandate, and were at the mercy of the mob. All that will be necessary to secure the jail from the interference of a mob will be a battery of artillery, and there are now three batteries of artillery stationed at the arsenal in Washington, and about 250 marines at the Navy yard. |