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Show Two Years Ago, Two years ago this morning the Herald headed a local article after this fashion: "Fire. The Insatiable DemoD Again Visits This City. The Elegant First National Bank in Ruins." Tho burning of that, tho finest buildine, not only of this town, but of the western internal region, occurred the day previously, the 16th of November, lbu, and the hand-come hand-come monument to the cultivated taste of Mr. Warron Huesy, which cost in erecting nearly $150,000, was reduced to a moss of ruins. The same fire was disastrous to Siege! Brothers, Watters Brothers, Staines, Needham & Co., John Hepwortb, D. B. Fir man, W. P. Appleby, Clasby &. Hogle, Hoge & Jonaason, D. Greuig, A. ; Swaner, J. M. Smith nnd Ransohofi &. Co. and involved a total less of about $200,000, iu buildings and stock, fhe insurance on which w8 about $125,000. . . FOE If you wish to travel by tho CHICAGO shortest, quicke3t,oiJe3t,6tf AND and tho safest routo between TEE EAST. Omaha and Chicago, you must buy your tickets via the . Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Its fares aro as low as tholowcet. Pullman Palaco Hotel Dining and Steeping Care are run ou ita through exprres trains. Tho celebrated Pullman, Iiotol (Jars are run by thia lino and by this lino alooo, between Omaba and Chicago. All ooupoa liuket agents eel 1 tickets via this route, Buy to3 by no othar routa. |