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Show A Monster Itelle of th Chicago Fir. The builders of tho rew Masonic temple, tem-ple, corner of State and Randolph streets, have a largo elephant on their hands in tho shape of a lire relic that is by far the biggest thing yet unearthed. Tho site of Hall & Kimbark's big 4ron warehouse was at this point at the time of the great fire of 1871, and their im- mse stock of liar iron melted into one t eat lamp, which sank and imbedded itself ink) tho earth too deep for discovery dis-covery in ordinary bnihling operations But when tho foundations for this great building were being prejiured this mammoth mam-moth bunch of melted bar iron was unearthed. un-earthed. The mass is estimated to weigh twenty-eight tons, and how to move it is a problem that is puzzling the contractors. con-tractors. It is a curiosity worth seeing. Chicago Inter-Ocean. |