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Show shal Fife and Messrs.L. & A. F. Farr hc when they arrived did excellent work Published erery WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, r in the good came. Mr. Graham, of by tha Oodn PCKMSHIttO OOKPaHY. W. Penrose, Editor. the C. P. depot, receives great praise and Business Manager. beer saloon.'Taylor Heninger's, for his incessant exertions. Mr. Theo. OODE.V, UTAH. general merchandizs, J. Coclough's, A. Smith, with Mr. II. Tribe, spread and SATURDAY. AUGUST 9, 1873. fruit and toys, aud C. Poarce'e. tin the blankets on the and hardware, were totally destroyed, Z. C M. I., and rendered other aid. in most of the stock however, being Messrs. Charles Welch, Matthias Terrible Conflagration ! Ogden taken out. Pidcock and Gala's Hinchcliff, Wm. Beerce, W. Clark, furniture store was badly burned on Cap. Snow the stock man, and many GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY! the roof and considerable of their others whose names we did notlearu, TKX STORES TOTALLY DESTROYED J stock was damaged. spared no pains but worked like horses. A number of women also are This morning a little before tliree , It was a rapid and terrible and had it not been for the loudly applauded for their help in o'clock, Mr. Hen. Clark, night watchrain of the day jueviou3,the saving property, packing out heavy man, observed flames issuing from soaking Pidcock tho drug-stor- e of Iligginbotham & earnest labors and determined energy goods from Z. C M. I. and of tho active men and women who & Gale's premises and behaving like Co., nearly in the centre of the west would heroines. Among them are Mrs. d 'ilc of Main Street. He quickly battled with the have been in vain, the whole of Main Thomson, Miss Hall (Mark Hall's Vrave the alarm, and a number of perEllen Dasons were soon upon the spot, the street must have succumbed, and daughter,) Mrs. Jane and Mrs. E. Shipforemost being Charles Jenkins and would have gone like a flash. As it vis, Mrs. Restall and Jr. P. L. Anderson. The flames was, in about three hours ten stores ley, as well as others whose names won communicated to the adjoining were licked up, and nothing sJeft to have not been furnished. mark their whereabouts but smoulThe west side of Main street looks buildings, and a smart breeze, which debris and a solitary wall or desolate and forlorn. The embers sprung up frem the south, made dering still smoulder, and the ruins of the them roar and leap forward as if de- two ready to totter and fall. termined to sweep everything before The greatest loss would fall on Z. stores lie scattered about, with fragments of dilapidated merchandize. C. M. I. but from the fact that the them. Those merchants whose goods esMr. D. II. Pecry was awakened, Institution is insured. About 150 caped the flames have a big job beand sent Alfred Harris around town stoves, with a large quantity of sheet fore them in arranging their demorwith a gong, the noise of which copper, and a big stock of hardware alized establishments and sorting out alarmed the inhabitants and gathered and tinware, were stored in the nar We hope the ownwhich was composed damaged articles. of the crowd. building, Thomson Alderman big i ers of the property destroyed will was aroused from his slumbers by of adobies, and was the property of take pattern by the enterprising men the noise and hurried to the exciting Mr. D. H. Peery. This, with the of other cities and go to work with removal and water to the iccne, and was quickly joined by damage by will and erect substantial structures immense stock of merchandize in the a I'rcst. F. D. Itichards. They d on the site of the old tinder-bo- x as to the best means of check-V- g wholesale general department, instores, and from the goodly rents the spread of the conflagration, volves a loss, of about $25,000. they will command, and the imiud while water was being drawn by Messrs. Iligginbotham have lost proved appearance of the street, both buckets from the new tanks, directed their all, amounting to about $6,000, they and the city, in a short time, a company of men to tear dowu'a and were not insured. The buildwill have little cause to regret the sical! frame building adjoining Jas. ing was owned by Mr. D. II. Peery. first great conflagration in Ogden. llorrocks' store en the south, the Mr. Mendelsohn's stock was worth latter being partly Id wit of rock and about $7,000; , much of it. is badly The Cause of the Fire. brick. Axes were procured from Z. damaged, he is partly insured; this In giving particulars . of the disC. M. I., and this was very soon acbuilding also was Mr. Peery's, whose astrous fire, yesterday, we said no th loss is about $8,000, uninsured. Mr. complished. ing about the cause of the conflagraMeanwhile, to stop the spread of Levy's stock was worth about $S,000, tion. The generally accepted theory the flames southward, Messrs. F. A. much of it damaged, partly insured. was that it proceeded from the sponShiclls and Janes Burrup, with an- Pidcock and Gale's loss is about taneous combustion of phosphorous, other company, tore down Robert $1,200, not insured. Robt. Wilson's stored in Iligginbotham & Co.'s drug Wilson's saloon and bowling alley, torn down, loss $2,000. Reed, boot store. There is no question that the and still another company demolish- maker, loss $300. Chambers, news fire in that originated building, but ed the building occupied jointly by dealer, $50. McCarty, beer saloon, there are doubts as to its starting Mr. T. Jones, Tailor, and the Howe loss very slight. Taylor Heninger, from the phosphorus. The sewing machine ageut. The force general merchandise, $300. In the first place, phosphorus will pump in front of Z. C. M. I., and three buildings last named belonged not ignite by mere contact with the that at the rear of the Pioneer Drug to Mr. Jonathan Browning, loss air at a temperature lower than 100. Store were brought into play, and about $G,000, uninsured. Wm-- T. The night of the fire was, in conseloss men climbed on the buildings which Baker, general "merchandise, quence of the heavy rain the coolest wero in danger and received buckets $000; the building belonged to Mr. we have had for months; the temperf water passed up from below. Wet S. llorrocks, was worth about ature was much lower than for a insured. J. Coclough's loss Manket3 were spread on the roofs of great many nights previous. the City and . Pioneer Drug Stores was slight; tho building with Pearce's In the second place phosphorous and Z. C. M." I., and the utmost ex tin store belonged to Mr. C. Pearce, is not liable to ignition when dampertions used by numbers of brave the whole was worth about $5,000, ened with water. Mr. S. II. Mr. Wallace Foulger's men to quell the flam.es while a few uninsured. affirms that he wetted the stood on the east side of the Street general merchandise, stock was damphosphorus, of which they only had Mr. Driver's idly watching the- progress of the aged about $500. about ten pounds, on the day pretire, and some of them helped them- drugs and liquors, $500. Mr. Jones vious to the fire. selves to anything they could lay owned the rear portion of his store, In the third place, according to the front belonged to Mr. Henry their hands upoa. the accounts of those who first saw loss about $600. Perry All along the street storekeepers Lawrence, tho flames, the fire did not break out and liquors, listed by the crowd were packing and Pritchett, drugs in that part of the building where r r; ; $aoo. their goods into the road,' merchanthe phosphorus was stored. The Tho only persons injured during premises were composed of the dise of all kinds was thrown out of store, the fire were Mr. Henry Clark, the M. theZ. C. L.while the flames shot Main on and a ware fronting street, upward hnd the brecxo carried the watchman, who fell from a building house adjoining the store at the rear. embers northward a distance of a and was severely hurt, and Mr. F. Mr. Mendelsohn, who occupied the A. Shiells, who received a blow in next quurter of a mile, apd in some instore, was awakened by the stances setting on fire stuff that was tho back from a falling timber. ' crackling of tho fire and what soundin removed tanks Tho water new in being ed like the bursting of bottles in the wagons. Suddealy lately put the wind lulled, the reto tho bz of sericarehouse. by Ho rushed into the good city proved doubled their efforts, and about G vice, and if a fire 'engine, or even a street and gave the alarm of "fire," o'clock w ere fortunately successful in number of good s had which was responded to by the obtaining the victory over the de- been at hand, tho loss cf property watchman. Several persons, who would have bean much less. Several were earliest on the stroying element. spot, testify that The destruction, how ;ver, was ter- of our leading citizens were very ac- the warehouse was in a blaze and rible. Iligginbotham & Co.'s drug tive and energotio in laboring to ar dropping to pieces before the flames and grocery stoVVith aU its con- rest tho conflagration. Prest. Rich had made any headway in the store. tents was entirely swept away; Mr. ards and Alderman Thomson were All this goes against tho theory of Z. M. C. to the first render I. effioient Mcndclsohn's,dry goods, among phosphoric combustion in this case, stove department, and Levy's, dry aid; Aldorman Brown, Councilors and leads us to look in some other to tho louth r.re also com Canfield and Parry also assisted; Mar direction for the cause. :;ood im guntttofc diaries pletely demolished, though most of their goods were saved." North of Higginbotham's, Reed's shoe phop, and Chambers news store, Mr. Car-ty', s, drug-store- confla-gratio- s nj fire-fien- . , con-ulte- .'" - $2,-00- 0, IIir-ginbotha- m - . s . fire-fighte- rs force-pump- ExerciseTTT 1 Mr. Mcndolsohn says thjit about Closing half an hour before the fire, he heard tu( i , a noise in the street and on going to August 1st, 1873. the door saw a man apparently inSalt Lake City, toxicated trying to effect an entrance Aug. 51873 , We had the pleasure of at Tyrrell & Iicid's store, aud calling .it...:. out "let me in." It is not at all closing exercises of the Normal Sch which has been held in this t,V unlikely that the same individual last four weeks. We hnvacity for seekiDg for liquor found his way to tended any meeting at which more . the rear of Higginbotham's, and thusiasm and pleasure in the .t . either by accident or through rage fore them was made manifest thai iv ' ' w JUV,an 0I me exercises at not obtaining what he wanted, may art be amiss. set the place on fire. The empty After the School was called to order boxes and rubbish accumulated at by Dr. Park, Supt. Campbell read an in Main street on the rear of the stores teresting paper on English Orthography afforded a splendid opportunity for showing its absurdities and contradic incendiarism, and we think the prob- lions, and arguing the a form from the abilities are much greater in favor of the standpoint occJpie by inhabitants of Utah Messrs II. C. Wardleigh, L. W. the phosphorous on a match, than Peck R. S. Horne. and other teachers m'v , phosphorous 6tored in bulk. This -- w,,!Ulusn ! 1 view is strengthened by the apparent attempt to burn Sheriff Brown's barn, as related in another column. A sharp look out for rogues is a necessity of the times in Ogden. From the temper of our citizens we think it would be dangerous to the their methods of opening a and oreanitin C1 School. Other teachers gave tions of their methods of teachin iU 8 different branches. The School then organized itself into a convent ion for the purpose of transact-msome business, and adopted resolu tions expressive of the gratitude of the students to Supt. Campbell and to Dr Park, Professors Maeser and DusenW . g lr f Dr. Park and Prof. Dusenberry health of any person attempting acknowledgements for the arson just now. All possible precauof appreciation of the services tions should be observed against the of the Faculty. Dr. Park also observed that if there was any credit doe to any recurrence of such a calamity as that one it was Supt. Campbell, who bad on Tuesday morning, and it is to be the Normal Institute, and whose determination and zeal through stone substantial hoped that good for its welfare it had been indebted for and brick buildings will take the so full an attendance. Supt. Campbell tendered his place of the slight frames swept away and thanked the for responding to his call, and aby a brief blast from the breath of ttending the first Territorial Normal the fire fiend. acknowl-edgemen- ts pupil-teache- held in Utah; alluded to the fact that all modern School organizations contemplated Institute and Normal work, and asserted that a system that failed to An Incurable Delusion. provide for the eame was not fully up to the present educational standard. Although in calling together this School It is a singular delusion to fancy he wa not sustained by any statutary eone's self the chief cook and bottle- - nactment, nor was there any financial to pay the Professors hired, washer in every arrangement, and provision nor the necessary incidental expenses miserable not to receive acknowledge connected with the. same, but he expressed implicit confidence in the liberality ment in the position. A victim to of the Legislature in meeting all necethis complaint is occasionally met ssary expenses. A motion to have a reading and spewith, and it is painful to witness the lling sociable during the evening, was efforts of the afflicted one to press made by Prof. Stewart, which prevailed. After singing "Praise God from whom his claims on public notice and to all blessings flow," the Institute was didisparage the labors or abilities of smissed by benediction from Supt Camp- ucu. uauaE. others. Everybody is expected to P. S. We learn the sooiable was a endorse his views of matters, public very enjoyable affair indeed. or domestic, to acknowledge his in every movement, to , By Deseret Telegraph. give him the palm of victory in any Fillmore. Murder controversy, to crown him as the Fillmore, 4. chief in each battle with flood, foe or A boy, a resident of Meadow Creek, fire. What other people say or do reports finding a man dead, last evening, somewhere on the hills east from Meamay bo all very well in its way, but dow settlement. The fleah was off his when he speaks, moves or acts, that lionia An1 fia o n A iKa an fxnnflitlOD IS resident is par excellence, and everything and that he is some transient, as no vicinity the of any of the settlements in of else citizens into sinks the of Some is insignifieverybody missing. find the to out Meadow have gone cance. Those who cannot sec his body. transcendent qualities of mind and Fillmore, 5. went who The yesterday in person, are poor, blind creatures, and search ofparty the man, seen the day previous the editor who docs not proclaim by a boy from Meadow Ureex.ienno. mm Meadthem to an admiring world is a dolt about one and a half miles east of from was gone ow settlement. The flesh ' only fit to use scissors. When you the bones. He was identified by one of meet with such a case, pass it by the citizens as one of two men wht went six or eight weeks since to prospect with pity, and be sure not to attempt the ledge some half mile east of where a cure by argument or expostulation, body was found. An inquest was hold on the spot, and the oorpse was buried. as your labor will be in vain and you There was a bullet hole in his side, and will have to submit to a thorough his skull broken iu. He was a lrge-ixe- d Two man, dark oomplexion. boring. The disease is incurable. a and coffee a frying pan blankets, pot, pre-eminen- ce at . to-da- y were found. ; His companion is described as a nau 'il saoay j inair -- uij ka.i1 One man, wim of the pants' pockets was found some Not Published. Quite a number of way from the eorpse.having the appeaour citizens whsse names were not men- rance of having been torn out for the co-' tioned, assisted in fighting fire at tho ntents. !:;: ' recent disastrous conflagration. They will have tho consciousness of duty per. formed, an J most of them will care nothing because their names do not appear fOll in print, while a few will grumble and T HATS IN MY POSSESSION THE 1 inR Scribed aniwU, which, if h to who be those have will received favor- aud takon away, mi disparage able mention. Several ladies whose Lopan, Cacho Coanty, Saturday Augult 0th, aames are not published, are deserting ftt6Sark year oU W red or brown tl left ears, w " In bit under in of great praise, but we do net propose nnrtrr slope rtttbt. aide. left loft hip, li on 4 to insert any more unless some one will One red yarling it.r. hole In r. R loft N R on Up, in left earn, iB furnish a complete list of all who assist- slitOne red white face yea.hnR heifrr, riRht 2 on nip, mm. in ed. Then it might be interesting to name tfi those who wouldn't and didn't lend a brown yearling boif whijein utail white, upper Slope in hand in the struggle, wiih a slight refer- of earn. left - brand -- M One white , wbi., ence to persons whose help consisted of .B? .T line rod loje.iriu themselves to on hams,' cigars, 3 helping ripht hip. crop i One red and whita two yer old iteer 'Ve etc. liquors, say nothing of paper rightear. '. ' ' A. CROCKETT, collars, as we are informed they were ' strict Poundkj r. open to the public ad libitum. Logan, JwJjSffth, ISTX . ? . , k. i Estray; Notice. ; l. t. "ft. T -l yr r. . 1 |