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«•—TUBTRUE PATRIOT.Oalwlt;» N. Y. :Friday Morning, April 12,1807.F. O. BTKBlil Sfl:EDITOR./ »Whattho Era 8ays oJlonncw.\hutirhi!o IG-difforenfr stores, with the cxcbptiojKof Langley Eason’s and Miss/Jurk-. p.at rick, were paved. Mr./SJeoville, oflavetH crood shaveIVtlof Iiis furniture. Ho/had hut recently | xS:purchased Iho hotel of Mr. P. Roberts, and as the building and furnitnro was uninsured, dim loss falls heavily onMr. Scoviflc and Mr. Roberts. Mr.! Brooks lt;fc Shepard’s insurance policy expired the day before, and had not!wI1 01P«•tlTO RRLTKVKTIIK MOST fUlAU/AV PAnRIv, renewed Thev saved alw1 . CATION’S that‘loyal leww* lt;*** tr'nu, ”ecn 1 cne c-a * 1 IR C( 1 ia M , tnjxjmcCMa*rww«rflryw*'ni urlt;’«ttrH. *. p0rtjon 0f their goods, but quite. M--‘amount of summer clothing w:v, not |^.CUBA IV✓The South Side of Main Sired, from PaImcrBlock to Orchard Street, la Kpfns!the old Western hotel goueiLtiCFrom True Vatrlot V.vtr* WcdnotLi}Hominy, *'ir 1°'secured. Their loss is from s!,.'o0, !k;to $1,600. BeMdcs the goods Io.m by ,1Messrs. Langley it Eason, some :;‘»00 ■ worth of clothing belonging to Mr.i cb j Mrs. Langley was burned. Mr. IIowcll, their clerk^lost some Mu ia |! ■«mency which he had in a satchel in i”' i»*.Our,village has again been visited by a most destructive Ere. About 2o’clock this (Wednesday) morning,tbo rear portion of the large new building owned by Robert Waswon. And occupied by Langley it Eason, dry-goods merchants, on the south tide of Main st, was discovered to be on fire. ThenWrm was immediately given and our citizens wore promptly on hand, but in spite of the most strenuous- exertions the flames rapidlyspread cast and west destroying all the buildiugs on that side of the street from Palmer’h Block to and including the Western Hotel. i;The buildings were all of wood and bnmed like tinder. Luckily there was no wind blowing at the time or thec?destruction would have been far greater.From Langley Eason's dry-goods store the firo rapidly spread, commit--1 nicating to Otis? largo building, ocon-thc store. Mr. Otis’ luuldKig was also muiii-urcd. He is oncot the licav-»• V- • »” •rrThe following is a list of the sufferer* together with their insurance, so far as wc have been able to ascertain :wtnthJof pph Palmer, slorc. Insiirid if-mo. Brooks .Shcj'nrd, No i.’ v -iran cp.J. B. Gordon’s Assieiiers, drv T. M. Ta’il i»,.f flcnibt... Miss (nudtiii, ilre^-'maiilng.Otis. UfiltUno, pliol.^rripli roo!)v:..r-‘-'.f ■mnl rcsiil'ncc needier. No imo.T.rir v Hoberl Wasson, store, insert.1 :;:i.#-lt;oC I.anpU v A' Krtson, dry gmul.'. P.s. j’l.':*'antVi%oiB:til'a •Mis* M. J. Kiri j '..si ifk, mdiiiwr^ . Jrv\\Y,1.I •sum! ft',i.Geo. i’anfi' lil. snud! iuiil line-Frit wily Bros., tv.-n sm-d! I'n ’-c ;W. II. .ilt; !i;i on. 1 I •• i\ 1 J’Wcu.'.vrn li-.’t !. )*. K d -rt.t and. y. t\ !:s Scovillf. .Nu insura uio.VThere is nod-mid !#nt that tbi? conflagration. whieli leaves (.Vs It. this•in*(Wednesday morning) with ruins far.,imore extensive than were eve.- sr-u: here before, was the action of a -clt; mi-1 j»tu:. , . „ tea i . drollv meendwrv. 'Ib.*» urepied bv Brooks cfc bhcpard, clothing |- * . , .„ | urst discovered was in the had-vm vmerchants on the front ground flour,! and by Mr. C. Otis na a residence in the rear. Mr. Otis’ elegant photograph gallery was on the second floor. From here the flames lapped on to Gordon'* Banner store, and that too was quickly enveloped in tlx; devouring element.This building was owned by Joseph Palmer, Esq., but was occupied on the ground floor by the Assignees of I.B.Gordon, and on She second floor by T. M. Talbot, dentist-.At this point the progress of the fire was arrested by the high, thick brick walls of Palmer's Block. Palmer's Block was at one time considered to be in imminent danger, but by tearing down portions ofthe awning, and spreading carpets over the exposed wood work, it was saved.On the west of Langley Eason’s the fire first caught into the building owned by Geo. Ban field, and formerly occupied by Ira Griggs as a. cooper shop. An attempt was made to tear down this building, but the raj.id spread of the flatuos drove away the workmen and rendered the attempt futile.An attempt was next made to teari; • • iinto the rear stairs irV'Langb’V dr Eason's' * *«tstore. It is also stated that it was no-»•i • ■ ‘ \tired that, the rear do«.r to he store i:t'was found open, but wi-l- the thou- t,”• *sand conflicting ftori^s in relation tothe matter it is itnjuis-ilb* i«. find outwhether .urh were lvullv !’.;lt;* ease r•»n,ot. On? thinlt;/, however, is certain.The firo broke [out in the ha!!-way,which is separated from the main bodyof the store and far a-.vav from C.r*stove.It is said that on several o\Ii ' ** * iKiML; nirlo-n 'inn*, jat a late hour of the night, a map. had (ibeen seen suspiciously skulking in the 1 :lt; '. ' ■ . ! ^’ rear ofthe building -which formed ih? j ;j;• • .row, ‘inlt;I 0no ni^lii \i\bl wcvV. Mr. Kn-i '* ,son, on oponing t.lie Vack dimr t‘» hi-. • k,.( Btoiv, found a man standing on the •:l1.; steps, who immediatj’ v rap. ofl' npor.; find in u* himself dicovere 1. Mr. Ea-t . i.■' T),son’s suspicions were aroused, and lie ;remained up mi tlm night in 'mo’hm !’ i •f 'watching the :;l-ne. Mr. Ks-m u-u-ally sleeps in the store, but lie is , h \prcscm in Ne w York pir.vhasiitg r.w.v i:rII is to be hoped that the rascally lt;,, incendiary who, for the purpose of plunder, or to gratify a feeling of re-!down W. II. Johnson’s larl»er shop,, , . .the next building, but the firo .urged ' ljr0C-'r,,! ,ks,r,,3,,on !U —ot -......- ja portion of our villa go. mav be hro't1-'onward, tovcing the men buck, caught j, ... , i ”in the reciflenen nt Mr ____.1 '° *A rCtlVC ?''« I’--'-'-! Z’in tho reeidenco of Mr. Johnson nearly adjoining bis shop, leaped with almost lightning rapidity to the West- j ©ru Hotel, and th o' entire side ofthelr. o rHi'v (k/o-rves.. i . •il* '*Vt*—Mnce the above was wiitu street waa a mass of roaring, crackling tioni *• ttet Me ^h-. 1 .anglev Ea.-oif; l7fire.loss on good*, over the insurance, i j y: All the buildings burned were of akout vl.otiO, but Mr. Lan/lev’s indi-1 :,“'; wood, and they melted nway before : los* is larger than w as hlaleJ.the insatiable fire demon like dew be- a* s'-,lut’ S^OO worth of Ch.arts, nami- '» * i |■fore the fierce sirocco’s breath. leal instruments, etc., was destroyed.:-* -Every exertion was made by our.; ^r- Lvvas formerly a Captain in tho j t ntizens—even the ladies worked with i ^a*T* I Si'a will but all was unavailing. The' Mr. Clark Otis, as before stated,6 rc-fiend bad been aroused and would is one of the heaviest losers. His^'^-n Dt down at no man's bidding until • btiildiug was n'cw, and nrof.tVi| atwithin its; a great expense. It consisted of an !ev ery thing combustiblerertch was destroyed. j elegant and well-arranged photograph | STtfr. Langley «fc Eason saved none of j 3^11 cry, an excellent store, w ith a res- j **lv ■. their goods, and even their books | attached. The building wa* • cfVwere? destroyed. They were- insured . insured to within three or four weeks j o:si. for $4,000, whicli does t-ct begin to j PasL but Mr. V. bad neglected to re- j c.h cover their loss. Miss M. J. Kirk- new the policy. ‘ S l;lt;patrick, who had ner milliaerv storeS. D. II. W. Smith’s American i vwjin with Messrs. Langley Easondost evejytking. This is the second time within i*Jbe past six months that Miss K. has sufered by fire, her store having Leea destroyed in December laBt.\v I.or 1i.Her goods were insured for $1,500,we believe.Orpins*.- XVoliAV’? otrrM-lvon, loth ai:•! hrard :t j * v'1lariro mhtrinnfiit of tho above in^ip.iif^taro. v.Lhh !r] hai Loom jiiirolia^ed hv tho of I l:* Jlthi.« jlaoo. UiKAYiry i??ipoi’ior iupdrumciA in’trio j f::v;meohaniral porfeollon of Uw v.nriocw Rart.-.an-i :m t!:o ] 't C'.csombinnoc* of it^ toncn \lt;* those of a pip** orjut, ?J. ^ hli ‘ | is Kupvrioi* to any w*o have over hvar 1: Lo:iL.vi:i.i 1 lr,r 5 Vet» oT reeiU aral 14 t*\op^ ami is e jpMd • of a trrvr.t ! *V.arioty ofczire»a)oiinv' while the drornr'T ton-i arv , delight!ully full anil sonorous. The revd» :ir»- 1 Orvoiced that there U a tuarkel dltfVreiKO la tin* ctuaM- I I ty of the tonetf «t each set, and by tin* improvement \ landiflercnt qualitie s of tone can bo need tvhon thsiw- J, J and TVhcti the whole aro combined, a richer, grander * volume of tone i* produccsl than can be hy anther in- \the■whA part of the upper floor of Gordon's store was occupied by Miss Gordon as a residence with a dress-making establishment attached .A good share tftbe good, of tha1 [ iatrutnt’nU not thua voiced. It is but juV. th.-xt ts-c j should ny that thi» organ -was selected by the c«m*I ralttce, ofltT a careful study nnd trial of the mosli edebfated rccd oreaos. and la believed by them, to | losao»* more of the requisite qualities to make a\Y
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