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4 iffairScbntinded until after though hazardous trl from Marlette to Bad AiebUfc MAMtefrvI ea tri ti nAvA mrtfc rftiaaftd at Last i A 'A 1 i I 1 if fa ires tl ih it Jackson Giester Schelt Henry SEED UENITOEE AND TABMISG IMPLEMENTS WANTED tppRiOft THE i 1 iws jg I the suevivoes maimed and disfigured fob life IM THB APPEALS OB AID ABE ALBEADI BEADING BUIT ill rom the Entire Country ts Needed To Bridge Over the Winter iX 1530 10 Mf rom Without Must be prompt as Well as Liberal 1 HIC DESCRIPTION THE BURN ING RICHMONDVILLE Culver Isaac it Terrance William NUTRITION LIE 4 Well to lo armers Thankful for the Covering of a Shed The full graphic and exhaustive accounts aMished in The ree Press of the terrible laimity which has befallen the people of three ssaties in this State have completely covered feground bio paper in the United States i in any respect approached The ree in its accounts of this destroying and to day nothing remains to be told ttose who have had access to these columns in details which interesting in themselves largely iterations of a sad and oft told ill Indeed so well have our faithful local soon dents done their duty that a large irtion of the correspondence received ly had been so completely anticipated legraphic special that it was necessarily fatted Burned District in Sanilac County facial Dispatch to The Detroit ree Press Iokt Sanilac September 10 The last days I have traveled a distance of sixty tniles through the burned district of this kunty and interviewed hundreds of people IU latresa Sanilic County has received A TERRIBLE SETBACK My 300 have: been scorched and are left in stables or 'sheds without a tilling in money stock tools furniture or my way to help themselves I went out to iv with the relief committee 1 through the lownshins of Sanilac Washington Custer ptaer and Brighampton ork' ten soap tobacco crockery clothing etc were dis puted We found dozens of men without tcover for the head or feet and chilflrP worse I Sufferers Disposed to' Help Tliemselves Miller Strong It HHMIBMIll LosB WHO HAVE SAVED ANYTHING Ij5THE burned DISTRICTS SHAK 4 IJG WITH THE LESS OR TUNATE return Ithe next day hitched upr'r his horse and the1 Upon arriving The brilliant fascinating tints of Complexion for which 4 Judies strive are chiefly arti flcial and all wjha will take the trouble may secure1' them These roseate bewitching hues follow the use'of Hag noJia Balm a delicate harm Jess and always reliable article Sold by all druggists The Magnolia Balm conceals every blemish removes Sal lowness Tan Redness Erup tions all evidences of excite ment anti every imperfection its effects ari? immediate and so natural that no human being cauetcct its appheatiga resh Vassar? Needs Apsist ance Special Dispatch to The Detroit ree Jress East Saginaw September A nice rain set in shortly after noon to day and appears to be general through this section being the first we have had in six weeks' It is of inesti mable value to vegetation' and is effectually extinguishing the moldering fires THE HOMELESS IN TUSCOLA COUNTY A special from Caro this evening states that at least 500 families in Tuscola County are homeless 1 RESH IBES AT VASSjAB A special from Vassar says that this after noon the fires there broke out afresh and burned to the edge of the river at the south ern limits of the village but that by hard and effective work the buildings inrthgt locality were saved The farmers in that section have also been fighting the fires to day but no buildings are reported having burned BAIN AT VASSAB It began to rain at 7 and the indica tions are that the night wig he rainy and the fires will be extinguished NEED ASSISTANCE There are from thirty to fifty families in Vassar Township who are homeless and desti tute besides many who have suffered but are yet able fo help themselves A public meet ing was held in the village last evening to raise funds and supplies Vassar has a heavy burden and will be unable to take care of all her destitute and any contributions sent to Caine President of the village wifi be gladly received and properly distributed The Burning of Richmondville Murray Postmaster and telegraph opera tor at Richmondville called at this office yes terday and stated that on Monday morning fires were visible to the westward there being then a slight breeze but this all died away by 10 and there was then no smoke what ever to th poor sufferers it seemed an age sJ As soon as the smoke and heat had tomes what abated Mr Murray ascended the bank and found nit a vestige of Richmondville but an old rookery long since deserted as a dwel ling and a frame' hotel Around these nothing was standing and the flames had charred them on an sides The flames had disappeared but glowing embers lighted up the scene WOMEN ANB CHILDREN STRUCK 4 The women and children were then removed to the hotel when it was found that only five or six could see their eyes being so inflamed from smoke cinders and sand that they were blinded To relieve their sufferings Mr Mur ray went to where had "been1 a garden felt around in the oshes until he found some half roasted carrots pulled them from the ground scraped off the charred portions and applied thin strips of the hot but moist portions to the eyes of the blinded iwlth the happiest results the pain being almost immediately allayed1 5 EEDING THE SUERERS At was stall dense but the sun could be dimly seen The Sufferers had eaten nothing since the previous morning and the pangs of hunger assailed them Pota to and corn fields were found that had escaped the conflagration and in the hotel was found about twenty five pounds of flour The cooks were soon At work and bread potatoes and roasted corn comprised the bill of fare for breakfast At 11 Mr Murray and George Allen started for orester five miles away 'and here procured provisions for the 400 homeless people THE DECOMPOSING CARCASSES DEAD STOCK 4 TAINT THE AIR Mr Murray says the scene beggars descrip tion The burned tract is six miles wide on the lake front and extends back from four to six miles On this tract only fifteen buildings out of over 300 escaped the flames On this tract there lay still smoking the carcasses of 500 head of cattle horses and The sec ond day after the fire it was found that the stench from these was intolerable and fifty men were set to burying them Although roasted the bodies were in such an advanced stage of decomposition that they would fall to pieces and a scraper was brought into requisi tion to movothem to the trenches THE Mr Murray has not traversed the entire section and cannot state the actual loss of life but in and around but five perished These were Abel Thornton and wife their son Christopher about 23 years of age John Mohan a boy 15 years of age and Sarah Sharkey 14 years of age Mrs Thornton and Christopher were found in a root house" made of earth having smothered Mr Thornton was found lying in a piece of wood a short distance away badly disfigured one foot and most of his features being burned away Mohan started for the lake but was overcome when two miles intervened between him and his harbor of refuge He was com pletely roasted Sarah Sharkey died from suffocation while James McCulley a neighbor was carrying her his arms to a place of safety The bodiesof all these were affected in 'the same manner as were the animals being so rapid that the remains could only be moved by enwrapping them in blankets THE BRAVE SETTLERS TRYING TO REPAIR DAM ages vi A few were badly but not dangerously burned Most of the ruined settlers suffered somewhat from the heat for a short 'time and thought seriously of leaving the neighborhood but as soon as intelligence reached them that aid would be extended them all resolved to stay and arc now actually at work digging their vegetables cutting down their corn for fodder and getting ready to commence anew the struggle for existence and they have got to begin at the bottom for their fruit trees and every Uving thing is destroyed To them the aid a generous ople is extending will come like manna I Scenes Through Sanilac and Tuscola Coun i ties Messrs John McGill and Cliaa Messmore of Marlette Sanilac Co were' in town Batur turday seeking aid in behalf of the sufferers in their and the adjoining townships Reing remote from telegraphic railway and lake stations they have as yet received but little aid while but reports have gone out giv ing the losses of life and property that have been sustained 5 These gentlemen prominent business men of their town and members of the relief com mittee that was organized upon the first news of suffering wont with wagons over the scourged districts and did what wasiu ttieir power to mitigate the misery round about In Sanilac Gotlnty they 'visited the Townships of Elmer lynn Eamotte Argyle Ever green and Novesta and in Tuscola County the Townships of Kingston i and Roylton In all of these sections MOST WOEVL SIGHTS Met their eyes Hamlets and isolated dwell ings were destroyed on every hand and by actual count 205 families were left wjthout shelter and with but a meager supply of clothing and food' Dead cattle sheep poul try and game strewed the roads and fields and the nutrifying carouses effused diseasorbreed ing germs that made tbe neighborhood dan gerous for the farmers Men have been sent through the country to bury the corpse and the" same time to burn or other wise dispose of the dead animals Even the instincts of beasts of the forest did' not avail them and the remains of bears deer rabbits and squirrels were found where they had BuccumlieJ to their fate ields of corp potatoas onions and other vegetables that hud escaped the fire were found roasted and unfit for use while what little re malnod wft being devoured by thp pigs cattle and sheep that yet alive roamed aroun4 at wilt In going north from Marlette on a line ten jpiles through tbe Towns of Moore Elmer and Argyle they counted along the road forty buildings destroyed and THIPTYTWQ LIVES LOST The last npmed town suffered the most the approach of the devouring element bajng' rapid and overwhelming In this town the saddest case was that of one family the name of WeitzelJ Avh8ra'fche mother" five children and a brother who' had hastened to the rescue were found dead Here the com mitten found the bereaved father and ona only child a bright little fellow of 9 years mourning over seven rough board boxes that contained the charred remains of what had been once so dear to them It seemed that the family having fought fire as long as there re mained one ray of hope endeavored to make their escape but found themselves heinmefi it) on all sides and peri died there in the road THE MAIL CARRIER Of whom mention has already been made in those columns was besought not tomako thv uTURDAY STORM BEATING ON HUNDREDS UNSHEL TERED HEADS I' gundred and Twenty four JDead in Ten Townships Alone Taking off Their Coats and Women Their Shoes to Give Them to the Naked came to hot as to barn the hand when touched iAU communication with country west and north was cut off and many who were Ju Minden on business vainly to reJ turn to protect their property from the fiery monster? 7 Strong hearted men were in despair women were frantic many fainting ana others im ploring their protectors to take them to the shore as the only place of safety A number started for orestville but when they reached Charleston that village was in a mass of flames and' they were compelled to return and pro ceed to White Rock? A Most of the i people remained in Minden however and fought the flames with the de? termination of those who struggle for life Sheets of flame were flying in every direc tion and fires were extinguished in all parts of the village At lust when tbe fire hud reached the western outskirts of Minden there came a lull in the hurricane and the wind commenced blowing to the northward In ten minutes Charles Sny house north of the village was in flames and George' nouse and barn immediately followed" The fire south of the village was driven northward to A elevator winch was quickly con sumed and but for the heroic efforts of R' the depot would have burned also Many devoted a portion of their time to pack ing up such articles as they could hoping to save something from the general con flagration? But fortunately not only for Minden but for the surrounding country out beautiful village was spat ed without other loss than that mentioned above By 6 people began coming in to Minden from the west having barely es caped with their lives and when morning arrived hundreds had found their way here in a half nude condition burned and blind ed by tho smoke We then began to have a faint realization of the extent of the fire Then we understood that 'not property alone jbut human lives had been swallowed up To the westand north the roads were lined with the carcasses of horses cattle sheep swine and 'ponltry cooked and charred almost to a crisp Than human beings alike burned and charred were found Some were still alive with their feet hands and faces literally baked? Borne had their ears and nose burned off and their eyes almost burned out of their sockets 'lt is too horrible to con template for a moment! Meanwhile the sufferers kept pouring into Minden aud our village was turned into a general hospital and boarding house? with all of our generous citizens acting in tbe capacity of unpaid keepers and attendants Very few who escaped with' lives saved anything1 except the scanty clothing which they had nob thrown off while fighting the flames Many moved out their household goods etc only to see them burn there Live stock perished plows harrows reapers and all agricultural implements were consumed Crops of all kinds hay grain and peas yet unharvested and even the unripe'eorn and pastures w6r6 scorched or entirely consumed and the stock left in this section is actually starving to death in mid sumnier: There is no seed wheat for the fall sowing and no harness or implements are available fdr use in putting in the crop which must be sown during the next fe'W' days oi not at all this season 1 The amount of human suffering and to a large extent the number who perished must ever reinain a half told story 5 io 8 124 nuBXKD OUT Well were burned Township alone and inTLrnOt over a change of clothing was ifttoHvin 0 deai an aH burled but many of I BLISTERED AND SICK hur tjeftg6 without shelter Uon'd a BELIE? WAGONS Loaded with clothing flopr meal etc are low traversing tbe burned region affording lenporary but only temporary Many fathe victims are jn debt for their farms and my be sold out before snow flies The wheat ad hay are all gone and most the live stock I 'ted houses barns and fences swept away Cl THE RELIE MUST BE SOLID i looifeer must be shipped in here pa nearly all it mills are gone Seed wheat must he pro pM or none can' be sown this fall Cook povesand crockery are also badly needed A of the victims are clearly discouraged but majority are WORKING AMONG THE SMOKE AND IRE I fences and clearing sitesffor some i of shelter for their families Ljttje cqndona until lumber is shipped in Nothingleft hi the burned district to support 'live On most of the rohds traveled to dayculverts and bridges were gone the same shore but these will soon be patched forwiporary use Yesterdav and to dav the PSnspips organized relief committees and lies sent here can ba speedily distributed Sanilac men have taken THE COATS THEIR BACKS Jti nomen the shoes off their feet to cover5who suffered The merchants also show greatest liberality There wag great dan 1 up to an hour ago of the flrpg getting a under a southwest gale but it is ONG THE ASHES il Horrible ate of Weitzel amily Martin Kroetsch who formerly? lived on Russell street in this city has written a letter to relatives here from' Argyle Banflac Co which was received onl Saturday1 He writes that on Wednesday the little daughter of his brother in law Paul Weitzel cams to his brother George Kgoetscb and" informed him that she was'sant bV' her mother 'to tell him that the woods pear toair (house were on fire and that her father was absent George im mediately accompanied her home and as he failed to (Martfn) drove to there he found that the house barn'anfi sur roundings were in ashes He proceeded a'lit i tie further and was horrified to find the bodies of George his sister and five children lying in the road They were burned so frightfully that he was scarcely able to recognize them He placed the bodies 'ip his wagon and took them home 4 A Paul Weitzel formerly lived in this where he is well known He Js? among missing undut is probably that he ulso his death? in the flames and that he is the Weitzel mentioned in The ree Press as lost there having probably beep a mistake in the namel i vf A (Pass pt Dire Distress i i ord who lives flve and a half miles from orestville arrived1 ip 'Detroit op Saturday in' search of aid He is a poor farmer and lost all ifi common With his neigh bors He described the horrors of the calam ity to a reporter of The'ree Press and said? that he was ata loss'what to He bad just' finished harvesting and had a barn full of grain fruit etc ready to bring to market when th? fire swept afi away His family are pqw shelterless and are doing the best they can among the ruins on his farm He came to this city for th? ppppose of getting a few boards' with which to pup yp a shanty bnt could find no one 'to help him He has a brother in law here but tbe latter has a sipk family on his hands and has 1 jttle or nothing himself Aerbnch said that yvas point of despair Kain in Lapeer County the Special Dispatch ta The Detroit I'Yee Press LafEer September A fftower of rain is falling at this time (7 jx m) and no further danger is from the fires in this county The fire evidently does not tend to discour age inijnigration A' mini with his family ip a covered wagon passed through this city to day from Missouri to fjanilaq County Escape The Minden Post of September 10 deserves immense credit for coming out op time in the face of almost overwhelming disadvantages and not only that' but publishing a complete and grapnic account of diro' peril and providential preservation giving lists of losses in six townships and supplementing this' with accounts of fires in sec tions gleaned from outside sources The fol4 lowing is the narrative the fire as glven by tbe Postr In undertaking a description of the horrors of Monday afternoon and night we feel our utter inability to convey anything like an ade quate idea of the situation No pen can de scribe the terrible affair and we will not at tempt to do so in anything like detail Monday morning dawned smoky and disma! and by 11:30 lamps were lighted in all the houses At noon Egyptian darkness prevailed It was darker than the darkest night we ever saw Objects could not be distmgnisbed' a foot distant' As the lire neared the village th? atmosphere became 5 lurid seem ing to? pe filled with flames A strong wind bad been blowing from southwest aud increased by 3 toalmost a hurri cane The ajr became so hot that op the trees were oookod while the was yet a mile distent Buildings equally distant be 1 SPEQIAIi NOTICES JoupalS The Great Specific of the Russian Tartars ip all affections of the Stomach Chest and Lor evers exhilarating and pleasant to driqk Daily prepared and for sale by the gloss bow! or case at i Drug Store 12Q Woodward ave? 2 OId Nurse MRS WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP is the pre senpuon of one of the best female physicians and nurses in the United States and has been used for forty years with nsver failing success by millions of mothers for their children It relieves tfie child from pain cures dysentery and diarrhea griping ix wipdqolic By giving health to mother twenty five send too many old clothes or an overplus of provisions "Lumber will them soonest to get ready or winter In one ride of six miles to day? I counted the black ened sites of nineteen houses swept away There is no lumber as? hand if all could re build uj rom Elmer City to CuxOber 'a dis tance of fifteen miles thirty tune farmers are homeless No man can have an idea of the terrible times seen by these people for the last few daysand the storm to night is beating on hundreds ofi unsheltered heads The following id a list of' 11 i LOSSES IN ARGYLE: All burned out: John Austin John Cline Neil McVail Dougal McPhail and Archie McPpalL Duncan and: Jerry McCarthy IN THE TOWNSHIP MOORE John Temple Augustus Temple rank Den nison Alfred Purny Miller Dennison Robert Douglass John Snell Peter Deihti Clarence Denton Richard Pierson Jesse Vancamp aanies ike Jonas Jones A Vancamp Paul Jacob Strofig Wm Spring Benjamin Swigger Levi Pratt Hull Nelson Will Johnson John ee Geo HowelL AU these were completely burned out leaving them literally nothing saw mill this township is a total loss os also Murray About a dozen: farmers lost barns fences crops or live stock but saved the houses'' The following is a correct list of THE DEAD IN MOORE TOWNSHIP: i' Mrs Wm Strary and two children Mrs rank Dennison' child and sister Ira Humphrey the mail carriar'U'ao na i QUAD 5 Cures ains in the Back 1 iu JJrz 1 a MABINE BI0Y0LE A passenger on the steamer'Appledore thus relates the' meeting of that vessel with a strange craft on the high seas: "On Saturday afternoon' August 20 soon after leaving the Isles of and when about eight miles south southeast of the New Hampshire coast some of the passengers espied and pointed oqt a tiny spgck on the ocean which had somewhat the appearance of a short spar buoy though it' was evidently moving swfftjy through the water On approaching nearer discovered to be a man having every appearanceof walking rapidly over the heaving seas Great interest was manifested by all on board at this strange meeting with so novel a means of marine navigation No smoke no steam no sail no oars or paddles in fact nothing that has hitherto been known as a means jf marine propulsion was visible on or about this new water craft Nor did the aid the glass throw any light upon' the subject The sea was by no means smooth indeed whan the strange was first discovered it was visible only when it rose to the top of each succeeding wave We passed it about an eighth of a mile to leeward the lone navigator waving fits hat while our pas sengers generally returned the salute We con tinued to watch with interest the progress of this animated speck upon the ocean until it faded entirely from our view in tha The solution of this mystery that Major Urch made his first visit to the Shoals with the marine on Saturday afternoon parsing the steamer Appledore both going and returning He left the mouth of the narbor at 2:45 aufi arrived at thse Appledore landing at 4 :07 making the run7 out in on? hour and twenty two minutes After leaving the Appletlore House the major made a run to tha Oceanic at both hotels being heart ily welcomed by the assembled guests who had espied him coming some? time before he reached Uialrehorea: interest was man ifested by all at this visit to their islands of so small and odd a craft Quite a number of gentlemen at the Appledore obtained per mission and tried the machine manifesting much pleasure With it and its novel con struction The Major left the Oceanic for this city at 5 :15 but owing to a brisk north? easter which kicked up a heavy sea for a craft so small did not arrive at the aquarium until 7 rH0RHORS THE SITUATION jOUBli BROUGHT INTO GREAT ER DlSTlAvIfl 7 i Lju Meetings following meetings havebeen held in response lo the appealsfor aid )f AT ANN ARBOR Vj Lb i Special Dispatch The Detroit ree ress axAyw''ABBOB September A ing was held at the Court House ri day flight upon short notice to raise aid tor the sufferers from forest fires Mayor Kapp was elected chairman and Prof Ci Burt Secretary Several hundred dollops were subscribed and a committee of ten from each ward was appointed to solicit further sums "Headquarters were established where clothing furniture etc for the benefit of the sufferers could be pent and there is no doubt Ann Arbor will do her share in the way! ofgiving relief soliciting committee were to have reported to night but the has prevented tho meeting Company A sent S50 on riday' $800 has been raised and the work of soliciting subscriptions is only just begin 4 AT BAY CITY jj Special Dispatch to The Detroit ree Press Bay City September IQ The citizens held an enthusiastic meeting in the Council Cham ber to night and subscribe pver $2400 in half an hour for the sufferers A large load o'f supplies was sent to Sebe waing this morning and another load go Monday Bay City will do her share at once 1 rV I' Charlotte September The work of raising funds for the relief of the sufferers from the Northern fires is progressing finely here'? i The subscriptions were started riday even ing when Mayor Munson gave $25 Hon E' Lacey $50 Hon Hooker $25 Hayden $25 Church $25 and following these come a long list of $10 and $15 subscrip tions There was also transferred to this fund sum of $140 45 which was raised for a like purpose in 1871' and which had not been for 4 warded when notice came that the wants haffbeen i AT EAST SAGINAW AND SAGINAW CITY Special Dispatch toThe Detroit reo Press East Saginaw September 10 In this city to this evening $2500 in cash has been raised for the sufferers' and committees are collect ing provisiops and clothing Ab Saginaw City about $1500 has beeil sub toribed beside supplies 4 AT HOWELL September 10 citizens of this place held a large meeting at the Court House last light to toise funds etc to aid fire sufferers in the north Over $400 was raised jn a short and this morning aft en ergetic committee consisting of Smith Chairman Havens Secretary Rev Janies JJ McPherson Mrs J3 Gregory MrsAlex McPherson and Mips jffollie Rurt are at work and several dollars more will follow AT LANSING 1 Lansing September TO At meeting of our citizens' last evening for the? relief of the sufferers in the burnt district the Chicago Grand Trunk Railway: officials here stated that they would transport to Port Huron free of charge all supplies jn tended for those suf ferers from this point A committee of five was appointed to solicit money and provisions to be sent to a like committee at Port Huron Huron This com mittee Also appointed sub committees Que hundred and fifty dollars was raised this even ing Bement Son donated six of their fam ous plows i I To day ths work of contributing is going on Auditor General Irving Lalimer and his employes give $55 50 if Employee in ta teTreasury $7 25 Employes in State Land Office $5 Employes in Secretary of State Office $22 at' LINT i int September Pursuant to a call by Mayor Mason a meeting of citizens was held at City Hall last evening for the purpose of raising money in aid of the sufferers by the fire in Huron Sanilac and Tuscola Counties! our hundred dollars was subscribed? and a L'i 1 1 1 I' 'SECRET AMONG THE LADIES Is recommended by physicians and apothecaries Vegetine Has effected seme marvelous cures In cases Cures the worst cases of Canker Vegetine Meets with wonderful success' in Mercurial Dis eases Vegetine Will eradicate Salt Rheum from the system Vegetine Removes Pimples and Humors from the facej: Vegetine Cures Constipation aud regulates the Bowels I Vegetine Is valuable remedy for Headache CViYegetihd Will cure pyspepsii 7 egetihe 4 7 Restores the entire 'system to a heoltby condition Vegetine Removes the caused dizziness 4 i si i i Vegetine RelleTesaliitness at t4ioSUmaeh committee was appointed to secure further collections AT HUDSOff Special Dispatch to Detroit ree Press i Hupsox September 10 public meeting was held at the Opera House last night and a committee appointed to solicit aid for the northern sufferers Two hundred and twenty five dollar has thus far been subscribed ir AT PONTIAC Pontiac September 10 Last anight a citi zens' meeting was held and a committee ap pointed to solicit subsciiptions jin aid of the sufferers in the burnt district Up to 3 hx to day over $1500 has been raised in money and clothing John Norton is Chairman of the commit1 which comprises sixteen and bind gentlemen' Sheriff Stanton will' start on Monday for Tuscola to superintend the distribution of the funds etc 1 AT ROMEO' 1 Special Dispatch to Tbe Detroit ree Press 6 Romeo September Our pitizens have responded nobly to the call for aid $1000 in posh and over 'worth of provisions and clothing have already been shipped to the scenes of disaster and still the work goes on AT JACKSON Special Dispatch to The Detroit ree" Press Jackson September Our people have raised within the past two days over $2000 in cash for the tire' sufferers besides contribu tions of clothing and other The work of soliciting aid will continue and Jack donation will be worthyjOf the Michigan Xul 'i CATHOLIC CONTRIBUTIONS Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cin cinnati has issued the followingcircular letter to the clergy under his control: Archpiocfsk ok To the reverend the pastors of the Catholic churches: The calami tous fires in Michigan have caused a destruction of lives property andhomes which calls for very liberal and prompt assistance reverend pastors are requested to announce collections for the sufferers to be taken up on Sun day tne 18th instant1 in all the churches of the diocese 1 The proceeds should be sent without delay to the Bishop' of Detroit or to the civil officers or to other responsible parties and by safe means as money orders registered letters etc Irk the prayers now offering for the President i and the country all are requested to recommend to God also the sufferers by these fires Tne prayers will continue tiff Sunday 18th iutqnt inclusive By order of Rfeht Rev Coadjutor '1' HENRY MOELLER Secretary Cincinnati September 9 1881 THE NEW YORK MICHIGAN RELIE ASsdcMA TION 1 New York September The' Michigan ttelief Association Jnet to dayWhen tha Ap peal Committee stated that they had come to the conclusion to request the citizens of NewYork to donate for" the relief of the sufferers from the Michigan forest The President Secretary and 'Treasurer were named' as parties to distribute 4 whatever amounts may be donated and the daily news papers were requested to receive subscriptions and publish a list4 of the donors Commit tees were appointed to solicit in different portions of the city Committees were also selected to see about the storage and packing of goods and it was decided to hold a public meeting Tuesday next "New York September 11 The Tribune of the 11th says: Tbe subscriptions Mich igan sufferers up to last evening were $4317 AID ROM CHICAGO Chicago The Bosrfi of Trade to day appointed five prominent mem bers to solicit subscriptions for the aid of the Michigan sufferers A liandsome sum of money and a large donation of other necessa ries is certain to be secured CHICAGO EXCHANGE Chicago September The Exchange to day forwarded to toe Michigan sufferers by fire $500 Hon John Drake sent $100 Contributions of every kind are being received by the lumbermen who are actively pushing relief work f4 subscriptions at TOLEDO" i Toledo September 10 storm to night' reduced the attendance at the meeting called in the interest tbe pufferer? by tbe Michigan' fires The Mayor presided and the work of taking subscriptions was placed in the hands' of a committee of seven who will make athorough canvass of the city The Salvator for Invalids' and the Aged AnJ ncomparableAHmentfor the Growth and Wrotaotlen of Infants and Children Nutritive In Continued i evers and a RAitaAriini to 311 Diseases of the Stomach an Intestines i''t Dietetic preparation IB MoHd extract tha invention their Bu018n Wourtehwoas znwte front animal or That which makes strong Ron and Muscle That which good lesh and Blood That which la easy of 'That whlehUa kind and friendly to the Brain and that which pqts as a preventive of those Intestinal Disorders Incidental to Childhood 1 difficult to coneeivB of AiXCC in 11 Intestinal annamallw Chronlo Dlarrhcna and Cholera infantum BEKW INCONTESTABLY PROVEN jSSOLDBYDRUGtnSTS I THE PRINCIPAL CITIES ur inc UNITES fcTATTC JOHN sons A STRANGE DARKNESS Jtt Soon afterwards it commenced growing dark aud by 11 lamps were lighted This darkness was'not caused by smoke nor was it the darkness that comes from heavy clouds bat was the quick coming darkness of nightfall So intense was this darkness that the lamps threw shadows as da the 0ectric lights By the rays of a lamp standing in his store window he could see people carrying water forty rods away and as they passed through its beams could recognize their per sons There was now a faint breeze and Mr Murray thought the darkness was caused by the drifting in of dead and scentless smoke Thjs continued until after 4 when another peculiar phenomenon appeared in the sbspOQf BALLS IRE IX THE AIR iThfliW first one observed by Mr Murray was not larger than a egg: A neighbor extinguished this one but a moment later a larger one fell near his store which he ex tinguished by stamping upon glowing mass appeared to fie a vege table substance was light like charcoal or rotten punk As be put his foot upon it fell into fragments This was but the har binger of destruction for by the time he had extinguished it other glowing balls were fall ing all around him looking like meteors as ihoy i LASHED THROUGH THE INKY SKY As they struck the ground some of them would burst into countless fragments while others would bound and roll along a short dis? cance But no matter whether They burst or hot immediately a tongua of flames would forth from the parched earth casting a lurid glow over a scene that was terrible to the 'sight ive minutes later THE VILLAGE WAS IN LAMES At every point 1 5 Mr Murray and a neighbor ran to the store of the former and attempted to the safe They succeeded in dragging it as Ear as the door but were then obliged to it and flee for their lives barely escaping the flames that now surged around them The heat was intense the flames being fanned with a furious wind that rushed into tha seething vortex from all sides' SEEKING LAKE HURON OR SAETY As soon as the balls of fire commenced fall ing the women and children rushed for the lake a portion taking refuge below a grove of trees to the north of the landlugthe der going to the edge beneath a high bank further down the shore This last fright enedband Was joined by Mu way The bank was here thirty feet and' tho refu gees at this point by lying down close to the edge could breathe with little difficul ty'' foil ih showers" however covering the surface of the water and creating a lye so thatrib was only by wading Out some distance and going below the thatf drinkable water could be obtained I ALMOST BY SMOKE The other party fared muca "worse for smoke'frotn? the green leaves of the grove wa dense and choking and their sufferings were intense but by lying prone on the "wet sand and frequent immersing' of th body they managed to avoid smothering This state ba persistea saying uave not nussea a aay in three years and am not going to His horse came next day into Germania Post office bearing' a fastened on his harness which stated that soma persons along tbe road haa found the poor agent burned to a crisp Tb note closed with we cannot carry the news but trust 1 that this old horse following his route The poor equine which be fore he passed 'through that fiery ordeal was white came out almost blind and scorched to a dingy brown Along on another road these gentlemen brought relief to three girls who had saved themselves by crawling into a weU while a few yards therefrom they found the bodies of several poor creatures who had failed to reach tha shelter they had sought A stranger whose name could not be ascer tained went north from Marlette i to look at some lands of which he was' possessed and leaving his horsa'went afoot into the woods The horse has since returned while the fire has swept that part which the prospector is known to havo visited and it is not doubted but that he has perished i Irt the Town of lynn toe fire had its way so close to house of MA Leach that lie took his wife and little babe to a place of comparative safety and" returned i to exert himself to the last inoment In an attempt to save his property The wife anx ious for her husband sought him but before they could make their escape perished in a SHEET LAME The little one was tound shortly afterward by tho relief party where its mother had left it nearly dead frond fright and smoke In Lamotte To wn'MrWells his family and neighbors' saved themselves from' horrible deaths by fleeing to the Cass River and there covering themselves with saturated blankets 'DESPITE THE HORROR' That is attached to all the scenes there were occasionaly some bordering on the ludicrous One old gentleman being all' alone in the house and finding that there great danger of tne place being consumed hastened to remove all the bedding and furniture to the cellar While so doing embers were blown under the house arid he dropping everything made 'such effec tive use of pans of milk and cream that were at hand that the danger was passed In safety and the house yet remains jfcThere will be unquestionably' Z1 SUERING In the towns named unless immediate is forthcoming Messrs McGill and Messmore who left home Saturday morning assert that as yet no help from outside sources has rbeep received everything seemingly being sent to the sufferers on their east and west" As has been already tejterated anything in the way of clothes food or implements will be accepta ble but above all they must have seed The principal crop' which is winter wheat must be sown within the 'Hext ven da vs to insure its proper growth Charles Messmore who is: a banker and John? McGill have been dele gated to receive and distribute contributions' for which services had a like in tlie disastrous times of 1871 i i Vegetine i Effectually cures Kidney Complain 1 Is "effective In the cure of emale Weakness i Vi A fr A iii i Vegetinet Is the great remedy for General Debility 7 Iri'aiknotf lodged by Ull classes of people to be best and piost reliable blood purifier iu the world 'I A i il rl A PRE PARED Ji STEVENS Boston Mass Vegetine ig Sold by all Druggists 1 111 L5 4 RAINING HEAVILY hundreds of smoldering will be out and the pall of smoke which has over for ten days cleared away Ij the township of Watertown only four left whole closest figures I uud by a rifle of sixty miles show tho IASS LIVE! Says a Boston physician "has no e'aual as a Stood purifier Hearing of its i many wonderful after all other rauiediesi had failed visiteq the Laboratory and convinced myself of its genuine merit It is prepared from barks roots and herbs each of which is highly affective and they are compounded in such a manner aa to produce as Is toe greet Blood Purifier Vegetine Will cure toe worse cases of Scrofula 7 Vegetine Wi A OI 1 W' gjg 1 t8 i aS 7 jf ip 0d Ji St jjuk i in I yv 11 7 7 1 kSl SL forest ir I 7 I I I ffl i to STm I I 1 '5 3 53 a a a Seal i 'I Im Ju C1 MOT.