INCIDENTS OF THE CHICAGO FIRE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1074, 6 January 1872, Page 2

INCIDENTS OF THE CHICAGO FIRE.

I The Tribune of the 20th October has the following series of incidents connected with the nre :-— , .'.' N Au lowan heard of the fire on Sunday morning; on Sunday evening he took passage to Chicago to succour the family, of his son, who was living here. At a wayside' station not far from Chicago he lieara that the Water Works were burned," and that there was a scarcity of water. Not tion, he purchased a cask and brought it full of water to CKicagaX philanthropic him |odol fcartfy that barreWo his sonls residence, tt was certainly a case of weU meant,, but, misapJ plied benevolence. .'.>;,»,. *p A- St. Paul paper of the 17th says : i_ A. story is related of the proprietor! of bt. Caroline, s Court, a hotel on the.Weit ci. ®'-^ f , Chlca S°» illustrative of/General Sheridan s idea of the eternal fitness of things. The General called at the hotel and inquired the price of board. "Six dollars pet day, '"was the reply, The prioe before. .the firef inquired. tB2 General. " Two dollars and a lialf "* General Sheridan replied that he would run'" that hotel himself, and at 2dol 60c per day. He placed atederly in charge and at once put a stop,.to. exhorbitaiiti rates.' " ' ' , ■„.'.','. ';•', . ■.. .;, ' ' s • One of the most impudent of all the actions performed during the I firV'was related yesterday. Orrington Lunt, Esdi i one of our oldest and best ditizens, had dragged his frpni his residence, -on Michigan avenue, and was ; 'tbiting aI6W with it, . when, two men with a dray accosted him - and ■ asked him to^ whom '* it belpuged.,He rfe^ed that it was his own and received the astounding informatioA

that they would like him to prove it. Without another word, they placed the instrument on their vehicle and drove off. Of course remonstrance -was useless. He has not seen the piano since. The following curious incident is well authenticated :— Mrs—— -, the housekeeper of a prominent hotel, had made up her mind to leave the city a few days before the fire. She had not drawn her salary for some time, and it amounted to lOOOdol. On Saturday, this amount was handed to her by the proprietor. The boarders, at the same time, got up a testimonial amounting to 160dol, and presented her with the money that evening. She deposited the greenbacks under the carpet in a corner of her room. When the fire was raging, Mrs rushed into her room and succeeded in saving a favorite Canary bird, but she forgot all about the money. . x The son of Mayor Mason, of Chicago, is worthy of Chicago and of his largehearted sire. On Saturday, he was in Troy, this State, buying stoves. "He is a young man," says the Troy Times, "and had just commenced business life. Married a little over a year ago, he was established in a prosperous stove trade, and had juat completed a new house for himself and wife. Everything was swept away, except his wedding presents, which were at the house of his father. This house was saved. The fires were hardly extinguished before young Mason gathered these presents together and started with them for New York. He sold them to Tiffany and Co. for BOOOdol. With this money he will reestablish himself, opening a stove store for the time being in the basement of his father's elegant residence. A car-load of stoves was shipped to him on Saturday. The young man shows the real Chicago pluck."