CORRESPONDENCE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 366, 10 March 1876, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

Wr do not hold oursolres in any vtny responsible for the opinions and sentiments expressed by correspondents. All communications must be accompanied by the correct name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but lis to guarantee of good faith. (To the Editor of the Mocnt Ida Chronicle.) Siß,--Tho stealthy and unwise act of remdvint? the Hamilton Court House from ■ashore it was perfectly safe, and attaching it Wri hotel, for no other ostensible purpose 'than to make it a dance house, was inado plain on Saturday night last, from the fact that the Court House with the public records, tho post office, which is the repository of bank books and other valuable papers, together with the hotel, narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire. c lt appears, from some unknown cause, the lamp standing on the bar was knocked down, and broke. The oil ignited on the mat inside (lie Iwr, and in a few seconds the room (lull of combustible, ignil'erous, and explosive materials) would have been filled with a flame of lire. Luckily, four or fivo men, who were in another part of tho housi", heard the noise, and rushed to the bar, when their combined efforts and unflinching pluck succeeded in arresting Iho dailies. Another time may tell a different tale.—l nui, &c., Resident. [Our correspondent is in error in his presumption that the Court House- was removed without authority. The reasons for tbe removal were. u<-> doubt <:o&si<ierrd aMhe time.—Kr>. M.T.C*