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T RI-WEEKLY EDITION. A HUMAN HOLOCAUST. -0-_ BUNI NdOPiIlt TI l"Oi IT0T1E L 12 ;A Iv 1' 10U MA. Terrific Loss of Life and Dostruction of Property--Phnic in the Upper Storios Suffocation--Frantic and Fatal Leaps from the Windows--Fifty Men and W omen Porish in the flames. The Southerp Hotel in St.. Louis, one of the largest on the cntiuent, was totally destroyed by lire just before day on -Vodncsday last. 5 The fire is thought to have originated in the store room in the basement, and the flamps iret came through the ground fldo noAh of the office, and in ten minutes baid asceIdd the ofevlitors' 1iruhdaii, and spread over the sixth story, occupipd hy o~aplgreee, nmostly women. The smoke was so dense in some of the halls that gas jote were ti~p islgd, whic. rondored egress ' v shose lnip4t .fpmili@ with ilJ i , a itter f groat difficulty. The density of the smoke in the halls drovo many guests and boarders back into their rooms, and they. rushed . to the windows as lmeatns of osoapo. Ladders were' raised as soot as possible, .aint women and qhildron, - with nothing but their night clothds on, wore thus takon from the burning build ing. Some faintod from fright, and others ;hank exhausted to the ground from nervous prostration. The ladders generally were too short to reach to the fifth and sixth stories, but by hoisting them on the onioistory bajooiy on the north side pf the, building, there floors were reached, amid all those at the windows rescued. The Skinner' fire escape was also brough t l)rol)t/ ly into service, and was the means of saving m:iy lives. While this work was going on some F10IHITFU, SCENES occurred. One man who had been occupying a window on the Walnut street front of the hotel, becamo desperate at the seeming delay in t 'ihfecting his escape. With niervous hands ho tore the shoots from his bed into strips, and tied them together fastening this improvised rope to the window sill, and disro garding the fact that it did not reach more than twenty feet, he lot him self down hand over hand. Mon below who saw his position turned way their faces to avoid witnessing the sickening event that wats inevitable. Finally he reached the end of th..rope, - and then for the first- time .he seemed to realize his position. :HTO.Stopped, .throw his head back, reveahingv a ghastly face, and swung slowly to and fro, smwayed by tihe breezo wvhi the rrming lamhos abhove created, his limbs swinging around convulsively as though to catch upon something, then ho let go, and groans went up fromi hundreds as ho wvhirledl round and round, and finally struck on the stone flagging with a sickening thud. He was carried to a saloon across the street anid died in a few nmom ents.' Two other union jumupecd from the fourth story windows, one of whom seemed not to be danger.. ously hurt. Mrp, ,Norgqu, a sorNtant, 'was lkilled Frank. Gouley, Giand Secretary of thme GIrand Lodge of Frooummasons of Missouri, issupposed 1to havo por ished. Six porsons1 whose namies are unknown were killed1, either by jumping from windows or were sun'on cated by smoke and dragged out of the burning building. A woman at a Sithi story windowv oni the Fifth street front became pan 10 stricken, jumped out and ALIG0HTED) ON nER FEET. She was carried to the St. Louis 1 Hotel and in still alive. Her hus b~ando who had boon M1tdanig by -her side, then tore up the bedding, let a 10oo) so mado out of the window ; to this the nromen attached a rope, which thme man hauled up, making it fast to the window sill, and safely descended by it. A man named J. E. WVilson jumpled fromi a fourth 1; story widow and was killed. An drew Enrnman anid Mr's. Scott met death the same way. Tho muor tality among the female help of the hotel is very gieat. Thero wvoro twvo hundred of them, all of wvhom were lodged in the upper story of the h~uihiing. The panmo among them was perfootly terrible. A number j umpe)d' fromn t1he pppr window on Elm streeot or hnoar then sido' of the house.- J?lhlip Qerald, a boardor at the hotel, was brought 046, alive but entirely bereft-of-roason. At a qulatpr p~ast tyy.,. or about half an hour aftkor thQ fird wyns dis covered, the entiro roof was ablav~o anid the flames were rapidly descend ig to the lowvor stories. A half hour began to fail; tho roofioll in. A strango coincidonco occurred in tho, narrow esca)o of Miss Kato Claxton, the actress. It will bo roinomibered that sho was acting in the Two Orphans in tho Brooklyn 'Thotro recontly, when the conflagra Spn boi; occpxrqd ad narrowly oss dapt" a fiery gr'ave. She Wi stop ping at the Southern Hotol, having come to St. Louis to actin t,ho samno play. Being roused by the alaru of tiro, she arose, and covering her neck and faco with wot towols, par tially walkod and partially rolled down stairs through tho denso smoke, and thus efeleted an oscape. Hor ntire waidroi)o waslost.. Rev. M t. Adams, of 3crkshire, Eigland, who was on his way to California, perished. It is thought that at least fifty persons, and perhaps a hwn - dred, wero burnod to doath. The pecuniary loss is heavy, roaching nearly a ipillion dollars. Mr. E. P. Lido, who lives a few miles fronm Darlin gton, had a horse stolen from him about a month ago. A search was insti tuted, but no traco of the missing animal discovered. Mr Lido then purchased another horso, which, on last Saturday night 11V G ET IN E "I PUR1FIES TIlE ]3LOO), fli iciates and Inivigorat s the Whole Hy3-tom;l its Medicinal Proiri'ies are Al te'rative, TFonic, Nolsent and Diuretic. VT EGIET1iIN l'; is meade exelusively from (the juiices of careu1i'lly sil'eted barks, roots and herbs, and (1 stronly concen1 - tt-ated, that it. will el'eetlually eradiente from the system every taint o' Herofula, erfu u ll Iuior, 'I'umors, ('ancer, ('an eert4us lluotor. Erysipelas. Salt, .1theum, Hyph iiitic Diseases, ('aniker, Faintness at, the Stonac;h, and 111l diseases that. arise fromi implalro blood. Sciatica, 11i l1aua1ory and Chronic lIheunmatism, Neuralgiai. (out and Spina C'omph ints, ean only (eeth'('tually cured throngh the blood. For Ileers ard Euptive Diseases oft he Skhi, l'ustules, Pimples, Blotches, Boils, 'Tetter, Scald-lend andi Ringworm, V':si: TINE has never failed to effect a peru - nellt eure. For Pains in the Bnek, Kidney C'om plaints, Dropsy, Female WV'akne.s, Leu eorrhw a, arising from internal uleceration, andi uterine disease. and General Debility YEoWi NI: acts directly upon the eause of these compi~laints. It invigorates and strengtlhenis the whole system, acts 111011 the secretive orgai, allays inllamiatiou, eures uleerat ion, regulates the bowler. For;Caitai'h, Dyspepsia, Habitual ('Os tiveness, Palpitatio.t of the heart, IHeadaehe, Piles, Nervousness and Gene ral Prustration of the Nervous ystel, no medicine has give ti ul11 erft.et sattisfac tion as the VEOE'I'iNE. It puiirities the blood, clenes all the organis, and poS sesses a controlling power over the ner vous system. The remarkable cures effected by VEGE TINl hav.e -. uced niny physicins and apothxecaries ~ihom wo know to plrescribe anfd use1 it in$ .tluir e wnLfailios. lIn t'acot YEGETlINEB is the best remedy vet4 discovered t'r theit above1. dliseses, andi is the( only reltiable'I lIl2OOD PURII.Elt yet placed beft ro the public. T HlE IIEST El IDlENCE, TIhe following leftter from Rev. E. S e'st. Paistorof the M. E. Churci'h, Natick, Mass,., will' be read with interest by from11 the ('amie dhisease5 as atllioted t he son of the llev. E. N. Best. No person can dloubt this t est im'ony, as therea is no11 doubt about the cuirativ pow ers of NA1rex. M! es.. Ja mn. 1, 1.C-I. 3111. II. 11. STSvVA'(: I('ar -irl'-w'e halvI' g4od rea;l.Io fi or tregardinag yotar4 v. lG I'' N~ ia tledI 4'1ine of the gratest, va.ilue. we fee4.l asure'd lif4e. li Ie1 is 0 1vetrenl .ycars1 of age~; for I he' last1 I wo yeaa' he has su fferedl14 frinl eoiis401' 0f 1h1s leg, 4'artsal 1by a (Cerottl0iITos ff3e 11on, 141m4 wa.s so far redced that. nely3 all whoi saw1% him thugt s rec'iove'ry impi,5ble'. A1 enune44ll 0) phy4 14ch11n41 ou41l gt' thug 14) th1e fir 11 hopeI11 of is l''lEve ralnlfng, I linoft 1 b' I lbr drhiring1 li hah s hi coitnilyth ec tipovlnan rem(a ilsthat resnnbm amiLiln coud no, thonavae hIm tion.hJst then 3110 11 we lmknce gloivin h1441lim 1and( 8t.rong. TIhough 'there Is still some dlischarge from thle opeluhg where' the' limb1 wals 1lanced. we havo thei lullesIt, Iconfliden.e .~t., In a little time04 he will lbe pier fect.iy Clred. . lIe has .taken a tit, three dozen bottles of VKO 'fTINC, but, lntely uises Wt, lIttle, as( he d1elatredS that, he Is too wvell to be takIng mcdl clue. Itespectfully yours, A ll ~fleasess of the Bilood. If' VEGETINE w'lI relievo pain,eleanse purify andl euro sarch diseases, restorinlg the paltientL to perfect health after trying d1iffe3ren1t p~hysiolansi, Tanify remned ies, suffeorinig for years, is it not conclusive proof', it' vou are a suiffere'r 3011 cant be ecuredl? Yhy3 is tis mieiine performing such Streat cures ? 11 wolrks in the bloodl, in the circulating fluid It can truly be called the OLkIIATI BLAiOD IlURIFJIR. The great source of dlisealses originates in the b.lood; and(11( niedicinio that does not act directly upon11 it, to jpurify and reno vate, has any jusat claim1 upon01 publiti attention. Ilecoimmend it Hleailly3. .0 )7UT 11n0670, Fe"4b. 7, 18744. li. tlTv'ANS :)'ear sir-I have tken (4eera4'l bot ts of youlr V.'g4]T'INR, andli am1 convhiaced it'l Ia1 va~lable remedy for Dspe 1a'la, Kidnay C2omaplalin., and41 general'l de4b1Iit-y of( the4 system, 1 can14 hea3.rly3 reomm~enit, It. all41 sufferIng fromi the above compl ital. Yottrs re4spectflly, 36644 A1.hensm, street. --Pi.PAtE3) ilY H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS. Vegetine issold by all Diruggists. munr 31 SPRING GOODS --FOR 1877. 'To-day the can paign 's fairly closed, Tho lucky muan is ho Who tal'es his seat on the 4th of March Our President he'll ho : And now the next best thing Just suited to our mind, Is where to got the cheapest goods -- 'Tho best of goods to find. My friends and I wont out one day, Som New Spring Goods to buy; And wo rosolvod,bofore we went, The. different stores to tiy. We wandorod Winnsboro all around Until our feet wore sore, And found the very place, at last, T'was SOL WOLFE'S New Cash Store. Of Hats, Clothing and Boots and Shoes, '['he latest to our view - The very best styles of I)ress Goods, And Prints so chea) and now. So then, my good friends, one and il, Now is your time to try What hiargains you can got of mo-. Or, you need not buy of SOL. feb 17 TO OUR CUSTOMERS HO are indebted to us for PRO VIS. [ONS or PIIOsPH1ATF ES, we would respe'ct 'ully call attention, that your bills are due n or .before the first of NoveFbor. Wo tre depending on you for payment AT )NC'E, to enable us to mecet obligations usa to assist you, and which are due at hat tinw. 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