The Fire Department

The tiro wliio!) occurred on the 4lh iust., na been the subject of considerable remarle by our citizens, and has called outnowand llien severe criticisms upOD the firctueu and their failure to extinguish the flanies and sar tho buildings wliich were burned.and epecially the luaiu building of the Misses C'i.ark. Now, our citiieus thould underatand tbat a few firemeu are not üiuni[joient, and thoy ihould not be expected to aceomplish muh without better means are furnished thm. We tako it for granted that liad there ben no flre companies or engines in our city tho buildings would havo been saved, and we take it equslly for grauted that liad tlio eugiue been supplied with a ufficiency of hose or could have commanded within reach of their hoia a. supply of water, the fire would hare been extinguished with little loss. If the Fire Companies did not uso to the fcest advantage the meuns at their disposal, then blarao rests upon them; but if they did not work effioiently fur want of nieans to work with, the blame must rest upon other fchoulder. The niembers of the Fire Companie are tuany oi' them young men, uot house owners, and can not be expected to add to ttiair duties as active firemen the expense f proriding hose, building cisterna, &o , for th beneh't of proporty holders. It is euough to ask of theoi to keep tlieir engines in working order', to care for the hose lurnished llieiu, nd tu íe prompt in responding to alarms oi Ure, aud euergetic in the use of their engines, proüidtd water it within reach. And there it Ui cr.ying evi!. ïhe water at the command of the firemeu is uot sufficient to euable them to do effeotive work. Our city- as ihere ia no prospect of a supply of water from a general reservoir, which would furuish engines at any plug or slreet Jjydraut, - ueed a large uumber of public cistorus. Henee oisWfus shotiki bo coustructed at eery four corners where they can be filled, they should be large and well built, and the supply pipos frhould bo kept in order, aud then the flrennjn- hsving been ïuroisfe-ad with ho9- raay well bo held respoEsible. Until thejoneeds hare teen supi)lied they sliould not be. We will indicats where a fow cisterna ught to be iininedntely constructed . There ihould be ono at the crossiug of Maiu and Liberty Streets, to be filled from Ihe Store of XUck & Schmid ; one at the Exchange corner; ouet thero8sing of Main and Nurth 8lrots, to be filled from Nye's 8tble or Ohua1 new block ; one at Rogers' Hall ; one t BuAez' Block ; one at the M. E. Oliurch one t the Presbyterian Chuich ; one at the South-East corner of the Square ; one at the old Prenbyterian Church block; OW at Lhe Fourth Ward School House one at tho Cthol!c Church ; and othïrs in otber neighborhoods wliere water oan be turned into 4hia. To build these cistsi ns will cost moi.ey we are -ell awnr, but if property holdars re not willing to bo tased to buiid them they nmsl not gtumble at being feurned ouU Wbat .ay our Qkweos i Will they back up lhe Cmincil in enteriog upon a liberal system of conatructing cisterna 1 U3C" A. toriniis railroad aecúlont occurrcd .jit Kast of the depot in this city, at abmit half past 12 oMock on Satttrday momtiig lat. At tliai huur carne a train lïom the West, bringing home the brave boys of thegnlUnt old Mich. Fifth Intatotry. The train came ünnoticed- the fault report says of th nigh1 optftot nt Kalttftzoo,- and haring been ordered lo meet the Night Express at Ypsilanti, jit.ised the depot here at nearly full speed.- The switch tender had set the gwitch, nefir the Brewary, for the Express train dua at 1 o'clock, A. M., ai:d for some unaucountable rson did not hear or see the npproaching ild train and give the sigiia! of danger. The locoruotire ran 08 the track at the witch, tore ap the track in it course, and ran ilito the ditch Tho forward three cara xrer alsts thrown froro the track, twoof them beiug rery m;! iiijured. Siugularly to say but a ingle one of the more than three hQ■dred eoldiers was ijured. Frxdsbick Hdrsts, Orderly Sergeant of Oo. K, was siting in the door of the forwsrd car, and at the hoek juniped to the ditch, where he w&a crimhed under the next car. His deiUb. wss probably instantaneotts, and his body and Ümbs were terribly bruised and inmigled. - He lired atSaginaw, had been in serviceover fur year.-, had beea tlirough ail the battles of the regiment, and had won an euviable Teputation. We eee it stated that his mother nd ister wcre at the depot iu Betroit, waiting his arrival Somebody was certainly to blame, and criniinally carcless, and there ought to have been a judicial investigaron to determine wliether it was the operator at Kalamazoo, the conductor and engineer of the train, or the switch tnder. We think none of them we etitirely free from rcsponsibility. - Before the track was cleared four passenger trains were gaihered at the station. JJ3C Thü farmers aro now engaged both in haying and harvcsting, the micertain and nhoweiy weather of tho last Uvo or three weeks, having Iapped the former on the seasonof the latter. Hay is reported s short erop beeause of the early drouth, and somewhat dainaged by tho latter rains. We hopo, howTer, tbat ruu:h of the giumbling is unfoun.lrl, and that it will prove an average erop gathered in the average condition. 8onje farmers complain that Wheal has been consjderably injuredby the rust, and that, the erop will not meet anticipations either in quality or qiiantif.y. Other farmers teil us that rery littleis injnred, and that nothing Js Deeded hut good weather the rest of the harvest seasou. We hope the latter are in the main correct, though we are confident that the rust has done sotae hijury. Tljs tincertainty of olear weathe r should lfad the farmers to take unusual pains in putting up llicir whrat. Woll oai)pnd sbocfes wijl be the bctt protoction against grown wheat. í Dr. R. J. Lro.vs wil! bö at the Monitor House oo Thursday next, the 20th ioet., and will be glad f ie hip pafien' auJ td" At au organization maeting oí ' the " Wolverine " Base Ball Club of Ann Arlior, liold at tlie Firemen's liall on Wednesday evenin last, the following officors were choaeri for the ensuing year : President - Benjamin S. Knotvltow. Vice President - Geobgk A. GlLDERT. Stcretary - Benjamin F. Cole. Treaturer- James H. Wkbstbe. Directon- 1. B. Hall, David Webstk, A. Winis. LS The Wool trade !s stil! stag nant, and does not promise to impvove. No speculators are in the field, and what is beiug bought up is mainly on the account of manu. facturera, and they are only buying to supply immediaU wants. About 50,000 Ibs. have been taken in here, and yesterday the price offered ranged from 48 to 65c, the latter the outside figure. The Boston Wool report, in another column, v.Hl give our readers the staple of the trade at the East. Wheat is a little higher, bnt none coming in We quote White $140@1.50 and Red 51.25@1.30. Bijttee- 18c. Eoos- 10c. EjFThe CommoD Oounoil and F&culty of the University held a joint meeting ot Wednesday evening, and sent a committee to Detroit to invite the inembers of the Commercial Convention there assembled to visit our city. The committee consists of Messrs. Maynard, Millen, and Cooley. E3C We have reoeivod the June and July mimhers of the new magazine " Hourtat Home," published by Chas. Scbibneb & Co.. 124 Grand Street, N. Y., and edited bp 3. M. Shsrwood. It purports by its motto to be " devoted to Religious and Useful Literatura," and an examination of the two numbers before us convinces that it will prove a useful help in the education of the farnily. It pages are not given up to heavy theologieal disciissions, but its essays, biographies, sketches, narratives, &c, appeal to the botter nature of the reader, aud while they interest are oalculated to elévate. 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