The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-29
Terrific Hurricane in Wise ON sim.
Loss Of Life and pronerfx. Id

Loss Of Life and Property. I'D
A few days ago we published . atelegraphic dis
PATCH informing our readers Of terrific hurricane
that had passed over q portion Of Wisconsin,, on
Friday night last. The Milwaukee papers contain
further particulars Of 1t, As follows: a
At woodland, on the La Crosse railroad the sta
.iot,house was blown dswn, cars blown from the
trscK and others set in motion. The station mas
ter, Mr.. Fox, while endeayoring to stop one train
OF freight cars, set in motion by the wind was run
over and killed. At the time the building was
piown down, there were some ten persons within,
OF three so severely, that fears entertained they
wiii not recover. store near the depot was blown
down, and man severely injured.
The telegraph Office was in the freighted derot
whieh was all blown down, leaving nothing but the
platform The instruments were taken of, severed
from the wires, and carried distance of forty feet
Tne operator was severely injured A Frenchman
Was taken mp by the whirlwind and carried dis
tance OF one hundred feet, and only saved from
destruction by being cast against the stump of q
tree. when the eating house was taken up three
women were inside washing dishes. The house,
was lifted over their heads and strange 90 say they
were not injured in the least. The postohice was
IN the south side Of the depot, aud the following
morning. letters and papers were found distance
of two miles off The tavern was nearly demolish-
ed. 1t was n large sized building. and when the
wind struck the upper story was taken off, and the
bricks Of the chimueys came tumbliDg down.
Woodland is laid level with the dust the only
e.;
loo hnt Se '''' '''O"" ""sei t""N anu
At Columbus, on the watertown road, the hur-
ricsne was scarcely Iess fearful rrsrythirr wa,
prostrated Ono man was KILLED. Wr C1arl~.
his house being demolished over hi. boad -
fhl that more than ordinary storm was coming
he sent His family into the caIlar ,,d III 81
tempting 10 secure the doors nd indou ,ha go,
struck and in An instant tho housa fsII nnor tha,
Mr. Clark was killed almost instantly and his wife
was injured so severely that no hopes are enter,
tanned Of her recovery Several otherx in ths
town were more or less injured.
gentleman from Sankyille in tbis State i'm.
forms us that in that vicinity tbe wbirlxind wa.
no less destructive than M WoodIand JIouses
were blown down and trees uprooted For r,;Ias
and miles the wbirlwind made its w.y. having
everything before IT, We are fearful that The dam
age to the Southern nortion of Wiseonsin Ia of
great amount. Fields of corn and stacks of wheat
were torn up and scattered Several persons w.re
slightly injured, but none severely thai our infor
mant heard of sE -. 80
From a gentleman who arrival from Port Wash
ington we learn that at that place a large num-
her of bouses we're nproofad buiIdinys blowu
down and trees torn mn. No lives. howeyer. were
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A HAPPY CONCLUSION TO SPEKcH-At the banquet
given by the Knipbt of Kerry. at yalenti.. to IN.
I,,d I;.,,sn.n, af Ir.,,,a .nd ,,o ,,o,,,.,.,, 80
u ."o"'e"a'' VI n ioi"'" anu '"' s'"'''"en ooii
nfe'ed WITH the Atlantic Ieiegraph' 'he Cnthsiic
Bishop of Kerry made II brief speech, OF which the
toiIcNluS IN ihc cloIucAt CbHCIu
sion.
A.. -. .. ~
aoscand.n,s =, ;nxnLs ssod.s Hooa;r s. IN.
glorious enternrise the greatest. esy6rt nat ,.a
EVER made tn rs-cononer tho forfeite5 dom;n;o, "f
the mind of man over the material world "
fCbocrs
IL. ,tJ. Il, -o-,5 - - -. - r. =. - :.
old bnt we are y.t strong We know not th az
ration of mower which Proyidenc. may Accord to
us but certain IL ia that the fture e.ti,ias f az
b,,,.,, 200 .ra ,.ra,,,a.l ,,,, q. :. -. .~.. =:
the fntnre history af that srs., nst;on rh,nh
sprang from ns and il now ,ro,,iny nm bevond tba
waters of the Atlantic
will onIy exnress the hons that hi. cah,s sSich
y J;i M, vi. nop1 t,'a YIN. .apie' mhivh
r'" INK the oid world anu the new with each 9th
er' s ana 70 when, realizing the legend OF r.
Brehan has foundlts starting point on the coast Of
Merry, may be the symbol OF a fraternal and an
eternal peace; that our intercourse and exchange
of thought may in the future not he confined
TO the surface OF the angry sea- which is lashed by
storms or trayersed by icebergs, but We may speak
hiihu TO mimi ana heartto heart through the clear.
caim depths Ell the ocean, where there reign per-
petuai Calm ana peace. Loud cheeriug"l f..
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% Mni ikoslaloNs HAVE BEEN DsAR.-ihe Pennsyi-
vanlan has compiled some statistics which serve in
part to explain the extraordinary high prices of all
kinds of provisions which have ruled the past year
| or two. s.f ...
In 1910, for instance, the United States pre-
duced- ..... ..a... '..- ..... ..-r
| stS20NGO bushels of wheat
InslH9 O00 bushels of Irish and sweet potatoes
li,g70.00 head of cattle.'
Had agriculture remained simply stationary
considering the increase of populstion-it ought ia
have produced in ISJo-s
,l5 9,o ON busj,a,s of wheat
Iissgl'O00 bu shells of potatocs
ai3t9e o head of cattle.
Instead of which it only yielded
~. 1920 hushsi ,,sha,t od is %nsato nntat
is,37s,tO0 head OF cattle.