The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-25
TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRANaS.
Pittsburg, Pa, had S100, 200 fire,
and Grand Rapids, Michigan, a
$4,000 fire, Saturday.
A terrible drouth is prevailing in
Ulster comfy, New York. The hay
crop is cut off at least one-half.
Heavy failures among banking
houses in London, England.
Mr.. Beach is proceeding with his
speech against Beecher. He pro-
poses to prove that the defense tried
to bride the jury.
Indianapolis. Ind, June 1S.-A
slight shock of an earthquake was
felt this a. m, at sos. Buildings
tent in some instances, and win
dows broken. A very strong shock
all over the town of Jacksonville
was quite sensiblv felt. In Lay
fette, Peru, Logansport, KokOms,
and Richmond, Ind, and Sidney,
Ohio, houses were shaken badly,
causing the people to run out. At
Ammo, o., six miles north of Sid
ney, it cracked all the houses, shak-
ing chimneys down and goods from
the top shelves in stores. At De-
Graft, o., terrible shock, jsrring
builnings almost from their foun-
dations. At Urbana, o., several
buildings shook so one could see
their motion.
Mr.. Sullivan, superintendent of
the Northern Pacific railroad, and
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, road master, were
riding on an engine pilot on the
10th, when the engine came to a
weak part of the road bed, and tip
ped over. Fitzpatrick was killed,
and Sullivan badly bruised.
The government has appointed
commissioners to go to the Sioux
reserve and negotiate for the pur-
chase of the Black Hills.
st. Paul, June ia terrible hail
storm passed oyer the western part
of Douglas county last night, des-
troying everything in its course.
the hail was the size of walnuts,
and so numerous that wagon loads
could be gathered up after the storm
passed. The amount of damage
done is not yet ascertained.
Fifty-six engineers in the Chicago
rolling mills threw themselves out
of employment, Saturday, because
the president of their union was
discharged. Their places are all
filled.
A dispatch from Hamburg, Iowa,
says the locusts arrived there on
the 18th, and have almost totally
destroyed the crops in an area of
country about fifty miles east, thir-
ty west, fifty north, and nearly two
hundred south of that place. They
commenced flying again on Sunday,
and moved northwest. An Essex
(Iowa) dispatch says the hoppers
are there by millions, sweeping ev-
erything. Corn is cut to the ground
On the 18th the U. S. steamer
Safanac struck on a rock in Sey
more Narrows, near Behring's
Straits, and sunk out of sight. Nc
lives lost. It was collecting curiosi
ties for the Centennial.
The financial panic in England
which started in the iron trade, ha
caused large number of failureI
in London and other cities, and I
: general smash among all kinds o
establishments is feared.
A Philadelphia dispatch OF tn
: 18th inst. says that the German
Commissioner to the Centennial ha
made a request for all the spac,
| originally allotted in the main bull
I ding for six hundred exhibitors oil
so, for five hundred square feet il
the machinery building, and fifteel
8 thousand square feet of wall spac
!, and five hundred feet of floor spac
0 in the art gallery, for contribution
of German articles.
Kansas City, June 2l.--The mos
terrific storm since 1864 visited thi
section Sunday night. 1t begal
: about 8 o'clock and lasted four o
r five hours. Rain poured down Il
torrents, and was accompanied b.
severe wind and hail and terribl
. thunder and lightning. SeVers
houses were struck by lightnin,
i and several unroofed. Immens
: damage has been done to the streets
4 and many cellars are filled. TIL
storm extended over the countr
u for an area of fifty or more miles {
e the south and southwest, but it
: thought did not extend very ia
a north. The damage to the farms
very great, fences washed away
and fields of corn in the bottom
lands submerged aud destroyed
The railroads suffered severely
8 Three bridges were washed ava
n OH the Fort Scott road, and two OIL
the X. p, train of six cars ditche
on the North Missouri. No train
arrived to-day on any road, exceE
the Hannibal & St. Joe, and Mort
Missouri.
o The railroad war being ended
:, the public will now have to foe
a the bill in the shape Of high rate
LIVE stock from Chicago to Ne,
q York has been put up to So eent
q per 100 lbs.
q Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 81 I'll
b long looked for resumption {
work at the mines of the LehiS
and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
colleries, at Sugar Notch, HanOye
d Diamond, Plymouth, and OthC
le places, took place this morning
z the reduction of 10 per cent. III
= six months suspension in this ri
: gion is now ended, AID the men ,
y the divers idle coal companies al
1t individual operators commence
10 work this morning.
II Washington, June 1S.-Commi
TT sioner Pratt is over burdened wit
.s applications for appointments. r
titions are received from all parts
the Union, and are for Offices undl
the revenue bureau from the higl
y est TO the lowest grades.
L. The town Of Barry, Ontario, Wi
destroyed by fire on the 18th.