The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-07-19
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ST.. PAUL, July 4s-The first complete
and coherent account of the terrible des-
truction to life in Goodhue county by
storm on Wednesday night and yesterday
morning reached here at an early hour
this morning. The storm assumed the
character of cyclone near Redwing
Point, greatest violence being at Vasa, a
small village some ten miles west of the
Mississippi.
The following is from Redwing spec
ial to the Pioneer Press. In the town
| of Vasa the fury of the storm was at its
height, making fearful havoc. It seemed
| to start from about four miles from the
| Vasa church and travelled in southwest
| erly DIRECTION. The orphanage which is
under the care of the church was COM
pletely demolished. It contained "a in
mates besides Stranberg, who has charge.
| Out of this number three was killed out
| right and seventeen others injured, three,
it is thought, fatally. The house of Eriek
/ Swenson, close by, was blown down. He
was killed and his wife severely injured.
G.. H. Halme and wife, an elderly couple,
were killed; also baby boy of Mr.. and
Mrs. Linsted, and another party whose
! name has not been learned, making nine
| in all killed. Four more are not expect
| ed to live The number wounded is 30.
| The square roof was blown from the par
sonage, little in the rear of the church,
| and set down in the field where it fiatten-
| ed like fan The barn of August Pet
| erson was blown down and his house
badly injured; also, of course the houses
| of all who have been mentioned as killed
were blown down and many houses were
| injured The storm also ranged through
| Belle Creek, where it blew down the
house of Anthony Pettil and completely
demolished the barn of Walter Doyle.
| The blacksmith shop at Black Oak post
office was scattered to the winds, and at
different places in the town, trees were
lifted right off the ground by the roots
and carried forward and set down with
| out breaking limb. At Warrentown,
ON the Lake Shore, three houses were
| torn down and a man and his wife and
| daughter killed In one of them. At
| Maiden Rock two frame houses were de-
molished and the top of the warehouse ta-
ken of, but no lives were lost. The storm
crossed from this side to Trenton, where
1 it unroofed Mr. Hammeigren's houses,
barn and granary, and broke down the
large trees in his timber, smashing near
Iy every tree. The roof of Andrew Mel
sons barn was blown away and COM
pletely smashed to pieces, and the barn
of John Taggart, another neighbor, was
| struck by lightning and burned to the
ground. These houses are all in the
southeastern part of the town. The
damage to the crops is considerable, but
not SO bad as if the season were later.
senator Morgan's Son in a "woman
Scrape.
Col. w. A. Cook and Messrs. Shella-
barge and Wilson, as counsel for Miss
Lucy Walton Rhiett Horton, entered
suit yesterday against John FL. Morgan,
son of Senator Morgan of Alabama, for
breach of promise of marriage, and
$40, 600 damages. It is alleged that in
1877 Morgan, under promise of marriage,
BETRAYED Miss Horton.
Fire Mt Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, July Sat 80 this even
ing fire broke out in the upper story OF
Denham's planning mill on Scranton av-
enue, and spread rapidly, destroying the
Variety iron works, the Atlantic and
Great Western freight depot, the two
story building occupied by Rust, King &
Clint, lumber dealers, and large quan
tity of rough and finished lumber. A
brisk wind was blowing and only by
great exertions the fire was gotten unde1
control
Fatal Explosion.
CINcINNATI, July S.-The boiler of {
steam Touring mill at Carlisle, KY, ex
ploded this morning, throwing the en-
gineer, James Summers, distance o
forty feet, manglng him terribly. d,
died in two hours.
Romantic Suicide.
LOUISVILLE, July 8.-A Courier Jour
; nal special from Marysville says tina
. Miss Bette Kidwell, aged II, living a
, Franklin Mills, Fleming county, kille,
herself with poison. Disappointment i
love is the alleged cause
Got His ssConanish..
= WASHINGTON, July 8.-The presiden
has signed the commission of John A
Hunter to be chief justice of the suprem
court of Utah.
Hebrew Convention.
New YORK, July 8.-The sixth annus
convention of the union American He
brew congregations begun this morning
There was large attendance and gres
g interest was taken in the proceedings.
- Centennial OF Burning.
BR1DaEPoRT, July 8.-The hundredt
anniversary of the burning of Fairfel
= by British troops under Gen. Tryon ws
celebrated to-day.
Prompt Action in Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, July 12.-President Plul
kett of the state board of health, sent til
following dispatch to all local health 81
n thorities in the state to-day: Ever
- protection that is possible viii be give
to the cities, towns and villages of Tel
nessee by the state board of healtl
should yellow fever become epidemic
Memphis. To act efficiently, full conce
of action is absolutely necessary" 4
ID meeting of the state board of heal
to-day, it was determined to put into in
mediate force the rules and regulation
of the sanitary council which are recon
mended by the national board of heal
for adoption by all state and local a.
thorities during the existence of yello
he fever.
Damaging storms in the West.
CHICAGO, July ESPECIAL dispatch
from various points in Wisconsin al
Minnesota give further reports of &
- storm in the northwest, yesterday al
Sunday night. In many places grown
crops have been badly damaged.
Justice Cheated.
H DEADwooD, July IA few months q,
three Indians were tried and convicted
the murder of Private Leo Bader, of t
second cavalry, and sentenced to be han
ed at Miles City, Montana, July 7th. {
the day of sentence two of them suicid
I by hanging in their cells, and the
naming one was pardoned out by t
governor. About month ago anoth
Indian was tried and convicted of t
a. murder of ranchman at Terry's Lar
ing, and sentenced to be hung at t
o. same time and place as the others. I
Sunday night he was found to have al
committed suicide by hanging.
In Tobacco can be Matted
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The postoff
:. department decides package OF tobac
- bearing an enternal revenue stamp c
go through the mails as fourth-class m
ter.
An Instance or how II Works.
A special agent of the postofiice
pertinent has arrested IN New Mexics
q mail robher belonging to q ear.r Of Te,