Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-02
WHEEIING w. VA MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1879.

wards from the mouse, VIII laiS
bunch of wet straw and grass wrapped
so tightly Ground its head and shoulders
it could only be removed with great
difficulty. The child was but slightly
injured, his escape being attributed to
| the mysterious bandage around him.
When last heard of the storm was tray--
cling enthusiastically and had entered
Lafayette county.
ST. LOUIS, May 3l.-A dispatch from
Manhattan, Kansas, says: A cyclone
crossed Big Blue river, at the mouth OF
Mill creek, last night, which uprooted
trees, DESTROYED grain cribs, fences and
crops. On Fancy creek, twelve miles
north, the Methodist Church was en-
tirely demolished, the building being
torn down, cattle and horses killed, and
other property destroyed, but no lives
lost.
ST. LOUIS, May 3l.-An Atchison,
Ks, dispatch says: A terrible rain and
wind storm visited Frankfort, Marshall
county, at 6 o'clock last evening, and
lasted over two hours. +. B. Taylor's
warehouse was torn 10 pieces and sew
eral small houses, stores and stables
were more or less damaged. The houses
of Messrs. Fox, Caesar and Waugh, three
miles from town, were blown down and
the inmates more or less injured. They
are now here receiving medical treat
ment.
\ messenger just in from Irving says
that the storm at that point blew down
sixteen houses, killed eight persons,
wounded about 250 and several
are missing. The residences OF James
$. Warden, Mr.. Armstrong; j. Will
liams, Mr.. Thompson, and twelve
others, names of the owners not given,
were totally demolished. The Presby-
terian Church building and the Irving
elevator were completely destroyed.
The east span of the railroad bridge
crossing Blue river was blown down. A
committee with funds, provisions and
lumber left Atchison on the Central
Branch railroad this afternoon to supply
the wants of the sufferers, and another
committee is soliciting additional aid.
Further Reports.
ST. LOUIS, June NO additional
particulars vi Friday evenings cyclone
in Marshall county, Kansas, were re-
ceived, to-day, but report comes from
Brookyille, Kansas, at least 10 miles
southwest of Irving, the town where
most of the destruction occurred, that a
terrific storm passed over the country
northwest of there Friday evening, do
ing great damage to farm property and
killing several persons. A cyclone also
struck the outer edge of kirksville,
Adair county, Mo-, Friday evening, de
mOlishing about a dozen houses, badly
damaging several others and severely
injured several persons, one woman
being reported killed. Very high wind
also prevailed north and northeast OF
st. Joseph, Mo. a grain elevator at
Hopkins, Mo-, was destroyed and sever
al small dwellings, barns, &c, were
blown down and an elevator at Craig's
station on the Kansas City, st. Joseph
and Council Bluffs railroad was des-
t-ovcd. Considerable damage was done
to other buildings and trees were up
rooted, fences and barns blown down
and the crops damaged all along the
line of the storm. Ii is not unlikely
that these storms had common origin
out on the plains in Western Kansas;
that some local cause broke the
original cloud into fragments, and that
separate storms were formed from those,
one of which traversed the northern
tier counties in Kansas. Another trav-
eled eastward, striking the earth in
jackson county, Missouri, thence moved
northeast TO Klrkville and beyond, and
the third and weakest one of the three
passed over the country in the neigh
borhood of st. Joseph. a heavy rain
fell here last night and to-day. The
temperature is quite cold, rendering
fires almost necessary for comfort.
Heavy rains prevailed all over the CEN
tral, southwestern and northwestern
parts OF the State, doing great benefit to
the wheat, corn and other crops.