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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
THE CYCLONE EPIDEMIC. .

Terrible Destruction Near Council Bluffs,
Iowa-Many People Killed and Wounded.
Council Bluffs, Ia.. June 1O.-Special
dispatches to the Nonpareil give particu-
lars of terrible tornado that swept
through the southeastern part of this
(Potta watamie) county on last evening.
The cyclone, or tornado, is described by
eye witnesses as something terrible. A
storm of wind and clouds was first OBJ
served forming both east and west of
Wheeler's grove, the point where the
most destruction occurred, and in short
time came together. The cloud, which
was conical in shape came to the ground
near the grove, travelling eastward. The
track OF the storm was about half mile
in width and swept everything before it,
demollshlng farm houses, barns, and 9TH
er buildings, and carrying some of them
bodily for hundreds of feet and then
dashing them to the ground in pieces.
At one place farmers house, sur
rounded by frail board fence, was pick
ed up and then dashed to pieces in the
yard, leaving every board of the fence
remaining in its place. There were from
fifteen to twenty persons killed outright
and many were wounded, while others
CiiuuOG De 1Ounu.
The following are the names of those
known to have been killed:
Jesse Orler, wife and two children.
VIM. Pace, wife and his two children
killed and another child fatally injured.
Alex Orler, wife and child, carried in
the air almost $50 feet and seriously in
jured, the child fatally.
A hired man employed by the latter,
name unknown, was killed.
Other persons, six or eight in number,
were carried away and have not yet been
found. In all about twenty are reported
dead or missing. The scene after the
storm had spent its fury is described as
heartrending in the extreme. Parents
were looking for children, husbands for
their wives, and wives for their hus-
bands.
Not house in the track of the torna-
90 was left standing, and there could not
be found pieces enough of some to start
a fire with.
The storm did not last over fifteen
minutes and was not accompanied by
rain.
The likes of the storm has never oc-
Cured i'll this part of Iowa before.
Doctors from this city, Red Oak and
other places have gone to the scene of
the disaster, and many citizens of Red
Oak, ten miles distant, have gone to as
slst in taking care of the injured and to
bury the dead. There Is no railway or
telegraph facilities to the scene of disas-
ter, and reports are rather meagre as yet.
1t is thought the storm struck other
points, but not with so great force as at
Wheeler's Grove.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
of the rescued passengers were sent
to this city and large numbers were taken

OF the rescued passengers were sent
to this city and large numbers were taken
back to Stonington. It is also known
that a schooner which came up sent out
boats and picked up several people. A
passenger and naval cadet were swim.
ming about for over an hour before they
were picked up. One young man was
seen to deliberately shoot himself when
the cries of fire and that the boat was
sinking were raised. The report of a
pistol was also heard in another direc.
tion. A deck hand of the Nara
ganset says he jumped overheard
as soon as the collision took place
and hung to broken spar. He saw the
boat lowered from the Narraganset and
overturned, and the occupants he thinks
were all drowned. In five minutes after
the collision there were five feet of water
in her hold, and in ten minutes the
steamer buried to the waters
edge. The scenes subsequent
to the collision are described
as terrible.
Mr.. Book, of Pittsburg, and John
Welch, of Milwaukee, were saved. Rev.
DIR. Lockwood, who died after being tax
en- from the water, was on his first trip
east.
The purser of the Narraganset states
that there were not more than 800 pas
sengers on the boat, and that the loss
cannot exceed fifty.
It is said that the officers did not let
the passengers know the true state of af-
fairs, and many women were induced by
them to return to their state rooms,
thereby losing time and likely their
lives.
The children saved were in the main
naked, while the women for most part
were in night clothes. The disaster
caused intense anxiety in this city and
throughout the vicinity, where the pas
sengers in general belonged.
The deck hands in the life boat beat
the fingers of an old lady desperately
clinging to the side of the boat. She
begged to be saved, but was finally COM
PEELED to let go her hold, and was proba-
bly, drowned.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
NOTICE.
To All Whom 1t May Concer,

To All Whom 1t May Concern:
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersign-
- ed who are the holders of majority of
the lawfully issued stock of the Sioux City and
Dakota Railroad Company. have filed their bill
in the district court of the Second Judicial Dis
trict of the Territory of Dakota for the County
of Yankton to remove C. G. Wicker. W. W.
Bruokings, George E. Merchant and N. H.
Briggs as Directors and for the election of a
new Board of Directors of said Company under
the authority of said Court; and for an injunc-
ton against said above named persons from
acting as Directors in said Company.
And that the undersigned will not ratify or
confirm any act or things which may be done
or attempted to be done by said above named
persons claiming to act as directors in said COM
pany; and that all resolutions. contracts or
agreements which may be made by said above
named persons in the name of said Railroad
Company will be wholly unauthorized and void
and will be repudiated, and disallowed by said
Railroad Company as soon as said Company is
represented by a lawful board of directors, and
the public and all persons whomsoever are
warned not to purchase any stock of said Com
pany issued or that may be issued by the
authority of the above named four directors as
such issue is fraudulent, unauthorized. illegal
and void.
ID. G. BLAIR.
w. G. LARNED,
Directors and owners of the majority Of the
stock of the said Sioux City and Dakota Rail
road Company.
f. C. & w. c. LARNED,
Attorneys.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
The Turf.

Jackson, June 12.-In yesterdays ra-
ces in the 2:3O classes, Grey Cloud won;
Palma second. Five heats, best time
2:29. In the free for all, Charley Ford
won the last three heats; Havanna, sec
ond; Bone Setter, drawn. Time 2:22L,
2:231s, 2:M11a and 2:25. The pony race
Little Brown jug won in three heats;
Bermuda, second. Time 2:231S, 2 :32 and
2:271s.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
FIRES.
A blaze at Bradford.

Bradford, Pa, June 12-The fire was
got under control this forenoon. The
buildings destroyed were of the poorer
quality Of frames on the outskirts of the
town. The oil tanks are still blazing, but
no danger exists. The burning Of the
refinery stills of the Acme Oil Works
will involve loss of half million alone.
There has been no estimate placed on all
property destroyed.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
Black Sea Fleets.

St. Petersburg, June 12.-The naval
superintendent of the Russian Black sea
fleet is in st. Petersburg to receive in
structions. The circumstance is noticed
in connection with. rumors that French
and English fleets are going to Bessika
hoy
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
FOREIGN.
Nil,ilis,n in Russia.

st. Petersburg, June 12.--The Bereg,
its plan of counter-achieves Of
by exposing its aims, published
n programme OF Russian-J Jewish social
lists, which declares that the Russian
system of government cannot be re-
formed, and must therefore be destroyed.
The present tactics, however. consist Of
quietly disseminating their views.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
An Inquiry.

Paris, May l2.-On account of O'Don-
nell's note q motion in the British house
OF commons of inquiry into the anteced-
ents of the challenge Of Lacour, semi
official communication has been pub
lished saying that Lacour was never a
member of the government Of national
defence and it has never been contem-
plated to send him to Berlin as ambas.
sador.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
Failures.

London, June 12-Failures were de-
clared in the stock exchange to-day OF
Chas. j. Church, broker in English rail-
road market and Edward Smith, Jr.,
jobber. Herbert Mann, tea and coffee
merchant. Manchester has failed. Lila
bilities, 10000 pounds.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
Probate Notice.

Probate Notice.
In the matter of the Esfate of William A.
Howard, deceased. =.
Of Yankton, Dakota Territory.
I'm reading and filing document purporting
to be an exempliied copy of the last viii
and testament of William A. Howard deceased
with probate thereof in the probate court for
the county of Kent, state of Michigan.
:. And en- reading and filing the petition of Will
liam liam 3 Howard, PRAYING to be appointed ed-
ceased, and that said will be allowed as the viii
Of said deceased, and be admitted to probate in
tins court: and the written remuneration of
Charles A. Kent. co-executor with the petitioner
court.
1t is hereby ordered that Thursday, the twen-
ty-fourth day of June, 1890, at ten o'clock a. M,
be appointed for the hearing of the said nett,
ton, and that the heirs at law of said deceased
and all other persons interested in said estate
are required to appear ut session of said court
then to be holden at the Office of the Judge Of
probate in the city of Yankton, Dakota Terrific
ry, and show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer OF the petitioner should not be granted.
IT Is further ordered, that notice thereof shall
be given by causing . copy of this order to be
published in the Daily Press and Dakotaian. n
newspaper printed and published in the city of
iankton, IN said county, on at least three differ
ent days OF publication previous to said day of
hearing, and that there shall be at least ten
days from the first day of said publication. to
| first and last days being included.
4 Yankton, June 10Th, 1880.
l.. CoHaLEToN.
Probate Judge.
Attorney for Executors.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
Damaging Frcshets in wisconsin.

Milwaukee, June 12.-The terrible
storms of Thursday and Friday nights
flooded Warsaw, carrying off several
bridges and four million feet of logs.
Fifty million feet of logs are jammed in
the river and six inches rise will carry
them away. The Wisconsin river is
thirteen feet above low water.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
Ice Houses Destroyed

st. Louis, June l2.-Advices have been
received here that the recent rise in the
upper Mississippi river swept away about
sixty thousand tons of ice stored on the
river bank. Several dealers and brewers
OF this city lose heavily.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12

Washington, June 12-The indications
for the upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys are: Nearly stationary
barometer. stationary or lower tempera-
ture, south to west winds and partly
cloudy weather with occasional local
rains.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
Sinking Isur,ra

Memphis, June 12.-The barge Mary
Ann. of the Mississippi Valley 1ranspor-
tation company, sunk last night at the
wharf. Her cargo consisted of thou
sand bales OF cotton and $500 sacks of
oil cake. Insured in New Orleans.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
French Amnesty.

Paris, June l2.-It is believed that
general amnesty will be proclaimed on
the national fete day, l4th July, the an
niversary Of the taking Of the Bastile.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12

Galveston, Texas, June 12.-Henry
Quarles, negro, was hanged at Houston
yesterday, for the murder of his wife, in
December, 1879. The execution was
private.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
MARRIED

JACKSON -TENENT-By Rev. A. ]. Beebe at
his residence May 26th, 1850, A. r. Jackson
and Miss Il. G. Tenent, of Bluff Centre, d. T.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
CHICAGO.
MINIATURES.

Milwaukee, June II.
WHEAT-lcdlsc lower, Hard sl.o7hR,., No
I, SLIP, No. 2, 9s.ic cash :. July; sS'aAugust
No. Ss7iic, No. 4 Stsc.
ConN-Sa.sc.
OATs-29c.
RYE-78c.
BARLEY-78o.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12
LIST OF LETTERS.

LIST OF LETTERS.
Remaining in the Postoffice at Yankton, ID.
T., june 10, 1880.
Brom, Mons Hanlaud. Mrs Francis r.
Butes, Hargan. Jas w
Garter. HOun. VIM E
Cayana. Jerry Harras, Miss George
Coisen, Hungen, Anne l.
DeLong. Charles Stinson Thos
Eidem, MaryJ Stewart. Miss Helen
Everett CIV Solem, Miss Clara G
Fossett, d II Tuppen, Rev0,r
Fras; Lorenza NanWinkle.S J6Seyf
Gordon EE Wells Mrs II
Gilmore, OR
HELD FOR POSTAGE.
William Canty, Lead City, d. T.-3 cents.
If not called for in thirty days will be sent to
the dead letter office.
A. W. HOWARD, P. NJ.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12

AIthia office.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-12

Money to Loan.
ON FIRST CLASS FARM PROPERTY at 9
Cper cent. interest and reasonable commits
sl0ns. DEWEY g. FRENCH
dGwtf. Attorneys atsTaw
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
Adelaide Nelson.

A New York telegram of Aug. 1e: A
Paris dispatch ssys Adelaide Nelson was TAX
en- i'll Saturday night while driving in Bots
du Boulogne with the !ladylwho has been liv-
ing with her as companion. She had been
staying at the Continental hotel for few days
previous to her death with her companion, q
servant and q gentleman described as her
secretary. The circumstances surrounding
her death are SO suspicious that police in
quiry may become necessary The rooms
which Miss Nelson occupied at the Continent
tai Hotel have been sealed up and kilograms
have been dispatched to her relatives. Anoth-
er dispatch says Miss Nelson had left her
home with party Of friends in the best Of
spirits and appeared in good health to take
dejeuner in the famous Duchalet restaurant,
Bois du Boulogue. At the table she frequent
lv alluded to her success in her profession and
spoke hopefully OF what she expected to &C.
complish during the coming season, and in a
more distant future. Suddenly Miss Nelson
turned pale, gave low cry, pressed her hand
upon her heart and fell back in her chair.
Her friends spraag to her assistance and at
tempted to bring her to consciousness, dis
patching messengers for medical aid, but all
efforts were Of no avail, and the fact was i'm
pressed upon them that Miss Nelson was
dead.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
Mark Twain as a German Scholar

MuA 10alN rs UeEMaH SCHOl8T
I,went often to look at the collection
Of curiosities in Heidelberg Castle, and
one day surprised the keeper of it with
my German. I spoke entirely in that
language. He was greatly interested,
and, after I had talked awhile, he said
my German was very rare, possibly a
unique" and wanted to add it to his
museum. If he had known what it cost
me to acquire my art he would also have
known that it would break any collector
to buy it. Surely there is not another
language that is so slipshod and system
less, and SO slippery and Elusive to the
grasp. One is washed about in it, hither
and thither, in the most helpless way,
and, when at last he thinks he has cap
tured a rule which offers firm ground to
take rest on amid the general rage and
turmoil of the parts of speech. he turns
over q page and reads, Let the pupil
make careful note of the following ex-
ceptions." He runs bis eye down and
finds there are more exceptions to the
rule than instances of it. So overheard
he goes again to hunt for another Ararat
and to find another quicksand. German
books are easy enough to read when You
hold them before the looking glass or
stand on your head so as to reverse the
cOnshuchon-but / think that to learn
to read and understand German news.
paper is thing which must always re-
main an impossibiity to any foreigner.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
Growth of the Earth.

The millions of aerolites descending
upon the earth as an everlasting shower
over all its surface prove that the earth
is growing; the gradual rise of it's oceans
prove the fact, and the great truth is also
demonstrated by the bottoms of all
these oceans, according to their various
depths, constantly getting filled up by
primary formations. In short, the uni
versal law Of terrestrial growth is de-
monstrated by every shell upon the
shore which. by it's formation, is just
that much permanently added to the
bulk. But sinking into the bowels of
the earth as deep as man can reach
proves the growth Of the earth far more
strongly than all the facts and words
which are available on the momentous
question; for no matter how far down,
every inch of the descent was once the
surface, however low it may now be out
Of sight, by the accumulation of creative
increase over it since the time. Thus,
so far as we have been enabled to pene-
trate, and the rule holds good over every
part of its surface, we find the strata,
however deep we may descend, all lying,
as to time, in the order Of their forma-
ton. They can not be otherwise, as no
commissions of nature could reverse the
position of one stratum by superimpos-
ing it upon another. If we sink down
through the strata to the depth of, say,
thousand yards, we pass rough the
works of several geological i ,chs, the
first one that on which the lift of the
deluge rests, the latest formation, the
nexEif in the sinking there is no miss
ing link-a step in time earlier, and so
on in succession, until we reach the low
est stratum at the depth mentioned, the
Oldest one in the series. There it is Just
where it was deposited, then on the sur
face of the earth, perhaps more than
1000, 900 years ago, while all the others
have been in latter times superimposed
in their respective geological epochs, up
to the surface. There is another such
epochal formation going on and getting
thicker under all oceans since the pres
ent continental features of the globe
arose, which will yet be dry land, and
will be the latest formation for the geol-
ogists of the remote future. Colh1r,a's
Magazine. ~ t*
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
The Population Of Africa.

Although we have not, nor are we
likely to have for years, any accurate
STATISTICS OF the population Of the interior
OF Africa. there is very little doubt that
we have greatly moderated it. Much
Important information has lately been,
gathered on the subject, especially con-
corning the distribution and density of
the inhabitants Of that far-off land. In
the great lake district, for instance.
there are territories as thickly settled as
many European states relatively small
areas possessing millions of people.
The negro regions are by far the most
populous, while the desert regions are
the reverse. A French geographical
society gives the estimated figures of
various subdivisions of that continent
as follows: In the Soudan the popula-
tion is $4,000, 600, or about So persons
per square mile. The town Of Bida, on
the Niger, for example, contains fully
SO, 600 inhabitants. East Africa is rated
at 10000, 600, and Equatorial Africa at
some 40, O00, 900 souls. A late authority
on ethnology sets down the negroes as
numerically 130, O00, 600; the Hamites.
10000, 900; the Bantas, 1900, 900 ; the
Foolahs, 5000, 900; the Nubians, 1,5OO.-
600; the Hottentots, SO, 600, 600 -making
total Of rs, $50, 600. The figures only
approximate, Of course ARE considered
toolow both by German and British geog-
raphers, the former estimating the pop
ulation as high as 100000 900. Much
hope has been repeatedly expressed of
the future of Africa. which IS rich in
mineral products and capable Of main
tanning prosperous commerce with
other parts of the globe. Along the
coasts and caravan roads the chief trade
has been, and continues to be, in slaves.
It is thought that recent effort will vet
do much toward abating the odious
traffic, as the natives are capable of
something better. Many of the tribes
are above the condition of savages. They
have fixed habitaions, though merely
mud huts, defended by stockades, and
have some laws or customs favorable to
commerce. Among several tribes the
native merchant is greatly esteemed,
and his property is safe even during
war. The land is cultivated; the in
habitants wear dyed cotton clothes !;
gold and rcn are ingeniously manufact-
ured, and a certain kind of intelligence
seems to be very slowly spreading
What Africa most needs is free CONNER
cial intercourse with the outer world.
and that must arrive. Who knows but
that, in the coming cycles, the highest
civilization may not be found where the
first civilization arose ?-Ne,O York pa
41pr
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
The st. Paul Wholesale Houses of P. H.
Kelly and Averill, Russell & Carpenter
Destroyed.

At 9 quarter before o'clock Monday
morning, August q, the watchman employed
atP. b. Keney's wholesale groserY house,
corner OF Third and sibley streets, st. Paul
discovered fire in the I'D Joining building occu.
pied by Averiil. Russell g Carpenter as q
wholesale paper store. The fire seemed to be
on the upper floor Of the building. An alarm
was promptly given, but the building was SO
high that the streams did not do much execu.
ton. There was fire wall between Avenill's
and Kelly's, but mansard roof lowered ar
above that wall and within an hour after the
alarm the fire broke through the mansard
roof upon the Ayenil building and ran like 9
streak across the Kelly building mansard.
The upper floor Of Kelly's store was filled
with light wooden ware, and the fire spread
with incredible rapidly and fierce
ness. The lower floors were very
heavily laden and before four a. m
kelys mammoth store and stock were ut
terly demolished, and the walls were Level
with the street
Nothing but books and papers were saved
OF Mr.. Kelly's stock, and the vault was IN.
opened, as none of the employees present had
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES w MAJ Iue Iatc OF Inc con.
tents win be is as yet unknown
The Averill building where the dre original
ed, did not burn as quickly as the other, and
the walls for two stories stood until pulled
down. The fact that they did stand proved the
salvation of Aurebach, Finch & Culbertson'e
"wigwam" across the street. Beaupre, Allen 6
Keogh's building opposite Kelly's store, was
on fire several times, but was saved without
ser .ous damage.
Averil], Rsssel Carpenter had stock OF
$12500O, and an insurance Of S776OO. Mr..
Kelly had stock Of about 100000 and an
insurance Of about 100000. Mr.. Kelly is in
New York and has placed considerable in.
surance there, hence his total can not now be
dednitly stated.
There is report that man was killed by
the falling walls, but this is not certain.
The building occupied by P. n. Kelly was
100 feet square. It was built in 1872 bv W.
8. Wright, at cost of about $4,000 It is
now owned by his heirs.
The building occupied by Averill & Co. was
50x15o, and was jointly owned by Amos w.
Hall and Geo. W. Sherwood It cost about
$4,000.
The total loss is ssl5ooo, and insurance
about 100000.