Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-16

comfortably cared for. The loss of
property is enormous, but cannot
be safely estimated. For fifteen
miles through the most dsnsely
populated, settled and best part Of
Usage the cyclone cut q swath Of
desolation and death. Entire
farms were stripped Of buildings,
cattle and much OF their vegeta.
ton. At one place only q piece Of
tire foot long and hub were left
Of a wagon.
Fifty M0us.s ~ Ru,ns
Usage CITY, Kansas, June 15.-
Usage county loses fifty houses by
the storm, besides fences, barns,
orchards, crops and thirty or forty
people wounded. The money loss
will be hundred Thousand dollars.
Many families are wholly destitute.
Every house In the town Of Flora
was destroyed.
A Ch0c.gO fnsscs.
CHICAGO, June l5th.-John Girls
com has lost three-fourths of a
pound to-day and twenty five
pounds since beginning his fast
eighteen days ago, Weighing now
1924 pounds. He il cheerful, but
the fast begins to tell on him In We
rious ways.
More Adve",Ur>'s t"r sh- F'"s,"
BALTIMORE, June 15.-Lieut.
Jas. Is. Lock wood, Of the United
States Army, with fifteen men,
sailed to-day for st. John, N. s., to
join the steamer Proteus, of Gree.
ley's Expedition to Lady Franklin
Bay. The following comprise the
party with Lieut.. Lockwood: w.
H. Cross, w. s. Jewell, u. L
Brainaid, d. Linn, D. l.. Starr, J
Ellison, w. Salter. P. Comm, ].
Frederlcks, VIM. Ellie, y. B. Hen
ry, w. Whistler, F. Long, Jacob
Bender, H. Beaderbeck aud J. B.
Binford.
Do mot rs"poso to E,ecs Senators
CONCORD, N. H. June 15th.-The
House has adopted q resolution of
the Judiciary Com mittee, postpon
ing the election of United States
Senator. The Senate vote was as
follows: E. H. Rollin, Z; Hawlsyl?];
Bingham. s; Isaac N. Blodget, 3;
J. w. Patterson, 2; J. N. Briggs, 2.
Several others, one q strong anti
claim q great victory
for the friends of Chandler aud
Stevens. They claim for each gen.
tleman that he is the most promi-
nent candidate of the SO, while the
friends of Marshall and Hartman
claim that each has gained formid.
able strength. Rollins's friends
cay that had nomination been
made he would have been the sue
cessfuI candidate.
C.uhts.x eat An,t Cs.Essux,
ALBANY, June 15,h.-Conkling
vote: Jacobs, 40; Conkling, 81;
Wheeler, rs; Rogers. is; Cornell,
10; Lapham, 10; Bradley, /; Fol-
ger, /; Tremaine, 3; Crowley, 2.
No choice.
For successor to Plat: Depew,
81; Herman, 50; Plat, 81; FoIger,
8; Cornell, 10; Crowley, 4. No
Adjourned.
A Govsr"msntM R.,.r--d gro.
passed.
CHICAGO. June 15.-The Tinles's
Winnipeg special says: An offer
tor u rail way syste IN to be operated
by the Nova Sootian Government
has been made by Morton, Rose &
Co., OF London, who are believed to
be acting for the Canada Pacific, to
complete its route from ocean to
ocean.
TexNa pAe,As RmStw.y Ncws-Au
Onsses tor she A"sS 6ouia Rosds.
ST. LOUIS, June l5.-The Re.
publican's Dallas special says 1t lie
ascertained that the Houston and
Texas Central Railroad Company
will soon commence the cOnstruc-
ton of q road from Whitney, Hill
county, to Dallas to connect with
and use the line agreed upon by
the Chicago, Texas and Mexican
Central, the st. Louis and San
ThuCISCU anu tu0 0ouS OOlOG0UU
and Santa F6 roads to Paris, Texas,
and perhaps to Fort Smith, Ar
kansas, thus giving all these antl-
Gould lines good northeastern
outlet to st. Louis and to Chicago
independent of the Gould system.
San Diego Boand BarA Disabled.
LONDON, June 15.-The British
bark Lizzie Perry, Capt. McHenry,
from Antwerp April 18th, for San
Diego or San Francisco, put into
Montevidio Tuesday. having been
partially dismantled In gale.
Tue Ascot Races.
LONDON, June 15.-The Ascot
race for the Coronation stakes was
won by Mazurka, Isumsdor second.
Adversely third. Seven animals
ran. including Seneca.