The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-29
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
CYCLONES AND CROPS.
Great Destruction Of Property
IN the West.

Chicago, 27.-S. w. Allerton, who has
II, 900 acres of corn land in the best mari
of the state, says of the prospect in Piati
and adjoining counties, that heavy rain.
have damaged and delayed corn of. ntine
and blowing, and until last week farmers
were discouraged. Now the corn is
fairly coming out of the ground, and the
farmers ars full Of hope, and all concede
thst this years crop III central Illinois
will exceed by many thousand bushels
that Of 1881. Other grain looks better
than ever before, aud ten days more of
good weather will almost insure q good
crop. at The worst this year The weld
will be mucn above the average, and the
railroad earnings will increase 20 per
cent. in consequence A more compre-
hensiYe view of the prospects. taking in
the northwestern states, will give a less
rose-colOrsd view. The p4pers are bur
dened with reports of storms, cyclones,
foods and Winds, so geu0 al in
having wrought damage to
crops, that the conclusiol Is irresistible
that the greatest injury hss been To-
hicted That was ever done by rruptiye
storms. There has been also in addition
to the injury to crops, great loss IN cat
tie, fences and Outhouses, and not a little
loss of life.
Butler County, Nebraska, was invested
by u tornado Oh Sunday night, people
were killed, mach stock lost AID crops de
siroyed. The path Of the storm was ten
miles vide; damages estimated at $780,
700. In the vicinity Of Verona, Iowa,
the streams raised t. great height, fields
were com etely inundated, bridges and
sluices carried away, and many farmers
have abandoned the idea of raising
enough corn u feed. Oats are materially
injured, msny fields beng red with rust,
and the outlook for q crop is so per cent.
worse than ten days ago. Disastrous
storms in Missouri along lha line Of the
Hannibal and : t. Joe railroad, blew
down thirty miles of telegraph wire
about Brookfeld. There are Washouts
on the Quincy, Missouri and Pacific and
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. Trains
are delayed by Washouts. The bridges
are almost gone. A cyclone visited
Galesbu-g en- Sunday, and although the
damage was not great, the ueighboring
country was severely Visited. Tue Hin
ois River is out of It's banks, and bottom
farming for this year is imp Jssible. The
railroads generally have suffered much
loss. No serious mishsps have occurred
to tracks, on account Of tbs care
fulness Of the. management. The
telegraph wires are twisted, torn
and grounded in every direction.
In Nebraska, the storm travelled 40
miles il six hours, being from North
Platte to Omaha. Yesterday an angry
blsck cloud and not, dark atmosphere
scared the people of Atchison, Kansas,
but only few Of the ordinary casualties
to roofs and fences resulted. Par! Of the
storm struck Kirwin, and completely
carried away buildings, churches, barns
sud residences. At Gslmage, Mays
vile, Avocs and other places the storm
wrought distraction. Three men were
killed at Tslmsge. The crops we're lev
elled in the direction OF st. Joe. The
depot was unroofed, and at Lathrop
houses were RACED to the ground. The
damage to crops in Nebraska amounts,
according to different estimates, from
Sl00, 900 to three-quarters Of a million.
The loss in Omaha is estimated at $50, 600.
The loss about Genos, Illinois, is about
$4,000. The great bulk of losses seem
to have been on farmers, and are very
slow in coming to light.