Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-25
EASTERN.

Drs MoNEs, June 1S.-A tornado swept through Central Iowa late last night, from northwest to southeast. twenty miles north of Des Moines. The town of Grinnell was struck by it and half of the town is in ruins, about forty were killed and over a hundred wound ed According to the latest reports half of the large buildings of the Iowa Col lece were blown fiat to the ground.
 IsrzE.--+ ..rscig, t'' t,a state Regis ter says: "Surseo-- report forty-one dead at Grinnel and say five or sjzmore will not live through the night The surgeons reported that the wounded ex- ceed l5O and the number Of houses dd- stroyed or ruined is between 1IJ and lJ0. The total loss of property is now esti- mated @; SIX hundred thousand dollars. Itis feared the numberol deaths at Griu- nell will reach seventy-fve. The path oi the t1ruad0 is now well defined as having been about 2J miles long and lalf mile wide extending five miles northwest of GGuuell and twenty miles southeast. It is now thought The loss of life outside of Grinneu will reach twenty five and altogether near one hundred.
 MALCOLM, June lS.-Fire Of the best business houses here, both churches and one-tmri Of the dwellings were demol- isheJ by storm. Seven dead bodies have been found. At South Brooklyn three people were killed.
 WASHINGTON. June l9.-Tle House has passed the river and harb.r hil by 1l9 to 4l, with a few uuimportaut amendments. Berry made an attempt t5 increase the appropriation for the Sacramento and Feather rivers from a quarter to a hali million dollars, Page supporting him. It was voted down.
 WASHINGTON, June 19-In iLe Star Route eases, the grand jury ,nude two new preseutments forcoa-piracy against Brady an Messerole and one asaiust Brady and Price, also one for perjury against II. J. Condn and John r.. Wal lace in connection with the straw bond cases.
 NEW YoEK, June 19.-Michael Davitt, who arrived on the Germanie, says h-s plans are for twelve days lccturing from Boston to Chicago, in explanation oi the work being done by Ladies land league in sustaining evicted people, maintaining tenants in the law courts, etc. He will also contradict the ru- mors of dissentIons. He says he ana Parnell are iu perfect accord and says his Liverpool speech was garblsd and really contained nothing cOmmunistic. He meant this: owing to the poverty of agricultural class III Ireland. if the peasant proprieorship is concsd ded by the Government and money advanced to purchase from the landlords, the peas ants bad better simply pay land tax, the Government retaining the title and fee.
 BURLINGTON, Ia, June 20.-Last Saturday night, terrific storm passed over Des Moires and Boone County. The hurricane blew down barns, houses. and orchards, bu: none reported killed. A. ME Pleasant twenty-eight miles west of here, two storms met oyerthe town at ll3l and broke in fearful fury, de- molishing entirely the Baptist church, lifting the spire from the Presbyterian cburc high in the air and invertiug its point struck the side walk in front ot the church and was driven into the ground mary feet. Towers and roois of all churches iu the place are damazed. The rain damaged much merchandise. 1 The storm lasted about rty minutes. Three hundred dwellings are uuroofed and not a single chimney is standing. ! Thousands of trees were twisted of; three large brick school houses in ruins, 1ut the college building escaped, being pr tected by a inc grove of trees in ! Campus which are all down. Only two ! persons are reported killed Henry couny's loss by the storm will reach ! half million.
 NEW YORK, June 2o-A special cable | to the Herald says:
 "LoSDoS. June le.-W. H. Glider.