The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-30
WESTERN.

at Rochester, Mimi, were buried at Oak
wood Cemetery on Thursday, the ed of
August, in the presence OF a vast concourse.
AT m early hour" says a correspondent,
strangers began to pour in from all direc-
tons and by noon the streets were crowded
with surging mass of humanity. The ex-
precision Of sadness on every face told more
plainly than the fiuttering Grape or toll
ing bells the tale Of mourning, desolation,
and death A procession was formed in
front Of the Cook House. and starte
for the cemetery, Literally the streets
from Broadway to the cemetery
gate were jammed with teams.
The ceremonies performed were of the
simplest character No dirge was sung, and
no sound was heard but the humble prayers
and smothered groans of unutterable
anguish The only tributes left upon the
close, clinging clay were silent, scalding
tears 1t was by far the saddest
funeral that ever occurred In
Rochester "A Rochester dispatch says
the official lis Of deaths in the
city gives the number at twenty six, and in
the immediate surrounding country tea,
making total OF thirty six: injured. eighty
two Nine OF the latter will die The effect
upon the fields through which the cyclone
passed Is only describable by saying
that the earth was left and that
was all Scores of farmers who ate
their suppers with the pleasurable con-
seriousness that wheat and oats were cut
and shocked could not find in the morning
nf ~,
not finished cutting met with no better
fortune, since the fields reaped by the
whirlwind showed not a yestige Of vegeta-
ton. The track of the storm probably
averaged three-fourtas of mile in
width, and the length of the
course was fully fifty miles, two
thirds OF which were under cultivation.
Corn was stripped to bare stalks, unless. in
deed, the stalks, too, disappeared, and the
dead domestic animals are to be counted by
the hundreds George Mcdonald, who oc-
cupied IN upper room at the Cook House.
in Rochester, thus describes the ap-
proach Of the cyclone: 4 was standing at
the window, watching the approaching
storm, with no thought of the fearful con-
was mass of ominous inky clouds. which
made the earth as dark rs twilight, but was
illuminated every few seconds by vivid
flashes of lightning shooting from one cloud
to another. A strange stiffness per-
vaded the hour-a hush rs If there was q
sense Of impending calamity. To the
southwest | saw q black, funnel-shaped
cloud approaching, which seemed to be re-
volving with great rapidity. rushed to
shut the window, but before could reach
II there was horrible crashing. banging,
and creaking-the whole building shook,
and the wind rushed with such
force rs to throw me TO the floor
The shock lasted but few seconds -
A freak Of the wind was the driving of a
pine board through the trunk of maple
tree In a field near Dodge Center q herd of
twenty cattle was In the track of the
cyclone. OF these nine were killed, and the
horns OF the eleven others were found
sticking in the ground, indicating that the
cattle had been caught suddenly by the wind
Of bed-clothing Ore was found dead and
the other fatally injured beneath the win
dow.
The Northern Pacific railroad is fin
ished, just decade from the time that
Jay Cookies failure was seized upon by CIV.
cry weak concern in the land a an excuse
for going into bankruptcy. Track LAYING
was completed on the I'D Of August, the
last iron spike being driven at : o'clock
n m OF that day. The formal opening will
occur on the sth Of September
At the triennial conclaye in San
Francisco, Robert T. Withers, Of Virginia
was elected Gand Master of the Knight
Templars of the United States Charles
Roome. of New York was chosen Deputy
Grand Master. JohnF s aobin, of Pennsyl
vania. Grand Generalissimo. Hugh Nc
Curdy, of Michigan, Grand CAPTAIN General
and J. Larae Thomas, of kentucky, Grand
Senior Warden
The recent reported robbery of rail
road laborers In Michigan was exaggerated
The pillaging PARTY were workmen from an
other section. who run short OF whisky, an,
limited their degradation TO relieving per
sons they met Of any bourbon In their pos
session Of the seven arrested. two were dis
charged, and five were given ninety days Ia
Ionia prison
The Sir Knights gathered ut Sal
Francisco laid the corner stone Of monu
ment to James 4 Garfield at Golden Gats
Park.
At the County Infirmary at Zanes
vile, Ohio, two sisters named Lttieheld At
tempted TO escape by means OF rope made
and thrown TO the ground head-torenost
tbais horns bsias left IN the ground