Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-04-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
WIND, RAIN AND Ii ALL De-
STRUCTIVE FIRES-OTHER
NEWS,

A tornado struck White Oak Station,
on the Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail
road, ten miles west of Ozark, Arkansas,
about one o'clock on Saturday morning,
making great havoc there and in the
surrounding country. Oak trees on he
mountain sides were snapped like pipe
stems; three churches, II gin MILL q
planing-mill, and about twenty dwell
lngs, were demolished, and number of
persons were injured, three fatally.
me loss in property is estimated at
$4,000.
IN New York, yesterday, the police,
actlhg under instructions, "rigidly"
enforced the Sunday law-as far as they
were able to do 50. At the Atlantic
Garden, in the Bowery, the employees
were arrested, but released on bail, and
returned to work. The Pacific Garden
was closed by the police Saloon keepers
generally admitted no persons not
know to them.
The ship Hercules, at Boston, from
Manila, reports that at one O'Clock on
the morning of the Sd inst, in latitude
Is, longitude 69.45 she passed a
vessel of 600 tons burthen apparently
abandoned. There was no sign of life
on board, and no response to the hailinp
Of the Hercules.
The new Duchess of Westminster,
wife of one Of the richest men in
Europe, was married in dress of white
lOulard, costing seventy"hve cents a
yard. This certainly is economy, and
economy II is to use DR.. Bulls Cough
syrup, the great remedy for coughs and
colds.
The Secretary of the State Board of
Health of Indiana has announced that
the smallpox has assumed "alarminp
proportions in that State 1t is epi-
denic in many towns in the eastern and
southern portions of the State, while
scattered cases are reported in the other
sections
AT Des Moines and Adair, Iowa, on
Friday night, great damage was done
to buildings by the wind. AT Adair
twenty stables and two larger buildings
were demolished, and whole block
was unroofed. At Anita, house was
consumed by lightning and large
barn demolished by the wind.
Violent wind storms, accompanied by
driving rain and hail, prevailed on
Saturday in the Northwest, the dis
turbances covering portions of Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and Ne
braska. Much damage was done to
and fences, and telegraphing
was interrupted in many places.
The tve-story building, Nos. 279, 2S1
and 2o3 Broadway, New York, occupied
by Bradstreets Commercial Agency;
e. Remington & Sons, rifle manufac-
turers, and the Hall Safe and Lock
Company, was burned out yesterday.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The largest oyster ever taken from
Raritan Bay" is reported to have been
caught off East Point, near keyport,
few days ago. The molluscouS mon
'ter is asserted to have measured 9l5 by
~ inches, and weighed 212 pounds.
Its age was estimated at 10 years.
President Arthur arrived at St.
Florida, on Saturday, and
will probably remain there until Tues
lay.
BALTIMORE, Md.-Rev. w. H. Chap
nan says: 81 deem Browns Iron
3itters most valuable tonic for general
II health"
Secetary Folger has gone to New
iork, but expects to return to Washing
on on Wednesday next.
The warehouse of Knapp, Stout &
jo., at Menomonee, Wisconsion, was
'urned on Saturday. Loss $4,000.
The furniture factory of Stockhauser
& Co., i'll st. Louis, was burned on Sat-
lrday night. Loss $4,000.
a fire in Plymouth, Indiana, yester-
lay morning, destroyed ten buildings,
ausing a loss Of S27 900.
Should you be a sufferer from dys-
'epsia, indigestion, malaria. or weak
less, you can be cured by Browns Iron
5itterS.