The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-02
VERY LATEST.
4 FEARFUL CYCLONE IN OHIO.

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heavy fall Of hail, passed over this city.
A half hour thereafter reports of cy-
clone passing south of here in north
westerly course began arriving, and at
this writing the indications are that
great destruction has been wrought to
property and many people have been
killed. Telegraphic communication
with the surrounding towns is cut off,
the poles being blown down and carried
away. The only means at hand to
gather facts is by horse and buggy.
About eight miles south Of here,
nearly half mile of the railroad track
of the Toledo, Cincinnati and st. Louis
road was Torn up and blown away.
At Alexanderville and CarrOllton,
ten miles south of here, houses were
raised from the ground and in some in
stances entirely torn asunder. In both
places about thirty houses were de-
stroyed and damaged. The cyclone
was seen to form near these places, and
between there and WOODBURY., another
small town, horses and cattle were
killed by the barns falling upon them.
Large, stately forests were swept
away like blades Of grass before a
scythe.
ohd pb. lO00 hCol tuClCs
about 500 feet in length, is scattered
over the country.
At Alexanderville an aged lady
named Jackson was badly, and prob
ably fatally, injured. The others are:
Ed. Whitley, leg broken; Thos. Harris,
head badly cut and arm broken; Robt.
Mitchell. badly bruised and internal in
juries. Two children are reported IA
tally injured.
From this point the cyclone took
northeastern course, striking Xenia,
where the Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' home was damaged. All the
outhouses were wrecked. Several
children were severely injured. Miss
Harvey, a matron, was seriously in
jured about the head, and Night
Waterman Robinson sustained danger
Gus injuries.
In this part of the county the ruin Is
appalling. 1t is impossible to estimate
the damage to property and crops.
FIGURING and saw mills, houses, barns,
forests, in fact everything that was i'll
the track Of the cyclone were swept
away. The track of the storm was over
an eighth of a mile in width.
Later dispatches state that James
town, place of one thousand people ,is
completely demolished. Not dozen
houses escaped intact, and one hundred
Of them are RACED to the ground. Six
persons were killed outright, and about
thirty-five persons were injured, nine
Of them fatally. Numbers took refuge
in cellars, and were buried in the debris
and had to be dug out. Large brick
buildings were blown down, and pOr-
tons Of them carried seven and eight
miles distant.
One half of the residents of the place
are homeless and dependant upon the
neighbors for shelter. The street called
Xenia avenue, about one mile in length,
has not building left, both sides Of
east of Jamestown the roads and fields
are strewn with debris from the ill
fated town. Bed-clothes, furniture,
and parts of houses fill the trees. The
citizens thereabout and in Xenia
have organized relief committees, and
are sending out appeals over the state
for help. The total loss ut jamestown
is between $3.50, 900 and $500, 900. Gov.
Hoadly has been in the city all day
helping the relief fund.
The Loretto Convent, at Lindsay,
Ont, burned Thursday.
Edwin Rice, leading grain mer-
chant of Paxton, Ills, is dead.
The National Mechanics and Traders
Bank of New York has returned to the
State system.
III. M. Matthews, formerly governor
of West Virginia, died at Lynchburg,
of erysipelas.
The vacant presidency of Bowdoin
college has been offered to Professor &.
+. German, of Amherst.
So severe is the drouth in western
Texas that large numbers Of cattle are
dying for water and grass
Heavy frost and ice in the region Of
Meridian, Miss, Thursday morning,
will compel farmers to replant.
E. 4. Seaver, postmaster at Reeds
burg, Wis, has resigned because of his
arrest for embezZlement and forgery.
Budger Clawson, a well knownpolyg-
amist of Salt Lake, has been held to
the district court on the charge of big
amy.
Nearly the entire business portion Of
West Salem, Ohio, burned Thursday
morning, involving a loss estimated at
100000.
Hugh Gaffney, of Baltimore, noted
steeple-chase rider, died of yellow fever
in Mexico, where he had gone to train
horses.
Adulterated tea to the amount of 40
chests was seized at New York OH a
steamer which arrived from London,
Tuesday.
George B. Mills has been appointed
postmaster at Astoria, Illinois, despite
the objections Of a prominent politician
of Galesburg.
d. T. Clover, prosecuting attorney
of the common pleas court at Lancas-
ter, Ohio, has been deposed from office
for drunkenness.
At charivari at Anoka, Minnesota,
someone fired revolver to increase the
din, and accidentally killing q boy
named Willie Gray.
A cave in the Fullen Colliery, at
Maltby, Pa, occurred Thursday, water
flooding the mine and compelling the
suspension Of work.
General Clinton b. Fiske was adj
Judged guilty of contempt of court at
New York Thursday, fined $500, and
ordered into custody.
The New York assembly, by vote
Of 60 TO So, defeated constitutional
amendment to prohibit the manufact-
ure or sale Of liquor.
James Guinea, the President of the
First National Bank of Morris. ILL.,, fell