Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-06-04

at Watcrtown, Dakota.
Three terrible wind storms visited north
eastern Kansas Wednesday afternoon They |
made their appearance almost simultaneously |
at Nortonville, at COTS, and at Frankfort, |
forming outside OF each town and spending |
their force just after leaving the settled por. |
tions. The first one made Its appearance at |
COTS, a station on the Missouri Pacific rail |
road. With the strength Of a demon 1t first |
seized the heavy Missouri Pacific railway dc. |
pot, and as though 1t had been made Of straw,
1t tore it almost into fragments. Round and
round the pieces were whirled, and some
lighter sections were carried for hundreds Of
yards. A heavily laden car was whirlcd
around, lifted from the track and hurled
fully twenty-five feet away. Several dwellings
and barns were demolished and four persons
injured, three possibly fatally. At Norton
vile, on the AtChison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
railway, the depot was lifted from the foun-
dalton, whIred around aud set squarely across
the track, one dwelling house demolished and
another damaged, and one woman seriously
hurt At Frankfort, thrc, barns we're de-
molishCd. No serious injuries reported,
Adviccs from Silver City, New Mexico, say
the Apaches arc making bloody trail through
that section. over thirty settlers have already
fallen victims TO the red devils fury. One
report says the Apaches have been Joined by
a number Of the utcs and Navajos The
number Of hostiles are yariously estimated
from two 10 three bundled warriors.
The steamer City OF Rome of the Anchor
! has NnXp hart on
besides her l,s!l regular passengers, two
French fishermen, the only survivors Of the
crew OF the French fishing bark George Jeanne
which was sunk by the City Of Rome In col.
lision on the banks Of Newfoundland on May
25. The names OF the rescued men arc Her.
bert Albert aud Frank Alphonso Mare. The
illfatcd bark after she was struck sank in less
than minute carrying down with her twenty.
four men, only two Of whom were saved.
AdyiCes from northeast Arkansas, prin.
cipally in Crittcndcu and Phillips counties,
state that loCusts in innumerable numbers
have appeared in that vicinity As yet, they
are most numerous IN the tree tops Of the
forests where they arc hatching out by the
thousands. The growing crops so far bayc
escaped destruction, except wheat which Is
being rapidly eaten up. These Insects have
never before appeared in quantities in that sec
tlon and the invasion IL creating widespread
, alarm.
Miss Grace Lord, literary celebrity in Bos.
, ton, was killed by the fall Of derrick at the
\ new Unitarian building In Bowdoln street.
u Her father left fortune Of many millions,
a which Was lost by her brother and Miss Grace
and her sister have been earning living for
themselves.
= Richard &. Haskell, wealthy shoe mcr
chant Of Boston, has been granted divorce
, from Mary Bcehc, the well. known singer, for
l. adultery.
The reformed prcsbytery Of Philadelphia
> has been received into the Presbyterian
church. The committee on foreign mission:
reported 10 the general assembly the receipt
Of $500, 9S3 for the year, and an existing deb
u of s5T, 15l.
General Grants physicians report his dis
: case in an almost stationary condition, whit
j. his general health is excellent His walk,
=, about the house and in the street cause n,
= fatigue, and his daily ride in the park is
=, great pleasure. Hotel proprietor, at scvora
70 mountain resorts have extended invitations I,
,, the general TO visit them.
The managers Of the New Orleans exposition
a, claim to have secured nearly all Che funds re
er quired for It's Cxteusou but the refusal Of tn
T. cabinet at Washington 10 permit the govern
mcnt exhibits 10 remain is thought TO hay
killed the scheme
n. The Illinois senate bas passed the pleuro
10 pneumonia bill giving $4,000 toward sup
4 pressing the contagion,
ID Within the past week on the farm Of Owcr
v, Means at Saybrook, Mclean county, Illinois
o. number of apparently healthy cattle hay,
fallen dead In their tracks from heart disease
re The disease appears TO tc contagious, but it
In nature is not yet clearly defined. It creates IL
er little anxiety among stockmCn.
The secretary Of the treasury has issued
lu circular directing customs officers 10 colleC
" the alien immigrant tax of 50 cents each fror
&C. foreigners coming TO this country, as tourist
or travellers in transit 10 other countries, q
D. well as those coming to this country to n
n. side,
ISl General Sheridan has returned TO Washinl
ington from his western trip
ne Eleven persons in Waco, Texas, lost the
ne lives by the overflow Of the Brazos, The rive
was sent far beyond It's banks by the moi
VI terrible rsiUs Of the season. tn, damage
Ut the city Is estimated at $4,000 and the dan
nu age to farm property aud growing crops
ng 100000.
.Sl w. [, Smith, postmaster at Holden, Mi
.no '1e souri,, suIclded by shooting himself The
,'l m was shortage in his accounts Of 5 ,OOO
> Frank O'Neil, Of st. Louis, who was s
o,s lccted by the authorities 10 go to New Zcala,
10 for the murderer Maxwell, has accepted Il
vor managing cditorship Of The Missouri Rrptb
rbs can. William Hyde is making tour
ors Europe.
,ur A vein OF natural gas, with an cstimat
daily flow Of one milton cubic feet, has hc
yss struck at Findlay, Ohio,
F. Maurice Huegy partner in the wreck
his clearinghouse Of Ryhyndcr 4 Co., at Hig
Is a land, Illinois, who was about 10 be arraign
,ral as an embezzler, killed himself with rev
yer. A similar course was taken by Char
lam F. Gay, arailroad auditor at Marquette, who
.irl, body was found in the woods.
iley In the southern Presbyterian assembly
iley amendment TO the confession Of faith design
the W pcTHIll marriage WIN uCCcased wlle's S
ter failed of passage.
Who kcy. DIR. r, /. Stanton, of Washington, dI
re- on board the steamship Nevada, when with
8. one day Of Queenstown, and was buried
and sea. He was in very feeble health when
sailed.
Y, Charles DENLY, Of Indiana, has been
inc, pointed minister to China, and Wendell
4 Of Anderson, Of Wisconsin, consul general
Tept Montreal
rtul The scale of wages proposed by the Am
IA, gamatcd iron.workers has been signed
,,'us, Brown & Co., Of Pittsburgh.
'oy Ingram E. Eaton, a leading citizen
M Bloomingdale, Mich, fell dead at the din
us W., table, from heart disease.
''uS F. A. Palmer, formerly auditor of Newa
h.. New Jersey who embczslei sl25, 900, died
~ the pentOntiary from apoplexy.
q ~ Sixty clerkships in the treasury dopartm
, a, have become vacant under Secretary Manni
: ar. who will save the country s66,OOO per ann
that by declining to fill them.
,rtv. James W. Wheplcy, Of New York, has b
~. promoted to assistant treasurer Of the Uni
States.
toon General Terry ordered the release of Cab
giftb Dumont the Canadian rebel, who had h
rold. held prisoner at Fort Asslnaboine, Monta