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The Osceola times., 1886-05-01
A FIERCE CYCLONE.
An Appalling Disaster TO SeVera'
Minnesota Towns
:, Cloud. sauis Rapids aud R'ce'' Landing
Laid waste--A art-Kondins h'''
Of Casualties Partly Tells
the Tale Of Woe.

sr pam. Mimi, April IA tornado
s,rrct 81 Cloud, Mimi, at hali-past iour
Yesterday afternoon. II came rom
southwesterly direction, passed throus"
,he town and went almost due norlh'
striking sauk Rapids, three miles away,
a few seconds later. The first news Oh
the tornado was received at the gehera
Office of the 81. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Man
l,oba railroad Just before five O'CLOCK
rho massage said that the company's
freight depot had been swept away anu
overv car in the company's yard blown
oyer and carried several blocks. sec
ord rcssaue was received few minutes
later saving that sixty or seventy ouliu'
ings had been demolished ,s,.s
81 Cloud is the county seat OF stearns
Countv. IL is west of the Mississippi,
several miles back from the river, a',u
seventv.tve miles north OF ST. Paul' IL
has population OF 1850. ~
Sank Rapids is three miles al we on
the opposite side Of the river In benton
/ County. ..,.n
Al st. Cloud the loss TO the Northern
/ Pacific & Manitoba railroad Is so9,ooo,
and 20 dwellings $4,000. Al ST. louu
/ The storm seemed to have been almost
local in origin, and TO have gathered ana
srnnt IFS force within a space OF less thah
thirty miles in length and twenty rods III
width II started less than two miles
south of st. Cloud. About $3.50 p. m,
numhcr of dark and ominous clouds gath
cred in the southwest, and snort uls-
81, all TO
t,rrihle anpearance of a cyclone. long
and exceedingly black and funnel-shaPeu
cloud seemed to be let uoNu
from the heavens. Some people VINO
were hunting in the immediate VicihiN oi
the fierce storm beginning say that
stratum of hot and motionless AIR seemed
TO settle on them for moment win
sitting effect and they fed onward as inc
fierce demon of the storm rOds Gown
upon the wings of the wind.
The weakest part of the tornado was
felt in st. Cloud. The storm seems tC
have barely gathered force when II lei
upon this city.
WORSE THAN FIRST REPORTED
MINNRAPoIIs, MiRn., April l5.-Lates
reports from the path of the cyclone indl
cate that the destruction OF ille anu ProH
erty has been even greater than at mrs
reporled. The storm was the most ter
rife ever experienced. From the p0in
of starting, about one mile souih
west of st. Cloud, to point some dis
tance beyond Sauk Rapids, distanc
Of fifteen miles, it destroyed every
thing 1t touched, tearing and rending tn
stoutest materials. Its path, so far as
ha, been examined, is from 500 to LOO
feet wide. From this every building
fense, tree aud shrub has been swep
away. In places the ground is torn up
n hT an explosion, and in the yards OF III
Manitoba railroad at st. Cloud even IN
railn were twisted from the ties ana oeI
into useless shapes.
Each report received increases the lis
of c,,aualties. The following is the mos
complete list yet received, and 1t Is ieare'
that II does not nearly tell the whole sa
storl-
The Osceola times., 1886-05-01
A similar Disaster In Iowa.

OMAHA, Neb., April ia special To
the Bee, from Panama, Ia, says:
A cyclone yesterday afternoon at i;Se
o'clock, struck the town of Coon Rapids
and completely demolished most OF the
place. One boy was killed aud numerous
persons were injured. Twenty-Five
houses, two churches, one school-honse
and several business houses were de-
stroved. A freight train, except the
locomotive, was blown from the
track and demolished and
the contents ruined. The cyclone
swep over Western Iowa. doug consider
able damage. II is supposed the cyclone
started about three miles east OF Girls
void, and then passed north and slightly
east, then going about nine miles south.
east TO Atlantic, passed two and hall
miles east Of Brayton. The cyclone had
the appearance OF funnel-shaped cloud.
Southeast of Atlantic, about four miles,
Henry Rogers house was blown away,
and his hired man was badly Injured.
Jno. Kirk's big stable, 800 feet long, was
DESTROYED, together with his horses.
In Benton township ten houses were
totally destroyed and one woman fatally
injured. Near Brayton the dwellings oi
JOS Reynolds and william and Donald
Drittner were destroyed and also the
Brttner school-house. The pupils es-
caped, however, by running with the
family into Brittner's cave or cyclone
cellar, they having seen the cloud com
ing. Mr.. Nrthgraycs, in that vicinity
was dangerously hurt. Much stock has
been killed. Reports from the cyclone
are very moager SO far, but 1t is believed
that great damage has been done and
many lives lost.
The Osceola times., 1886-05-01
A Maniac Mother. Attempt at Mardsr'

JOLIET, H., April l5.-Mrs' o"a ,n
Quirk became suddenly aud violently
sane Tuesday night, and, seizlng ' !,
broad-axe, which was Bi"s 80,
the corner Il the Kitchen, strucs -
daughter, a young lady OF seventeen, se.,s r,oIi
terrible blow over the head. a hea.y sm. am
of hair saved her life. With blood s'tsr nr,rt
ing down her face and neck, MISS ~
rushed at her freuxied mother and, .' ..su
ing her to the floor, held her tnere a. s =
the police answered her own cries 10 -.
sistsnce. Mrs. Quirk was . rAs"E ~
Mac yesterday, and VIII bs sent "
ssyiuu
The Osceola times., 1886-05-01
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate on the 18th Mr. Platts reso.
luton to do away with secret sessions
for executive business was debated mt
length by Mr. Patt, after which the Frye
fisheries resolution was placed before the
Senate and passed. The Inter state com.
mcrce bill was taken up in order that "
might be unfinished business.......In the
House the ohio contested election case OF
uurd VS. Romels occupied the entire days
session.
IL the senate on the 18th memorial sf the
Wool Growers convention, recently held in
st. Louis, asking that wool be not placed on
the free list, was laid before the senate. The
subject of open executive sessions was then
discussed, after which the Inter state Com.
merce bill was taken up..... In the House
the iIurd Romcis contest was debated and
vote taken, seating Romeis. The Agricultural
bill was passed aud the River and Harbor
bill was made unfinished business.
Is the senate on the 18th Senator Logan
spoke at length In favor OF open executive
sessions. aud was followed by senator
Riddlebcrger and others......ln the House
the bill accepting the presents 90 the Nation
OF Mrs Grant aud Mr. Vanderbilt was placed
on the calendar bill for a sub treasury
at Louisville, NY, was reporteii also oui
establishing Oklahoma Territory. The ltiVer
! and Harbor bill was then taken up In COM
/ ml'tee OF the whole
IN the Senatclon the 10th. after some pick.
ering as to the order of business, the Indian
| Depreciation bill was taken up and Mr.Dolph
| addressed the senate. The Inter, state Com
merce bill wns taken up and debated, after
| which an adjournment was taken tn Mon.
] daV......In the House the Senate bill for the
] sale of certain property In Chicago to the
| Chicago Il Great Western railroad was
/ amended and passed. also, senate bil ere
] attnu two new land districts In Nebraska \
number of pension bills were passed at the
! evening session.
! The Senate was not in session on the l1th.
......m the House the Tobacco Drawback
| bill was passed. The bill for relief of Ala
/ bamn Hood sufferers was discussed several
| public building bills were passed, Including
! a s25 900 appropriation for improvements ut
] Dallas, Tex, and n like sum for keokuk,
The Osceola times., 1886-05-01
Inde.crlbable Fury of the Tornado.


ST. PAUL, MINI, April ia special
from Sank Rapids says ,hat the fury OF the
tornado there was indescri bable. Heavy
building were lifted from their fouuda'
tion-stones like toys and dashed in irag'
ments to the earth A long string Oh
laden freight cars on the Manitoba road
in ST. Cloud were lifted from the track
and ruined. Nothing that felt the breatn
of the cyclone survived to tell OF the ex.
perience. Horses aud cattle were liitea
by It's mighty force high into the ar anu
dragged mile or more away, ana men,
women and children were ruthlessy
picked up aud dashed to death by us
cruel power.
Beyond Sauk Rapids the news oil the
disaster comes in slowly. Thus mucn
has been gathered from farmer VINO
drove into town 10 bring the woclul uo,
ings. After destroying much timber anu
much stock, but doing little damage 70
life or limb, It selected lonely house
near Rice's Station, and here wreakeu i''
utmost fury. 80.
The whole city Of Sauk Rapids was ialu
in ruins. Only one store was left stanu'
ing, aud one side of that was stove ln'
The principal thoroughfare, Broad street,
presents scene of utter desolatlon' @
though mown by the scythe OF the ue'
stroycr. A..
Many saw the cyclone coming from ue s
direction of St. Cloud aud fed for saie9
to their cellars.
The Osceola times., 1886-05-01

A SERIOUS overflow Is feared In Arkan-
sas, the Mississippi River, on the 10th, be-
/ ing near the danger line and still rising.
In the New Jersey Assembly on the 18th
a resolution was adopted congratulating
the Irish people on their bright prospects
Of home rule. and approving Gladstones
policy and Parnellis patriotic efforts.
OK the 10th, the City Council of Mime.
apolis, Mimi, passed resolution appro.
priating s2j, 600 for the benefit of the cy.
clone sufferers.
! liz Great Britain the output Of pig iron
Is TO be restricted in order TO maintain
prices.
THE Liverpool Board of Trade has COM
menced an inquiry into the cause OF the
| loss OF the steamer Oregon.
/ Ar Brindisi, Italy, sixty eight cases OF
cholera have occurred, ten Of which proved
fatal. The officials declare that the dis
ease is sporadic.
The Ohio & Mississippi railway has
made a general reduction of wages of sta
| ten agents and foremen of departments.
THE visible supply of wheat in the
United States and Canada on the 10th,
with the amount of wheat at sea for Eu-
rope. amounted TO ,492 bushels,
against 75.G3s ,G1s bushels one year ago;
and Of corn, 20,561, ,sO5, against lG,0ol ,392
| bushels last year.
The Dominion has placed an additional
duty of seven and one-half per cent. on
sugars imported through the United
| States.
The recent development OF cholera at
Brindisi has caused alarm in France, par
ticularly along the Italian frostier. Pre-
cautions of the most stringent kind are be-
ing instituted TO prevent the scourge from
invading France.
Os the 18th Alice, the big elephant from
the Geological garden, London, arrived at
New York on the Egyptian Monarch.
THE relations between Portugal and the
Sultan OF Zanzibar are once more Of an
amicable nature.
NAVIGATION Is open on the lakes, the
first propeller arriving at Buffalo from
Cleveland on the 18th.
The chief of police of Milwaukee has been
arrested on a charge of unlawful detention
of prisoners.
THE rates for cable service fron Great
Britain to all points east of the Mississippi
river are TO be reduced on the lst of May,
THE prosecuting officers in New York
say the aldermanic trial will occupy all
summer.
THE coal miners of the Mahoning valley
propose to make general demand for IN
advance of wages.
THE sanitary board at Rome admits that
Asiatic cholera has broken out at Brndisi
and has ordered that all arrivals at othel
Adrialic ports from Brindisi be quaran'
tined one week.
THE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany, at conference held at Chicago OF
the 17th, patched up peace with the com
| mining switchmen.
The Osceola times., 1886-05-01
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

SEVERAL small children near Coal Bluff,
Ind, were poisoned on the l4th by eating
wild parsnips. A five-year-old daughter
Of J. H. White died soon after reaching
home. The other children will recover.
isaac RODGERS. clerk in the employ of
. firm Of clock manufacturers in Philadel-
phia, was arrested ON the l4th, charged
with ~ smbssslsmsnt of upward Of $20,.
- bulsngfng - ths First National Bank
Z e kxkon1r, ~, Whllo employed - . clerk
~ tG11k neogos "A = Esrops two
1A on1 eu1gno1 49, sans tine
11Doe : dago ~ = Chss>sr.
i rpoun ~ hilled = - ~ b
:: 8 Z sssstttp = Asare3e, To-
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-12-18
DEATHS.

EATON. Tn Thursday, 10th inst. Sadie
H., dRu ghter OF q. V. and Hannah A.
Eaton, sged years and months.
Relatives and friends Of the family are re-
psctfuliy invited - attend the funeral from
he residence OF her parents, corner OF
Cedar Ind Franklin streets, on Sunday
aftern DON at O'Clock. To proceed 10 vii.
IN tngton and brandy wine Cemetery.
lSHIELIbS-On the 18th inst, Jennie,
daughter OF Hugh and Mary Shields. AK cd
months.
| Relatives and friends are respectfully In.
vited to rttend tho funeral frotn the resi-.
denoe Of hsr parents, no. sls Reed street, on
Saturday afternoon at 80. lntormeut al
Old Cathedral Cemetery.
DOLAN. On the 18th inst IN Philsdel.
pnia, Miss mary Dolau, sister Of Mrs John
| y. Lavery. OF Wilmington.
| The relatives and friends OF the fam lily arc
repeatedly invited 10 attend the funeral
from the residence Of Mrs. Jamet DoiAn, IN
Chester, on Monday morning Dec 3mber 20
at O'Clock high mass at 81. Micaael's
Church. intTmsnt in the Catholic Como
terry.
ISHlELDsS.-On the 18th inst, EDWARD
Shields, In the 60 h year OF his age.
| Tho relatives ana friends are requested e
attend hts funeral fi0m his late reside' ce
No. 1919 West Third street. on IustdRy
morning. HiRh mass will DO celebrated Al
ST. Paurs Church. Internent at rev Ga
thedral Cemetery.
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RANDOM NOTES.

In Dak ots hay and straw are used for
fuel, in stoves made especially for the
purpose.
II 10 stated that apple pomice Is worth
more food for stock than thu fame guam
tity OF whole apples, a. the putriment
OF apples exists In the pulp and not in
the juice.
In the three counties OF Wyoming,
Genesee and Livingston, N. T., there
are now down ard being put down
fiffy Ave salt wells, OF which mum Der
there are thirty four In Wyoming.
Bengal claims twenty ont OF the
twenty rx7 lutte mills In operation In
1885. This number shows an addition
OF one min during the year under re-
view. About $1,000, 900 rupees have
been invested In this industry.
The Mississippi Agricultural College
modate 800 students, who are paid
more apply for admission than can be
accomm odated.
The latest British agricultural returns
show that the decline of agriculture
still continues. The acreage devoted to
wheat alone has decreased from 2,60S J.
222 In 1884, to 1896 ,064 in 1885, q de
cline Of over ~ per cent.
Good blood ID appreciated more and
more each year by those who purchase
horses for city purposes. The city far
mer who has the best. bred animals q
sell, generally fares the best--a good
thing I'd think about as breeding timt
Approaches.
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Dots,

Handsome Ohristmas presents for sale by
FRANK II. Smith, druggist, Fifth and King.
George q. Gallagher has taken charge
OF the creamery Of j. Harvey Finn at
Hockessin.
Patrick Finnegan has taken ont let
ters OF administration on the estate of
Mary j. Finnegan, late OF New Castle.
A lovely doll with every can OF bak.
Ing po WIDER ~ T. NJ. Wier's, 1902 East
Fifth street.
Holiday goods very cheap. Cups,
saucsrs, vases, card trays. etc., cheapest
place In the city. Crippen's, 5 East
Second street.
The summit OF Drummond's Hill In
Mill Creek Hundred, has been asoer-
tanned by the students of Delaware COL
lege 70 be Is, 500 feet above the level Of
the sea.
There will be q four.round contest
between John Money, the champion
heavyweight OF New Jersey, and the
heavy-wtieht butcher OF Second street
market, tonight ut CAROLS Casino of
Music.
A rouah-and tumble fight occurred at
Q vile policy den at Twelfth and Eliza
beth streets night before last. When IL
was over there were black eyes and
scratched faces, the vocabulary of pro-
family was exhausted and there was
loud smell Of foetid whisky In the air.
An evening or two ago White & Co. o
ss.srb Der team from Silverbrook station
+, vent on 3 tear Gown Z Z ID strict s.bn
did not stop until it had demolished the
steps Of Mrs Martha M. Downing's
resldepce, 1913 King street, and dam
aging the steps OF two adjoining houtes.
The team suffered but little injury.
The item In recent issue concerning
the fact that Worrall Brothers of Ken.
nett Square, Pa, have missed com ing
to this city but twics In ten years has
called out the fact that Joel M. Walton
of New Garden, has not missed q single
trip Ia t1enty-six years Of market 60
ling.
Union Gospel City Mission, $. Il. corner
Fourth and Jefferson streets, will hold an
all-day meeting tomorrow. Preaching :,
10 81 q. m. Sunday ichool, ~. m. Expert
ence meeting, p IN. Revival services,
7.So p. IN. Meetings every night at 100 p.
m. A II are welcome. I've evangelists will
DO In charge
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Solid gold aud gold plated breast
,ias a.. Willard y. Davis, Q Il. 2Ld 81
MARRIED.

Des. 10, In Gam
den, N. j., by Rev. VIM. r. Davis, at his
residences, No, Bl2 broadway, MIR. Francis
A. Chopper and bliss Margaret Reach,
both OF Wilmington, Del.
LATlMEB--SPEER.- Dee. 10. at the
Rodney Street Presbyterian Church, by
1.-the Rev. VIM. l.. McEwan. Thomas n
Latimer and Title Speer, both Of Will
g mingt1n, Del
HOWE1T-WALT On Dec 10, by the
Rev. james Is. Umberger, athis residence,
Newark, Del, Mt Little Bowest, Of Mill
Greek Hundred, Dol, and Miss Jessie
Walton, Of Toughkenamon, Pa.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-12-18
Gentlemen's watch chains and charms
at NJ Hard II. Davis.
Chrlstmas and New Yaar on tha NJ 40

Christmas and New Year on tho b. u d.
The b. & Gas usual will extend holi-
day greetings In the shape of round trip
tickets at greatly reduced rates over
their entire system. The low rates 60
into feet at all stations on the main
line and branches east of the Ohio river,
Including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
divisions, on the 23rd, and those who
go TO take Christmas turkey with
friends may remain until after New
Year and enjoy themselves to the ut.
most. II they do not want to go on
that date they can purchase tickets on
the Gath, 25sh, 30sh and 31st OF Decsm-
Der, also January LIST.
These tickets are all good to return
until January 4tb, inclusive.
For further information see large
posters or call on station agents.
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FOURTH EDITION
INTERESTING ITEMS.

There are 5000 miles OF overhead
wires In London.
Ninety million bricks are made yearly
In Cincinnati.
There arc twenty seven peaks In Ne.
vada exceeding 10000 feet In height.
There are 1875 steamships plying be.
tween the United States and Europe.
The schools of Reading, Pa, have
adopted shorthand ~ m optional study,
There is not over six pounds OF waste
10 the largest or now killed at o Obi
cage packing house.
At last accounts the Psstsur Instituts
fund in Paris had reached nearly one
million and half francs.
Nothing that any body wants IL chear
In Paris any more, the days Of "bar
gains" existing only In memory.
1t Ia estimated that the prune crop In
Santa Clara County, Gal. this season II
worth u 10000
A single oyster opened recently by 3
Fair Haven Comm man contained
one hundred and sixty.three pearls.
So many bicycles and tricyclts ar,
used In the streets VI Paris that police
IhoAuiobtoho uefD VtcDho ueCnesafys
Among the orange trees Of Versatile,
is one more than four certuries old
which was planted by Eleanor of Cas-
tile, Queen Of Charles III.
Wedding receptions have gone com
Ipletsly ont of fashion, and small break
fasts for relatives and intimate li.enei
have taken their place.
California was admitted into I'll,
Union September 10, 1880. thirty al,
years ago, and now It's chief city, SaI
Francisco, has list OF i04 millionaire
Fifty thousand tons Of SCOT are takes
from London chimneys In n year.
is estimated to be worth $500 900, sns
Is used Is fertilizer, half a ton 70 nj
acre.
A Japanese has invented q method o
weaving carpets with feathsrs. Tit
feathers are reduced 10 q silky state b,
he use of chemicals, and then wovei
| ike ordinary cotton.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-12-18

Last evening a man with wagon
was driving along Spruce street neal
sixth, on the etrtet car track, as . car
was coming In an opposite direction.
He called 10 the driver 10 hold on until
he could get past the piles Of snow
which at that point are quite deep, but
l. q refused to stop. AS he came on with
the Car the man undertook to get out OF
tue way, but on account of the snou
was unable TO DO 30, and the car col
lided with his wagon, damaging it aud
breaking his harness.
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FIFTH EDITION..
rhe N ission trouble

Some two months ago q connie of
gentlemen named Taylor and steai
came 10 this city from Chester a evan.
geifsts, and started q mission At five
southeast corner Of Fourth and Jeffsr'
son streets. Msssrs. Taylor and Stead
held meetings there nearly every nieht.
and Sunday and Tuesday niqbt az
every week was devoted 70 the cause OF
TEN perAnce.
In order TO fit up the place for meet
ings these gentlemen called upon Mr..
A. j. Conner. . dealer In second. hand
furniture near Front and Oran ae streets.
and purchased chairs, settees and other
furniture, amounting to about 800. The
meetings were carried on three weeks.
when there began to be evident signs oh
dissatisfaction. Mr.. Conner wanted
pay for his furniture, and the question
arose VINO WAS 10 be the owner OF the.
furniture when paid for.
A. this 5uncture Mr.. Taylor rather
TOOK II upon himself to become the self
constituted leader OF the oombiue which
now consisted Of Taylor, Stead and
hsrkness, the latter having Joined the
movement Amongst the sctive per-
sons VINO attended the meetings, leo.
tured and took part In the PROCEEDINGS
eA@As ooShko htEUYs VINO Was
vice president Of the temperance asso-
citation; Mr.. Kirby lacked the conf.
dence Of Mr.. Tay lor, as no was in favor
OF Mr.. Conner being paid for his furni-
ture.
Thus matters went on until Wedpes.
day evening Of last week, when Mr..
Taylor locked the doors on the other
parties iDtsrett a. NJ. Conner still
had not been satisfied fer his furniture,
and MT. Kirby then went TO Squire
|O'Neill TO see what could be done. He
was told that Mr.. Conner could get his
goods by q wit OF replevin. Mr.. Con.
ner, however. did mot take out writ
OF replevin and nothing was done in the
matter until yesterday, when Mr..
Stead came forward Voluntarily and
paid Mr.. Conner for his furniture. Thus
the trouble ended; Mr.. Conner Is salts
fed, Mr.. Kirby as representative coun.
sci 10 ont OF the trouble, and meetings
will be resumed by the old combine Of
Tay lor, Stead and Hardness.
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school Closed.

Mrs. Laura osgood Hardness closed
her school, No. 9O2 King street, yester.
day until after the holidays. The term
that has just closed has been very sue
cessful. and the scholars showed their
of their teachers assidu-
ous labors by remembering her with a
humber OF presents, among them being
a handsome cutR lass lemonade set.
Mrs. Hardness Is an exce lent teacher r,
and the remarkable progress made by
scholars under her charge Ia The best
possible evidence Of her prof cheney.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-12-18
sparring Match.

A sparrine match took place last
evening at Oarroll's Casino of Music
between Jack Harding, of Philad oil.
1 phia, and 1.-THE Mouse" of New York.
There were to BIZ four rounds with six
ounce gloves, md James DAWSON, OF
Philadelphia, ac;ed as tune keeper,
with Edward Jole, of Chicago, IS
referee. Harding Ia a heavy hitter and
knocked 1.-THE Mouee" ont In the first
round. This evening John McVey, the
champion heavy weight Of New Jersey,
Is matched for four rounds with the
heavy weight butcher of Second street
market houae.