Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-20
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

MATTHIAS MESS, hotel proprietor at
Oshkosh, fatally shot himself on the
newly-made grave of his wife in Riverside
cemetery.
A STORM at Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sunday
afternoon, destroyed the stables and
fences of the Mahaska County Agricul-
tural Society, and badly damaged a church
and school-house.
The boiler in Dana's saw mill, near
Richmond, Mo-, exploded instantly killing
the proprietor and fatally scalding the
engineer and fireman.
The damage by Wednesday nights
storm in 10 Daviess Counts, Illinois, will
exceed $4,000. Buildings were unroofed,
glass broken, and fences leveled.
A STORM in the mountains on the Penn
sylvania road blew several large trees upon
the track near Conemaugh. The result
was the wrecking of long freight train,
by which a conductor engineer, and fire.
man were killed. TWENTY-FIVE cars were
broken into fragments.
The storm at Xenia, Ohio, on Wednes-
evening awept from their foundations
nearly one hundred buildings, and caused
the loss of twenty-fOur lives. The Miami
river inundated fifty acres of houses in
Dayton, and cut off railroad cOmmunica-
ton.
AN Indiana, Bloomington and Wes-
tern Passenger train dashed into a wash
ed-out culvert near Newcastle, Ind, at
midnight Wednesday. The engineer, fire.
man, and passenger were killed, and all
the other passengers and train employees
more or less bruised.
ABOUT noon Tuesday, cyclone struck
Kansas City, carrying away the upper
floors of the court house, the Lathrop
school, an overall factory on Second street
and a span at the north end of the Mis-
river bridge. Among the twelve persons
who lost their lives were Deputy Sheriff
DOugherty, Frank Smith, and twelve
children of the Lathrop school, None of
the prisoners in the jail were injured.
A HURRICANE at Odell, ILL.,, Wednesday
afternoon wrecked seven structures and
damaged others. Two or three persons
are believed to have been killed. Dwight,
ILL.,, was deluged by hail and rain, and in
other sections of Illinois and Iowa heavy
hailstorms are reported, the hailstones be-
ing of huge size. The damage to crops is
believed to be serious.
A DESTRUCTIVE hurricane visited the
city of Evansville, Ind, doing damage
to the extent of about 100000. At
Nortonville, Kan, a similar storm de-
stroyed and damaged property to the
amount of about 100000. Much damage
is also reported at the city of Leaven-
worth. A tornado swept through Din
widdle county, Va, its track being mark
ed by destruction and ruin.
War on the POstmasterGeneral.
Washington Critic.
Il thought Postmaster-General Villas
was a married man. said congress
mans wife, looking up from a newspaper
she was reading.
He is, guess" replied her husband.
"Well, what is he advertising here for,
saying Blanks for proposals may be had
on application at the postoffice depart
ment?'"
us he doing that?" exclaimed the hus-
band in alarm.
eyes, he is. Look at this, and she
handed him the paper.
"By gravy" he said with a chuclle after
he had read few words, gimme this.
I'll take it to the house tomorrow and us
republicans will make this corrupt ad-
ministration smoke from A to blizzard.
I'm new member, but I'm on to 'em?"