Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-13
SPARKS FROM THE WIRE.

General Salamae captain general of the
Islands of Cuba is dead.
The Iowa senate was in session but
| few minutes yesterday and adjourned until
Tuesday.
The roof of the court house at Minnewu-
aukan, n. D., was blown off In a blizzard
yesterday.
The schooner Minnehaha, of Providence,
R. l., loaded with crude oil, is supposed to
have been lost with her captain and crew
of six.
Gov Hill wants the world fair bill
passed at once and without delay and yes
terlay sent a message to that effect to the
Legislature.
Over $4,000 cash prizes will be dis
tributed at the international boat racing
regetta to be held either at Duluth or st.
Louis, August next.
There was collapse in the pig room
market at Glasgow yesterday on account
of the temporary suspension of III. S.
Willis. prominent broker.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. IA heavy snow
and sleet storm began here this morning.
This is the first snow fall of the winter.
The worst storm IN years has been raging
throughout western Pennsylvania since
noon to-day. Snow, hail, wind and rain
have been playing havoc. In this city
the snow and sluSh bloekaded many of
the streets and stopped the street
car traffic, while both the
telegraph and telephone lines
are breaking down under the heavy weight
of ice with which they are coated. In the
mountains the storm is raging with terri
fc fury, and reports are coming in of SER
ious damage to property.
At Blairsville, Pa, large glass fac
tory was demolished by the wind. The
roof was blown off and two sidewalks fell
In. Chas. E. Barr, general manager and
Mr.. Burney, one of the firm was instantly
killed, and workman was badly injured.
AT UniontOwn the roof was blown off
the Methodist Episcopal church, part of
1t alighting on the house of John Brown,
crushing it in like an egg shell. Tie
tower of the church it is feared is so badly
shattered that it will be torn down. The
roof of a new building lately erected by the
Pennsylvania Construction company be-
low the town was also blown
off. The new house of Postmaster
Baker was nearly demolished, also
James Frankenberry's house and John
Wringer's house were leveled to the
ground. The telephone and electric light
wires are all down. None of the coke
works are running at Uniontown. The
blown down and demolished. At Leigh
warren, the glass works was wrecked and
the roof of the Lutheran church was also
blown off
CoNNELsyILLE, Pa, Feb. There
was snowstorm this afternoon accom-
panied with terrific wind The old nation
al Locomotive works were blown down and
a number of smaller buildings demolished,
but no one was injured. 1t was the worst
mountain storm known In years.
WINNIPEG, Man, Feb. THE worst
snow storm in Manitoba for many years
has been raging the past twenty hours.
The main streets of the city are piled with
drifts three feet high Schools are closed,
and business is practically suspended.
The trains from the east, west and south
are all late. The wind is blowing fear
full gale, but no fatalities are feared, as
the thermometer is high.
ST. PAUL, Feb THE blizzard of to-
night seems from specials of the Pioneer
Press to be confined chiefly to the Red
River Valley and is raging furlously at
Fargo, Pembina and other points in that
district. The wind was blowing about
80 miles an hour at Pembina and similar
reports come from other points.
SAUK CENTER, Mimi, Feb IA biz
zard prevails here, travel being impeded.
MASON CITY, Iowa, Feb. IA blizzard
is raging west of here. Heavy snow and
growing colder rapidly.
CONNELLsvILLE, Pa, Feb. THE
through mail train on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, ran into snow bank three
miles east of Pyle, this evening. The en-
CINE and combination postal and baggage
car went into the river The
smoking car followed half way.
The engineer and the fireman
were badly burned, but probably not fatal
ly injured. Baggage Master Ingalls, was
burned by the car stove. A passenger
named John Lindsay, was injured inter
nally, and will probably die.