The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-06-23
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Terrible Work of Cyctoac i'm Southern
Minno .:,'a.

Terrible Work Of II Cyclone i'm Southern
Minno -,'a.
st. Paul disIatch: The phencnlcnally
wet and stormy season has eliminated
In series OF cyclone bursts, which
occurred Thursday afternoon. and were
spread over half the southern end of
the State, extending from Spring VAL
ley, Fillmore County, on the east. 10
Heron Lake. Jackson County, cn the
west, and to Blue Earth County cn the
north. 1t was the ficrccst and most
destructive storm MINES ia ever
knew, not excepting even the ter
rib!c St. Cloud cyclon, of 1856, In
which eiSht-six lives were sacrificed.
At this time only the most mcagcr
details can he gathered. Not only are
the telegraph wires down in the se:t :tion
devastated but the train service is utter
ly dcmoralizei. and Llany of the worst
casualties occurred IN districts remote
from either ra!l or wire Three distinct
cyclone ccntcrs seemed TO have been
markell, and IN each the havoc was
frightful. 1t is now believed that near
ly 100 lives have been lost, as noarly
every mcasc- report received here CON-
cludcs by saying the worst is TO. come,
aud later reports will swell the namhcr
of the killed and injured.
In every case there was the regular
funnel cloud with It's dealiy sections,
roar and rcatl. ss sweep, followed by q
cloudburst. Nothing was left standin :
in the path OF the cvclonc> houses. trees
and barns having been swept away
The storm centeys seem 10 have been 1t
Wells. Faribault, County; Sherbourne,
Morton County; and Spring Valley, Fill
more County.
At Wells the storm came ON without
the slightest warning, the frightful roar
OF the approaching whirling column
being the first intimation. The cloud
veercd to the soIth as 1t reached the
outskirts of the village, leaving q tcrri-
bic scene Of death AMI destruction.
So far us now known, seventeen per-
sons were killed In this immediate vi
cinity, as follows: John Brown and wife,
Herman Bremen, Mrs. John Matustck.
Wealand Stecn, wife and child, John Pic-
tios, VIM. Pictios, Mrs. John Dell, Albert
klingbcrt and two children, Mrs. John
Joerson and two children. All of these
are farming people. Twenty-Five are
reported more or less seriously injured,
but In the excitement that rcigncd their
names could not be ascartaincd. ehc
damage to houses, barns, cattle and
crops cannot now b. even estimated,
but It will b, very great. At Albert Lea
eight are known to have been killed, and
many others are missing. Minnesota
LAX, reports five dead.
The cyclone was followed by terrific
downpour of rain, the water falling In
an apparently solid mass. Every stream
is out of Its banks. and not train is to-
day running. Washouts are reported
nuf.s
trestles undermined, and in places the
roadbeds themselves are gone.
10 is thought when communication Is
district the list Of dead will lie found
not far short of one hundred persons.
This and That.
THERE are 800, 900 commercial trav-
elers in the United States.
THE man who keeps hts mouth shu!
never has to eat any crow.
WHAT Is done cannot DC undone. cs-
pectally hard boiled egg.
DOLLAR In your po .kct is worth five
invested In a lottery ticket
A FRIEND In need Is q friend who gen-
| orally strikes you for quarter.
THE size of man has nothing to dc
with the size of lie he can tell.
WHEN sick man refuses to send fol
| doctor that Is a sign he still clings te
| life.
MODERN society overloOks soilcj
reputation much more rapidly than II
does soilcd gloves.
The telephone is an arrangement by
| which. two men can lie to each other
without becoming confused.
The girl who runs away with the
hired man is held up In ridicule, but she
frequently does bettcr than the one who
| marries poot
CHILDHOOD Is the nursery rhyme,
youth the love ballad, middle age the
prose, and old age the blank verse In
mans book of life.
A COCOON of Q well-fed silkwor,n will
often yield a thread ], 900 yards long,
and one has been produced which con-
tanned l 1856 yards.
To PRESERVE the color Of black ging-
hams or satine gowns, previous TO wash.
ing dip them in boiling suds or in sail
and water, Dry in the shade. ?