Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-08
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.ceptive character Of hot weather ii
May. Day after day there was no change
IN the dry dizziness Then about the
middle Of the month Chicago and Mil
yankee had their terrific lake storm.
e was the worst since that melancholy
date when part Of the Milwaukee water
crib was washed away and SO many
Workmen lost their lives. In the May
lake storm this year 50 persons persisted
No sooner had the shlpping interests
on the lakes begun to take heart again
than the fury Of the wind and rain be-
gan over New England and the middle
belt. Here it rained for days, while the
rest Of the country was smiling and
sunny. At the same time it was very
cold rain, the thermometer ranging Is
degrees below the normal for the time
of the year. Il
Pennsylvania got the worst Of it. Her
diversified surface, the great number of
woodless mountain streams, make this
state peculiarly liable to floods. The
YOUNGSTOWN disaster occurred May 81,
1889. Within few days Of that date,
five years after, came the next destructive
storm and food. From the coast to the
mountains Of the keystone State the
storm extended. Never but once in the
history Of the signal service bureau was
there SO heavy a rainfall as occurred in
the region Of Philadelphia. Eight
inches Of rain fell. Every mountain
brook became a raging torrent, swelling
the Allegheny, Juniata, Delaware, Sus-
quehanna, Schuylkill and other streams
till they overhowed their banks, carry
ing away bridges, houses and river craft.
The greatest financial loss was occa-
stoned by the breaking Of the huge lum-
Der booms at Williamsport, on the Sus-
quehanna, and Lock Haven, on the West
branch, 25 miles away. At Williams
port the loss was 100000. At the
Philadelphia suburb of Manayunk, on
the Schuylkill, the loss was estimated
at 5000, 900. At unfortunate Johnstown
the Conemaugh river flooded cellars,
washed out railroad tracks and occa-
stoned losses of about 500, 900. The
losses of life are variously placed at
from 10 to 80 persons. In such disasters
the exact number of people who perish
is hardly ever ascertained.
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ferent from that of the unconverted
stamp, - remarks the Boston Transcript.
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sances removed is to take hold and re.
move'them. Il. 4
Oh, dear! Does tin plate have to be
done all over again? M
Facts About Immigration.
It is an interesting fact that very
nearly five times as many immigrants
from italy as from ireland have come
here this year. Even the number oil
Jewish immigrants has been thrice the
number of Irish. Both Ireland and Ger
many have within recent times fallen
behind Italy and Russia as replenishers
Of our population and as powers in the
American labor market. The Italian<
are very Industrious laborers; the Rus
sian Jews are very proficient traders.
In past times it was the Celtic and the
Teutonic races that came here; in oul
times it is the Latin and the Hebrew
races that come. The Teutonic, Celtic
and Latin elements ANAL gamate with
the native. elements Of our population
while the Jewish element stands apar
from every other clement, proudly re
fusing to malganato with any other
The Jews are as peculiar a people il
this age Of Ito world as they were thou
sands Of yea ago. New York Sun.
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