Weekly News. — 1892-06-02 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

APPALLING CYCLONE.  Telegrams from Kansas on Friday give harrcwing accounts of a most destructive cyclone that passed over Wellington, Kansas. The visitation was as sudden as it was appalling, in its results, both to lives and property. The cyclone, which travelled in a north-easterly direction and gave no signs of its approach, struck the town at 9 o'clock in the evening, when everybody was indoors. Within t few seconds the central parts of the city coming within its track were devastated from end to end, and even now it is impossible to estimate the toes if life. Wellington-avenue, the principal business street, is.lined on both sides with ruins, whole blocks of buildings having been shaken and overthrown as violently as if the place had been rocked by an earthquake. Many people were buried in the ruins and one woman beyond the reach of the rescuers was burned to death. A large block, which centained six storeys and the Monitor Press printing offices, lies a heap of bricks and mortar, and hundreds of dwellings are either totally destroyed or more or has damaged. The city shortly after the c,tastroplie was in darkness, as it was found neceasary, owing to the broken mains, to cut off the supply of gas from the works in order to save the place from utter•destruction. Everybody who was in a position to render assistance rushed through the wrecked portions of the city with lanterns, and oiganised committees of rescue and relief, and in a short time seven bodies were taken from the debris. As reports came in, however, from the various districts visited by the cyclone. every minute added horrors to the situation. The suspense was awful. Survivors in search of missing relatives or friends were almost distracted with anxiety, and these scenes of grief and despair were protracted lone into the early hours of the morning. The storm, however, vented its chief fury within the compass of four squares, in which every building was demolished. Wellington, which is the chief city in Sumner county.contains a pealation of 10,000. It is estimated that between between 20 and 30 persons lost their lives. In additien to Wellington, the towns of Harper and Argona in Kansas were visited by the cyclone. Tile storm swept away everything in its path, and everthrow stores of houses. At Harper seven people were killed it the wreck of the buildings, and fi" et Argona. Many people besicks were injured.  A story is being told. about a member of the House of C munons, for the circulation of which the Lonlce correspondent of the B/i-ssinghant Post is responsibleDesiring to spend sons time at Cannes, he secured a villa, which had ruo. name affixed, hub for whirl he ordered "Villa Geri" to be placed on the letter piper. It was only later that he discovered that the head-line on the bill from which he had cePiad the name simply announced that a "villa RaraCor furnished house, was to be let, and the letter paPer was no longer used.  A bill promoted by Irish members who hone te see it pass this Sesason, is designed in the interest of the Irish butter trade. It provides that margarine shall not be coloured in imitation of butter, but shall be either uncoloured or be given some dig' tirctive hue that shalldistinguisk it from butter. The story that Sir Henry Boworth. likes telling best is naturally one against himself. AC large dinner-party in the London season he took down a lady who had been hurriedly told befereL hand that her partner had written a famous 1.115 W" of the Mongolians. To Mr. Howorth's surprise the conversation seemed persistently on dogs: &PI ..14 last the murder was out when the lady asked had not written a famous book upon mongrels! the mutual explanations are not recorded; but the nele knight is fond of the story. Two new aerial stories. "The Countess ROI*: by W.E.Norris, and "Pdrs.Curgenven of Curgenven, by S. Baring-Gould, will be commenced in tile AO number of the Cornkill Magazine. Mr. T. Fisher tinwin will issue a book written. ty Mr. Charles Lowe, entitled "Four National Exillb,„ tions in London," with a portrait of ?dr. Sohn 14 Whitley and other full-page illustrations. Mr. Froudo has accepted the position Of SOnollo7 Life Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Nang/ offered to him by the President, Sir M. R. 000 Duff, on behalf Of the Council of the Society.