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2 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA» TUESDAY APRIL 20 1880 The Cyclone. DETAILS OF WEDNESDAY’S GREAT WHNLWIND, The Unfortunate Ones Cared for by Those Who Were so Fortunate as to Escape Its Deadly Fury. THREE TOWNS DESTROYED, We print the detail! of the most torrifle cy clone thie country baa aeen lince 19775. Oar eorreependenta report 7-1 people killed, end 21.7 injured. It i< probeble the final figure! erlll exceed thie. The cyclonic itona itarted in Dakoti, near the head water! of the Da kota river, rallied louthwardly, bounding over rcvenl countiei at a Jump, but loveling fomti and town! where it itruck. After reaching eontbern Iowa it iwervad to the north, and wai dissipated in the groat lnkee. A similar storm ii predicted for tho eoutb At lantic etatre between April 2.",th and 311th, bat no man can foretell the weather that far ahead. Bead the heart-rending itory below, and pray Ood that ill like miy uever be told again. Hr. Pin, Minn., April 14.—St, Cloud and Bank Itapldi were iwcpt by a terribly deetrae- tlve cyclone about 5:36 o’clock thli evening. The flrit knowledge of the disaster woe con tained In a telegram lent to Mayor Amen from Bt. Clond, reporting the dimeter and uklng that a eperial train bn lent with phyilclane. A similar .dispatch waa received from Bauk Itapldi. Immediately upon receipt of there mcnogea preparation! were mode to reepond to the call for help. A train for Ht. (.load loft at 6 o'clock. own ncxt>nr.t> rraenwe wgnu kii.i.kd. It Ii believed that at leait one hundred per- noni have lieon killed, and about ■oventy-five wonndrd, bat It Is Impossible to get much In fill motion oi yot. All Ii excitement, and tho •trecli are filled with men and frfghtonod women and children. The diioiter Ii certain ly appalling. rrlrrate idvlrci my tho itonu itruck the railroad between the round home and freight depot and inept a path <!00 yardi wide through the city, i.cvxi.i)ra nmvnur 150 AMD SCO iioctuh. M. II. Clerk, a well known luinbermin, who llvea In Bt. Cloud, save ninety perwni were killed in that city and morn than one hundred injured, many very Mrlouily. Superintendent Vfikeman, or the Manitoba road, iaya between thirty and forty peraoni were killed at Bank Itapldi, a few milei loutheait of Bt. Cloud, and nearly doable that number Injured. The telegraph wlrei north woit of thie olty are all down and no newa direct from either Ht. Cloud or Bank Itapldi hoi lieon received or obtainable ilnce 7 o'clock. Tho cylono began abo , basin of tho Muonic cemetery, forming whirlwind about 1,000 feet In diameter. It took almoet every tree In the circle from the ground, or twisted It off at the trank, a rent atonei were torn np and carried along with the wind, moving ilowly In a northerly direc tion. It wrecked a Catholic chapel and eeveral houiei In Itecoune acraee the pnlrle adjoin ing tho town. It completely demollihed J, Bchwartx’e large brick bouie, and mattered fifty or more iiuallrr frame houaoa like feathera. in meat coaei nothing was loft to mark the ilte of dwelling!, but the oellara. The prarlei are itrewn with timber furniture and clothing. The freight depot or Manitoba railroad la a total wreck. Care loaded with freight were borne along one-half mile and the mill wrenched from the tloe. It polled the Hmlte of the town Justwoet of I.liutrnant Governor Gllmore'i residence, killing icveral honri, and croasod the Minis demollihed. It here widened to six hundred fret, and leveled Btanton'i grlit mill. From there It iwcpt through the center of town, taking the belt of the bniluem por tion, Including the oourthome, public schools, •nd every important builneei building in town, except Wood's itoro. T tually Wiped out, four bnlldiugi,lu it being leveled. The fatalltiei In Bt. Cloud, not equal In number to thou r In every homo all the Inmate* wero moro or leee Injured. The dead at Bt. Cloud, eo far ai known, number thirteen, and at Bauk Itapldi eleven. From Bauk Itaphli the itorra went to Hire Station, llcnton county, demoliahing the village, and killing or Injuring near the whole population. The wire! ire all In bail condi tion, and dr Anita Information Ii unobtainable from Bank Itanidi. Hr. Pa cl, Minn., April 15.—At a late hour lut night Governor Hubbard received a meo- eage from Btate Senator Duck man, at Sauk mmagei at once to the mayort of all the dtlee and large towns, taking that itepi be taken at once to ircnre mouey and thing! needed and torwitd them ai speedily u pomible to Senator Hackman for the destitute. Among the in jured ie cx-Bcnator K. G. Hulhert, formerly of Blnghamptou, N. Y., bnt at present northeast- era agent of tho Now York Mutual Life Ininr- ance company, with hcadqoartcn in Bt. Paul, lie la not expected to live. The cyrlone itruck Bank Rapid! ihortly after fonr o'clock yesterday afternoon, and la ^ it aix minutn the beat portion of the town won mini. Not a ilnglo business hauae is left etandlng on Main street, and many residences weredemoliihed. The wind came with iui h force from the lonthweat that it iwcpt every thing befbro It for the width of about four blocks. The itorm i'Lot'i) wan an ni.at K ai HttinT, With a bright, clear iky on either ilde. Tho cenrtheuie ii now a heap ol mini and mveral ef the connty olHcen were killed. The anion echoolhoaie. Preahyterlan and Congregational chnrehce, pCMtofitce. flour mill and a large machine ihop were all ran verted Into kindling wood in leee time than It takee to tell It. What wai the eenter of the town U now rovoted with all eorteof detain—timber, doom, pleeee of ftamitnre, etc,. Duly the City hotel icmetni etandlng Intact. The Northern Pa cific depot wai literally blown away, and a large number of freight can overturned upon the tracko. At the precent time twenty-two deed bodice have been recovered from the mini, and a Urge number of people ore Injur ed. The bodice ore laid eut In the nearvat houieu left itanding. and eeveral half demol- khed buildings made to answer the putpueof a morgue. The speetas}. ii a aid one, the liv- log being not only deprived of their friends, but of all their earthly possessions at the mme time. The total lam Ii probably not liwr than *300,000, Without a dollar of cyclone In- anrance. The town U well nigh rained. The living are caring for the wounded ai well as ponible, and phyileiani from Bt. Paul, Miane- “'’taW’Sr 1 *™ ln attendance. At 8L Clond, Minn., a few minutei after 4 adoek yeaterday afternoon, the ikiei became overcoat with a dark eloud and a great Mark mam over the Mila southwest of Hie city, and coming with terrible velocity toward tho wratarn outskirts in a direct line for tha Man itoba freight yard. The clouds hung low and rolled os-er and over like imoke over a battle- 4cldg and weic accompanied by A LOUD, XOAK1KG AND CRAi'KINQ BOUND, era*s5 moflogralion in Its fury. The cloud wai Ihnnel ihaped, and the point draggid along the ground like the toil ef a huge aerial beam, lashing everything that cams in lu path into ntoma CMjcm had hardly time to flee to their eeUan SKafJrit.'Jjrsi'SJssijUa piled in promfficaon* heaps. It came front tho touthcatt, and moved in a northeasterly di rection until it reached the river, wiieru its course waa diverted and followed tho river banks until it reached .Sauk Rapids, where it diverged to tbe left, piss ing directly through the center of that town. The utmost excitement prevailed, Women and children fled from their homes and rushed aimlessly about in tho midst of a dark clond of dust and an avalanche of boards and brick. Men lost their prcscnco of mind and Mood in silence and inactivity in tbe pres ence of the wind demon. It was hardly no ticed before It was on tbe city in all its fury and people wero not warned of their danger l e/ore it was upon them and they KEJ.Ii LIKE GRAIN fiTAl.Kfl REFOBK THB REAPER'S SICKLE. A■ portion of fit. Clond struck by the cyclone was tho southwestern, and was the residence portion of the laboring clasa of people, many of them being foreigners employed on the rail roads. Their dwellings were light-bnilt houses and became mo easy prey to the monster that had eo viciously pounced npon them. They were like cockle sheila in the grasp of the whirlwind, and wero picked up and teased into the air and rent Into a thousand pieces. The earth was ploughed up in the line of the cyclone, and tho path over which It passed, to tho width of nearly a quarter of a mile, looks as though it had been up heaved by a ter rible volcanic eruption. It had hardly bogun its tetriblo work before it was fin (shod, and tfce sane that greeted tho eyes of those who had escaped its fury was ono that canard the atoutest heart to thuddor. The dies and ahrioka of tho wounded rent the air, and tbe ground wasatrewn with the bodies of the dear). There were stalwart men, wt ak women and weaker children. The clti- sens almost to a man rushed to the demolished districts, summoning physicians who began their work of rescuing those who were atill living from beneath piles of dirt and falling buildings. Ilraintrd was promptly telegraphed to for medical litip and she immediately responded ly tending a dozen physicians aud surgeons by a special train, but it waa late In the eve ning when they arrived on tbe scene. St. Paul and Minneapolis were also appealed to, and a special ear sent out with twenty-threo surgeons and physicians for the scene of the diiaater. The rain poured down in torrents, and hundreds of men wandered over tho ground, many carrying lanterns searching for bodies among the ruins. Tho hotel lobbies were filled with excited citiaens, many of whom yet suspected that some portion of their families or their friends had fallen victims to the terrible disaster. Women, seemingly un conscious of tho rain that waa falling, wero in the streetsSand ignoring the gutters and turbid streams, glided about sobbing and moaning in their fright. At three o'clock this morning In At, Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Rye Station there were 40 DEAD AND NRARI.Y 200 INJURED, with many still missing, whose bodies will probably bo recovered tonight. Just enough bouses are left In Sauk Rapids to form* fringe around tbe village limits. The debris la not piled in heaps, bnt scattered far and wide. The sign, "Sauk Rapids,” on the Manitoba depot, and a basket full of books wore found In ltyo Station, fifteen milei distant. This shows the terrible power of tho atomi. No reports bavo yet been received from the outlying districts, where It is believed great destruction of prop erty and loss of life has been wrought. Tho storm extended from Jamestown, Dakota, through Minnesota and into Wisconsin, though its moat disastrous effects aro to be found In tho threo places lint named. CARING FOR THE UNFORTUNATE. On tbe arrivaljof the train yeatorday at St, Cloud with surgeons, work was at once begun to relieve the wounded. Eighteen dead were taken to tho Little Giant engine house and stretched out on tbe floor, while the wounded were sent to Bt Benedict Catholic hospital, where they were promptly cared for by a corps of physicians and nurses, among whom wero numerous lady residents who had volunteered down. ber that were taken to private rotidencoa. To- county noi day there are about forty-three, two having died and others having been removed. The bodies at the engine honco were neatly dressed today and placed In coffins. The funeral will probably take place tomorrow. Scarcely a vestige of any of the wrecked structures at St. Cloud remained intact. Tho ground is covered with all. kinds of tim- tiers, promiscuously tangled together. It is estimated that 400 STRUCTURES WERE HI.OWN DOWN, all of frame, and not oostly. Tho Manitoba depot was unroofed and wrecked, thus almost entirely cutting off telegraphic communica tion. The only building of any consequence, aside from the depot Injured, was the brewery and this was badly warped and twisted. The small residences were mostly occupied by for eigners, whose names it has been impossible to secure with any degreo of accuracy. Tho money lola is disproportionately small. It la estmiatoi that sixty thousaud dollars will replace tho buildings destroyed. The force of tho storm was such as to wrench off the doors of a safe in tho postoffioe and rarry it some distance from the buildiag. A church bell weighing 1,000 pounds was found among tho debris four hundred foot away from any.building. Tho remains of the dead are al most unrecognisable, being completely crushed aud blackened. There are a remarkablo number Injured about the hips and ■pines. Many of the survivors will bo disabled for life. A delegation of doctors from 8L Paul and Minneapolis worked all night under the disadvantage of having no splints or drugs, aa the drug stores wore com- ilshed. HplinU were made from shlnglrs with which tbe ground wasatrewn in the trark of the storm for miloa. One fortu nate thing was tho fact that school had been dhmissed, as the fatality nmoug children would have been appalling. Tho school houso waa raxed to the very foundation. it. Paul's i'Ontkiiiution. The Bt. Paul city council this a. m. voted $5,000 in rash to aid tho cyclone sufferers, and Governor Hubbard despatched a car load of provisions to Bauk ltaptda. The car was ac- coinpanlrd by a committee of the Jobbers' union, who will offer all assistance 1q their rawer. The mere enumeration of tho distress- ng incidents that are coming to knowledge would fill columns. Dr. Deualow, who, with others, went last evening by special train to St. Cloud, returned this morning. Upon ar riving at St. Cloud, he said the physicians firm St. Paul and Minneapolis divided, some going to Sauk Rapids. Dr. Denslow was on the force sent to the 8L Benediction Sister's hospital and they were kept busy until three o'clock this morning. One probably fa tal case is that of a woman who has a broken collar bone, bothjbones of tho left forearm and both bourn of the left leg fractured, all comi nuted and petus broken, AN ACCIDKNT SELDOM CHRONICLED In surgery. Her head and face are bruited beyond rec ognition. Strange to say, the woman U con scious and talks freely, saying her hip hart, bnt otherwise she felt no (win. Another prob ably fetal case is that of a man twenty yean old. Roth legs are so badly crushed that they had to be amputated midway between the knee and thigh. One man lying in the hospital, badly injured, said three of his children were dead. An other man in the next cot to him responded, saying his wife and three children were killed by the storm. Three little boys, about six years of age, were brought in at midnight, wounded cruelly. A woman was found with a ] deco of her scalp aa large as a man's hand torn from her head and hanging by shreds. Dra. Denslow and Ritchie, shortly after mid night, went across to Sank Rapids to render what assistance they could there. Twenty- three dead bodies had been found and doctors from Minneapolis were busy caring for the in- inred. Doctors liigbce and Dalliver, of Min* "hf 011 *’— j!Ut f ^ a - Cloud, members of a wedding party were killed, in cluding the officiating minister. At Sauk Rapids thirty-ono are already dead. The list will be swelled to forty. Dr. Ames, of Min neapolis, who is on duty at St. Cloud, told Dr. Dalliver that at least thirty At Sank Rapids a man named VanEtten, who weighs 250 pounds, was carried 400 feet through the air and fatally injured. A dead baby was found in the street. No owner for it can be found. At St. Cloud, in the track of the cyclone, stood the Manitoba freight bouse and ***** freight Heavy cars were lifted from the tracks and cast in places In a shapeless mass. Iron rails were torn from the ties snd twisted like the smallest wires. Tele graph poles were torn up and the wires twist ed into curious masses. The freight house waa totally wrecked. The roof was lifted and blown several hun dred feet. Tbe sides next snecumhed and over $3,000 worth of freight was scattered by piece meal over an area of a quarter of a mile. Fifteen freight cara were demolished. The operators In tho telegraph office and the ikiploye^gt freight depots saw the cyclone coming, and fled into the cellar, and they es caped. It waa 8:30 in the evening when the special car arrived from Bt. Paul and Minne apolis. The run waa made in two hours, through a temble thunder storm. The skies hang low, with clouds as black as the curtsins of Kedar. and algzag streaks of lightning made livid rifts In the black pall, while peals of thunder, too deep to be drowned by the roar of the car wheels, shook tbe air. Through the air drove hail and rain with sufficient force to almoet break tho car windows, bnt tho locomotive drove at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. Along tbe road were signs of tbe terrible storms apparent on either hand, and streams, turbid and swollen, had burst over the confines of their banks and covered tho prairies nntil tbe country bad the appearance of a world of angry waters. As returns como in from the country in tho track of the storm, new deaths aro discovered •nd the maimed arc being brought in for treat ment. No pen can depict the horrors of tho Tho final muster of casualties will surely swell the list of deaths to one hundred. A CYCLONE IN MISSOURI. Skidmore. Mo., April 15.—A fearful cyclone _ used over Monroe township, Nodaway coun ty. Missouri, Isstevening.destroyingdwelllngs, barns and outhouses, and killing thousands of dollars worth of stock. Threo persons wero killed and many are Injured. Many of the wounded are not expcctod to live. St. Joseph. Mo., April 15.—A destructive cyclone passed over Burlington. Mo., laet even ing. Tho railway station waa blown to atoms and great daznsgo dono In the town and in tbe surrounding country. Two boys living near town were killed. Many other persons wore seriously injured. There was a heavy thunder storm at Louisiana, Mo., at 11 o'clock this morning. Fred Flyo and Kobort Stewart were •track by lightning at the sawmill of the Free man manufacturing company. Stewart was instantly killed. THE STORM IN IOWA Exira, la.. April 15.—A cyclone struck ExJra and the country south of here yeaterday about 4 o'clock, wrecking the home of William Hintncr and a seboolhouso near him. The storm then took a southeasterly direction and wrecked the houses of Milt Darnell, Mr. Reynolds. Virginia Smith, James Patterson, and Nicholas Martin. The storm was ac companied by a severe fell bail, which did no damago Extra, other than breaking window glass and frightening women. Tho wind was exceed ingly violent. Trees were twisted around and carried off aa If they were straws. Tho only person hurt here was a boy, and hla injuries were not serious. Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 15.—A cyclone struck the town of Coon Rapids yesterday af ternoon and laid It in rains. The telegraph wires are all down. Fifty housos wore blown & pottar that new bodice were bolus Wforarad hourly from the debrio, and belnf brought In from the country In the track of the tornado. TrrelTe injured pro pie were brought In, MTeral of whom trill die. Drag. «Ut Benabeit'o remain, had juat been fonnd. •>***■ In the city two weeks. Fear here died of won ad« .inee moreing. A WBDDlSta PARTY KILLKO. Ate church out of Dye statics, thirteen ive eerionely Injured. From fifty to acronty five dwellings ere demollehed, end large dam' age woe done to barae, itoek end trees. St. Cloud, Minn., April 16.—Beliof Is rapid- coming in for the cyclone enfferen. > scene In Bt. Benedict hos pital Xu heartrending. Mon, women end children Iny In broken ihapee, bathed In their own blood and Ihoea blackened and grimy and arms and lrgi broken nnd scalps torn and bod lei laceratod. The scene at the englnehouaa waa moro horrible. Eighteen Ufeleia bed lot wero slretched on tho floor in two rows, draped in •lieota and blankets, while around and among them moved men with lnnterne uncovering focci, trying to recognise in tho distorted fieri lame familiar line In which they might trace relationship. The bod lea presented A TKBRIRLK IPECTACLK. The clothe, they hed worn were torn into shreds, their faces wore'black with dust, and gravel waa ground Into the cheeks, while the ■calrw were tom nnd blood etlll flowed from gspfng wounds nnd covered tho floor. Bkalls were crushed, eyes torn from their iocketi,and tongues protruded tram between lips that were craelty cut aed mutilated. irronv or aw avg-wmeriw. St, Cloid, Minn., April 16.—'' ‘My Ood, lt'a a cyclone? Dun lor yonr lives!’ I cried to several men with whom I waa talking in front of tho postoflice,” said an eye-wltnem of the uwfUl disaster which befel Bt. cloud and “Bank Bapids." Hardly had we sought shel- ter ln onr places of fsncled security whan the storm hunt in nil Its fury, and in nn Incred ibly abort space of time the pretty town of Sank Bapids was the picture of desolation which you see. Two of tha poor follow! warned were killed by fulling timbers almost is soon as they were Indoors, and I, as you sea, will hear the mark of my experience to my ‘ ‘“Iday”—pointing to f i he carried In n sling. lime to nrr inter cove a myself, and thus escaped being crashed beneath a roof, a fate which happened to very many, I saw, too. the cyclone from lto beginning nntil its ruthless work was accomplished. The awftil grandeur of tbe sight I shall never forget. It is Impossible to My how many people wero killed or injured. As soon as the itorm had passed I staggered to my boarding-place,which strangely enough waa left, and havo been here ever slnco nnnble to walk out. I am ante, tbongb, that no lees than thirty people were kiUed, while the Injured will number many soon more. The eastern portion of tho town la in ruins.” Proceeding, he misted tho detailed story, whose very sim pleness gave n dramatic effect to tho narrative whioh the meet studied efiorteould not have at tained. All dey long an oppremlve snltrlneea had pervaded the atmosphere. At noon tho clouds bonked upon the western horizon gave promise of welcome rains nnd relief from the dust nnd beet. All looked forward with pleasure to tho coming of gentle April showers. Their pres ence hsd been long delayed; vegetation just beginning to be touched with n tinge of green would be freshened np and the parched earth refreshed. Windows were thrown np nnd door, opened that tho cooling air might have ftte^eccees. Slowly that bank of blackish IWCBRASED IK StZR, hut a change was taking place. About four o'clock, ln place of tho contrasting clearness which hid hitherto existed, an ominous, gray ish-men tinge was assumed by the sky In the southwest. Tha air became mora close. Still no bar was manifested or felt. Instead there wm gladness for the surety which new existed of! copious rainfall. Slowly the hue of the heavens changed. Tbe coloring interchanged end deepened us though the heavens ware s brown, tho clouds ins few moments shifted. Mere end then a streak of light like e glitter ing dogger. wee seen gleaming nmong the meseca of darker color, while scurrying sail- like tend appeared here and there. On the edgta of ths approaching cloud-bank was seen whitish-smy trimming. All TUE CYCLOWIC COKDrnOKX were present. A vogue alarm then began to stir in the breasts of the hitherto joyful on lookers. It seemed to animate even dumb SLlmals; hones standing In tbe street shifted uneasily and neighed anxiously. Even dogs whined timorously and tried to slink sway into places of shelter. Those who had expe rience ef cyclonic storms feared the went, and imparted their alarm to others. Anx iously the sky was regarded. Iu a few mo- meuts the truth could no longer be doubted. The inevitable and fatal inverted cone quickly took form out of terror Inspiring mass which now eov. end the entire southwestern heavens. At 4;37 Its shape waa diatlnctly outlined in blocker coloring. Twisting and twirling It came wnirling down toward the doomed town. Then the Instinct of self-preservation took poasetsion of all. Mothers with blanched faces hastily snatched up their babes and sought makeshift protection in oonvenient cel. Ian. H nsbauds and fathera ran terror-stricken to their homes, fearful tot their wives and children. Hasty protection was mods the fast-driving demon of tbe wind. Doom were locked, windows closed, and fiunillea crowded into cramped cellars. Others sought safety in the open fields. In nearly every cose within the cyclone’s path precau tions were In vain. Like a hnge block funnel, with its cadaverous maw seeking to gulp down everything within Its reach, TDE DKATn*DEALING CITED came swooping down. With immeasurable swiftness it drew near the lll-ftited towns. At 4:33 It hod struck tbe southwestern portion of St. Cloud. There was a rash of wind, the In termingled patter of heavy rain drops and bail, and tbe besutifnl town was at the mercy of theaU-devourlngdemon.Like snow beneath tbe warm sun's rays the houses In Its path melted away. Some were lifted bodily with tbelr contents high into tbe sir end dashed into kindling-wood open ths ground. Others, of stouter frame, were crushed like so much cardboard. Still others, more massive ln con struction, were twisted and wrenched. The churches, forming as they did prominent ob jects of attack, felt the full fury of tbe mon ster's force. Their towers were all more or less damaged, as waa tho normal school build ing. Tho sky was almost BLACK WITH FLYING TIKUEBI, which were whirled like straws through the air. Occasionally was seen an animal hurled along with irresistible force Occasionally the semblance of a human form, braised al most beyond recognition, formed a part of tbs flying debris. Tall and sturdy trees were hoisted out of tho ground like so many reeds, and seen flying like chaff through the air. Above all tho confusion rose the roar nnd swirl of the storm as It satiated its awful appe- tlto for destruction. For twelve minute tho terriblo uproar and work of devastation raged. Then oil was quiet—qniet rave for tbe groans and moanlngor the wound ed and dying. These rose with terrible dis tinctness npon tho clear evening sir. There were others who made neither sign nor sound. Lying under heavy beams, bnried ln rubbish, choked cellars, lying lifeless in the roadways, where they hod been thro sen. Nearly ;two score people, who bod awkened glowing with I strength and health into the light of n bright spring day, lay COLD AND MOTIONLESS IN DEATH. Here beneath the edge of a broken roof n mother waa lying with her loft arm thrown protectlngly around tho mangled form of a lit tle child. Both were dead. There a man with the hardy vigor of his manhood so re cently snatched from him wsa lying beside tho bowlder egeinst which his Ilfs hod boon dished out. Principally tbe fidelities were occasioned by the crashing In of the heavy tlmbere of the booses npon the hesda of the unhappy occupants. The full list of theso cMusltics has not been mode out, bnt at thla writing twenty bodies have been recovered, and every additional search dlocleoes another victim. The tale from Bauk Bapids Is tho same. Almost in a thought the scene of desolation was shifted from ono town to another, nnd both were in rains—It seemed almost slmulta- neonsly. A man who boa just crossed tho A 1 river from Bauk Itapldi informs the coma- 11 pendent that already fourteen bodies have- - 8; been discovered there, and that tho tale of woe ' *3 Is not yet ended. Upon the streets of both R towns even now the scene Is most heartrend ing, Children ore socking their parents, and parents their children. Dreading tho worst, but eager to learn the truth, they mareh each rain with wild-eyed fervor. Father and mothere with loved ones missing nnd almost bereft ef reason, ran from sobbing knot to knot of workers, hoping against hopo that there may yet be inch a thing os rescue. Blrong hands nnd breve hcarta are lending all aid they can. DR. JOHN BULL’S Sill’s Tonic Syrifl FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVEff, AND ALL MALARIAL DISEASES. Ths proprietor of this calibrated medicine lastly olaimsforit a superiority ovsr all rem edies evoroffired to ths public for tho g AYE. CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure of Ague end Tovar,or Chills end Tavir,wheth er of short or long standing. Htralsra to tho entire Western end Southern country to bsor Urn testimony to the troth ef the assertion that is no ease whatever will it foil to enre U tho directions are strletly folio wedand carried oat Is e greet many eases a single dess has been rafiolent for a enre, and whole fiamiliee hsvs been cured bv a single bo ttil, with * par* foot restoration ef the general health. Kit, however, prudent, and In every oasa more cer tain to oars, if it* use la oontinaed in smaller doses for a weak or two after the disease hoe been oheeked, more especially in diflualt and longstanding eases, usually this medicine will no t require any aid to keep the bowels is good order, fiheula tho patient, however, re- qulraaeathartiomedlolna,after having taken threo or fonr dssss of ths Tonio, a single dose of KENTS VEGETABLE FAMILY FILL! will he sulBoloat. Use no other, DB. JOBS BULL'S SMITH’S TONIC 8YRUP, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYED, The Popular Wamedlsa of tho Day. Prtielpal Ofllea, Ml lain SL, LOUISVILLE, KT. aaxl-«Cm sat mon thur A wky top col arm RAILROAD CONTRACTORS. S EALED PROPOSAL8 FOR GRADING THE Savannah, Dublin and Western Short Lino railway from LotVa creek to Dublin, about 70 miles, v111 be received at the president’s office, No. 806 Stock Exchan ire, Philadelphia, Pa., and at the office of the chief engineer, No. C6 Bay street, Savannah, Ga. Bids to be made oat in duplicate and sent to both offices. Profiles can be seen and specifications ob tained at either place. Parties may bid on the wholeor on any part of the work, not lesa than 20 miles in length, a —- t -- u made para! ). and w. g. L. By. Co., This check may bo ice, and will be returned as soon as the bid is rejected, or if accepted, as soon as the work is commenced. Bids will bo opened publicly at both pis noon. May 15th, and the contract awarded i five days thereafter. Work must be comm DROPSY EPILETSY (FITS), POSITIVELY CURED. DR. H. H. GREEN & SONS. Specialists for 18 Years Past. Hare treated Dropsy and Its complications with the most wondcrffil success; use vegetable remedies, entirely harmless. Remove all symp toms of dropsy In eight to twenty days. Cures patlenta pronounced hopeless by the best ofphysiciani. From the first dose tbe symptoms rapidly disap pear, and in teu days at least two-thirds of all symptoms are removed. Some may cry humbug without knowing any thing about it Remember.lt does not cost you any thing to realize the merits of onr treatment for £ ounelf. In ten days the difficulty of breathing i relieved, the pulse regular, the urinary organa made to discharge their frill duty, sleep is restored, the swelling all or nearly gone, the strength in creased and appetite made good. We are uomttaut- ly curing cases of longstanding—cases that have been tapped a number of times, and the patient declared unable to live a week. Give full history of ewe. Nsme sex, how long afflicted, ho;v badly Swollen and where; aro bowels costive, have legs **1^ , < l I 4pP®d water. Send for free pant- pblet, containing questions, testimonials, etc. Tc v?w?, a SlL t !T ,ll “ ent famished freo by mail. inLEPSY (FUFf POSrnVKUY CURED. If you order trial, send 10 cents in stamps to pay POSUge. Ho H. GHKKN & SONS, M. Ds., 7 250 1-2 Marietta st., Atlanta, On. ■SSaMKW’"" »-—■ From a*, jovmal o» Mtatenffi IrSi-SlH (■RrmaMMa car*.* 1 *•***•• ijr.'Ak^i £ U OLE.* No. 96 John 6 treat. Now Y«fc Mi>n" f«r«2~wkyim ENGINES; r BULLS, WATER-WHEELS* WHy, STONES, CRUSHER HILLS* T>E SURE TO GET OUR PRICE8 BEFORE TOO CLINCNIAN’S TOBACCO TIB CUM TOB1CCO OUEII tho O towns in western Iowa show that tho low of property in tho section between Griswold and Ananbon by Thursday's cyclone roaches nearly $150,000. Everything woo laid low In tlio path of the storm. Tho small low of life is accounted for by tlio fact that the eyclono occurred In the day time end nearly every ono had time to got to tbolr “cyclone eollan, which nearly every flora ln that part of Iowa is provided with. iT. Cloi d, April 17.—An accnnto occonnt of tho killed and Injured by the eyclono Is M follows: St. Cloud, killed 31, injured 90; Saak Itapldi, killed 37, Injnrcd 100; Rico's station, killed 13, Injured 31; adjacent county, killed 3, injured 13. Total killed 73, injured 313. Tbe death of Edwin G. Hulbort today makes the total number of dead 74. LKAVKNWoBTn, Kan., April 17.—Professor Foster will ray In tomorrow'! Times that during the great itonu period, from April 25 to April 29, a hurricane will organize on or near tho gulf aud ■weep up tbe loutlicut Atlantic coast, and that about the same time a cold ware will appear iu the northwest and run down into tho southern slate,, followed by heary fro.tr as far south as Tennessee and southern Kansas. Biimaek, Dak., April 17.—Reports of a disastrous storm are coming from the upper conn try. No particulars recelred, bat It la under,tool a'lsrge number of cattle are killed. The itorm i, not classed aa a cyclone, but tho wind was so ter rific as to cut down maaaive trees, and for over fire miles timber along tho river bank waa levelled. The norm Is located IfO miles northwest. A Grand Georgia Kuceesi. The wonderful iucccw of tho 8.8. 8. Com pany Is tho strongest proof of this groat merit of tho famous medicine. Numberless broken down eonititutlons havo been bnilt up, and hundreds of homes madohappy by thsearoa of this wonderful 8. 8.8., which hso becomo a great notional remedy, standing tho tost of time, sad relieving suffering hnmanity for a period of over fifty years. 8.8.8. la known and nied ln every village and hamlst in tho United States, and alio ln many foreign mar kets. The testimonials that this company has received from men of high itanding, from mothen for their children, and people in all daises and atationi of life, ore bnt another evidence of the golden harvest of health loped from thla prolific medicine. The growth or tho 8. S. 8. Company lx a matter of pride to all Georgians who ore al ways prond of tho aurceie of any home enter prise. Tho fame of this wonderful care is greatly due to tho liberal advertising of tbe company. That 8, 8. 8. Is a wonderfal medicine Is never questioned. The volume of business done by this company is marvellous and runs into startling figure*.—Augusts , Chronicle March 17,1886. I beg pardon, but aren't yon mistaken?" cour teously raid a gentleman to a pretty shop girl with whomhewasdeallng. "lam a mbs. but not yet taken, dr," she replied, with a bright blush and drooping eyes. Atlanta, February 0,1886.—W. J. McDon ald. 374 North Brood street—Dear Sin It gives me pleasure to testify to tho merits of yonr roof point. The roof of onr foundry wot in a very bad condition, and daring the heavy rains lost fall onr mon were obliged to qait work on eecoant of the leaks. In fact, it was lo hod that the manufacturers of other roof paints refused to have anything to do with it, and advised na to pat on another roof Bnt we rare advised to try yoar paints, and wo aro glad ra did, for oar roof now la just as tight as new, and it his not looked one drop in all tho heavy rains ra hare had. And it gives na pleasure to add oar testimonial os to tho excellent merits of year roof paint. Wo are very truly yonr. McCumo, Tayioe k Co., Foundrymsn. THE CLINQMAN TOBACCO PLASTER tOTBlii talks CUNGMAN TOBACCO CURE CO. DURHAM, N. C.. U. 8. A. CHATTAHOOCHEE BRICK CO' MANtnTAOTUBKBfl OI CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER BRICK. Office 155! Broad St., Atlanta, Ga, Warn prepared to roralili brick ln any qaintltj at prioeatOBol&tha time* PLAIN, OIL 72UC8BXD and MOULDED BRIGS A SPECIALTY. Bamplea and prices on application! thaZtrar, BiUooaam, Nktocs Dnptpa enafl'sraM Pil ~ l * t '51* Stags, to q roddr. hash hr solas; ft islkilj warms K,FsmW<0*Sta ft here 4 ths BEST AL TERATIVES and PURIMRfi OF THE BLOOD, and mavaLMILB TONIO. STADICER'S AURANTII Bta^ta«nPranjtaaJbW*»I.OO»sstaaUu ~ C. F. STACKER, Proprietor, Mo fiO. FRONT »T„ Philadelphia, Fat Mama this paper. magls-dftwktaaflntm FREE FARMS in sanldis Tbe most Wonderfal Agricultural Park in America, Surrounded by prosperous mlninx and manofect- uring towns. FARMERS’ PARADISE! Magnifi cent crops raised In IMS. THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF GOVERNMENT LAND, subject to preemption and homestead. Lands far salo to actual settlers at $3.00 per Acre. Longtime. Park Irrigated by immense canals. Cheap railroad rates. Mention this paper. POOR MULES F# 1$ NO or HATCHER SWEEP afljn , r I (slide. Will save any State ln tbe South •1,000,000 annually ln blacksmith bills alone. Plowman can sharpen his own Sweeps with a file while his moles are eating dinner. M. J. HATCH ER, Inventor and Manufacturer. Macon, Ga. Also 1’JtOHIBITZON Cotton, Corn and Paa Planter Com bined , All iron, can adjust to ordluar/ plow stock. Name this paper, -*7 1 | Ohio Improved Chester ivgaco, wkylamSm Jan26 febP mara0apr21 mays ADinif HABIT curkd-i ask no pay till Vf) db - m - °- A MONTH* HOARD far 3 Uvo Youn* lfrn or Lmiller ' *- * : ZIEGLER • Cl Mention this paper. FaZIZI TSUC.4UJI IMPOTEHT MEE. And tberasaads of Cases of asrroos deblllSv* orttak ftikoeu, asrroos proatraUoa.prematureaeeltoics NERVITA. A trtslrzckzc^onTccctpt of twslva ssats pastes* r, "“ ‘‘i&ftsSKBEbeoD. ACME HARROW. one. Prices for one horse F. O. A.CMI two hoesa F X).B. 127.60. Send for circulars. _ 1 _ MARK W. JOHNSON A CO., kky£^| IAKK W. JOHNSON A GO., 27 MarilUBtre Atlanta, fla. WOMAN wanted^! assa. dmets^oSSSSSS Mention this paper. mor3—wkyltt Sf, : « /^lASH—114.00 WILL BUY A FIRST-CLASS COT- Vj ton or corn cnltirator, 6-shovel, warranted O. K. Iam rock bottom on hardware and implements; try me. J,C,Tliserat,Tremont, 111, E IE "OLD BEL has beenton tbe ^onr neighbor, b "OLD RELIABLE" MILBURN WACOM the market far thirty-seven yean ha will say boy tha MUbaxa. STOPPED FREE BgtaTfJftlfflSfffff. Pms.is RettsfM Line’S GREAT •aaaAiwftNnvaE wrf/sw Arm ACnltJ-i. f\/o. gjwgiiMhfifltyiicfrimtdiiitctifibaiwhM H this paper f#r>)*-er »ad fn son wky ODESSA, TEXAS. New Town. Delightful climate. .. ______ wheat and fruit district. Liberal prortxioo for New County." Cheap lands. Superior Liberal - wheat and fruit district. Liberal nrovuioa roe college and ’public liorary. Write for circulars, nsps and excursion rates. ^ kTu.SAHIN, 131 Vine Bt., Cincinnati, Ohio. Mention this paper. tnartOkywtt l Instant reUetF^ctwto 10 dayj ■ nenraa decShrkly E