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2. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. jifUiMTA, GA., TUESDAY MAY 18 1886 SWEPT BY A STORM. A TBPRIFIC CYCLONE VISITS CIN CINNATI AND OTHER POINTS. IWilIrtIToniH into Darknaaa Dj tun Blank Cloud. -a...r Down-Pour of Sola, Aoooapoalod t» Bun wind.. Dolnff Oront Domodo to rroponr-Sonroi Pooplo xuiod. Kanfah Citt, May 11.—A fearful atom of wind and rain swept over this city today, eon- tinmen from 11 o'clock until noon. The eourtbonse, on Second street, was totally de molished above the second story. TheLethrop school building, on Eighth strut, was partially wrecked and many children wen caught In the nina An overall factory, on Second street, was blown down. The old waterworks build ing, near the conrthonso, was blown down. At the Western Union telegraph office bat ons wire is working ont of the city. - Orleans and Ifcmph's. One span at the north end of the railroad bridge across the Missouri river was blown Into the river, blocking the Hannibal and St. Joseph, Bock Island, Wabash end Kansas City and BL Joe and Connell BlulFs road. Eight girls hare been taken ont of the overall lkclory, four of whom are dead. Many others are In the rolnr. but there is scarcely hope for tbek lives. In the confusion It is Impossible Tbe disastrous fury of tho storm was confined to the north end of the city, except In the de struction nftboEathrop school bnlldlngon Eighth street; the buildings generally, except ing those mentioned, withstood tbe fory of the At iatbrop school eleven schoolchildren are reported dead. Of the fonr buildings wrecked all were more or leu nnsonnd. Tho school building hu been twice condemned and the eonrt bouse by many was considered unsafe. No one wu killed excopt In them four houses. The storm, although entailing eurh heavy lou of life, wua nothing of the nature of the torna do that visited the city three vcarssgo. It was a violent wind accompanied by a flood of water and some hail which turned many of the streets Into rivers. Signs and shutters, chimneys, etc., were blown with the gale, and a number or vehicles were overturned in the stmts, lllsck clouds that rolled over the city created almost tho darkneu of night and made tho timid ones cronch lit terror In cel lars. The streets were entirely deserted, and in tone instances horses were seen wandering aroond attached to vehidu and seeking re fuse from the pelting storm. The Eathrop school bulldiog was surmount ed by a tower with a heavy bell. This tower wet blown over and the liell went through the roof, carrying down tbe dltferent floors to tho basement. Tho house was crowded with chil dren. Twelveof thcao have been taken out of the ruins dead. Many others were injured. The overall factory was leveled with the ground. Kour girls were taken from the wreck dead and a number wounded and others are still missing. Deputy Sheriff Dougherty was killed In the courthouse. Judge Stover bad adjourned court only a minute before the bulldiog was wrecked. A portion of the roof fell upon the chair he had just vacated. Frank Smith, of Smith A Moffett's spire mills, was killed In tbe ruins of his establishment, and his part ner, Msffatt, was hurt. A good many people are reported missing who may yet turn up. I.Ut of the dead, so far as known, Is eleven children and one teacher of the Lethrop schools; tlx killed at tbe overall factory; four killed at Smith A Maffat'a spice factory, in cluding Frank O. Smltb.one or the proprietors. Deputy Sheriff Dougherty, and Deputy Ito- corder Hedges, killed at the courthouse. Thirty persons am known to bo Injured at tho fculldun named, somo of whom are fatally hurt. Mayor Livermore and Lieutenant T, n. Young, United States engineer,' were both hurt. The small, compared with — — — damage Is roughly ortlinatod at (150000, a por tion of which Is covered by storm Insnrsnoes. The storm is generally considered a hurri cane, not a tornado or cyelone. It was a tre mendous gale of wind with a flooding rainfall. Meagre reports indicate that a num ber of places In Kansas were more or less damaged by the storm, though but little loos of llfo or peraooal Injury occurred. The same tornado visited Leaven worth and did an Immense amount of damagu, hut so far aak known only one life wae lust. 11KATH AT A t’AMl'MEBTIWO. I-Awnurcx, Kansas,May II,—A largecarap- meeting lout wu blown down In Johnson county Sunday, whllo services wore In pro- ■rru. Two hundred and Afty people ware In the tent. Three were killed, a man and wlfo named Jackson and tholr balm. Hi Injured, dbownkdat A may. Farsons, Kansu, May II.—Fonr persons were drowned yesterday In the Nevaho river at Naquin's ferry. They all belonged to one ftmily. They Insisted on being ferried over dyy r reman. The Utter wu wind tipped tho ferry boat at a sudden auglo. The wagon, turn and peo ple all went over, and Kllnu, hts two children and brotheMn-law, named Cos, were drown ed. The Ibrryman rescued Mn. Kllas and on# child. CAM Blown PSOM TUX TRACK. Fittsui'ko, May It,—A heavy windstorm last night In Oovemaogh valley blow a num ber of freight care from the side track of the Transylvania read upon the main track. A heavy westbound freight train of twonty-flvo cars going at the rate of thirty mllu an hour came along ahont midnight and cruhrd Into an obstruction before the engi neer had time t> revalue his engine twenty-dve cars were totally demolUhed and the wreck strewn along tho tracks a distance of several hundred yards. Thu conductor, engineer and firemen were killed InsUntly, Tho balance of the crew escorted with alight inlorisa. ConxxxaviLLB. Ind., May 10.—A tornado passed through Warns county, thirteen miles north of here, last night dgstroylni everything In lie truck. One womsu and two uieu, names un< Cbicauo, cago and All . Passengers on the Chi- lion train which arrived tonight, had s remarkable experience with the cyclone. At l'onliac. 111,, a storm clond wu soon gath ering in the steal, and moving in s northeast direction. At the train sped on, tbe storm kept coming nearer every minute, and the passengers Iwgan to roallm that they were Doing chased by the cyclone. Just as the train nulled into Odell, 111., tho storm struck tho town and the air wu fksll of debris. In a moment mv«q •tores and the hotel worn unroofed; and one large brick building wu nearly dcatroyed. Under the wreck of the etiuetare two children were buried. Tho telegraph wins la that vi cinity are reported down. --s-waffi Specials from Streetor and Rockford, HI., and Peru, Ind., tell of a terrible wind and ball storm at thou points. About 530 p. m. heavy, roaring cloudi from tho south and east mot Just over the city of Kockforsl, and daylight wu suddenly converted into darkness A downpour of immense hailstones followed, neatly damaging treu and breaking windows 1“ Use country anmunding Strestor rain and hail raged for an hour and a half, and tna destruction visited upon groin, fruits and all vegetables la very great. From Peru, Ind., telegrams are received to the effect that houses were unroofed, trees uprooted and whaat •elds blown down. A large amount of stock if reported killed by the lightning. JOUXT, Ills, May IS.—A most destructive cyclone is reported thorn Odell, a village forty miles tooth of Joliet, on tho Chicago and Al ton. This afternoun shout four o'clock the dorm burst. The delegatee to the State 8tb- hsth-echool convention returning on tho train arriving hern at six p. m . state that at tbe train neared Odell they saw a cyclone ap proaching. First they asw the roof of aa eleva tor raise and uil off in the air. and the build ing collapse. Then a hotel aod houses raised op. tumbled over like feathers and were shattered to pieces Both brick and torn* and all sixes from shan ties |0 two - story be tidings, weak Tho train wu itonped but u tbf wind wu blowing pareUd with tho track It waa not upect^ though brirVs and sticks broke tbe windows. Considerable time waa required to mote the debris from the track before tbe train coaid proceed after the cyclone. People bualcd themselves looking under rained houses for those missing. Later-One of tbe severest storms ever known here struck Joliet about 8:30 this eve ning. A deluge of rain, thunder and hail in undated tbe earth. Tbe thunderbolts were deafening and the electric display unparalleled. A circus show was having a performance here and In the midst of performance the storm struck the tent and turned th« whole show npeide down. A general stampede en sued, amid sheets of lightning, drenching rains and resistless gales of wind/ Three per sons were seriously Injured bjr falling poles. A number wero hnrt slightly. Bloownoton, III., May 12.—The Panto- graph** special from Odell is aa follows: At .3:45 p. m. today a terrible cyclone struck this Tillage, which demolished one brick block, wrecked three warehouses unroofed the ho tel, Masonic hall and fonr store buildings; also the upper story of the Angel 1 block, in which was the Odell bank and Odd Fellows* lodge. Scarcely o store In town escaped injury. The loss will amount to fifty thou sand dollars. Houses, barns and sheds were twisted off their foundations a »nd completely destroyed. Trees n foot in diameter were twisted np. The storm did not last over five minutes Ten minutes before the air seemed to get green. The clouds seemed to advance; one frcio southeast and one from the southwest and met over the town forming n monstrous whirlwind. The large livery barn of Hord Brothers, a large three story mill and the two tory brick hardward store of 8. 8. Cole are all wrecked. The hotel is injured badly: not a whole window remains in the ballaiog. A number of residences were badly wrecked. The streets are filled with timbers, board fences, tin roofs and prostrated trees. Tbe new school build ing Is partly unroofed. The fatally iqjured are: Lottlo Bwiete, a ten-year-old girl, waa carried over 200 feet (n the air and fell on tho railroad track, smashing her sknll. George and Charles Hoke, livery men; 8. 8. Cole, hardware merchant, and two child ren of John Miller, are seriously hurt. The telegraph wires were all blown down, and communication with the outeide world was completely cut off. The damage in the sur rounding country is comparatively slight. WiKcnrsTm, May 12.—Fearful storms parsid over this place this evening, lasting fifteen minutes. Two clouds of a greenish cast barging low, one from the northeast, the other from the southwest met and bursted immediate over the cit. The wind attained great velocity and hail stones tho size of wal nuts fell to tho depth of from two inches to three feet. Trees were stripped off their foliage, and the rain foil in torrents, filling the streets and cellars. Every house with n western exposure had all the window glaae deitroved. Carriages wero overturned on the roads leading to city, the occupants narrowly escaping with their lives. Fortunately the atorm did not extend moro than a mile on either side of tho place. The people wore greatly alarmed during 1U prevalence. Kvakbviu.k, Ind., May 12.—The loss from the tornsdn last night is abont IlfiO.OOO. One man was killed In the street bv a falling tree. Wilmamspobt, Ind., May 12.—A cyclone struck this place this evening, destroying everything In its track. Several bouses and barna In the north end of town were carried away. It seemed to have formed about two miles northwest of the town, and took a southwesterly direction, traveling about thirty milea an hour, striking the extreme north end of this place. Cincinnati, May 13.—There Is no telo- graphic communication with Xenia and Dayton, but from tbe railroad officials it la ascertained that the rain fell ao rapidly that the culvert under the railroad choked up, creating au immaase reservoir, which finally broke the embankment and raahad through Xenia, tear ing down trees and washing away houses, here baa been au unusual electrloal dia ls for tho put three nights. On bouses, occupied mostly by colored people, were here swept away,dozens of houses were lost, aod railroads leading out of the city were swept away, ao that it is impossible to hear from outside points. At leasts dozen trains are here, sad within a few miles of the city. The telegraph wires are down and busi- ness la suspended. One entire finally of seveu persons, (white) named Morris, waa swept away. The last seen of them was at Swaim street bridge, when a manwis seen at tbe window by the terror-stricken crowd waving alighted lamp. In the next instant tbe house collapsed and they were gone. On If one boy. thirteen years of age, hu been foam Another CsmUy or seven (colored) persons wei similarly swept away. The work of Andie the bodies still continues tonight. The mayor'i office hu been turned into a morgue, and there are now twenty-two bodies there. The turbance here for f Monday night tbe rupted lightning f ’ raptedlightning from 11 p. m., until 6 a. m. Tuesday night a similar oonditlon existed, accompanied by heavy rains and hail, tbe lat ter being of very narrow range. Lost night there wu another electrical storm with wind, heavy rain and hail. The Xenia storm, howover, wm much more farious. Tho counties of Montgomery, Clarke, Butler, Warren and Greene, lie adjacent iu Ohio and form an elovsted plateau with but shallow vallejs and low hills. In theso coun ties are the towns of Dayton, Npringfleld, Hamilton, leohauon and Xenia. In the east ern county of Indiana, adjoluini is Conriersville. At all these pi of last night wu the heaviest volume ever known. At Dayton It moMurcd I! inches in abont threo hours. Xenia wu situated so as to get the worst results. Tho Shawnee river traverses a portion of the eity adjacent to tho Little Miami railroad, which Hu lower than tbe main portion of the city. The rail- road embank ment rises above the general level and tho stream Hows through Tt In a largo culvert. Lut night's rainfall wat eutlreljHtoo much for the capacity of that cal* low lands, and without wanting, bore them from their foundations. At Npringfleld the flood wu nearly of equal volume but the drainage wu better. The East High street bridge wu undermined and is a mass of ruins. In the eastern and aoutheu tern portions of the city many families are driven from their houses by tho encroaching flood. Dozens of bridges are washed away. The (owescannot be estimated but will be ox- church, the Isehanon house, grist mill, Wat _ hens, anil serersl residences were unroofed. The shade trees wore nearly all uprooted. Day ton Is isolated,no trains or mal’s arriving . J or ont, telegraph and telephone wires are all down. A storm, wind, rein and hail struck Dsyton and vicinity lastnighL Small streams became rash lag torrents, and tho Miami river bream. ■ mighty floral, rising nine foot in three hours, inundating fifty acres, many house, in th« Fourth xrard, and drowning bores, and cows, and doing much other dam- age. Fairmonnt In a total wreck. The church at Beavertown, where prayer meeting was In progress, wm demolished, bat the panic stricken worshippers wore not seriously hurt. The dwellings there wm twisted from their foundation!. At Shaker village, threo mile, east, many buildings were unroofed, haras wore blown down and cattle were in jured. A special train with Superintend ent Tucker wu wrecked near Osborae. Mr. Tucker and six others were injured. Thry were brought to Dsyton. The north bound (knight train on tho Cincinnati, Hamil ton and Dayton dashed iota a washout at Fossum Ban, flvo miles south of Dayton, and a thirty ton locomotive wu carried 150 foot down a Blighty torrent before sinking. It then relied over and over. At daylight a farmer a mile acres, the waters noticing the signal of distress reorued the freight crew from tho tree tops, Engineer John McCutcheon and his fireman being eerlonsl rein fall wm fonr and one-half lean. At Xenia, about 7 o'clock last evening, ter rible clouds were seen gathering end terrific clap of thunder seemed to open the gates the rein felt In torrents. People living in hoates on Water street creased by every way possible. The spout seemed to vent its fury on that portion of tho city. For e stretch of 150 yards, the Little Miami tail road is swept sway. Tho snoot struck houses on Water steet and tore them to pieces aa If they were sheila A resident of the street states that within two mluntce after the clap of thunder he stood In water to his waist, ho being abont 25 yards from th. creek. When tho water reached the residence of Aaron Ferguson it WSJ swept nwty with nine inmates end lodged against e bridge, where they were afterwords rerewed. Tbs next damage wu U the cool yiid of Samuel Clark. Ib whicn wu located a tenement house occupied by a family named Howell, hint in number. Up to 0 p.m. not one of them hod been hoard ftum. The next ■traction wu In what Ufi "hot terns.” A doaoa point ot W known bio. Forces of men ere busily on' gaged clearing nwny, and hundreds of people surround the places. Strangers, hove begun to poor Into the eity from every direction. Tho council hu appro priated $1,000 for Immediate use In tho burial of the victims. Private subscription have already reached Into the thousands. A com mittee I* canvassing the city for clothing and bedding. The rink hu been turned into reftige for tho homeless, who ere many. A eld possible is needed from every source. Among tbe louu ere McDowell ft Torrence, lumber, (10,000; Miami Powder company, (25,000; Little Miami railroad, (125,000; private individuals, (50,000. The city engineer plecu the ctty'i loss at (75c 000. The Little Miami railroad ha abont sixteen miles swept ewey. In addition to tho above two more bodies wero found this evening, being children, and they ere not Identified. The complete number of deaths, whore bodies hu been found, in twenty-five with eleven still missing. ClIKAtio, III., May 13.—Dispatches from Mount Carroll, GUcsliurg, Rockford, Merehull, Tuscola end 8f ' ... western Iowa, era Indiana Indicate that the storm of last evening wu general throughout tho localities named. In erery place it is reported u n severe electrical storm, accompanied by s furious gale end e heavy fall Istge ball stones. Great damage was done to buildings in the towns end the crept end fruit In the country. No lives were lost except such u hove already boon re ported. No fbrtber particulars of yesterday’s storing In Indiana and Illinois ere obtainable, owing to the Interruption of tologrepbie communica tion. Wires ware swept down by the score. In one place In Illinois over a hundred poles were blown down. Lanark, III., May 13.—Yesterday’s extra ordinary rain >torm brought a cyclone und wlchcd between leu destructive portions. For »space of fonr rods wide everything above while on either side wsgon nndor e shod for shelter. The shed wu blown away end n flying stone killed tho batcher. Wasbin(iton, May 14.—Among the trainer- out dispatches concerning Wednesday’s storm, tho following ere gleaned: A cyclone one hundred end fifty yards wide end six miles long passed close to Danville, 111. Four persons were killed, and the earth wet swept clean. Tbe magnitude of the disaster at Attica,Ind. constantly grows. The money lou Is now es timat'd u high u (350.000, end two or threo more deaths of Injured people ere expected. In Mlgga county, Ohio, many bnlldlngs were demolUhed, two persons wore killed end three liedly hurt. From Tipton, Ind., comu e similar story. Tho tornado swept e largo section ot country clear of building* end trees. Ono member of e family named Gates, wu killed, end five others ere likely to die. A dozen others ere hart, more er leu seriously, At Wilkinson, Ind.; tho cyelone hffad only five minutes. Bat two persons wore killed, end s dosen or more Injured. St. Lome, May 14.—About tlx o'clock to night the heaviest rein and wind storm of tho year, end perhaps the huvlest rein fell that has occurred hero for e number of years, passed over the city end swept on to the eutwsrd. Tho rein was almost a deluge, and all tho streets in the city wero rnnning streams of water, varying In depth from two' to six Inches. All depressions in the city wore flooded and cellars and basements ware par tially flllid, doing great damage to their contents. The specific losses are not ob tainable at thU writing, but the general dsmsgo will amount to many thonunda of dol lars. The wind seemed to be a straight one, ol high velocity, but so far no material damage from it hu been reported, Tho rain wu u heavy that It went through tho roof of the Wetlcrn Union telegraph office immediately over the great switchboard and by wetting tbe insulation of the wires and tho croa' currents actually disabled tho office for Cincinnati, <>., May 14.—Nows of damage by tho storm of Wednesday night eontlnuu to come. Madison county, Ky., suffered to the extent of more than (200,000, Streams in that county are generally low-banked, and an unprecedented flood caused nearly all the bridges to lie carried off. In Fayette county the water spout so pronounced that a flood of nrreased until In fonr hours It had rlren eighteen feet, the highest over known. Forht, 0., May 15.—This place and vicin ity wu visited by a tornado lut night abont eleven o'clock. The sir wu fillod by bolls of Are, which exploded with e load snapping sound. Thu storm come from tbo southwest and tended to s northeuterly direction. Par ticulars, except thou brought by farmers liv ing near tho truck of tho storm, cannot be obtained. There ore known to have bun flvn persons killed and a number injured, two probably fatally. The residence of Mr. He- Elvee wu blown down, killing Mr. McElvee end his mother-ln-Uw. A house near by wu destroyed, killing a men whose nemo wu not given. The house of Thomu Moore wu rued to tho out of town, ere destroyed. Samuel Hnckerd was fatally hart and his wife injured by the blowing down of bis rsnidnnce. Tbe Center- pool hoau, one mile west of town, wu leveled to the ground. In Blanchstd river valley fences, telegraph poles, trees and houses were laid low. Dayton, Ohio, May 15.—Edward Moore- house, a railroad man, walked from here to Xenia and hack yesterday, being anxious abont hts relatives who live in Xenia. AtTrebetn station, while being ferried icrau the Little Miami river he end the oarsman discovered e living hoy child In e drifted tree top. They rescued the child, who hod an arm and leg broken, lie had drifted fear mllu down Shawnee creek from Xenia Into the Little Miami. The child died before they reached Xenia. Fobt Way**, May 15.—Ahont midnight e yelone eroued the track of the Pittsburg, Injuring 1 onsly, his 1 scrapes. leg being h ont. The storm eua O. It blow down true which of tho Out express, nut bound, or twelve pessengere, one serf- broken end one eye pat Mb end between fifteen end twenty injured. Bov- ilcces end Blanchard river. The town wu struck by e storm and fonr persona »y U many nil citizens are ont hunting for tho deed wounded. rxort.x xlyino in rnx ait. Torrxa. Ka-.May 15.—A detractive cyclone struck the northern part of this county yea- today, and swept sway a portion of tho town of Meriden About ten o'clock iu tho morn ing s very black clond com# np suddenly from the southeast, sweeping through the eastern rtion of the town and did Its foarful work almost a moment, A large number of bn lid ings were destroyed. Eighteen or twen ty persons were hurt, two or three probably fatally. Several persons whs were out doom went sailing through the sir. One of them were dropped against e barbed wire fieoee end acnecsJj injured. Nothing wu left above ths ground in the path of the storm. Trees were torn np by tbo roots. Heavy Winds In Georgia. Macon, Ga., May 15.—[Special.]—'The storm this evening wss pretty severe. Friend- ship church, south Macon, was blown down, and s chimney on Msatcrson’s residence was Mown down. The telephone snd telegraph wires arc broken npjSnd a great many trees fell In the city. Tbo wall of Ralston hall fell, snd a man narrowly escaped death by the AI'ocbta, Ga.,May 15.—[Special.]—Augusta wu visited at six o'clock this afternoon by a heavy wlndBtorm followed by a steady rain which promises to fall throughout the night. Baring the blow, clouds of dust and sand were so severe u to put a stop to travel and undos* tnanism. Trees on upper Broad and Greene were stripped of foliage, shutters broken sod frail fences laid, but no serionu damage hat been reported u yet, though It is feared that reports from beyond tho und hill, whence came the storm snd accompaniments, may ■how s deal of destruction. Tlie Cyctone's Devastating Course In Spain. Hadxid, May 13.—A terrible hurricane hu Jnst swept oerou ths middle of Spain. In tho city seventy persons are known to have been instantly killed and 200 others have been seri ously injured. Tho wind struck the city with thesaddenness of lightning. A train of cars and cabs were overturned and broken into splinters, roofs were dislodged and telegraph wires everywhere were torn from their poles. The parks in and about tho city were devut- uted and In some cases were entirely denndnd. One church tower wu blown down. A num ber of booHS In the suburbs wore entirely wrecked and of many cottages on the out skirts of the capital which were blown from their foundations and wrecked, some were so completely and quickly broken up and scatter ed by the wind that thay may. bo uid to have simply vanished before the storm. Tele graphic communication hu been so complete ly ent off that it is impossible u yet to obi itein news from the provinces bat it is believed that tho rain wrought by the hurricane hu been widespread Madeid. May ricana here will* . . sente sum to the relief fund. Animals even exhibited the wildest terror daring tho hurri cane. Farm crops snd villages were destroyed in tho country districts, the working clue Madsid. May 14.—Tbo damage by the bur- "l exceed (1,250,000. Thoqnoon ntry ■offering the heaviest losses. Many washer women were blown into tbe river Manssrares, and twenty-eight drowned. The largest tree in Madrid, which stood in front of tho parlia ment building, wu blown down. Tho hospitals are crowded with sufferere. The storm wu preceded by several days of extremely hot weather. In this city thirty-two persons wore killed and (120 injured by the hurricane Wednesday evening. Tho hurricane lasted only ton minutes. Government architects have examined e large number of buildings situated in the track of the itonm and have pronounced most of them unsafe. Tbo town eoancll hu appropriated (8,500 for tbe relief of sufferers, end the queen hu given (800 for tho seme purpose. London, May 14.—Tho lacosunt rains fatt ing In the north Is causing rlren to overflow their banks, Sheffield, Attorietoffo, Lancaster and other townx ere partly inundated. At Rotherham tbo railway steel works, many honscs and thonunds of acres of land ore sab- merged and 2,000 workmen ere temporarily out of employment. A largo part of Derbyshire Is submorged id many of the public highways are today Impossible. The railway bridge over the river Severn, near Shrewsbury, weskenod at III foundation by tho floods, fell last night ghtofa passing freight train, under the weight or t passing might I jtreclpltatlug it into the river. No lives London, Mar II cold and squally, throughout Fraud yards have been do 0,000 francs. A hurrlcaao passed over snd tmrtlslly destroyed it. Several rero killed snd a number were In- persons jured. Several galu have been experienced in Germany. Two Ship# that were lying in the river Oder foundered snd flvn persons were drowned. do , i Lombardy, destroyed e large nauibor of houses. Five persons were killed. THE CHURCH IN THE HOUSE. ▲ Service of Home*Worship for Every Bunday [In the Year. By Bit. Charles F. Decks, D. D., Pastor of the Church of the Strainers, New York. THIRD BUNDAY IN MAY. When the household shall have Msemblod, let tho head of tho family, or some other person ap pointed bjr him lead theserrtee, by a short [It will promote attention and roverenee If. at [The lesson from the Old Testament* The leader should announce the place of lesson, so that each worshipper may open the Bible and follow the Isaiah xl., 1-17; Hymn. Prayer.] should be several In each household.! (The Epistle and tbe <Jospcl for eacn day should be announced so that all the family may turn to the passage andaccompany the reading,J rotor 11., 1-17. The Gospel. Luke [Tbe Epistle. I. xl., 14. Hymn.] TAX DISCOCME. short discourse. The reader may enl_..- r sentence, er Introduce other .matter. The para- graph divisions and Italics will assist:] Text: "Return, O my soul, unto thy rest” —P*. cxyi., 7. What has disturbed thee, O my soul, that thou needest rest? The soul, In answer to this question, recalls Its intellcctnal perplexities. What ii God? What doe* Ho intend to do 7 What are my re lations to Him 7 A thousand such questions in regard to the Great Creator and tho moral nnivena perplex tho looL It plods In dark- nesn and discovert no path to the light. Every thought of itself, every reflection upon tho world around It, starts it on s tiresome quest. Where is tbe net? God Is in Christ answering slltheie ques tions. Without Christ His existence, His nature, His ways would constitute e madden ing puzzle. Ib Christ He reconciles apparent contradiction end gives th* tool rest Wbst distal be thee, O my soul ? The aonl’s answer to this recalls the stings of contcienco; conscience, making the real own Itself e sinner; conscience, making tbe soul acknowledge the evil* of sin; conscience, tor menting it with on apprehension of tho con- sequent*, of sin. No rest! The soul boa been rnnning ewey from God, knowing that at any moment God. could over take it. It could only ran from God or to God. How could it ran to God? Against Him it hod tinned; and yet the toul'e net is in Him. He, only, can forgive; He, only, con grant prare; Ha, only, can protect us eo that none ran invade; He, only, can give ns everlasting life. Tbe tool returns to God In Christ O my soul, return onto thy rest in God I Ho deals bountifully with thee. He bath so dealt. Slid will so dost If thou do not And thy rest in Him, there lino rest for thee in earth or Heaven ! (The lord’s Pro each icrrtc.. snd the "Gloria'' or other nosology.I AFTERNOON TALK. A service may bn held and tbe rollotrin, dis cotine lead :J rr.IVATR DEVOTION. By Rev. Canon McCormick, England. No greater mistake can bo mode than to suppose that we can command s spirit of eraver whenever wo like, or that ‘‘private de votion” is an cosy teak. Hence it is that at our stated times of prayer wn ahonld not hasti ly, or inconsiderately, rash into God's presence. One of the most essential aids to rivatedevotion la reflection. Yet, alee! it is leg into onr closets, shutting the door, end praying to our Father in secret. Bat too fre quently, no sooner are we alone with God than we fall upon our knees without a moment 8 n fli c ion concerning the solemn work wo have, as a habit, or as a matter or course, undertaking; and when the U»k is over our spirits arc not refreshed and we are thorough ly dissatlfffed With ourselrcd and ashamed of our formality. It might, and in most caves It would, be different ifi when the closet door were shut, we paused for a little serious medi- tation about our holy Clod, and tho nature of th« prajers and praises we intended to present to II im. Kay, this very meditation would not merely be an introduction to prayer, but it would form a most essential element of “private devotion.” Sometime* the principal part of communion with God is the holy silence ind .dotation cf faith. Just to sit down and quietly snd reverently to think about onr HcuTenly Father it often as beneficial to the soul as tho most earnest supplicatloii Tho greatest Mints tho world hi* over known found and made tirao for that reflection which we properly connect with the fellowship of GodT Wo hive so mnrh to do, and are oven so religiously busy, that it hu not inch proml- nonce In our devotions as either to be worthy of us or to do us reel good. If e time tost were applied to our private devotions, the remit would, In many cases, be most onsatislhctory. Wo seldom really enjoy that which costs us no trouble, end which we do In a hurry. If God b», as we ere ready In theory to admit that He is, an invisible Friend, whoso societv is a Joy, it isa strange proereding to give Him only a few minutes at a time—a few short minutes In a day—perhaps to a whole week. This peuso snd calm reflection, to which we gather ourselves together for * grant work, are calculated to give a definite character to the devotion. If we hastily and thoughtlessly rashtoprey.ru s dnty to be is quickly as possible accomplished, our * minds dreams Its way through e dialect of deed words,” aod “floats on the current of * stereotyped phrase- ology” after e languid end Indolent manner. There are no solemn obligations and no press ing necessities, and the consequnncc is that ths S reyer Is vague, pointless, a parrot-like relati on, without (motion, wif' ithont unorgy, with ont agony, withont reality. "Private devo tion” ia s great bnsineu as well as* great privilege, and all who engage to it should know definitely what they have to view. “Study your preyen" waa one of the vory best of McCbeyn.’a valuable exhortations. It is foolish to expect definite answers to requests which can only be characterised os vogue E enrrmlitfe*. Our Lord might often use now > His followers tho words He addressed ts the woman et the woll. “If thou knowest. . . . thou wauldit have asked, end He would have given.” There is a reflection which ahonld always be in eld to devotion, and that la our filial rela tionship to God. It should never he forgotten that the first words onr Lord taught His disciples to use in ptayer were “Onr Father.” He Hlmsclfln Bis own preyen used the endearing title “Father,” “O My Father.” He know HU filial relationship, snd m a Son He always placed Himself before God, Alter the work of redemption wu accomplished, and he bed brought mankind into* new end blessed con dltion before God, be not only said, “My God snd your God," bnt also “My Father and yonr Father." The glory of nU Father was the mein object He had in life, end, sa we ahonld expect, ft lsone of the definite subjecU of Hii own praycn. It was Just because tho only-be gotten of th* Father knew the sweets or HU own holy end blessed reUtionship, that He bad supreme Joy In bringing ns into * similar kind or relationship, in giving ns the Spirit of Adoption, and enabling us, poor sinners, to stand before the eyes of Him who U too pure to behold Iniquity, and to my “Oar Father," “Abbe, Father,” Wo may go into onr “private devotions" “weary and worn and sod," sinful and desponding, and unworthy to bo csllod God’s sons, hut when we reflecton the love and perfection! of God, and know that HeU ready to fall on onr necks, end to plant the kisses of forgiveness and reconciliation upon onr lips, tho kits may open our mouths tor .confession, for it precludes us from saying, “Make us hired servants.” We ore sons; and, even though It U with sighs, end sobs, and team, wo nevertheless do breathe tho sweet titlo “Father," and to so doing we hare hope and comfort. And m tho perfoct Son pre-eminent ly sought HU Father’s glory in prayer, so shall we, who are exhorted to follow HU exaroplp. ThU raises private devotion into the vety highest region. ThU takes out of it all merely selfish elements. If God give to us, if Ho withhold from us, if He calls us to ser vice or to suffering, that wo. His chtidrcn.'mty glorify Ilia name, He confers upon ns the very greatest of all fuvon. So moro splendid destiny Unlaced before ns than to bo to tho S nlic of the glory of HU graro. Tho private svotlon most always be beneficial when from first to lut it it permeated with the petition of our Lord, “Father, glorify Thv name.” Let ns never forgot tho words, “Whatsoever yo shell ask to My name, that will I do, that tho Father may be glorified to the Son.” (An appropriate poem U added, which may be committed to memory by tho young people.) Return, O wanderer, return; He I-IUSAJ, V vvmiaucjui. (Uluru ; He hears thy humble sigh; e sere thy soften'd spirit mourn, When nojonc else U nigh. Return, O wanderer, return; Thy Saviour bids tore live; Como to HU Cron snd grstef How freely Ha'll forgive. Return, O wanderer, return, thc Return. O wanderer, return; Retain thy long-sought rest; The Saviours melting marries; muting mercies yearn —Convex, To cusp thee to liu breast. FIOHTINO THE INDIANS. Captain MatfloM Routes the Geranium's Hand of Indians. Tccson, Ari., May IG.-A special from Huschuca says: Captain Hatfield, with a troop of cavalry, struck Geronimo a heavy blow ycatarday morning, at* point ton mile* southeast of Santa Crus, bnt a few hours later received * heavier blow to return. Friday afternoon the hoetiles, abont seventy strong. struck Miles Pisa renche, rounding np thirty horses. Cap tain Hatfield arrived half an hour later and followed tbo trail till dark. Yesterday, morning he anrnrUed and stampeded the hostile*, captured their hones and tho entire ramp outfit. He then started for Santa Cra2, bnt while passing through Box Canon, on the way thither, a galling fin suddenly pour ed upon hU little baud. The men dismounted and mod* a gallant fight, which lotted for ui hour. Twoof the command wore kill ed and three wounded. Many Indiana fell, bnt the number is not known. Captain Hst- flcld finaliy reached Santa Crux, where he willb* Joined by Lieutenant Cook, with Dorati troops. Major Rule, with a large Mexican force, reached Santa Crus lost night, and joined in the pnnuit this morning. General Miles, Captain Scbo, Lieutenant Davis, with the troops of Governor Torres, of Sonora, and Pre fect Rivera, of the Magdalena district, are. In consultation. Governor Torres hu jnst received s dis- patch from the prefect of (luajamaa stating that General Martinez routeU.the Yaquia from their stronghold in the 8ierr* Bacatche on tbo 13th, killing one hundred and captaring tiro hundred of the band. The Mexicans lost twenty killed and fifty wounded. 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