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KIMBALL PUBLISHING CO., Publisher*.
KIMBALL, DAKOTA
THE
ooa&irrMOM rAssryoroy
WiiMwafam. finnrfd: H0H H. B. St»lt
Ml for XfauMMta to-night. His mission
pertainsd chiefly to business beforo
the interior department. He succeeded in
gecurlng the lelnstetesieiit of several land
He laiigeona, consisting of
Dn. B. & Frtton, W. L. Lincoln »nd Mul
Hg»n aiablUhed in Wabasba county for
mmtiiiiig pension claimants. He also
fltlM ntooa acting Maretary of the interior
foaljra n*midiiw thediapnte as to the Wes
'Mra bonndary Une of tne Devil's Lake In
dian TMerration. It is claimed by the In
fflans that this boundary line should extend
•feMmita farther west tf it did it woald
ttle jhto the im natton abont 100 settlen
'•ad a bnujcbof the Northern Pacific rail
raMd whioh now runs along this boundary.
Mr. Strait was informed that the Indian
impact had bean instructed to take no action
lit tbe premises at present, and that the
joatter woold be inyortigatod.
'The immense Job of printing the pension
list will be completed in abont a month.
The list embraoes the name, postoffice ad
,'drwa and oonnty of every pensioner in the
country, with the amount allowed month
ly to each. There will be several volumes
of from 600 to 800 pages each, or an aggre
ate of about 5,000 paces. There is a fev-r
ub anxiety in some quarters to get hold of
these list of names, several prominent news
papers offering big money for advance
aliacta of the pensioners of their respective
atatts news. It is believed that the pub
lieation of the. penaion list will do more to
detect Sraud and weed out undeserved pen
sioner* and deed-beats than any other step
which baa been taken since the wat in pen
sion legislation. A prominent official of
the interior department thinks It will have
the effect to save the government $1,000,000
the flnt year.
Assistant Postmaster General Hazen said
that the sniplus revenue of the postoffice
department would probably exceed
(2,500,
'OOO forthe last fiscal year, an advance of
$1,000,000 .on the surplus of the previous
jtmt. Sen Hazen thinks that the rednc
uo# of letter postage will not cause a deficit
next year, He looks for a sufficient in
crease of mail matter to enable the depart
JMntWith careful management to turn a
handsome sam into the treasury on the 1st
of July, next year.
j: RECORD OF CRIME.
Manuel {Otero and J. G. Whitney of Bos
ton met at Bstanlca Springs, N. M.. by ap
pointment to settle thejownership of the
springs. Otero claimed they were on his
land grant. White ey represented his broth
er Joel P. Whitney, who has a decree in the
territorial supreme court against another
clafcrfant. In the coarse of the interview a
quarrel arose and pistols were drawn, Whit
ney was mortally wounded. Fernandeze,
hi* brother-in-law, took up the quarrel and
both he and Olero ware billed.
Intense excitement prevails at El Paso,
Tex., in regard to ihe action of the coun
ty authorities inthe murder case of Police
man Thomas Wade by Howard Dougherty,
•nd accomplices, Horn, Burnt and Biddle
-The prisoners were released some days ago
awd the Cltisens maintain that the officials
were bought Further trouble is feared.
Talk of lynching is prevalent.
The name of the Minneapolis man, agent
for Q. & J.Michel of La Crosae, who was
•hot by jobbers, is Bueck. He was a resi
dent of La Crone for along time, and is
well known among his country-men. His
wife is a sister of Otto Kiene, a wealthy
pork pecker.
Matamoras, Mexico, special: Recently a
woman near Nevada killed her four-rear
old son and stewed his flesh and gave it to
her husband to eat. When the latter dis
covered the act he became insane. The
woman waa placed in jail.
Chris. Nebon, a well known young Nor
wegian, was drowned in the Menominee
river at Milwaukee recently while bathing.
His body haa been recovered.
IFrank 0*ionnel, one of the Little Mis
souri ahootists, has been released from the
Mandan Jail, on bail.
THE CASUALTY RECORD.
AamnstoTm passed near Sioux Falls
on the night of the 18th, doing damage to
the extent of about $2,600 to a large num
ber of small houses. The Minnehaha Trust
oompany were the largest sufferers by the
atom. Tha walls of the third story of
their.large brick block, on the lower end of
Philips avenue, ware nearly all Overturned,
and two ofthrirdwellings inthe northern
Outskirts of the city were prostrated flat as
flounders. Theae buildings were just near
ing completion. In the west end of town
about forty chimneys were blown down. A
number of buildings were struck by light
ning.
Diapntchea from the northern and central
part of Wisconsin report great damage from
the windstorm of the 21st Inst. At Stevens'
point, and in Wood county, crops, fences,
buildings and mill dams were all torn to
pieces. An old man in Wood county was
seriously but not fatally injured by flyin
debris. The towns of Stockton ani
New Hope were visited by a terrible
hail storm, and crops are badly damaged.
Live stock was killed at several points by
flying rails. In Brown county wind and
h*:l aid similar damage, but no loss of life
is reported.
A very costly wreck occnrred on the
night of the 21st at Turner, a station on the
Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe railroad. The
two trains came together with ateriffic
crash, totally demolishing both and wreck
ing a large number of oars and killing
many cattle, The engineers and firemen
jumped and saved themselves, but a brake
nan waa caught and severely hurt. The
loss to the Sante Fe company will amount
to *90,400.
Sevecal accidents occurred in the conclave
procession at San Francisco recently. Three
standard beams {tinted from exhaustion,
and Sir Alexander Weed, aid to the grand
commander of California, was thrown from
bis hone and had both his legs broken.
On the morning of the 19th, the building
occupied by Jerry Oongdon as a saloon, in
Duluth, was burned, with its contents, and
otLer bnildings near by were considerably
damaged. Loss unknown insurance, $760
in goods.
William MaCullough, of Rice Lake,
Minn., was drowned in Devil's lake on the
17th inst He was bunting ducks, and at
tempted to swim after game, took cramps
and tankhefaiv help could reach him.
The order consolidating internal revenue
districts so far as it affects the following
named districts, went into effect the 20th
Second and.Fourth Iowa and Nevada
Montana.
R. McOready & Co.'s boot and shoe man
Montreal, burned the 19th. Loss
at $90,000 to $100,000. Insured
ish and Canadian companies for
in the Cheshire house block at Keeoe
recently burned theentiru block of
storea attached to tne hotel. Loss,
rEF FOREIGN NEWS.
of Coiea is a young man, with
ngface, slight of build,
«r than most oi his subjects.
When the American envoys wer» presented
to him recently he wore a whlnged cap very
much likethe cape of his ministers: his dress
consisted of a single garment of bright red
ilk, with long flowing sleeves reaching to
he-floor: at the waist it was secured by a
belt of crimson and gold. On each shoul
der and on the breast of his garment were
large dragons in heavy gold embroidery.
The London Times correspondent at St.
Petersburg, in a dispatch referring to the
expulsion fimm St. Petersburg of American
Jews, in accordance with the law forbidding
Jews to live in that eity, says it is not like
that the Busslan officials nave been over
strict in such cases, in view of the repeated
protests by the British and American
government in regard to the treatment of
Jew*. The Jew who was expelled declined
to ask the prefect as a favor, to allow him
to remain until he had transacted his (bus
iness, as he oould not demand such treat
ment as a right.
The English, postoffice savings bank cen
tinuee to be a most successful institution.
A quarter of a million additional depositors
opened accounts in the bank during the
year 1882, The total number at the end of
the year was thus nearly 8,000,000, the
amount of their deposits being over £39,
000,000—an increase of nearly £3,000.000
during the year, the largest annual increase
yet received.
Montreal telegram—Before leaving on
an excursion to the Rockies to-night
George Stevens, and Hon Donald Smith,
one of the directors of the Canadian Paci
fic railway, donated $60,000 each, the first
to build a wing to the general hospital in
memory of the late Dr. Campbell, the sec
ond to endow a chair oi medicine in the
McGill university.
The king of Bavaria has ordered a single
private performance of Parsifal at the opera
house at Munich, with all the original
scenic effects. The king sits alone in a
curtained box unseen. It costs him $12,
500.
Mr. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of state,
and Mr. Brewster, attorjey general, have
officially announced the death of Judge
Black and directed that suitable honors be
paid to his memory.
Sir Charles Tapper propose!) to establish
a direct line of steamers from Germany to
Oana3a, in hopes of diverting the tide of
Teutonic emigration to the shores of the
Dominion.
The London Times warns the Irish mem
bers to draw it mild.
Madame Tussaud has a wax figure of
Carey, the informer.
GENERA NEWS IN BRIEF.
Gen. Augur, in command of the depart
ment of Texas, has struck a blow at the
practice of post traders cashing the pay ac
counts of army officers. In a general order
he prohibits the traders of that department
from sashing, receiving in payment or in
any way handling or negotiating pay ac
counts that are not due at the date oi the
transactions. Violations of the order will
subject offenders to annulment oi appoint
ment. Paymasters, too, are required to be
more particular in future, and must report
every case, where it is evident that officers
accounts were transferred in violation o(
the regulations.
The new Methodist churcn on Thirteenth
avenue south and Seventh street,Minneapo
lis which has been in course cf construction
during the past year was
formally dedicated
the lPUi. Bishop Foss preached the dedicato
ry semon, taking for his text PBalrn 187,
fifth and sixth veises. The sermon was a
masterly effort. At the close of the ser
mon the remaining $3,000 netded was con
tributed, and the bishop proceeded to dedi
cate the church, free from all indebtedness,
as are all Methodist churches in the city.
Owing to dissatisfaction with the action
of the Knights of Labor during the tele
graphers' strike, the two assemblies at
Pittsburg formed by the chimney glass'
blowers an the pressman, numbering 170,
have sececied from the Knights of Labor
and formed Plate-Glass Blowers' assembly
No. 4. Next Sunday the Gatherers' assembly
Knights of Labor, 260 strong, will secede
and form Assembly No. 5 of the new order.
The impression at Pittsburg is that the
Knights of Labor will burst up.
3 Livingston Tribune: The committee ap
pointed to interview the variouB Indian
tribes in Montana, called at the reservation
on their way to Helena and were received
in a very cool manner. In fact, Mr. Lo had
nothing to say, and if be had, would not
divulge. Threats were made that Uncle
Sam would use his army in the argument
but that did not change the attitude of Lo
so the committee returned, not favorably
impressed with the native element.
A full-blooded negro in Logan county,
Arkansas, is gradually becoming white.
He has a beautiful white epidermis all over
his body, except his face, which has a mot
tled appearance, being yet full of the small
dark spots surrounded by a white skin.
The discoloration or shedding of the black
shin has been going on for many years.
H. L. Bridgman, of Frank Leslie's illus
trated newspaper, writes the Northwestern
agent of that publication that he expects on
theocooBioucf the laying of the last rail of
the Northern Pacific to have one of the best
artists in the country to make the sketches
ror the paper.
The new legislature of Kentucky con
tains five republicans and thirty-three
democrats in senate, and eleven republicans
two independents and eighty-six democrats
in the house, and one district to be decided
on account of a tie vote.
Two Philadelphia speculators have
gaged twenty young women to play
ball in the tall and winter in the Southern
States, and the young ladies are practicing
daily.
1 George Moelle's daughter found $66 in
gold coin at Lancaster, Wis., while driving
the cattle to pasture. The latest date on
them is
1843.
The suspension of Scott & Knight, bank
ers and brokers, of Wall street, both mem
bers of the stock exchange, was announced
on the 21st
Clark fc Edwards, printers of Chicago,
failed. Liabilities, $70,000 assets unknown.
The Evening News of
suspended.
Minneapolis, has
PERSONAL NEWS NOTES.
Lieut. A. E. Wood, Fourth cavalry, now
on leavo of absence in Paris, has been des
ignated by the United Statls government
to attend the military maneuvers of the
French army near Pans in September next
on an invitation of the French government.
Maj. E. R. Baumont, Sixth cavalry, here
tofore designated for this duty, has been
relieved.
J. B. Gardner, a wealthy citizen of Bos
ton, recently deceased, provides by will
that a large sum of money, land and other
securities, aggregating in value $931,600.
should be turned over to the United States
treasury, to be used in helping pay the na
tional debt. The bequest has been received
at the treasury detriment and placed to
the credit of patriotic donations.
Cept Calvin W. Brown, formerly of Cin
cinnati, died in Washington on the 21st
inst. He served through the entire war,
enlisted in the Second Kentucky infantry,
and after serving three years joined Han
cock's corps. He participated in the battles
of Chicamauga and Stone river.
The Rev. John O. Fiske has just severed
his relation with his church in Bath, Me.
after along ard honorable service of forty
years. During that time he has preached
4,140 sermons, efficiated at 1,380 funerals,
and solemnized 600 marriages-
George C. Milne the ex-d a« re
turned from bis six months' in Bu-
rope, and will begin his Shakespearean sea
son in New York in September.
The snuff box presented by tee ciar (to
Admiral Baldwin is valued at $16,uo0, con
taining a portrait surmounted with dia
monds.
Jarrett, late of the Amalagated, has a
standing offer of $5,000 a year to take
charge of a Chicago rolling mill.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAE IN LINE.
Imposing ft'&rade of the Commander!en At
tending the Conclave In San Francisco,
Affording the 'Friscans a Memorable
Spectacle.
8AM
FJUNCISOO. Auir.
20.—Thegrand proccssion
of KnighU Templar, which took plaee this after*
ROOD, waa admitted to be ao anqnali*
fled suooesa. The entire population of San
Francisco and 75T000 strangers have declared
it to,cheering, throughout the entire ronte, what
ia the best represented, if not the most nntneroin
conolave ever held in this or any other country.
To the people of this city it was eminently gratify
ing, after a time of momentary discouragement.
They have spared no pains or expense to return the
compliment extended ropreseutatives of this coast
to the Chicago conclave. As early as 8 o'clock this
morning crowds began gathering in tho streets,
along which the procession would pass and by
o'clock Market street was rondt impassable ex
cept on the. roadway, which, by
police orders, bad been kept cleat
for the passage of the knights. At
9:30 commanderies began to arrive, taking up
thu position assigned them in the streets off Mar
kef, reserved for the purpose. At 10 oVSock nli
had arrived, and at that hour tho scone preaontea
from the gallery of tho Baldwin hotel was one not
easily to be fortrotteu by San Franciscans who had
the good fortune to witne}» it. On one Hide a
tna&» of decorations, extending as far an the tri
umphal arch. On the other side four thousaud
richly clad knights, representing every Statu nud
Territory of thoTJnitee States. At 10:30 the order
was glvon by the captain general to move forward.
Tho plntoou of mouuted police bpurred their hor&os
onward to clear the way, followed by a detachment
of police on foot. Tho first commandcry that led
off was tho California comtnacdery No.
1, their silver embroidered velvet
cloaks and plumed hat* with richly
caparisoned black horses, attracting marked atten
tion. Following them came the GoUlon Gato. and
Oakland commanderies. the grand master, Gov.
Sir George Perkins, riding a milk white charger,
following, accompanied by his staff. Noxt in order
came various commanderies of Califor
nia, Oregon, Waeblngtou Territory, Ne
vada and Arizona, each nreceded by their
respective bands. These completed the three first
divisions, aftor which, up to the tenth division,
came commanderies of States east of the liocky
mountains. Among the latter were Wash
ington No. 1, Hartford Damascus
Nu 12, Jacksonville, Florida, aud Cyrene.
No. 8, Middieton, Conn., who in the persou of
Knight firainard Ieroy, 'represented bis com
tnandiy. Then came the St. Bernards of .Chicage.
Tho tenth aud last divisiou was coinucsed
of the Grand Encampment of the United
Slates, led by Sir William Knet,
past grand commander of California. The
regal R-iwiSan been selected by the grand com
maudery of this state as the official orchestra of
the conclave immediately precel» Barton com
mandcry. which acted as sprcial escort to Grand
Master U. S. Dean. FoHowiug them on
white chargers came Grand Master
Dean accompanied by a numerous ilml
brilliant slafl. Tho procession lerminj-.ted
with Dewitt Clinton cotnmandnry, Virginia Cilv,
Neb., mounted ou black steed* and acting
as grand guard of honor to the srand
cncampment, and off the honors of the
day. The knights first proceeded to the
pavilico, wtere addresses were delivered by Gov.
Sherman of California. ex-Gov. Perkins, muyor of
the city, and others. Then they tnarchod to
Vennea avenue, where they were re
viewed by tho grand master. after
which the march through the city began.
It occupied an hour in packing civen (joints. As
near as be determined,
3,780 kuights took part,
representing 36G commanderies from forty-six
States and Territories. In a word, every State and
Territory in the United States wo reoresetUed.
THE MARKETS.
8T. PAUL.
FLOUB—Market fir»n. Quotations: Patents,
Orange Blossom, $0.50^0.75 Red Cross,
itraights, $G: Capitol family,$5.50 i3akers\XXXX,
£4.25 in barrels, 25c extra outside brands,
&5< bbl less, according to quality low
Trades,
$2@2.50. Rye flour, $3.75 per bbl. Gra
ham, $4.50 per bbl.
WHEAT—Offerings limited and demand Quiet.
Light stocks and light receipts made a firm market
in quotations. No. 1 hard September was hieher in
bids. Other grades and auotatious were unchanged.
No. 1
hard, $1.13 bid, $1.15 asked August, $1.12:
September, $1.09: year, $1.05 all bids No. 2
hard, $1.08 bid, 81.10 asked: No. 2, $1.02 bid,
$1.05 asked No. 3, 92c, bid No. 4, 80c bid.
COBK—Demand fair, supply considered. Spot
No 2 firmer. No bids for futures. No. 2, 47cbid
August, 49c asked October, 50c asked year, 47r
tsked No. 3, 43c bid Augnst, 45c asked.
MINNEAPOLIS.
FLOUB—The recent advance is well maintained
and the millers are now asking and getting higher
prices, though sales are not free. The tone of the
market is very healthy, however. Minneapolis
fiatentsYorkquoted
are in Boston at $7.40(^7.75 and
New at $7.25(257.65. Local quotations:
Patents, $0.5007 straight?, $5.7005.85 clears,
$4.8O@5.20 low grades, $233.25.
MnxSTUFF—Continues firm with much inquiry
asd no offerings. Quotations: Bran, bulk. $0.75
sacked, $8.25@8.75. Shorts, flue, 10.50(310.75
coarse,$9.75010.25. Mixed feed, $17020.50.
Coarse corn meal, $19.
WHEAT—Is firm and steady. For No. 1 hard,
apot, $1.14 waa bid and $1.15 asked. For seller
September $1.09 was bid and $1.11 asked. No.
2 seller September was offered at $1.05, with no
bids. Sales of No. 1 hard, seller, the year, were at
$1.06 and several cars of low grade went by sample
at$l. Quotations: No. 1 bard, apot, $1.1seller
theyear,$1.06 Nci 2 hard, $1.10 No. 1 Northern.
91*10:No. 2 Northern,$1.04 No. 1,$1.03 No. 2,
99c: No. 3, 05c Millers'association prices: No. 1
hard, $1.10 No. 2 hard, $1.05: No. 1 regular,
$1.03 No. 2, $1 No. 3. 90c No. 4, 80c,
CORN—Wasdull and lifeless. Quotable at 48c
for No. 2 condemned, 42($47c, by sample.
MILWAUKEE MAIIKET—Flour in fair demand.
Wheat quiet but steady $1.02 cash and August.
$1.02^i Soptember $1,043* October $1.053i
November. Cora active, but not quotably
higher No. 2, 51Hc rejected, 4GHc. Oats
doll: nothing done. Rye lower No. 1, 60c: No. 2,
58c. Barley dull and nominal: No. 2, 60c: extra
No. 3, 47c New September, 65*ac: new extra No.
3 September, 52)£c. Provisions stronger mess
pork, cash and September. $12 15 October,
$12.25. Lard, prime steam, cash aod September.
$8.30: October, $8.37?$, Butter steady. Cheese
firm. Eggs steady at 16
$1.18: September,
Hu?!
7c. Receipts—Flour,
3,000 bbls wheat, 11.000 bu barley, none.
Shipments—Flour. 1.000 bbls: wheat, 64,000
bu: barley, 1,000 bu.
CHICAGO MAIIKET—Flour dull and nominally
unchanged. Regular wheat quiet and lower $1.03*4
for August: $1.02«i«1.0278 September $1,013]
(*J1.0476 Octobor $1.06*4 November $1.01^
year: No. 2 spring. $1.01 Vi41.01% No. 3 spring,
90c No. 2 red winter, $1.0S1a. Coru, inactive
and lower: 51c cash and August SOfgSU^c Sep
tember 49^(4I49^tc October 48c November 46c
the year. Oats, dull and easier 26%ccasb 2G^c
Augnat 257e®26c September 26% October
25N®2570C year. Rye. firm at 61c. Barley quiet
at 5976C cash: 62364c September. Flax seed,
weakat$1.30. Pork, quiet and Irregular: $12.10
012.20 cash $$12.10^12.12^3 August and Sep
tember 912.20@12.22H October: $11.70^111.75
November: $11.65@11.671!' year. Lard, quiet
and a shade lower: $8.30cash and August $8.30(3
8.32& September 98.35@8.37is Octobor $8.20
@&22H November: $8.12^(^8.15 year. Bulk
meats in fair demaud shoulders. $5.85: short
ribs, $6.80 short clear, $7.15. Butter and eggs,
quiet and unchanged. Whisky steady aod un
changed. Corn to Buffalo, 3*ficperbu. Receipt!
—Flour, 5,000 bbls wheat, 64,000 bu corn,
298,000 bu: oats, 172,000 bu: rye, 39,000 bu
barley, 1,000 bu. Shipments—Flour, 7,000 bbls:
wheat, 56,000 bu: corn, 535.000 bu oats, 103,
000 bu rye, 64,000 bu barley, none.
NEW YORK MARKET.—Flour—Firm and un
changed: receipts, I8,000bbts exports, none su
perfine. State and Western, $3.2004 white wheat
extra, &6.25@7.50 Minnesota patent process.
$5.75(317.60. Wheat,cash, steady optionsopened
449?ec higher, and subsequently lost the advance,
declined closing fairly steady receipt.*,
84.000 bu exports, 234,000:
Degraded red.
$1.02@1.25 No. 3 red, $1.05@1.05*-j: No. 2
red, 91.15%01.16 steamer No. 2
red,
$l.J69f:
No. 2 red, $1.1814(91.181ti f. o. b., $1.20®1.20J«j
elevator: No. 2,Toiedored,choice,$1.24,toarrive
ungraded white, 81c@$1.21 No. 2
red.
August,
sales, 48,000 bu at $1.181$.!$1.19, closing
at
sales,
1.008,000 bu at
$1.IS^Sll.
1994,closingat $1.18%: October, sales,
1,184,000 bu at $1.20fc® 1.21 closing
ai
$1.20%( November, BALES, 328,000 bu at $1.227£
691.23%. closing at $1.22% December, sales,
120,000 bu at $1.24
V41.25%,closing at $1.247&.
Corn, spot No. 2, l&l*oc lower options
lower, closing steady receipts, 87,000 bu exports,
100„000 bu ungraded, 55Cr.621ac: No. 3, SHij
©60c: steamer, 61&62c: No. 2, ole
vator, G3*23C3^ afloat: No. 2 white, 68 ig09e
steamer white, 66@66^e No. 2 August, 62?*
clobing at 62%c September. 61%^
62Sec. closing at 62c October. C2v562^c,
closing at 62i0s: November, 61 %f«t62}$c, closing
at 6194, December, 61c. Oats, i«jc lower re
ceipta.45,500 bu exports, 1.600 bu mixed West
ern, 35@39c:white Western, 30$50c No. 2 Chi
cago,38a Sugar, firm: rodned.steady off A,7$f@8:
mold A, 8%i59Hc. Molasses quiet and unchanged.
Rice, demand fair, and market firm. Petroleum,
firmer: United, $1.10^: crude, 67e@7ftc:refined,
Tallow, firm and fairly active at 7fc#77ec.
Rosin, quiet aod unchanged. Turpentine r.tronger
at 41c. Egga, Western fresh, quiet but firm. Pork,
doll and weak: new mess, $14.25014.50. Lard
steady prime steam, $8.65$8.6?& September,
$8.6208.70 October, $8.66@8.75 November,
$8.56: December, 96.52'38.53 January, $8.56
@8.59. Batter, quiet and unchanged. Cheese
deli and weak. Lead dull and nomlcAL Othen
—nhanteC
ROCHESTER IN RUINS.
A Fearful Tnriiday Eveninjr which Sees
the Minnesota Town a Victim
of Cyclonic Wrath.
Hundreds of Buildings Shattered, 2(i
People Killed mid 80 Other
Unfortunates Injured.
Five Huudred People Left Houseless
View the Melancholy Scene
of Kuin.
Nearly all Public Buildings Damaged
and a Loss of $300,000
Inllietcd.
RUINED ROCirESTEK.
HOIMBLE WORK OF THE CYCLONE.
HOCHESTEB, Special Telegram, Aug
*JL'
Tho citizens of Bochester are wan cf cheek and
hollow-oycd, and well ihoy may, eiuc« thev
panned last evening as
evil a quarter of an boui
as ever fell to the exporiunco of mau, and to
this succeeded a uight of horroi, sncb aa made
men u«od to the terrors of a stricken field
wince aud bhudder. Tbosiorin first came at*7
in theeveuing and lasted from twelve to fifteen
minutes. Not until after 0 o'clock were the
residents the least alarmed, which i*
tho strangest, when it is remembered thai
a month ago cyelouie fury wntod itself
but a few miles from hero. 13y 7:10 the south,
wo-st quarter had assumed that sioklv greenish
tint which serves as a drop curtain for end
diro wotk. lu a few moments the gi-te
changed to copper, then to bronze, wstl:
whitish edges and l&ttcral lines of fiving sen
athwart it in every direction. Next was noted
that dreaded and dreadful inverted cone, with
height eecmingh immea-suriahle and mnrki
nens appalliug. With the snoed of a cannon
ball it camo dowu tho valloy of insignificaut Sil
ver creek, and when within half a miK
of the devoted city, its roar cout.
be heard. Cellarn were rushed to by aliuusi
ovjrv one, but a few of ihe hnrdier ones stave
at points of vantage uear the edges and wit
neesed
THE ATTACK OK 'TFLE RESISTLESS MONSTER.
Full 300 feet iu the air it rose,and in it* whirling
ma** were trees and stone?, animals and debris
uf every conceivable dc-scri^um. 1'he donu
of the court house melted trow vie*.v, though
touched merely by tho hem of tho wind
Trees snapped liko c.U-o'»n no tails, or strangoi
still, wore twisted curkscreus in thi
hands of a Titan, and lifted UOily into tut
air with tons of earth clinglug to their roo's.
Animals were dawhod against stone walls,
and their backs aud bones crushed to uowder.
The roar of the fierce surge w.i3 iike notliinp
ever heard before. Tho atmosphcro wa
surcharged wish electricity, and pellets of
raiu aud hail were driven vertically as if shoi
from a rifle. Fifteen minutes of this rior,
aud then a tilonce. By 8 o'clock the star*
wore shiniiig peacefully as if cyclones were
unknown but tho silence was soot
broken by tho groans of tho deal, dying and
the sorely wounded Tho northern part of tho
city, fortunately not tho larger or thickly .-jet
tied portion, had been changed from a habit
able place to maze of mangled matter, a desert
with signs of woe and terror scattered every
where. Not a h«m«e stood where 300 had
been at 7 o'clock. Most of tho dwelling* were
of the poorer class but many wero pretty, care
fully tended aud decorated houses. The
citizens on the South sido quickly repaired in
crowds to the scene of direst disaster and went
to work. All night long by th«) fitful light of
lanters at first and later aided by the moon
they toiled.
SCORES OF BODIES
mangled, cut, torn and bruised, some breath
ing, some breathless, -were taken out By
sunrise those of the dead or wounded who had
friends were speedily borne to private houses.
The majority were taken to Rommel's hall,
targe building on Broadway, where cots wer€
hastily prepared for the sanded. The dead
wore taken away by frieuds or to W. H. bow
ard'a undertaking place on Broadway. Physi
cians aud nurses were soou to tho fore, and
everything possiblodoue to alleviate sufforiug.
The wounded wore in a horrible plight, and
a
walk through tho hall where they lie,
iveo now, makes one faint The
suts and bruises are generally about
t'ae upper part of the body, and
:hilJish faces are seen-with wounds on them
so ghastly that even tho physician shudders as
he uses sponge and needle. Into the cuts dirt
and even powdered stooe were forced in many
instances. Cellar* seemed of little or no pro
tection, since, while some of the house? above
them blew away, those to the west were
crushed bodily into their depths. Think of
two mothers, as late as noon to-day,
SEEKING FRANTICALLY FOR LOST CHILDREN',
eceiug three who correspoudsd in sizo with
those they sought, but all so marred by diri
and biocd aud wounds that even maternal love
could not tell whethor to say "mine" or not
Ihe scenes around tho demolished houses were
heartrending men, women and children cry
ing bitterly aud almost boreft of reason. Au
absolute doubt exists in many case?
is to whore the site of their
home was ever a dreadful uncertainty
ind a haunting dread, and through it
ill the broeze sighing gently, the moon eniil
Jig calmly and men working bravely. The
rising sun showed the utterness of the desola
:ion. Queer freaks there wore, of course.
Here stauds a wall, aud on it haugs an un
broken looking-glass, while a heavy stove,
crushed into fragments, lies on tho floor noar
by. There, swaying to and fro in the breeze,
ts the family rocking chair, while a few feet
from it a horse lies
MANGLED AND DEAD.
A feather bed yonder twisted like a rope, and
touching its edge a student's lamp, with even
the chimney intact. Down near the river
stands the largo Cole mill, with a cyclonic bite
taken from its western end. To tho south ot
it if. a train of eight loadod
cars turned and twisted as if of straw, while
in the race at tho northern side arc two more
c.iro blown bodily from the track and into tho
water. Tho owner of the mill was lifted fifty
feet vertically and hurled against a bank and
killed. Not a bono in his body was loft un
broken. Booheato/, as every O:JO knows,
was a beautiful city, and as much on ae
count of its trees as anything. A
"core of years will not restore its pristine
loveliness iu this direction. Some of the
•itreets in tho best part of the city are im
passable, and looking up or down them one
sees nothing but a tangled mass .of
trunks and foliage jammed across the
roadway. Scarcely a residence—Mr. Van
Daseu's is about the only one—that has uol
suffered more or leas: and in many cases
heavy chimneys were crashed through the
roofs and gan-ete into the floore below. But
.loscription is utterly uuahle to portray tho ro
aulta of a storm which, in the worat of its
path, absolutely
SWEPT PART or THE EARTH AWAY,
loaving nothing of graa* or tree, or shrub.
Tho relief committee is doing all po**ible, and
residents are subscribing all they can,
bnt help is needed, and speedily. Boch
ester gave liberally to relievo those
who suffered in the July cyclone, and now
feels justified in calling for aid to meet the
horrors aud alleviate the sufferings consequent
on tho worst calamity Minnesota has evei
known, confined in the samo space. Superin
tendent Sanborn, of tho Winoua »V St.
Peter, is hero, and is doing all pos
sible to rooair damage*. Passengers
transferred around the ruiue of the bridge
over the Zumbro and the Borton elevat.tr,
which lies bodily across the track. The telo
graphic facilities arc voiy poor. Not a pole in
or near the town was standing this morning,
and hundreds of m-s^agos are sent in for
transmission to absent friends. In addition tc
THIS DAMAGES IN DODGE COUNTY
already seut are the following The fa-nily of
k. Van Frank are ail eeriou-ly thoiuh not
fatally hurt Tho following have had barns
and houses leveled to the ground:
Henry Chapmau house of Charles Eeeuton,
former proprietor of the Hotel St. Lonis h. Der
by. Frank Bey, W. E. Chambi-rlin (the latter had
seven head of catile killed and the horns blown
fromtwenty-oue others tough, but try© Chris
tian Oleson. whose wife is fatally hur\ mother-iu
:aw killed and Utt'« daughter shockingly cut Gun
Ser Paulson, Olo Murlda, A. Maaenbruck.
THE DAMAGES IN ROCHESTER
Following is a detailed account of tho dam
ages in Bochester
ON ZUMBBOTA STREET.
W. S. Booth, residence unroofed: courthouse,
:ower dowh, uuroofed new academy, wrecked
aigh schoo* bouse* tower off, chimneys down: Con
Rregational church, spire down Cook house par
tially unroofed Ileaney's block, unroofed J. A.
Colo's mil), unroofed Chadbourn's bloek, un
roofed
ON BROADWAY.
Stocking's brick block, blown down: Beard*!ey'a
building, down: Roguner* block, nnroofed Be'J
dev'h block, side and end blown out.
Several smaller buildings were partially un
roofed arid sheds and outhouses demo.ished.
North of the railway not a whole build ng is
standing, and as yet it is impossible to give a
list of all tho owners who have suffered. The
principal losors are a# follows: On and n^ai
the track
Loss. Loss.
n-iiot $5,5(X)!Vandus^u Co..$tJ,oi.»0
Wi.itten & Judd's IHorton's elevator
eva1or 1,00U{ (total los-i 10,000
Mr. Hortou's total loss will reach $15,(00,
hi-4 fa- b"ing dos roved.
Tjoi'ht'.oter Harvester works, utterly ruined loss
*Hi».noo.
Marvin Commack's Crescfnt creamery and
xvith barns, sheds. ?tc: $l,OUO.
L. 'JYndro't Cascade mill:
K'lntidtionse, all pone $2,"00.
T. A- A A. Whiting's elevators, tlightly injured:
tO.'WO.
iforaee Leland, house and barn one of the hand
stm»-ht places in tho city
£0,000.
J( hn B. Cook's placo levelled to the e.'omid,
7=2,0«I0.
J. W. Cole, large Z'-iiubrota flouring mi:',
00". One eud has a huge »lie^ tukt-r: out of it
cnciiie hou4c and cooper *hop destroyed.
Broadway bridge. $0.0t)0.
Bailway bridge, $0,0 0.
Ihree hundred homes wore utterlv de
stroyed.
THE KILLED.
I Tho following is a list of the killed as far
|known:
John M. Cole, miller Mrs. Zierath: AUIM-T
Zi»'rath, hotel keeper, son of the above: Miss
Zu'rath, his sister: Mr. Oaborne and infant child:
Mahala McCormick: M. Hetzol W. Hipgins: Mrs.
St'M'le, an oid lady, daughter of Lowit Manly Mrs
Weatherbee Jacob Hetzel. farnv^on Chutibourn's
nlaco Mrs. Schnhz: Child of GtM-.-ry*
missing, probably de.id: Mrs. McQniiian. -'aiighti-r
of Lewis Irving, mining, probably dr.id Mr-.
Charles Quick aod child: and many others no'
identified.
THE INJURED.
The following is a list of the injured a® fa
ae known, but ie necessarily very incomplete:
Johu Hndt, wife and child George Ha:wn: S
A. Welch, shoulder sprained: Charles Quick and
four children, one futal l),r. Wea'herbee. dying
Mr?. Osborue aud little girl: Haggerty. hoau
hurt Dr. II Eaton, head badly cut and hnii*e-3
Enos Matteson Kred Ciongh: Charles
nephew of John Po!z. leg aim and nose brok-n:
Annie Ziorain: Otto Hire: John Hone Dan Koth
Mrs. ltolh: Mrs. Jauo Bradley: Mrs. Humphrey
.Marshall Humphrey Hersou Mrs. Chapm in, old
!«dv: Ed Chapman, her son: Mrs. Chapman, his
wifo Mrs. Carter, widow Johu M. QoilWn Dan
O'JJrien,probably fatally: Mr. Gerdy: Mrs. -rdv
Mr. McCormick: Frank Scijuhi". badiy hurt ot
head and limbs Mrs. Smith infant chdd of Fred
Hick: William Leach: H. K. Williams John
Schenrock.badly cut Miio Sweeney Oscar Hawk
ins Mrs. Irwin and thren children, two tyidly:
Xels* Haosen, wife and child, lattnr badly thr-e
children names unknown: Edward Coon, leg
broken.
BEFORE THE CYCLONE.
Tue weather throughout the day had been
unsettled but not uuusually threatening
Cloudft u'oukl form and disappear, forming
again heavier than before. Ibo wind was
mostly from the southeast, blowing scud cloud*
with it, while away above the raiu-b a ring
stratum drove from the northwest all iv.
About 3 o'clock a black cloud rose in tho west,
very threatening, but it passed harmlessly by
witir- k""'furious wind and some
drops of tain. At 5 a low
black bank lay iu the southwest It ro.se rap
idly. but presented only tho appearauce of an
ordinary thunder shower. As it ncared the
city it began to aesumo a horrible appearance.
The whole skv was tinged a ghastly green,
and the masses of clouds swept around
here aud there in gigantic circles. Wherevei
it an possible people took to their coll u-n, aud
in no case where that was done was lifo knr.
In the upper part of the city the darknewn was
at no time groat but at the lower pirt of town
it grew dark a-j night,
FILLING EVERYONE WITH TETiltOR.
Then came the awful roar so well known as the
precursor of a evolone, aud tho storm burst
upon tho doomed city. Houses were as straws
in tho grasp of this terrible
power and no tree, of whatovor size, in
tho track of tho stjrm withstood
its fury. Tho whirling swaying funnel left
the broken country west of the city and struck
the farm of Mrs. Fatroiite, lying two miles
south, where the t«mber, buildings and grain,
both standing, shocked and stacked, were
wholly destroyed. Theoca it moved down
the valley of tho Cascade toward the
northeast, with a track about a mile wide.
The dwelling of Mathcw EngeJ, a largo two
story frame building, was raised iu tho air aud
dashed back a shapeless mass of rnius. His
barn, a new, large substantial oue, shared the
same fate. The house and outbuildings on the
."arm of John R. Cook wero
CBUSHEO PERFECTLY FLAT.
Fbe family of the tenant, Mr. Eckor, was in
LV.tried a distance of eight or ton roue and
lashed to iht* earth a mansbd cjrpee. The
toxideneos HUU'II of the railroad to Znnibro
street ail suffered, losing roofs, windows
and chimneys. The shaded residence etreo?s
are almost impassable from broken treo
pieces of roofs and debris of all sorts.
On liioodway tho tin roofs are of! from Zum
bro street north, and much of the plate glass
shattered Tho First ward suffered the
least, many dwellings escaping without any
injury whatever.
OTHER TOWNS WIPED OUT.
Reports from outlying towus are coming
slowly, aud show that the damage not n
tined to this ci'y. Pleisani Grove is reported
annihilated, two petsons being killed aud ten
wounded. The towu of .Salem lav i:» the track
of *he cyclone southwest of here, and is .i 1
be wiped out. The top st.ry of the e(-u
bouse is badly wrecked. The cnjola w.is
carried several rods, and the buildup
'eft exposed to the weather. The wer of the
school hou-o lies on the g»*ounl, and the ro.'f
is damaged. The roof of tne Metho
dist church was blown away, ami tie
walls *,ro half crumbled down. Th-s
steeple uf tho Congregational church
i»iiucUed several holos in the roof in its fall.
A children's picnic just retured from the
country had taken reftigo in tho school, but all
escaped badly scared. Had some of tho chil
dren been at homo they must almost ctri.tiuiy
been killed. A fiue new budding
belonging to George Sto.-k! and
oe.-upied by him as a eery lioe
a total wri.'Ck. A. D. Vedder'y faim tnj!Chim*r\
warehouse is completely deni dished aud tin
machinery scattered. Tho railway depot j
uuroofed and badly riddled. The roof of (i.
W. Van Du-eu A* Co.'s elevator was carried
away, and the warehouse adj -ini ig crushed.
H. T. Horton's
ELEVATOR LIES ACROSS TUE RAILWAY TRACK,
and tho warehouse and oftiecs ot Wlntten A
Jndd are a ina-s of ruins, 'ihe Rochester
harvester works are completely pulwnzed, noi
two feet of tho wall n-m lining standiug. All
of tho muchinorv is a to-ul loss. Tho railway
bridgu is you*. .Snponnt -nd-'iir Sanborn lsbert
with a force of men, and radwav communica
tion will soon b.j scoured. A thousaud people
are hoinelos- and .pendent upon the charity
of others for shelter and the nt-ecs-aries ot
life. Tho re*:,nrees and svmpHthios of the
citizens are taxed to the uinv.sr, and h*dn is
badlv needed fiom abroad Animpromptu hos
pital has heon mad in HomniciV tiall, a.»d a' om
forty sufferers orf being car'd for by a vo un-'
teer coips of nur.-o». 'I»ne inmgo in tho city
cai.no' bo less thin ha.f a m:lio:t aud in the
suiiounding con-.try an est mate is impos
sible. i'\neos are ad gon". eat:!-.- injujvd and
at large, ht.tek.-' of gram r.nd hav have tut«!ly
di'HT»n» ar.d and crops of com and potatoes
are beaten flat.
IN DODGE
Mrs.
t'OUNTT.
In tho *•«nships tf V»!•tfh*)d. Ashlnud and
Canirttoo thero r.- livw d-. atits—Mr-*, itolm
brocli, Mrs Christian Ol-en and iefant, an old
lady, moiherof Mrs. u.y Muiia, aud one man,
name not learned. Young Mrs. Muhla is fa
tallv hurt, as is Andrus Fr.idericknon -sooh
Thornytou, north of St. Charles, Winona
couutv, was killed, and his wife and other im
mates of tho house injured. Iu Ploasan
Grove, ten miles south of Rochester, at
4 o'clock, three hours enriier than tho big
eturm. a cyclone struck -cveral honses, killed
two persous and woumi.-d tun. Tha storm, sc
far as can bo learned, started in We&tfieid town,
ship, near the west line of Lodge couutv.
oontiutied through Dod^e and Olmstoil aud
into Wiuona counti -s, a distance ot about eiity
milns, and varied from iwoand a half to three
quarters of a mile in width, being the widest
whete it ar cd. lu the path of the st rm
nothing wnrth saving except the ncreage ie
left. In li,»chester the damage to the princi
pal buildups i-:
('»urr
hoti'o unroofed main tower and nart of
roof off.
llitrh ehool anl Methodist church, walls down,
root and s*j»ire jone.
In-line asylum, part of roof on east w:i:« gone:
not badly datna^'d, r»n! the nati-nts rmbt.
Snire of tho CoDjfieeatiotial church fione.
Stocking's and A. D. VedJer's brick
'o' .!. v„i, ,..1.
I",\- '-icva'nr more or le+ hurt
Hon..n's eh.
vjjtur lifted bodily aud throwc acres."
t-i Mi•• .il i'.ieic.
Co:e's mill de-triyp'}.
lt
|i'!.'»i
H-.rvostet w^rks rotai wrick.
P-yor. unroofed.
y\. Rich, Judge Start, and C. H. Chad
bourne -uy a conscrv »tivo estimate of the loss
in ih ci'y nloiia is $
KK5000.
p.
the
sellar and esoaped. Od Mr. Ainslio's place,
just north of here, all was laid llat but tho
house, which was partly unruofeJ. Ou. Dr.
Eaton's faim, the family to:k refuge in the
stone basement of the barn and barely o»c*ped
with their lives. The condition of thing' in
the northern part of the city defies description.
A few splintered stumps and scattered boards
lomain to show whore the 'Jhird ward
was. The buildings in this part
of tho city were mostly one
story framo houses. Many of them without
collars, aud there was tho greatest destruction
of life. Tho mill and dwelling of L. Tondre
area total ruin, while the immense Zumbro
plaining mill, John M. Cole, proprietor, is
badly wrecked, huge pieces of the buildiug
being torn out and carried off.
MA COLE'S FATK.
Mr. Cole, who was in tho mill when the cy
clone reached it thinking bia house a safer
place, started for it, but had not gone twenty
feet before he was caught up fcv the wind,
The city has
fiOU bonndess people to care for, and traces of
ihe Jnlv eycloue ato still plenty. Help is
needed, and at once.
BOI/TH OF THE RMLWAY.
Tho following husiuoKS buildings south of
tho railway wore simply unroofed ami sbght'v
injured:
Cook's hotel. Stebhins fe Co., HortmiV OpT.i
House block, Ozmeer «fc booth, W, H. Seward. J,
A. Cole's mill, Romme-l's block,
T.
Y. Hail fc Co.,
Graff. Broadway home-
But fow dwelling house* north or tho track
wero badly damaged, bnt a groat many buim
aud fences have disappeared. AU liindn of
stock are running at large through the coun
try, more or lo** bruised and cripple:!, and
almost utnvcognizihlo on account of the coat
ing of mud and tilth. 'Ihe ham of It 15 ilnll
ew across tho railway track about two miles
vi scof here. Toe h:rod man. sent ou-to MI?
nu a train, not understanding the railway cods,
^•'Vt{ a false signal, and the trail!
was bad'y wrecked. 'ihe fireman
was iustHii'ly killed and horribly mangle 1 and
thr. or more pa*s-. timers and tr.un m^ti
Hoyerely injured. The resources of charilv in
this city were severely taxed by the evclone a
month since, and without onthide aid ir will bo
ii ino*pibie to movent an immense amount of
-•itTcr.ng au:l destitution. R^chestsr osit/ud
urgent ajipoil to her sister cities of Minne
for aid iu this, her of trouble.
The ltnincit City.
Rochester, tho co: ntv seat of (»im*tr-d
cmiitv, is a city of about 0,000 inhabitant*,
it was one of tho handsomest cities of tho
many of which Minnesott can bo\st It in
laid out regularly, w.'h broad street*,
shaded by numerous treos, with the Zum
brota rivor wouding its way through.the city
from north to south, with a fine public park
iu tho center of the city. Rochester contains
many haudsome public building?,among which
are the Stato hospital for the insane,
tho Olm-ted couutv court house, the High
school, tho Cook House, and other hotels.
1 ho city has been noted for its maD»: beauti
ful residences, with large and well-kept
ground*, betokening tho wealth aud
taste of their owners. The State fair was for
several years held at that point, the extonsive
grouuds being located iu the suburbs of t'.e
city. The Southern Minnesota Fair associa
tion had taken possession of tho buildings
and ground*, ou tho removal of
tho State fair to Owatouna, aud elabo
rate preparations were making for an
exhibition thi* fall, which promised to rival
tho State exhibition. Tho ground* were large
and well provided with all tho neces
sary buildings, th a fine race track.
Rochester was iucorporatod as a city in
1858. The first religions organization was
the_ Metho list, which established a church iu
1850. An Episcopal society was
organized in I860, and a ricsbyterian
society iu 1801. Each hnve fino churches
ranging iu cost from $4,000 to $9,000. Re
sides these tbore are tine Catholic, Lutheran
aud Universalis churches which are an orna
ment to the city. The high school building
was eroded a few year*.ago at a cost of £70,
000. The county buildings,
one the finest locations in
$40,000. There are
newspapers, the Rochester
tho Rochester I'ost.
the Winona &. St. JPotsr railway was completed
to Rochester, which bas now* become one ol
tho great primary whoat markets of tho North
west. There are in the city five
largo flouring mills, an iron foundry,
woolen mill and carriage factory'
Rochester has been visited by severe storms
in former years, lying within the now ap
parently well defined track of atmospheric**
disturbauces, which crosses the southern por
tion of Minnesota from West to East, but tho
present is tho first occasion when serious
damage was obtained.
THE TLIAIN ACCIDENT EXAGGERATED.
The story abont tho train betweon Rochester
and Zumbrota waa exaggerated. Tho wiud
blow tho switch oDsn aud the train ran off
about half a mile west of town, turning ovei
tho whole train and killing William Higgiue,
fireman, of Dodge Conter.
BELIEF MEAB0BES.
The promptness with which the call by
GOT. Hubbard for aid at Rochester wan mo)
by contributions is a aplondid indication for
Minnesota. Bt. Paul etartiug off by
raising $1,000 minute for tho fir«(
five minutes after learning of the news, Still,
water giving $1,000, Red Wing $500 and
other cities according to their abilities and
public spirit, shows that the prosperity of the
State baa not spoiled hor people.
JUDGE BIJACK UEAD.
Dentil of.Jiulffe Jorc P. Black of
Pennsylvania, Who Passed Awr.y
With a Prayer on His I/lj'"-
York, Pa,, Special Telegram, Au?. 19.
ockic is in inoiirniiiK. Juiigt Black, the
ihe central figure ol Brockie, !i?a cold in
death. His (lea was peaceful and calm,
and his eventful lift* went out beautiful as
the setiing of a summer sun upon nhe cloud
less sky. His death
was a
courageous one,
and in hope of ab'essed inimortUiily. At
2:15 o'clock he breathed his last Kissing
his wife good-bye, lie turned o?er on bia
side, and with a smile playing upon his lips
he pass-ed away. His two sons, Chauucey
F. nud Henry, his daughter, Mrs. Hnrnsby,
aid hi.* sou-iii-law, Mr. Hornsey, an:l A. F.
Farqiihar. were present when
tne vital spark flid. Shortly before death
had laid his icy hands upon hiru, he spoke
with confidence of the future, saying to his
son Ctiauncy he had no fear of crossing the
dark river when his Heavenly Father
awaited him on the other shore, ending,
"I would that were as coufortabie abont
what I leave behind in the jrld." When
his beloved wife knelt by his bedside com
fortine him with her sympathy and love,
he gave utterance to the follonin- impres
sive prayer: "Oh, thou most beloved and
merciful heavenly Falher, from whom 1
had my bei:ig, and in whom I have ever
tru'ted, if it be thy will, grant tha my suf
fering end and that 1 be called uome to
thee. And oh bless and comfort ttiou my
Mary."
The judge's iliness only dates from 1DII
d-iy last, and f'r -in the first approach of the
fatal aiidpaiiif.il disease,Jlie w«s perfectly re
signed, feeling that it would terminate fatal
ly. After his case become critical and it wa^
found necessary to resort to a surgical oper
ation, he observed that the doctois were in
council, and asked its import. Thoy told
him of the intended operation, and that
they had asked theconsent of the family.
Good huimirecfly and with ni accustomed
nit, he remarked:
You have reckoned without your host. I
am the victim and theonlv one to be con
sulted. I will not submit. I car. hold out
unti! l)rs Attee and Garnett can be sum
moned in constitution.
Agreeably to the judge's desire the doc
lors were brought and he contented to the
operation. It was successfully performed,
but blood poisoning followed, which was
the immediate c.«u-e of his deaib. All
through his sickness, although suffering in
tense agony, he w.-.s chei riul, and t,is great
mind gave Vint in frequent se*.i l:.iiHtio,is of
witty irternnces, and at times he repea:ed
sel ct'oiis fixini his favorite au:hors, Ur.v
anl's Tiuumtopsis and the words of Lady
Mic eth. I'i his dying moments t^e jurist
lost none of his f.irce o! character, his geni
ally and brightness of disposition, ar.d ln
Bow of language, when not underlie influ
ence of upntts. Judge lilack sullertd
greatly duting his illness, but hie last mo
ments weie without acu.e pain, and
he passed tjuii-tly away, retaining con
scioii-ness within a few minutes of his
death.
Jeiemiah .Sullivan Black was born iu
Somerset county. Pa Jan. 1«, 1810. His
liticestois came from the norih of Ireland
aud settled uear the present site ol York,
Pa., the how.e
of
the statesman, early in
the seventeenth cenury. His lather, Henry
lilnck, being a farmer, Jerry, as he was
fjmiiiarl}' called, passed his early yea:a
"upon the virgin fields of the clearing
amon: he ghtdes," aud his love of rural
life remained with him through all his days.
It also tixed his reliuioua faith and turned
him to the Campnellite church, which he
joined at the uge ef twenty-e'ght. He re
ceived his first mind-training in the schools
about his own home, but he com
p'e'.ed^ his studies 'it a private acad
emy in Kayette county. He hud at im
niens legal prac ice from the first and in
1838 he married MM Mary Forward, his
p-eceptor's daughter, who survives hun.
In 1M2 Gov. i'orter appuitited. him judge
of Common Pleas. He was made ch'n'
ju-tice of the supreme court or the State in
ISM. by drawing the short term of three
years after having been chosen upon the
ticket th Lewis, Groson, Lowery, and
Coulter, under the new constitutional pro
vision, making the judges elective. In
1851 he was re elected lo the supreme
bench by a large majority. Afterwards
he became Attorney General of the United
States under Mr. Buchanan. Judge Black's
loyalty during those trying mouths is un
questionable. The iate member ol that
cabinet, furnished in fannary, 1877, a wri'
en tribute to Judce Black's unswerving
loyality during that period: and Judge Holt
another of his cabinet colleagues, has said:
"No man could have been more ardent or
earnest iu his attachment to the union or
more persistent in urging those things cal
culated to save it from the designs of the
southern men than Judge Black."
As a lawyer he was considered one of the
greatest
in
tne country.. Two years ago
he publish&d a vigorous o'elense of the
Christian religion in the North American
Review against the onslaughts of Robert G.
Ingersoll.
^u-uaiitl Murder uml KuU-lile.
Nobraaka City, Neb., Special: 8ome Hme
ugo, Ezra DonglasB, a printor emp!ovi'l in
tho Monitor Press offioe, married ..
!™,]l "«ned Anderson, sinco wl.i-.-li
Une bo
lms hail more or lees trcnillrt
., "or, she having tivico attemni -d
i?nBClfn'i T° Vy
eb.°"til,e flnl
"Rain bv hing-
1 mght tho final chapter was
a.ci°(Be-
ahout 8:30 o'clock,
8Ur'
'd 8° up town from the fauiilr
residence, wheu his wifo objected and fof-
befnr
a
I®" fp°"
turlR,|
mstantlr6 Kh ^.
to go back, but,
beforo Le c,)U prevent it, she ilr.-w a rovol-
,hr0Ugh th
"0Clt'
kllliuK
l,
instantly hho then walked about ten feet
tho
do°r,
and dodberatelv blew her
own brains out. 1'ho two bo'.i'B lay about
their fiirrnA 'P'-!0,1
tUa
,«"lew«lk in front, of
their former reaideuce, with a throne of HOV-
pnrL Pe°Ple around thom, when the
coroner arrived.
Ihe Minnesota Mute Fair.
General George B. Loriru Uni'td Statet
commissioner of agric ilturc has been en
gaged to deliver the annual addu-is at tht
Minnesota State Fair at Owalonim Sent. Olh
The 25th Annual Fair ol the Minnesota
btate Agricultural Society will te held at
the City of Owatonna, commencing Sept.
3d and holding the entire week. The new
buildings on the grounds are nearly com
A UilT!
re8tCf"'i,or,0,ieln
,n
th^w t°f
the
which occupy
tho city, cost
two weekly
Record and
Iu 1807
the state.
when the lair unenv
6taihtep
l!*,rhnve
honos 811(1
the pens for
5
»nd
already been taken
society are coing to put up loo
m«r« to accommodate the dispbiy which
promises to he the largest and fi^st ever
brought together. The exhibitors' come
from Illino s, Iow-i. Wisconsin, »nd Minne
sota and aie among ihe most pr inent
importers and hree.lers in jl/e i-'i/'J.
btates. All the different breeds of horses^
cattle and swir.e will upon exhihitinti
awrence Straight 0,',., the famous crest":
ery men of our state will put up and operate
a first class creamery on the grounds
dunng the Fair, making fr,)m soy
(I) :{00
pounds of batter daily,thus giving the farm
ers of ihis state an opportunity to see how
creamery butter is made.
The machinery and oilier exhibits will be
upon a scale commensurate with our great
?«l7 kD A"Cti
com'ng
Stat- Pair prom-
jses to be the West and best ever held by
the Society and places it in the front rank
o* tue great fairs of our country
Reduced rates can be from All potato to
win KUlr' .i,1'™ i11"1 excursion traine
•Pair n°n. W diflerent railroad to the
Fair, and all stock and articles lor exhibition
carried lree. Owatonna is making pren
arations to take care of all who come.