Wind And Water

FURT OF THE ELEMEXTS. Montheal, Can., June 7.- A wind-storm yesterday destroyed much valuable timber in the vicinüy of this city, and raany houses were blown down. At Compton the house of O. Perrault was demolished and Perrault's wife and live young chüdren were instantly killed. Several other disasters were reported from various points. Toroxto, Ont., June 8. - During a severe storm yesterday a brick school-house in Osgood township was blown down and twenty children were buried in the ruins. Some of them were fatally injured, and none escaped painful wounds. Westminster, Vt., June 8. - A number ot buildings wei e struck by lightning and destroyed during a storm here yesterday, among the number being the old Town Hall in Westminster, which was built in 1770. St. Johxs, N. F., June 8.- Destructiva forest fires are raging on the south shore of Conception Bay. At Colliers nina houses have been burned, at Harbor öraca Junction seven, and at Seal Cove seven. At Little Bay twenty-six families have been burned out, with one woman and two children burned to death. Kingsburt, N. Y., June 9.- A tornado yesterday wrecked several dwellings and barns in this place and killed many cattle. Graxada, Nicaragua, June 9. - A cyclone of great severity swept over this place on the night of the 2d inst. The heavy rains inundated the south portion of the city, destroying eighteen houses. The train due here on the morning of the 3d inst. jumped the track at Pooresnada. Fiv-e persons were killed and flve were injared. Marquette, Mich., June 11. - Reports from thirteen places in the State show that the heavy rain-storm of Saturday did great damage. All the country from the Wisconsin line to the upper i range and the whole width of the península suffered. Houses were undermined and swept away, culverts and bridges were destroyed, and miles of fences and sidewalks were ruined. Fort Yates, D. T., June 11.- A fierce rain-storm passed over this place Saturday, and many houses were blown down or unroofed. Shellking, an Indian chief, nis son and several settlers were killed. Dclcth, Minn., June 12. - The recent severe rains have caused the greatest flood ever known in Northern Minnesota. Along the banks of logging streams tributary to the St. Louis river millions of acres of land are overflowed. Sixty-five familie have been forced to leave their homes at Crookston by the rise of Red Lake river, and many lost their effects. At Cloquet only the tops of houses are visible. Throughout the entire length of the dalles of the St. Louis river, famed as one of the choice bits of scenery of the country, the rivr is a mass of soapy froth, and is higher by ten feet than erer before known.