Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1886 — The effeets of the Great Storms. [ARTICLE]

The effeets of the Great Storms.

The great storm of Wednesday evening, of last week, was general over most of Indiana and Ohio, and wrought fearful destruction of life and property,' in many places. Excellent accounts of its general ravages will be fouad oTt our inside pages, In many parts of Jasper county the storm was much more severe than in Rensselaer* afid considerable damage was done in places, by wind and hail, to buildings, fruit, fences, gardens &c. * But by far the most serious results-of the storms in this vicinity will he fr.un the enormous rainfall of Wednrsday, Thursday and Friday nights. This can not"fail to do great damage in retarding the work of the farmers, especially the planting of the corn, but it has washed out or caused to rot much that was already planted, and besides drtnvned out many fields of other grain than corn. The violence of the storm in various parts of the county will be seen from the following notes gleaned from visitors from the surrounding country: In some parts of Jordan township the storm was very severe. In the vicinlty of Dr. J. C. Deming’s place, it is asserted that if the truth about the size of the hailstones was stated, people would think it exaggeration. The wind was also very violent there, “Large trees were blown down; every leaf and blossom were stripped from the fruit trees; the prospects for small fruits utterly ruined, strawberry beds and vegetable gardens cut clean to the ground. All the windows in the north side of the doctor’s house, not protected by shutters, were broken out, and n young man tvlio wrh attempting to keep a window sash from blowing in was badly cut a omit the' face and hands, by hail and broken glass. Horses and cattle were badly cut and bruised.” Of course many of the doctor’s neighbors suffered equally with him, from the storm. K- V. bjnodgrass, O. Ritchey, Dr. J. Ritchey, Harley lliff, Mr. Lewis, and others being among the number. In the vicinity of Mr. Harvey W. Wood’s ivsidenco,. in Marion township, south of Rensselaer, the storm was also very severe. In Mr, Wood’s house 16 large panes of glass, each -of them iilliug a whole sash, broken out. P. C. Wasson, near |Mr. Wood, also J. T. McCord and others, have been obliged to make heavy purchases of window glass.

At Marlborough, in Hanging Grove many windows were broken out of J. Phillips’ store, and' considerable damage done to the goods, by rain and hail. A great many windows were broken from Mr. Fred Zard’s residence, near the station, and fences and apple trees blown down on every hand. In the vicinity of especially severe. J. V. Parkinson for instance, having lost about fifty window lights. . Lg 3„'-- ' "J' - - v '' "• L " The biggest assortment of white and percale shirts at Leopold’s, which will be sold, regardless - ©? .cost. They must 'go. Call at Leopold’s.