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Show HiSU Ai M(.JHiG Cyclone in fillinois unci Electricity Elec-tricity lii Teiiuemajue. Memphis, 14. D jriu the progress pro-gress of a heavy rain storm to night, lightning struck the largo ice house of Boblenhuse & Co., in the southern portion of the c'ty, which was completely com-pletely consumed. St. Louis, LI. 0 lobe Democrat's Oollinavillo, Ills.: A terrifia cycloue from the northwest a'ruck the towa at 2.45 thia afternoon and, ukijg a zigzag with a general direction almoi t due east, tore through tbe -place, demolishing de-molishing . ten buildings, ruining about thirty others and d-unaing more or les soma Beventy-five residences resi-dences and buaiiieas houses.' A slight rain preceded the storm, aud nearly everybody waa indoors when the oyolone struck, but notwithstanding ten houses were leveled with the ground, only one person waa killed', a little girl naraod Annie Reynolds, and one or two othera were badly in jured. Tho Btorm laBted but one or two minutea, but was frightfully Bavere, The greatest excitement and oonfuaion prevailed for some time. Lobs, probably 50,000. |