Deseret Evening News | 1892-05-23 | Page 4 | Increasing Calamities

lNfllllVsiM) rALAMIIILS. Till- continued rains and Hoods In the Kast and fjjutb nro bringing dla astir to many farmers and troublo to the whole nation. Ill ono district alone It Is said that 10,000,000 bushels of wheat are already lost, and over n hundred Hour mllli nflVcted. Thodlt pntchca for two days prut mako n cha ler ol calamity pvrhaiat unnnral-Wed unnnral-Wed in the history of tho country; homes destroyed, Uvea lost, valuable landa rendered worthless, and complete com-plete destruction of cereals and vegetables vege-tables In large sections of country. 1'rom every point of tho coraaa come repot It of disaster. Cyclones In Texas, storms In Indiana, anow blockadca lu New Ilngland, blight-lug blight-lug frost In Iowa, all ajenvgated by fearful acclJsnU on railroads, In mints, workshop and other places. Tho year 1SW so far has been J rolltlo of calamities and a feeling ot dread lu looking fur troubles to eonio unou tho earth teems to be gradually taking hold of the Inhablltnts thereof. A great crises Is at hand and the proofs ara abundant that wo aro nearlng tho time of "Iho end."