The LaCygne Weekly Journal Linn County Friday July 2, 1899 Storm at Orchard. Our Orchard correspondent reports the following storm damage: Excelsior school house, frame of building strained out of shape, roof damaged and flue blown off. Ross CONARD's barn partially blown down. Oscar COOK's house damaged not very seriously. I.N. DEARDOFF's house somewhat damaged; some outbuildings blown down and a fine lot of walnut timber destroyed; fences badly blown down and large corn damaged. A great deal of valuable timber destroyed at William MILLER. A great deal of timber down on J.W. CORN's and L.F. WILLIAMS' places. G.W. FOSTER's barn moved on foundation; granary blown off foundation; stock shed partially demolished; orchard partially destroyed; crops damaged by wind and hail. W.F. BAIRD's barn blown to pieces; sheep house partialy wrecked; granary blowd off foundation, thrown wrong side upwards, roof destroyed; box house 14x16 completely destroyed; all other buildings more or less damaged; over 100 fruit bearing trees destroyed; five sheep killed; timber and fences badly blown down; crops damaged; W.F. BAIRD bruised up by flying timber while searching for one of his boys who dailed to get to the house, and who was though to be dead or blown away. Ike BENNETT's house partially unroofed. R.G. PINKARD's orchard badly damaged; barn and growing crops damaged. A.A. KING's orchard and outbuildings damaged; crops damaged. J.SPITZENBERGER's house damaged and crops damaged. W.A. GAGE's barn, outbuildings, orchard and crops damaged. Hunt school house partially blown off the foundation and otherwise damaged. Frank MORMON's barn and outbuildings badly wrecked. Mrs. GOODEN, John COTTRELL, H.M. DEDO, George COOP, Simon HARBAUGH, L.N. SHAFFER, M.McMEANS, J.L. WEIR, J.T. JOHNSTON, Wm. PINNEO, J.J. ROGERS, Grant MILLER, C.W. ARCHER, and many others had crops damaged and were otherwise damaged more or less. Nearly every orchard in the eastern portion of the township was badly damaged. John GREEN had two houses blown down. Ninety six school was damaged. B.L. McNUTT and Joe HUSTON each had their home damaged. R.G. MENDENHALL's barn damaged; hay barn and windmill demolished; orchards badly damaged. R.G. PINKARD's orchard badly damaged; barn damaged and growing crops damaged. A.A. KING's orchard and outbuildings damaged; crops damaged. J.SPITZENBERGER's house damaged to some extent; crops damaged. John WITTER, Jr., crops damaged. W.A. GAGE's barn, out buildings, orchard and crops badly damaged. Frank MARMON's barn and out buildings badly torn up.