Osh Kosh (Wis.) special (April 5) to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The excitement in this city to-day was terrible, many supposing that the day of judgment had arrived, as had been predicted by the Adventists. At a few minutes after two o'clock, a peculiar cloud with very dark edges and growing gradually lighter towards the center, was noticed approaching swiftly from the northwest. Rain appeared to fall from it as it neared the city, but before passing over it gradually dissolved. At the outskirts of the city thousands of oysters on the half-shell were gathered up and were greedily devoured by the poorer classes. A number of the bivalves were secured for scientific purposes, and savants are endeavoring to explain the mystery.
Private telegrams state that an almost similar freak occurred at noon at Kalamazoo, Michigan. There, however, the oysters were partially covered with fish chowder, which, after being tested was found palatable. Scientists are half-crazed at these unaccountable caprices of nature.
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