The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-25
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wi,ly paseed over small seetion Of c0aHliy nEsr
Uucai N.iYi Il appears that, dutlug the ni(ar.
noon, several oitifens Of Utica noticed n very
remnrkabte formation OF neiJulous or cloulv
| substance, extending from the heavens npnrlv 10
the earth, where IL seemed to diminish almost to
point, but expanding gradually rs 1t ascended
| until the peculiar form was lost In tho clonjv
Hky. II nin'ca buzzing, rushing noise, and n
SNORT distance from the city settled near tho
earth, ana levcIicd one or two fences Further
on Darn was dashed TO pieces, aud several trees
torn up by tho roots, until it approached tho
Bapt'st parsonage house, occupied by Mr. John
aid: wv" iiel-
Mr. W. informs us that he was engaged in
ms garden ut about o'clock and sow tie nm.
proach of the cloudy object rs it threw up the
Trees. as its course pointed in the direction of
| h's own house he ran to the DWELLING caupht
Two Oh his elder children, and called 10 his wife
, 10 save the other three and herself by following
,m " ~ ~ .i,s .e eei'ar. The husband had decended
| TWO or three steps with his charge. md tho w;Cc
with an infant and two older children had reach
s S4 inc cellar door, when the house wus struck.
'iho whole frame work was lifted from the stom.
foundation; the entire woodwork above tho first
noor "as carried some twenty feet and then
cropped III grand perfection of ruin, while the
hrst floor, with the sleepers attached. which
III the foundation, was finally turned roof
like over the entire mass '0'''
Hir' warren, with two Of his children. re.
NAMED III the cellar enclosure without injury:
tt WIS warren was found OIL the ground about ten
leeG from the cellar door, almost entirely stripped
oi' her clothing and 30 severely injured about
her neck and body that she died within an hour
after the calamity, although entirely conscious.
her infant was found near by und almost en-.
t,reiY Tree from injury, yet utterly destitute of
clothing; little boy who was following his
mother to the cellar, is now living unconsc;o,,.
1rom the wounds lie received in the common
wreck. Ills recovery is very doubtful: an older
sirl escaped without any injury. The dwelling
was Two stories l6x26 feet, and substantially
built. In rear of il was barn. distant about
five rods, 25x32 feet, which was literallv sbiv-
cred into splinters
Next Ill the due southeastcrly line Of its course
IL uprooled several large trees scattered the
fences, crossed the road and demolished n lorre
barn belonging 10 Mr. John NJ. Budlong. This
1uiiding was OF recent and very substantial
build, and 35 by so feet upon its base. vet th a
destructive element tore it to pieces scattering
large timbcrs about the fields at n distance Of
from hve to fifteen rods distributing the roof in
various directions, and actually, taking up an
IRON cylinder thrcshing machine. weighing per-
haps four hundred pounds, and deposited it at
least eighty feet from the barn. A COW belong
ing to MIR. B., standing near the barn. was killed
without any apparent outward wound. About
So rods further on in a direct line, q smuller
barn belonging to the same gentleman was de-
molshed' and what is very singular in this in
constructed Is to be found anywhere A few
shivered boards and timbers alone attest to its
previous existence. 1t continued on, sweepinr
down everything in it's track for about mile
inrther when II seems to have released its hold
| OH the earth, and to have assembled from tho s,r
lace OF the ground and dissolved into general
cloudy form. The whole extent of country over
| which IT passed was about five miles and it il
said TO have travelled at the rate of Il mile minnie
The phenomenon was followed by violent rains
and wind
-, Improved Aries for Cdrriages.-NIr Thos w.
=" VILLAINS, OF this city, has recently patented a
new invention for securing the wheels of carria.
ges upon axies, which is very ingeniousand very
successful. In the end of the axle is cut rectan
gular cavity, in which is hung lever, mounted
on O pin, aud unpelled outward by a spring be-
heath the lever. A corresponding rectangular
| cavity is formed in the nut which screws upon
the end of the axle. The lever falls into this
CAVITY as the nut turns to its fitting place and by
this means the nut is held fast without danger of
removal, effectually securing the wheel. The
spring may be pushed down by a small pin in.
| serted through a hole i'll the nut for the purpose
OF removing the latter This invention is worthy
OF attention for it will he found very useful i'm.
Tie Quickest Railroad Irai,. IN Amer;ca.-
Tho Michigan Central Railroad Company are
now running a lightning train from Chicago to
Detroit daily, upon their single tract, which, for
| speed and regularity, is unequalled OH any road
III America. The train leaves Chicago at a.
M, makes ten stops, and reaches Detroit ut
o'clock P M, making that place in nine hours
| rom chicago, including stops, distance of 2S2
miles, The first day on which this train came
| through, the 25th May, it arrived at the Detroit
depot on tin'e to the very minute, and since then
mas been promptly up to time, each day. This
is quicker time by some two or three miles an
| hour, than is made upon either the New York
| Central, or the Hudson River roads, both OF
| which have double tract
The W;ne Croptin F,anee.-The alarm pro-
duced in the Wine growing departments by tho
cold weather experienced at the latter part Of
/ April is now found to have had no cause. Very
few vines have suffered, and even those which
were effected by the frost have thrown out fresh
shoots 1t s expected that the present hot
weather will remove all appearance of the dis
ease Nevertheless, the price of wine is not d.
mIlnish,ng-the only change perceptibIe is that
the holders OF stocks are more willing to dispose
o! .hnm. Lurge Quantities of foreign wine con-
tihue 10 arrive III tho South of France At Bor-
deauX Old wines are more sought than new
There IS 10 change to be remarked in spirits
Beet-Ioot spirit is quoted ut lSf tho hectolitre at
Arms, and at 1881. in Paris.-Paris Correspon.
dent London Times.
Decline Of Drunkenness. in London.-Tbe
London Economist of the 23d ult., publishes an
official tabular statement of the number of Der.
SONS arrested for drunkenness within the iurisdic.
ton of the Metropolitan Police from the year
1884 to 1865 inclusive, which shows that the |
number n! m OF drunken persons taken INTO custody
in the first year wus 81 ,353, and that in the In
ter year was only l9,267. while the population
OF the city had increased about SO per cent with
in the period included in the return The tables
do not embrace the hejursdiction-ofthe CITY Police.
under the orders Of the corporation.
american Camels-It s said that the Turks
look with suspicion on efforts to contract for
building railroads in their country, while wo are
9" 2. inc same time buying their camels to breed
IN our country. They say we want to get rid Of
our 4, railroads and adopt their "improvemumt."
Ihe camels which were imported by our gov
ernment from Arabia, are reported to be doing
well in Texas, and as likely to become accIimated
as as horses. Several native American camels have
sd.:. oeen born. and others are expected. The only
question relates to the quality of the, young ami.
mals.-Seientifc american. -
9, a Murderer's nevNoon.-Chrstopher C.
sharp, the murderer Of DR. Stout, escaped from,