Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-26
Urea, June IA.

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were abroad In this city, to the effect
that the long threatened comet nad
struck In the ne5ghborhood ofthis
city, or, II not the veritable comet it
self, 9 fish from the same pool, or q
member OF the same family Juve-
nile member Of the family. u was
not supposed by your correspondent
- the time' that anything serious or
imPortant was " the po.tom VI 'nese
Wild and flying reports, but l never
sne,ess ondeavore :, 70 trace .nem 70
tneir source; ana tne resui, was y wen
authenticated statement ina. a Pne-
nomenon Q. asineuiar nature nao peen
visible IN the heavens, or, rather, IN
the atmosphere between tho heavens
ana the eartn seemingly suspended
from above; that this body was q tun-
nei-snaPed, BLACK, moving pody, OF q
neouious cnaracteri that ~ hao taheh
its rise. or made its first appearance,
a. point over the northern OUTSKIRTS
OF the CITY. inencs IL moved easter
Y, accompanied py q puszing, rumo-
ing souno. ana gradually eionga.ing
its ngure a. " went, aPproacnlng rne
eartn nearer ana nearer, until nnaiiy,
having taken nortneriy sweep, II
strucn tne ground near .ne uwoulng
o. mr.; Root, IN Deernela, tearing
oown renee OF TWO, anu passing on'
laruaily se1'nng iower anu lower
az last, having reacnou Poine some
I'VE mics In . nortn-essteriy oirection
, To sn's cl'S, near 'ne awenng OF
MI Na'nan ouu'ong' IN schuyler, ~
MADE . descent upon MS barn, ripped
u up, ana scattered IL 70 TOE WINDS
! nen passing on, tearing up trees
fences and n ou s, IN its terrible
oSuu5o' =. nns,,y o'iu eN s'.o v" o,'ns
-, MI 5onn srren, anu IN = WINK
nng the en.ire ouiioing was one utter
wreck nteraliy "smasnea all 10 Pioc-
%, ana ues'royeu' Ine oweinng
was NOT o'ocn oee,-suen an iuoa -
NOV : sr1 IT, one =, Tue utter ,; anu c sosai
crhsn. Inc oui'oine was 'n'9u iio'n
I.s s.on Ionnoatson' carrleu u a,s'ance
ot some ni'eon iec' 'nrVuBn 'no ar,
ana aasneo IN spnn.ers 70 the ground,
saving = clean PA. OF grass oe.ween
me place wne,e II nau s'ooo anu 'ne
pie OF rubbish.
An sne mouse we,c . iami'y OF SIX
parents ana cniioren. mr.: W arren
ses'ng sne .errip'c ooJcc. coming aown
upon nun, tearing up trees ana FENCES
IN ,'s onward course and ouzzing IKE
Thousand hornets nests combined,
cai'eo upon ms "iie ana cniidren 70
aeeonpsny MN 70 tne cellar, ana,
soie'ng the ac'lon 70 .ne wora, se'zeo
Two on, the cniiaren' ndiesped down
s cue s'a's"a{ me wne essayea 70
follow, out ner Footsteps were tardy;
1sss. tha .,a;na &c das,rras; ; .o ovo
The bu;ld;ns. nm c.rrv;nr hars"le nd
child togstI A. With = l;s5le son who
w,s Ashind her With - Tho hns
band had but time to see her ascend
with the building that tore away from
above him. and then he stood exposed
10 the day. in the open cellar. Ho
went to Wow tho ruins of his home;
Il was complete. Hero Law the dead
and nude body of his wife, the des-
troying power having stripped her
clothing from her person. there lay
senseless: and. lust beyond Law his
dwellinr one such mass of destruc.
tiention as probably was never be,
held before. broken and spllntered
bedsteads, cradles, tables, pots, kettles,
chairs, boxes, trunks, crockery, tin
ware, hats, clothes, stoves, bottles,
bricks, plaster, clocks, beams, stones,
shingles, and endless ct cetera, lay
crushed and crumbling In one heap be.
fore him.
And still on beyond was the mon
ster nebulosity which had caused all
this ruin, swaying and smashing on