, 1860-06-01
SINGULAR PHENOMENON.
Water Spout and Tornado--Houses.
Blown Down.

SINGULAR pHENOMEN0N.
Water Spout aud Tornado--Houses-
Blown BOWL
From tha indianapolis Jou1ns'. As7 ao.1
8torua. 1ike troubles, teem to come in crowds. |
Last week WAS full Of them, and tals week
starts fair for similar exhibition OF elemental
dlsturbapces. Yesterday evening we were r1s,
it was accompanied By very much tha sane up
pearances, aud marked BY the same features.
that distinguished tho singular tornadoes that
visited Illinois and New York d year OF two ago.
The day had been hot, but bsgao to show igns
Of change abodt o'clock: Clouds gathtred
when the whnle. sky was covered With rounded
Jumps, with feecy edges, presenting somethlog
the appearance Of scates,7 and 80 singular as
20 attract much attention. ln about halt an
hour they grey thicker and da1 ker IN the West,
aud showed unmi1tak able lndlc4tions Of atosm.
the dark hue It had 1t tho hor11 IN into q; dull
br1asy color, this almost variable attendant OF
hurticanr. Towards th- East it swung down
within fen degrees Of The horizon in rsgged
fr'nges Of 3 dusty color, through which The
clear ky Was sislb1e 1T many points. but to-
well defined l1ne below which the sky Was PR
fecfly clear. 0rer head and to the West it WAS
ayellow fecked with fast flying feathets of
"hi:e c'ou4. In few minutes 1t began TO- bai,
AUD ench hail stones hare very rarely been seen
u this region. Ali we're vtr7 large. aud many
Of them fully a. large as Asns' tgqs. Luckily
fsx widow }gsPPs P,' md tsle ii fsui % left: DA o&'
While the claud was driving to the East: a
sngu a phenomenon ~as observed in the South
eas'. L black cloud bellsiog down like = bag
tst drop frcm tbs lox er end tongue like ! wa
t<repout, which Hhi11=d and swaJtd exacty a.
the. Descriptions y wster-spout dnes This
peared IN New York q year OF 50 ago, and If er-
wards iu Illinois, where is s~ayipg tongue ike
aa etephant'k trunk thrashed whole village to:
Fragments No one who saw it from the city;
Thought IL indicated my serious elemental dis
turb4nce, and they WATCHED is .ou!y Us queer
been full brother Of tie terrible family We
bave alluded to- About dark We learn that it
pss-e1 about mile nnd a half south Of the CEN
ter Of the city, or just beyond the outskirts.
dea iug destruction in ita course. Just b. you'd
the southeast end Of the CITY il blew ID Tho
to fragments, and leaned the frrme wallis east
ward 70 fur that they are in very DANCE, ous
po.iiioo. Ar. Go'd=mith was caught bY the
filling timber a4d daoRerou /, II pot fatally in-
jored. Ills right arm wxs crushed between the
shoutdtr md elbow, several Of his ribs r,re
r..
he was 80 q veIely i1jused IN ernaity t11 hts
life Was considered BY Or. Bull ard, who attend
I'd him, 10 be IN lmmlueut Danger. All aroutd
IN the vicinity ruls were blo.n about like
feathers, large trees we're twi-ted round and
broken of, and fences we're blosu down. Fur
ther to the vest was reported that Ar. Henry
NikpHs house vas demolished and txo men
slightly Injured, but We could learn no other
particulars last night. a mile or less to the
East the tornado appeared to ri.e, aud merely
swept OF the tops OF The t.eea in the neiehbor.
hood Of: Willis iWright's residence. Probably
we shall hear Of yery serious damages to other
houses. and possibly to Ii .. to day. The track
hundred feel ID width, a"d within it th~ dsstruc-
t'oo has no dDubt BEEN very grert. It's length
we have at present no means OF ascertainlng,
suIc c:de--Romant1c Incidents.
The Coroner report. the following case Ru-
dnlph Wilkins was horn in France, OF very res
pectab3e p2tenta. His father die1 shortfs after
this. an1 bis mother removed to Prussia, where
*he contracted an alliance With Latire Of that
Kingdom. She dld not, owever, meet in this
new condition the happiness she had an'icipa-
ted, and her second husband, soon forgetting
bis vows rendered at the Hlur, began 10 emhlt-
ter her Ii G by The most shameful neglect, and
whom he had so1emuly pledged b ms+H to love,
cherish md project A ~itness 10 these domes
tic troubles. young Rudolph aoon conceived for
the perstcutor Of his mother profouud aver
sion. One day when he saw bis mother suc.
cunb under tie indignities of her lew hnsbaad,
he killed him. He wasthen obliged to fee from
Germany to escape the Law, and he came to
America. He was handsomely formed young
man. lie went ;weetward, and one day while
bunting the e;k .apd buffalo, Was uada prisoner
by 4 tribe of Indians, and was kept With them
for three years. Whilst living with them the
grace Of his person attracted The atten i'm Of
The ycuug daughter of the Indian chief, and be
| married Ter. In this wedlock he hsd a son and
y daughter. Soon tired. however, Of his " un.
civilized" life te sought favorable opportunity
and made Ills escape to New Mexico, where he
remained some time, and from which place he
went to Pixies Peak. Losing in the mining
district all his savings. be removed tn st. Louis,
and took up bis abode at 363 North Maia str+ el.
| He fund employment at ue'cher's Sugar Re
/ unery. His industry mud general department
were exemplary. On Monday mig bt, when
standing pesr biz bed, with great accuracy he
! placed the muzz1s Of pistol in the reeiun of
| his heart, n1d pulled the trigger. The bal.-a
| large conical one-went through that yital
| ortau, and through the thorax, and was found
| in The bed on the oth.r side Of his body. 1t
seems that Rudolph wilkins was name as
sumrd By the deceased, who on coming 10 st.
Louis feared 'he veuueance of some OF bis step-
L! fathers retutiyes-4M0 Itpa,erot.'