Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-18

blown great distances.
IN EDeEFIELD.
In Edgefeld and beyond, the storm ragged
furlously, and the damage was considerable
A portion of the building owned by W. P.
Marks, and occupied by D. D. Dicky and |
Capt Powers, was unroofed The resi- |
dence OF IL. c. Sheets sustained considera- |
BILE injury. portion of the roof on the |
roundhouse of the Edgefeld and Kentucky |
Railroad, was blown off. A sehoolhouse, |
In the rear of the colored Baptist Church, |
was totally demolirhed, and an old negro |
woman. who had room in the building, |
was badly hurt by the falling timhers. The
residences of a. " s. Lindsey and Zach
Stull. beyond Edgefed, were unroofed. In
addition to which there were any number
OF trees telled and fences blown down. Alto
gether, the storm waa fearful, and the dam
ages at this time of writing can hardly be
estimated
OTHER STORM ACCIDENTS.
Hundreds Of accidents to residences and
out-bulldings not mentioned could be
enumerated. In addition to those already
spoken OF, we mention that the gable ends
OF the houses of Jasper Taylor on Spruce
street, and Andrew Morrison, on the corner
OF Vine and Crawford, were blown out.
A portion of the Catholic school house
on Vine street was unroofed. A number
OF trees were blown down in this locality.
A portion of Dailey's grocery on Union
street was also blown off, A little shanty
on Cherry street was blown down, and an
old negro woman had her thigh very badly
| injured by some of the timber falling oni
| Novel Phenomenon.
An appearance of a novel and extraordi-
nary character was observed Sunday even.
ing at about IL o'clock, in the Western sky.
1t is described to us by a gentleman who
saw it from a western window in the upper
story of the Maxwell House, as follows
I went to my room at about half 10
o'clock. AS entered my room l saw the
moon shining brightly through the window,
which excited my surprise, as but short
time before Ihad hastenedfrom a neighbor-
ing dwelling, in extreme darkness, to es-
cape the rain, which was beginning to fall
rapidly. Looking out of the window, l saw
the sky was measurably clear. Seating my
self at my table and becoming engaged with
pen and papers, but few moments elapsed
before any attention was called to the pat
tering rain upon the window. Surprised
that the change should have been so sud
den, from clear moonlight and calm to
a storm, went to the window, and there
saw the moon still shining, but through
} many fearful clouds which we're gathering
over the whole face of the armament, and
| that rain was indeed falling, which a rising
wind was driving against the window.
| Closing the inner blinds to the window,
= seated myself, as before, at my table.
, | Within a very short time, not to exceed,
: | l should say, fifteen minutes, heard such
| rain, thunder and wind as caused me again
/ | to go thewindow, open the blinds andlooE
l | out. The clouds seemed to be actually
| pouring out water; the whole air was
/ laundering, as if discharges of heavy
= artillery from every part of the heavens;
' and the ightning's arrows were every
f where abroad, necessarily flashing anC
l shining with the brightness of the sun al
S Notwithstanding so clear and well nigf
continuous light, that saw what l the1
1 supposed was the western part of the cit!
: of Nashville, streets, dwellings, public
r buildings. cupolas, observatories, towers
P chimnies, windows and whatever else &C
!. tually exists, with all possible distinctness
S 1 looked with wonder upon the prospect Sc
g | before me for some moments, thinking
how remarkable it was that by the light
, | ning's light l could see so far, so many OBJ
t jects and so infinitely. At length, leaving
: the window and closing the blind again
retired, to listen through the night to tn
c winds which ragged with the storm with
4 fury at times almost as appalling as tn
g roar of the thunder.
And now for the d6n0uemCEt as to tn
e phenomenon.
In the afternoon of the following day
d Monday gentleman of the city calllni
upon me at my room, l stated to him the
marvels of the storm which had observed
D with the fact of the beautiful prospect o
t the city from my window by the lightning
light, and, asking him to look out and Sc
what 1 had seen so clearly, was amazet
S aud confounded by the discovery that NJ
part or portion of the city, no street, dwell
= ing or building, or object of any sort, coulI
1 | be seen from my understanding save
: wall of the hotel and a small area which it
D walls incloSe. For a moment had no ex
| | PLANTATION. Certainly there was, as to tn
S | evening before, no hallucination. l was il
my right mind. l was awake-no
| dreaming: 1 saw clearly-could describ
e | fully. What then? had seen in the Yves
/ appearances that were singular from
r mirage. l saw in 1914, st. Josephs, fifty
/ four miles from Chicago, across LAX
= Michigan, never visible from Chicago t,
l the naked eye, brought very distinctly t,
t the view Of hundreds Of people by tina
strange process of transfer to the sky
appearing there as in panorama; and thi
coming to mind, my conclusion was anC
my conviction now is that such wonder
= only more marvellously striking because
l | of the circumstances, and Of the time, anC
the light by which 1 saw it, was that o
2 Sunday vening-Nashville by a sort 0
5 transfer upon the Western sky.
OBITUARY..
WINBOURN.-Died Jan. 10, 1870, JOHN ALEX
| AxpER wISBOURN, at the residence Of his brother
in-law, W. l. Gray, Esq, in the 57th year of hi
| age.
| The deceased was native of Davidson county