The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-04-20


THE Han SronM. -Frid.e n..t.
l4th April 1877, VIM be long femer
BY ala who were domiciie8 Ia 8act ~ ~
that night for such fan of hail ,,ss .'..
witnessed by thai undoubtod snre ~"
oldest inhabltani.n Daring uie oar,r ~.
Of the evening The heavens wer, ,tt l.'.
the lurid flashes 81 lightning IL 49,, y
succession as 20 bc almost ON ea.t..
glare for an hour and hall. and a..,..
nied by deep rolling thunder taat oss.-.
nature animate and inanimate al af,
ance of awe and grandeur. Abouts go,
when all the elements had been mar.far-,
for the fray, the hail began to dcscend-r,..
in small particles--but gradually incra,t-
in sine and fury until the falling stons.
hehonse-tops reminded as Of the laien.
pleasantness, when the rattleoi mpst.,.
was familiar 20 the ears, with an ocea.i.-5
booming OF artillery as the larger III.
bergsn fell. It was indeed a fearful nlst.
and fully lifteen minutes elapsed err ~
fury OF the hail-stom was spent, ~.
there was a lull AMI a short respite v,l,.
ken as " to collect new materials. AZ II
wind, coming from the northeast ros@
height that alarmed very many who orlir,-
rily lay no claims 10 tlmidity, and then ~
rain descended in torrents throughout n.
most the entire night.
The falling hail smashed window offJ.
tunsa, the new Episcopal edifoe suaeFin, \,
the extent Of about seventy ofsits brsuf.f,i
stained glass panes, which will have tot.
refurnished from Chicago; The spIes5l
sky-llghts OF Seutters and L0wdg pbot,.
graph galleries were rnined-thc latter e,f
fering to the extent of about sl2J-the ~.
mer much greater; the Pilot office was A..
verely damageda by the ssyllghts breaking
through, and the compositors working n
the morning paper were compelled 10 ~
refuge under their stands" O. avoid Am.
falling glass and debris generally: Tim
CLARION was more fortunate, and only sal
fered 70 the extent Of about twenty eln.
dow-lights. The Capitol aud the civ Han
both severely Ia the loss OF lights, as ,lid al,
private residences exposed 10 the north an.
west. The Lunatic Asy lum lost $50 window
lights, and suffered to heavy amount In
damage 70 slate roof and vegetables. nh
thought that the number OF broken iglf
will reach 1000. The sheet iron roonngof
Newcomers building, the Aluh building
aud others were perforated, while tIn root
and "yalley guttering,n was riddlel with.
out mercy. Thus the glaziors tin ond shco.
iron workers have harvest before tLcm.
and the trite old proverb "that irs an M
wind that blows nobody good" is miyB-
Illustrated. Fruits, flowers and vegetable.
were severely damaged. An young garden
vegetation was 30 severely bruised and bat-
tered as TO aecessitate replanting very much
of Il. Under two peach trees OF Ordinary
size that we examined IN ono yard, we iea
assured there could have been gathered
from the ground two bushels OF the young
peaches, which we presume IS flr lllut
tration. Bhe ground under China and oth-
or trees was literally covered with thcyeme
foliage, and we hear of many birds being
killed. Several persons who ycntlroj out
upon their porticos near the streets report
that cows aud ycarllngs were telledto tho
ground by the falling stones. OF tho sIzeol
these stones 10 Is impossible 30 arrive 20 tIg
dimensions Of the largest" but &c is very
certain that not few were found tau
measured six inches M circumference. VIII,
three to Ave inches IN circumference were
common size.
The fury Of the storm seemed ohau
been spentin this immediate vicinity W'
can hear Of no damage ia Che surrouulu.
country.