The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-05-17
STATE NEWS.

The Wathcna Reporter gives a fur
Their account of the storm which occur
red on Monday Of last week, at that
place, and says: Mr.. John McCleI-
lands residence was blown into frag-
ments. the timbers being scattered in
every direction. Mr.. McClelland was
at work in his field at the time the
storm occtirred, and two hours preyi-
ously his wife had gone to her father
in-law's house. Had she been at home,
it would have been a miracle if she had
escaped death. Mr.. Dom's wife, whom
we mentioned as being seriously
wounded, died on Thursday night.
He and two of his children were some
what bruised. The tornado was ter
rife one. A cooking stove was blown
from the residence of Dom some dis
tancc ont into the field. Large stones
were lifted from the foundation of Mr..
McClelland's house and carried far
away. The tornado was seen approach
ing by many, and is represented as re-
sembling long. spiral column whirl-
ing around with lightnihg-like rapid
ity.
Under the caption of a new "enter-
prise" the Thayer Head Light goes on
to relate that "a number Of our citizens
have formed joint stock company for
the purpose of sinking an oil well, in
this city. From what we can learn of
those that are posted, we are led to be-
leive that coal oil in paying quantities
has been discovered here. at a depth of
100 feet.
They ought to extend the charter of
their company to embrace the as GER
tain business of drying snow and SELL
ing it for salt, next winter.
The Concordia Empire says: Mr..
Whitehead, who recently attempted to
kill himself because his wife refused to
live with him any longer, is getting
well. He says other people may put
bullets into their carcasscs as much as
they please, but as for him-why, it's
played.
A little boy at Topeka broke his
arm and dislocatcd his elbow, last
Tuesday.
''Tiger Bill" a notorious desperate,
was arrested at Baxter Springs Satur-
dax, un hoe I.a1n, nf ha
gang of outlaws who have been caus-
ing so much trouble recently at the
terminus of the NJ. X. & T. II. r. in
the Indian Territory.
The Commonwealth has it that a
young man named Horace Upton was
seriously hurt, Thursday, by falling
FROM car of the A., 7. & S. +. Il. r.,
near Topeka
The Mound City Sentinel heralds the
fact that Newton Lloyd, who was con-
victed of burglary in the second degree
at the recent term of the district
court in that county, was taken to the
state penitentiary, on Thursday of last
week. He had been in Jail there about
! week previous to his 7"new depart
IRE" His sentence is forfifteen years:
which is certainly ample time to reform
4 he feels like so doing He is the man
who shot and wounded Sandal, mar
shall of La Cygne, last summer. He
was cleared for that offense, and we
presume it made him bold. He is a
'ough character, and those who knew
Tim best, were the most anxious to see
lin leave that section of country.
Also that there was fire ut Geary
Iity on Tuesday night oflast week. The
in which the post Office was
Kept at Geary city, and also drug
md general merchandise store were de-
troyed by fire. The fire was first dis
covered on the outside of the building,
,ut had made too much hcadway to be
The building and con-
ents were entirely consumed, save a
ew articles. Fifty dollars worth of
postage stamps were burnt. The in
urance on the house and goods
mounts to $3.50. The prevailing
opinion is that the fire was the work
# an incendiary.