Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-06-12
HoME NEWS.
STORMS IN THE WEST.
ttinoiS nnd Ohio Visited by Destructive
Hurricanes.

Illinois nnd Ohio Visited by Destructive
hurricanes.
CHICAGO, June S.-Further renorts com
cerning the great storm of Thursday night
in Central Illinois show that an immense
amount OF damage was done in Peoria,
Fulton, Knox and other counties i'm that
section of the State. The destruction of
bridges ON the country roads has been al
most universal. In the city of Peoria
fences and trees were blown down and eel
lars filled with water. Every railroad
leading out of that city has suffered
more or less and no trains left there yester-
day.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad had about four miles of its track
and many bridges swept away. The To-
ledo, Peoria and Wabash Road also suffered
severely, losing q bridge of 100 feet in
length and the entire road bed i'm n number
of places. A large force of men has been
set TO work repairing the damages, and
there will be but little interference to the
travel.
In the town of Hilton, the damages are
fearful. The town Is almost entirely under
water, and barns stock, &C., have been
swept miles away. The most singular cir
cumstance of the storm is the running rp
stream Of the Illinois river. The immense
volume of water that poured into the river
from its tributaries has created backwa-
ter and there is a strong current running
northward.
The river last night was still rising rap
idly, and fears of serious damage from this
source were entertained.
n dispatch from upper SanduslIy, Ohio,
gives the particulars of terrible torna-
do Mt the village of Quincy, Logan coun-
ty, and says two children were killed and
several persons wounded, some of whom
Will die. Houses in the path ofthe tornado
were leveled to the ground. The Methodist
andlBaptist Churches were demolished and
large trees snapped Off like pipe stems.
The tornado advanced through the town
of Degraff, where the terrible scene was re-
peated, and if possible the destruction Of
property was greaterin several instances.
Children were caught up by the wind and
carried some distance in the air. The de-
vastation was terrible and the people need
relief badly.
1t il reported that two hundred indct-
nlents relatinh 10 whisky frauds were
drafted for the new Taiied States Grand
Jury. 44 5i'"@e 4k.s
BALTIMORE, june e. The Clerical Conf
mittee by which charges against Rev. DIR.
l.. ID. Houston, of the M. T.. ChrvGh South
have been investigated, and after a session
of deliberation through the entire night.
."not guilty of the charges.
BALTIMORE, June S.-The clerical COM
mittee before which the charges against
DIR. Huston were Investigated, consisted of
Rev. Nelson Head, ID. d., Lecsburg, Vir-
ginia; Rev. II. j.. Crenshaw, Fairfax, Vir-
ginia; Rev. II. f.. Carson, Winchester, Vir-
ginia Rev. +. III. Nisner, Rockville, Ma
ryland; aud Rev. j. M. Spangler, Balti-
more, with Rev. DIR. Rodgers, presiding
elder, rs president of the committee. The
report acquitting the accused was signed
by all the members of the committee.
AUGUSTA, June S.-A dispatch from Col
umbia, S. c., says that j. J. Patterson
states that the dispatch of the 9TH inst,
from Knoxville, so far as it refers to him IS
incorrect. General Mabry has brought
suit against Steers and his assignee, John
a. Green, and attached the funds claimed
TO he Steers, in the hands of Patterson, rs
President Of the Blue Ridge Railroad Com
pany.
New YORK, June Capt. Calvo Cor
reses had $50, 900 in bonds with him when
murdered. There is no certain clue TO the
robbers. 4 reward of SIG, 900 is offered for
the stolen bonds.
w. +. Burr, night editor of the TribuRe,
is dead, of congestion of the brain.
DIR. Lanahan, of the Methodist Book
Concern, has been committed to Ludlow
jail in default of 81, 900 BAIL for libel
NEW YORK, June S.-lr T. Lanhan was
released on five thousand dollars bail