The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-30

bytcarth being washed away, but all neces
sars repairs have probably been made h,
| 'nis Tune. The most srri0ns result in thi,
''ahl'v, doubtless, wax the flooding of fields
whereby considerable damage was done ant
farming operations retarded.
AT nEs MorHEs.
Inc 4'ef"ta'tt'a says: Last nigh, about
,uiu''Sn. terrific storm of wind and light
| 'ihs ana hail passed over this section. II
cuhe o WIN great power from the southwest
1 ne oe,t, north and south. was not wide
| put IL SHOWS the marks of the terrible swecI
"l me WIND. The DAMAGES to farnl-honses
y" inc uplands must be very great. A mes
| ,ehScr came IN from the West at ~ ~;tI :,
| honr ior surgeon TO 20 ID tic aid of Henry
| .Scihcrt who lives About nine miles west of
| th" CITY, on Ayre's Grove road. His house,
| "'iich was on the high prairie. was com
plctel! demolished, and Sicjert was severely
INJURED. and his wife, it was Thought
! fatally hurt. There were in the house at the
time it went down eight pcrsons-- Mr.. Sci
| bert, wife, and six children, and it is Il Won
der that number OF them were not killed
Mr.: Scibcrt was badly hnrt ab3ut the head
and sh0uldtrss aud Mrs. Scibcrt had hcrc"l-
h'r-bonn broken and received other severe in:
y
bi used. aud four OF them came out Of the
wreck uuharmcd. Mr.. Oscar Lee. of Perry
was stopping at the house OF Mr.. Seibcri, bu,
lnst before the house went down he ran ont
of it, and thereby escaped injury. Mr.. Lee
says the house was struck hy lightning.
Mr., Movers house, opposite Sciberl's, was
entirely removed from its foundation, as was
a'sa Il new house, not quite finished, bcianm-
ing TO Enoch Cascbeed and also one belong.
ing to Ed. Burt. Miles of fences along the
road to Ayers Grove are scattered over the
prairie. The church ut Hanover was blown
down and is perfect wreck. Several
houses in the vicinity of the church We're
also more OF less damaged. Some were
thrown from their foundation, and some
had portions blown away. y man who
came 80 the city from there this morning
says he pas%cd places in the timber where Il
wide swath was laid Of large forest trees
The new Methodist brick church at De Soto
was badly damaged. One pud was blown
down and the roof torn Oft. At Stuart,
man whose name we could not learn,
but who had arrived yesterday from abroad
to visit relatives about two miles from the
town, was killed while in bed by lightning
stroke. Passengers on the Rock Island train
from the West to-day report that all along
he route the fences were totally DESTROYED
and the material scattered in every direction:
while in The timber trees were wrenched
and twisted by the hundreds. From Mr.. J.
i. Foster. who was ut Altoona last night,
we learn The storm was fearful. The house
of NJ. Madigan was blown from its founda-
ton i'll Il northeast direction about five feet,
and wa. badly damaged. Several small
building: wer" overturned, and fruit and
siIat.-.rrrS upiuocd. In this city we have
learned of no serious damage. The la-t lone
tree oI t,lc group which gracrd "lsknd No,
10" Just below CUurt-hvcnlc bridge. and
was an an"ieut landmark, succumhcd 10 The
| wind. and now lies Il pruStralc monarch.
Since the FOREGOING was put III type We
learn that the damage done at Hanover WI.
more serious than ut first reported. Iii,
hou~cs Of Mr. Douyherty. George McCor
| mick. and Mr.. Webb. were blown down. and
the barn of Richard ChaferS unruuicd.
TIE srHnoI-liuuSE.
FROM the Davenport tGstH,, Of the 2it|
| the following is taken One OF the most
trightful incidents in the way of lightning
phenomena ever known in This county o.
Cured at Long Grove on Thursday after
noon. Ii WAS day OF storms al the Grove
The first was about : O'Clock A. NJ, acccul
panied with heavy thunder; the sccont
was between 9 and 10 O'Clock. and W'i'
accompanied bv most vivid lightning aud
| terrific peals of thunder. 1t was durin"
the LITTER storm that the SGhOol-houSc oi tt,
independent District Of Long Grove WA
struck by lightning, while the school was II
session. over twenty SCHOLARS were present
The house had a porch in front. and tht
a., Ia ~
this. Knocking out all of the top studdinr,
clear from roof TO sill the plaster was SEN
through the interior OF the louise Il distance
of thirty feet. striking some of the children
though iniuring none seriously. Wien th'
fash came il nearly blinded the scholars. ant
the awful peal of thunder which Instant,
followed filled pupils and teacher with ter
ror. Some OF the children were partial,
stunned, others Shrirkcd in fright, ant
few were frightened almost out of thci
,:usrS. And they had good reason for theiI
iea,s; tint all will admit. The wonder i:
trtt not a single one received permanent il
iurv. Some of the sliding OF the building
was thrown into field sixty feet away, and
one piece was sent through the middle Of IN
ei.h;-nch board in Il fence, so great was th'
force with which the li"htnin" sent the lum
ler through the air. The root of the sclool
house was badly damaged. Altogether, ti'
lightning played havoc with the building.
There was another heavy storm in tlic nj
tcrnoon, but ii wrought 10 liglun'n"
damage. Our informant states thai IN" IL
ground in the vicinity OF the Grove j. "oi,
ed corn planting i. of nccc Siiy. 1t
>lalrd->till fora few days, and il i feared tht
Il good deal already planted is injured, il i
is not ruined.
NICE WORN BY LlGnrSl&G.--IFrom th
Davenport (Iowa) Gazette. l-pn" Of tn
incest little pieces Of fine work ever done BY
electricity y-<omcthing impossible for hllnla'
hands to do-was accomplished at 'ic resi-