The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-07-11

turnpike SO thickly in some places
as to entirely obslFuct travel East
of Springfield. on the Pacific and
Atlantic telegraph line there were
Two hundred poles down. Passen-
gers from Logaiis port say that the
storm yesterday ieveled the trees
nearly all the way from Logansport
to Richmond, Indiana. In Rich
moEd trees were blown down in the
streets; one fell OH an express wa
gon, breaking both legs of the
driver and crushing the wagon. At
Terry, Ohio, large cordage factory
was unroofed. This side of Troy
on the line OF lhe Dayton and Mich
igan railway, houses were seen tum-
bling down, trees uprooted, fields
of grain leyeied, corn fields fietten-
ed and in some places corn sirewn
over the fields. sOn the Evansville
road bridges were washed away.
AT Fort Washington, about ses enty
miles east OF Columbus, a severe
storm OF wind and rain occurred
last night uprootiDg trees aud I'M
roofing houses.
at Washington, Ind, the storm
was exceedingly fierce. SheaVes OF
ried many feet in the air. Every
where in the belt north sf this city
was affected by the storm, whose
center must be = few miles south.
The general prOstration of telegraph
poles is without parallel.
Chicago, July 5.-The weather,
to-day, is clear and beautiful. The
meagre reports from the country
show the storm of the last two days
TO have been one of the most severe
of the kind ever experienced. I'm
mense quantities of water fell and
there has been a good deal of dam
age to crops. Telegraph commune
cations were badly interrupted on
account Of the losses by lightning
and wind.
st. Joseph, Mo-, July "a ter
rifle wind storm, amounting almost
to a tornado, passed through this
city last evening between and
O'Clock. The city was enveloped in
a black cloud OF dust which actually
obscured it from passengers who
were on trains, and the wind blew
with frightful violence. The steam
er Mountaineer was lying at the
bank about so rods above the city
bridge secured to the railroad track
and other fastenings by eight cables,
two of which were new and AZ
inches in diameter. After tearing
up portion of the railroad track
the steamer turned head down
stream. The wind kept her close
to the St. Joseph shore and she
drifted down and struck the east
end of the bridge draw. Several OF
the iron guys of the bridge were
sprung from their bolts. The dam.
age to the bridge is from eight to
ten thousand dollars and it will re.
quire twenty days to make the re.
pairs.
THE FoRGERs INDICTED.
London, July TRUE bills have
been found against Geo. Bidwell
Austin Bidwell, George Mcdonald
and Noyes, the bank of England
forgers, and they will be tried at the
Old Bailey in August.
RAIN STORM.
st. Louis, July THE Demo
Gratis jacksonville, (In.) special say
the heaviest rain storm ever known
in that region, began about l:
o'clock last night and continued un
til five O'Clock this afternoon
Twelve and quarter inches o
water fell during the storm. AL
the streams rose to an unprecedent
ed height; bridges were swept ava!
and great damage done to crops
Several embankments and culvert
on the Toledo and Wabash anC
, Jacksonville and Northwestern ant
, Southeastern railroads were washed
away and trains stopped and delay
, ed. The dispatch further states tina
unless fine weather sets in at onc'
the wheat crop must suffer immens,
, damage, if not total destruction
! The spring wheat is fiat on tn
ground, and fall wheat in the shocl
is beginning to grow. Corn on tn
bottom lands is submerged and will
!, be almost totally destroyed, ant
, even that on the uplands in man
places is under water and will su!
i fer. greatly.
l RoZENWIG, STOKES & co.
New York, July THE Evenin
; Telegram says the law under which
I Rozenwig, the abortionist was con
? victed with a penalty of seven year
: imRris. ement, was Iegislated out @
|, existence by the passing of new Law
1 making malpractice attended wit
; fatal results punishable with death
l RoZepwig has lain for months il
d the Tombs, awaiting a new tria
I He has not been reinaicted and 1t
believed he cannot be.
I Stokes, Simmons and King vii
/ it is supposed, escape the death pen
s atty through the new law requiring
+ proof of deliberate intent to xii
: for conviction of murder in the frs
I degree.
l TERRIBLE FAMILY FRACAS.
!. New York, July IA dispatc
, from Winchester, Va, states tina
= while a family named Little wer
:. at breakfast Saturday, feud brok
: out, when two sons, named Osca
: and Lyman, commenced firing o
! four other sons and their mother
= the firing being returned by tn
other sons. Oscar was wounded
: captured and sent to Jail. Anothe
: son named Clinton was wounded
! also the mother. Clinton died Sat
: urday evening, and the mother will
die.
[ CAPTAIN JACKS TRIAL.
s FIT. klamath, July 3.-The com
t missioner's trial of Capt. Jack ant
: other Modocs, for being accessor
d in the numbering of citizens and i'm
: plicated in the assassination of tn
Y peace commissioners, will conven
r on the 9Th inst.
e THE INDIAN WAR RESUMED.
e San Francisco, July advice
/ from Tuscan, Arizona, state that
: sergeant from San Carlos brough
q information TO camp Grant tina
Eskirancein and a large number o
l Apaches were near San Carlos, an
I lad robbed the settlers and taKel
1 the war path. Maj. Brown at one
] sent a messenger to camp Grant
e Before his arrival eight or tel
s Apaches stationed at that post a
e soldiers deserted, taking arms an
/ ammunition, showing the Apache
t had means for conveying informa
!, ton quicker than the military
e Signal fires were visible at severa
D points north and cast of camp Grant
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q NEWS ITEMS.
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a Georgia cotton four feet high.
Z Fourth telegraph cable is laid.
a 1900 Freemasons in New York.
Eastern States enjoying 8 droutI
Vermont has three female stag
e drivers.