The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-20

tlflpptu lIOlN lHc lIffhI llVHllll hll'h
aud u few windows LEFT unbroken,
IAltorn storm OF n similar character
hurst over Bergen county IN the same
state 10y which that section suffered
considerable damage, The lightning
flashed IN rapid, successive sheets Of
llame, the rain fell In torrents, the
wind blew almost a lorDadO nnd hall
slOpes fell Of such size that not only
glass, hut much less fragile material
suffered, The tornado that on the
fourth Of July Invested 80 many Wnsh-
ington residences Of their roofs blew
with such fury ns 10 sweep away rail-
road bridges and 10 remove cars rom
the tracks.
STORMS IN THE WEST,
Hail IN immense quantities fell at
Elkader Iowa, on the 9th Inst. some
of the stones measured NIX Inches
round. The total los Of buildings
blown down aud crops destroyed was
eytlmaled nj 100000. Waterloo aud
Gilbertsylllc were also severely dnmng-
ed, On the same day seven boys were
struck by Lightning NJ indianapolis,
ono of whom was Instantly Killed
Two s0ns Of clergyman nt Plainlield,
Iowa, also lost their lives by the same
fundamentally. Al Dubuque ON the
18th, during u storm, ball Of fire ms
large ms u mans head, descended from
the sky Into the street ana there eN-
ploded with n terrible report. All the
western part of Kentucky was llluIni-
mated on the l7th, aud for nights pre-
yi0usly with meteors. One OF Immense
size fell ut Owensboro, ana wns seen at
distance OF fifty miles while falling
10 the earth. At Wlnghan, Canada,
the severesl hnilstorm known for many
years occurred on the 7lh, The crops
through the country suffered to II great
extent The same day II terrific hnrrl.
cane, accompanied oy rain, passed
over Nepance, Ontario. Much dam
age was done to Che town and vicinity,
Several buildings were unr00led, trees
were uproOted and fences leVelcd to the
ground.
HURRICANES AND SEVERE COLD IN
EUROPE.
On the other side of the Atlantic the
weather In England during the month
of June was remarkable for severe
lrosts, which had u disastrous effect on
the growing crops. Hurricanes also
prevailed, causing great injury 10 prop
erty, and attended In many eases with
fatal results. On the Goth ultimo, ed
inbIrgh was visited with n thunder
storm which continued lhree hours,
the lightning being exceedingly VIVA,
ana The pealS OF thunder louu ana pro-
lonBed. Torrents OF ram rel curing
the storm. AZ Perm thtie was Il
heavy fall OF hall, tue depth IN some
places beng lVe or siN ihclles' On the
l2lh OF June The irost IN the heighoof-
hood OF London was most severe Inc
sounB 'o''"so ". ''n,s p' 1I,a. WI W" ~,
mn,v tiells md gardens md The flow
ars ~ auch hnrJS ,Jnuts M lilies md
nnouins wero killrd On two nights
INA thnrmaneter reyistered "A deprces,
nnL IN ,ln,,r,,n. win +, hittsr norti e.st
wind literally dpstrnvinp MI vcpetn
tion The temneratnrc for tho week
enJ,nc Jnne u as rerordod ot The
Rovnl observotory. fell five derrces he
Law ihn mnn,, rnr Tho lnst INV years.
Ma Twonn II "a soiJ hns not h9en "a
law SINCE lSo0 when corn was 40 short
IN thn ut,lL II ,vas nrllad hv hond nm
Ironvhts h,vn heen so oytensivn tb,l
thn INV harvest has hern verv shnrt
and ina cnttIn h,vn snIlar.1 lIstrn..,
inwlv iwhiia thn unseasnnnLia Jrvnn..
Inc 1Ioan ro,iev.d onIv h,, Jn.im;ctir,
hnil stnrms II il re1orieJ that the
mnr,h NJ JtvI,, hos AK .mflsreJ fron,
savoro hnii toryns - Snw" NJ thn ali
chrchas and o,hnrnuhIic n1;a,n, ~ have v,n
hno', dnn,amnd Inriw,, thns,' ton,rast,
and th" .treots oT Milan ,yare nn ,ror
with Je,J md wonnIed hir,I. iin,Gn,,
No oscar" from thn nmyrv nlnmnntS
,.,,,,,,,. w. 49, ,, '. ''
iNfhoENoI OF Tue COMET
1t would be difficult to pass over
these remarkable meteorological phe-
nomena without being disposed to at
tribute their existence to the influence
of the comet. Ono Of the best main
tanned theories concerning the nature
Of comets is that they consist more or
less of electric ether. According to II
recent writer on the subject the evil
donce of this is the observed fact that
ward the sun and is then repealed from