, 1874-09-15
at z o'clock, after tho aorvant Of tho docoasod
Ind found Ills master lying on tho floor In
pool Of blood, quito doad.
TORNADO,

Damage to u mary1nnt1 village.
Jtfs0 aa tspt ~ cerst,nondt"e' ef th' 0a'''
Tho oulot tt1o viii yilnso '5e of 5oiforao mas vlstc
by to!ribo @ Storm Of wind Taosdsy aftor"oon
Tho villago Of Jofrorson is Blsuatoa on tho road
Lending TO- narper'H Ferry 7 miles west Of
Erodorlols Oily. Tho l'ossos arc a'l hnllt on ono
about 800 Inhabitants. Iho town wah
struck by Tho storm at right angles, thus
bolng exposed to tho full forcu and fury Of tho
blast which burst upon Tho atNrtiod inhabitants,
was tille1 at oico with flying briclH and timbors
being to venture upon tic street. Tils
atorm lasted bnt fow minutes. 1,ut Tho
labor OF taany days wns. DESTROYED. Entering
tho town from tue oaat tho attention IL at once
first prominent obtoet Of ruin IL wlant waa onco
tho Lutheran Church. This wnB brick building
abo,t eighty feut long. built In 1866 at cost Of
upwards Of GET. .0U0. About l,a1f tho building IL
cciltng full Of great holes, and tho altar aud
front powB Of tho Church brokon md buried bc-
Meath rilo Of ruins. fo,v small pieces nro nil
that romain Of tlle marble stand onco placed tn
building will havo to DO taken down. tho entiro
wal! being rackctl. Abeautlgul chandelier hang
ing In tho middle of tho church, tl1ougt,
apparently in the direct rango OF tho faflinl,
r1lius, remained tnsrathed with not glnsa or
globo broien. Tho organ in the gallery escapcl
without injury. Tho tower, III Which haaga twa
bells, ron,aias atahdlng, monument alnollg the
ruins.
Tho Methodist Protestant Church once Stood
III tho oxtrc1nn western rnrt Of the town. It 1t
now a pile Of Enthusiastically destroyed. The oil.
tiro sWnl!s except nbont 12 feet Of the front
at the gallery. nro lovelcd with the ground, the
Ado wala falling outward, tho rear inward,
cnlsling oyc1ything in ita fall This building, u
fow years ago. was entirely ronlodee'l, a'"l pre-
sentca very neat appearance. TlIo ssr11ctttru
MAS worth from s.UJ0 to 5lo,oUo.
Among tho private aniIorers In point Of loss,
DR.. q. w. Crl1.n H.andA first lie oeeupics aMl
owus large brick building 10 tho contral.pert oi
rooted, the back building levelod to the square,
aud Ills o1lco md stable seriously damaged: Al
Joining bis dwelling was Woodon building,
owned by tho Alissea Adam. Tho FILLING Of
tho Doctors dwcliiug almost do1nolla'lod
this, destroying almost the earthly all Of tlle
frame building near tho Methodist Protestant
Church, which camo noar being osorthrown ii
tho common ruin. Tho roof was torn OF. and
tho building otherwise injured. Some idea OF
tho fury Of tho storm may bo gathered from the
fact that bricke woro carried lou yattla; d place
Of heavy uah timber, 80 fort long, was blown n
distance Of GO yards, while another ploco ol
ricd 80 or 30 yards, mas forced through o door
and hurled the cntiro length OF tho hall Of a
building opposite. Strange to Say, amid an ut
mosphore thick with missiles Of dcath not u aou
waa scratched.
The losscy. as far ns nacortaiuod arc about as
fo'lows: Lutheran Church End paraonssgoo' sgo'
$4,000; Methodist Protestant Church, 50, 900
Dr. Crunl, 81 700, Nrtsnos Adlnm, $500 j. N. Fry
5000; which, with tho smaller loases. vii
amount in tll1 aggregate to about ;e20, 900.