Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-03-25
Eastern Dispatches.

Eastern Dispatches.
AUGUSTA, Ga. March 23.-The path OF
the recent tornado was from two to six
hundred yards wide. 1t was cylindrical
in shape and rotated with fearful velocity
from north to south The front cloud
was black as night and half mile high.
Its rear was illuminated by a bright
light, and it Travelled due east, veerine a
little to the north. After the deyasts.
ton of Camack the tornado seems TO
have divided, one portion going east by
north, and the other crossing the Savan-
nah river above and below Augusta, both
proving equally destructive, laying waste
and destroying everything in their track.
Trees were broken like weeds, and some
carried three.quarters Of a mile. The
tornado was preceded By dull roaring,
as if heavy artillery was being fred in
the distance. II spent its greatest fury
in about three minutes. An eyewitness
says the senses were utterly deafened
and appalled,. There was a crash and
roar and mingling Of hundreds Of terri
fic and unearthly sounds. There is an
extensive devastated district embracing
eight counties in Georgia and two or
three in South Carolina. The destruc.
ton of property is immense, and the list
OF manned and wounded is appalling.
CHICAGO, Mar. PA large meeting of
prominent Irish citizens was held here
last evening for the purpose OF making
arrangements for demonstration in
honor of the late John Mitchell. Similar
meetings are reported to have been held
in Memphis, St. Louis. Louisville, and
various smaller cities throughout the
West and South.
New York, Mar. 24.-In the Beecher
trial to-day the cross examination of
Bessie Turner was continued. When
story about Bsecher aud his wife, they
remained until nearly dark. Counsel at
tempted vainly to induce her to fix the
number OF hours they were upstairs. She
could only reply two or three hours.
She continued: He did not tell her that
Mrs. Tilton had confessed to him her
adultery with Beecher. II she said SO
before the committee, she must have got
an idea from reading the papers and
must have been mistaken. She had
talked about the case since yesterday, but
no person suggested to her how to ex.
plain her misstatement to the committee.
She had talked with Mrs. Oyinston,
Mr.. Shearmap, Mrs. Sherman and Mrs.
Tilton about it. She was stopping with
Mrs. Ovington now. When Tilton came
to Mrs. Morse's for Mrs. Tilton, witness
was on the stairs aud saw him kusel;ne
on one knee with the other one raised
If she were man she could show them
his position. She could not distinguish
any words he said she nigh,
have heard had be spoken louder. Wit.
ness was asked II she told the committee
that Tilton when kneeling to his wife,
vowed that he loved her and asked he,
to come back to his home. She replied
that she might have. but did not remem
Der. She talked so fast before the com
mittee that she got things mixed up. Sh.
could not tell from memory all she sale
to them; she could only shy she was try
ing to tell the truth to them. Witness
then repeated almost verbatum the who'll
story in the direct examination of IN,
passage between grandma Morse an,
Filton, their return home, Mrs. Tiltor
retiring, and the witness setting up will
Tilton and hearing REPETITION of hi
charges against his wife and Beecher
She remembered seeing Beecher in Mrs
Tilton's room talking Ito her; she wa
half reclined on the pillows; did not re-
member what was said. Iu Januar,
when she went to school, Mrs. Tito,
spoke to her about going. This was at
ter the retraction was signed. Tilto1
also told her that he and Elizabeth wer,
going to do something nice for her; the,
were going to send her to Steubenyille I,
school he said he knew the principal o
the school,. Tho attention of the wit
ness was drawn to her testimony o,
these points before tho committee, ant
the record was read to her but she could
recolleot nothing about it.
She was questioned about Miss vancs
a schoolmate at Steubenville who told
her onco she was about to visit Brooklyn
said she (witnoss) might have told hel
she might visit her md Mrs. Tilton, the,
were such nice people.