The Osceola times., 1876-07-15
LATEST NEWS.
SOUrR AND WEST.

A'N 'I''Nihi vi tlt
of the Fourth at Akron, o., was the presence
of Lomar Griffin, the oldest man in America,
aged III.
A little son of Eli El'erbe, Will play
ing in yard few days ago in Rockingham,
N. c., was attacked by rooster, which
pecked the little fellows head so badly that
ii caused his death.
Larkin Turner, OF Merriwether county
Ga, is one hundred and six years old and
has possession Of all his faculties. Mrs. Ro-
bertson, OF the same county is one hundred
and one years old.
The Virginia penitentiary, on Thurs
day last, received youthful convict in the
person of William Alexander, lad twelve
years of age, sentenced for three years in
Campbell county, for horse-stealing
c. A. Kendrick, the Baptist minister,
whose trial for the seduction OF young
lady at Columbus, Georgia, took place in
that city last week, was found guilty Of Sc,
duction and sentenced to pay a fine of $500
and costs, The fine has teen paid and Ken
| drick released from imprisonment
Warren Vean, aged fifteen, and Solo
man Dreyfuss, aged thirteen, were drowned
while bathing in the river at New Orleans
last week. Vean first jumped into the water
and began crying out, +" Pm drowning, u
| Dreyfuss jumped in to save his friend, but
| they both went down together. The boaies
were not recovered.
A fearful storm swept over a portion
Of Iowa on the night of the 9TH inst, carry
ing death and destruction in its wake. Rain
commenced falling about ten o'clock, and
continued for three hours, with a solid sheet
Of water, accompanied with thunder and
lightning, making the worst storm ever ex.
perienced.
The village of Rockdale, twenty-seven
miles from Dubuque, built in ravine on a
strean, was inundated at the dead hour Of
night, while the storm was raging and the
lightning flashing, by the breaking away Of
mill dam some distance up the stream.
From the rush Of water every building in
the place was swept away by the food, ex.
cept the mill, and their occupants earned
away and drowned.
Later advices show that some twenty-five
persons were killed in Warren county alone;
that six or eight were killed in Madison
county; that probably one hundred aud fifty
houses were completely destroyed, and as
many more badly injured, and that the de
struction Of crops, fences and animals is i'm
mense. The names of the killed and
wounded cannot be obtained. They are
mostly the wivesa and children of the farmers
Some reports place the number Of killed il
Warren county alone as high as forty.
From Red river to the coast, and from
the Sabine to the uttermost parts of western
Texas, the crops are splendid. Agentlemar
who has been making tour through eastern
and northern Texas says that everything in
the crop line looks luSurant, and in middl,
Texas he had seen field of oats that was ex
pected to average a hundred bushels to the
acre. Western Texas speaks of herself a'
being blessed with fine crop prospects, and
our todnt WIN lit SUI w
earth, are covered with cotton, cane and
corn OF such appearance as to almost insure
an unusual yield.
Rockdale is small place of about two
hundred inhabitants built upon creek, and
contained postoiiice, hotel, store and Other
structures. The rain fell in solid body foi
three hours, the creek rose to the size of q
river, and at about one o'clock, while the
| lightning was flashing and the thunder roll
ing, the residents were terror-stricken with
| the rush OF mighty waters in and about them
Every building in the place except the mil
was carried down stream or moved from it'
foundation. A mill-dnm some distance up
the stream broke away and let down the wa
ter in body. After the storm had abated
search was made, and forty-two persons wer,
found to be missing. OF this number nine
teen dead bodies of men, women and chill
dren were picked up along the stream.