Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-08

from town. ut Bohannan's ford was. en-
tirely destroyed.
Miss Lizzie Darnall lost her trunk Sc
curely locked. The tray. containing
.iewelry, &c, was found; the
balance of it has never been seen.
A special providence seems TO have
favored the family OF AIr. K. +. Brown.
He was in Lexington during the storm,
with his wife and one child. and had
sent his other three children to an
aunt's in the country. His residence
was lifted bodily thirty feet into the air,
turned over and slapped on the ground,
a complete wreck. not more than two
feet thick.
MIR Brown and his partner, Mr.. Lin
rick. had six thousand dollars worth ui
lumber in their yard before the storm
they cannot find a single plank that the!
can claim. The same is true, we be
lieve. OF another lumber yard, but that
we did not see. About two hundred dol
lars in money WAS blown away with MIR.
Browns house Fourteen dollars ant!
seventy-five cents in silver was recover
ed, about hundred yards off. The
balance has not been heard Of.
A letter belonging to Jno. ii. liarmo-
nv, containing q draft for SlJU. was
found at Millvllle.
One horse was blown from hear the
Presbyterian church entirely over the
town, and fell ut least :, quarter of 4
mile from where he was struck by the
storm.
Two horses. in harness, and JOINED
together by 4 neck yoke, were blown
20 the lot in the rear OF the large brici
stable destroyed, a distance OF 300 feet
A piece OF iron was found sticking il
tree. several feet from the ground.
! Chickens and pigeons We're found witt
every feather blown of
A cherry tree about five inchc
in diameter was broken squar
off about five ieet above th'
ground Immediately below tn
break the bark was entirely gone, thel
came section with the bark whole 10
about eighteen inches. and below this
including Il small portion OF the roots
it was completely stripped of bark.
Large locust trees with limbs amos
entire, were stripped OF their bark iron
top to root.
The residence of Mrs Amelia Jacob
was completely demolished. the tlooI
however. remaining on the foundation
and the piano. minus .cgs and top, Wa
the only thing left to tel. OF 4 once com
Portable home.
rn.vegctablcs. .dog-tennel and weed
were stripped of their leaves
A calf house was torn to pieces, an
its inmate lett bleating. uniniured in tn
midst Of the ruins.
Mr.. lIeisinger's residence. sewers
miles from town, was destroyed. a wel
several other houses between Richmou
and Norborne.
One house containing five inmates wa
taken up into the air with the cXceptio
OF the lower floor, and the inmates e:
capped without L scratch.
After the storm Capt. j. l.. FarriS or
ganized police force. and no wanda
ism was even observed.
Geo. !. Wasson and many other cil
zens converted their residences into h"
pitfalls.
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Commencing at Miners Row. 4 grou
| nj iy l,,,il
extreme southern portion OF the eli
and just north OF the railroad. o
cupied by Thos. Armstr ong. John .Joh,
son, Thos. Ellis. VIM Stewart. Bern
Brady and Patrick --; these huuS,
were ali more or less injured the roo
OF some being blown utl. others mnv,
from their foundations ana others So il
jured that they are untcnablc. Ju
north of these stood one brick and si
trames-thc brick was unrooird. one
the frames was blown entirely dow
and the others all more or less iniure
some OF them badly. Immediately east
these stood the residence of Villa
Jackson, two-story frame the upp,
story was blown OFT. Adjoining Jac
son, the one-Story frame residence
Noah Gaines-consderably but not vel
badly damaged. Just east, Goulding
residence-roofa and porch gone; mort
of this Mr.. Deer had a large fran
which was entirely destroyed; north
? Deer's house is the fine two-stnry brio
belonging to Joseph Hughes. This w
perhaps the best building in the city !;
was completely unrooied. brick kitch,
or ell blown down and every outbuildir
| lpnynr1ntp1y ,,-yn,l.nl J,,S
the two-story residence of W. X. He
man. which was also n total wrec
The house OF Mr.. Burton, adjoining tn
9 was taken up bodily and moved aho
o fifteen feet from its foundation and bad
6 wrecked. North OF Burton's. the on
story frame residence of Paul Wer
was entirely destroyed. West of JOSEF
hughes residence was the house of {
G IL. Hughes. Il one-Story frame, with fit
+ orchard. outhouses. &c.-all were e
:. tirely destroyed. North of this we
six buildings. one and two-story frame
:, belonging to Judge Joseph Black. Ge
n L. McCee, Ephraim Holman, DR..
Gaines, Mrs. Jacobs and Il renter, nan
p unknown-all were entirely deStroye
South OF College street stood the re:
II dence Of c. j. Hughes. q two-sto
trame-badly damaged; b. j. Meneie
q one-story frame-slightly damage
, and p V. Bernard. one-s story frame
> entirely destroyed. East OF the colleg
the home of G. j. Hughes. Jr., on
h story cottage housc-was entirely dc
o troyed. just north of Hughes. Jr., Il
, one-story frame cottage of DIR. Per
y Jacobs-was entirely destroyed. ,u
= north OF this stood the Presbyteri;
1t church, large brick, which was entir
IS ly blown down to the foundation
, bell and 4 large portion ofthe wood wo
:, lying in 4 mass of runs. perhaps ol
u hundred and fifty feet from the lot {
J which it was situated. North of til
T church was the story and half tran
q residence of +. Spear, which was bad
wrecked; north of this the one sto
brick residence OF L. j. Woodson was Ii
X rooted. Still north OF this was Il
s Baptist church, Il large and commodiol
@ frame, and the story and Il halt rcsdcn,
of Rueben +. Brown--both were total
s destroyed. The lumber yard OF Messr
Brown j. Limrick, in the block iu
north and east Of these. was entire
destroyed. the lumber being broken Al
g scattered in every direction In tn
same block were the calaboose. blac
a smiths shop. the Shaw House. Nc III
caiabooSe was unrooied and Il porti,
of the rock walls blown down. the she
entirely demolished. and the Sh;i
House,a large and fine three-story brio
n so badly damaged that it may be CO.
al