The Newtown bee., 1879-07-16
Western and Southern States.

Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin and Iowa have been visited by terrific storm, which killed number of persons and caused 2 great destruction of property. The storm extended all over Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin, in which regions there was a great fall of rain and hail, accompanied by thunder and lightning. At Vasa, Goodhue county, Minn., nine persons were killed and thirty in- jured by flashes of lightning and the falling of buildings. At Winnebago the wife ot Ma thaniel Stevens was killed by lightning. at Mountain Lake, Lawrence Lawless was killed by lightning. Red Wing reports SI00,000 damages to property in that city. Every town .n the southern and eastern portion of Minne- sota suffered heavily. The crops suffered from rain and hail. At Marshall hailstones as large as hens eggs fell, causing great destruction. At Lemars, Iowa, the storm destroyed houses, farms and crops Ten miles northeast of Le- mars two young men named Kass were killed. They saw the storm coming and ran into a barn for shelter, when the wind struck the building with terrific force, completely de- moiishing 1t and crushing them to death in the ruins. Persons who saw the storm from a distance say it was terrible to look at. It could be seen distinctly from Lemars. At first the stor1n-cloud presented the appearance of an hour glass, after which it assumed the shape of straight column, and then seemed to break into fragments and drift away. It appeared to move slowly, and was in sight about halt an hour.
 Miss Lou Boiling one of the leading belles and beauties of Richmond, Va., had retired to her room for the night, atew evenings ago, and ignited the gas with lighted piece of paper, which she then threw on the floor. In a mo- ment her thin and imfiammable dress caught fire from the burning fragments of paper and directly atterward the young lady's person was enveloped in flames. In response to her outcries her brother, his wife and another gentleman came to her aid, but before the fire could be put out the unfortunate young lady was so terribly burned that she died in great agony the next day. The two gentlemen also received severe burns.
 Captain A. Oaksmith, of Carolina City, N. C.. with four daughters and one son, started in small boat from Beaufort for Fort Macon, and, when half way across Bogue sound, the boat capsized. The father, son and three daughters were rescued alive, but the other daughter was drowned. The three remaining daughters also died of exhaustion.
 Mrs. Samuel Bergy, of Freeport, Mich., shot and instantly killed two of her children, fatally wounded anot her and killed herself Evidence of her insanity was discovered some time ago in an attempt to murder her brother with carving knife.
 A dispatch from Lemoore Tulare county, Cal says the settlers there, who have for long time been itigating the title to their lands against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, are tearing up the track ot the rail road.
 James H. Croft and Charles G. Wobroth, who were arrested at Denver, Col, for the murder of William Syock, were taken from the iail at l A. M by 100 citizens and hanged to a cottonwood tree.
 The crops in Minnesota and Wisconsin have been heavily damaged by terrific hailstorms.
 In the United States Circuit Court at San Francisco Judge Field, ot the United States Supreme Court, has decided what is known the "Queue cutting ordinance" to be invalid, being in conflict with the Fourteenth amend. ment. The ordinance prescribed that the queues of all Chinamen imprisoned in the county jail for petty offences should be cut off, and was expected to prove strong deterrent to that class of criminals. ~ ,.
 Jose Cordoba 8 Mexican, was hanged at San Antonio, Texas, for the murder and rob bery of Robert Trimble, young farmer, in july, 1877. Cordoba and his brother were captured with the murdered mans wagon in their possession, but escaped into Mexico, where they were finally recaptured and taken