The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-24
CASUAL.
DESTRUCTIVE ToRSADos.

CASUAL.
DESTRUCTIVE ToRSADos.
A tornado, of the severest nature, swept
over Pocahontas. Tenn, causing the greatest
destruction to that village. Several houses
and churches were blown down. Great dam
age in done to the surrounding country. A
terrific tornado swept through the lower
portion of South Carolina last week, causing
great destruction to life and property in the
village of Waterboro. More than 100 dwellings
and all the churches are swept away. Three
fourths of the inhabitants are homeless, fifteen
persons were killed and many dangerously
wounded. At Oakley, . station ON the N. Z.
r r., all the negro houses were levelled, and
one negro killed, besides many hurt Similar
casualties are reported from various points in
the country back of the tornado.
ANorhKR cYcLoNk
A cyclone struck Collinsville, His, on
the afternoon of the 18th, and taking zigzag
course with the general direction, almost due
east, tore through the place, demolishing III
buildings, running about 30 Others, and DAM
aging more or less some IS residences and bus
mess houses. Nearly every tombstone IN the
cemetery WAS overturned. The duration OF
the tempest was about minutes. little
girl named Annie Reynolds was killed. Sew
eral persons were injured. Damage to the
town about $4,000. The storm disappeared
in the east.
sAD ACCIDENT.
By runaway accident on Sunday last,
near Atchison, two women, . Mrs. Shear and
Mrs, Conrad, were thrown from . wagon and
SO severely injured that the former has since
died and the latter cannot recover.
HAIL IN TEXAS.
Specials from North Texas report heavy
hail storms, doing great damage to the crops.
At Lisbon, near Dallas, several houses were
shattered, live stock killed, aud . number of
persons severely injured.
HAIL IN NEW oRLEANA
Hail fell in New Orleans last Wednes-
day, covering the ground. Stones four inches
in circumference are said to have fallen, but
hailstones always grow in the mind eye when
they have melted away.
MINING DISASTER.
BY terrible disaster in the coal mines
at Mons. Belgium, two or three hundred men
were buried in the mine, and there was, At lat
est advices, little prospect of saving single
life.
POLITICS.
TEXAS ELECTION.
Columbus Epson was elected to Congress
to fill the vacancy left by the death of Mr..
Schleiker, of the 9th Texas district. The
Greenback candidate was Money. There was
. light vote and the election was quiet.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL
The Republican Senators held caucus
on the 18th and agreed to make every effort
possible to defeat the passage of the army ap-
priation bill in its present form.
II DOESN'T SUIT THEM.
The recti6ers IN memorial presented to
Commissioner Raum have protested against
that clause in the internal revenue bill requir-
ing rectife-s to give bond.
ANOTHER APPOINTMENT.
Edwin w. Keitley, formerly member
of Congress from Michigan, has been appoint.
ed third auditor of the treasury at Washing
ton.
APPROVED.
The governor of Missouri on the l4th
gave his approval to the new bond of the State
treasurer.
FOREIGN
SHOOTING AT THE CAR.
Al st. Petersburg on the l4th while the
Gar was taking his morning walk, four shots
we fred at him. The Car was unhurt. The
man who fred the shots was arrested. He
gives the name Of Skolof. He is . retired
functionary of the ministry of France and is
about thirty years old. He fred at the empe-
ror within two PAGES and then ran. An officer
of the gen-d' armerie, with drawn sword, pur-
sued Skolof. Three men then Joined in pur-
suit. Skolof fired at them, shattering the jaw
OF detectiSe.
BRUTALITY.
Prisoners in a kief prison tried to escape
by means of . tunnel excavated as means OF
escape. When most Of them had gotten into