Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06

gin sled waa blown away, peach and plum
trees stripped and considerable damage done to
crops. The storm passed to the northeast of
Brenhana, uprooting trees, leveling fences and
unroofng outhouses, At Davilla several build
ings were totally destroyed and others seriously
damaged; among tlrose destroyed was Murray
hotel. Murray and wife were slightly and a
gang of men seriausls injured. The seminary
beilding at GreenviIle was DESTROYED; also barns
and fences leveed. Nekoss of lie reported.
A TERRIFIC cyclone, on the 29tA ult., made
havoc in Columbi s. C., and vifoMty. A num-
Der of persons were injured, but 40 deaths have
been reported
THREE colored laborers wer suffocated in a
public well at Charles ton s. c., the 29tsl ult
An incenciary fire at Adairville, KY, burned
the south side and pa, of the east side of the
public square. Less qrite bsavy.
TIE plaIing mill of Elyais, Simms & Co., st.
Paul, Minn,, was burned on the 28th Loss
$40, 900; insurance $4,000,
AT Clinton, Me-, on the 18th, croeuet fac
tory burned. Loss $50, 005 insurance 81, 900.
The paper warehouse OF the kalamazoo paper
mill at Detroit, Mich, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th. Loss $4,000.
The machine shop and contents, several offices
and one locomotive at LambertviEe. n J.. all
the property of the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany, burned on the 2sth. Loss heavy.
JoE. WILSON'S SoSs' wholesale grocery at
Pittsburg, Pa, was destroyed ts fire on the
28th. Loss estimated at $780,
Asemery wheel burst at Columbus, O., peni-
tcntiary, on the 9th, killing JNnes Hudson, a
convrt
AtoILER in Torrents shingle mill, Savannah,
Ga, exploded on the 18th INST, killing Lewis
n. Torrent, superintendent, and George Hughes,
engineer. Eight others wen injured The
building was totally consumed.
AfREIGHT train on the Chesapeake and Ohio
road ran into the rear of freight train going
west, on the night Of the 26th, at Waynesboro,
Va badly wrecking the engine and fifteen cars,
killing the fireman, Mark Wood, and danger
oIsiy wounding the engineer, Lorenzo Smith.
A DISPATCH from st. Johns, n. f., dated the
18th inst, says: "The steamer Caspian went
lahore and was afterwards run aground. Her
fore compartments are full Of water. Dry goods
III the cargo are seriously damaged"
A FIRE at Port Siding. near St Paul. Mimi.
on the night of the 18th, destroyed the distilery
ef A. r. Keifer and the government warehouse.
Loss 49,, 900; insurance "a, 600
KAUFMANNs brewery, Cincinnati, was dam
aged to the extent of $4,000 by fire on the
Goth
OVER three hundred families have been rem
dered destitute in Ocean county, New York, by
the recent forest fires. They lived principally
by the cultivation of berries.
A DRY GOODS store at Paw Paw Mich, was
struck byEghtning on the oath and set on fire.
The flames extended to the adjacent buildings,
and before tho fire could be brought under con-
troll several business houses were destroyed.
hN Oakviile, Ont, dispatch Of the 26th says:
ga violent wind, rain and hail storm passed
over this section this afternoon. Houses were
unroofed, barns destroyed and trees uprooted.
Sames Pickett, at work on scow, fearing it
would be blown lakewards, jumped overheard
and attempted to swim to shore but was
drowned"
The storm that swept Iowa and Illinois on
the night of the 25th, visited the south with I'M
abated fury. At Decherd, on the Chattanooga
railroad, Presbyterian church was totally
wrecked. Great damage was done to houses,
stock and fences. In Giles county, Tenn,
three children were drowned The storm
struck Point Rock, Ala, on the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, destroyed five houses and
killed three children of II. NJ. Edwards L. j.
Mann was killed by lightning six miles from
Nashville. At Macon, Miss, twenty-five houses,
including the NJ. d. railroad machine shops,
round house, depot telegraph Office and master
mechanics Office, were blown down. Sixteen
SONS killed and about forty wounded Loss Of
property estimated at not less than S150,000.
The Spanish bark Elyira was washed ashore
Madeira, recently. Five bodies were found, and
i was feared the balance of the crew shared
like fate
A CYCLONE struck the north LIE of Adams
county H., on the 23d inst, doing great damage
along the line. As far as heard from some
twenty houses and barns were demolished
Several persons are reported killed and wounded
In Lorraine, Ia, the cyclone destroyed everything
i'll its path. which was half mile wide. Seven
houses were leyeled to the ground and a num-
Of .outbuldlngs destroyed. Several persons
were seriously injured Dispatches from Car
lmy1lle, Tayorville, Greenfield, Springfield and
other places in Central Illinois, say terrific
tornado passed through Green. Christian.
Saugamon and other counties and destroyed an
immense amount of property, killed dozen or
more people and injured a large number.
THIRTEEN children among the passengers on
the steamship Ohio, from Bremen for New
York died during the voyage.
By the giving way of brak rod Of the eX-
press freight on the oath inst. New York Il New
England road. two cars were thrown over
bridge forty feet high into Blackstone river,
and three cars tumblcd down steep embank-
ment.
A WORRYING train on the Norfolk & Peters
burg railroad was thrown from the track on the
23d inst. near Joor's station, and Capt. Baker
and Spencer Jones were killed. Engineer Me-
Council and fireman Howell were painfully in
jured.
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
Ar Farplinyton N H., on the 3Oth ult..
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