The daily gazette., 1880-07-17
General News.

The cotton crop in Greenville
county, Va, was greatly damaged
by a hail storm on Wednesday
night.
Mrs. johnson, wife of farmer, of
Fairmount, near Lancaster, Pa, was
killed by lightning, on Thursday.
A sixteen-year-old son of Abra-
ham Pennington, of Pawtucket, r.
l., was killed by lightning, yester-
day, while standing in the doorway
of his fathers house.
Philip Hammond was sunstruck
on board the schooner Wilson, at
Greenville, N. j., yesterday after
noon, and died before medical aid
could be procured. He lived in
Trenton, and was part owner of the
schooner Wilson.
A violent wind storm passed over
the southeastern portion of Della
ware county, Pa, yesterday after
noon. In South Chester IS houses
were unroofed, and 7 dwellings in
course of erection were demolished.
In the country many trees were
uprooted and barns and farm build
ings damaged. A man named
Boulder was severely injured by the
falling of a shutter, and a stage
driver was also seriously injured BY
the capsizing of his stage. The
storm took northeasterly course,
and had very narrow track.
A telegram from Bradford, Pa,
says that at one o'clock yesterday
morning solid shot were fired into
the second burning tank at Custer
City, to draw off the oil and thus
prevent an overflow. The work,
however, was begun too late and the
flaming oil boiled over and ignited
third tank, making it ga seething
sea of fire." The latter tank spent
its force about O'Clock last even
ing.
During severe thunder storm, at
Hanover, N. H., yesterday, a whirl-
wind passed over the southeastern
portion of the village, doing great
damage. Its course was from south
west to northeast and its track lit
tie over a mile wide. Trees and
chimneys were levelled, several
houses were unroofed, and one was
partly demolished. One man was
injured by being caught in the debris
of wrecked building; three others
were injured by lightning, one Sc
verely.
Very heavy rains fell on Thursday
night in the country around Peters
burg, Va, and thence southwark to
the North Caroline line. All the
streams, which had been nearly
dried up, are now filled, and the
drought in that section is at an end.
Captain Payneland twenty-five men,
trespassers in the Indian Territory,
were arrested by scouts on the 18th
inst. They will be taken to Polecat
Creek, Kansas, and turned over to Col.
Robinson.
Jessie Craig was burned to death, in
Forrest, Ont. yesterday morning, while
kiudling fire with coal oil.
Ex-Congressman John B. Alley was
seriously injured by being thrown
from carriage at Nahant, Massachu-
setts, yesterday. One of his hips was
broken.
1t is announced that, "owing to q
slight injury received while salmon
fishing" Prince Leopold has been
obliged to cancel all his engagements
at Newport.
The State encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic opened yester-
day at Gettysburg, and will continue
for q week,
The kidnapped children of Andrew
Sammis, of Babylon, L. l., were found
in the possession of George Walton on
Thursday night. Walton says he
"merely took the children berrying,"
but it is thought their parents will
prosecute him for abduction.
"A gentleman of the State of New
York; has presented Lincoln Univer-
sity, Chester Co., Pa, with $40, 900 to
endow classical professorship.
Joseph Karch, cashier OF the Valley
National Bank, in Lebanon, Pa drop
ped dead on Thursday, while entering
his sons house.
Samuel ,. Bigler, Sr, an aged citi-
zen of Harrisburg, and lately President
of the defunct City Bank, dropped dead
yesterday afternoon.