The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-09

the people narrowly escaped the fall
ing cocOanut trees whichwcre blown
down. The roads are blocked up ON
all sides by huge trees and rubbish.
anti it Is impossible To get mails.
All the telegraph lines are inter
rupted. In eight hours the barome-
ter fell from $3.50 to 1856.
Reports from II. James state that
nearly all the houses have been laid
10 the ground and are covered MP
with trees and earth.
y correspondent ut Constitution
Hill writes that in his region the
storm began about l. NJ. ON Wcdnes-
day and ragged until Thursday
morning. lie sends list of some
fifty persons in the August Hill dis
| trict whose houses are goMe. Banana
culture Is ruined and there are no
mangoes, vans nor pears Ia be seen.
Cane fields and coffee plantations
suffered also and il i feared that the
people have little or no food and
that tidings from Newcastle are of n
grave import. Out of eighty houses
some twenty were levellcd 10 the
ground and the wreckage was swept
away from the mountain side. We
are informed that soldier was
killed instantaneously by tree fall
ing across his breast. All along the
coast from Kingston TO Holland bay
| the destruction was awful and the
loss beyond computation. The papers
state that thieves are everywhere
availing themselves of the defense
less state OF the people, and are steal
ing al libitum. Ii is estimated that
the island has been put back i'm de-
velopmcnt about Two wears, and il is
feared that the poorer classes have
an era of suffering before them.
Planters are lett with shattered and
destroyed crops, and the fishermen
have had their houses blown away
and their smaks sunk. At the mar
kets in town the people came with
empty hands, and traffic is plighted
to an interchange of stories, which
are sObbingly told. There is little
or no business going on anywhere
except the work of restoring to some
sort of shape the distorted and shat
tered dwelling and wrecked ediiices.
In many towns the government Of
fees and buildings suffered much,
and the clerks are unable To transact
business.
NEW YORK. September6 Ga Mon
trcal special gives the following
The steamer lIarworth, with 1000
steel rails, from Barrow. collided
with huge iceberg in the Straits
of Belle Isle, on Sunday night, the
29th ultimo, smashing hole in her
bow some twenty feet wide, and
breaking her stern TO atoms and Civ
ing her an involuntary deck load OF
ice, which toppled over upon hcl
and threatened to sink her by sheer
weight. She careencd so mach that
her stern was lifted high up out o.
the water, and threatened TO pitcl
her bow foremost into th'
depths. All was confusion il
a moment, as the collision wa,
unlocked for. Owing Ia the night
) being clear and starlight, the watcl
had been mistaken as 10 the iceberg
They believed il TO be part of tho
overhanging clouds. and when TIT
crash came two of them were thrown
into the water. The boats were
lowered, manned. and in READINGS,
TO leave the vessel. An examination
showed she would float. and tn,
crew set to work To repair the dam
ages. John Randall, who had gone
overheard. was never seen again
and his companion in misfortune. af
ter floating with the help of a watel
barrel for half an hour, was rescued
1t took two days to repair the dam
ages and enable the vessel TO pro
coed. She arrived here late last
night, where she will at once dis
charge and repair damages. She
was Clyde built and was classed a
LlOyd's.
| PARIS, September 6.-The sou
announces that boat belonging tC
Prince GalitZin foundered on III,
81 inst. off the coast of Finisterre
Viscount Fleury, Mrs. Hennessy AZ
American lady, and two natives o
England were drowned.
CHARLESTON, s. G.. September O.
At II O'Clock last night the steam
ship Charleston was still OH Pumpkin
Hill shoal with no immediate pros
pect of getting her of. Work viii
be resumed to-day.
New ORLEANS. September o.
The strike of the cotton yard mel
has ended. the last of the presses
yielding to-day To the demands o
the labOrers for increased rates
To-day the draymen who have here
tofore received twelve dollars pei
week asked for an increase, anC
seven bosses agreed 10 pay the adj
vance, consequently others will
doubtless be compelled to submit.
PETERSBURG, VIVA, September
This city and vicinity was visited
last night by one of the heavies
rain storms that has occurred her,
in many months. The rain fell il
torrents accompanied by violen
thunder and flashes of lightning
which struck several places in thu
city: During the progress of Tho
storm the custom house was struck
Several persons were severely stun
ned, and the telephone wire running
into the Presbyterian church re
ceived a portion of the stroke and
was badly injured. The wire of tho
Western Union telegraph office wer,
struck by lightning and considerably
disarranged and number of Tho
employees were severely shocked
This morning some of the wires be
tween here and Richmond are re
ported down. Mr.. Arper. book
keeper of the Bank of St. Peters.
burg. while writing was knocked
from his seat by the lightning and
badly stunned. The pen in his hand
was melted by the fluid. A number
of houses in the lower part of the city
are flooded with water. In different
parts of the city trees were up.
rooted. The rain in adjacent coun.
ties is reported very heavy and the
roads badly washed.
LITTLE Rock, September 7.-ThC
| indications are, that in the election
for county officers and members OF
the Legislature the Democrats have
carried the state by usual majority
The Republicans claim the election
of W. :. Oliver for sheriff Of Put
laski county. The election here
was very quiet and peaceablc.
There were three tickets in the field
in Pulaski county. the Democratic.
Republican and Greenback. II will
take an official count to determine
the result. The main question pro-
/ posed was the amendments TO the
constitution, repudiating certain
bonds which was defeated in this
county by 1000 majority. Reports
from jefferson, Miller and other
counties gives an overwhelming ma
jority against IL. Ii is the opinion