, 1880-02-14
toned for tho nomination, cAnt secure any
delegates, except those, perhaps, from Ills
OtFlt rglInty
STORM NOTES.


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. l:s-1,etwcen II
and II o'clock lust night Nashville was vis-
IteH by otB OF tho seyerest storms ever
known here. For upwards Of fifteen MIN
ittcs the yale wns furious In tlte highest sae-
Hrre,-su]ficIe,lt to start!e tic iinil with
fenr ami mako the stout-leartel ireInbte. 1t
Is impossible to estlsnntG ttle great damage
from tho wintl-st0r,n, but 1t will reach ilcar-
~ 100000. rho eyclone strnck the Burns
liinck, o,,n OF tho finest IN the city. tearing
utf tho Tin roof, CansfnH Water 10 Ifonl tlle
various apartments, and doing consider
ablc damage 10 the brick wall, which fell
on tho rnof Of Ffshel 1Irns.' wlt0lcsatu dry
goods store. Huy & Kirkmnn'4 hardware
s,orc suffered lnss Ut s!1o0 by rniD falling
oil tho gnotls through broken watl. The
C,MnDn BtDck was llI1rnOfgd, nntl thu posses
Sims of the tenants considerably damaged.
The roof of the freight office OF the Ens!,-
willie, Chattanooga & ST. Louis Railway was
buwn off for thirty feet. The rt,of Of
Wards Seminary was torn away. Tho
Courthouse was Injured by water. 4 pnrt
Of Cultln's Hotel WIS blown away. The
Dixie OIL Works were damaged several hum
trr,t dollars. rho First {cotored) Baptist
Ch,rc'. wns damaged ss,o00; st. I'atlts
{co1orcl1) Methodist Church, $4,000, this
building being n totai wreck. The Spruce
Street Union Methodist Church was lam
aged $4,000; St. Co1u,nbkiil's 1anlnnn Catholic
Church, $4,000; the furniture factory Of tie
E,Igctlcltl Nashville Manufacturing Compa-
ny, 0,0o0; the saw-Inill md drying ktlns
Of the same, $500. A part Of the roof Of the
Louisville depot was blown away. The
I1nr'lIng House was u,,roofct. The roof Of
the Masonic T1eatre was considerably .tnm-
aged; waser poured through the building
H!!i s;trate aIt OF tle s,"rk !; .. Of ~, ,esse
tent NJ 5000. The house occupied by 1sobcrt
COn.ers md family was blown down, Mrs
Ihnliers being. slightly and q negro 1larset
lnslsy severely bruised b. the E,'blGfrrend ot
mites of tic house Of Edwin Lins1ley were
Injured by debris. Rtlen q Ponds elevator
was partially tn ~ dnnroofed; damaged to tho ex'
esisP si "s s1G Il ;seysfsa sasS tS S0t
forenoon. and the train tlIat left, here early
are four freight trains sttle;!tIacked. on
account Of tho raise IN Harper River. This
Of years. Trains going toward Memphis
cannnt go further tl!nn Kingston Springs
until tic river falls. Telegraph, wires ,nlonlg
tile line nre oil down, ard It Is Impossible to
Fet any direct communicating from points
rising very rapitlly. a number Of familIes
living Mt endangered points. arc moving 0ut-
Heavy rnlse from the Upper Cumberland Is
expected tomorrow, and owners Of mills
along the banks of the river. are fearful OF
destruction. Several fre1g1lt-cnrx Of the
Louisville Roatl were lifted off their trucks
and blown from the truck. 4 large number
Of residences were unronfcd and build
ings damaged more or less ut Columbia,
where n sewers storm prevailed. but no
material la1nage. was done. At Mnrfrces-
III ShclbyyIlle great damage w,.s sustained
by farmers by the loss Of fences. At Frank
lin no serious damage by wind. The waters
very higll: every creek Is out Of It's banks.
At Fraiiktin, ky., several houses were un-
rooted. Ono house was fired by lightning
md destroyed.