The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-04
South and West.

PORTIONS Of North Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama, have baen visi ed by cyclone which
was heavily disastrous to life and property. In
North Carolina the cyclone, commencing in
Brunswick county and extending a width Of
200 yards, travelled into Pender county, Telling
everything in its track. One church. two saw
mills and large number CT other buildings
were destroyed. One child was killed, and
TWO ADULTS are known to be seriously injured
In Georgia the cyclone struck the lower edge
OF Bibb county and passed into adjacent coun-
ties. One old gentleman and young lady were
killed and many houses were unroofed. At
Kings Landing, Ala, three negroes were
killed, and at Graves Ferry, twenty four miles
above, two others were killed. Quite a num-
Der at the latter place were seriously wounde /.
STANIsLAUs METAs aged nine, arrived at
Stafford, Arizona, from Stevens sheep camn
with the following dreadful story of the recen
Indian massacre "Before DAYLIGHT the Tn.
dians attacked the camp while we were all
asleep. My father and five other men attempted
10 get their guns but were too late. The In
cians rushed IN from all sides and over
powered them before q shot could be frel-
Inc work of slaughter then began. An Indian
put the muzze of his gun against the head of
one man and fired, blowing his brains against
the door and walls. I saw them kill nv
mother and two brothers by beating their
brains out with stones. They killed five per-
sons and tied my father and tortured him
most dreadfully. He begged them to spare him.
out they only tortured him the more. and
hnally they split his skull with an ax. An
lhdlan squaw, the wife of one of four friendly
apache sheep herders who worked with ia
saved my life by holding me behind her and
begging them to spare me. When all the Mex
lcahs were dead except me the Indians left.
The squaw who arrived with the boy said there
were ninety-three Indians in the attacl,iI
party The outbreak is the most di .astrou3
which ever occurred in Arizona, not less than
iorty persons having been killed.
THE town of Galeyville, in Arizona, just over
the New Mexico line, has been burned and
completely destroyed by Apache Indians.
Thirty white people were killed.
WHILE freight train was crossing a creek
near Carbon Hill, Ohio, trestle gave way,
dropping the engine into the water. The engi.
neer and fireman. father and son-yere
instantly killed, and the head brakeman re.
ceived fatal injuries.
AT Yanceyvil!e, N. c., Postmaster Felix Roam |
shot and killed Nathaniel Johnston, mortally |
wounded George Williamson, Jr., and was him |
self shot in the leg by the latter All the
parties to the tragedy were prominent citizens,
and the trouble seems to have originated in |
come pleasantrics INDUCED in at Mr.. Roan's
expense concerning his appointment as post.
master.
some one sent two internal machines in the
'haIe of parcels containing explosive material
% William H. Vanderbilt and Cyrus W. Field
trough the New York city mail but while
till in possession of the postofice officials both
'arcels exploded, luckily, however, without
oing any injury. The parcels contained gun
otton, sulphuric acid and other chemicals,
n were so arranged that when opened sud-
enly they would explode. parcel of similar
haracter, intended evidently for Mr. Walling,
uperintsndent of the New York police, was
eft by mistake in the basement Of the house of
gentleman who lives near the superintendent
nd who strikingly resembles him in features.
nat parcel also exploded without doing any
Jury.