Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-26
DESTRUCTIVE CYCLIC MES IN
the SOUTH.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL


WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Miller
said last night that he thought the Missis-
sippi bill would not occupy the time OF the
Senate more than an hour or two to-day,
and if it is disposed of he will urge
the immediate consideration of the Chi
nese bill, and he hopes to get it fairly I'M
der way before adjournment to-day. 1t is
expected that several speeches will be
made, though as yet no Senator has given
notice of an intention to make extended
remarks.
Senator Lapham (Rep.) of New York
yesterday presented in the Senate the reso-
luton adopted by the Union League Club
of New York, of which VIM. NJ. Everts is
President, indorsing the action of Presi-
dent Arthur in vetoing the Miller bill, and
his craftsmanship and ability in placing
the subject before the public, 80 that it
could be seen in all its delicate and COM
plicated dealings.
Representative Washburn of Minnesota
presented in the House yesterday a petit
ton signed by w~orkingmen protesting
against the importation Of Chinese, which
they declare to be a curse in every sense
of the word.
A Terrible CycIOne-NOthing Stayed
It's Progress.
SELMA (Ala.), April 25.-Between s and
9 o'clock on Saturday night, points east
and south of here, for a distance of from
IA to 20 miles, were visited by a combined
wind and rain storm, that in fierceness
and strength surpassed any similar occur
renee in this region. The cyclone proper
lasted only a few minutes, and ranged over
a track of about - miles in length, and
from a quarter to half mile in breadth.
Everywhere in its course houses were
blown to pieces, fences torn down, and
immense forest trees twisted from their
roots and carried away. Nothing stayed
its progress. Several brick houses were
blown off smooth with the ground, and
bricks and mortar were found hundreds
of Yards distant. A m was pierced
through and through by a piece of splint'
cred plank. The ragged lance entered
from the rear and passed directly through
her heart. On Howard Walkers planta-
ton, near Mush Creek, great damage to
property was done, but no lives were lost,
although several persons on White Man
were severely hurt. Horses, mules and
cows were killed in considerable numbers,
and stables and gin-houses, being general
ly large and fiat buildings, were broken to
bits and scattered far and wide. W. L.
Thomson's place, near Groves Ferry, re-
ceived a very severe visitation, and the
list of accidents and the amount of losses
there will probably foot up larger than at
any other points mentioned. Strange
to say, not a white person received a
scratch, although the dwellings in which
J. NJ. Thompson and his large family
and their overseer and his family lived,
were completely demolished. The negro
quarters were built in a straight line
through a magnificent grove of wild oaks,
and the trees and house being right in the
course of the cyclone, were tumbled over
together in a fearful way. Hardly a ne
gro on the place escaped without some in
jury, and many were painfully and dan
gerously hurt. The scene at the time,
with men, women and children buried I'm.
der the fallen trees, screaming and praying
for aid, while all about them was inky
blackness, with rain pouring down in tor
rents, can be easier imagined than de-
scribed. Two negro women and a boy
were instantly killed and crushed beyond
resemblance to things human. Three were
dangerously injured about their heads, and
broken arms and legs are common, These
are all the points SO far heard from where
lives were lost, but the reports from loca-
tons where houses were unroofed and
fences blown down are numerous. Wher-
ever the tornado went it left in its track