The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-05-31

VIII 40 ior living. They have hello
| Office 80 long they are not fit for any
other business and am afraid they viii
! neris!: !o death OF fall on the County
But then reckon they will pick ur
some little something and put it away
before we turn 'em out. | reckon they
will. Bill Arr
TALL TALES OF THE WIND.
Ponds Blown Dry-wood.n Bowls Spill.
and Trees isiown UP by the Roots.
CHICAGO, May 20.-Somc one Of the
stories told concerning the work of the
cyclones i'll Wisconsin and Illinois are
almost beyond belief vet their truth is
so well ouched for by many wi,nesses ;
that they must he accepted M trust
worthy. At kellogg's Corners, Kenosla a
county, Wisconsin, the cyclone which a
few minutes later visited Racine witt,
such disastrous result. swept n miiipond
dry, carrying the water i'm blinGing
sheet to the barn of Chas. Herrick,
which was literally dcluged, and a COW
Stabled therein was drowned. a new
brick school house at Aztalan, Jefferson
county. Wisconsin, was destroyed hy
hail. The stones were as big as eggs,
aud came down in such numbers and
with such velocity as to make the build.
ing look as though it had been DESTROYED
by n cannonade. Mrs. Northrop and her
son, who lived on a farm in Racine
county, near Union Grove, were standing
ut window watching the cyclone, when
they noticed that the funnel was coming
toward them with terrific momentum.
They jumped into the cellar, and had no
sooner landed on their feet than their
house, substantial frame, was picked an
like balloon and carried over heir
head long distance down the road.
The residence of Mr.. Page, southeast
of Springfield, Ill.,, was demolished and
every outbuilding blown down. Sume
oi them were carried completely away,
especially large ice house, OF which no
vtslige could be found within radip:
OF mile. Mr.. Page, with his family.
took refuge in the cellar of the house on
seeing the approach of the cyclone.
They had narrow escape from being
crushed to death by the foundations Of
the building, composed Of brick, which
came tumblirg in upon them, seriously
bruialng Mrs Page. The house would
at times rise several feet off the ground, /,
but. strange to say, with the exec ,,tion
of being unroofed, it settled down almost
on the old foundation. Near the house.
aud in the track Of the tornado, were
found several hugo logs which had evil
IDENTIFY been part Of some log house.
but which Mr. Page had never seen
before and did not know whence they
came. The wagon standing near the
house was carried several rods away and
turned upside down without being much
damaged. The residence of Supervisor
GEuhb, ill :he same neighborhood, was
unharmed, but summer kitchen WAS
thrown out of shape. The stove which
was heated at the time, was raised up
and carried about 200 yards and lodged
in straw stack. A fire followed, and
the barn and other outbuildings adjacent
were consumed.
Near Dawson, further East, the lorna i.
do was very violent. Along it's track
nothing could be found that had not been
damaged. In all the fields were dead
horses and cattle. Trees were prostrated.
fences were blown away, and the roads
in some places blocksded. In one place
a haystack in shapeless mass mped ed
travel. 1t had been blown from an ad.
joining. field. The cyclone at Dawson
and other points. according to the testi.
mony Of eye witnesses, presented the ap.
pearaDce at times Of vast ball Of fire.
shaped as funnel. 1t seemed to possess
heat and power at the little end. Moth.
ing OF human construction could survive
its touch.
A few miles North of Virginia, Ill.,, a
hedge fence was raised root and branch
and carried away. A big pile Of railroad
ties lying near the track was scattered
far aud wide. On Springfield Round
Prairie horse was found with a piece of
rail through his body. At the residence
OF Major Hess, one and half miles East
of Springfield, the chimneys were tum
bled and the windows broken. Iu one
OF the windows sat n large wooden bowl.
This was split midway, one-balf being
left in its original position and the other
half carried off by the cyclone. At one
place flock of geese were found naked
this morning, their feathers having been
stripped from their backs and hung upon
a hedge.
On hill near Howard, Ill.,, the storm
was very severe. On Friday afternoon
this knoll was we'll covered with houses
and barns. On Saturday morning not q
stick of timber was to be seen. The only
vestige of houses or barns now left are
tte Ceiidt WaiiS ue trees are nlIed
with torn garments, remnants of bed
clothes, aud the entrails of animals, q nd
strewn over the ground are bushels of
grain and corn.
At Grafton, sixteen miles southwest Of
Jerseyville, Ill.,, large stones were lifted
Off the bluffs and hurled with tremend Gus
force into the Mississippi River and upon
the town below, causing the utmost con.
sternation and feav among the inhabi.
tants. The Wabash track was covered
for several miles with stones thrown by
the force of the wind from the bluffs. 4
car OF stone weighing $4,000 pounds was
lifted from the track, and the stones scat.
tered in every direction. Micheal
Larned was taken up bodily and carried
away. Search was made and his body
found in a culvert of the Wabash Rail.
way, a distance of one hundred yards
from where the storm struck I'm. His
head and face were eplit in two, and bis
body badly bruised. Large pickets were
carried long distance and driven into
trunks of trees.
= During the war Georgian start ed
| to Marietta with some chickens for SALE
He met the soldiers, and they bought all