, 1884-02-21
TeLEeRAPHIc NEWS IN BRIEF.

At Leeds, Ala, q cyclone swept ava,
the section house OF the railroad, kill
ing three negroes.
At one point in Newbery county
South Carolina, a forest of q hun
drsd acres was swep. away by Tuesday
tornado.
The steamer Trisia, from Hamburg
with the bodies of Lieutenant De
Long and his comrades on board has
arrived at the port of New York.
A terrible cyclone passed neal Rock
ingham, N. c., on Tuesday night,
killing from fifteen to twenty people
and wounding a great many others.
Advices from Lamoure, OAK. are
to the effect that no tidings from the
missing stage coaches, lost in the re-
cent snow storm, hav yet reached this
point.
A saw mill boiler exploded on Tues
day at West Carlisle, o., killing two
men, Ridenbaugh and Buckmaster,
besides severely wounding several
others.
People were carried, In numerous in
stances, great distances by the cyclone
In the cotton states on Tuesday. Some
were bruised, some mangled and others
killed.
Later intelligence adds greatly to the
horror of the woeful story OF .he tor
nado in Alabama. Many miles of for
est were levelled and numerous men
and beasts killed.
The senate yesterday took up and
passed without debate the bill increas-
ing the annual amount to provide rms
and equipments for the militia from
800, 900 to $3.50. 900.
Tom Henry, of England, and Jim
Murray, Of New York City, fought a
prize fight in West Chester county yes
terday morning. Henry knocked Muir
ray out In the 9th round.
The damage resulting to the planta-
lions of the gulf states through the tor
nado of Tuesday is beyond present COM
putation. Time alone will reveal the
great extent Of the winds fury.
Hon. Columbus Delano, of Ohio, and
others made arguments yesterday before
the committee of ways and means In
favor Of q restoration of the duties on
wool imposed In the tariff of 1867.
Franklin, KY, was visited by a tor
nado on Tuesday afternoon and a large
tobacco factory, owned by New York
parties, was blown down, whilst the
Borceau hotel and opera house were
unroofed.
The treasury department has bee n
notified that the president Of Mexico
has issued a decree imposing an addi-
tlonal duty OF Ave per cent. on all arti-
Giles imported into Mexico, commencing
the 18th Of May next.
Richmond, Va, will send to the
national republican convention at Chi
eago, two sets of delegates. Malone
and friends delegates will be hostile to
Blaine ON account Of his opposition to
Inelr reaolustef Bcnemes.
Macon, Georgia, was visited on Tues
day afternoon and night by a tremend-
Gus storm. Rumors of deaths and
destruction In the surrounding counties
prevail. An Atlanta telegram reports
nfty killed north of the city.
Near Mount Sterling, KY, n party Of
fifteen raftsmen, returning from Lick
ing river to their homes in Mogofin
county, became involved in a drunken
fght. Elijah Lee was shot dead and
six others were more or less wounded
BY stabs.
The Danville Investigation proceeded
yesterday. Captain Graves and w. II.
Barksdale, a colored clergyman, were
on the stand but they offered nothing
new in the way Of evidence. The
further the case progresses the weaker
1t becomes.
The house committee on elections,
after bearing the argument In behalf
Of Woods, in the Kansas contested
election case of Wood vs.. Peters, de-
eided by a vote of IL to l to report In
favor Of Peters, the sitting member, to
retain his seat.
The official Gazette. at Berlin, pub
fishes the communication from Bis
marck to Won Eisendecker, directing
the return to the American house Of
representatives of its resolution of con-
dolence at the death Of Herr Lasker.
The communication Is dated Febru-
airy 0.
Senator Plumb reported yesterday
from the committee oil agriculture, a
bill to provide for the erection of the
department OF agriculture into an ex-
ecutive department, and for making
the chief officer of that department a
cabinet officer with the title of secre-
tary Of agriculture. 4 Z
Chicago Cattle Market.
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