The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04
South and West.

A TORNADO near Columbia s. c.. demol-
lshed several residences and large number
OF barns and outhouSes. uprootcd trees. and
destroyed everything in its track. The storm
extended INTO the adjacent county OF Lcxing-
ton, where great damage was also done
MORE than twenty Ievees along thc
lower Mississippi have given way and the
state OF affairs was reported as the most dis
estrous known since the war. The breaks in
the various levees let in large volumes of
| water which oveTsprcad the country mum
dated plantations, and ruined the cotton and
sugar crops The national government was
appealed 10 for aid, as many people were left
entirely destitute.
NUMBER of persons were killed. many
more were injured and great damage wa.
done TO property by tOrnados in portions of
Ohio. Kentucky and Tennessee In Ken
lucky alone the damage was estimated at
$4,000.
SAN FRANCISCO has Just experienced the
seNercst shock of earthquake since 1-GS. Tho
people were very much alarmed and rushed
out of their houses. The shock lasted fifteen
seconds, and several buildings were badly
damaged.
HEAVY fail in wheat at Chicago caused
an excitement almost amounting to a panic.
Nearly lOO,OOl.OOO bushels of wheat CHANGED
hands durn,; the day.
DURING the recent heavy toinadoS Mrs
Braughton and two children were killed i'm n
cabin at London, Ky. and a brakeman's
neck was broken; at BUdd. Ky. several ppl.-
sons were killed and many more iniurad
and at other points in Kentucky, Ohio.
Indiana. the Carolinas and Georgia more Oh.
less lives were lost and great damage was
caused TO property. Several small VILLAGES
III the vicinity OF Dayton, Ohio, we're literally
torn to pieces.
OPPOSITION to the sale of liquor in Kansas
is well illustrated by an incident which oo-
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Harold opened liquor store in that place on
Friday and on Monday got into a quarrel
with one of his drunken customers and was
shot by the constable, A band of women en-
Tered ms place on Tuesday and poured all the
liquor into the street.
FIVE children OF James Wilson (colore,p.
living near Brunswick, Ga. ate pork Tor am
ner, subsequently became i'll and after lngpr
ing i'll great agony several hours died Their
parents claimed that they were the victims of
trichina in the pork, and the planters in tho
county were much exercised in consequence
Many, however, We're inclined to the belief
that the children We're poisoned by their
parents. and this theory was strengthened bv
the TACT that the parents pcrsistently refused
TO divulge where the pork was obtained.
a GREAT crowd of 10000 persons attacked
the Jail at Cincinnati III an attempt to lynch
lllam Beiner, whose trial for the
self-coniessed murder of William Khl,
had ended in n verdict of mere man
slaughter, An immense indignation meeting
ended by the crowds marching t. the jail and
attempting to force an entrance. Themilitia
was called out, and in the firing which fol-
lowed one man was killed and others injured.
Such excitement Which prevailed in Cincin-
natl has not been known there in long
time.
EIGHT murderers were hanged the other
day-five at Tombstone, Arizona. one at
PlaccrVillc and one at San BeTnardino. Cal.
and one at Sumter, $. c. The five at Tomb
stone were masked marauders who had killed
four persons in n raid: the one at Placerville
had murdered two brothers: the san Berna-
dino victim was woman murderer, and the
one At Sumter was negro who had killed
another OF his race.