Daily Republican., 1885-08-06
Anoiher Destructive Cyclone.
From the Smyrna Times.

lin these parts, visited this city month
Iago we little thought IL would return so
soon again, and almost in the same To-
Icality, to repeat its destructive march.
But the fanoied security Of our fathers
and the good name of our peninsula
Igive US no immunity in this peculiar
y ear of 1885. Monday morning set in
lowering with southerly wind, the
rain falling gently at first until near
3noon, VIXEN it increased in force and
for more than an hour came down in
torrents.
The wind had been from the south.
east, but the last heavy dash came from
the southwest. Residents of the neigh
borhood of the " Big Oak" two miles
from town, saw a peculiar low whiting
Icloud come from over the woods in a
direction from southeast to northwest,
and when Just over the State road, /,
nearly in front of the big barn onDavid
III. Cummins' farm in the tenure Of
George T. Thompson, II was struck by
the stronger cloud coming from the
southwes;, and the two, pooling their
issues" for destruction, dropped down
into the old peach orchard, one or two
hundred yards distant, swapping and
Twisting the treessoff like reeds.
But short distance carried it out of
the old orchard into the new-just in
fall bearing, and well filed with
broad swath, destroying it was estima-
ted 800 trees and 1000 baskets otpeaches,
involving a loss of about $1,000. The
corn In field adjoining the orchard
was in some cases pulled out of the
= ground and all fattened to the ground
as If passed over by roller.
From here it crossed the road to the
farm of d. w. Trumpeller in the tenure
OF Jacob Maclary. A handsome syca-
: more tree that stood in the lane was
the first to feel its force leaving it be-
reft of nearly every limb. A part OF
. the stabling was blown down, the bar n
! nearly going too, and his straw stacks
! torn down and blown in all direction, 3.
The corn field suffered less than others
because II was of late planting and not
grown.
The farm of James Robinson caught
the full benefit, GOVERN e IT. from side &c
!. side distance of nearly half a mile
: the dwelling and farm buildings being
directly in the centre of the cyclone
track. The barn was first struck
> knocking in the end, which forced tn,
doors of the other, the free passag,
7, through it probably saving the roo
y from being blown off, aud the weigh
:, of the wheat on the fioors, Mr.. Robin
son thinks, saved the barn from beinI
= icarried away. Mr.. II. was in the hous
y with his family, and just before tn
- storm burst with fury upon the prem!
tses farm hand called out to him tina
q one of them things was coming"
I'll He suspected what he meant, an(
~ commenced to secure the windows an,
10 doors, but he had only partially sue
ceeded when they felt themselves in it
"a whirl. His brother Joseph from tn
:, the adjoining farm, who was sitting il
" ~ the opposite door, jumped up to get in
y side, but instead was hurled cut in th
yard and don't know where he woul
have been carried had he not seized
70 bush and held on with all his force
The house sustained no injury bey on
, the breaking OF window glasses and th
- 20 starting of the roof, but half of tn
;, top of the ssabling was carried off.
- wagon was blown perhaps a hundre
~ yards and when found was lying on ii
= side.
..,l His large stack yard of straw wa
, completely levelled, but the wors
= damage was to the apple orchard G
- - some 20 trees, half of which were uI
70 rooted or the limbs twisted and broke
,o off. This is a loss that will be fel
y through the succeeding years. TIL
- ground was literally covered with tn
- green fruit stripped from the trees
The fences were down in all directions
and the first care was to secure tn
stock against further depredationt
" " The PROSTATE corn all lay in one direI
40 tion-pointing towards the centr
a "a of the track obliquely, from eithe
y side.
:, Passing from Mr.. Robinson's It struc
20 the tenure of Samuel Hobbs, giving on
a corner of the farm Of W. o. Hoffecke
a brnsh, but doing no damage other tha
Nc Nc in tearing down about Zoe panels {
~ fence. Mr.. Hobbs suffered severely
The stable was twisted from its founds
tion, and the cowshed blown own k II
~ ing COW. The fences were pulled ul
~ or Frustrated, and the peach orchard
Il u some 2, 600 trees badly broken.
~ From here it passed on over to tf
ue farm of W. Geo. Truax, damaging h
,i,:: young orchard, and in a few moment
Il, afterwards it struck the place of Josep
% Windle, where stable and 9th,
oi things were demolished, then visitiu
~ the Ro.hwell's Landing farm of Co
~. 40 Geo. w. Cummins in the tenure
y 'se Theodore Mannon, the handsome TO
w. w. of apple trees that line the lane and t.
u
he ad joining were badly broken, the seve
a., a.. est damage being among his be-
40 variety OF trees on which there was
3 10 fair sprinkling of fruit. Some of IL
=, Iapple trees broken OFF were frot
~ foot to foot and half
~ diameter. In making for the farm
VIM. @. Mitchell, occupied by Sill;
lr. Weller, it encountered very large gul
ay tree which was pulled up out of IL
Vn ground and carried a distance of {
to fest. His corn, as was the case of u
ed others over which 1t crossed was levele
but the peach orchard sustained a
ne immense damage.
ay From here it crossed the creek ne
'n' the irCn bridge passing over the inte
,n' vening farms of Throughfare Neck, g
alt tering the bay from thUse of VIM.
he Deakyne and j. p. Collins. Mr.. De
lkyne thinks he lost 800 baskets OF pc
lat ches out of a prospective crop
he 1000 baskets, but his trees did not suff
damage like those on this side of d
Is creek. There were doubtless damag
he besides these narrated above tn
n a will aggregate considerable sums to 8
lat the farmers living in the line Of
'us track.
ost "--
sy, Cost of 6rant's Funeral.
re- The New York Commercial fAugu
in 9th says: Ii General Grants funer
or in New York on Saturday will cos
ee, million dollars tho investment will
lat suit most profitably to this city. Ne
II York might assume the indebtedne
for the entire amount, and yet at mi