St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
IN THE SUNNY SOUTH.
Several Inches OF Snow in Texas
and High Winds in Georgia.

BONHAM, Tex, March 21.-YeSterday
morning it grew suddenly cold and it
showed hard all day, fully six inches
having fallen at o'clock last evening.
For some time previous the most beau
tiful spring weather has been expert
enced in this part of Texas. Fruit trees
and flowers were in bloom and garden
vegetables were well advanced. Now,
the blossoms, flowers and garden veg
etableS mingled with the heaviest snow
that has fallen in Northern Texas in
many years, present most novel sight.
The first crop is ruined. The storm
came from the northwest. All day the
storm was so binding as to almost pre-
vent travelling. Advices from Sherman
and Gainesville, Tex, say that from
four to twelve inches of snow fell there
and buried the spring flowers and fruit
tree blossoms. Monday the mercury
marked ~ deg. and yesterday it was
down to 81.
IN GEORGIA.
ATLANTA, Ca, March 21.-A severe
storm passed through section of this
state last night. The telegraph wires
are down between Atlanta. Augusta
and Chattanooga. Reports have been
received that many houses were blown
down in Calhoun. DouglaSville, Salt
Springs, Newman, Fairburn and AnStel,
Ga. But one death has thus far been
reported, that Of negro blacksmith at
AnStel. The storm appears to have Or
iginated in Florida. At Calhoun, Ga,
last night, the storm demolished the
Baptist and Methodist churches, de-
StrOyed several houses and unroOfed
every house in town. Numbers of cat
tie were killed. No loss of life has been
reported, but four or five persons were
wounded by falling timbers.
IN ARIZONA.
HoLBRooK, AriZ., March 21.-Snow
began falling Monday night and contin-
ued during most of yesterday. 1t is the
worst snow storm of the season. The
wind is from the southwest and has
and the track of the Southern Pacific.
AWinslow dispatch says: With high
wind from the southwest, SNOW began
falling during the night and is the deep
est of the year. The wind blew hurri-
cane for several hours. Sheep On the
range are scattered, and it is feared the
loss will be great. AT Kingman:. 1t
showed all day yesterday in this sec
ton. There has been no such storm of
wind and snow for many years, The
SNOW is drifted TO the depth of many
feet in many places. Cattle suffer
greatly from the unusual cold.
LOSS OF LIFE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 21.-Dis-
patches tonight state that the hurri-
cane, which aid such great damage at
Calhoun, Ga, last night, passed over
East Tennessee. At and near Lenoir'S
much damage was done and several lives
lost. The residence of j. II. Williams,
three miles east of Lenoir's, was COM
pletely swept away and his wife carried
off on the wreck and killed. The body
of Mrs. Williams was found to-day in
the Tennessee river where it had blown.
She was in bed when the house was
blown away. The next residence struck
by the storm was that of George w.
Hardin. The building was totally de-
molished, but the family escaped.
The storm then crossed tim
bered ridge and tore up every tree
by the roots in its tracks. The
home of James Linginfelter was re-
duced to kindling wood. In it were
John r. Smith, who was killed, and
little daughter of Linginfelter, who had
a leg broken. The dwellings of William
King and John Gideon were blown
down. Seven members of the King
family were badly injured, and two of
the GideOnS were so seriously hurt that
they cannot recover. The house of La
fayette Prater was wrecked, and Jack
son Prater was blown over the GaSden
fence, but escaped with slight injuries.
The cyclone travelled in a northeastly
direction, and bureau in the Williams
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