Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-28
A Water Spout.

CHADRON NeO., May zo.-l no Whter opouI
which broke in the northwest part of Dawes
county last night submerged five miles OF
track on the Fremont, E,khorn and Missouri
Valley railroad and washed away numerous
bridges. 1t has rained hard since four o'clock
last night without stopping, and the coun
try is flooded. Farmers all along the White
and Lone Tree rivers have had to abandon
their houses, a number of which have been
washed away. White river has risen 16
feet in forty minutes. The water came
down almost in solid wall. 1t is impossi-
BILE to cross White river, as all the highway
bridges are washed out and it is feared that
great damage has been done further north
west, as the water spout came from that d.
rec.ion. Captain ]. A. Sweet, farmer, lost
16 head of cattle and five head of horses,
the water coming In such wall that 1t car.
ried the live stock along with it. MIR. Sweet
came across the river In boat and reports
that terrible damage has been done to other
farmers, both in loss of live stock and crops.
The rivers are still rising and it is raining
hard No loss of life has as yet been report
ed, but it is feared that after full report
can be obtained there will be fatalities to re
cord. The cloud was plainly visible from
here and it had the appearance of q rolling
mass of black cloud revolving like d earth
wheel or log, entirely different from oy
clone cloud. A man of the mama of Ander
son was in the extreme southern limit of the
spout and he reports the water coming in q
solid wall ten feet deep and carrying every.
thing possible before it. Anderson barely
escaped with his life. This section is noted
for water spouis. The last one occurred three
years ago aud carried away the entire rail
road camp which was then building the FIRE.
mont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley road
Presbyterian General Assemblies.
PHILADELPHIA. May 2S.-Gov. Beaver
was in the chair when the Presbyterian
General Assembly met this morning and
opened the business session with prayer. A
congraiulatory telegram from the United
Presbyterian Assembly Was read DR.. KEMP
shall read a report from the committee on
Foreign Missions in the case of Rev. ]. M.
w. Farnham, removed from the control of
the publication interests of the North China
Mission by order of the Board. The COM
mittee found that the action of the Board
was proper, while in no sense mpariDg the
character of DR.. Farnham or his devotion to
his work. The report advises Dr. Farnham
to return to his field of missionary labor In
North China.
BALTIMORE. May 2S.-The General AS.
sembly was called to order by the Modera-
tor at 9 80 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Smoot, of the
committee on the vote in the complaint of
Rev. DR.. Woodrow against the Synod of
Georgia. reported that the sense of the Gen.
eral Assembly is that God made the body |
out of the dust of the earth, and that it was
not evolved from lower animal. A sub
stitute for the report was presented declar
ing that the action of the Synod of Georgia |
did not annul the action of the Presbytery |
of Augusta or affect the ecclesiastical stand.
ing Of DR.. Woodrow, and further that the
views held by DR.. Woodrow were not con.
trary to the standards of the church. The
substitute was rejected and the report of the
committee adopted.