The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-23
MISSOURI INCIDENTS.
Damage Wrought by a Water
Spout In Laclede County, Mo.

Spout In Laclede County, MO.
High waters preventing persons
living in the neighborhood of Leb.
anon from coming to the city delayed
the receipt of news until to-day OF the
disastrous damage done to farmers
living in franklin township, in La
clede county, by a wsterspout, last
Thursday night. The damage will
reach, so far as the losses have been
reported, from $4,000 to $4,000: The
STERN arose Simultaneously in the
southwest and northeast about 8
o'colck in the evening, and when the
clouds met they were at the headwaters
of Cobb's Creek. Here they poured
forth a perfect deluge of water, which
swept over the fields with wild fury.
At +. L. Lewis six acres of wheat
and five acres of corn were washed
away, the soil down to the red clay
being carried with it. I've miles of
fencing was also washed away here,
and double shovel pillow was carried
a quarter of mile and buried almost
entirely out of sight. 1t took three
men over an hour to dig it out Mr..
Lewis loss will reach $500. At
Marion Brownfeld's the entire corn
crop and all the fencing
was taken away, mourning .
l,ss of over $500. At Hugh
Lindsey's twenty-five acres Of wheat
Just about ready for harvesting, and
which promised to yield about twenty.
five bushels to the acre, was literally
uprooted and carried away by the
water. Other damage was sustained
by Mr.. Lindsey in the loss of fencing,
corn crop and SO on, which will make
his loss over 81, 900. At Masterson's
the water entered the house 10 the
depth of 5 feet, driving the family to
the top of the corn crib for refuge.
At L. C. Detwiter's, j. B. Viewers
and 10 Hough's, all the crops were
wholly ruined, the soil being also
washed away. The water swept over
these and neighboring fields for two
hours, at a depth of twenty feet, fi,w-
ing into Ccbb's creek, and then en-
plying into The Usage river, raising
the latter stream at the rate of four
f ct an hour. All day Sunday the
farmers formed squads and worked
with might and main to repair the
damage to as great an extent as posi-
BILE, in endeavoring to save
such of the crops as were
not swept away, from, the in
curslons or stock. At L. l.. Lewis q
q number of trees, IL to Is inches
through, were taken up as though
but cornstocks, and carried away.
Other damage was done, but high
water prevents the news from coming
in. This disaster is particularly q
deplorable one, coming right in har.
vest, and just when the outlook for
the farmers was brighter than for
many years.
DAUGHTERS OF THE CoNFEDERAcY.
The leading ladies of Boonville
met yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence of Mrs. John r. Walker and
formed an auxiliary to the st. Louis
Daughters of the Confederacy society.
The officers elect are: Mrs. John r.
Walker, president; Mrs. Maj. II. NJ.
Clark. first vice president; Mrs. E.
B. Bunce, second vice president; Mrs.
Fred santer, secretary; Mrs. j. H.
Woodbridge. corresponding secretory ;
Mrs. w. w. Trigg, treasurer. The
society has for its main object the
raising of funds for the ex-confeder-
ate home located at Higginsvills, Mo.
STOLEN JEwELRY FOUND.
Moses Wells, co'ored, while fishing
at Booth Pond, one mile west of the
Chicago and Alton railway station
near Bowling Green, found slowed
away under some bushes a pasteboard
shoe box we'll packed With jewelry,
consisting of silk chains and fobs,
collar and cuff buttons, shirt studs
ond scarf pins, estimated to be worth
$3.50. The articles had eviden ly
been there but a short time, as the
box was perfectly dry, and quite q
rain fell there early that morning.
There were no marks to indicate
where the articles had come from, and
the supposition is that they were
stolen at some Of the neighboring
towns.
DRAGGED TO DEATH.
Yesterday evening about 6 o'clOl
Matt Gilpin, aged II years, son o
Charles Gilpin, living three mile
north of Marshall, met with horrible