Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-27
South and West.

TANKEY VALLEY, in Greer County. Texas
was swept by cyclone from one end to tht
other and not building has been LETT stand
ing. Five persons were killed instantly, ter
were fatally injured, and many more wer'
badly hurt. Hardly person in the valley
escaped.
Mr.. AND MRS. A. r. AUTREY, OF Adel
Ca, were thrown from carriage and killed
RING Brothers circus train was wrecke
near Atchison, Kan, and four showmen wer
killed and five badly injured.
A MOB of 200 men at Clarksville, Ga.
broke into the jail, took therefron threa
colored men, charged with the murder OF q
night policeman at Toccoa, and hanged then
all on the limb OF large oak tree.
THE Arizona Territorial Democratic Con
vention at Tucson elected delegates Il
Chicago. The convention recommendet
Marius A. Smith as delegate TO Congress
and endorsed Grover Cleveland.
BY the capsizing of boat on the Dowdlt
Place, near Morrilton, Ark, Hamp Wilson,
coored, four women and five children wera
drowned.
JIM TAYLOR, a co.ored man, who assaultel
little girl near ChsstertowD, MI, wa:
lynched by an armed mob early next morn
ing.
THERE has been battle between United
States Deputy Marshals and horse thieves 10
the Sac and Fox country in Oklahoma, in
which two of the thieves and one OF tbs
deputies were killed.
THE Utah Republican Territorial Con-
vention was held at Salt Lake City. Strong
resolutions were adopted indorsing Harri'
sons Administration, free silver coinage,
lead tariff and the Republication organiza.
ton OF the Territory. The delegates elected
to Minneapolis were uninstructsd.
THE General Assembly of ths Pres5y-
terian Church met at Portland, Oregon.
THE Virginia Democrats met in State
Convention at Richmond, ald caoss dele
gates to the National Convention equally
divided between tho Cleveland AMI anti
Cleveland factions.
The Democratic State Convention OF
North Carolina at Raleigh nominated for
Governor Elias Carr, OF Edgecombe; for
Lieutenant Governo-, R. A. Daughton,
Speaker of the last Assembly. and for Secre;
tary Of State, Octaviui Coke, the incumbent,
by acclamation.
The Illinois Peoples Party State Conven,
ton met at Danville. Delegates to tn ,
National Convention at Omaha, and electors
were chosen, and platform was adopte1.
The delegates to Omaha were instructed 10
present the name OF Colonel =. F, Norton.
of Chicago, as the chocs OF Illinois for th !
Presidency.
A TORNADO visited Ohio. near Cincinnati
and plowed furro9 Of destruction nearly
three miles in length.
DISASTROUS floods continued in several
of the rivers in the flooded districts an
further damage was reported. The numbss
drowned at Sioux City, Iowa, was estimate
to be thirty-tive.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, was visited by biz;
gard which greatly increased the sufferings
of the people driven from their homes by thl
food.
SIXTEEN colored persons were drowned by
the floods in Arkansas.
AT dinner in Baltimore Nd, the silveii
service given by its citizens TO the Unitel
States cruiser Baltimore was formally ac-
cepted by Secretary Tracy.
THERE were snowstorms throu ,hout Min
nesota, Wisconsin and parts OF Iowa.
SEABoRS SMITH, colored. was hanged al
Covington, Ga, for assaultiny colored
girl.