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Grady Hospital List.

Katie Bessie Morgan. Little Rock. Ark,
&c. Georgia Graham. Kelyton. Ala, 1oc.;
Birdie Bl0odworth, BlOcdworth. Ga. &C.:
Bueua Monroe. Harvey, Ark, BE-; James
NJ Witt Ross. Tex. 10c., Claude Lawrence
Now birmingham Tex. Zoe; Ma Gammage.
Tppittcuville Ca. l0c. Albert W. Glover.
Alderman. Miss. &c; Mary Oliver Butt,
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Hcfne3 after they have been thoroughly
massaeed. Given the treatment from ear
Host puupyhooi the hiies and aeeces are
az eoft ~ those cf moles but the perfumed
uncu,nt and tepid water make them at
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lit IS really for tais reason that these
sweet smelling 1e pun balls are obliged
to slaep ln night dresses. spend their days
iu blankets ANA take thc.r walks
IN the heaviest cloaks, smuggled
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ea. vinton. Miss. Ice; Anneola Gordon, Ce-
5ar RIuff Miss fac, Frank barSroye.
crawford. Ca. l0c.. Robert !. Brock EDDY
Tex Sc.
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Young men or old should not fail to read
Thomas Skaters article. headed He Sends
1t Free" on pags 3.
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circle, although / am not Brazilian. Thu
is a fine country to live in Financial ar
fairs are not as good as they ought 70 DO
now.
We appreciate The Constitution very
much II gets better every day.
Would Ike TO correspond with some OF
the cousins. especially those from the co'h,
try. Best wishes to The Constitution AM
the cousins.
Buena Monroe. Harvey. Ark.-Dear Jun
Tor: | have just finished read ng ihe Jun
Tor department and have ccncla ed 70 wrl's
a short letter the subject which mas oeeu
discussed In the columns of The junior TOT
some weeks past viz: The Mora4lty O4
Boys and Girls"
Now, Scroggs. we oil suppose when yon
say that "the boys OF our land and country
are on a higher moral standing than the
girls are" thai you included Arkansas girls
as well "a Texans. ! think you have mis-
represented Texas girls-and / hope sou
have-or else your boys have got on suen
gh plane that the girls can't reach You
If they have | en- real sorry for the EiIIs.
I know If You included the fJkansas girls
IN your remarks you made quite a mistake.
There are quite as many pure Ihf =uail
girls here as boys. probably more OF
course We have some fast girls and silly.
nonentity girls Just as other places nave
them. but they do not represent Harvey.
nor yet the state of Arkansas, and you can
always find a boy OF that class for each
girl
close with best wishes to Aunt Susie ard
the cousiEs. Correspondence solicited
Find enclosed cents for the Grady hos
pital.
Matte Pittuan. Pittman. Ala--pear Jun
Tor: A. have never seen a letter from this
part O. Alabama I VIII attempt 70 write
one. am going to school at Spr neiela
academy. like to so to school | I've near
the schcolhouse. 1t is n beautiful place.
The ground Is level and there are sons
beautiful oaks in the yard. / live a quarter
Of n mile from the church. ! attend sun
CAV school there. 7 dearly love flowers
NV favorite is cape tessamine. nave sew
eral rooted intend 70 set them IN the
ward next spring. Ny father l3 farmer
Ito runs a gin and grist mii re . the
postmaster OF this place. Best wishes 70
Aunt Susie and the cousins. Age twelve
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aF F.rrr. SESSIONS. Al--Delr 1u-
~.r~ -ve tseu thinking Tor long t.ine
-- - your columns ard hete u
l- -ra- 70 write Had you ever
--sle. BOW fad o. is 20 he q cr1n7leE
I-e Gu -f, farm. and while hauling pine
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tho two bridges OF tho Chesapeake ana
Ohio overhead. Yet the long platform OF
the Baltimore and Ohio station has been
actually lifted. and the Baltimore and
Ohio track lifted out OF place and showed
under the platforms. II will be some time
to-day before any Baltimore and Ohio
train can pass through.
Later In the night tho southwest corner
o. the Crowlc building. n handsome three.
story structure on Main street. NJ Tho
southeast corner OF Main and Central
avenue. fen out from bottom 90 toy.
ALENANDER CRUBNRTS E.NpERI-
ENCE.
Alexander GruhCrt. whose tin-shop Is
on G%recnviilc avenue. opposite The Viz
GINA Hotel. got caught by The food when
n few yards from his building. lie mount
cd q hfc-plug and chung to a telegraph
pole close BY for two hours. not daring
to trrst himself % tho current that was
fearing UP cobhlc-stoncs. diecing holes
sn tho ground and sweeping away small
buildings and Other debris.
lie says that while standing thorc no
saw an u-nkuownmau turn The corner OF
the Virginia Hotel. saw him swept in-
stantly from his feet. disappear. and
: never rise 10 sisht again.
some t~wcnty-threc horses and mules
were drowned last might in the city.
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ing down upon Il. His sister was so
badly injured that her life IL d~cspaired
OF. Mt stewart wac "a most
and popular citizen, a nish Mason, ana
widely known. lie w-as ABOUT hity years
Mrs. Holbort was Killed by her house
CaNlng ln. several Others were dug out
OF thc ruins. They 1--we IN The ~suburbs.
"a new brick. In Wheat suffer addition.
Ihc damage 90 buildings Is very great.
Probably five hundred houses were an
rooted. sOu4c twenty were Simply ue-
4.o...NUl. ,fD.l4c roofs were Simply ui'''
lv the wind and carried Ike a balloon
across tho street. while oN4eIs were fih-
IIv brushed OK. IIu fOOols were rollt1
oh like un ioA. some OF them carried ioF
90 distance oi Ga block or go. \ number
OF trees have tin roofs in them today
The Southern depot shed. a Ions struc-
turc. very heavy and OH, Was SIMPLY
nutl OH lts supports ami dropped Ia q
mass. Tho car sheds near by were ruled
over bottom side zap. ine paint sh'l'
another great frame structurc. was torn
from the carpenters shop ana hurried
about llty yaIDs down the einhankin'nt
SEVERAL olucr buildings We're @so WI''N-
Cd out there. and. strange 10 say no OF
MAS uuTI seriously.
I1s Old pioneer mills was stove IN
from the second story SOUTH, making a.
teffthle sirat. This Is a substantial
lrrg structure. A large part oi the iooi
g. l.1ur. Tho ola Cooper shuP la j." runs.
Ths Vulcan Zinc Works is i4iy Ni'cNeu
on the river side. The SIDE ls torn ont
Tho great phosphate shed at Asn," $
sUin-Hard lies r4t un its ccn.enta Inc
rts-Iulsf b.. badly damaged. NiIIe an
fences along tNe exposures % AUG river
gae Steamer cecil. iho boat used 20 for
~ WASHINGTON gamblers 10 the upper
gambling d.us. ls ai.i.y in pieces O. ldiEe
uart of her being on tlc wharf, ana h'r
pIot.louse Was carr AWAY over On the
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F1RMERS SUTFER ~ HdNOVER.
iTinc Erick House Ieveled to the Second
NLnrN.

ASHLAND. VA. Sept. 30.-Speci1l-The
terrific storm OF last night has been the
principal topic of conversation here to-
day. Persons coming here from The sur
rounding country report great destruction
in the farms. 10 IS safe TO say that there
is not q farmer in the county who has
not suffered.
From an quarters come reports Of tho
blowing down Of trees. the unrOofing OF
barns and stables and the consequent
destruction Of crops already housed as
we'll as those in the field. Many dwell
ines were also unroofcd and otherwise
damaged. Tho handsome brick house
OF Mr.. W. u. Campbell. near Ncgrofoot.
probably was the worst damaged any
where in the county. The top OF the
house including tho brick gable ends was
levoilcd TO the second floor. The build
ing cost 5000 and 10 SIS estimated h
about $1,000 damage was done 10 II uy
the storm.
In the ward. which IS a beautiful grove
Of several acres. about forty shade '-et
were blown down. Strange 20 say there
have been no fatalities or losses or stock
reported. In ono case it is reported thai
a stable was blown away while me STOCK
was found tied in place uninrt
Ashland falrcd bcttor than the sur
rounding country.
Tho main damage don here was the
blowing down of shade trees. awnings ana
signs. and the breaking Of much window
class. All day to-day workmen have
heen engaged in repairing the damages
done. and Tonight the town is looking rs
IL there had been 40 hurricane.
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II VIII Perhaps take a Week for the Fire
Department.


Tho members of the department or me
Fire AIarm-Telegraph are doing their Ut
most TO straighten out tlelr wire.
superintendent Thompson and Assistant
SuperntenienI paynter We're hard az
work all day yesterday with lnemen try
ina TO get the wires in shape, and the
lnemcn wer. working az high pressure 10
straiehten the wires. 10 VIII Dee a week
before the system is straightentd mp.
Last night all the hremen~in the city
WEI. on duty and watchmen wore on duty
on towers 90 bring AN alarm ~ necessary .
The department was never in such d
crippled condition. and IL Will cost "a neat
sum 10 put things back I'm .ship-shape.
There IS no communication between the
SUPERINTENDENT office and the engine
house. and the only thing that can be
done from office is 10 sound an alarm
when brought in from the big bell on the
tower.
The linemen were doing nothing but try
iue 10 get Mp wires This, of curse. is
expensive and quite a loss. bat when they
commence 10 examine the boxes IL may
bs found that many of them have been
burned ont. which means "a great loss.
The most serious damage that has been
done. outside Of the general wreck, Is al
the Laurel. Street house. where the tele-
phone caught fire and destroyed all the
Instruments on the switchboard.
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Much Damage IN Washington

WASHINGTON, -. c., Sept. ga
storm OF almost unprecedented fnry broke
over this city last night and prostrated the
~tsIgTaph. telephone and elcc.ric-llght
wires m every direction. The wan Of a
building. the erection OF which was near
ly completed on Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
collapsed. The west wall was blown
i'm and crashed into the roofs OF Two adj
joining buildings and q saloon n an
other lunch room. several persons wero
FOR a time buried In the ruins. but with
one exception were unhurt. on seventh
street much damage TO storis and other
structures IS reported. Shade trees in
many parks and along the streets suffered
i'm a iamentable degree. and the streets are
sracItcally Hooked by tho wrecks in
manY uarls OF The cltY.
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hours late and tho passenger train from
tho West which was due here AT go this
morning arrived at 2.ij this afternoon.
Railroad men who have come in since
the storm report that number Of farmers
in this section who were curing tobacco
last night had their barns burned. Ma
persons are reported 20 have been hurt
during the storm. though many were vory
much frightened.
Tho street forces have been working
all day and by trimming or the limbs
close up to the bodies Of the trees ana
cutting out considerable part Of thor
toys. have succeeded in getting many Of
the trees that were torn UP by the roots
put back I'm their places.
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STORM IN PETERSBURG.
PINSfCLE or JHE FIRST IA 'IJST
CHURCH CRJsH.S DOUN.
IL Crashes Through three Floors and
Wrecks the building, Destroying PAS
tors Library and other Belongings.

PETERSBURG, VA. sept. 30-spe-
cial.-Ihe hurricane which visited Peters
hlrr last night dd not ahatc Us Jury
until after / O'Clock this morning. IN
addition 10 the damage done by the WIND,
already reported iu these dispatchra,
there was considerable other damage.
the greatest damage done during me
storm was at the First Baptist churcn,
.f WHOM Rev. IL. ". Battle, j.. d.. is
the pastor. The centre iron linnacir
OF tho st'epie fronting on Washington
street, with tho brick work. was blown
over Nn fhe tower and came crashing
through three N0ofs of The building 10 the
basement. carrying with 10 heavy tlmoefs
and piastcring.
40 three floors were completely wreck
ell. and the stairway LEADING Poo thc Nc'-
tlDule was CARRIED away as clcanly rs
II it bad been removed ny some HIST
class carpenter.
DR. BATTLE STUDY WRECKED.
The second loor through which the
pinnacle lrI was occupied by Ir. ldtt'
as his study, and everything iu u, save
Ur. Battles w~riting-desk. went down
I'm the heap VI debris. lr. BStlGs Nalu-
able library case. with the boob. IL ON
taircl. went down in the wreck. %
case was. OF course. broken 20 pieces,
hut Dr. Battle wNu succeed 3D. saNlns
bis books in II more or less damaged
condition.
1t is not thought that the DAMAGE TO
fIt ClnIrsn Will exceed six hundred cot-
Jars. AS before stated in this coitro
p0rioure. trees were blown dow ih an
parts of the city. Some al The sitt
roofing was blown on OF thc tenifA .tlt,
Hospital. 100 DluWid1ie county, ana 'm'
fil roofing of of tle hnler-h.l-'- "'
weaving shed of the Effrick sftton fac
frs. in Chesterfield county. W~ unfooiru,
as was also tne 49, Airy shops.
A. MOVING TRAIN UNROOFED.
Several cars Of n freight train ou the
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OPENING Cr conuU,ICArIoN.
What Lines Are in Opera ion-Linemen
dEm.A L-xnrNMhe-r.

Although the telegraph service on the
Whole Atlantic coast was practically para
lyzed Dy Tuesdays storm, the the Won
derful resources and magnificent 0rsan-
ization tho Western Cnon Telegraph
Company. is being displayed in the rapid
manner Iu when the u4lAisc IS beng &C.
paired.
On Tuesday night al bout 10 o'clock
OIL. wire WAS M Use. Ids night al about
inc same Imc, Il ~quadIuDieX instrument
Was lu use 10 Atlanta Via Cnar.ottesvllle
and lyucnDurg a. duplex Via wilmington
and Charlotte established cOuncclioil Win
Augusta. and IL ~qldurupeN was IN Use
I'D roanoke. Other wire. opened up WI
m.ngtou. NorfOlk, p hneish. 1rccla-
boro had 10 wire VIA Wilmington anu
Charlotte, winch opened communication,
with Winston. ~
the Chesapeake ard Cmo railroad had
wires oyer IT'S entire sfstem, the main
line OF the Norfolk ana Western was ~
good shape. the Richmond, freaeich7-
burg and Potomac Ia. a VIE as lar
North as FredericksDu,s,, the Auahtlc
Coast Lane had connection with Weldon
and the Southern railway had wl.ts rom
Richmond 10 Danville and from Dan
Wire 10 Charlottesville. from
"r ..-
Roanoke was 10 the -hecI '"@1 ""''
we're not running out from the city over
the Shenandoah VALLEY division OF the
Norfolk and Western railroad.
The lines from Lyn.hhurB 10 Chatta-
n0ocl wore not disturbed.
Direct communication has not yet been
roe+ore1 IN the North. The hurricane
80 n1rfcnlsr,v sa,ere between Rich
,,ord ava U,sbir,ton and I'm and
s-,,na ,ho c,rftol a,d all messa,rs re-
cairod south rcn+ a.ound thousands II
mn,e yee+.r1,t tha,a u-as only one dt-
root, y.ir. v.ort,ro between washington
aal New York.
Am onorafor came - this cltv from
Washington and another from New York
last ni-ht with big catches Of telecrams
bon order that an effort might be made 90
Eof them out from R'hmoud.
The thorough knowledge o. telegraUhy.
the geography " the system. IN me
term may pe used. lnd BOW foNha-aD"Il
connections may ie made ne,, 10
'ho'' li '.'i-.' i"s ',.' W." 49,
D~'4,7 ',' 49, b. ID
"a - ci,.. ,,.rt ard dav
49,. .s,.,tfysfv and tro other officials
r.,o hoon equal >, the occasion and the
public has had exceptionally good flcli-
tics. an things considered.
The southern Associated Pres wire
from washington 10 ~iIcHhlohu 'i' 10"
south was sun u'"n la'' w-",' 's' %.
o.t' ] w. con G
Ali1"i@ anu .,''."i'' ~ M
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HERA. NO1TOWAY COUNTY. VA.
Sent. 3o.-speeial-l'he stable on the
farm Of Mr.. Franklin Stearns. near here,
was blown down by last n.slts storm.
and 20 very fine work horse was killed.
besides the tobacco barn was blown down.
which resulted in considerable DAMAGE
10 Mr.. j.. g.. Dunnavant. who tenants
Mr.. Stcarns' farm.
Fences wore blown Town and houses
unroofed. and to-day the whole face Of
the earth presents an aspect OF destruc-
tiOn.
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done 10 the building by Tuesday nights
storm had been made. IL was found 70
be impossible, however. 10 give a full
estimate OF the harm lone until the debris
had been cleared AVA
In the firm belief that the good people
of Richmond would be ready TO respond
10 the need Ct the association. the direc-
tors ordered the damages repaired at
once. and workmen were at once III
ployed
The following resolution was adopted:
"Whereas IL Will take about $1,000 20
repair the damages done the building.
"Resolved. That we ask the good peo-
pie OF Richmond for this amount OF
money at once. in order that the building
may BE repaired Immediately. and that
further damage may not be done by OK
posture 10 the elements.
Respectfully. r. NJ. Smith, W.. j.
Whitehurst. G. W. Tanner, K. ;. B0sn.r,
y. y. Newman. G.. b.. Sydnor, Jrr ;. VI.
Woodward, j.. W. Blanton. Joseph Bryan
James l.. Anderson. II. -. Eicheloerget'
W. g.. Camp, W. &. West, board or d.
reetors.
Up 20 1 o'clock Yesterday the following
mounts had been subscribed towards
.H- 81 mn
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PALMYRA. VA. September So-lhe
terrible cyclone which passed over the
central part Of Fluvanna county last night
blew down fences. trees. and some houses.
A few cattle We're reported Co Doe killed.
So far as is now known there was no
loss OF life.
The storm surpassed anything ever seen
here. and lasted about nitt'n minutes.
THE tweuty-iour hours rain has the ia-
Nama on 90 big rise. though not sufficient
10 cause much loss 10 crops.
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rETERsnURo,s 1onacco MAKxEr
The Record OF Loose sales for the Year.
Port Marden's Report.

PETERSBURG. VA. Sept. 30. Special.
Tho following Is the report OF Mr.. J. Is.
McCulloch, tobacco Inspector, showing
the receipts. inspections. ana sales II
loose tobacco ina Petersburg for the to-
bacco year beginning October !. 1885. and
s2ected. ass. inspected hogsheads on
hand, y37' for inspection, ia. sales OK
loose. CTS. O>J pounds.
Receipts. irsp, c;.oTs. ard sales OF loose
Tor tho year hce ming October /. 1884.
and ending October ]. 1898. H0gsheads
Inspected. 4.g27. inspected hogshcads on
nani. l,lif. f1r igsfecti0n. l32, sales OF
loose. J.fSS.iib 1umis.
The report of re poI- warden for tho
quarter ending SeptcMher 80. 1896. shows
NUMBER Of vessels ny IN this port
NNiNs tle quarter 30 have been So. with
= t'fl tonnage ~ $50 9i2 %. value OF
nN'it : light. S5-fa3.i 10. value OF out
W3ru ireIvhf. SfgIslgm.
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4nE DAMAGE ArECRKTILLf
, Factory Completely demolished a.d
Roofs Torn on.

MOO VI 800
HrRKEvILLE. VA. Sept ao.-speaiai.
Tho tornado reached Burkeyilie boo al DTS
.owcr aiout o o'clock last aight, and
continued with great fury for $50 hoN.
I1Dr t~clocraIl.r cOminuul ail'h "i
other points was soon cut of, ana Il great
deal OF damage was done.
Tho Old Campbell factory was CONE
pleteiv demolished. Thc roof WAS l'in
from the BurS,yille manufacturing CON"
panv's buiillrs. and 70 large nnniDei OFT
trees either broken OFF or rpron-ed ana
o~ut-nouses demolished
A large tree near Ole f'me ~ ats
Enroushty was uprootei and ieil VIII
h few feet of the house iiai DO ramon
i'm any other direction IL would lAf,
crushed the house like an cg- 4n-i' anu
ei-icr killed or seriously injured inc j."
-Four of the large oaks on the campus
o. S.uthsidc Female Institute were DO" ID
Gown one crushing in tae west or Gee.
coupled 10y Professor bare.cistpfn @S
laboratory." and another demoi.shlls
t.e historical front porch Of the main
building" t.-.t.r+c
Pr%o,identially net a soul at the INSTITUTE
or purkcvilie WAS hurt. during lH
rrorro-. OF the storm the nortntrA morn
lou was ac.0w a. with fire.
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securing signatures 10 Looal-Option Pc
uhons-At Club Rally.

HAMPTON. VA. Sent. Co. speclal-The
first OF the series Of mass-moetings con-
Quoted by Rev. J. w. - FOR local on
ton IN ms county was held last night
AT tho tont In W'st End. but just as tho
meeting was getting down 10 business IN,
storm played havoc with the tent. con-
%sequontly very little was done In tho way
Of securing signatures 10 the various Pc
titlons in circulation undor he tent. but
to-day ON almost ovory1street corner ara
men soliciting anne of voters. and every
thing possible is being done to secure a
local option election.
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\ team belonging - the Peter Stumpf
Brewing Company struck a snag in the
shape cf % live telephone wire that had
been thrown down in the gale OF Tuesday
night. at the corner OF Cherry ard Main
streets. yesterday morning about =
o'clprk. The horses Were huo'ked violent
Is down twice by the current. AID were
finally taken from the wagon ana placed
In the stable. They We're shocked con-
sidcrably. bur recovered after awhile.
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The Rocky Mount Branch Line Ha"iy
Washed Trains IN thc Nain Line.

1IH kUfhf 1tUiANA
W~ashed-No Trains IN fhc Aain Line
FRANKLIN JUNCTION. VA, Sept. 3d.
-spccial-A terrific storm struck heie
last night about s o'clock with terrible
force. but no serious damage was Done
cxccpt to railroad traffic. Tho franklin
branch. which comes IN here from Rocky
Mount. Va. is washed ont I'D a. great
many places
The w~est-bound train that left here
last night was cut off az Sandy Level each
way by washouts. Conductor Mayhem had
10 walk back here. n distance of httecn
miles 10 get assistance. and ON the main
line of the Southern railway We have not
hid r. single train from the North to-
day.
Revenue Agent It. y. Williams and
Deputy Marshal y. J.. Jennings. raidod
an Illicit disincry this morning near
Brlght's. in the county. supposed 10 be-
long 10 Robert cniler. and captured the
stl and n quantity Of beer and sing
ii"rs and ono prisoner.
Tho others made good their escape.
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CArTFRSNILLE. VA. Scpa. go -
Special-The terrific sin Storm lh-t
,i.itc5 This section last night did con-
siderable damage. Trees. FENCES, ana
houses paid the penalty in this vila-e.
Fences. chimneys, porchas ana sltl7
wore blown dow and demolished from
every point Of the compass. Nllhln !"
Lowell Some OF the farmers here had
thcir stables and tobacco houses u,-
ro,fe1 and fences blown down ana dwell