The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-01

rain in and damaging his goods. The
barn on the Short farm and q house
half mile north were blown Down.
\ NJ Nesrlerode's house, northeast of
Virginia was moved feet off of the
foundation; Mat Hinson's granary
was blown over against the fence; all
Of w Bard's hay sheds were delnol-
ished and the kitchen badly racked;
wind mill taken off; the house on
the same farm where Geo Pilgrim
lives, the kitchen blown toward the
barn and smashed to pieces, and the
barn destroyed. r T Judy's big barn
was demolished and buggy broken; J
w McFadden's barn torn TO pieces:
Cart Wallace's granary turned over;
Mrs Hensiey's house moved; Israel
Nestlerode's house twisted around g
W Scyberts wagon and buggy brok-
en-; r E Harper's old house, used for
a kitchen, demolished; Thos Wright's
granary and shed torn to pieces; c H
Morrison's tenant house moved off its
foundation; Geo Martins wind mill
demolished, also q part of the roof of
the old Martin house on the same
place blown off; the wings of c W
Woife's wind mill blown off. The
maple grove on the A Park farm is
badly broken down, and many trees
in the plum orchard look like jam
pile of brush. The apples, peaches
and plums are two-thirds blown off
in the orchards around here. The
storm left its mark in East Virginia.
The large Siberian crab apple tree,
that stood near the house on the
jenkins farm, perhaps among the
first trees planted on the farm, and
part of the silver naples that stood
in front OF the house were destroyed;
many of the apple trees in D G VOLTS
orchard blown down. Aaron also had
| a call and lost a number of maple,
plum and apple trees. The big maple
trees on DR. j Mitchell's farm were
| badly smashed, and a number of
apple trees destroyed. Monday we
concluded to visit Amsterdam, and
learned from Capt Nickells that Mrs
ID r Braden's hay sheds blew down;
John Cushner's house torn to pieces;
John CARRIERS house ruined; John
Moore's hay sheds and house demol-
ished. We called to see John McGee.
His house had been struck by light
ming, he was knocked down and his
stable destroyed. We next called on
Uncle Johnnie Summers and found
the storm had given him a call. He
was feeling better. The school house
south of Amsterdam was piled up;
Jesse Francis house turned round
facing the north; timber in many
places badly broken down. Mulberry
had light touch of the storm. Corn
does not appear to be damaged much.
Oliver Stanfield tells us that he left
Amsterdam just before the storm,
rode q horse back home and did not
mind the wind. 1t looked like a mys.
terry to us that no one got hurt in all
the buildings that were blown down.
, Young Day Rankins was killed by
lightning last Sabbath. He was in
the barn, and a horse was also
, killed by his side.
: The Free Methodists will celebrate
, the 4th on the Sd in the the Wether
! spoon grove, 81 miles south of here
| Religious services will be held all da.
: in the same grove on the 4th. All ar
invited to come and enjoy themselve
q on the Sd.
John Woody had 4 head of cattl,
!. and Ed Boswell had head killed b.
: lightning last Thursday night.
: Frank Potter, of Butler, passe'
through our city last Friday.
V Mrs Ed Dudley was on the sick lis
g last week.
Mrs Carr Dudley returned HON
# from Nebraska Saturday. after visit
:, ing among relatives for some time.
Pierce, of Butler, who insure
t J w McFadden's store building
: against storm, came out to see thel
l. Saturday.
It JW Hall, of Butler, stopped wit
Aaron Sabbath night.
d Miss ley Jenkins visited her cousin
h Miss Lena Jenkins, at Amsterdam
Monday.
W Fred Drysdale and H and Carr
Park We're at Amsterdam Monday.
h, c w Wolfe was at P,easantol
" Kan, last week.
John Hussey and Morton Jenkil
ID was at Amsterdam Sunday.
AARON