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tin a priy ft Guinn fit ion of rrcitv Point. x Weldon railroad it's long ami tonus a Ulantic Coast Line. Fionrt Dead in the Woods. A Greenville, eoiTesnnndent of the 'ws-Obierver'' writes: "Mv.j Lemuel McGowen, a very respecta ble citizen and I-cmut was found i 1 in u piece of woods, near his house, ' two Miles from Greenville, yestev-; , ,uay attci noon. with his throat cut nHil. almost extinct. Mr. Mt ijvciis lias shown sitrns of being ilttiienled several times lecentlv. Ifeltl't home to visit a neighbor. in not returning, his fainilv he- lim uneasy and traced him to a i.e, thick uiiderniow th in the ods. Crawling on their hands ices throilish tin's thev Ioii:ii1 i great pool ol Mood, In kuilc and ins tint onlv a, I taut. Ife was living uul when addressed iver with a giuiit. .'cut for. but it wa human' aid to save li "r ii Hour nrtnu, wty ye-u i the ie storm ami utterly demolished, on the place were ut beyond bruises, red. r was thrown out ot hurled against a tree ds distant, and the which was his only ar- rlothing, was torn into :.. : i . .1 .l . . ini'iisr" .mis injuries ihoiiii paiu- tiil are not! "serious. : Nick 1'iiVe lost everything lie had. I Hanson linch, (col) lost every thing lie hadV His trunk contain u a live dollars was blown away and neither has been yet found Mrs. Mildred Deans had all of her houses blown down, ami some of her sheep ami chickens were kill ed. All of Kobt. H.Bathcheloi's hous es were blown down and furniture lost and badlj damaged. Henry ('. Williams two story house was completely demolished and no one was hurt. ' Everything on Jo Denton's place was swept away. Then; are doubtless other cases of loss w hich we have not been able to learn. Every1 hour, nearly, we hear of some new loss, and if the full truth could be told it would sound like a highly colored and ex aggerated account. Uountroe, Humes & Co. have list lvceived a fine line, of cash- uVves, black ana colored. - Karges, twills, l'lannel hailing, oi.iv,- aster beiore date of Feb. J. "Our com m u by the most has ever pas no is now a 1 of Rockinghak, we are able some of the ltu ticulars of the d our readers. Lnder th, Mr. Guinn writes: ity has been visited1 terrific cyclone that il over North Caroli na. lsAst uuesuav morning ine sun rose cleaf, the day was warm and calm until about :) p. in., when the wind begin to blow from the south-west, and dark lines of clouds were seen shooting up from the We.-t. About sundown the light- nii.g began to play upon the bosom of the distant cloud and soon low murmuring thunder was heard in the distance. As dark came on the play of lightning and roar of thunder .increased, the wind also increasing to a gale. By 10 o'clock the play of lightning and roar of t humler became tearful. The whole heavens seemed to be ablaze while the earth shook beneath the tread of the mighty storm King, w hile the winds bellowed and shrieked and how led with ail the fury of des olating wratl?. At this juncture rieat hail stones were hurled against our houses, which already trembled as a h'wf in the grip of the mighty storm, south ot us there was a fearful roaring like the run ning of many .heavy trains. Hut soon it was Igone and with it thanksgiving I t Him who rides up on the sloim, ie fell asleep, all un conscious of th fearful havoc that had be. n wrou tlit so near us. Morning ea u-. clear, cold and wintry with tlnl appalling news that .colored settlement is, had been de- lenert up the street :i and wagoud were cene of tlio disas ' L Philadelphia, two miles east molished. I In bug the piey No maul The graml These! tilars I Kinchl I heir! teen m county I count v. o'clock I The raL other obsrV rible whirlwTV of the dainagti not be estiin.'4V Mr. Hailev's lakgl 81.000 or !.( The Provided Lis Asstiatioil This Coinpaiir firmsmt insiu- ance of the bestmiaity, oiiSlic beft I; is inxnay'-11 iriiicpWk, by 1 : I 1 '4 . 1 terms and pli on strict busi men of ability : highest i n teres success. It ha don I it ful plans, lection of risks, speculation wit Association gun value ol every ness with whiel gations has tol will tell in the d intjJ,rity, iiose is J pel iiiaieni Thin: to do vith carets in the v id doesfiot peniikt its poli-ies. Th fcatees tie lull fact Spy. Tlii prompt tiiias met its obli- i the other iit, am iJlre. Likik
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