North Carolina Newspapers

-V The Weekly- Star.: PUBLISHED AT ' I KOTO N, .Mi Cl, 1 I, M A YE1B, IN 1DTAHCK, SS'aSSSSSSSSSSfiSSS SoSsSSSSSSSSSSSSS , ' lS28SSSgSSSSS88S I S888888SSSS88S88S SSSSS8SSSS8888SS 12 ; i: .i,"-o 1 at tne rust umoe at;vumuigxon, a. c, . as Second Class Matter. 1 . - . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, -'.." ' Tut; subscriGtion price ot the Weekly Stah is as follows : nde Copy 1 year, postage paid,' $1.50 " 6 months, " " ' 1.00 " 8 months. " " .50 T!IK PINES, FIBBS AND UOGS OF ', We have purposed for several Wffks ' to ciiH , the attention of our ',ri-;i'"efs to' the valu-r f the pine for- of the eastern conn ties, but other !.'i.;-of mnv immediate momi'nt ! c :uniiinde4 our 'spaee. YVe i ?u fore tried xo how;f how le ctive the watnlt-rm'g porkers of the .':! '' l.U ho- jijis an .i were and how they wrred acr;ii:tst tbe Ksitjve intereets of , the 1 11 1 , vn-TH. A p r, granting, slab- m.1 i : i y,;.i; aiiV i h'.vjj that, -.ran lers "hither and ati old pri-auher of one of u;j).'r ootiutiL's' phrased ii" forty s. no, in search of worms and this else..- that will prevent the from Upcoming still more like a r-.:i sr, and tht' gets its grub by i.-.;it v' i u ing upoir others, is hot a bad ill in: r;,?ion of the yredatory animal of N'.-.vVEiigUnd that-for fifty years tiii i- i n gt lting its: sustenance by i l ire-. upon uh ouninern neisraoors." N'riheru animal, nnlike the lean jmikfr of - the Carolina pine re-1 gi.t;i, h is not only kept in good coiii-dHj'-'V of body, but it has grown o'l"', irtuil it drops fatness all along ;it v y. The,il oozes from every u)'l iu eyes -are almost con from view by the great layers of .ih sh "that iatrveneThis devour ing jwker is known as Protection,and it It-vies tribute apon the whole land. B u iar: business' now, is" with that other pjnitieal .animal that lives by C0i:j:i'.'.-t. v' , . TiuTo are . thirteen counties of K- nf U Carolina that ..are parttonlarly alapie-1 to the growth in great per fectiiih of the long straw or yellow nine.-:. . heiv, .Wiliiurigton is interested just r nto?tof the naval stores that comv to this city from North Caroli na ctV.iie from these thirteen coun ties. . ,S whatever is calculated to in jr. re the production of naval stores in the:' c!nuties is calculated to in jare Wilmington. The turpentine your ?s f rnn September to; Septem ber. Thai we may the better esti m;iU' tu importance of the -prne let ns 'tuke- a turpentine year and see -wln' u does for Wilmington. , F-.ir ihefear ending September 1, 1SS2, at, the port of Wilmington, . tli- iitiinlKT of barrels of spirits tur pemiio reported -was 91,414. At . 2() pjer barrel which is a fair esti mate for that time this annual yiej'l is worth $1,828,280. For tbe yt-ai- Ending September 1, 1883, at the port of Wilmington the nnmber of barrels of spirits turpentine' reported are 81,225 ; valued at $20 per barrel, ,we Ji.ave fsf,G84,500, Thesd figures, dw falling off of 7,1 89 barrels in one year. At $20 a barrel, tbe loss sus: tained is $143,780. Now r what pro '. bahly- . caused :- tbis depreciation of stock -of receipts? Why should not 1883 be as productive as 1882 in turt peutine? A gentleman of decided .; lntelligeTice in Sampson pounty as V sures that the forest ; fires in tbe ; springare extremely destructive, and cause the turpentine production to decrease. We now avail ourselves of a letter from this gentleman, which will enable ns to answer the perti nent and natural inquiry'What pro duces these disastrous spring fires, and why are they not controlled and subdued? " Our correspondent says the true answer will be- ready with any one "who lives among the class ot mankind known as -turpentine . hands." We copy a description of this important factor and his mode of life. Our correspondent says He usually locates himself on a small "ill or Jhickory ridee.' near & branch, with a spring of water bard bv.' and amilecr ii'ire from his nearest neighbor. He builds "'og-hiit 16x20 feet, covered with pine wards on top aDd floors of the same mate- '". ai one end you find a stick chimney flaubed over with -clay, and at the other cna a window 5i feet abovethe floor.- On either side is a door; ' and in front of one uoof is a peach tree, while the other is ouaaeu by a small scuDDernonsr vine, Around this 'castle' is a 'field' of three acres c eared land, rarely more and often less we lence almost exactly three feet bieb i nis house is usually the property of the landlord, for whirh no rent is ever asked. expected or paid. . . The possessions of the j consist most ffenerally of lust cloth Dg enough, with the assistance of pine in w sre wearer irom-ireezing wh Tnter: one spider J sod frying ' pan, wmcu BerTeg parpoaes of preparing "Biis-or tue occuDants as well as piace to wash their face, hands "and feet; - nrj ye caies; half doaen or more long- -razor Dacttea noes; a shot enn: nog and a pipe, and last, but not least. r im a and a hoase uU of chUdrea. When i fir 1 0 the 8011 0811 get lip more forest S ,?ouPle of weeks than most men would believe possible. It is done to pro VOL. XV. vide pasturage for their cattle. c I. have known sections of country containing oyer one thousand acres of land to be almost rendered useless for turpentine by one of these fires. -The trees die immediately: or the worms cut them during the summer and they die in the fall" In my judgment if we had a no-fence law Jhe temptation to destroy vast quantities of property would be taken away and these fires would cease." . . Wherever tbe bogs are not allowed to depredate there ; you find that young trees spring up and 6ld trees are protected, The point made by oar correspondent is really very im portant to Wilmington. If ; the sup ply of naval stores is lessened ach year by the merciless and unwise sys tem pursued is' it not time that thir teen counties and this city ' were moving in the matter for the arrest or extirpation of the evil ? . If forest fires in the spring tend to lessen each year the naval stores production ought not the law of self-interest to prompt all concerned to combine in having such changes . made as ghali secure the" f orsf rom fire and the' young trees from the prowling root ers ? -' v' 'K '.'Kn ; ".'i C i IS THERE ANI BIVALRV AT ALU .We followed the discussion of the Birmingham (Alabama) . Age in re gard to the supposed rivalry between Scotch pig and the iron mills of Ala bama. ; We have not made a special ty of iron manufacturing and have no experience in that ipdusiry. We would like however, to gather some information from those, who know. If the Age is really posted, perhaps it can inform us. - The Age said : "The Morrison bill would reduce the duty to $5 38 a ton. Qood Scotch pis iron is worth f. c. b. at Glasgow $10; 50; freight to the American seaboard 85 cente, making the price per ton in our own seaboard mar kets $17 73. To DUt Birmingham .iron at the same markets would' cost from $17 to $18 , lhis is without calculating any pro fit for the Birmingham iron maker, because we put the average cost of making at $12. and the balance ia actual cost. In i-freight. Your Alabama furnaces would blow out in a month if the Morrison bill could become a law. Thank heaven it can't.'? " Now how could the reduction of $1 34 on a ton of Scotch I pig really so militate against the production of Alabama iron that it would, cause the latter to be produced at a loss? We ask how-, could this . be? How is Scotch pig used? Is the Scotch pig the rival of Alabama iron? Is not Scotch pig ; used as. a flux! in manu facturing other iron?'- In making castings,, for instance, is not some eight or ten or twenty per cent, all that is nsed of ' the Scotch? Can Scotch pig be used and nothing else? Is it not too- weak and rotten?, Could you make acar wheel out of Scotch pig ? i Is 'notthe V Scotch ;pig nsed by American manufactur ers in " combination with iron produced in their own mines ? In other words, is there any possible rivalry betweenthe Alabama! iron and the Scotch . pig ?. If not, and we do not believe there is 'any rival-, ry, then how could . the reduction of a tax on the Scotch of $1,34 per ton possibly affect- the . f Alabama fur naces" and cause them to 'blow out in a month T. r ls , there not as much actual competition between zinc and copper as there- is . between Scotch pig and Alabam iron ? Mr. Glenn an, of the Norfolk Vir ginian, was arrested in Richmond under the supposition that he was seeking a duel with Mr. J. W. II. Porter, of the Portsmouth Enter' prise, rue jatper is a memoeror tne Virginia Legislature and liad called Mr. Glennan some ugly names in his paper.' A Richmond' special ; to the Petersb org Index-Appeal s&js : "' "; : "Mr." Glennan S and friend started for Richmond at once, and reached this city in the early evening. They went to a res taurant in a close - carriage, ana aiterwaras Mr. Glennan's friend went to Ford's Hotel and found that Mr.-Porter bad registered there.- Opposite tbe hotel is the old city ball lot, and there Mr. Glennan and friend awaited in the darkness the appearance of Mr. Porter. The . police, in the meantime, had been warnsd of the matter by telegraph, and Sergeant Tomlinson, of the force, dressed himself in citizen's clothes, arrested Mr. Glennan and took him to 'the second police station." ! I - ! Of the.jmost remarkable English soldier of our day, the New York Times of Friday says: I ! - ; "Gordon is without doubt the most he roic figure of the day, and his marvellous ride to Khartoum will live in history with the Expedition to Marsala. : Wide as is the difference between the campaign of the Thousand and the journey of the solitary unarmed man, the sublime heroism with which Garibaldi hurled his little band against the Neapolitan Kingdom was close ly .akin to that with - which Gordon rode alone to meet a foe that had exterminated armies. - - Between Assouan and Khartoum the road swarmed with rebels filled with hatred of Egyptian and English rule and maddened with Mohammedan fanaticism. 'but Gordon did not hesitate, to make his wav through them. His : confidence that he bears a charmed life so long, as Provi dence has work for. him to do was justified by the result." I- . : Hero is a terrible dispatch from Atlanta. Ga.. srivine an account of 7 - . W , . . .V . the killing of - 20 persons and the wounding of many others: " 'l. 'Information from Grassy Knob shows that within a space of three miles twenty persons' were. killed by the recent cyclone, as follows: Mrs. Levi Cagle and two chil dren, Wm. Grovet, Wm. lierron, Aionzo " Wriirht. - T ra Taa TViwder and two chil dren. Mrs. Wyly, Mrs. Lewis Klngr and two children, John Nicholson, (reported,) Mrs. John Nicholson, Mrs. Nations,' Mrs. Watkins, child of -Perry Pettit, child of W. Ii. Collier and child of Hiram, waiter. Many more who are wounded are not ex pected to live." , -- - , The statue of Gen. ; Robert E. Lee unveiled yesterday in New-' Orleans weiffbs 7.000 pounds. It is of bronze and was cast in New York. . - r 1 Penile Itleetlnc. . . : At a meeting of the citizens of Wilming ton,, held at the rooms of the Produce Ex change on Saturday, February 23d at 12.30 P.M.' -On moUon,-Ed ward 'Kidder was called to the chair and . Wi. R. Kenan pointed Secretary. - was ap- Mr. Kidder, on assuming the chair, ex plained the object of . the meeting to be Jot the relief of the sufferers from - the late cy clone and read a telegram- from the Mayor of Rockingham; N. C; asking for aid. " f Bishop Watson desired to know : if aid was not needed elsewhere than Rocking ham. " . ' .. : . , ', . . .. T The Chair stated there was nothig offi cial from any other quarter; but from the reports in f tho newspapers, he judged the suffering and distress to be much more extended.- . ' - On motion of D. McRae a committee.con sisting of D. G. Worth, B. F. Hall,' J. H. CurrieyF. W.Kerchner, R. M. Mclntire, Hon.'K D. Hall, the Chairman and Secre tary of this meeting, be" appointed to raise contributions, either in .cash; provisions or clothing, in- aid" of the sufferers from I the late cyclone at Rockingbam-and other point3,.and to distribute them where most needed. " - - - A The meeting then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman. Contributions for tbe Snflerer. Wc are requested to state that any pro- -visions, clothing or blankets that may be contributed by our citizens towards reliev ing the necessities of the sufferers from the late cyclone at Rockingham, or at other points that may be designated, can be sent to Mr. D.' G. Worth's office to be for warded. ' - '. " In this connection we would state that the Carolina Central .Railroad Company kindly consents to forward all contributions free of cost, and the Western Union Tele graph Company - has declined to. receive compensation for dispatches in connection with this charity. " ' '." It is to be hoped that our citizens or such of them as can afford, to do so will contribute liberally to the assistance of the sufferers in our sister county. L Hew York Naval Store audfabaeeo We have received, with the compliments of Messrs. Tolar & Hart, 151 Front street, N. Y., one of their circulars containing the quotations of the Naval Stores and To bacco Exchange. The one before us is for Tuesday, Feb. 19th. One of the features is that of giving the quotations for future delivery for spirits turpentine and rosin, as well as the spot quotations. It is -important to business men. The, following are the receipts and exports for the pasfweek: . Receipts. Exports. Spirits Turp 913 470 bbls Koain ;.. 6.788 3,618 " '; Tar.. ............. 193 756 " STOCKS ON HAJID. . . ; Spirits. Rosin. New York, Feb. 19. 3,626 84,440 Savannah, Feb. 16. .8,052 99,229 Wilmington. Feb. 16...;. .5,986 88,857 Charleston. Feb. 16. . , . . .. 4,317 31,521 Personal, v ,,'-,'-;- i',.,..-. Mr. A. G. "McGirt is now travelling agent in this section for the Upshur Guano Company, of Norfolk, Va.'- -'', We are glad to learn that Mr. Alex. Johnson, Sr., has so far recovered from bis recent iciuriea that he was able to be at his yard for a short time yesterday." ' ' Vp Mr. W.- W. Barnes has accepted a situa tion with Messrs. Swisher & Conrow, fruit and produce commission merchants, of Philadelphia, and will travel in North Carolina, 1 South Carolina, Georgia' and Florida. , He leaves for the latter State on Monday. I The Fropoied Sonnd Ballroad. We learn that . the officials of tbe pro posed Wilmington, Wrightsville & Onslow Railroad have recently been engaged in se curing a new transfer of their road, there having been some defect in . the former one. 1 be wort ot canvassing : for stocK will now commence in earnest; " President Chester will set the ball in motion in Balti more, and G. . W. Price, another official, will also start out. They have vcry .cn couraping assurances of aid from promi nent colored men in Washington, Balti more arid Elsewhere, u v A Belle of the Bis Blow. We received yesterday, from Mr. T. J. Cowan, of Hamlet (forinerlyof this city). a branch from a hickory tree, which . he picked up in tho path of the late cyclone. It has the appearance of having undergone about the toughest experience that could well be imagined.Thfi pendant twigs and boughs have . been lashed and beaten to a frazzle, and s good portion of the bark has been beaten and blown from one side of it. We shall probably convert it into a walk ing cace and keep it as a' memento of the "big breeze." " - . - ... The Clarendon Iron .tVorks Property, Mr. " T. M. . King, who his just returned from New York, informs us that a sale of the Clarendon . Iron Works property has been made to Mr.. Nelson Beasdsley,. a broker of Auburn, N. Y.' Mr, B. is ex pected here in a few days, when we hope to have the pleasure of announcing the establishment of another large manufactur ing enterprise in'ourcity. ' Mr. . Wlgelna stll Inaprovlna. . "". " . Mr. A. H. VanBokkelen, who has been spending several days with his son-ia-law, Mr. E B. Wiggins, . who was so badly in jured near Lexington, S, C, recently, re turned home. yesterday morning.' He" re ports Mr, Wiggins'?wounds as healing and in a healthy condition, and states that there is ground for reasonable hope that he will ultimately have the full use of his limbs, as before the accident. The Orphan Asylum. - We are authorized to state that theBoard of Directors of the Oxford Orphan Asylum will meet in the Asylum building on the first day of April, and any applications for the vacant Superintendentship should be directed to the Board at that place. ; . The State press are requested to give publicity 10 mis nouce. Snlelde In Pender County. A correspondent of the Stab says that a young man named Henry Register killed himself with a revolver firing, a ball through his head near Still Bluff, in Cain tuck township, on Thursday last. ' The cause of the deed is not known. . : v" The Wilson Mirror and the Hickory Carolinian cordially recommend Major JJnanes m. steaman lor the Demo cratic nomination for Lieutenant-Governor. 1EH t WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUAKY 29, THE CYCIsONE Farther Details of the Terrible Cy clone of : Tuesday . NIcht-Fearfnl Senes-Wonderftal Power of Storm Kins, tcom . V . . . i Since outlast issue we have received ad-. ditional particulars in regard to the effects of the terrible cyclone which passed' over Richmond and adjoining counties on Tues day night- It seems that the centre of the storm struck the outskirts of - the 'town (Rockingham), "about 10. 30 " P; M. with such a sudden fury that, the people 'were unable to escape from their houses, -which were blowninto fragments. Some pTJthe bodies were v found- under timbers, while others had been carried by the wind one hundred and fifty or two "hundred .yards. A woman was found clasping her 1 infant,; scarcely a month old, to her breast, both deadj A little child was found new a swamp nearly frozen to" death. f-Tbef dan who found her says she was shivering with cold and be plaeed his overcoat around her and carried her to the fire, but she died jin bis arms. The hdies of the dead arp ler- ribly bruised and cut up, presenting a scene hard to witness with any degree of calm ness. , IThe wind bleWjBO hard, we are in-, formed, that, it moved two mill stones a hundred feet or more, and drove an anvil through a hog. r Chickens and birds were, found picked clean, except the feathers on their heads. This seems almost incredible, but we are assured that it is so. Large trees were uprooted and small ones had all their bark taken off by the wind. The 'storm first made its appearance at 7:30 p, m., Jo ; a southwesterly direction from Rockingham, thi sky in the east be ing ever shadowed by dark, flyitig clouds, tinged with red, growing : thicker every minute and the red tinge assuming the col or of fire, until 8:30, when there was a very severe storm of hail and rain. The' raiu and bail continued at intervals the' heav iest part of the cloud ' moving' westward. At 12 o'clock the sky was a dazzling red, and aheavy raiu fell. -"'. '. j Frond what caa be ascertained the storm was very severe from Beaver Dam to Lil- lingtonih Harnett county. The people at Rockingham we learn,-' moved the dead and wounded to the Court House, and every one is busy doing what they can for the sufferers. The loss of life and property will be great, when the Interior country is heard from., At last accounts there were 23 dead and: many wounded, and "this num ber will be increased considerably. - Those that have lost their homes are mostly poor people, and Rockingham should have im mediate help. The sufferings of these peo ple will be great unless something is done- We are requested to state that W. I Ever ett will gladly receive any amount and dis tribute it, or use it for the sufferers. , From correspondents at Rockingham and elsewhere we have further details of the storm, which are subjoined : . ,'. V 'V Rockingham, N. C, Feb. 20, 1884. ': Editor Morning Star Wilmington, iv. C: Dkab Snt Last night between nine and ten o'clock, our city was visited by one of the most terrific cyclones that has ever oc curred in . this section. -It passed within about a quarter of a mile of the southwest portion of our village, the direction being from southwest to northeast The severest portion of the storm near town was about one hundred to two hundred yards wide, skirted on either side for about the same width with less intensity the timber on the sides converging towards the centre. A mile or two farther on in its course it widened some, and its character seemed somewhat changed--nearly all the timber lying at right angles with the line of its di rection as though the storm was one huge cylinder revolving on the central line of di rection; Nothing could withstand the mighty torrent I rode over, tbe track to day for about five miles, to where it seemed to hit from the ground and .become less vi olent, and in that distance I counted thirty- etgat demolished dwellings. Where yester day thirty eight families lived, to-day they are all razed to the ground and scattered to the "four winds." Many ; persons were killed six whites and twelve or more ne groes, besides many wounded., Onr court house is now a morgue. On viewing the scene, the wonder is that any escaped. I noticed a large pine broken off about thirty ieet from the ground with- a piece of oven lid or a piece of pot- 6ix or eight inches in diameter, driven into the wood where it is broken off;, the tree is not nearer than three hundred - yards from where anv house stood. The scene beggars description. - I f, Yours in baste, R1L.- S. I- Rockingham, N. C., February 2d. Editor Star: hast night, between 8 and 9 o'clock, the most fearful and destructive cyclone I ever knew passed about one mile east ot our town. " its extent we have not yet been able to ascertain. There was quite a settlement of negroes on tbe Fayetteville road, a mile out of our town limits. - Not less than twenty families lived in the vicin ity. Having heard only this morning of the devastation .1 went out to visit the scene.. Not a house is left standing. The storm swept all away. ' At least ten persons were killed by the falling houses, and a large number wounded some seventv. Richard Dawkins, who lived just south of the settlement, was killed; as was also-one of his children. The forest for a conside rable distance northeast of the settlement is stripped of all large timber, and the un- dergrowtn is torn into shreds. W. Ii. 8. P. S. -Since the above was -written I have heard that there was great destruc tion south of the town, and that several persons were killed.. : . f . ; Lincolhtost, N. C, Feb. 20. A heavy rain and hail storm prevailed here and in the surrounding country last night Report says CLester, S. C, was visited by a terrible cyclone, and that the damage to property amounts to about one hundred thousand dollars in that neignoor .hood. ''.:v-i--v;;:;4j j:: , P. J. P. . ; Capt F. M. Wooten was at Wadesboro during the storm.- It was heavy there but no damage of consequence was done? He informs us that Mr, Patrick Gray, living near Polkton, had every house on his place blown down, and his wife ; was carried some twenty flve or thirty yards by the wind and killed. At Beaver Dam a new house' that had just, been built was blown to fragments,' and every tree on the place was " blown-down. The-" Brown's ; Creek trestle, near Polkton. was moved several inches out of line, and if the wind had struck It square it would have been blown away. "At and hear Polkton the hail was very heavy, and in the town there is hardly a glass left in'the windows. Capt Wooten savs the destruction was very great all. through the country. ' -r Death of a former Wllmlnctonlan.' W noUce in the Detroit Pott, of the 17th inst. the death of Mr. Geo. M. Bowen. tbe well-known clerk of -Mr., S. D.;. Allen, dry goods 'merchant .here before the war. Mr,; B, had many warm friends in this com munity who will hear of his death with feelings of sorrow. . iSiiiiliSlSiS' THE LA. TE CYCL ONE. Farther PaxUcalars of the Raln and ; Devastation Caused by the Iate Cy clone Great Loss of Life and Im mense Dcstr action of Property. . .We continue to receive particulars of the damage done by the terrible cyclone of the. 19th.' "Mr.'C C' Wade, writing us from -Troy, Montgomery county, "under date of the 20th, says:v" - , f ' ' . At 7.30 p. m. yesterday the most fearful and . destructive hurricane ever known in 4 this section swept across the Pee Dee river from SUnly county, at the' mouth of the Uwharrie river, jmd taking up the course Of the- U wharrie about T,flve miles, as now reported.: :sMr. Neill .. McKay, . cf t Moore Siunty, was detained at the house of Willis ennis,- oti the Montgomery' side, waiting for the falling of the river, land was in the, house with Mr.-Denni8 and hisf amily when it was blown over, but escaped, as did Mr. hurt v Every bouse on the; plantation was blown down, scattering: 'property in bvery direction.' Mr, , McKay's horse was badly' hurt. And bad not been found when he left. Such a; devastation was never. Witnessed before in 'this county, Mr. Dennis had a. lot oL Sour, meal and bacon in . his house, and - could not find meal or fiour" enough for breakfast this morning, or anything to book Jtiin. - His bacon warf scattered over the; field around he conrse1: of; the storm, and so. was' his wheat and corn. Mr. McKay's buggy.was blown more; than a quarter of a mile from, where he left it, and-torn in pieces ;' as was also a trunk con taining some clothing the clothing he could not find. . Nothing has been heard from the Stanly Bide of the river, as the river could not be crossed $ but during and after the storm plaintive I cries could be heard from across the river, as of a man calling for help. The morning came, and our informant could see" across the river that every house on the Kirk place was blown down and no sign of life was seen. Fences, gates, and everything were flat.and the mountain , lying just west of the house, looked as if swept or its forest ? The wind at its severest, lasted only a tew minutes; then came a heavy hail, followed by a strong gale and a beavy rain until mid-, night upon tne. uouseiess anu unionunate people. The flashes of jlightningj were almost ceaseless auring tne storm, giv ing to the hideous peals of thunder terrorizing iiorce,- anvipg. me cuiiuren and all into' paroxysms -(of fearj- The extent of the storm is not known here. but we have information that it extended as far as Uwharrie Postoffifee, near Sanders' Ford, five miles or more, and many houses have been blown to pieces! and many per sons killed, and some children have hot yet been found. Among those killed wo men tion such as our informant remembers: the wife of A. R. Dennis and one or two chil dren, a Miss Hall, James Byrd and wife while a great many are oadly wounded. - FURTHER PARTICULARS. . f Nothine yet fronrw-Stanly county. The next bouse reported as. blown down, after passing Mr. AVillis Dennir, is Mr K. U. Hall's, some mile and a half up the river. The wind unroofed" all the houses and barns, and killed his daughter, nearly grown, the next is ma nearest neignoor, only a snort way on, w uey jm . tiama, who?e houses -were blown to pieces, and his little daughter killed. fThe next report- ea is some two raues- up..mo -rcver. jMi Uwharrie a postofllce. and the houses of the following parties Hying near were blown down or unroofed q J. E. Sanders' store, dwelling and gin house; J. P. Har per 'John Morris. Eddie Mnllinix, A. R. Dennis. Hancel Beaman., James Byrd. Wil son Davis. Marv Hurley. Adaune Hurley, Simpson Morris, Littleton Dennis, JilarK Harvell. Jr., Pad Dennis and roily uraw- ford; and of these the houses of Wilson Davis and Eddie Mullinix were burned. The wife and child of Mr, A. R. 1 Dennis were killed: also James Byrd and wife, and one or two are missing, while the full ex tent of ths storm is unknown. Mr. J. Wilson, of Ida, Clarendon coun ty, S. C, under ; date of iFebruary 20th, writes: . ' . 1 I --. ., "A destructive cyclone passed by Wilson's MilL on the C. R. R . of South Carolina last night at 12 o'clock, doing great dam age as it went The gale came from tbe southwest. It blew down the dwelling of Mr. Benjamin Baggit instantly killing a 15-year old son of his, who had run into his father's arms. Tbe rest of the family escaped without injury. It also blew down the bouse of Mr. it. Uanouj severely injur ing his head. His .wife had both arms broken and was otnerwise injured, iwo of his children were ' 'severely hurt. The rest of the family escaped without much in- lurv. The dwelling or Mr, james uuDoage was also blown down, instantly killing him. His wife escaped injury. His barnwas torn down and bis corn scattered to tne winas. His smoke house was blown off and his meat scattered in every direction. Some of his trunks were found in the woods two hundred yards distant The cyclone also blew down the house of Mr. Gaymon, but his family and himself escaped without in Jury. The fire in the fire-placq set, the Louse off and it was consumed in j a short time. ' The cyclone then passed across the railroad about one mile" below. the mill and carried the roof off Mr. Johnson's stables; also off Mr. Bagnol's house J his barns and cribs were thrown down. If has blockaded timber and other roads, and done great damage to farmers and fences. There was a heavy hail which lasted some time before the cyclone set in and did great damage to gardens, Kc i FIRE RECORD. A Catholic Chnrch and School Bnlld- i-lng fn Wisconsin Burned A mill Destroyed at Ansnstai Ga. 1 '' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. J Chicago. February 23. -t A special from Clintonville, Wis., says that St 'Joseph's Catholic Church and school, at llersbena, Wis., was burned at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. - Seventy pupils and six sisters escaped in their night clothes, a number of narrow escapes being made. The loss is not stated. ' t Augusta Ga.; February S3. The Gran ileville Plaining Mill was biirnedthis motn ing The loss is heavy, and some forty men are tnrown out oi employment. , ILLINOIS. . BTonnd City In Danger of Belne Swept Away by the Flood. ' fBv Telegraph to. the Moratait Star.l - Cairo, February 22. At Mound City two or three slides occurred during the night, and a very large one this morning on Back .Levee, north of the town, wnicu threatened to endanger the place. A train loaded with dirt and rock has been dispatched by the Wabash road. It is said that it will take the strongest efforts of the citizens and railroad men to! save the town. At present they are 'cutting & gap in the Na tional Cemetery road to let the water across the country and, relieve the strain on the levee. - The water is up to! the top of the levee, and there is no telling what the re sult will be. ' -r- s - The Bill - BeavBortlonlhz the State Passed Over the Governor's Veto By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l ' ' Richmond.' February 2l The Senate to-day passed over- the Governor's veto the bill reapportioning tne estate ior xepresen talives in Congress.- The ! action was im mediately communicated to the House of Delegates, and the bill was 'also passed by that bodv Over the veto. The bill is now a law. - Oxford, Torchlight; How many Granville horses are now eating northern hay at $1.25 per bundredr ( What a Won derful thing bright tobacco is. ) Mr. Mark Tavlor. living near Hesters Church, whilst breaking a young mule the other day had an arm and a shoulder bone broken. 1884." FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. - FIB8T SESSION. " Consideration of the Bank Currency Bill Besomed In the Senate Appro prlatton Bills In the Ho nse message from the President Presentation of a Steamer for the Greely Belief Ex pedition by the British Government. IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l J" SENATE." : -, - :- : WASHUfOTON, Feb. 21 After the read ng of the journal and the presentation of petitions, on motion of Mr. . Anthony the Senate agreed that when 'rt adjourns it be' till Monday next, to morrow being Wash ington's birthday, a legal holiday. . '- The Senate took up the National Bank Currency bill, and Mr. Morgan proceeded to speak in support of his amendment prok viuiuk lur me aeposit or Dtaie oonas as seennty jor circulation, ' - I While Mr. Morgan was soeakin?. Mr. Sherman intervened with a joint resolution, which was immediately read three times and passed, appropriating $10,000 for the contingent fund of the Senate. : Mr. Sher man said this resolution - 'was necessary to enablethe committee on' Privileges and Elections to continue its investigation n jw pending. - - V ; ,:-v; - The debate was j participated in by Messrs. Maxey. Plumb, Butler, Coke, Harrison, - Allison, - Beck, Ingalls, Bayatd and Morrill. T a ; . - . ( Mr. Morgan 'withdrew' Ids State bonds amendment, as s heT bad embodied, it in-i a separate bill, which he offered to-day. j ' The question then recurred upon the bill. and Mr. George secured the floor. ' The Senate then went into executive sea-' siOn and adjourned Until Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mi DibrelL of Tenn.. from the commit tee on Agriculture, reported the Agricultu ral Appropriation bill. Ordered - to be printed and recommitted. , - . I be morning hour having been dispensed with, the House went into committee iof the Whole (Mr. Bland of Ma, in the chair) on the Military Academy bill. beveral attempts to amend the bill were defeated, and it was reported back to the House and passed yeas 250, nays ' i Messrs. Aikeu, Alexander, Ballentine and Barksdale. ' J . The Speaker laid before the House the following message from the President: "I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of War of the 21st inst. whereby your honorable body, and through you the people or tne united btate3, may become apprised of the generous contribution made by Her Britannic Majesty's government ito- warn tne enons ior tne renei oi Lieut. Greely 's Arctic exploring party, by pre senting to the United States the Arctic steamship Allen. I Chester A. Arthur." When the reading of the message was finished, Mr. Randall askeckfor the read ing of the report in f ulL I The offer was so generous, and coming from a friendly pow er, it ought to be treated with respect The report of the Secretary of State was read, and was several times applauded. Mr. Randall asked unanimous consent that the communication be spread upon the -Journal of the House as a mark of the sen timent of the House. He further- asked that tbe communication be referred to the committee on Foreign Affairs, with the ob ject of having more favorable and appro priate recognition of the act of the British Government. , I Applause. - ' ' v , f "I object" exclaimed Mr. Finerty, of HI. Mr. Randall then put his request in the form of a motion, and it was agreed to, Mr. Finerty, and Mr, Robinson,' of N. Y., alone voting in the negative. "Can we not have ships oi onr own without begging ?' queried Mr. Robinson of the Speaker. .-; - V "Uhe Chair cannot answer that ques tion." responded the Sneaker. f I, . . The House then adjourned until Satur day. I-;" - ?" '; -. I v,f ; - -, Senate Not in Session Call of Commit tees In the Home-Debate on the PlenroPnenmonlaBlll. . Wasotkgtoit, February 23. Senate; not in session.. ' I . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Under the call of committees, the follow ing reports were made:" ; By Mr. Foran, Of Ohio, from the com; mittee on Labor, to prohibit the importa tion and immigration of foreigners under contract to perform labor in the united States. House calendar. The House at 12.45 went into committee of the Whole. Mr. Converse of Ohio in the Chair, oh the Pleuro-pneumonia bill', gene ral debate being limited to three and ajhalf hours. : 1 .. j ' Mr. Gibson, of W. Va opposed the bill, because it proposed to take out of I the hands of owners xf cattle the control of their stock and put it in the hands of federal officers, and place it in the power of an ir responsible bureau to declare tbe State in Quarantine-- " ' 'if' ;'.' ;.: : ; iV Mr. Stewart, of Texas, argued against the bill on constitutional grounds. - . Mr. Weller, of Iowa, supported the 'gen eral purposes of the but, while criticising some of its specific provisions. - Mr. Springer, of 111.; also favored the bill, and answered some of the objections to it.:-- t - , Mr. Jones, of Wis. J and Mr. Brown, of Penn., reviewed the importance and neces sity of the pending measure and urged its passage. 1 " .-- I ' - Mr. Hardeman, of Ga opposed the meas ure because of the settlement of it and be cause the ground of power by it was broad, dangerous and repugnant to the constitu tion '-.'''-'. V I '"".,"-'. -' ' I " - . Mr. Broadhead, of Mo., regarded the bill as the most objectionable one which had been presented to this Congress; while the unconstitutionality of the proposition was maintained by Mr. Hall, of Kentucky! , Mi. Potter, of N. Y., opposed the bill on the ground that it invaded the domestic concerns of tbe States, and undertook by a system of espionage to -permit federal offi cials to assume the control and regulation of the cattle yards of the country. i Mr. J. S. Wise, of Virginia, spoke in op position to the State's rights doctrine -which had been presented as an argument why the bill should not pass. The three States most boisterous about the constitu tion and most jealous about federal power were Louisiana, a exas ana vvesi, Virginia. Louisiana was bought with money out of the pocket of the Union, and had nb par ticular reason to kick. Texas was bought with blood, and had I some reason to feel thus towards the nation, instead of contin uing cackling about the constitution like the gittv-bird robbed j of her nest iWest Virginia was nothing but the bastard off- soring of national violence committed on old Virginia. He had heard the gentleman from New York tMr. Cox) boast that he was a shining light and monument of de mocracy.. He did not call the gentleman a monument; he called him a pillar" of gas by night and a pillar of gas by day to lead the democracy., f Laughter.! He was sick of having the little bantam chicken of State rights pitted against the heavy, gorgeous, red combed fighting t-ock of the nation. for it knocked it to smithereens every time, .Laughter. I - -The committee then rose. . - The committee on Census was an bounced, as follows: Messrs. Cox of N, Y. Oates. Storm, .Buchannan,' Jones of Tex., Kline, Phelps Stoae,Guenther, Nuttine-. Holt and J. Wise. . : , i . - - Mr. Morrison of Ills. , front the'eommit- tee on Ways " and Means, reported the Bonded Extension bill, stating that it was not a unanimous report Referred, to com mittee of the Whole. .-: v . -: -. Mr. Belf ord's resolution, giving delegates the right to vote In committees,, was refer red.- - . . 1 ' r The House, then; at 3.40 p. m., ad journed. ' i Wo were at : Comnanv Shoos. savs the Alamance Gleaner, one day last week,and were shown through the new mill by Mr. W. H. iurrentme, the.vice rresi dent of tne Company. There are 100 plaid looms, 95 of which were, running at the time referred to. Each loom averages product of about fifty yardB daily. This make the thirteenth cotton mill in operation in this county.' ' j ' " . NO. 18 Tuesday's cyclone: Further Beporta of the Storm in Georgia A Town Almost Destroyed Great Destruction of Other Property -rinany Itlves Lost and a Large Nnua. ! her of Person "Wounded. - By Telegraph to the Mornlxut ftzt., Macon. Ga;. . Feb. 21. The cvclona- of Tuesday blew down the residence and out-houses of Col. Robt C. Hnmbers. in Putnam ' county. : One of CoL Hnmbers ankles was broken, and he received injuries about the chest, which it is thought will prove fatal. . Mrs.-' Paschal, who was pass ing, left: her buggy rwhen she saw the- cyclone coming, . and took refugo in Col. n umbers house; sh&. was instantly killed when it was blown down.-' Seven negroes and nearly all of the stock on the place were Kuiea.- r v:. , . - Davidsboro,- oa tho . Central - Railroad. was almost destroyed. The stores of J. J. Calmer, A, u. Hermann. Johh .Hudson, l. u. iirown as uaii. and uneatham isros. were blown down; as was also the brick depot of the Central Railroad. An em ploye of the Railroad Co., named Varitn, was killed, and many others were seriously wounuea. - - - . ,. . ;. r - The only particulars .thus far' obtained have been-from points on the Railroad. When the reports from interior towns come in the hat of casualties will be largely in creased. "-- t";? ' r '.-. "ef Ji- "ir. ' Atlanta. QaLi Feb. 2k 3e storm of THiesday, on reaching Cherokee cpuntyj be came perieciiy.iuiious. -melargest trees were'liBroOtedi. ?-It is -reoOTteaVthafrr distance of three miles. 6n the line be tween Cherokee and Pickens county, twenty-two persons were killed and forty wounded. This section is far removed from communication, but the reoort is considered reliable. No deaths occurred in the counties contiguous to this fFulton) county. ' - - -: WASHINGTON. Call for; Bonds Investigation In the Department of Justice Frauds and Irregularities of IT. 8. marshals In South Carolina. - Washingtoii. Feb. 21 The Secretary of the Treasury to day issued. the one hun dred and twenty-sixth call for bonds for re- aemption., Tne ; can is for ten million of three per cents, which matures May 1st. ! me uouse committee on Public Build ings and Grounds agreed to-day to recom mend the construction of a public build ing st Aberdeen, Miss., to cost not ex ceeding $75,000. . -f Ralph Bollin. in his testimony to dav be fore the committee investigating the ex penditures in the Department of Justice, said tbat tbere were more than sixtv deputy marshals in South. Carolina. He had ex amined the accounts of more than thirty of tbese and round that two-thirds of them had made false and fraudulent statements. He also testiled that he had examined into the official conduct of U. S. -Marshal Blythe. of that State, and found that be ignored the instructions of the Department and the laws enacted by Congress for the guidance of marshals and disbursing offi cers; that he was personally responsible ior. reporting only about one fifth of the amount of fees and commissions earned in civil cases; that be had freqvently trans muted to tne lreasury Department to be alfowed in his favor, receipts and vouchers from witnesses of the United States and jailors in charge of prisons, without having paid to such creditors of the United States the full amount specified in such receipts or vouchers, and had made misstate ments in explanation of the reasons - why he did not pay these claims; that he had applied money entrusted to him for purposes other than those provided for in the act making appropriations; that he had rendered to the department weekly itemized reports of disbursements which did not show all the payments made, and weekly, statements of public funds in which he reported fictitious balances, and that he. had knowingly presented to the Treasury Department for approval accounts for fees and expenses of deputy marshals containing false and fraudulent items, and had given as an excuse that he 'did not ex amine the accounts when he made oath as to their correctness. Bollin also testified that twenty-seven deputy marshals had rendered false, fraudulent and fictitious ac counts for services rendered by them. t Appointment for the Democratic Ra tional Convention Relief for Flood : Sufferers in the Ohio Valley. ; Washington, Feb. 22. The Democratic National Committee met here to-day and selected Chicago, July-8thJ as the place and date of the National Democratic Con vention. - ',:" '-.f - - The following call was presented,by the Executive Committee and acted upon: "1 -"The National Democratic Committee, having met in the city of Washington on the 22nd day of February, 1884, has ap pointed Tuesday, the 8th day of July next, at noon, the time, and chosen the city of Chicago as the place, of holding the Na tional Democratic Convention. Each State is entitled to representation therein equal to double their nnmber ot Senators . and . Representatives in the Congress of the United States. Democrats of each organ ized Territory and the District of Colum bia are 1 invited to send two . delegates,- subject . to.: the decision of the Convention ' as to ; their admission. All Democratic conservative citizens .of the United States, irrespective of past po litical association and differences who can unite with ns in the effort for purer and constitutional government, are cordially in vited to join in sending delegates to the Convention." . - . . j The can was signed by all of the mem bers of the National - Democratic , Commit tee. : The next meeting of tbe committee, will be held at the Palmer House, Chicago. July 7th. ;.. .-: - - i J The Secretary of War to-day received several telegrams relating to the floods on the Ohio-river and its tributaries. One from Paducab, Ky:,- says that Capt . Mc Gowan has arrived there and that although they have 8,000 people to care- for, they have supplies enough for all. A telegram from Gen. Beckwith, at Cincinnati, reports the return of Lieutenant -Taylor,.; after , visiting every place on the river, between Cincinnati and Ironton, with the information that there is an abundance of food everywhere, and that the donations of the government and of the State have put the people be yond the want of food for some time to come. Beckwith also reports that the river is .falling 'rapidly, and that people are re ' turning to their usual avocations. I In response to a telegram from the Mayor of Middleport, O., asking if he can use the money allotted to him by the government for the repair of dwellings, the Secretary telegraphed that the relief fund was only intended ior the purchase of food, clothing and other necessaries, and could not be used for the purpose indicated. -1 ., ' snssaT" -assT" 11 ' r . C ohio. ; . A Family of Negroes murdered to Fnr : nlsu Subjects for a Dissecting Table at the Ohio medical College. By Telegraph to -the Morning Star.l . -Cincinnati,- Feb. - 22. On last Friday night the house in Avendale in which lived Berraly Taylor and his wife and- Elsie Cramberd, an adopted child, (all colored) was burned down and the inmates were missing." Last -night- their bodies were found in the ' Ohio Medical College and were taken to a city undertaker's. An ex amination of the remains- shows" that all three were murdered; all showing unmis takable signs of 'violence- the skulls of Taylor and his- ''wife being fractured. Whether the-crimes were committed for. money or to furnish subjects for the dis secting table is not known, but the general belief is that it was perpetrated for the lat ter purpose. - The house occupied by Tay lor is in a desolate spot half a mile from any neighbors.. Five colored men, residing . in the vicinity of the scene of the murder, have been arrested on suspicion : of , being the perpetrators of the crime. , , , Graham Gleaner: The --"stock law'-' was carried in Morton's, Faucett'sand Pleasant Grove Townships last Thursday, ! Spirits ; Turpentine - . Raleigh Visitor; We are in-"" formed that. Mr. Tinker Sorrell and family , k . were in their house on Tuesday night when X H was struck by the -cyclone. The house - was moved about fifteen feet, and struck a. : large tree and was literally torn to pieces. ': None of the family was hurt except the son '; ki ot Mr. Sorrell, who was badly bruised, but not otherwise seriously injured . - r 'J - .Greensboro BugU; ' DiedrtSI? this place at 480 yesterday,xLieut;fS, tE. ; M Allen, U.- 8. Marine : Corps, of' consump-' ' tion. Lieut Allen has. been at the -Ben-" bow House all winter. He leaves a wife' ; out no cnuaren,-. . we are pleased to, f I learn tbat Mr. u. Vf. Lyon, of Pittsburgh; 1 Pa., has bought' the Arrington. Mine hvr Nash county, and joining the Portis Mine, which has a record of over one million Lot dollars. In California placer mines- con taining ten cents in gold per cubic yard w pay large dividends. pThe Portia and Ar- i ringtonjmines wiU. averaga fifty.- cents -t the cubic yard whilst, the gravel contained in earth is worth several dollars per Jon. : f Fayetteville! Observer t Much interest is -felt in the mines of Moore. The . more celebrated oL these are the Moore ' -county grit, of the Taylor manufacturing vi V company, eight miles north Of .Carthage, s v 'k which works thirty hands and turns out the finest mill stones known in the world, : feady ' prepared ; and setjn frames that. would "do credit to the wood-workers of New Haven or Cincinnati. The ; Cagle gold mine, -thirteen mics northwest of Caf;." age, which ia provided with a stamp"mill, and is owned by a Northern company; the' " Burns gold mine, hear the latter and also . ' owned by.Northern capitalists the Henly Hill gold mine, in the same neighborhood ,.:. -irovided.with a stamp-mill, and owned by Mr. Lucian P. Tyson; the Bell gold mine, eight miles: north of: Carthage ; the. Tyson' . soapstone mine, at 1 Fairhaven. . Seventy-". $ve,hands are worked at these five.-- . known, negro assaulted a -joung lady" era-y" , f loye .of. Wittkowski Mfc Basuch., , v Jiast night five big ten-4wheeled' Mogul n-. ': ines arrived in the city on the North- Car-; oiina roaoeacn'TirgTnerawrnr Iwenty linree cars, loaaea witn ireignt tor Ubar- . lotte - and other Southern points. i : There came near being another fatal acci dent in the Kuester gun store yesterday. '. Mr. Freeman,-, the present "proprietor, had ; just sold a pistol to Mr. J. ,W. Kirkpatnck, " and charging its chambers with cartridges , passed it oyer to the purchaser. ' Mr. Free man was standing behind the counter, and Mr. Kirkpatrick was standing In front of him.. Before putting the pistol in his ; pocket Mr. Kirkpatrick .wanted to lee how it worked, - and while handling it it went off. j The bullet grazed Mr. Freeman's arm . and struck a box of caps in the shelf, be- . . hind, finally lodging in the walk .-1 : '-.; .:. ; ..- New Berne Journal: The barn,, stables, corn, fodder land horse of Mr. John. . C. Weatherington, at Johnson's MDls, Pitt -4 county, were burned; on Tuesday night of .. ; last week. This, is (the third fire of tins I . character "in that section : within three months, and the incendiary has not been ar rested yet Kinston dot : Jerry Sut ton, of Bucklesberry; killed a porker last1; Friday two years old, which weighed, net, -680 pounds, and there is no telling how . much more be . would have weighed, for . . this was the full capacity of the steelyards. - Jones county items: Mr. T.. C. - Whitaker, of Trenton, has made an assign ment of his stock of goods to his father, Mr. T. J. Whitaker, Tbe measles - are raging on the south side of the Trent t Several families afflicted. -.The mer- i chants of Trenton are retailing pork at 11c per pound, lard 15c corn 60c per bush, eggs 15c . per dozen. Our merchants are preparing to supply farmers on time. But every one who calls for credit will have to' convince the merchants that he means just what he promises before he can obtain it ' Raleigh Visitor: S. J)J. Ballen- -tine, Esq., informed ui today that in Har nett county, Mrs. Reuben Matthews, Mr. -Merritt Overby; his wife and two sons 7- were instantly - killed, and another son ot" the same party was so badly iujured that it .. Is thought he will die. AH of the houses -on the premises of Mr. Overby were blown down. Every house on the premises of sJohn McDonald and JohrfC.Upchurch, in , the same neighborhood, were blown down. In Johnston county Ml the houses on Ran- -som Parish's premises were blown down. A. Caudelle, in the . same county, had two fine-mules instantly, killed. The storm in that portion-of the county (just across the river) is said to have been fearful. Fences . were blown away and trees uprooted, and in some places, stripped of their branches. : - Hamlet, N. C .Feb. 20. -A cyclone passed between here and Rockingham - last night, about four miles from Hamlet Trees were taken up by the roots and hurled with -fearful rapidity through the air, and those -not upropted had all the bark taken off, -Chickens were found with all the feathers picked off of them, j Mill stones weighing 2,000 pounds were moved fifty yards. A mother and her babe; hardly a month old, were found in the woods dead, the mother ; clasping the helpless form of her babe to her breast Reports coming in from all sections tell of death and devastation. One woman was killed at Brown's Creek, near Polkton; four people at Darlington, 8. C, and the interior country to hear from. ' i v Charlotte Observer: Out in the suburbs several small cabins were turned over, and a portion of the roof of Liddell& Co. 's foundry and machine shops was car ried off. - This is all the damage done in ' Charlotte. Concord had a terrific blow.,;- The storm struck that place about h 8 o'clock and raged furiously for ,aboufr-f three hours. Along the southern section of the town the storm reached the propor- J tions of a hurricanej blowing down por ' tions of the brick residences of Messrs. -Wm. Smith andR. A.- Brown, and doing ; damage to the housejof Mr. A. B. Young, 1 The dry goods store pt R. E. Gibson was ; unroofed and his stock of goods damaged V by water. Fences were scattered in all di-; a rections and the streets were strewn with " prostrated trees, which literally obstructed -them in some localities."- At Winns boro, S. C the storm was the severest ever known. It was at a small settlement thir : teen miles from Win nsboro that the sever est damage was done. The storm struck . this settlement with terrific force, com- t pletely demolishing fifteen bouses, killing a ; three negroes, whose names are unknown, 5 t and an aged white lady named Mrs.- Ster ling, besides : wounding several others severely. The house in which Mrs. Sterling resided, was torn all to pieces. At the time ; the blow came her son and daughter were . in the house with 'her. They were both s blown out of the house and lodged in a large tree that was ' standing in the yard, escaping with severe! bruises. Their aged ; mother was crushed to death in the falling -timbers. Captf Frank Lanier, line- : man for the Sputhern Telegraph Company, -arrived in the city last night from a trip down the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, and reports that as he passed Woodward's the 'remains of. a negro man and his wife had just been extricated from the ruins of their demolished cabin. ' : From Polkton, on the Carolina Central Railroad, comes one pf the saddest stories of the devastating storm, Mij, F. M. Gray, -a prominent citizen of Anson county, lived near Polkton. . Monday night be retired as usual with, his family, put was waked shortly afterwards by the timbers 'of his mansion falling about his head. In the twinkling of an eye, rum surrounded : himv His house was torn by the mighty whirl wind and scattered along the track of the storm, but in the ruin the beloved mother and wife was lost I Her dead body was picked up near the scene, and the train that arrived at Polkton yesterday, afternoon brought ."the coffin from Wadesboro, in ..which . her body was to be interred. - - In. the neighborhood of Pioneer Mills, in Cabarrus county, the storm raged with, unparalleled fury ,, Mrs, Martha Black, mother ,of Mr. W. J.I Black, of this city a short time ago moved into her new two story frame dwelling. Shortly after she re tired, the howling winds awakened her and bearing the timbers cracking she prepared to flee from the house, but before she could get out, the house commenced -' tumbling about her head. Mrs. Black's family also escaped, but all were injured by the falling timbers. Mrs. Black, Who ; is an aged lady, was; quite ' seriously hurt . About a mile from Mrs. Black s is the homestead of Mr. Monroe Lewis. All of Mr. Lewis' out houses were blown away, but his dwelling bouse withstood the 6torm. ; In.: the same neighborhood five dwelling houses were de molished.; Near Mrs. Black's house, a ne gro cabin was swept completely away, and the negro woman who occupied it was kill ed, her body being horribly . mashed, I Her name is unknown. All through the Pioneer neighborhood fencesj and trees' were scat tered over the country. The storm was ac companied by heavy lightning and hail. "