Wind And Rain

The severe wind .and rain stor'ja last Tluirsday did a great deal of damage south oï the city. The blow was quite frightening here but nothing serious happened in the city. At Saline the steeple of the Baptist church was separated from lts center and a part of it was earried sev.;i-al rods and smashed iuto kindliug wood. The roof of C. Marion's barn was tor. off and W. H. Daveaport's dwellin was damaged conslderaMy. At Stony Oreek the Baptist chufe! Was partially unroofed and severa stvaw and hay Staeks were blown over into noigh'boring farns. The path of the wlndsonn wa through the southern part of the eoua ty. It is hardly safe to cali it a eyclone because the shados of tb Coimnereial would rise np in tïiei migtt and start a controversy. Neither ia it policy to cali 'it a tornado for then Tlic rpsilantian would throw down the gauntlet. Henee we cali it a simple wind and rain storm.