Terrible Storms

FURT OF THE ELEMENT?. Brownton, Tex., May 34.- A cyclone swept over this place andvicinity Tuesday, and the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches were demolished and eight houses destroyed, and Amanda Willis (colored) instantly killed. The path of the storm was 300 feet wide, and crops, buildings, trees, fences and every thing in the danger belt were swept away. Sulphur Springs, Tex., May 25.- A degtructive hail-storm passed over the country two miles east oí this place Tuesday, doing great damage to growing crops and fruit trees. The storm covered a belt three miles wide. The cotton plants were completely destroyed and must be replanted. Corn was also badly damaged. The hailstones were so large that they broke 9hingles on the roof s of houses and tore Umbs from trees. Sbelbyvillb, 111., May 29.- Almost a cyclone passed over this city Sunday afternoon at about 2 o'clock. The wind was verv strong and uprooted trees, moved a barn, displaced fences and blew down chimneys. The lightning struck one dwelling and a barn, cutting them in two as though cleft with an axe. Elgis, 111.. May 29.- During a storm at 4:30 Sunday afternoon hail-stones as large as hens' eggs feil, breakingthousands of Windows. The wind was terrillc, many trees and sheds being blown down. Beloit, Kan., May 29.- Beloit was visited by a heavy rain Saturday night at 8:30, accompanied by a high wind, which was the hardest ever known here. Three small houses were blown down in the city, and an infant child of Mr. Guill was killed in one of them. lts mother and a little girl were slightly injured. . The city water works were damaged. Two or three business houses were unroofed, and chimneys, window süls and trees suffere.d badly. Chadron, Neb., May 29.- A waterspout burst in the northwestern part of Dawes County Saturday night, which washed out flve miles of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad track and carried away a large number of cattle. The bridge9 aross the White and Lone Tree rivers were carried away and all telegraph communication is cut off. It is feared that a number of settlers along the White and Lone Tree have been lost. The waterspout carne in the form of a black cloud, which resembled a large cart-wheel in rapid motion. Beatrice, Neb., May 29.- Near this place yesterday two children of A. F. Beckett, who were trying to escape a threatened rise of the stream on which they lived, feil into a gully while going to higher ground and were drowned. Wheilino, W. Va., May 30. A fierce thunder-storm. with a gale of wind, hail and almost unprecedented rainfall, prevailed here and for 150 miles down the river Monday afternoon. At Bridgeport, over the river, a 6-year-old son of Joseph Taylor was caught in a swelling stream and drowned. The tent of Clements & Russell's circus on Wheeling Island was almost demolished. At Ravenswood, Jackson County, haü-stones weighing four ounces feil, many Windows were broken and fruit trees badly damaged. Near Charleston Eobert Shannon was struck by a tree which was blown down and his neck broken. At Stevensviüe, opposite Ravens wood, Mrs. William Powell was killed by a stroke of lightning while sitting in her house, The Ohio river train f rom here to Parkersburg had every pane of glass broken by hail. "Wei.lsvii.i.e, N. Y., May 30.- Twenty Business blocks were unroofed by a eyclone ■which struck this place at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. The Baptist church, a fine brick stiuoture, was badlv damaged. The roof was carried away and the interior wrecked. Parts of the roof were carried long distances, striking other buildings and doing general damage. Windows were broken by the hundreds, some of them very valuable ones. The storm swept violently east, feiling trees and doing general damage. The church and several buildings woro wrecked at Allentown, N. Y., and many oil derricks in the AUcghany fleld were blown down. Titusvili.e, Pa., May 30.- The cyclone which struck this city Monday was accompanied by a cloud-burst which deluged the city. Whole avenues of trees were blown out, smokestacks and chimneys demolished, outhouses and barns lifted into the air and thrown down and smashed to atoms. Mrs. J. R. Barber and familj' were thrown from a buggy and slightly injured. Frank Barchfield met with a similar experience and was badly hurt. Pittsbi'rgh, Pa., May 30. - A heavy thunder-storm, accompanied by high winds and hail, passed over Western Pennsylvania Monday evening.doinp preat damge. Churches, public buildings and dwellings were unroofed, trees uprooted and fences and barns blown down. A number of persons were iniured. At Sharon, Pa., the brick foundry of the Sharon stove works was wrecked and other buildings damaged. At Sharpsville, Pa., houses and shops were unroofed and chimneys blown down. At New Castle, Pa.T Traversos cigar store was wrecked and the residence of Dr. Green badly daniaged by lightning. MoRESii, Mich., May 30.- A heavy thunder-storm swept over this end of Lenawee County Sunday night. It was accompanied by a cycloue some miles northwest of here. Fenees were torn down, eight buildings wrecked, trees uprooted and great damage done. Cantón', O., May 30- A wind and rainstorm Monday afternoon blew down a portion of the newly erected faotory building f the Dueber Watch-Case Company, oausing a loss of f50,000. The workmen employed in the building escaped. Paxtos, 111., May 30. -One of the heaviest rain-storms known in this part of the State for years prevailed here Sunday and Monday, and hundreds of acres of farm lands are lying under water, while cellar floors are covered and creeks are swollen to the proportions of rivers. The damage to late planted grains can not fail to be great Tuscoi-a, 111., May 30.- For the past sixty hours rain has fallen throughout Central Illinois in floods, and as a consenuencö thousands of acres of grovving coru are under water, rivera and Btreams are raging, and mueh damage to bridges and f enees has resulted. Seven horses were killed in different places Sunday Dight by lightning. New Oki.kans, May 30.- At Uilenburg, a resort on Lake Ponchartrain, within a few miles of this city, one man ■was killed and ten others injured, tt is feared mortally, by a lightning stroke. About 5 o'clock in the evening a sudden storm carne up from the lake and a large number of people sought refuge In a tent in one of the gardens. The storm lasted but a few moments, but during its height the tent was struck, with the result above stated.