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Show A Sflvm'o Hull Storm. Thursday last was a ntorniy day on the plains east of us, and the Union 1'aoilio trams whuh left Oi;dcu on Wednesday imrni' , hen near Potter station, encountered one ot those tierce hail stonna which aru not entirely unknown to old travelers across that region. As tho train w.S proceeding eastward ly at its mual . speed, the storm was noticed approaching ap-proaching from the north, and old residents predicted a nmall, but hoped that they mitthl outrun it, when tho wind euddeutv changed around to tho south, and the storm struck tho train with such force ivs to compel a stoppage. Tno hail pelted tho cars with such violence as to entirely en-tirely smash up the gtasi in the windows win-dows on the windward aide, hreuktng the latlieid shutters, as well as the glass in the day cars and the douWo-plate douWo-plate glass of tho Pullman (deepen 'The cars were hevjiely splintered and damaged by II iy pelting of the hail-atones, which, in many ea-rs, measured six inches in eireuint'erenco. A bridge over a email slu.mi in the neighborhood was earned away, tv the sudden riy of wnti r, and altogether alto-gether the (rain was delayed about ten hours. During the prevalence of the storm, the la lies, several ol whom were on boanl, were protects! from ' its fury by prostrating themselves on the doors of the cars and being cover- od ovvr with ciieiuona. Must uf the t ladiM were dread hilly frightened, aud j one more delicate than the rest wai thrown into spasms, but none were i in any y injured. Tue fury of lhe storm soon ahaud, and the otlicers of the train did oerj thing in their power for the comlort of thepassen-i gens. The windows were temporarily covered with carpet, matting, ele., and thev uroeeeded on their iournev to Omaha w lich tin y would reach alviut midirght on Friday, Prof. Albert Car nils; ton and wife of this city were passenger ou the Lraiu, but eipenenced no particular incin veuience from the storm, aud when p.ss.U by the weiit wan.1 U und train appeared in i;.xxl lu.d'.hand spirits. Tiie station h-nioo at Potter wa much demoralized by th.o fiUTiu, the windows being sm.ial.evl, the weather-tvurdmg weather-tvurdmg and thu.gles being split aud shAiteri-d a- if ruhlled by r ll i bails. |