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jjjjjjjg FROM CHARLESTON.
„ ,,pnpLH ENCOUNTER A NIGHT
IBEIEO of . tb bBOB.
THE MiAi i')\ WEEKLY TELEGRAPH : TUESDAY.SEPTEMBER 7, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
11
ft nd Incident* of the K*rth-
and a D*P Into 1,10 Details
'Tine Shock WMeh laid tlio
CUT m Baln »-
, ScfO'*
rtusidtos, S. 0.. September 4. 2:30 p.
Pernor SUeppnrd is on the scene.
*•7 «>me down t0 see wbttt 01111 be done
B< the suffering of the people. He
w ith the mayor and other prom-
* 11 , .idieus and see what can bo done.
* f ‘.Sine must be done, and if necessary
iJrufcah a special session of the Legis
w ho have been camping in
, ets will be quartered at the Citadel,
s will’be used as barracks. The four-
”ntuners who did not escape from jail
I ^so be taken there.
to iu ™.Z ei, 7 1110 c .“y 13 Packed ment has sent al
held in ill \ u f,, Ber . vlc e8 will be Charleston, and this exhausts the supply
The niL ^ P k8 in tho cit y - --crrow. on band ~ ‘ '
reel P ?, • aro I*® 1111 ? to and fro on the
ltequests have to-day been re-
1 —’*? iro on me ceived for about five hundred more, but
cl.nniT’ ...uP.? up , a . nd down, aw aiting a the department is uuablo to comply.
Bhock, which
the coming
but of t
they expect with
n of the tide,
but of course there is no reason to exnect
anything of tho kind. But, strange £2?
guessers have come to the time each day;
11.45 is nam ed u the time to-night, but I
hopo they will be mistaken.
k Baw a family in one of the parks who
said they had not slept under anytbingsave
the canopy of heaven since tho first shock,
and without anything to eat but canned
a an i, br . e T - 1W0 ot tbem “O P ros -
uated with sickness. Hiding in the cars
with a bister of Mercy, I asked if there
was much sickness. She said no, but
the sleeping in the open air
necessarily brings about a great deal of fear
for the worst. It is impossible to picture
the sad scene around the different encamp
ments. r
The haggard, worn out people are afraid to
« to-night hi escaped a shock, all
Km the sun is shining brightly and wilTbe well, bn! prayers Kid be sent up
.4 gtretts ar® .°* people, all that they would have no rain, for a heavy
I amt some attempting to do ram would have a tendency to weaken the
1 - s only for appearance sake. Every- badly split buildings.
StaifeibaUBted, and it is wonderful how I Frcf/ Mendentb’al, of the Smithsonian
gj.uw.Dh operators stand their work. Institnte, does not believe that the
iT. pDtv four hours would pass without a rocks fell in «— -a ^—~
fiick the people would begin to realize that | office could
the News and Courier
. have come from the
I sawder > B over. skies. The compositors have been inter-
I Tke estimate of the loss as made up to- viewed, and state that there is no question
I ... 410 raining), which eovors the | about their coming through the skylight,
that
are springing up on the
railroad and the fissures in the earth here
to a small extent and at Summerville to a
very great extent, are the alarming f«»*n
A MORNING SPECIAL.
i, reaches $12,300,000, which eovors the about their coming through the skylight,
JLh,meat building, pubho property, windows, eto., and positively assort thal
Jinrcbes and everything. they were not thrown.
The Cotton Exchange is in session, and The geysers that are
-.nest other telegrams sending coatribu- rai’
KVasone from the New York Cotton to
r? .. ...v.y.1, reads as follows: I ve
“Drasonus for $3,000 for relief of tho of the earthquake in connection “with tho
flSerere. I continued shocks.
[Signed] y okk q otto!) Exchange."
The reading of the telegrams was rooeiv-1 „ , „ ' '
I .IrithXere, ai.d this seems to be tile I **otenar MoorUhnl a Opinion Creates Ad-
I bit time that smiles have beamed on the dltlooal Distress and Grier,
I Mntenaaces of the citizens of the afflicted Chaklektox, S. C„ September 4, 10:35
1*1 a. m —The sun is trying to peep, but even
' Contnbutions are rapidly pouring in. bright Sol looks sad. The street oars are
The News and Conner got out through I Sued with people, moving to and fro with
in, courtesy of several visiting newspaper °ot any object. The few who returned to
I Ik last night. The printers declare they the houses yesterday are seeking tho woods
I nil not work any longer in the unsafe again, and the trains go out of the city
I killing, and the chances are that the News I crowded to their utmost capacity. The ex-
I at Courier will not be issued to-morrow, j mayor has before him about 1,000 tele-
I Iho stocks at Summerville started this j grama, to which he has prepared a general
I Mtning and continue at intervals of ten reply of thanks for any money aid given,
I states and are very severe. I and asking to be allowed to draw for the
I The people of Charleston are terror- amounts donated, and that it will be placed
I taken aud fear a return of tho I where most needed.
I attbqnako at that point. It is estimated The Knights of Honor, in reply to an in
IlktUOt persons left on the early trains, I Wiry from M. L. Bonham, G. D., of Abbe-
I isd tie) are now flocking to the depot, I wills, sent the following answer:
I wiling 'or trains to be made up to take I "I do not think a single Knight of Honor
I Sam away. The shook last night caused b »s escaped without serious loss. Any
I Ik death of Miss Patsoy Toomer, who was | money aid will be thankfully received. I
1 ampins in the Arsenal grounds. She was I would advise yonr telegraphing to thr
I gnu”old, and never rallied after the I supreme director in our behalf,
| dm at 114)5. Bertha Clide died from “W. \V, Simuonds, D, D and G. D.”
I morale and fright; Moses Brown from Professor Mendthal, of tho (Smithsonian
I Ming walls; Louis Chisholm from exposure Institute, will go through a thorough ex-
la iklli van Island; Henry White, cadet, I aminstion. He says from all ho oan ascer-
I relapse of typhoid, fever, brought on by tain this eartbqnsko is like the New Madrid
I fright and exposure. Haxdx. I earthquake, in Missouri in 1811, and which
1 I luted a year. I got this from Professor
THE UPHEAVALS CONTINUE. Mendthal personally.
——— I This report has spread over.the city, and
IfcwitDili ot People Flying From the ale- is causing additional distress and grief.
vuted City. This, with the continual upheaval on the
Cbuustow, September 4.—The upheav. neighboring islands and at Summerville,
ik it ganmiervilfe continue. Thousands I ^ horrible situation.
!«lpeopie are leaving. The exodus is in- ™* PJ-tow in the job room of the
«S t . Governor Sheppard has visited *«*» and Courier went to work a few min
fttrau with tho committee from the ? Ua a 8°- Hot rocks commenced com-
^y inf' through tho window, causing a
Ikulads around the city are the scenes panio, the printers piling down,
ofnailery strange pictures. I have in on top of the other. I went
a/hlfome dirt of four different colon, * nto . #®° room • ftnd EJf* 6 ® U P
■ml ioii lavs brought in by a responsible «>«*“ or of the blue stones. They were
lriU.au from the ten mile post « tb ® ““*• , Tll ° «*“• «®
MU. A. Yates of the phosphate works R ot ° work. It is doubtful if the News and
kri ton appointed chairman of the relief Courier hands oan be got back to work to-
•asitteaT The tenU received will day, TUi. Uat ocourtence tt wlthoat pand-
W cover one tenth the What is next, no one can predict The
•••dj. lUgular encnmpuients will | ®hoYe occurred at 1
m MUbluhed Aud sanitary regulations
Professor McGee said that the ornament
al work and ginger-bread work in Charles
ton was in many intances out of proportion
to the size of tho buildings, and these parts
would be apt to fall and carry away portions
of the general structure. He said that
when ho left Wiishiiuton hi
thought lie would have very
little difficulty in determining tho approxi
mate causo of the earthquake,but confessed
to have been much puzzled by his observa
tions.
Contrary to expectations, he found that
the fissures were not uniform in their di
rection; somo|extend from north to south,
and others trom eajt to west and
on this account he would hesitate
now to give any scientific
declaration. He did, however, give the
opinion that the shocks were the result of
lot-ill land-slidi s
By term “local” he docs not mean that
the shakes can be traced to any particular
place, at Summerville, Charleston, or else
where, and remarked that there was no
connection between the shakes and the sup
posed volcauio action. HU impression is
that the area covered by the land-slide
theory has been from forty to one hun
dred miles under the bed of the sea. Ho
was confident, moreover, that the worst
was passed. This statement, however, was
made prior to the severe shock at XI o’clock
last night.
He left Summerville this morning for tho
phosphate district, where he will continue
nis observations.
Professor McGee’s remarks have had an
axo.ollrtu t fiffeot TTn to vftRterday ahont
1,000 people, or one-third of the whole
population, had.left Summerville, and it is
expected that Professor McGee’s Btatement
will stop any further exodus. Samuel
Stammond, who was reported at dangerous
TWO DAYS’ EXPERIENCE
OF OUK SPECIAL STAFF COUItE-
SPOSUENT IN OHAHLKSTON. *
An Opiniou of a Layman bh to the Cause
of the Earthquake—The Ktal Con
dition of the City by the Sea-
Echoes of the Shock.
say this, aud I am inclined even now to
strike it out; but it is an honest conviction
after two days and nights of experience
and so I let it stand.
Tho question is repeated many times,
how does the city look? One can easily de
scribe a landscape or a mountain, or a sun
set at sea, because nearly every ono has
seen them, and words convey the idea easily.
Descriptions are best done by comparison;
but very tew, fortunately, have Ro>n a
wrecked city, and to attempt comparison
would be futile. Nothing but inathomati-
After tho shock at 11 o’clock Friday cal dimensions of the cracks, or destroyed
night, I traversed the streets of Charleston, portions of buildings, and tho number of
taking in the scenes until 4 a. in., when buildings, with descriptions of them, could
1 boarded the train for Savannah over the convey anything liko a definite, 'accurate
Charleston and Savannah railroad, and ar- Idea of tho destruction. A sight-eeer who
rived borne in Macon at 4:20 yesterday af- visits Charleston with tho idea that ho will
ternoon. seo the city laid waste, would bo disap-
Since I have been back I have been be- pointed, lie could not toko in tho damago
sieged by innumerable people, whoso anx- in one view-.
ietv so exceeded their curiosity in their in- It is only by going from house to house
quiries, that I have thought it well to give and examining tho walls, back and front,
plainly, without rhetorical or imaginative and looking at tho ruined interiors that one
ornamentation, u review of niy oW-i vatnnis can at all gra*q» the trim condition. There
and experience in Charleston from Thurs- are no enormous crumbling piles of ruins,
day afternoon to Saturday morning at 4 1 The streots are almost entirely clean of do-
o'clock. There have been some very exng- bris, and looking down any ono of the
g.-rated accounts sent out,mainly by special broad streets there is scarcely
correspondents who seem rather to have any evidence of the devastation,
sought the occasion for pyrotechnic rheto- Unless an attentive observer, the cunous
ric than definite description. Tho dis- sight-seeing visitor will bo disappointed,
patches that I sent tu the Tkleg&apb from J As a matter of fact, few visitors bad risked
Charleston were as far as in my power and satisfying their curiosity up to yesterday;
knowledge,unadorned, accurate statements but, doubtless, later, when safety shall
of the real condition of affairs. My in- seem assured, many strangers will visit tho
structions were to seek and report faota, city.
ly injured and dying, is now doing well His
leg, however, is fractured, and he has many
THE NATIONAL HEAR!'
TOUCHED BY THE KBCITAL OF
CUAKLU.STONS MISFORTUNE.
Prompt an«l Generous Outpouring
Dollars to Tho IfotneMw amt Pood
les* People of the Doomed .
City l»y Tne den.
and such was my honest aim.
I was surprised to learn that tho shock of
Tho greatest excitement during my visit I Tuesday night that wrought tho destruction
was occasioned by the shock at 11 o'clock I was not awful in noi^e. From what I could
Friday night, which was i" u’cluck Macon gatln-r from numerous witm-ss.-s, the none
standard time. I was standing in the was very little doouer or louder tlmn that
lobby of thA Charleston Hotel at the I heard iu many Georgia towns. The main
time* bilking to severul repre- j thing noticeable was tho extremo heat and
sentntivea of the Northern press. There I dead calm; mauy found difficulty in breath-
were about twenty gentlemen in the lobby. 1 ing for a few minutes. With the shock
I heard no premonitory noise. The shock camo stilling {sulphurons fumes. Then the
lasted not over five or six seconds. The I dust from the centnry-dry mortar of falling
sensation was os if I were see-Rawing with buildings nearly choked many.
I forced it them for tht protoetSoo oth—lth.
I w* coxmittee, ao far aa appointed, are:
Iw J. A Yatea, F. W. Dawson, Mr. Guer
|aUiad Mrior Iluguenin.
The South Carolina llailroad Company
BHOWBB8 OF PEBBLES
iwalh}
ipt J
Mr
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L bat
I* o<
a
Greato a Sennatlon Among the Peopb
Damage Done.
Ciup.lekton, 8. C., September 4.—The
poue hundred box cara at the disposal of I shock last night caused great alarm on ac-
«• committee. I count of the ahattered condition of the
l**iB*bbath i» dawning upon the peo-1 nervee of the poople. Those persona who
FA tad the night will be another ono of I had ventured back under their roofs hur-
"tytaie and anguish. The people will, I ried into the etreeta, which preaented for a
*fch<arU in their mouths, listen ut every I few momenta an tragical an appearance aa
I on Taeaday night. But little actual barm
Ihi reporta of upheavals and geysers from I was done by the shock. Two untenanted
jwmmoding country between here and j houses aro reported to have fallen, together
JUMumille is something fearful. No I with a part of tho coping of the Charleston
■jjc* will be occupied to-night. I Hotel.
JmNears A nd Courier building and the I The vibration during the shock was not
Telegraph offices have been con- j especially great, but the moaning and howl-
The Southern Telegraph inpved I ing sound waa sufficiently alarming. Grad-
itor offiee to No. l'J State street, without I nally the people had come to the conviction
*J»nt€rroptiou of business, and tho News that the fhocka were at an end aud the dia
U c °wier are making many efforts to get I appointment waa agonizing.
l^Jpapar The senaation to-day is the felling of
excitement is wearing off and a great j shower* of pebbles iu the lower part of the
men have to call atimnlanu to their city. The first fall waa at 7:30 o’clock this
“to keep them up. I morning and the second at about 11 o’clock.
jJJ* Michael'a steeple,” says the Earth-1 They oppeared to fall in a slanting dirtc-
?*«» afternoon edition published tion from the south to the north. There
[*•*. ‘h’i kicked np queer antics aincetho 1 aro monels of flint among them aud are
P •« oc k on Tuesday night. The Btee-1 plainly obradod and wro n by the action of
eighteen inches. The shock la*t the water. Some few have sharp fractures
W threw it back twenty-one inches.” I and have evidently been recently broken.
ttBUtMtadvioMfrom SammerviUo re- The fzet of the fall is vouched forbyaev-
the ehocka mill continue in rapid eral trustworthy persons. The bulk of tho
and aro very violent. An eyo I pebble* fell in and around the News and
JJttj states that he waa standing over a Courier office.
J*“Md to be thirty-five feet deep with Ciniu>i*roN,September4.—TTiebarof the
feet of water in the bottom. Snd- harbor of Charleston has not been nffected
’ rumbling waa heard and tho water by the earthquake. Soundings taken on
fcptolv. When within three feet of Wednesday show aeventoen and a half feet
Efface the shock waa felt and the of water in the south channel one hour be-
* Receded slowly. This co tinned fore high water, and in Pnmnkin HiU chan-
; h iQccesaave ahock. At Cainhoy, on I nel, sixteen and a half feet of ^Ater. Tbtro
^»P«r river, telegraphic advicea aUto ia no truth in the report that the bridgou
«ock Btruck tho village last night at across the Ashley river have fallen.
* ‘ ~ psor. m'qcbV opiknav.
■». i -—~v — | Cbxblentok. September 4.—Prof. W. T.
7 iU McGee, of the United States geological aur-
7 e either killed or the abocka I . to Summerville on 1 riday to m-
deaths have
bnt there
vhich
. ,, veiiitato tho imuinUte or remote cituea of
place thin the n „ nt „rthq.inke. Ho atoppod at the
arc luaity cuee of in- ~ Mj],, mu „ution, arouud which the
®*y result fatally at *“>' earthquake wus parti.-ularlj active, and paid
tvni-irt especial uttentiou to th« mattar which waa
Huji R® a'reet* are lit wi h camp np (rom the cniters which are nu-
u?J??* bit * DU eB “ m P ed merous through the belt of country. ex-
tsa - , ther , e 1K KU y -'l’ 00 ‘Ki ce I tendiuB from DiaheFa »«rm. about four
|*i h®* 11 ritmridy ooeupied. Th. ^e Tea Mile HiU north and
toff®?-1° nn 8M*olda«> — ****** I Mfc «nd likewise ceet and wcet for an In-
ox neeyen, and are n« cheerful , dietance eloDtf the acriooot
t. terrot ot the coming night will professor McGeo oollect-d specitneDS of
. Lioil Mid mnd which bad been thrown np,
"id'Caval last night in ^nd K-.mpUri of wattri which towed from
■•'Kbnii.pS l “ I le ,°pl». and the q« » er - t he flaanre, taking piirUcuUr note of the
pTn:- nakee the j*ople belieyo on th, f ttt m of Charlce L-.e, the
1 F«opW gISf U about sixteen feet
h fteir for a piece to a are KnJ , ixU «n leet deep,
h?'will nnt venture into | U, Sn ,nn
severe contnsiona,
Tho feeling to-day is decidedly more
cheerful and a better tone natnrally per
vades in the community. It is difficult to
give any precise reason for this, bnt it is a
fact.
TUB IlELIEr COMMITTEE.
Workmen are at work upon tho injured
buildings, putting them in order,
end as much » possible is being dons to
protect the interiors from the ruins which
ure expected. Another eloment which in
creases confidence is the organization to-day
of a strong relief comuitteo,which will.take
entire charge of the provision of food and
clothing aad quarters as for
necessary for those who have suffered
by tho earthquake. A considerable num
ber of tents have been received from the
government and others are expected to
morrow. Tho orphan house, alms house
and both Catholic orphan asylums have
been provided with sufficient shelter. An
encampment for othor refugees in military
stylo is now being formed on the Bonth
Battery. There will be au encampment for
the colored refugees on Marion Square. It
can he confidently assorted that this work
of the committeo will he systematic, and
that all funds at their disposal will be prop
erly applied.
THE ACT1NO MATOB TAKES A BEST.
Ch4JU.eszok, September 4.—This after
noon, ucting Mayor Huger went to his
home for the purpose of, embracing the
only opportunity be has hud unco Monday
night to rest He accompanied Governor
Sheppard, who arrived early from
Colombia over the city and pointed ont the
domage to property, and consulted with him
■■ to the plana for allevmtin ■ H..- suii.-nm
Up to sunset to-day about $30,000 in cash
had been received for the sufferers, and the
Indications are that several times that
amount wonld be forwarded soon. One of
the very latest contributions was annonoo.
ed in these wards by wire from Mayor
O'Brion, of Boston: “l>niw on ns for
$5,000.”
The venerable W. W. Corcoran, sent his
indvidnai check for $5,000,
4, .TO TUE ruol’EflTT LOSS.
The reporter mode a careful detow of tho
city and was surprised to find so niach
wrecked proporty which had before escaped
the eyes of the press representa
tive!. At least four out of
live of ail the buildings
are damaged more or less. The city
assessor, William A Kelly, says that the
loss will readily reach $10,000,000
The toxahlo proporty aggregates
$22,000,000. As tho greatest portion of the
prupi rtv di-.-tr-ipfd uni inhibit.-.1 l.y tli
old families who have no surplus means, it
is believed that only a portion will be i
built.
All day there bps been a constant rattle
snd roar of the falling buildings os they
aro being torn down by the owners as
measure of safety. Hundreds of others
will not come down until the action has
been ordered by the city coancil.
At many places ropes arc drawn across
the streets to keep pedestrians away from
the condemned and dangerous buildings.
FRIDAY NIGHT’S SHOCK
Fete In Certain Flacee, but Without Dam-
nge Anjwhere.
sm'rjlnton’, Pa., September 4.—A distinct
shock ot earthquake waa felt in this city
11:05 o’clo:k Uat evening.
Pittbbcko, P.c, September 4.— A Blight
earthquake shock waa felt at Sewicklej,
Pa., twnlv« miles west of thia city, last
night at 11.05^ standard time. The Bhock
was not perceptible in tbU city.
Lyvchbubo, Vjl, September 4.—Another
diaiinct shock of earthquake was felt here
last night at 11 o'clock.
SAVANNAH’S B fc GoND VICTIM.
Dftlla Supple D1»b of U«r Irjarlct-Anoth
er Miock—Savannah’* G*-utro*4<y.
Savannah, September 4.—Delia Supple,
a young white woman, died to-night from
injuries received in jumping from the
second story during Uat Tuesday night''
earthquake. She is the second victim
this city.
Several slight tremor* were felt here to
day and the people continue to camp out in
tho square*.
Savannah has contributed $6,000 for the
relief oc the Char leaton sufferers.
HavAnnah’a itunuiutf* Ur«»Uy Strained.
Savannah, September 5.— At 10:43 to
night another Bhock, equal in severity
that of Uat night, waa felt here. Hundreds
of people are still camped in the square#.
TTirfcontinuance of the shock* ia very ae-
vero on the buildings, which are greatly
strained.
only n plank under my feet. The immense I From tho press reports and specials
hotel building swayed to and fro with the I published in this morning's issue, it will
same Bee-saw motion. When I felt I bo scon that I am borne out in my opiniou
Macon Tuesday night, I that tho shocks are not yet permanently
beneath impressed mo as | over.
other side of tho | It Is doubtless
terriblo truth that
Haydn.
the shock
tho earth
solid through to the very
?lobe, but 1 felt in the Charleston Hotel ns | Charleston is a finished city.
i only a plank was beneath mo. This sugg
ested to me that may be the deeper foun-
dation of Charleston had by years of per-1 Melon Hind Preserve.,
•lotion been worn awavj and that a mam-1
moth oave was beneath the city; or that
Prof. McGee's land slide had occurred
Do j on know yon can proiervo water-
brnmUl.inT T|,melon rinds without cooking? Try it. Cut
Et ni &itv 8 p ' I red, rip. pulp win? a sharp knife
I did not reafizo any fear at tho moment a J d pare off the outer circle of skin. Cat
of the shock. I was dazed. Tho shock ‘ b ® P 130 ® 3 »« tb ® 31za
was over before I moved. When it had an d, P aok in ‘°8» r - u,,n £ «’?° a 8 laM
passed I started for tho front street, but ro- ea *tben jar* with covers. Pot in a layer of
Lathering tho shattered condition of tho tmd °®’ r ® r . » itb • a f®'^X’the
front of the budding, I hesitated a few see- ? n nnU ‘ tbo 3 , f "“; ™S**JK*2
onds. Finding that the pillars remained, ‘*7® r w, ‘ h , a Bl1 ' 1 thicker coating of angar.
I rothed «S iLl L possible to Tb ? , waUr in , , tb ® ’"'d will melt tho angar
the street. The others who had been in “d «®m »»Wch mo.t wver
tho lobby hod rushed out at cnee on feeling “ H th ® rind - “ fe f. w ' cks it will be ready
the shock. I hod joined thorn in almost aS f ? r use - a P d ia thought by acme to bo deli-
imperceptibly brief apace. .T be ,. re d P nl P. wb ® n not t00 "P°
Tho afreets were crowded with people in- b ® b 'auUful y curved and preerved in tho
.tauter, Lhobad under renewed tfoniidenco tolu “ ddiDB
returned that evening to the houses for the Iar b cl X to its popularity at the table,
first time since Tuesday night. At onco I A Valuable Uorse.
roso on the air tho despairing wail I Covington EnerprUe.
of unintelligible hymns being Qar old friend F. M. Sigman has a horse,
shouted by panic stricken named Ball, that is 23 years old, and is
negroes. Tho white people huddled to- j worth his weight iu gold to parents having
gether in tho middle of tho streets. One children they desiro married off, or to get
group of about fifty women, men and chil- | mnrr ied themselves. This faithful animal
dren gathered at tho intersection of two | hag hauled most of Mr. Sigman’s children
streets, and sat bolt upright in chairs all I around in “courting time,” and, somehow
night. At tho time of the shock the j 0 r somehow else, has managed to marry
weather waa very cold, and thoso who them all off. Tho “old man” concluded not
had rushed out suffered all night for want I long since to try his hand, aud invitod a
of sufficient wraps, for they woro too charming lady to tako a ride behind tho fiery
terrorized to return to tho houses, I steed, and tho roHult waa ho proposed and
for oven so brief a space of time as would I was accepted. This horso never permits a
enable tbem to get extra clothing or wraps. I couple to rido behind him a second timo
l houaands of people suffered from cold ull I unless they aro engaged. Ho has married
that night. I off three girls, four boys and ono grand-
The shock renewed terror in the heart* of daughter, and the “old man” himielf.
all, and many were dumb with hopelessness. I „ •
They reminded one of the time of tho last An Iln P rov *>* 1 Corn,
yellow fever epidemic in Memphis Fori J , “ Adv*rtu«r.
when people struck with the disease I Mr* C. B. Wooten, of Itusiielville, has
Btared each other in tho face, awaiting variety of corn that he has improved to
death, without a ray of hopo lighting their I high utendard by fp*cial euro in th« Melee-
glaring eyes. tion of seed corn. It in large groined, and
The wailing of tho negroes was pitiable, of extra weight, ami makes nuperb corn
Tho anguish and despair in it really was bread. Sample* of this corn in tho ear aro
thrilling. The terror waa added to by tho on onr table and is very fine. Mr. Wooton
almost entire nbeence of light# of any kind, has twenty acre# of upland planted this
The city wan in gloom, and a reign of ter- yoar of tbU ooro, which he claims will
was on. Tbero w&# no mod rushing I yield, when gathered, twenty-five bushels
about, and there wo# no noUe save I per acre. _____
the wailing set up by the colored A Child Bitten by a KattUanak*.
people at the time of the .hock. A largo | CtiioSi Kfpt cmW 2.-Tho littlo nine year
Nzw York, September 4. The following
has been sent A. W. Taft, president of the
Cotton Exchange of Clmrk-Hton, by the
chairman of the New York Cotton F.x-
change:
“ Draw on of for $1,000 for relief of tho
sufferers. We will Bead you more as fa«t
as subscribed. Dr. Simonds, of tho First
National Bank, will cash your draft.”
Tho committee appointed by the mana
gers of the Now York Cotton Exchange to
solicit subscriptions will receive and trans
mit froe of charge any moneys raised for
tho benefit of the Charleston sufferer*.
The amount subscribed to dato at ibe Cot
ton Exchange is about $3,500.
Washington, D. C., September 4.—Ono
hundred and fifty dollars was subscribed
the post-office department to-day in Ichh
than fittcon minutes for the relief of tho
people of Charleston
Boston, Mars , September 4.—Fifteen
hundred dollars was raised by noon to-day
by tho citizena’ committee in aid of the
Charleston sufferers.
Washington, D. G., September 1 -Con
sidering tho number of employes absent on
leave, the heads of bureaus iu the Treasury
Department who have been receiving sub
scriptions for tho relief of the earthquako
sufferers aro meeting with fair return*.
Comptroller Trenhoim has received $300
from tho employes in liis bureau and a few
outside contributions, while tho subscrip
tion papers circulated in tho other bureaus
netted over $450.
IUleu.ii, N. C., September 4.- Mayor
Dodd, of this city, to-day called a mass
mooting ot the citizens to meet Monday af
ternoon ti mine luudn for Charleston. Gov
ernor Scales and others will speak.
Baltimore, September 4.—Anothor meet
ing of tho prominent citizon* was held in
tlio city hall at 1 o’clock this afternoon.
Mayor Hodges presided.
A resolution of tne city council of Charb-s-
ton, accepting aid from whatever source for
the distressed people, was read, after which
resolutions were adopted forming nu aid
association, composed of officers of com
mercial and industrial n-*Hociationn, to col
lect money for the objoctin view.
On motion tho reception room of tho
mayor’# office was made tho meeting place
of sever »1 committees to complete arrange
ments. A. 8.' Abel A Co. then contributed
$1,000; M. Lanohan, $500: Joel Gutman &
Co., $100, Armstrong, Cator & Co., $250,
Ilodges Bros., $250. The mooting ad
journed subject to call of president.
Columbus, September 4.—At a called
meeting of tho council to day $1,000 was
appropriated to aid tho sufferers at Charles
ton, and Aldermen Elledgo audGarrett woro
appointed a committeo to convey the money
to that city mid ascertain if mom is needed.
Columbia, September -1.—The city coun
cil to-night appropriated $1,000 for tho
Charleston sufferers.
Jacksonville, Fla., September 1 Tho
total to-night of tho subscription raised in
Jacksonville for tlio Charleston earthquake
sufferers reaches $2,400. It will be largely
increased.
... — 'At Summerville Professor, McOe. eon-
IVOMiha T“ «»enlDB i* clow ODd I hil lnTf , (gaiioM, and Uiksd freelj
l“* » queer colonnfl. , 41lh lhe ^ntl.weu there. One of th^o
lb*, tod * Q d *7*“* throa ^ Irivto th. Ns«s and Conner a sketch of
» ujiuk m ViS toe News ana
number of ttniospherio I ir ®-1 preftswr M.-Ge®'s f ,tot<-mtuts.
'•Stoffil miL de by sdenttsts.
d WhriU “^having x good time here,
IO DtSPECTTBE BriLDIXOS.
The Eiodu. froi
CauBtam*. Septej
mated that not less 3,:
city to^iay. Tho tie:
I -i, n II'.t.l alou
iLoassud doll >tV worth -
Chnrlt-nton.
her 4.--It is e#ti*L
“ people left the
ktt seller at the
t« mid otn m>
tickt u.
number of meu braced up at tbo nnmn-1 deogbter of Mr. J. Brown, living tonr
onabar-roomf and the bar jnit oppo.ite ^ f k bcre Crawforil - comit y“ Wftl
tbo Pavilion Hotel, where I msdo my head- bitten b a rattlesnake yesterday afternoon
qasrters, ws. tomnned np to the boar I M hat sccounU she wi doing well and her
Ckurleston Hotel told me toi^he had done ^. ln « P b J‘ ldan apptebemied no serious
. bigger business each day since Tuesday Tho term o[ Byron gu, School has
oxcept onUbo “rf July^ ^ }e ° ri ^ *“ b
As to the condition of the damage, it 1j llltteu Three Yesrs Ago,
very difficnlt to made an estimate. There I Borne Courier.
are few brick buildings that escaped being I James Carroll, a white man who livea
seriously cracked in many places. Fully I Lave der Mountain, was in the city yes
bait the hnildings have parti ot them torn terday. He wears his right band in I
awar. The very handsomest residences I swine, be having been bitten something
are beyond repair. over throe years ago by a cotton mouth
Tho peop’.o on Friday beforo tho night moccasin. At one time the wound looked
shock, had recovered their wit*, and had na it it would soon heal, but lately it 1ms
gone to work at clearing away the debris, grown worse and hia band is considerably
hut the night’s shock certainly put all no I swollen,
tion* of vigorous repairs out of their head* _ ., , '
for the present. Did another shock not _ Sc ilej . I riu «ry,
occar torn whole week, I do not bkliovo Euaville,^beptember 3,-The primary
the people would gain euffident confidence Mtottat for tho nomination of a Democratic
in that time, to take any steps to wards per-1 oaodldato for ltepreaentative in the next
maneut inprovements. It is not exaggera-1 I^Kndatnro was field at the several pro
tion to say that the demoralization in I ®“>®t* yesterday. Much interest was man
Charleston on this Sunday morning is ™MjA Tha_following was the ruult
greater than it was at noon on Wednesday, “J: -• McMichnel *52, Hon. I. B. My en
fifteen hoars after the destructive shock of }' , I) - ' tota vot ® hlciltchaela majority
Tuesday night Should there be another Ic - -
shock ho hcvere aa even tha'. of Friday night When Tar and Feather. May Come in.
it U doubtfoi that the town would not be column Time..
abandoned for months. I We understand that two Mormon elder!
A number of people have askcl niy i, aTe WO rkiDg in the viciDity of Plain-
opinion aa to whether or not the end haa T jU e ( 0 r some time paat, but have beard of
mme. I am_ frank: I know nothing | no C0n7e[ ts. It the State cinnot prevent
beyond an ordinary school training of gaol- t beae poiygamuta from deluding the igno-
®?y. -Bd the vanegated Mid at-vanance rant, a coat of tar aud feathers by the citi-
new* of these identiaU who have written 2eB » have the derived effect:
on tarthqnakea, makes me have very little
belief in the oeienre as atpresent developed. N,, e I. liuilt uf Ueargla Ptee.
Because of the Beemiug hollowness ben. ath Braaisk* Her.M.
me in the Cbsrieston Hotel when the shock The Americsn yacht, Mayfic _
came Friday night, I confess that I have J which his been awarded the honor o! con-
grave fears that a part ot the city will either testing with the British yacht Galatea for
be swallowed up, or, at least, that the Goelet cup, is. built of Georgia yellow
a portion of it will settle several fye t, which I pine, selected and tawed at the
of course, means total destruction for the mills.
, h0 “ M -° n lb « 'and JO settling. My belief IuD . d Hi. own Llcen.e.
is that lh« earthquake waa canoed by a land-1 . r -w •
slide. ILul it been volcanic, the openings McRae, September 3- Mr- Alex, McDuf-
inthe earth for a circla of twenty.fi^ I onr [ honorable otdloary, and Mrs.
mile* around Charleston, would have given ;‘ 3r, j la . Ann k lwt ev.-n-
amplo outlet for the exploding substance* ‘ n «, at Ihe reBidcnce ot tho latter by Judge
and gucs. and that - re now the end would A ’ M - McLauchlm, J. P.
baYO boon, or that at aoiu*- one or two I They Joined In m Harry,
point# there would be distinct volcanic I Grinin 8«n.
»y‘i l
■Ra^l^toia tbs KgRotOMW
ISwus;,, *jat-m or order yet to the rc-
is entertained of
1ot birth, are reported iu the
to a fine point before anthoriue* at Charleston,
!*>«, of the corps ut engineers, now
tinned there, h*e been InaUuctod to'
..fit with the mayor and r,w- r “ j-
m ,-e in the examination of nuituiEgs
ether, i-e as may be in hi. power;
ui r‘^t^tr^iri^i's:
ton for similar duty. Tho War Depart-
nt Llndt-rmm
, September 1.
oad, :
la PiftvauDah.
President Li.
A, Dublin
u from 1’hiUdt
• r.p!
Chu ienton i
in'.»t
riiut of land running out
ked on i-itber side b
be land is made, and it
rs g tr'b tl .in a • i 1 «tbl- to
>ro huch nbocks a* that
pula to-day. He make# lifcht Of tL« *
. Fcrutteu n si Co., and **>■» it ^ill amo
n * itbing whatever, and that the i
ruinly be built by the
ent and without ^reat delay.
...ntto cbm
"‘•1 Will ] tmr ,
«•- Of
iierntions
safety, nn
.u nu in tne ity ;
i- .t<- any confidence
nfety. I am sorry to
A meeting was going on at Brooks Sta
tion, and several had jn*t gone forward and
' >ined the church, when the hhock «.-atne.
t was so aUrtling that about twenty others
rent up and joined.
Died From III* li>Jarl««.
September 3. M-jor Janie#
ry prominent citizen of went
own from hi* buggy UntSun-
tlay and no seriously injure<l that he died
Ihi* morning.
for Thom
Knight,
ub*enc4* 1'ike, wi
FOHBYTH.
Modern Clnclniiittu*—Judge Wright—
New* of the Gourta—I'emonalN.
Forsyth, Ga., Septemb- r 4.—Cotton is
coming into Forsyth quite freely now. That
progressive young farmer, George Davis, of
amarrs, brought in sevoral bales before
any other man did ono.
M. Greenwood, Esq., bus just returned
from tbo North.
Cyras Sharp, Jr., is now in N*-w York on
his Renii-annual expedition and will soon
return.
Mrs. Kittio Fryer, of this city, and her
sister, Mrs. Giddens, of Bartlesville, are
visiting relatives in Texas.
At Jackson Academy lait night tho A.
M. F. school closed with quite a creditable
exhibition. Of this school, M. N. Clark U
lirincip.il, I. \V. Wood, a*»iitimt, and Mins
Lula Trinpe, orgnnint.
Afew days siuco while driviug along aset-
tlernont roud, some six milos south ot For
syth, wo found in tho centre of a plooiant
grove of oak and hickory a neat little cot-
tago. In thoyard with pipe in mouth and
ralco in hand Htood Judge G. J. Wright,
formerly of Albany, raking up and burning
tho rubbish which had accumulated in
building his cottage. The Judge welcomed
us cordially and seemed supremely h ippy
in his country home, htirrmindel with luxu
riant fields of growing corn nud^uperb cot
ton, fast reaching maturity. The Judge
uses no guano, and his magnificent crop#
proclaim to all his kuccc»h as a farmer, aud
tbe fertility of Monroe county's soil.
Monroo Su^l-rior Court has been iu ses
sion for tho past two weeks. Little civil
business lias been trail sac tod, owing chiefly
to tho fact that tbo flrst week of the court
wan about entirely consumed in tho
trial of tho Danielly and Gheeves’ case,
which resulted in a verdict for tho plaintiff
of $125.
On Wednesday morning, last, the crimi-a
nal docket was tiken up -since which time
Solicitor Worn mack has been been quite snt-
c'-»hftil in convictiug criminals.
The grand jury a Ijniirm-d yesterday.
They recommended and Judge Boynton
appointed W. P. White notary public aud
ex-officio justice of the peace for the 523ril
district G. M., and T. -J. Fletcher and John
W. Evann, as members of the county board
of education.
A SUNDAY MORNING MURDER.
Two Country Xrgroea Have a Fatal Dl*-
pute Over a Mule.
Yesterday morning Mr. Lz/» Jl, overseer
on Mr. J. G. Evan’s plac*\ seven miles
from Macon on tbo e&.t side of tb* river,
brought into the city a negro named It »bert
Pierce and lodged him in jail. In u short
time after a negro came in from the same
place with an order for a coffin.
Il seems that about 7 o'clock yesterday
morning 1'ierco and another negro named
Day* Thompson; had an animated dispute
concerning & mule. The dis
pute tt k phi.**- in the lot
of Uncle Peter, a cropper, and who lives
jual iu the rear of Mr. Evan’s back lot. The
word* waxing warm, Thompson picked up
a club and started for Pierce, who ran in
side a house. As he was entering the door
Thompson struck him, and would probably
have killed him had not the door fr.tmo bro
ken tbo force of the hi m . Pierce then ran
into his own hous- for the purpose «,t get
ting his pistol with which to defer.d him
self. He h»xl hardly gotten possehsion of
the pialol when Thompson approached with
an axe. As he was about
tostrik-, Pierce tired, tbe ball taking effect
in Thompson** htomHch, to the left of tho
navel, killing him inatautly.
1*;« rce iruiut <1 lately gave hiranelf ap, snd
wii.i brought in to>vu uj* htated Ly Mr. Ez-
zelL
At 11 o'clock Coroner IIo<lneU went out
aud eiupsuntlled a jury. After a careful
inve«tigation the jury brougui iu a verdict
I of juitifiatile homicide. It 1* probable that
Pierce will be released from custody to-tlay.