The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-10-23

torty-five.
A dispatch from the Mayor of Memphis to
The Mayor of Cincinnati, ON the afternoon of
The 18th, says the yellow fever had not abated,
and that aid from abroad was wanted. Other
dispatches say that it was thought that the
disease had passed its worst, and that there
would be no more violent outbreaks. A dis
patch from Owensville, Texas, says the yellow
fever had broken out in that vicinity.
The Second Balloon Failure.
An Associated Press dispatch of the
9Th thus describes the failure of the sec.
ond attempt to reach Europe in the
Graphic" balloon:
Shortly after 0 o'clock, $780, 900 feet of
gas had been successfully let into the
monster. The life-boat Chicago, with
forty days provisions, number of scien-
tific instruments, life prescrvers, etc., were
and Messrs. Donaldson, Lunt
and Ford took their places inside it.
At nineteen minutes past, the huge
cable was cut, and the balloon arose with
immense velocity. The balloon went d.
rectly north, clearing the houses on that
side of the grounds, until it had reached
an apparent altitude of 5000 feet. Itthen
DETECTED sharply to the east, with
the eoot boat pointing i3 constantly in the
utes after the balloon had left the
earth its course was due north
east. From that time it steadily worked
toward the east, and its course when last
seen from the Capitoline grounds was
northeast by east. At 9:55 it was observed
that the balloon was rapidly rising, and
its altitude at 10 o'clock was full one
mile. The surface current was blowing
from the south. The balloon remained in
sight from the Capatoline grounds about
forty-eight minutes, but from the higher
points it was visible for half an hour
longer. A10:20 the signal-service officer
At the Equitable building was enabled. by
The use Of powerful glasses, to get one last
look at the balloon. At that time it ap-
peared like dark spot in the clouds, and
Immediately afterwards disappeared from
sight. The balloon was heading in
\ northeasterly direction, and was
rising higher. The officer estimates
hat at this time it was about
> mile from the earth, forty miles
from the City Hall, New York. At 10
o'clock the balloon passed over Rye, West
chester County, going due east at good
rate of speed. At II it was sighted two
miles southeast of Bethel, Conn, travelling
rapidly oceanward. Bridgeport was pass
ed at 1855, and New Haven at II 40 1t
beat the train from Ansonia to Seymour,
and was seen at Waterbury at noon, and
at Watertown at 1890. After passing
over WatertOwn, its course changed to-
ward the northeast, and it sailed slowly
over Litchfield, where it was low enough
to enable the occupants to hail a man who
was working in the field. Two carrier
pigeons were dispatched, bearing the fol-
lowing message:
1t is now twenty minutes past 9 O'clock We
are 1000 feet high. Lunt is raising the Old Harry
with the horn, and We all feel jolly. The scene is
ma MAGNIFICENT: The sun shines splendidly, and
Ne at Homer Mr.. II. H. Wheeler, Of Brooklyn,
was the last man we could distinguish aloft.
FORD.
In THE CLOUDS, 1905 a: m.-we are 400 feet
Donaldson says: 1.-THE dream Of my life is now
realized" Lunt has been doing something with
the ballast, and stopping every moment to admire
hazy all around and sht e clouds arc
below. We have just heard three cheers below,
and have given tOot-toot with fog horn in reply
We are now at an altitude of $3.50 feet or just one
mi we have just struck the lower portion Of
Norwalk. ALrRED Form.
The little messengers arrived together
at their home in Rivercliffe shortly before
II O'Clock, but were so frightened that
they were caught with difficulty.
The aeronauts had a pleasant time of il
up to about noon, when they began to get
into the stormy area of Litchfield County.
After passing over a mountain they arriv.
ed at valley where all motion of the bal.
loon was suspended, and they were for a
time shrouded in a dense cloud of mist
and pouring rain, the balloon every
now and then being caught and
shaken by violent gusts Of wind.
The adventures were uncertain what
to do. At first they thought they
would wait until the balloon descended
sufficiently, and then cut all the ropes
and drop the boat, letting the bag escape.
The storm, however, soon increased with
such violence that this was given up as
and it was decided to open
the valve, but at this moment, rs, the
balloon was struck by a tremendous
squall of wind and rain, and was driven
to an immense height above the valley,
and then down again to the earth with
frightful velocity, spinning over the tops
OF the trees, across a small brook and
toward bank at the bottom of the noun.
tains. Donaldson then gave the order to
prepare to jump, and he and Ford scram-
bled to the side of the boat, and when the
balloon reached within thirty feet of the
earth, sprang simultaneously. They were
very much stunned, but were otherwise
Lunt was not quick enough,
and the balloon shot into the air, carry.
ing him clinging to the ropes.
He was speedily in the storm-cloud
again, and being whirled about
in the most alarming manner. The bag
was shaking above him with awful force.
and he could see nothing, so thick were
the clouds. He seized the valve-c0rd and
to open it, but could not, as it
was entangled with the neck of the bal.
loon. Suddenly tree tops appeared above
the fog, and in an instant the balloon was
through the branches. Lunt
climbed to place above the concentrat.
ing ring, and as the balloon rushed into a
thicket, he swung himself out and drop.
ped. He managed to catch the top-most
limb of tall tree, but the boat scraped
over his hands, forcing him to let 90, and
he fell through the branches to the
ground, fortunately unhurt. The balloon
was captured in sadly demoralized con-
dition mile further on.
Careful investigation shows that only
dfty-eight per cent. Of our population
could possibly attend church on any
given Sunday, and the churches having
seating capacity for only fifty six per cent,
30 that two per cent. Of our church-going
population is unprovided for. There are
more than two per cent. who prefer to be
absent from church, however. The in
crease of church accommodation does not
keep pace with the increase Of population.
In the East the accommodation il in ex.
cess of church.goers, but the case is re-
versed In the West.
The receipts of the Atlantic cables
have largely increased since the beginning
Of the financial panic. The average re-
ceipts are now 81, 900 daily.
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