Arizona silver belt., 1879-07-18
scenes sa Mswns -EsaA-TAe Eaga
 ss2saEn.

sezsaEn.
 Enough superstition liagep to io- duos the peasants of CstsBia st ths foot of Esns to hang inagsa of she sainss an1 apostles on the Trees and vines in the track of the lava They hoped in thAs way to save theiy 6elds and honses from destruction bat the lava would net stay in jfs males- tic course for these idlos. u sd vanced slowly. and touched the trees and the vines. the boases and csbias ard barns wish iEs fiery finger, and they blazsd np W]tb s whise heat. aod were destroyed. At RaD6sss0. town sl she foot of Bsna, threat sned by the lays, it is rs.ased sbst toward evening 8 priest. dsessed iD ,he garb of penitence, led g pFooes- sion of other priests and men, Ho- men end children. with lighted can dles in their hands, toward the sd- vaneing mass of 6ery lava. The priest carried an mage of the Ma donna, taken from sbe village church. and held t up bsfoza tAe burning food, while the kaeslsng peo- pie called out in anguish, 'sHave pity have mercy upon us }" The lava, however, dsd not stop, but cov- cred the national road, Whieh con- meets that town Eith Aiessipa and the sea, as sell as Elsn the other towns near. Is trade is rn,aea by sh.s cutting of of it's commanicatiops.
 The full accounts of the dsstrue- ton caused by this terrible eruption of Mount E.aa are hears-rendi0g. CasaDia vas one of the provinces of Isaly where there Has 8 promise of good harvest, but now the green fields and vneyards are buried under d heavy weight of hard, gray lava. The possessions of the Sicillans Iv- ing on the sides or at the foot of the mountains are destroyed, and many a proprietor who in May was rich, 10 June IS as poor as the humbless Of his servants. The story, only one Of many, IS told of a propnet9r, ths father of nine children, who yester- dAy saK evsrything he possessed. houses, barns, cabins, olive trees, corn and wheat fields and vineyards. all destroyed. The inhabitants of the towns, and country houses neaz tbe course of the java are discoar2g- ed at the extent of their misfortanes. They remove 4ll the household goods that can De transported, the caEtls, sae wine in the cellars, and even the ules on the roofs ofthe houses. The roads near the sdvancing lava are lise a battlefield Wagons ladsn with goods, herds of cattle, crowds of weeping women add children flee ing from their homes. Innumerabls strangers from every nation, on the contrary, 90 forward on the road and advance so near the lava that the guards are obliged to send them back. Although they can advance 50 rear as to ligh, a cigar at the stream of lava, 1t is dangerous, as the lava, which at one moment, loaks dark and dnll, IS liable at the next to burst open by is own weight and make a new path for itself where fl is not expected. Regiments of s0l- disrs are stationed aloFg the road to keep 0rler, and lines of then guard the edges of the stream A cores pondsnt from Baadazzo describes how she inhabitants of that town aud of hnguagrossa stood on ths aation- al road watching the lava slowly sc- vance. and as t began to cover the road tbsy sadly shook hands and said farewell when the fiery stream sepa- rated them