The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-26
SEPTEMBER WEATHER.
Interesting Extracts from the
Monthly Weather Review.
Movements Of the Air. Trosts, Earth.
duakes and Miscellaneous
Phenomena.

Tho following interesting extracts are
taken from the monthly weather review for
September 1879, issued from tho office Of the
| Chief Signal Of1lcer, general weather service
Of the United States.
TOTAL MOVEMENTS or THE AIR.
The following were the largest monthly
movements In miles recorded ut the signal
corps stations: Cape Lookout, II .25s miles;
Portsmouth, n g., II 1913; kittyhawk, fO, 40.
Cape May. p0f3; Sandusky, 1879; Cape Hat
s4o1; Breckinridge, s24s: Barnegat 1901; In
diauola 1000; Stockton, 1910; North Platte,
1863 The smallest movements were. La
redo Texas. 1900; Visalia, GAL, 17o7; Nash
Vile. 1745, Deadwood, 1754 Tucson, Ariz.,
Texas, 1858. Uvalde, Texas, 2o37: Indianapo-
liz. 2st4; Shreveport, 1855: San Antonio,
Texas. $780, Graham, Texas $3.50.
FLOODS.
BroOkhaven, Miss, 1st and I'd, heavy fresh
cts, doing great damage to crops fences.
etc. the loss OF stock was very great: sheep,
tlcello on Pearl river. fer three on four days,
al which place tho water rose 10 feet In 10
hours. st. Mienrad. Ind list to 3D., high
water in creeks, causing great damage to
fences. eord-wood. lumber, etc. Frankfort.
KY. I'd. heavy rain Mt night, doing much dam
age by flooding. Bardstown, KY, 9th, heavy
floods, doing much damage,
wATERsrOUTs.
At Newport, II. l.. ON the 18th. about II a.
| m. q waterspout was observed over the sea
about miles from shore, followed Mt II 40 u.
| m. by q thunder storm ut stntiOn and Mt New
| Haven, Conn. also on the 18th. about 6 .. IN,
| O watetspout was observed over the Sound
about miles from the mouth Of the harbor.
II was plainly visible for half an hour. and
Iappeared to move very slowly, when tho ap
n.
| AT Key West. on the oath, between Q and D.
M, q waterspout was observed In the harbor
about 0 miles from shore.
| FHosTs
were quite frequent over the nothern portions
OF the country. and during the latter part of
tho month very generally destructive q vege-
tation, as will be seen from the following
summary On the Goth and 9th, they were
experienced rs fat South rs Tennessee, Geor-
gia and South Carolina. In New England
| frosts occurred On the 9Th 7th, 10th and from
the 10Th to 27tli, and were destructive To vege-
tation on tho 2lst, 25th. Goth and 27th. In New
York and Pennsylvania, from the 4th to the
2sth destructive. 18th. 18th, Dist. 25th. 2Gth.
9th. Maryland. Virginia and West Virginia,
10th. 18th, 25th. 27th North Carolina, oath,
Georgia, 26th and 9th Tennessee, 18th and
2bth. Ohio valley, 9th. 9th. 10th, 18th, 10Th,
10Th, 21st 18th. 2tth; destructive, 18th, 2,th
and 2Gth. Lower Lakes, 4th to 10Th destruc
tive, llGn, lSth, 24tll ana sJtn. upper Lake
region, 9Th, It'll. 9Th, 9th 10TH 18th, 18th. 18th
24th. 18th. Upper Mississippi valley, 4th to
10th; destructive 18th, 10th, goth, oath, 25th
aud 26th. Lower Missouri valley. 9Th, 9Th,
20th to oath Extreme Northwest, Sd, 4th.
5th. 18th, 9Th, 18th, 18th. 10Th, 10th, 22d, Esd.
oath. goth. 10th. Colorado. ut Summit. every
night; summit Of Pixies Peak, Sd, 18th, 18th,
10th. 18th. Idaho, 1lth 18th, 30th: Utah,
Dat 4, Ha
3Uth.
we're observed at Genoa. Mob. LIST, eth and
12th. flying southeast; Fort SUI, |. H.. it'll,
moving south in great swarms, very few
alighted; Leavenworth, Kansas, 18th. D. IN.
distinguish direction, very tow alighted,
| Weatherford, Texas 23d, large numbers have
disappeared In the keachl valley TO tho south
ward; Jaeksboro, Texas, 18th, 18th and 18th.
ton plants. 10th, disappeared; Henrietta
Texas, 10th and 18th, large numbers passed
over station. from northwest to southeast, no
damage done; Graham. Texas, t4th, vast
well, Kansas. list, I'd and 81, flying south, very
few allghting, 7th. southwest, l2th aud 18th,
south Clear Creek, Neb, I'd flying south !.
Walla Walla. w. T., 3D.. very large numbers
flying high In the air. very few alighting; for
the past two weeks they have been appearing
invariable numbers.
GEESE
Princeton, Cal, 14th, first appearance,
Genoa, Neb., 23j. flying south, Pembina l4th
flying north: Keokuk. 18th. flying south,
Creswell. Kansas, flying south; Clear Creek.
Neb., south. 16th 20th Odd.
EARTHQUAKES.
At Memphis, Tenn, on the 25th, at 10 D. m.
a very percaptible shoak duration, six soc
onds, direction, from NV. toSE
PRAIRIE AND FOREST FIRES
IT. Sill, 3D. 7th. 9Th, 9th, 10Th, 18th, Goth,
27th; Bismarck, 81. 25th; Pelnbina. 10Th,
3oth; Ft. Gibson, 7th 9Th, 9th, 18th, 23d, 18th,
3Oth: Cheyenne, 18th, sth, Colorado Springs,
mountains; Santa Fe. 18th, 18th, 18th. 10Th,
18th, 18th, III mountains; Salt Lake City,
10th. In mountains; Burlington, Vt, ist, 81,
In mountains Hermosa. Col, 18th, 10th, 18th.
18th; Morrstown, Oak, 21st; Los Angeles.
Cal., 18th, 18th, 14th and 18th, Ia mountains,
destroying large tracts Of timber; 1T. Ste
venson, OAK, 18th and 10Th, Breckinridge
sth; TT. Garland, Col. 9Th and 9th, on noun
tains, Boise City. 18th In mountains; Cres-
well. Kans., 18th, 18th, 10th; Clear Creek,
Neb 18th.
New Haven, Conn, 18th.
METEORS.
On the 5th, very brilliant meteor was OBJ
served In Nevada and Utah, of which the fol-
lowing reports are to hand: Salt Lake City,
7lO D. m brilliant meteor appeared a few
degrees south of west, and shot across the sky
In nOthwesterly direction, leaving behind 1t
q bright silvery streak II In length, and re-
semblinR a cloud. Que striking popularity
Of this streak was its re som blance to certain
1,f4 ,HF{h Hoe f,,ho ha y1h rfn