The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-09
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orary secretary of the Domestic For
eign Missionary Society of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church in the
United States. died yesterday at
White Pains. i'm the seventeen wear
OF his age
kEY WEST. Fla. September4-T
hurricane in which the steamship
Vera Cruz was lost, passed east and
north of this point. No wrecks are
reported on the Florida reefs and
no damage was done below Cedar
Keys on the western coast.
AUGUSTA. Me-. September +Gen.
Weaver spoke here last night and
took positive ground against fusion.
Previous to the meeting hc-rcfused
TO he escorted by Democratic
torchlight procession.
HAVANA. September 1. The
steamer Niagara. which left New
York day later than the City OF
Vera Cruz. arrived yesterday morn
ing. She reports having encount-
cred very heavy weather.
| HAVANA, September 4-Advices
| from Acapulco 10 August 80.
brought by the steamship City OF
Merida report that during a heavy
| east storm the American steamer
| Carolina went ashore. The Pacific
mail steamer Carolina left Panama
| August "a, for San Francisco. She
is reported TO have arrived ut San
| Francisco August 81.
| HAVANA, September yellow
fever has assumed an epidemic
character in the village San Diego
Del Waite in the jurisdiction OF
Sagua, attacking even creoles and
causing the death of forty persons
in Il few days. Sick soldiers. passing
through the village. imported the
fever. There were twenty-eight
deaths from yellow fever and one
death from smallpox in Havana
during the week ending last Friday
Dies MONIES, Iowa, September s.
The Democratic state convention as.
sembled here Yesterday with eighty
eight out of cighty-nine counties
represented. Daniel w. Miller was
chosen permanent chairman. Rcso.
buttons were adopted which en-.
dorsed the national platform and
nominees of the Cincinnati conven'
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and careful administration of the
national affairs; favored Il judiciou.
administration of the law and APP.
plauded the action of the Demo
cratic representative i'll opposing
the sumptuary legislation direct
Electors and state officers were
chosen.
| BALTIMORE. September 9Th,
British steamer American arrived
here Yesterday from Kingston. ia
maica, bringing papers containing
details of the terrible cyclone which
swept over that island on the 1871
ultimo.
| Capt. Wallace of the American
describes the destruction as com
pletc. He says there were abou
fourty-five vessels of all kinds lyinS
in the harbor AT Kingston, Jamaica
when the storm occurred, and hi
own and Il German bark were tn,
only ones that escaped damage o.
destruction.
The Daily star of August p, il
giving details, says: The treeless
battered city is shrouded in thu
gloom of a murky morning, and pre-
sents a truly desolate and depressin:
appearance. 1t is next to impossi
bic to catalogue the damage done 1,
the private houses of all classes il
Kingston. As we have already
stated. seaside residences ar
wrecked without exception. n gen
tleman occupying No. East street
near the sea, stated, from persona
observation, that the damage at III
wharves began between 10 and |
PM.
On Wednesday when the wine
blew in one furious rush from III
, southwest the sea was an awful sigh
as it rose foaming in the moonlight
The ordinary high water mark
some forty yards below the hous
above which the sea carried SINAI
boat twenty yards and stranded il
The following is the entire damag
to shipping in Kingston harbor
The schooner We're high and dry a
Mitchell's beach is severely dam
aged, the schooner &. c. b. is tota
wreck, she is consigned TO &c. Tegal
81 Co.: the Sunbeam and Viper ar,
high and dry. No others damaged
Henry Hugs II Crawle's whar
is completely destroyed. Thre,
buildings on the wharf premises ar
blown down. One hundred anC
ninety turtles escaped. The schOone
Resistance is high and dry ut Fene
todas' tannery beach. The Santo
wharf is completely washed away
only the piles remaining, the lOokou
part of the roof and wharf prem
Uses were all blown away. TIL,
schooner Early Bird was blown
from Eastbury and is now high anC
dry at bottom of East street. Fen
etodas Tannery Company, G. Lev,
& Co., Messrs. Arctic 81 Davidson
Colthert & Co. and Lyons wharvei
are totally destroyed. The brigan
tines Caromi Olive and Water Witcl
sunk alongside the Ann and th'
Empress and are total wrecks. Thu
market wharf flooring was destroy
ed and all the tiles uproOted. Thu
schooner Dauntless loaded will
salt sunk off the Market wharf; Me
Dowell & Hankey's wharf is de
stroyed. The w. j. and p. steamer
American is ashore in the mud of
Market wharf.
The schooner Sisters, from Mas
sau, is damaged. She can be re
paired. A. l.. Malali & Co.'s wharve
are completely destroyed. The
bark Enerhead DeIains, dischargins
lumber, is total wreck. AdamsonI
wharf is destroyed. The schooner
Mannvella was driven in store OF
the wharf premises. The Southern
Wave is high and dry. The Contra
wharves are totally destroyed. Thu
Bent and Tanner are high and dry
The Twilight is a total wreck at At
woods wharf. The Spray is higl
and dry at Princess. The steamer
Ordinance and the government
wharves are totally destroyed. The
Maselle is high and dry on Ordnance
beach. The Nictonale and Adven
ture arc total wrecks. The slooI
Jane is high and dry at West street
The schooner Peters Il Goodwill arc
slightly damaged. The schooner,
Josephine. Bristol and Marcellina
and the sloOp Quack are high and
dry. \ crane lately erected in East.
mans wharf is sunk. Nerley, Rob.
inson & Co.'s wharf and store house,
are completely destroyed. and thu
roof of the Battery is blown off
The steamer Launch, with her en-,
CINE out of order, is ashore, and the
sIoop Emily, with her cargo, are 1
total wreck. The bark Abar. lying
alongside the Princess wharf. ],
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