Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-08

lower barometer.
HE STORM \ yesterday ar 81 inter5 ~
no. day, the mercury 10 The thermometer rsDg
Ing from 81 ID % degrees in the shada, The
western ky abont f &c O'Clock yesterday after
doom suddenly bec,ma overcast with thick,
black cou5s. "a ri Isr OF & cloud. J" extending
frota rsr h - south, Of an exceedingly strange
appearsuct. rolled no from the 1eai. IIrge
crowds watched the cloud. who YVES Of sevc-
rel huas Of b!nc.ress, from TIC streets. When
II reached mid heaven i: burst, d.iu-iog itself
over tho whOa SKY. SImu'ian .op,!Y with the
bursting OF The cloud the rain cOlnmancad 10
is N tOtrcats. Il ,ocloG the sir5e:s and 3 Gum
bsr CT cellars. aud the wid il1Y hurricane,
frustrating Ir.es and tl)Eir2 dowu g1s ED
tcuces. The storm Ct w!od and rain c)9tiGued
With great vlo!eEc; for etCu: halt an hour,
when it subsidized aoCle9hat ard was f0ily wed by
sharp flashes o. lightning and iIu1 c,.!s 81.
thunder, which shook the earth. 'iho s;arm
vas ono OF the soysrC4t kaowa 10 this city fer
many Yeas. t. expended its.i by acGca
ocI,ck. WEcn tLo c0nds chased themselves
away aud all the west, ir0m the h0rG)u 10 ;hc
z,nlth. became lunintd 1slh & strange bnl
peau i!ui light. \ ersoi sc.Dc wss presented.
= Lne cJlo1s Of tho rainbow slanji1,t out ia
ui7r2lfc n. harmony.
Dunng the S.LrE yg5 'trday.a por'1G Of thJ
r10F of tha rntori hnu..,o ,,n u :, W,,Lo Gas
ti0wo az.
IN. IL.,;>r ,,,r,l -, ..,l, -. r,,,.r.
Mansion House, cu. Passed Of djwo rhc en-
du;,0r IaiJ the grJnnl w!,hai!: ,i5iag much
d,mGg,.
10 Al xludr,a aul i'sirt,x ctuali. ) he stern
w!j yer; dlaiu2iiva 10 run tr:as. III. ilght-
nlG. ST fto 10 the s,,t IN the ctmnty ct the
rrs!d no1 81 DIR. y. q WaikiGs +: West Ed.
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knowa lhey wtr, out 10 I'll tho s;o,,n ora II
afforded tie r.ps,cs, rci.t uhrn ,hon. ,'nco,,
insv s,aro ao,',,,. ,,,,l, "a, ,t.,.t WV
wsnGi,g their WV 1r.on;' ih isoa,I
home.
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herd. and tsI n .r.bnr sh,i,a,;I''- ,,"
,aiI torn n r;.cas ~, ,I, .;,,n -
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hv Jo2cs' p.jn:. wl,an fhc aioi s,,n~, ~
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10 anchor until ;ha tim was oy,r
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bar at Fort Fao:,. The n,nnI. oar, r,n1.
pciod 20 rcn,ia ~ tn; cxa..., s;fus,iro ,,II
ITO storm waa cv.r.
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excited.
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