The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-08
Earthquakes In 1881,

Two hundred and forty four eartl-
quakes, 1t is stated, are known to have
occurred during 1881, Of which eighty.
six were in winter, sixty-ono in autumn,
hfty-six In spring, and forty one in sum-
mer. :. The earthquake period at Aeram,
beginning in November 1880, extended
into 1881, in which earth vibrations
were observed on twenty-four days,
many OF the shocks being very violent.
Among the great earthquakes of 1881
that Of Chios takes the first place. The
t-~--~-s~.-.s a.os oiiOOr. LIfo aILernCr,
bf April I'D, laid most Of the town of
Castro tt9y IN Hpjnssi Violent tT Ts6oofsy was felt
most in the southern part of the island.
On the mainland, the port of Tschesme
was half destroyed. In Chios, A, ISL
persons were killed and about 1000
gradually a6aoS ASnr bue aOng 9aenaG@sqRs sGoeRs
occurred on May 90. June 10, August
27, and even in the end of November.
The violent earthquake Of Ischia March
AZ. caused the death of about $50
persons; it was quite local-confined to
the district OF Casamicciola and Lacco.
A loud noise about LOS p. m. was fol-
lowed by the shock which, lasting seven
seconds, wrought most of the ruin; the
movement seemed undalstory and ierky,
and threw down whole streets in tkc
upper part of Casamicciola; in the lower
part, and in Lacco, over the hill, only q
few houses suffered. A second weaker
shock occurred at p. m. The fine
seismographs at Vesuvius Observatory
and at Naples gave 70 sign.
Other notable earthquakes occurred
aG OsOgnn III AOrnYz1 ON August 10,
running about 1000 houses; between
Tabreez and Khoi. from August % to
September IL; aud ut the Azores, from
the end Of February extending into
March; this last was connected with o
submarine eruption, and in San Miguel
destroyed 200 houses. Some interest
ing seismic phenomena occurred In
Switzerland; the basin of the Lake of
Genexa is indicated US chief centre of
vibration, whence principally Western
Switzerland is aff. cted. The more vio-
lent shocks extended into France or the
Black Forest, neither Alps nor Jura
proved an obstacle. Another centre
appeared on November IL in East Swift
zerland, between Saints and Glarnisch,
and the effects reached to the Tyrol,
the Southern Black Forest, the Jura
and the Ticino. Vorarlberg seems to
have been the seat Of independent
earthquakes, with the Arlberg as centre.
On January 10 there was an earthquake
on the eastern side, and on December
one on the western; and on November
movement extended from Arlberg
over tho Bergen zerwald, most Of East
switzerland. and as far as Zurich. In
the fiat regions of the Danube three
earthquakes were observed February b
and II and April 81. In Belgium there
was small earthquake on February 2S,
in Beckrath and Wickrath; and q
stronger one occurred ON November 18,
affecting Belgium, the Rhine provinces
and Westphalia, AID having its centre
about Oharleroi. Saxony had earth
qnake motions IN May % and Septem-
Der "a.
The Mennonites, class Of Russian
immigrants who settled in Kansas few
years ago, are prospeiing finely. They
lave abandoned the village system they
brought with them from Russia, and are
in other respects. also steadily Ameri-
canizing. They are industrious, and
make good, Law abiding citizens.
There have been distributed by the
New York State Fish Commission
during this year 274 COO salmcn trout,
500, 900 brook trout AMI 1.74S. COO Cali
tornia mountain IA ont.