The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
EvnnxelIst Harri.on,s work.

The "boy preacher" Harrison closed his
three months religious revival in st. Paul's
Church, Cincinnati, April IT, having made
1900 converts and something over 81, 900.
Two thousand people were present at the
closing services, and the religious feryor ran
high, handshaki1g and tears of joy prevailing
on all sides. For his services at st. Paul's
Church Mr.. Harrison was paid $40 day and
boarded at the Grand Hotel CA per day). The
sale ct his photographs (250) and hymn books
q, ,000) and biography (40) added to his income
an average of 81, making his receipts some
thing over $12 per day, or an aggregate Of
81, 060. As stated, Mr.. Harrison, during this
time, converted 1000 souls, and whether his
efforts are regarded from q spiritual or
financial standpoint, they have been successful.
Arctic Steamer Rodger. Destroyed.
The New York Herald received dispatch
from Irkutsk, Siberia, dated April 1s, as fol-
lows: "I have this morning received startling
news from MIR. Jackson, the special commission
who was sent in search Of the Jeanette sur
vivors. He apparently forwarded the dispatch
by courier. 1t ran as follows:
"'FRoM THE BANKS OF THE ALDAN RIVER,
April g. 1882.
"'I have Just met q courier bearing dis
patches from W. b. Glider, the Herald CORES
pondent with Rodgers, whom the courier had
accompanied from Kalymsk, on the Kolima
River, to Verkhoyansk, 400 miles north of
Yakutsk. Glider had made journey of 1900
Yersts among the Chuckches. He was sent
forward with the news that the Rodgers had
burned and sunk; that Lieut. Berry, with the
officers and crew, thirty-six in number, are at
Tapka, near Cape Serpze; and that q vessel
should be sent for them as early as possible ;"
sum spots.
Upon the morning following the night Of the
brilliant auroral display the SUN was observed
by the naked eye to be covered with black
spots. These spots are storms in the gaseous
envelope of the sun, somewhat similar to
cyclones in the atmosphere of the earth. They
recur about once in eleven years. In an inter-
view upon the subject, Professor Stone, Of the
Cincinnati Observatory, said: "FIve years
ago, in 1873, the sun was observed here for lat
days, and only on twenty-three days were spots
seen. The relative number of days on which
spots are visible through the telescope has been
increasing each year since 1878, and last year,
ont Of 145 days, spots were visible every day,
and lately the number Of spots visible has been
| at times enormous. The largest number ever
observed here was this morning april ID,
when at one time 264 spots were visible, ranged
| IL seven distinct groups. Two of the groups
were seen with the naked eye, and probably the
large: one was the one seen so plainly in the
city. In my experience I have never seen SC
many before as on this morning. In many
cases solar disturbances have been accom-.
panied by magnetic storms and auroras on the
earth. In 1859 two sun spots were seen by Mr..
Darlington, Of England, to move over the
space Of s., 900 miles during an interval of five
| minutes. On the same day auroras were seer
in all parts Of the world, even in the tropics
where they seldom appear. At the same time
great electromagnetic storms took place. Ir
one place q telegraphic apparatus was set fir.
to. From the accounts in the morning paper
similar storms are in progress"
Destructive Cyclone I'm Pennsylvania. (:
The extent Of the damage by cyclone ir
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, ia estimated il
round numbers at 100000. Three persons
were killed outright and six fatally injured
The blast was instantaneous, terrific, and ire
sistible. Its path was narrow, but merciless
In shape it was like funnel, the little enc
being in front, wedge like. "a few minutes
before o'clock in the afternoon" SO the storm
is described by an eyewitness, ga cloud, blue il
color, appeared over the western horizon. AL
most instantly noticed the roof Of an immens,