Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-23
A SHOWER OF THOUSANDS
OF FISHES.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

ST.. PAUL, Aug. 22.-The cyclone which
ragged at Rochester, Mimi, last night is re-
ported to have been very severe. Twenty
four persons are reported killed and 80 or
more injured. Vague rumors OF a train
| disaster by being blown from the track are
also coming in, but no particulars.
acknowledgements from Owattonna
state that 25 persons were killed in a rail-
road accident and IS injured, who were
taken to the hospital at Owattonna. The
Mayor of Rochester telegraphs for assist
| ance. He states that 25 are killed and
about 40 injured. One-third of the tow
| is an entire wreck. It. is believed here that
| the whole country surrounding Rochester
is in ruins. The killed may number into
| the hundreds. The Governor sent $4,000
| to aid the sufferers.
STILL LATER.-A passenger train on the
| Rochester & Northern Railroad was blown
from the track last night during the
| cyclone and a hundred killed and wounded.
Gov. Hubbard has just received word from
Rochester, Mimi, stating that the town is
in ruins and 40 persons killed. Impossi-
BILE to learn any details, as the telegraph is
down.
A Horrible ScOurge.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The surgeon Of
the Marine Hospital Service received a re-
| port from Brownsville, Texas, from which
it appears that black smallpox is prevail
ing, with great mortality, in the towns Of
Tomalton and Puerciacon, Mexico, and
hat yellow fever is reported at Tampico
and Panama. The black smallpox is also
prevalent in Guatemala, the victims being
principally foreigners. There were 100
deaths from cholera at ~Sandionisko, Oxaco,
during the month, and ATT deaths from
yellow fever in Vera Cruz the same month.
Early in August there was q shower Of
| thousands Of fshes 10 Monte Moreles and
an earthquake at Pattchek, causing 20
deaths and the destruction Of so houses.
A New Telegraph Company.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 22.-Articles of in
| corporation have been filed with the SEQ
rotary OF State OF the Electrical Conduit
Construction Company, with . capital
stock Of 81, 1000, 900, divided into 100, 900
shares. The incorporators are H. W.
Pope, vice-Prssident Of the Manhattan
District Telegraph Company. New York;
A. B. Chandler of the Fuller Electrical
Company; H. w. Fairbanks. Superintend-
emit OF the Postal Telegraph Company; @.
A nro-r AanaOar ~ tho Waatorn Eloo-
tricsl Company; 8. F. Kneeland of New
York; Prof. Elisha Gray and D. N. Hurl.
but Of Chicago. The object Of the com-
pany ia the construction Of an under
| ground telegraph and telephones. which
under the patents owned by the company.
and Endorsed by the most eminent and
practical telegraphers, can be done with
greater economy than by any device yet
known. The inventor is D. N. Hurlbut,
the we'll known telegrspher of Chicago.
A Big OIL Fire.
NEW York, Aug. pa fire broke out
shortly after II o'clock this morning in
the packing shops Of the Empire Oil
Works, Long Island City. The shop is a
brick structure Is feet by TOO feet. Over
100 men and boys were employed in the
shops, and the widest excitement pre-
vailed among them. The flames spread
rapidly. and the shop was soon a seething
mass Of flames. The tin-shop building
next caught, and was followed by the
barrel-shop. The flames next spread to
one Of the largest agitators in the yard,
containing so. 200 barrels Of oil. The
Brooklyn Fire Department was called on
for aid aud several engines quickly
responded, but, although they worked
hard, the flames spread in every direction.
The Standard Works are now burning.
The damage is already estimated at
$500, 900. Patrick Cooney. 9 workman, ia
very badly burned and three other work.
men are injured severely.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 22.-The west
bound passenger train on the Memphis 4
Little Rock Railroad. which left here at
5 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, met with an
accident last night four miles west Of For
est City, Ark, while crossing the short
~trestle. A broken rail caused two second
class passenger coaches, baggage and ex-
press car to go through the ~trestle, killing
J. B. Salinger and Harry J. Oldberg,
merchants Of Cotton Plant. Ark, and
John Adair Of the Little Rock road. Sew
eral other passengers we're injured.
A Shooting Scrape.
GALVESTON, Aug. PA Houston spe-
cial says DR.. A5Tahams, a prominent ply
stefan and ex-Confederate surgeon, was
shot and probably MORALLY wounded by q
negro in an ARRAY yesterday. in which the
fred several shots. The negro |
claims to have been the victim Of a system
Of petty prosecutions. The doctor alleges
Clark looked through a window at Mrs.
Abrahams while making her toilet.
Another Ambitious Fool.
BUFFALO, Aug. "a Capt. Rhodes is still
lowering around the city. but gives no
pecial time for his published intention to
win the whirlpool. He is reported to
ave purchased a large dog, which he in
ends to incass in his armor preparatory
D sending the canine through the rapids
$ an experiment. No faith is placed in
rhodes here, where he is beat known. and