Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-05
SEATTLE DAILY ACKNOWLEDGMENT TUESDAY JUNE s 1883

weeks: thence to Milwaukee. Omaha
and Dever. Playing short ENGAGE
ments from Denver, the company GO
direct TO San Francisco, TO I'LL four
weeks engagement at Haverley's- On
their return, will play at Salt Lake.
Music Festival.
PHrLADEIPHA, June 4.-The music
festival association has decided to hold
/ festival III 1885, and raise a guarantee
fund of $1,000 10 insure ,ts success.
Tbs orasorio of Elijah viii be rendered.
A Free Ride.
PrTTsEUEG, June 4.-The PittsburQ.
Fort Wayne i Chicago road today
brought 10 the city an excursion train Of
eleven carloads of employees In its
shops at Fort Wayne TO visit the expo
sition OF railway appliances The com
pany furnished transportation and
tickets 10 the exposition.
steam Launch for Jay Goald's Yacht.
PHrLApELRHTA, June A handsome
steam launch for Jay Gould's yacht ar
rived today. 1t will be used in waters
not navigable by the Atlanta.
Circus on Fire.
CHICAGO. June 5.-At z o'clock this
morning, Barnum's Circus caught on
fire. AZ this writing it ia reported that
the main tent Is alrerdy consumed. and
the Base Ball Park fences are on fire.
threatening the tents on the inside. Ii
Is not known whether the animals are
burned or not
The fire a. Barnum's circus consumed
the med the main tent, dresses, and pa
raphernalia. The blaze caught from
one of the camps, and the canvass was
consumed like a fash. There was no
loss of life. Fortunately, the animals
were in the tent inside the base ball
park, and were not injured. Had they
been in the tent burned, there would
have been considerable of wild beasts
roaming about the streets now. The
loss Is not learned.
Racing Association.
NEW YORK, June A meeting of
gentlemen who propose to give yearly
exhibitions of horses in this city was
held tonight and the following officers
elected President. Cornelius Fellows
Vice Presidents, j. 4. Hecksher, Jas. X.
keene, w. Il. Scott and /. II. Hamilton
Secretary, w. j. Wharton.
Cattle Stealing.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 4.-Cattle
thieving in lower Rio Grande coun
lies is going on to an unprecedented ex-
tent. The depredators are thoroughly
| organized. 4 number of prominent
citizens are inflicted and there is no
hiding or trying to evade rangers or
citizens.
The Texas Tornado.
GALVESTON, June 4.-Interesting de-
tails of Saturday nights storm are com
ing in. Specials this evening say that
no serious damage 10 property is re-
porIed except near Greenvi,le. where
the storm assumed the form of lorna
| do. At Bonham lighting struck hack
| returning from picnic, killing the COL
ored driver and team, and tearing to
pieces the conveyance, which Fix negroes
had just vacated. At Palestine Samuel
Howard was on a fishing excursion with
another prominent citizen and two little
boys, and was caught in terrible rain
| storm. They started for shelter, bu. in
the darkness Howard walked into the
creek and the others were unable to
save him.
A Dallas special says the storm of
Saturday night seems to have done its
worst. The devastation is in narrow
strips aud in sections about n mile
apart. At Cedar Hill, south of Dallas,
farmers report their growing crops fiat
tened to the ground, fences blown down,
and reapers and wagons, which we're
standing in the field, rolled over and
over and torn apart by the fury Of the
wind. Near Hutchins' Station the de
struction was SO complete as to dis
hearten the Leople, some of whom came
| to town today, having given up farming
and turned their attention to working
at day labor. Wheat standing in stacks
was scattered by the wind. Water in
huge streams piowed mp fields and cut
jagged ruts through what had been
model stands of cotton and grain. Hail
of a very large size is banked up in low
places. 1t left traces of its violence by
killing sheep, calves, rabbits, dogs and
birds. Fifteen miles south of Dallas
great trees in the cross timbers were
torn up and carried long distances. In
orchards the twisted branches of young
fruit trees are strewn on the ground.
Wherever the tempest struck there are
left reminders of the deluging rain,
murderous hail and terrific lightning.
want q Holiday.
NEW YoRK, June A convention of
the trades unions of this city and Brook
Ign and JERSEY City met this evening to
discuss the best means to secure half
holiday on Saturdays. II was resolved
that each organization should use its
best resources to gain a half holiday.
The question of a strike to attain the
object was promptly voted down.