The Press., 1883-09-06

years. The purpose continues to be to make an exhibit that will attract large gathering of the best people, and send all home satisfied.
 Negotiations are open in regard to secur ing one or more notable persons to address the people The result will be given ia good time.
 The society's executive committee will hold meeting on the fair grounds next week Saturday at p. m. ,i
 - Full particulars of the great volcanic eruption in Java show the disaster to have been widespread and disastrous. At noon Sunday (25th) the eruptions and shocks were supposed to have reached their great est height, but late in the afternoon and evening the violence of the disturbance suddenly increased, and the island seemed to be about to be completely buried in mass of fire and sulphurous ashes. At the same time the enormous waves began to dash with greater force upon the shores, coming in some place far up into the in-
  earth and threatened to enguH large pro- portion of the islands people and builders. About midnight the most frighful scene of the disturbance took place. Suddenly an enormous luminous cloud formed over l the Kandang range of mountains, which l skirt the southeast coast of the island. 1 This cloud gradually increased in size un- 1 til 1t formed canopy of lurid red and whitish gray over wide extent of territo- try. During this time the eruptions in- ] creased, and streams of lava poured incss- sanity down the sides of the mountains in- I to the valleys, sweeping everything before them. About o'clock Monday morning 1 the great cloud suddenly broke into small sections and quickly vanished. At the I time the most frightful rumblings were heard and the column of fire and smoke on l the southeast corner of the island ceased 1 to ascend, while the craters in the other parts of Java seemed to open their fiery l throats still wider to let out the greatest quantities of lava, rocks, pumice and ashes yet vomited out. The hissing of the sea became so loud as to be almost deafening, and the waves rushed upon the shores to an unprecedented height. When day light came it was seen that an enormous l tract of land had disappeared, extending | Pafsoerang on the north and west to Low point, covering an extent of territory about fifty miles square. In this were situated the villages of Negery and Negery Baba- wang. Of the people inhabiting these places and the natives scattered sparcely through the forests and on the plains none escaped terrible death. This section of the island was not so densely populated as the other portions, and the loss of life was comparatively small, although it must have aggregated fully 15, 1000 souls. The entire tKandang range of mountains extending along the coast in semi-circle for about sixty-five miles had gone out of sight. The waters of Welcome bay, the Sunda strait and Pepper bay on the east, and of the Indian ocean on the south, had rushed in and formed great sea of turbulent wa ters. Here and there the peak of 8 high crater was exposed for moment by the receding of 8 great wave and. occasionally a puff of brownish gray smoke or a slight shower of rocks showed that the volcanoes still continued in active subaqueous erup- tion. The debris of the submerged and destroyed buildings was tossed hither and thither over the tumultuous waters, the only sign left that there had once been in habited land where all was now waste of water.
 The town of Tangerag, within 25 miles of the city of Batavia, was swept away by the lava streams, and fully half the popu- latlon, mostly Javanese, numbering about 1900, perished. At Speelwyk, near Point Salcis, the red-hot rocks set fire to the houses and swept away all the thickly set tied portion of the town. About ten ba. zaars belonging to Europeans were destroy ed. The loss of property is very large, but no lives are known to have been lost. The river Jacatra, on the banks of which Ba- tavla IS situated, was completely damned by the lava and debris so that its course was changed, and from Granieu bastion it flowed down through Tygers street and joined the waters of the river Emerades swelling that stream to such an extent as to rise high on the Castor battlemenis. Tijelenking was almost totally destroyed and large number of lives were lost. The island of Ornus, five miles off the mouth of the Tangerang river and 20 miles east of Batavia, was completely inundated and the floating dock there was totally de- stroyed. Caataye, Claps and Tronwers- islands, off the portion of Java which dis appeared, are out of sight and not vestige of them is left. Baby and Cheribo islands, off the north coast, but small in extent, l Aooo SA1O 4CW AOuSCS dilu 1uudU1tauIS upon them.
 In Batavia the loss has been largely in- creased since the former reports. The roof of the governors house was crushed m by mass of heavy mud and three of the retainers were killed The town bridge was destroyed, the Diamond and Pearl 6astlons badly damaged, and bureau re- doubt was de stroyed, On Caymans, Nal l abar and Lions streets the ,orincinal ava nues of the city, the damage is very great. Fort Aatyol is entirely destroyed The town of Taggal was severely shaken and few buildings were left standing, The ag- gregate loss of life from from the various elements of the terrible disturbances must be fully 100000, but the number of those who per1shed can never, of course, be ac- curately proximated.
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 ad7hearted poetess asks: ''Why do we sing 7" Perhaps it's because you don't know what the public feeling is in your immediate ! Mamma, :" said Harry stxvhat,s +bo 5;Aro,