The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-29
MUTATIONS NATE.
He TURNS uPAr MODEST CISCO.
He Taps . Volcano. Sending Red Hot Balls
Of Fire Skyward, Making Nature
Produce pyrOteehnie Display
on Gorgeous Scale.

Produce II Pyroteehnio Display
ON a Gorgeous Scale.
Cisco, Oct 81 Editor HERALD The
citizens Of our quiet little city are all
thrown into great state of wondefment,
and the question in every ones mouth is
"What is it?' To give proper descrlp-
ton to the readers OF the HERALD; your
correspondent is not able, and as for
technical terms, more scientific pen
than mine will have to take an the work
TO crafty scientific world, and rive the
causes which lead to this wonderful
yrlQmit from mother EARTH IL will have
no suffice for me, therefore To give an nc
count of that which has led to the dis
coVery of this wonderful furnace that is
now throwing cut from tho bowels of
the earth. far into the heavens red balls
of fire,
NAnout two months ago, our euterpriS.
!. Xg townsman, A. G.. Epplin, undertook
70 bore Tor WAGER III the rear Of his place
OF business. lie bored down four inch
/ hole some sixty feet, and finding good
indications Of water, he concluded he
+ would sink well, of regulation size.
He accordingly engaged men aud set
them at work, and told them to prose-
cute the work downward, until they
found plenty of water, even should they
have to invade the kingdom of China.
Accordingly, each day found the mon at
work, without any interruption until last
IhurSuay, when the late rains in
terfered with them. This morning the
work was again resumed. As the work
progressed, nothing Of a very peculiar
nature was observed in the different
stratas Of clay, sand and rock that was
passed through At depth of about
five fee- the wOrSmen struck a strata of
limestone which, by blasting, they got
through in thirty-siX feet. At this depth
Corty feet they struck u rather curious
formation, which takes of The nature of
concrete, or rathera 0uglomeration Of
pebbles, shells and clay. cemented to-
gether 10y some internal furnace, This
was got through after blasting some
twenty feet The next formation
reached, and the one in which the mon
were working at the time Of the burst
4 ing of the crater, is a kind Of soapstone
OF a beautiful pink color. The Stone is
soft, and easily cut, but AZ soon as ex-
( posed TO The air and sun, it becomes
quite bard md partallcs of about the
4 slDstlucp 3D.! marble. uul Is capable of
fine glossy polish. A led 20 Of five feot
OF this formation was gone through
when thu last blast was made Your
cores pDndunt thinks il IL did not hrine
the Wed-borers to China, 10 brought them
e close IN the ucghhorhOud of Lmbus.
"A After the last blast was touched OIL,
3 (which was about ten minutes to siN
.toclocS, this evening, q loud, roaring
tnoise followed the echo of the blasl,
which was heard for miles So great,
findeed, was this, that vibration after
*yibrayiOn followed that houses in the
VICINITY Of the well shook, and evcrv-
I thlng seemed 10 shake earthIuake-like;
chickeus that had gone 10 rOOst on ad-
Jacen. trees left heir rOOsts; house
? wives WHO were preparing the evening
( meal ran TO the doors, mon In their
! rk-ShopS took to the streets; stores
twere de erted; dogs barked; horses
4 Inflated their nostrils and seemed rest
3 less everything endowed with reason
seemed farriiied and awe stricken. The
roarirg sound abates not in the least.
People are afraid to 20 within
block of the place. And
/. now, oh, horrors of horrors! from
ffhe mouth OF this well great red balls of
~ me sorv OF substance arc thrown far
.fQp into the heavens until lost sight of.
N hat becomes of them no one can tell,
IS none has yet been found Or seen to
Dali. These balls at regular intervals of
Ion minutes illuminate the heavens for
N ttANNlAs iNt lbNIllE lTOlll the
4 ~ only stops as the balls are emitted
Pyhe balls when pa sing through the air
n Apk Ike skyrOckets, only that they do
Mt burst but pass right on ont of sight.
II Is hard TO estimate their size, but
mould judge they are as large as TWEEN
E-pound cannon balls.
50 What scientific men we have hero are
loss to account for this wonderful
nrnac3 which is located near
DISCO. Drs. Stout, Vance, Man
q le Fisher and Prof. Mcconnell concur
n the holicl that a crater has been tan
pd. II such is the case volcanic
ruption has been avoided, perhaps, aud
a have been saved n dreadful calamity
N the DO ing Ola well.
lt ~ now 1880; the town is grandly
lbuminated; the roaring still keeps on.
Pc people are frantic; some arc crying,
f NherS are praying. The streets are
Towded with country people. Nearly
efery one asks the question, "What is
~ and your humble servant is welt.
ing for developments.