The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-30
MUTATIONS MATE.
NC Turns uPAr MODEST CISCO.
ne TAps = Volcano, sending Ned Hot halls
~ IRE skywnrd, Making Nniarc
Produce - fyroitchnic display
on GorgUpus scale,

CISCO, Oct 81 Editor HERALD Tho
sitlzons ofour 1ulot little city are all
thrown into a great state NJ woudoImonl,
aud the question in every uno's mouth ID
"What is it?" 10 give u proper descrip-
ton to the readers OF tho HEHALp; your
correspondent IL not aide, aud ~ for
technical tcruS, a moro scientific pen
than mine will have 10 take up the work
30 crafty "A scientific world, and give the
causes which load Ia this wonderful
vonit from mother earth. 10 VIII have
To suffice for me, therefore % give an ne
count of that which has led Ia the DIS
cuVery Of this wonderful furnace that ~
now throw ing ont rom the bowels of
lhc earth. far into the heavens red balls
Of fire,
About two months ago, our onterpri.
lug townsmRn, A, q. Eppliu, undertnuk
to boro for water, In the rear Oi his place
| Of business. lie bored down four inch
hole some sixty feet, and finding gond
indications OF water, he concluded no
would sink q well, az regulation si2e.
lie accordingly engaged men and set
them ut work, and tuld them To prose-
cute the work downward, until lhey
found plenty OF water, uVOu should they
have to invade tho kingdom of China.
Accordingly, each day found the men ~
work, without any interruption unLll last
Thursday, when the lato rains IN
teriered with them. This morning III"
work was again resumed. A. the work
progressed, nothing of u very peculiar
nature was observed in the different
-tratas of clay, sand and rock that was
passed through. Al depth OF about
iiyo feet the wOrlmcn struck strata OF
limestone which, by blasting, they got
through in thirty-SlN feet. ~ tins depth
forty toeD they struck rather curious
fOrmatian, which takes ot the nature ol
q concrete, or rather n ngiomcratiOn OF
pebbles, shells and clay, ccmented To-
gcther by some internal furnace, This
was rot through after blasting some
twenty feot. Tho next formation
reached, and the one in which the men
were working at the time Of the burst
ing OF the crater, is Kind OF soapstOnc
of beautiful pink color. the stone is
soft, and easily cut, bat rs soon a. eS-
pos "a to The air aud sun, II becomes
unite hard and parlakgs OF about The
substance of marble, aud is capable or Il
fine glossy polish. n ledge OF ave ieet
of this formation was gone through
when the last blast was made. Your
correspondents thinks il il did not bring
the we'll borers To China, IL brought them
close in the neig hborhoOd of iimbus.
After the last blast was touched off,
WHICH WAS NbpuL Atll w F''-N
O'clock. this evening, u loud, roaring
noise followed the echo of the blast,
which was heard for miles. so great,
indeed, was this, that vibration after
vibration followed that houses in the
vicinity of the we'll shook. and every
thing seemed to shake carthquake-lille;
shickens that had gone TO roost ON Sd-
jacent trees left heir rOosts; house
wives who were preparing the evening
n M N
workshops took TO the streets; stores
were deserted; dogs banked: horses
dilated their nostrilS and seemed rest
less; everything endowed with reason
seemed terrified and awe stricken. The
roaring sound abates not in tho least.
People are afraid to go within
block of the place. AND
now, oh, horrors Of horrors! from
the mouth OF this well great red balls OF
some sort of substance are thrown far
up into the heavens until lost sight Of
What becomes of them no ono can tell,
as none has vet been found or seen to
fall. These balls ut regular intervals of
ten minutes illuminate tho heavens for
miles around. The roaring from the
well only stops as the balls are emitted
The balls when pa sing through the air
look like skyrockets. only that they do
not burst but pass right on out Of sight
IL is hard 10 estimate their size, but !
should judge they are as large as tWen-
ty-nound cannon balls.
What scientific men we have here are
Mt a loss to account for this wonderful
furnace which is located near
Cisco. Drs. Stout, Vance, Man
Gle, Fisher and Prof. Mcconnell concur
in the belief that u crater has been tap
ped. If such is the case a volcanic
eruption has been avoided, perhaps, and
we have been saved dreadful calamity
by the DO ing of Il well.
1t is now 1880; the town ia grandly
Illuminated; the roaring still keeps On.
The people are frantic; some are crying,
others are praying. The str els are
crowded with country people. Nearly
every one asks the question, "What is
it?" and your humble servant is wait
ing for developments.