Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-16
Serious Earthquake Shocks in Several
Parsf Central America.
THE STORY OF A MURDERER'S
FOUL DEED.
The Cold Weather Cuts OF clevelaa3's
Water Supply.
SEVERAL MuRptRERs SEAT TO ETER.
MTY YESTERDAY.
Senators Very Particular Over
Recent Appointments.
A MuRDERER's STRUGGLE FOR
LIFE.
ESPECIAL TO THE sKsTIsE 81
Serious Earthquakes fn central

America. .
NEW YORK, Jan. l5.-Mail sdvices from
Panama OF the 9TH instant contain the
following: Al Q O'Clock on the morning
Of December Is the Spanish city Of
Amatillan, q town Of 5000 inhabitants
situated 25 miles south OF Guatemala, was
awakened by frequent shocks OF earth
quake, which continued ali the day until
5:32 ,. NJ, when a very heavy shock was
felt, and at $50 P. N. the heaviest shock
came, throwing down many walls and
houses already issured by the early
shocks. People were thrown down, and
the air was filled with dust from the falling
houses. Shock was followed by shock. and
the frightened people rushed to the large
plaza in front Of the Church Of San Juan
and dragged the image Of their guardian
saint outside of the church and erected .
temporary shrine in the middle of the
square, before which all Frustrated them
selves. One hundred and thirty-one
shocks we're felt the first day. principally
from east to west. 81 of which occurred
between 4 and 5:3G ?. NJ. The second day
was nearly a. bad, aud the shocks con-
tinued for some DAYS. Amatillan was de-
stroyed by earthquakes In 1880. which
LASTED from April q TO May 8. In 1870 it
was oyerfowed by the rising waters
of the lake. and again in Ocso-
Der. 1852, when the water rushed
up in the middle Of the streets.
Eight days fterwards, when the water
had subsidized, lead fish were found every
ub.~o nho rako. hao.rna npEt An drtpk
and many persons died from fevers. Then
again il was destroyed by earthquakes in
1852. Lake Amarillan is supposed to be
the crater Of an extinct volcano. An sd-
jacent volcano, until recently quiet, seems
TO be seeking a new outlet through the hill
lying back OF the inactive volcano Pecsyo.
The volcanoes Of Fueeo. in Guatemala.
and Gzalcs, in Salvador. are not far away.
which have long served "a safety valves for
these restless regions. They seem TO have
become stopped up, causing mu5h alarm
to the people OF Salvador, who say that
there was precisely a similar occurrence
before their last great earthquake in 1873.
GuATEQULA. via Galveston, Jan. 15.-
Serious volcano disturbances have &C.
Cured within the last few days. There
have been at different places showers OF
earth and ashes, accompanied by loud
rumblings. At Cotapaxi the volcano ia
supposed to be 10 eruption. Slight shocks
Of earthquake have also been felt.
A HORRIBLE Murder story.
NEVADA, Mo-, Jan. 15.-Henry 8. Stair.
who Is to be hanged here to-day. was Wis.
tied by his father about 9 o'clock last
night, after which be spent most OF his
time writing until 4 o'clock this morning.
when he went to sleep, and he did not
awake until 8:i5. Large crowds OF people
surged through the streets all morning,
tramping between the Jail and the gal
lows. which is erected in o ravine, form
Ing o natural IN phitheater, about o mile
from the Jail. The trains from Sedalia
and Kansas City arrived at 1890, bring
ing hundreds OF people to witness the exc
cution, which will take place at about /
O'Clock. The crime for which htair will be
executed was brutal and cold-blooded in
the extreme. Stair and bis companion, q
woman named Nanette Osborne. who was
to have been hanged with him. came
to Nevada about the frat OF last July from
Fort Scott. Kansas, and opened . small
laundry. representing themselves as man
and wife. Shortly after their arrival
Jacob Sewell, an elderly man, and his son
l6 years old. with two wagons, four horses
and some other property. also cam here
from near Fort Scott and went into camp
near town. Stair and Sewell were slightly
acquainted, and Stair made frequent
visits - SewelPs camp. Later on the
elder Sewell was taken sick aud compelled
to keep his bed in one OF the wagons,
which had q cover. and he Was looked after
by Stair and the Osborne woman. II was
during these visits that Stair laid q plan to
murder the Sewells, take their teams and
property and start for his former home in
Indiana. On the night Of August 6
Stair n the woman vent to Sewell's
camp. and after a short visit returned
home. About midnight Stair made a Sec
ond visit. and finding both OF the Sewells
ssleep killed them both with an ak.
After the completion Of the horrible
bntchery Stair placed the mangled bodies
in one of the wagons and covered them
with bed clothes. He then went after the
woman, and on again arriving at the camp
they started for town. Stair driving the
wagon containing their bodies, and the
! woman the other one. On arriving at