The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-02
A SMOTnEREp VOLCANO
r,IrI<,. EroM luIIE FARM
oN \ AHrHNING Mot MAIN
SIDE.
, suba.rrsnean Contlasrationw when
has Killed the snakes on a I aht"'-
nm u,,,,,,ie aud Srt the Nahi'""
River to Rolling.

al, u,ii,,,i,. and Set the Nani'"h
River Ia boiling,
tur,w.. June 9S.-A most startling
story comes To light here. \ party vi
live young gentlemen from the "'''''
,,ns nro,ineas. under the Guidance oil an
Indian guide, left here two weeks ago I"
LINN, in tL. Manitou river distract, IN the
Northwest Territory. To-day the hNe
,n.rtsmen returned en route Tor ho'i'e'
The, brought no game, but instead 'a'i''
lnrien+d with Il most marvellous s'"iS
s.. h,rn,p,, mountain in their hunting
district. The names ot the t"uhS men
are Sutton, Williamaon, Nan Horne
,rlbb. and Alexander.
The district IN which they went huht-
iug lies about fifty mlleS to the so,''ii "'
the Canadian faritir rallwa! TRACK from
Brule, ON the high Lands near the MANI
tou river. Thi, locality l. Ju-t norm "'
tL,. nlted States boundary line from
Hl,,k Unck lake IN Mnn, sofa. They
,,port having left Brule IN c"mrah.
" ith their gludr, journey lhg ruu'h"aid'
After tiaveI,ins some diStahc" tinN h"t
n ,nuuntalncer', family ON the way 'hi"
th,. town. With all th,Ir EUnds ana 'ha'
tel, hacked on two lean booking h"r>ts
rh, ,uoth,r carried "A ,lck rMld III her
arms and two httle tow headed tifl-
t,dll.d along barefoot alter the iathtt
Iw, sons and daught, l,d the way
Their appearance showed that they
tAr
and they told the hunters that they
were fleeing the region III wh''h 'h'H
had lived On account oi som" leii'"I'
hre." They said that they had lived ON
a patrh of cleared ground ON NOUN
tam side. whose base forncd portion
At IN, Nnuituu rivers bank, that the ter
r,hI, fir. a. somewhere over i"hlnd or
m up,l,r the mountain; that no smuht
VA. visible, but that the air was Sll'ihS,
snd the riNtr at certain points - NOT ','a'
th, fish died m 1t. The Inst animation
that the father. whose name Is Mai'olil,
had Of this strange lh.honehoh, was th''
unusual sight ot gtcat huhIbtr ol de"'
fish IN tl, Manltuu. The ice IN the tiNti
in their immediate vicinity hal broken
mn earlier than usual this year, Int the
men had been greatly surprised 10 iIh''
,hnt both above AMI below the places
where they lived the ice had remained
lin, normal length OF time. strangely
hot winds also came down INTO 'he \d''
lev, while elsewhere the atmosphere
was uf wintry chlllIness.
The hunters found that about hlile
further up the stream the mountain slde'
where it had extended under the river
l,l h. came 50 hot that 1t heated tht
water, which flows slowly there, uhtl'
st,am rose from the surface near lh'
hanks. This was family noticeable ioi
a ,holt distance further ur, but btynhI
that the water hy degrees resumed IT.
normal state. The atmosphere was found
to hp N,iy warm, and the slightest eNtr
tInu caused petsllratloh. luae 'o ''''
slut where the farmer had IIved the nun
ten, found the air almost stiil'ht, ah'
There also the earth was too hot IN pace
T., ,,url with the hand, Nothing tls'
was noticeable, the mountain beng blahi
and L,r, from winter, but further haci
uu the :, les the heat was absolutely un
hrarahlc. After climbing up It's thlck'!
wooded sides for two or three hlihure'
feet, the hardy hunters were lureen u
return, "a, the air was Hoitncatihg' Ahi
mails had lett their retreat, the hlrd
s,,.r,l clear of the locality, ana not
living thing was to he s"riI'
The earth was dry AMI cracked VII
th, suliprraucan heat. l'rat shibt
without nlmber were discovered lN tn
hunters. The heat, instead ut diln'hisi
nv, was forced t. increase the hlGh'
the, went up the mountain SIDE; III
cracks IN the earth widrnci and he'
on,s appeared, AMI th" locality "ci'i'
unlnhaltabl".
Th, town Of lrlllr Is very mntl t'
cited over the discovery ana uh Ntlh'
d,y A pa,tv If half a DOZEN men stlftt
far ti,, seen. Of the burning inuuhlali
/, ~ nbo,it five or ten miles from an
habt,tion. Men well acquainted WI
the geology ul the province declare tl''
ia. location of this volcanic ara IL
been fixed to a nirrtN, and might be- WI
~,a-on expected Their theory ~ Ia
TIA. huuniiuo,,s coal. ~ which thi- mou'
tam range i. known tn h" flch, mas
some phpnomtnal n'an@ become 'G'it'
Tia, vast and snuulirfInG ma" lar i""
M the. mountains heart making
mighty ralhiron Of the Mantt"n river
ted New York sun.