Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-07
SOUTHERN.

A feud OF Ash Flat, Arkansas, sris-
ing out of a divorce Gaze, led to the poisoning
of well, by which twelve persons were pros
trated One of the wealthiest farmers in the
county has been arrested for the crime.
A hurricane, with heavy rain, pre-
VAILED in Southwestern Texas from the 2lst to
the 23d Of September, the rain gauge indicat-
ing fall of twenty-six inches. Two hundred
houses were wrecked at Brownsville, render
ing 3UO persons home ess, while across the
river. in Matamoras, 500 dwellings, were lev
eled. and thirty blocks of the city flooded.
The people in both cities are In great dis
traaa Whole sections of Texas were sub
merged. and the loss to property is very
heavy.
Four shocks of earthquake were felt
at Charleston on the 2Sth ult, one of them
being accompanied by defamation, and caus-
ing the people to rush into the streets. The
shocks so displaced the west portico Of the
Government building that that entrance to the
structure must be kept closed until repairs are
made.
Commissioner Colman has received
from Fauquier County, virg mia, a letter ask
ing an investigation of a disease prevailing
there among cattle purchased at the Chicago
yards
Virgins earthquakes and tornadoes
failed ~ materialize on the 29th ult, much to
the relief and Joy of the people along the
South Atlantic and Gulf c)asts With the ex-
ception Of light shocks at Elizabethtown, Pa,
and Petersburg, Va, and ~norther" in Texas
Tor o,,1,l
mean or meteorological disturbances whatever.
A Charleston disp tch says:
Virgins prediction has had a marked effect
en- the emo. .onal nature II tho aroes, and for
the past four or i've nights tner churches have
boon nlled with crowded congregations Of fren-
zied worshipers. The effect OF the shocks on
the supersdtiouR negroes has been fearful, and
they seem to have determined to be taken to
h. aven by storm. Hundreds Of converts are
made every night. and the excitement is so
great that many 20 INTO frances and have to be
carried home on stretchers. Among the whites
the religious sentiment has also been deeply
aroused.
Is An Atlanta g al telegram says:
At daylight this morning the streets Of At
lanta we're hlled with early risers. They found
y d cloudIess sky but a chilly atmosphere. As
noon passed and night was reached the people
gave up their fears, and returned 10 their
homes. The eolored people kept up their
the merchants did not 60 to their places OF
business to-day, their families refusing TO DO left
alone. Perhaps the best evidence of the fears
Of The people was the abs ention OF the scuool
children The non-attendanee was greater than
eyer before known, and the teachers report that
the children who dill attend might as we'll have
stnid at home. The many high buildings in the
city were emptied of their inmates all day,
who upon one excuse or another, staid out un-
. ell the dreaded hour for the evont had passed.
The Supreme Court of Virginia, in
the case of I. J. Cluverius who stan Is con-
yicted Of tho murder of Lillian Madison, at
the old reservoir in Richmond, Va, has do
MED the petition for a rehearing. Death by
hanging win follow unless Executive clemency
interposes.