The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-08

western coast of Texas, particularly in the
region south Of the Rio Grande, and from
some interior points, give accounts Of
great rain storm aud much destruction of
property during the past week. From Sop
tember 81 to 23 tremendous rain storm
and hurricane swept over the vicinity Of
Brownsville, Texas, including Matamoras.
Twenty-six inches of rain fell up to tho
night of the 23d, and the wind is said to
have reached velocity of nearly one hun
dred miles per hour
Over two hundred houses in Brownsville
were blown down and large number dam.
aged, rendering homeless some three hun
dred families. In Matamoras over three
hundred houses were levelled and many
were injured. The entire rear part of tho
city, embracing over thirty blocks, was
flooded to depth Of from three to eight
feet, and the people living there were
rescued only with the greatest difficulty.
All telegraph lines were blown down, and
the Rio Grandc and Matamoras and Mon
terey Railroads were washed out, and traffic
has not yet been restored. All the surround
ing country was inundated, many houses
wero blown down and crops were destroyed.
There is great slffcriug in both Matamoras
and Brownsville. In the latter place fully
one hundred and fifty families arc destitute,
aud in the former two hundred families are
homeless and in want. Relief me asures
have been adopted and large amount of
food and money has been raised aud is being
distributed.
AT Point Isabel the quarantine station
was swept away and other damage done.
A four masted steamer was wrecked fifty
miles south Of the mouth of the Rio
| Grande, and is said to be total loss. Her
captain and crew werc saved.
As Colorado, Texas, the river has risen
twenty-five feet, and at last accounts was
still rising. All tributory creeks are over
flowing, and large sections of country are
submerged. Very heavy rains have fallen
in other sections, and much apprehension
is felt for the safety of property.
HARBoR ISLAND SuBMEnGED.-Gal-
tion from Harbor Isl md since tho gale of
last Tuesday was r." ;r"i last night. The
island was entirely inaul ~. Lut the in
habitants escaped. Capt. Newman, of the
schooner CJqucttc, with three men was
thrown into the water by the capsizug of
their yawl boat, and the captain and one
other man were drowned.
A special to the Mc,cs from San Antonio
says: A train was wrecked on the South
ern Pacific west Of here yesterday Hor-
ace Daniels, engineer, was killed and n
fireman and brcakcman were badly injured
| NITR0-GLYcERINE.-Chicago, Septem-
Der 29.-Thc E0cniny Journal to-day
publishes Il case Of remarkable rcsuscitation
from supposed death of a young married
woman, named Mrs. Frazer. On July 20
last Mrs. Frazer gavo birth to child, and
in August, after several d,ys' illness, was
pronounced dead by the attending physi-
clan. DR.. Mark III. Lackerstccn, who was
also attending Mrs Frazer, says:
Il did everything | could think of 10
restore life, without effect. Ten minutes
must have elapsed, although at the time
was not in position to watch the passage
of time. Then it suddenly struck me tn 1t
| would like to try Il hypo lermic injection
of this solution Of nitro-g glycerine. took
up ten drops of it and let the supposed
corpse have the full benefit of it, The first
minute there was not II pulsation, but just a
gasp, that was all. looked at my watch
and there were four such gasps in almost
sixty seconds, but there was no life. In
the second minute there were six respira
tions and Il slight heart pulse could b.
, heard, but no pulse could be felt In tn,
, third minute there were eighteen respira
; tions, and the pulse became distinctly per
0 ceptibe at the wrist. In the fourth min
f ute it was l8G and upward, so that it coul'
r not be counted. Her face flushed. lie
eyes began to roll in their sockets, all tn
4 muscles relaxed from the extreme stffncs
Of death, all cOntractions of the limb
). gradually relaxed and she became con
? sclous. In my opinion in all Gases of shoe
: or collaps this thing ought to be trie'
4 before they are given over for lost. Their
is nothing peculiar or sensational about
at all. The only thing is have been tn
, first person to try it. One point is that SO