Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-15
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Glasses.
DuBLIN, Jan. 1.-THE state of desper-
alton into which manv Of the Irish la
boring people have been thrown by long
continued privatiou was illustrated by
an occurrence at Lismore. County Wex.
ford. The Board of Guardians Of the
Lismore Poor Law Uaion WAS holding
its weekly meeting when q crowd OF Ia
borsrs burst int the room and in
meuaoine language dem sndsA assist
ance for themselves and their families.
They threatened that unless help Was
soon forthcoming they would pluu
the neiRhboriuR farms in order 20 ooss
tain means of Subsistence.
Dav tt's Approval.
Michasi Dsvitt approves the PROPOSE
tion 10 buy out the Irish landlords and
suagests an Anglo Irish ArbItr Atisn
Com mission 10 settle the terms Of pur-
chase.
Eaisers Arrested.
CrrY OF MExIoo. Jan. l4.-Several ed
itors have been imprisoned for libelous
attacks on the authorities.
Money Pieasy.
Money is plentiful, owing to the fact
that merchants are not renittiaa to the
United States and Earope. They are
holding back. hoping for a rise in sil-
yer.
vsieanie Disturbances.
GUAYAeuII, Jan. l4.-Serious volcano
disturbances have occurred within the
last few days There have been at diff
ferent places showers of earth and
I'D kv
The Cstopavi volc sno is supp rcd to be
in eruption. The real state OF the
mountain 10 unkHovn. owing 10 the in
graphs. Slight shocks of earthquake
have also been feis.
THE 0aeen's Command.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Qaeen has
commanded the production Of q ,unod's
oratsrio "Mors ct Vita" at she Il ,yal
Albert Hall. Her Majesty vill come
from Windsor 10 attend the perform
ance. This will be the Queens nrss ap-
psarsnoe 10 paolic 10 many years.
Trais Wrecked.
PAiLrA Mex Jan. IA train con
veying @ military company vas CON
pletsly wrecked last night At vsldivar.
Thirty soldiers, including eleven officers,
we're killed.
A Central Aaerscaa Earthssake
Nxw Yoax, Jan. lG-Msil advioss
from Panama Of the 9Th contain the
following Al 2 O'Clock on the morning
of Decsmber 18th the Spanish city Of
Amstillar. @ tevn Of 5000 inhabitants
situated % miles south Of Gu stemsis.
vas awakened BY frequent shocks Of
earthquake. which oonti med all day
until asa .. IN, when . very heavy
shook vas fels, and at 5:sS p. m. the
heaviest shock came, throwing dawn
many walls and houses already hssured
by the earlier shocks. People we're
thrown down and the air Vas dilcd With
dust from fallen houses Shock follow
ID sheck. and the frightened people
rushed 70 the large plaza In front Of
the Church Of San Juan and dragged
the image Of their guardian SAINT out
side the building and erected tempo
rary shrine in the middle of the square
bsfore which all Frustrated themselves.
One haadred and thirty one shocks
we're felt during the hrss day. principal
IL from east 10 west. 81 Of which 90
cured between and SIS .. n. The
seosnd day vas nearly - bad and
shocks continued for some days snbse-
qosotly.
Amstillan vas destroyed by earth
ouakes in tS3O, which lasted from the
Elsa Of April 20 the 81 Of Nay. In ls46
u vas overlooked BY the rising water OF
the lake. and again in October. lsh2.
when the water aoshed 40 in the mid
die Of the ssressA Eight days after.
when the waters had subsidea. dead
slsh vese foand everywhere. The water
became unit 10 drink and many perscns
died OF fever. Then again u wss de-
ssroyed bv earthquake tn 1861 Lake
Auataaan 10 ssppcssd 10 be the crater
OF an extinct volcano. An adjacent
volcano. antl receotly quiet. seems 20
be seeking Q neg outiss through hill
living back Of the inactive tolcans Of
PecAyo. rhe volcanoes OF Fu-eo. 10
GeatsDals. and Gsaiiea. IN Salvador.
mes far away, which have long served
- safety valves for thess restless re-
gioa& seem 10 have become stoppsd up
cAasing much alarm 10 the people OF
Salvador. VITO say that thsrs vas pre-
ciseiy Q similar oec1rreocs before their
lAss great easthquake In ISIS