Evening star., 1886-09-30

HE AVOIDS TIE JEERs OF THE PEoPLE-rHE
GREAT SCARE IN rHE SoUTH-THE Prophet
UNDER OBLIGATIONS TO MEXICAN VOLCANO
Yesterday was Wiggiugs' day, but careful
search through the country failed to discover
the earthquake he predicted.
A despatch from Ottawa says Virgins left
town yesterday to escape the jeers of an ex-
cited crowd Before leaving and during the
carly part of afternoon, however, when asked
how his earthq uake was getting along he said:
llntic. The meridian of Halifax will he struck
a1out p.m., ,whichwill be followed by high tides
at both Halifax and Quebec. can not under
stand why the Meteorological Bureau in Eng.
land refuses to give any advces regarding my
storms. The Dominion Meteorological Once,
for M our - gulf % ports and lower St. Lawrence fes
the past three days They are convinced that
my representations will be fulfilled now when
the storm is just at hand, yet .hey do not wish to
corroborate my predictions. I distinctly assert
that the storm will be mainly confined to the
an she The Meo Is
sweep down the ocean past Sandy Hook, in its
wild career.
"My storm is booked for Halifax at a, and
can not get there before" 4" remarked the doctor
ut will be severely felt in the Gull aud Rocky
Mountains"
It was reported last night, says the despatch,
that several prominent parties in the city in.
tended burning the Professor in effigy.
THE SCARE IN THE SOUTH.
special from Atlanta says the Virgins scare
SIduuS WItuOuG pTcccucut Ill tue history OF the
south. Hall million people In Georgia, South
Carolina, Florida and Alabama sat up all night
watching for the appearance of Virgins -arth-
quake. Probably at no time since the war has
excitement been Ogeneral throughout the South
Atlantic aud gulf states as WITHIN the last week.
II was fortunate for the nervous people that
yesterday morn ing dawned clear and beautiful
without u cloud in the sky. At five O'Clock the
streets of Atlanta, usually deserted uu;il seven
were alive with people, but the clear aImOs.
phere calmed the iears OF even the negroes,
most of whom went 10 work again on seeing no
signs OF judgment day. BY eleven a.m., the
nervous people who had arranged to spend the
day in the fields found the sun rather hot, and
one ny one they Kept returning home, and at
noon every one had apparently forgotten
Virgins and his prophecy. All through Georg III
ana South Carolina aud in those portions of
Florida from which dispatches have been re-
ceived to-day the negroes spent the entire uignt
in prayer and administering the rites OF
baptism. Yesterday having passed quietly, the
prayer meetings were last night discontinued
and the people who have been lasting and pre-
pairing for translation into the future state are
taking much needed rest preparatory to
gathering the cotton crop, which is now ripen-
ing.
CONFIDENCE RESTORED IN CHARLESTON.
A dispatch from Charleston says Virgins
predictions have now proved to be utterly wide
OF the mark, and it is expected that within
another week, it there Lc no more shocks, the
city will have resUiled its normal condition
The work OF rebuilding and repairing has been
going on all day, without 1nterruption, and
there Is a growing feeling OF confidence in the
city.
AN OLD MEXICAN VOLCANO BREAKS FORTH.
Those having ieith in Virgins, however, may
take some comfort in advices te.egraphed from
the City of Me xicO, which say that reports from
all over the republic show that everywhere
heavy rains have fiIIcn. The predicted earth
Quake dld not take place, DuL The voicano of
Coima is again in a state oi eruption, huge
white cloud Overnang ing the summit, causing
great terror among the inhabitants OF the
nelghboriug viIuges This is the third time
within year that this volcano has become
active.