Evening star., 1886-10-16
Remarkabi Adventures Of e0rvIv0rU-
An Annenl far a id.


HOUSTON, Tex, Oct l6.-Tne Posts core.
spondent at Beaumont last night Lelegraphed
some Interesting details OF the great deiuge at
Sabine Pass He says that al places where the
water WAS never over eight Inches deep since
the town WAS settled, two years ago tie food
WAS nine ieet deep. The new mouse oI Bradley
Garnet Was swept away with his family vi uve.
Aiter hoaIing Two aud a hall miles tue house
landed on "A ridge bacK OF the town ali In TACT
aud nobody hurI- Tue boats that left Beau.
mout 10 succor the distressed took lar rse Quanti-
Ties of urIuking water, there oeIug uotuing but
salt water iur ten mi es around Sabine f'Rsa.
Mrs. Jonn Stewart and her daughter were sepa-
rated at their home wueu the Hood struck the
town. Tue dau- hIer seiEe,i n leaI her led aud
the mother window irame aud thus sup.
ported themselves. Alter being out all might
tney landed al Aurora, Oh tile lake shore. With
IN half a mile OF each other each supposing the
other had been lost They Irav.rssd uIusea
miles Lelore they were found.
Postmaster Ward, OF Beaumont has tele.
gra i,hed Postmaster General Villas, asking pers
mission To distribute the Sabine Pass mail from
Bedunlon L the posiln stress and her asst Liant
al Ssbine Pass are both reported drowned
To give some idea OF he velocity vi the wind,
a silver sptpou WAS blown from the residence u
William harris a distance OF twelve miIes hlr
Noise b Ioussard lost e25UOU worth oI calrle,
aud some reports say much more Than that All
the cattle moi lost Will die, nothing L. ien lor
them 10 subsist upou-tne salt water covering
everything. Mrs. Quo Brown uoaIed twenty
i've miles Oh a leather bed. Sue uad her cuud
wItn her, out II got benunbed aud died In .
convulsiVu. During LIS struggle IL knocked Tho
motner INTO the river. Tue waves pltensd Mra
Ia n ittle inlet. aud Was saved.
REMARKABLE SNAKE STORY.
Captain +. A. Hyatt aud William Guy report
thal tney had a siug ular experience ~ mem.
Uers vi the relief committee on their way 10 tie
Pass The train ON which they were travelling
stopped on dump nve miles from the town.
fhe wafer all around tins neck of land,
winch placed the track, fully ieet
deep. The hands oil Messrs Hyatt aud Guy are
bisiered from fighting snakes. which literally
covered the dump ior "A distance OF B miles.
Tuere were thousands OF walter inocca,ins from
the oNeriiuwed district, taking refuge On tire
narrow stretch of land, aud every step across
tney hau 10 be fought Many oi them were The
deadly stumlriai,eJ moccaslns, larger than q
inau's arm. Wild cats a,sn, freuzed uI the
waters Jury, rushed pel-mell upon pedes-
urians, while coons and every variety oI aui.
mails snapped at passers-by with hydrophoUic
rage. Many Times the pedestrians ieIt the
dump swan around the angry reptiles
rather than Try To pass them. Captain Hyatt
alone Killed over $50 snakes during his walk
uI miles, which cunsuuI-d about Ten hours
MIR. Guy says that no money could tempt hiin
10 make tae trap over again. ln stepping about
in the darl lac Was uripped up and thrown uy Q
snake Two Inches In diameter and iully feee
long.
THE RELIEF WORK.
At a meeting Oh the clliZen vi beaumont, held
to-day lor the purpose OF organizing RELIEF
mea .ureS. Mayor Calhoun Was cuo-en presiding
officer, and general relief committee was or.
gained with Mayor Calhoun as permanent
Chairman. Special coInullttees consisting Of
wniie and coorea citizeus, we're appointed TO
look aiier the cooreu sufferers. COMMITTEES
oI nNe was appointed to lake "A steamboat and
gather up iurniture nd otuer house nosd eff'ct0
noallng about Sabine lake. The committee on
finance were Instructed la solicit FUNDS and
supplies from ali sources, and Will gladly no
cept old clothing or any tning that can oe used
10y the destitute people Mayor Calhoun has
Issued tue following appeal: "Iu view Of the
urgent aud dire necessity OF the hapless people
o. Sabine Pass, i request immaculate help In
their Denaii. Aid oi aIy kind is invited- pro
Visions, clothing or money. They are without
means oi ANY kind"
RECOVERING THE DEAD.
The train which went toward sabine to-day
as lar the track allowed ned here NJ 3
-. m. Fifteen bodies were recovered on the
highland called Back ridge, west oi Sabine, aud
srea the west shore ol the laxe-t~o cosvred
aud four whlte-one Ueing that vi Mrs. w A.
Juuker, OF Carlisle. MIR. JuLker L. still missing.
NEARLY zoo HUNDRED DEAD ALTOGETHER.
Tue steamer Emily p. returned from john
sons bayou, La, ~ Orange and reports tnAt
Those drowned at that place we're cuieny col
ored people Tue deaths at Sabine Pass aud the
Nicinity Viii aggregate more iilan ninety, ana
al Jounsons bayou about eign.y-nNe. On1y
three houses are left nj ior human habitation,
though perhaps n uozen are standing In u pre-
carious condition. 1ne people VINO escaped
witn their lives are colnpieleiy ruined imam.
cialiy, u majority OF theIi not being abie 70
provide theiliseIves with the Dare Dccessiliss OF
life.
A telegram from merchants of Galveston %
the reiiei cs'nnitiee here says: Galveston sub
scribes Sl.VOo. Draw ON ball, hutchings Z
Co., ior thai amount.
Tue Aiexicau schooner Hercules is high and
dry al N point caiiea the Oii Ponds. her CAP
tain, jos. Suibeion1o, slorts lust hs was
logs, all OF which are now supposed 10 be iost.
A circular wiiI be addressed oy tie unapce
con,AiIliee, asking assIslance. From vs6sOOQ
10 S1Vo.VOo will We needed. q
From Wall Strest To-day.
NEW YORK, Oct l6.-Tne stock market vas