Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-02

regiment were present; none "s'o "
sent.
A NIGHTcAP CAPPED.
A well.knosn gentleman in Danville
was takinga "night-cap," and had got.
ten about half way through with u
when he felt the vibrstory sensation.
lie quickly disposed Of the remainder Of
his drink, and, in attempting TO return
the glass to the counter, missed Il, aud
the glass fell to the floor with . crash.
He turned to the bsr-keeper and asked
him what he had put in the whiskey, IS
il had terrible effect on him. Ina
few moments it dawnsd on all that they
had experienced an earthquake.
WAS 1T ANOTHER?
A number OF people here are Of opin-
ion that they felt the effects Of q slight
shock about ten minutes past 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon ; others, With equal
opportunities Of observation, declare
that there was no such thing. That
was about the time that q shock was
felt at Charleston, and the movement
possibly reached here, but IL so it came
in very enieebled style-so much so
that there is doubt il it came at all.
THE GOVERNORS EXPERIENCE.
Governor Lee, who vas sitting in his
Office at his house at the time Of the
earthquake, says that the first intima-
ton he had of it was the unusual sway
ing Of tho chair in which he was sit
ting--its rocking to and fro north and
south. His wife was IN the room at
the time, and she told him his head
was going from side to side, aud said
she felt faint. The Governor at once
told her it was an earthquake. Just
then bis two little boys, who,
with Judge Flournoy's son, were Sleep
ing upstairs, ran down in their night
gowns, very much frightened. They
bad been awakened from sleep
by the bed shaking, aud the
bureau aid glass ware, and so on.
One Of them said he thought a robber
was under his bed. Soon afterwards
another shock was felt, and the boys
who had been Quieted and sent up to
bed ran down again. Still another
shock came, and the third me the boys
ran down stairs. The second shock
was probably the severest.
After the earthquake the Governor,
getting information Of the condition OF
affairs at the penitentiary, went out
there.
ANOTHER CITIZENS OBSERVATIONS.
Mr.. George ID. Levy, who resides at
No. ll03I east Clay street, in speaking
to 3 Dispatch reporter yesterday, said
that he was crossing the corner Of Clay
and Eleventh streets, and, when in tho
middle of Clay street, directly opposite
TO the house in which he lives, sensa.
ton oyercame him that caused him to
stop. lie did not know what it was at
first, but thought he was going to faint.
Immediately thereafter he heard ro-
yerberatiDg sound approaching like tho
echo Of a cann0n-Shot between t~o high
hills; and, as the sound became loud
er, the earth began to tremble, causing
the windows in the houses to rattle,
and the house in which he lives to sway
to and fro, not with a smooth, regular,
undulatiug motion, but with irregular
and uneven jerks. Just then the noise
sounded as if the neighboTing houses
we're cracking brick by brick and wero
going to fall. The sound gradually
died out, and seemed to recede up Clay
street in a westerly direction. lie
thinks that from the time be experienced
the first shocks to the time ofits passing
entirely away was nearly, il not quite,
eight seconds. Mr.. Levy said that it
v as very cloudy before the shock, but
that within three minutes after the sky
was perfectly clear and the stars were
shining brightly.
STOpPED HIS CLOCK.
A well.known gentleman gives the
following experience The mantelpiece
in my chamber is on the east side Of the
room. and upon it | have a very fine
clock-one Of the best time keepers |
ever saw. When the shock came the
pendulum stopped, aud when | went up
to bed | looked, as usual, TO see tho
time, and, to ny surprise, the hands in-
dicated nine minutes to 10. The
fact of the earthquake being severe
enough to stop clock in our
latitude was so new to Inc that | didn't
resist the impulse to call the rest Of our
household and tell them of it. At tho
time of the vibration | was sitting in
the porch at home with one Of the ladies'
of the household, and it was she who
| first called my attention TO it. A second
later, however, was dazed and lelt as
though | should be sea-sick in an in-
stant, and took refuge in the middle Of
the street, the females being called and
following me.
THE EXACT TIME.
Mr. ID. Buchanan, Matchmaker and
ieweller, Ill east Main street, says
There seems TO be great difference oi
opinion about the time it happened, but
| can definitely set the matter at rest.
In my store have two regulatori-
one on the east wall the other on the
west wall. Both we're stopped; the
one on the east wall at seven and hall
minutes before 10 O'Clock the ono on
the west wall at eight minutes before
10 O'Clock, thus proving beyond doubt
the precise time the shock passed here.
HELP FOR CHARLESTON.
The United Veterans Of this city
sent off the following telegram yester.
day afternoon
To the Mayor Of Charleston, s. c.:
Draw on c. W. Burr, commander
United Veterans, for a25 for relief ol
earthquake sufferers.
CHARLES PICKETT,
4. II. Fox,
=. KEENAN,,
Committee.
special meeting Of the United