Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-30
Terrible Storms in The Southwestern
Part Of Texas Last Week.
CITIES FLOODED AND RAILROADS
wAsgED OUT.
Fear and Trembling Among the Inhah-
itants Of Charleston.
A FATAL MINING ACCIDENT IN
LEADVILLE, COL.
A Murderer Not Destined to
be Hanged.
ANEW REGULATION IN POSTAL
RATES.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.-Advices from the
southwestern coast Of Texas, particularly
in the region OF the mouth of the Rio
Grande, and from some interior points,
give accounts of q great rainstorm and
much destruction OF property during the
past week. From the 21st to the 23rd o
tremendous rsinstorm and hurricane
swept over the vicinity of Brownsville,
| Texas, including Matamoras. Twenty-six
inches OF rain fell up to the night OF the
23d, and the wind is said to have reached
q velocity of nearly 100 miles per hour.
Over 200 houses in Brownsville were blown
down, and a large number were damaged,
rendering homeless some 300 families. In
Matamoras over 80 houses were leveled,
and many were injured. The entire rear
parts Of the city, embracing over 30
blocks, was flooded to a depth of from
three to eight feet. and the people living
there were rescued only with the greatest
difficulty. All of the telegraph lines we're
blown down, and the Rio Grande and the
Matamoras and Monterey railroads were
washed out, and traffic has not yet been
restored. ALI Of the surrounding country
was inundated. Many houses were blown
down, and crops destroyed. There is
great suffering in both Matamoras and
Brownsville. In the latter place fully 100
families are destitute, and in the former
| 400 families are homeless and in want.
Relief measures have boen adopted, and a
large mount of food and money has been
raised, and is being distributed at Point
1 Tauhol Tho n1oraufinp afatInD wel Swpnt
away, and other damage done. A four
mas.ed steamer was wrecked so miles
south of the Rio Grande, and il said to be
a total loss. At Colorado, Texas, the
river has risen to 25 feet, and at last &C
counts is still rising. All tributary creeks
are overlooking, and large sections OF
country are submerged.
Fear and Trembling In Charleston
CHARLESTON, Sept. 29.-There has been
no recurrence of earthquake shocks
since l O'Clock yesterday afternoon, al
though some nervous persons felt a slight
tremor about 10 o'clock last night. There
we're several slight shocks at Summerville
last night, but no damage is reported any
where. The weather in Charleston to-day
il mild and pleasant, the sun shining
brightly. The temperature is not Cypress.
lively warm, and the city is flu Of activity
and hope in spite of the Virgins prophecy
Signal officers here have received special
bulletins from Washington to-day, indicat-
ing no unusual meteorological phenomena
and pleasant weather, with the probability
Of a shower of rain this afternoon. This
day has been anticipated with a great deal Of
fear and trembling by hundreds of anx-
ious people in Charleston. For the last
three or four nights the colored churches
have been crowded with w~orshipers, and
several r~evivals are now in progress among
these people in the city. Even the most
courageous have felt some dread at the
approach Of the goth, and although they
have earnestly asserted they did not be.
lieve in Virgins, they have all felt it would
be more comfortable to live in Charleston
after the 10Th. The indications are ex-
ceedingly favorable, and there are no more
premonitions OF approaching shocks.
Local scientists who have given grea,
study to the subject say there is no dan.
ger of a recurrence of heavy shocks, and
the community will surely settle down
after to-day. unless there should be unex-
pected manifestations Of disturbances. A
state of feverish excitement and forebod-
ing seems to exist, however, among those
who passed through the great shock OF
August 81.
massachusetts Republicans ina Com
ventiOm.
BosroN, Sept. 29.-The Republican
State Convention was called to order at
II o'clock. A permanent organization
was effected by the selection Of Henry
Cabot Lodge as President, with long list
of Vice Presidents. Lodge addressed the
convention at considerable length. After
Lodges speech ialetter was received from
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, asking for prohibition candidates
and resolutions, which was appropriately
referred. The resolutions reported by
the committee were unanimously adopted
after a short debate over the prohibition
plank. Following is the result of the first
ballot for Governor: Whole number of
votes cast, 994; necessary to q choice, 498.
Oliver Ames got 945; M. W. Grape, So; J.
@. A. Bracket, 10; Henry Cabot Lodge, q;
George d. Robinson, 2. Ames' nomina-
ton was made unanimous, and the con-
~vention took a recess until 2 P. NJ.
A Mining Accident.
LEADviLLE. Col, Sept. 30. = Michael
McNichols was killed to-day and E. J.
Morrow was seriously wounded by the ex-
plosion of a number of shots in a drift in
the Lee Basin mine. The unfortunate
miners had a lease on a portion OF the
ground. and had drilled four holes during
the morning, which they proposed to set
off. Some delay in i~gniting the fuse de-
tanned them. and tho first shot exploded
before the men reached a place of safety.
McNichols had his back head crushed in
by a flying rock, and was killed instantly,
while Morrow escaped with a broken arm
and several severe bruises.
Liquor Men in Convention.
SPRINGFIELD. Ill, Sept. 29.-The State
Convention Of Liquor Dealers to-day
L adantnd Tho rannrt Of ALa Nannrai4too ~