The Arizona sentinel., 1891-08-01
vssrted by An Earthquake.

 tants of Yuma were aroused by three distinct earthquake shocks, the severest felt since the town was settled. The first at 6:05 o'clock came in three undulating waves from the northwest to the southeast, the earth's crust raising and rolling so as to be perceptably felt by those standing or sitting. The shock caused the windows and blinds to rattle, crockery and glass ware to jingle, doors to swing on their hinges, walls to creak and crack and things generally to move about promiscously. Men, women and children arose without calling and ran into the yards, streets and gardens, without going through the operation of preparing or finishing their toilets. Never in Yuma, did so many people get up, and out So promptly. Clocks were stopped, and for moment it seemed as if there was to be gen. eral change in things terrestrial. At eos the second shock came, sharp and decisive, but not with the force of the first. Three min utes later at Gil o'clock the last shock was felt. The vibrations continued between the shocks, so that glasses, crockery, tinware and window shutters kept up their ring and chatter. The safe door at the s. P. Hotel which had just been opened was closed. No par ticular damage was done, though the cracks in the walls of adobe and brick buildings caused by it, are to be plainly seen. The grat- ing roar as it came from the mountains to the eastward was plainly heard.
 Contractor Wm. Turton, of the firm of Turton & Knox, Saera- mento, Cal, was in town Tuesday, and went out and took a view of the survey of the new railroad line on the mesa towards Gila City.
 A teacup full of water set out in front of your house would have just about as much influence on the weather, as the Salton sea has. Everything uncomfortable in the weather line is now placed on the shoulders of that desert pond of water.
 c. c. Henion, the able and popu- lar travelling agent of the s. P. R. R., went west on Mondays ex- press. He said that our weather was not as oppressively hot as it was on the entire trip from New Orleans.
 Conductor Neer says that the car load of watermelons shipped by Gandolfo & Sanguinetti reached Los Angeles just 15 hours after it left here. The car was locked with a private paddock and could not be opened until Monday morning, hence the delay; hence the blame is not the railroad company's.
 We note several parties cleaning up their lots, the debris of the flood, and other rubbish that has gathered about them. This is right. Too much care cannot be expended in cleaning up anything and everything that may tend to harbor the gems of disease, in and about our places of residence.
 "Oh, if had only taken this medicine earlier in life, what years of suffering it would have saved mel" was the touching exclama- tion of one who had been cured of rheumatism by the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. Scores of such cases are on record.
 Supt. McInernay of the prison, after exhausting his patience in trying to get permission from the Prison Commissioners to repair the sewer, has arranged to turn the prison sewerage into the old sink and into the river only when the pumps are not running. Thanks to you Superintendent.
 The distention of the stomach which many people feel after eat ing, may be due to improper mas tication of the food; but, in most