Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1882 — Disastrous Storm in the East. [ARTICLE]

Disastrous Storm in the East.

A drought of several weeks' durat/on in the East terminated w th one of the he ivlest rainfalls recorded in the la=t fori,- years. Repoits aie printed from New York citv, Poughkeepsie, Newburg and Port Jervis, in New York; Paterson, Bordent wn and Pla’n-fi.-ld, in New .Terser; R fleigb, in North Caroliiri. and elsewhere, all placing the rainfall at five inches as a m'nmium, and in one instance (Paterson) giving fourte m inches as the depth of water which fell w thin inrtv-e'ght hours. At Plainfield, N. J., a bridge gave wav, throwing a crowd of sightseers in the water, all of whom, it is probable, were li-heil out, as no bodies were found. The loss of life is small, as human beings very generally come in out of the wet. but the railroad companies are heavy losers. The points mentioned as having sustained heavy losses by the tremendous rain-fall and the rapid rise of rivers which immediately followed include, in NewJersey, Paterson, Princeton. Trenton, Hoboken. Hackensaet. Bordentown, Plainfield and New Brunswick, while from Waterbury, Conn, Philadelphia, and Fredericksburg. Ya, reports are received of gieat destruction and damage. Bridges, dams and trestles were • carried off, and washouts on railroads numerous. In some towns the water w-as up to the showcases in stores, and railway cars were submerged to the windows. * Many residences were w.ashed away, and the damage to mills and crops bv the overflow- is almost iuealculabl ■. _________________ Din you over see a woman mail a letter? She will undertake to drop it into the box: then she draws it back and scans the directions; tr es the stamp to see if it on fast; sort.tinizes the gummed side and runs her finger over it once or twice; then gives it one or two sudden jerks, which sends it rapidly into the box. She then peeps in to see if it went through. Mr. Ed Trickett, the celebrated oarsman, Kingston, Canada, says: “I have found St. Jacobs Oil a sure and certain cure for rheumatism, etc, New York Clipper.