Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1886 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

Charleston had another slight earthquake shock on the morning of the 7th inst. Like all previous ones, it came from the southeast, apparently from the sea. The horrible roar was first heard, and then a slight vibration. As the disturbance reached the city the pulsation was heavy. Buildings were shaken for about live seconds, and then the disturbance went northwest, the roar gradually dying out Evidently the subterranean disturbances are working themselves out, and hour by hour more thought is given to the needs of the present and the wants of the future. The flight from the city continues. A rough estimate gives the number of women and children who have already left at about three thousand. Most of the railroads are granting free passes. Four more deaths, attributable to the earthquake, are reported, making forty»eveu in all. Mayor Courtenay of Charleston says $500,000 to 9700,000 is immediately required for that stricken city. The Lord Mayor of London has appealed to the British public for aid for the Charleston people. New York has contributed $23,720. Boston has raised about $20,000. The proposition is made by Colonel J. A. Watrous, of Milwaukee, that the treasurer of the Grand Army of the Republic be authorized to forward $5,000 from its overflowing treasury. A negro named Irwin Murray was hanged at Georgetown, Texas, in the presence of 6,000 people, for the murder of his wife in December last New Orleans had a $75,000 fire, which destroyed the clothing establishment of C. Lazard & Co.