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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24,1894.
Blazed at Hight Like the San.
The Great Meteor as Seen at Sea.
New York Herald.
"Landlubbers" may fancy that grog
may have bad something to do with the
wonderful meteor which Captain Mc?
Kee and Chief Officer Catherine, of the
steamship Yemassee, reported having
.seen at sea on their arrival here yester?
day from Charleston, S. C.
They are both willing to swear that
they were sober, though, at the time
that this great meteor went careering
aiwut the heavens in a manner to
make them fancy that Judgment Day
had come and that the earth was about
tobe smashed ?uto "smithereens" by
this awful ball of fire.
Tba captain declared that the meteor
?as as big as five full moons, while the
chief officer claimed it was as large as
six full moons. Both agree as to
v everything else concerning the meteor,
which, if all they tell about it be true,
is the most extraordinary meteor ever
let loose to astonish mortals.
It must not be inferred from the faot
that those who saw H fix its size by
saying it was as big as so many "full"
moons that the meteor waa "full."
Though it took a zigzag course there is
no reason for believing that it was not
as temperate a meteor as the sober meo
who saw it. .
LOOKED- LIKE A BIG SUN.
It waa just about dawn on the morn?
ing of December 20, when the
Yemassee waa fifteen miles south of
Charleston bar, that the meteor was
.seen. Captain McKee and -Chief
Officer Catherine were the only two
men on deck at the time.
"The meteor was dead ahead and far
up in th? beavens when we first saw
it," said Chief Officer Catherine, "and
seemed to be coming straight for the
ship. I thought Judgment Day had
come, sure, and that some planet was
about to strike the earth. It was as
big as six full moons, and burned like
ibo sun.
Suddenly it shot off to the east, fol?
lowed by a great streak of fire. When
I saw it was not going to strike the
' ship I felt some relief. It frightened
me badly, I admit.
After going about fifty degrees to
the east it began to take a zigzag
course. It darted about the heavens at
great speed, just as a bolt of lightning
would. It continued to go about in
that way for a long time.
At last it burst into more than a
hundred pieces? like a skyrocket. The
small fireballs were shot all over the
heavens in every direction, and gradu?
ally died away as the fire does from an
exploded rocket."
IN SIGHT HALF AN HOUR.
"I pulled out 'my watch wheo the
meteor-or whatever it wat)-began its
zigzag course, and the display lasted
- more than half an hour. The captain
and I both watched the thing from the
time it started until the great streaks of
fire it left io its wake gradually died
oat." This is what the log of the Yem?
assee reports : *
December 20, 1893-6:40 a. m.
Fifteen miles south of Charleston bar.
Afc this time an immense meteor fell,
bearing about east, leaving a wonderful
bright streak of light fifty degrees long,
perfectly straight, lasting about tea
minutes. The streak changed to a
zigzag, lasttag about the same length of
time. It finally scattered The phe?
nomena lasted a half an boor.
Captain McKee is a man of few
words and after telling of the size of
the meteor and how it acted referred
inquirers to Chief Officer Catherine for
full particulars.
The mate of the ship wanted to know
why he was not called to witness the
exhibition of the meteor when he was
first told about it. Chief Officer
Catherine told him that he and the
captain were "transfixed with astonish?
ment" and did not want to lose sight of
it for a momeot.
Scientists or sceptics can get foll in?
formation about this meteor from either
Captain McKee or Chief Officer Cath?
erine.
i- II ? mu
Fighting for Work.
CHICAGO, December 29.-But few of j
the large packing bouses at the stock
yards are running. In Armour's,
which is the busiest, only a few cattle
are being killed. The canning depart?
ment is entirely suspended, and as
many other departments are dependent
upon the canning department for work
they, too, are closed. Aa a conse?
quence large numbers of men are
out of employment. Outside of those
employed regularly there are a few
hours' work for a small number of men,
and the engagement of these men
brings on the fights and struggles that
occur daily in the yards. The men
begin to gather as early as 5 o'clock io
the morning and the number increases
until 7 o'clock, wheo the foreman
appears to secure the men he needs.
Instantly there is a rush to get near
him. Might makes right in that rush,
and the weak are knocked down or
pushed aside. No consideration is
shown for anyone, and the mau who is
not strong enough lo assert himself and
defend himself must get out, or he will
be knocked out. A number of men
are said to have been burt, some of
them seriously, in these daily struggles.
Those who fail to secure work assault
the workmen and rob them of their
dinner pails and what money they may
have. Io the evening men and
children stand around with basket
begging for what may be left of the
luncheon of the workmen.
A Strange Sight in the Sky.
The Greensboro correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer, writing under date
of January 17th, says :
.*Mr. J. D. Work, of Brown's Sum?
mit, in this county, reports a wonderful
sight seen by him this morning about five
o'clock, after the moon had gone down.
He, in company with his wife, was
coming to town, when suddenly a light
appeared in the sky so brilliant that he
could have picked up a pin from the
ground. The strange phenomenon
came and went at intervals of about a
minute, and lasted altogether about five
minutes. Mr. Work says the light
reminded bim of the opening and shut?
ting of a book."
? singular light was seen in the east?
ern sky in Wilmington Wednesday
night. The sky wag red like the sun?
set glow, and it would flash up and
grow bright at intervals. If it had
been in the north it would fiave been
taken for the aurora borealis, but it was
concluded that it must have been caused
by a fire some distance off. We never
noticed how long it lasted.-Wil. Mes?
senger.
Orangebarg Democrat.
The days of boss- The man that
ism to the reform Governor Tillman
party is fast depart- wants for Gover
ing, but Senator nor will have a
Irby and some big ad van tage over
other lesser lights any other man that
don't seem to know seeks the nomina
it. They will find tion at the hands of
out later os, how- the reformers. The
ever, that the peo- people have great
pie can manage confidence in Till
their political af- man and bis wishes
fairs without noss- in this matter will
es. . have great weight
with them.
The Board of Trustees of Clemson
College have accepted the requested
resignation of J. S. Newman, Pro?
fessor of ?giculturc, to take effect
February 1st. The board's request;
arose from the fact that there is fric?
tion between Newman and other
members of the faculty. Newman
came here from . the Agricultural
College at Auburn Ala.
It has been reported that Col.
D'Arcy JP. Duncan, Chairman of the
State Railroad Commission, and Pres?
ident and General Manager of the
Farmer's Alliance Exchange has
moved from this Congressional Dis?
trict into Sumter. That is altogether a
mistake. His family resides part of
the time in Colombia and summers at
Saluda, while he is engaged in his
business. His home is still Union
County, S. C. We have authority
for this announcement.-Carolina
Spartan.
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Oct 4
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i
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Nov. 29. _
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when the Disastrous Storm struck us. We laid in a Stock for a
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. Oct. 4. '
ATTENTION III
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