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necessary. s • . Two Earthquakes in- Galveston,--*- Pro-• v ’ *lessor Forshey declares that ou last Saturday,at ten Jo twelve, a shock of earthquake wasfelt in Galveston, liight fitting it is that weshould have a shock of earthquake ; we have.had everything else that was either .unpleasantor unprofitable, and we cannot for tho life oftis see why we may not have aii earthquake.For our part, what with oftr head lull ofChristmas, the Ericsson engine wheezing inthe back, a'delegation-of Texatis discussing'politics iii tho front, aud a dozen Acrobaticprinters overhead, it would have taken a pretty/big earthquake to have aroused our attention,so that our experionce, or rather the want ofit,,must not count in the premises. He tkiuksit was tho expiring wave of some South American quake. We respectfully request all future earthquakes to :die clean dead before they come to bother us. , ...... *• • * * iThat Earthquake a Humbug.1—We are toldthat the earthquake which we reported on Mr.Fornhcy’s authority, was a miserable bham.* and no earthquake at all, A merchant on thoStrand tells that it was eahsed by an at'-tempt to blow up an old schooner that is on' tho flats and in tho way. It is too bad that every other place habits real earthquake, whiio Galveston must put up with nlsliau^ * k . '
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Galveston Flakes Semi Weekly Bulletin
Galveston, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 28, 1867
Page 7
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