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' EitHQUAXE8—Perhaps it is true that earthquakes are not matters for jesting; and if wo wounded anybody’s feelings yesterday by calling tho shock of last Saturday “a miserable sham, we are sorry for Bnt whether a , I sham or a genuine fit of terrestrial ague, it is pretty well established that at eight minutes-—I— to three, yesterday,, there was a genuin« earth-„_ „ . quake. The wave seemed to travel from .the I east to the west, and was so severe that one or I two persons were thrown from their chairs.— I The workmen'on the Washington Hotel roof I became frightened, and left the premises quickly as possible. Some parties report sev- I oral earthquake shocks, but not more than two seem to he well authenticated. The lec-— ture of Professor Forshey to-night will be upon ~ . “Our Two Storms—the storm of thoCarrib-:.eon spa and the earthquakes. The^rofeasor __ thinks they have a certain connection one with the other.♦ i ** • ... •• *..«•••• • • - ^Noteworthy.—Apropos to the redaction of rents, we heard yesterday of an example wor-
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Galveston Flakes Daily Bulletin
Galveston, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 28, 1867
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