130 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
— to the roar of distant thunder, or to the rumbling of artillery 
r a pavement. arge mass of material, referring to it has 
Sean collected, out of which the following brief abstract is made. 
is generally a little ee sae reste et arian meridians 
he time of occurren 
The duration of the ibe k was from “ay to Gaity'ss onds. In 
western Kansas it was about ten seconds in length, but eer 
increased to thirty seconds or more in its progress eastward. 
The direction of the shock appeared to “gs bytes the south or 
southwest to the north or northeast. This is shown from various 
aves in the ceiling of Lincoln College were observed to run from 
the southwest toward thenortheast. Rev. R. D. Parker, attending 
the dedication of a church at Warrensburg, Missouri, at the time, 
observed the — of the church heave as if moved by a shock 
from a southwe 
to have been one shock increasing in intensity and gradually pal 
away. Sage the movement progressed _— the Sage 3 popes 
