A Lively Shake

llie SHOCK waspreiiy fjeuciiuiv i"1 '" over the city. botli by 'the pe&ple on the streete and in buildings. In large buildings egpecially the shock -was very distinctly feit, creating intense excitenient among the occupants, and causing a rash for tliC 'Joors. The shake laated ;-om half a mílltlto to a minute and a half ftOtCTding to statements of different Zvt'ipfl Mort C the excitement occurrèdatiifpoVtoffloC gilding The United States Circuit Oonn was,mt, ? j sion iu the large öottft-romn on W IU! floor The pro rata case f the KaïO8 fafflöc oHfl Denver Pneific fülltoads versus the üiitóíí Ftóiflc wás oocupying' the attention of the Cötoi udSe Usher was just opening the case iÖt ne plaiu'iffs, when suddenly a large cloek on fiiif Rl! at the back of the Judge s seat swung W Ütid fío large chandehers suspended from the éelUüg ayeii this way and that, and a general Vlbmkrs of the whole building was noticed. A g'eaeral panic ensued. Judge Usher stopped short in nis argument. The numerous crowd sprung to their feet and started for the door. In the offices below, and especially in the Internn! Bevenue Department, nearly all the occupauts were startled, asd made für the doors. In fact, there was hardly a person in the building but what feit the shock. At first, however, only a few secmed to understand what waa the matter. Tables moved, chairs rocked, and men themselves were shaken from liead to foot. Persons who were on their feet at the time weakened at the knees, and some became faint at the stomach. Similar scènes occurred at the county Court House, where the Douglas County District Court was in Bessioc. The building vibrated slightly, but sufflciently to give nearly everybody a scare. In the County Clerk's office the clock was moved about half an inch, and some plants waved as if being blown by a slieht breeze. Át the military headquarters the shock caused the inmates of the house to make a start out-doors. In the upper stories of the Grand Central Hotel the shock caused some little seneation. In the upper stories of Caldwell block, Central blook and Creighton ilock the enrtliquake was distinctly feit. At the smelting works, in the lumber rards, and in the Uuion Pacific headquarters building it was very strong, especially in the latter structure, where many of the employés in the second and third stories ran out of the offices, thinking that ft heavy safe that was being hoisted to the second story had fallen, and a few of the clerks thought the building -was tumbling down, and went outside to eatisfy themselves. In every quarter of the city similar incidents trani-pired. The earthquake extended from Omaha to Sidney, and was feit at nearly every station on the road between the two points. The walls of the Court House at Columbas were cracked in nine different piaces. The school-house was also iujured. At Xorth Platte the schoolchildren hurriedly vacated the school building, and the Court House was slightly damaged: also, the Court House at Plattsmouth.