THE PENN’S GROVE RECORD. TO, A. BUHHEBQI* Propriety MAINTAIN THE RIGHT. TERMS i $1.50 PER YEAR. VOLUME XL PENN’S GROVE, N. J., SATURDAY. JUNE 8. 1889. NUMBER 45. QUALITY AND PRICE We don’t starve Quality to throw a bone to Price, In other words, we don’t slight our work or use inferior trimmings to tempt you with a low price for poor goods. None but the Best Clothing for Men, Youths, Boys and Children. A. C. Yates A Co. LEDGER BUILDING, Sixth and Chestnut. PHILADELPHIA. JOS. J. STJMMERILL, Attorney at law, Solicitor, and Master in Chancery, WOODBURY, N. J. Opposite the Court-:- House. H. H. DeGROFFT, Justice of tho Peace, Notary Public, Real Estate and Pension Agent All Legal Documents Properly Drawn. Office on MAIN ST., Penn’s Grove. HENRY BARBER, -DEALER IN The Best Lea' Coal Which can’t bent for burning and heating purposes. Try it. Orders delivered prompt ly at the Loved Ctuh Price. Foot of H&rmonj St., Pom'i Grom Wm. F. 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At The Penn's Grove SASH FACTORY FEED MILL WUl be famed MU supply of Bulldla, Malarial ud Hard ware, such aa Saak, Door., Bllnda, Shutter., Mould. Inga, Soroll Sawing., Nall., Hlng.a, Lock., Paint, Oua, Putty, Win dow Glaaa, Ao. FEED GROUND ON SHORT NOTICE. Call and Kxamlns my Btoek. Charles E. Barber, HARMONY ST., PENN’S GROVE. BliclamitMa? ud General Inn Work Dona at Short Notion. Horse Shoeing A SPECIALTY -AT TH1— Old Blacksmith Stand, Union Corner, Penn's Grove. Cunningham Son. A CITY OF DEAD. FEARFUL FLOOD AT JOHNSTOWN A PROCLAMATION BY THE VERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA. CON8BBVATIVE ESTIMATE OP BOSSES 500(1 LIVES AND $25,000,000 IN FBOPERTV. PlTTBBURQ, 31. A flood at Johnstown has resulted In an awful catastrophe. It Is said that the reservoir above the town broke about 5 o’clock this eveulug, and the Immense volume of water rushed down to the city, carrying with it death ai d destruction. Houses with their occupants were swept away, and scores, probably hun dreds, of people were drowned. Pittsburg, May 31.—The latest in formation received from Johnstown comes through Pennsylvania Railroad officials, who aver that over 200 dead bodies have been counted floating down the stream at Johnstown alone, while along the line many additional lives have been lost. It Is asserted that there are but two houses In Johns town proper entirely alove the water line. Blairsvillb Intersection, June 1,1 A. M.—A tellable courier just ar r'veil states that 1800 lives are lost. riTT8BORO, Pa., May 31.—A special from breenaburg, Pa., says: Johnstown Is completely submerged and the loss of life Is inestimable. Houses are go ing down tbe river by the downs, and people can be seen clinging to the roofs. At Oakley, a village of 700 inhabitants, the bouses are almost en tirely covered, and a great many dwell ings at Blalraville are submerged. Scarcely a dwelling in tbe vicinity of Sans Hollow can be seen. Tbe bridges at Bolivar and Nlneva, it Is reported, have given way and tbat at Saltsburg It is feared will be carried away. Peo ple here who have friends in the flooded district are eagerly waiting for news at the telegraph offices. Grept uneasiness prevails, lbe river at Livermore is rising and great destruc tion will follow. From the best information obtained at this lime It is evident that some thing in tbe nature of a cloud-hurst must have been tbe culmination of the struggle of the water against the em bankment. This reservoir lies about 2J miles nortbeasl of Johnstown, and is the s te of the old reservoir which was one of the feeders of the Pennsylvania canal. It Is the property of a number of wealthy gentlemen in Pittsburg, who formed themselves into the corpora tion, the title of which is the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club. Tbe sheet of water was formerly known as Conemangh lake. It Is from 200 to 300 feet above the level of Johns town, being In tbe mountains. It la about three and one-halt miles long and from a mile to one and one-quarter miles In width, and in some places it Is 100 feet in depth. It bolds more water than any other reservoir, natural or artiflclal, in tbe United States. The lake bus been quadrupled in site by artiflclal means, snd was held in check by a dam from 700 to 1000 feet wide. It is »J fe.-t In thickness at the base, and tbe height Is 110 feet. The top has a breadth ul over 20 feet. Recognising the menace wbicb lbe lakei had to tbe region below tbe Soutb Fork tllub had tbe dam in spected once a month by the Pennsyl vania Railroad engineer, and their In vestigation showed that nothing less than some convulsion of nature would tear tbe barrier away and loosen the weapon of death. Djckkt, Fa., May Ji.—The course or tbe torrent from tbe broken dam at tbe foot of tbe lake at Johnstown, Is almost 18 miles, and, with the exception of at one point, passed through a narrow ‘‘V’-sbaped channel. Four miles below the dam lay the town of rioulb Fork, where the South Fork itself empties Into Uie Cooemaugh river. Tbe town contained about 2U00 Inhabitants It has not been heard from, but it is said that four-dribs of It has been swept away. Four miles further down, on the Cunemaugh river, which runs parallel with the main line of tbe Pennsylvania llatlroad, waa tbe town of Mineral Point. Jt bad 800 inhabitants, 00 per cent. of the bouses being on a flat and close to the river. |l seems impossible at this time to hope that any of them have escaped. Six miles further down waa the towu of Conemaugh, and here alone was there a topographical poaalbility of the spreading of the flood and tbe breaking of its force. It contained 2500 Inhabi tants, and must be aim at wholly de vastated. Woodvale, with 2000 people, lay a mile below Consmaugb in the dat, and one mile further down were John stown and Its cluster of slater towns, Cdmbrla City, Conemautfli borough, with a total population of 80,000. On made ground and stretching along right at the river veige vere tbe Immense iron works of tbe Cam bria Iron and Steel Company, who have $6,000,009 Invested in their plaul. Besides this there are many other large Industrial establishments on tbe bank of the river, tlow badly these are damaged cannot be established. At 11 p. m. a railroad man says the loes of life will reach to possibly over a thousand. Tbs report of loea of these towns above cannot be con. Armed. THE DESOLATION OF JOHNS TOWN. Jounstown, Pa., June 2.—The mighty wave that rushed through the Conemaugh Valley on Friday evening cut a swath of death IS miles long. In Its way lay one of the must thickly populated centres of tbe Keystone Stats, and within a few minutes from the time the dam at I.een torn from their boilers. It may sound strange to say much about i lie damage to property, but it mu?t be remembered that the living are those who now suffer, and aid is asked for the thousands who are now left homeless aud without a change of clothing. I learned in Johnstown that the great Chartiers Steel Works are swept away, with all its valuable ma chinery. This alone entails a loss of $2,000,000. Oue million will not make the Cambria Iron Works whole. Rich ami poor were served alike by this terrible disaster. I saw a girl standing in her bare feet on the river bank, clad lu a loose petticoat aud with a shawl overhead. At first I thought sh was an Italian woman, bat her face sir wed that I was mistaken. She was Hi belle of the town—the daughter of a wealthy Johnstown banker—and this single petticoat and shawl were not only all that was left her, but all that were saved from the magnificent resi dence of her father. She had escaped to the hills not an instant too soon. The Solicitor of Johnstown, Mr. Geo. Martin, said to me to-d^y: “AH my money went away in the flood. My house is gone. So are all my clothes, but, thank God, my family is sale.'* The pillaging of the houses in Johnstown is soraetblog awful to con template and describe. It makes one feel almost ashamed to call himself a man and know that others who bear the same name have converted thern selvis Into human vultures, preying on the dead. Men, are carrying shot guns and revolvers, and woe betide the stranger who looks even suspiciously at any article. Goods of great value were being sold in town to-day for a drink of whisky. I'ittsbvbo, ra., June a.—1The fol lowing despatch baa Just been received from Johnstown: The unruly element baa been put down, and order ia now perfect. The Citizens’ Committee are now in charge, and have matters well organized. A proclamation has just been Issued that all men who are able to work must report for work or leave the place. We have too much to do to support Idlers, and will Dot abuse the generous help that is being sent by so doing. From to-morrow all will be at work. Money now 1s greatly needed to meet the heavy pay rolls that will be Incurred for the next two weeks. W. C. Lewis, Chairman of the Finance Committee, is ready to receive the same. Although no information to that ef fect has been received, it is believed by the railroad ofticlals here that the passengers on the two trains wrecked at Conemaugh, who were taken to Kbensburg, have been m some way conveyed from that place to Altoona, where they now an. Communication 'has been restored betweet Cambria J’ity and Johnstown by a foot bridge, jibe work of repair ing the tracks between Sang Hollow and Johnstown la going on rapidly and trains will probably be running by to morrow morning. Not less than 15,000 stTangera ate here. IIarrikburg. June 3.—The Gov ernor to night issued the following: COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, Executive Chamber, Harris burg, Pa.. June 3, 1889.—To the people of the United States: The Executive of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has refrained hither to from making any appeal to the people for their benefactions In order that he might receive definite and reliable in formation from the centres of disaster during the late floods, which have been unprecedented in the history of the State or nation. Communication by wire has been established with Johns town to-day. The civil authorities are in cdhtrol. the Adjutant General of the State co-operating with them. Order has been restored and is likely to con tinue. Newspaper reports as to the loss of life and property have not been ex aggerated. The valley of the Cone maueti, which is peculiar, has been swept rrorn one end to the other as with the besom of destruction. It con tained a population of 40.000 to 50,000 people, living for the most part along the banks of a small river, conQned within its narrow limits. The most conservatives estimates place the loss of life at 5000 human beings and of property at 925.000,000. Whole towns have been utterly de stroyed, not a vestige remaining. In the more substantial towus the better buildings, to a certain- extent, remain, but in a damaged condition. Those wbo are least able to bear it have suf fered the loss of everything. The most pressing needs so far as food is con cerned have been supplied. Shoes and clotblng of all sorts for men. women and children are greatly needed. Money is also urgently required to remove the debris, bury the dead and care temporarily for widows and or phans, and for the homeless generally. Other localities have suffered to some extent in the same way, but not In the same degree. Late advices would seem to indicate tbat there la a great loss of life and destruction of property along the west branch of the Susquehanna and in localities from which we can get no definite information. Wbat does come, however, is of the most appalling char acter, and It Is expected that the; details will add new horrors to the sit* i uatlon. The responses from within and without the State have been most generous and cheering. North and south, east and west, from the United States and from England there comes the same hearty, generous response of symyathy and help. The President, Governors of States, Mayors of cities, individuals and committees, private and municipal corporations seem to vie with each other lu their expres sions of sympathy and in their con tributions of substantial aid. But gratifying as are these respon ses, there is no danger of their exceed ing the necessities of the situation. A careful organization has been made upon the ground for the distribution of whatever assistance is furnished in kind. The Adjutant General of the State is there as representative of the State authorities, and is giviug per sonal attention, in connection with the Chief Burgess of Jolmstown and a committee of relief, to the distribution of the help which Is furnished. Fuuds contributed m aid of the sufferers can be deposited with Drexel Co., Phila delphia; Jacob C. Bomberger, banker, Harrisburg; or William R. Thompson Co., bankers, P.ttsburg. All money contributed will be used carefully and judiciously. Present ants are fairly met. A large foree will be employed at once to remove the debris and bury the dead, so as to avoid disease and epidemic. The people of the Commonwealth and others whose unselfish geuerosity is hereby heartily appreciated and acknowledged may be assured that their contributions will be made to bring their benefactions in the imme diate and direct relief of those for whose benefit they are intended. James A. Beaver. By the Governor: Charles W. Stoue, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Johnstown, Pa., June 3.—The de velopment of every hour makes it more and more apparent that the exact num ber of lives lost in the Johnstown hor Iror will never be known. All estimates that have been made up to this time are conservative, and, when all is known, will doubtless be found to have been too small. Over 1000 bodies have been found since sunrise to-day, and the most skeptical concede that the remains of thousands more rest beneath the debris above Johnstown bridge. The population of Johnstown, the surrounding suburbs and the portion of the valley affected by the flood is. or was 50,000 to 55,000. Associated Press representatives to day Interviewed numerous leadlug citizens of Johns town who survived the flood, and the concensus of opiniou was that fully 30 per ceut. of the residents of Johns town and Cambria had been victims of the continued disasters of tire and water. If this be true the total loss of life in the euttre valley cannot be less than 7000 oi 8000, and possibly mucfc greater. Or the thousands who were devoured Dy the flames, and whose ashes rest beneath the smoking debris above Johnstown bridge, no deflnite Informa tion can ever be obtained. As little will be learned of the hundreds who sank beneath the current and were borne swltly down the Couem&ugh, only to be deposited hundreds of miles below on the banks and in the drift wood of the raging Ohio. Probably one-third of the dea 1 will never be re covered, and it will take a list of the missing weeks hence to enable even a cl08e estimate to be made of the number of bodies that were to be seen floating in the river in the brief hour. That this estimate can never be accurate is under stood when It is remembered that, in many Instances, whole families and their relatives weie swept away and found a common grave beneath the wild waste of waters. The total destruction of the city leaves no data to even demonstrate that the names of these unfortunates ever fuuud place on the pages or eternity's history. ‘•All indications point to the fact that the death list will reach over 5000 names, and, in my opinion, the missing will reach 8000 In numbers,” declared General D. H. Hastings to-night. At present there are said to be 22 *0 recovered bodies. The great difficul ties experienced in getting a correct list la the great number of morgues. There ia no oeLtral bureau of Informa tion, and to communicate with the dead houses Is the work of hours. The journej from the Pennsylvania Rail road morgue to the one in the Fourth Wad school-house In Johnstown occu pies at least one hoar. This renders it impossible to reach all of them in one day, particularly as some of the morgues are situated at points Inacces sible from Johnstown. THE RESISTLESS FORCE OF TIIE FLOOD. The dam broke In the centre at 3 o’clock, Friday afternoon, and at 4 o’clock it was dry. The great body of water passed out in one hour. Messis. Park aud Van Buren, who are build ing a new draining system at the lake, tried to avert the disaster by digging a sluice way on one side to ease the pressure on the dam. They had atout 40 men at work, and did all they could without avail. The water passed over the dam about a foot above Its top, beginning at about half-post 2. Whatever happened in the way of a cloud-burst took placo dur ing the night. There had been but little rain up to dark. When the workmen woke in the morning the lake was very full and was rising at the rate of a foot an hour. It kept ou rising until at 2 o’clock it first be gan breaking over the dam and under mining, Men were sent three or four times during the day to warn people of their danger. When the final break cnme, at 3 o’clock, there was a sound like tremendous and continued peals of thunder, trees, rocks and earth were shot up into mid-air in great columns, and then the wave started down the ra vine A farmer who escaped said that the water did not come down like a wave, but Jumped on his house and beat it to fragments in an instant. He was safe on the hillside, but his wife and two children were killed. At the present time the lake looks like a cross between tbe crater of a volcano and a huge mud puddle, witii stumps of trees and rocks scattered over it. There it a small stream of muddy water run ning through the centre of the lake The break In the dam is about 220 feet wide, and there is but a small p rtlon of the dam left on either side. No damage was done to any of the buildings belonging to the club. The a hole South Fork is swept away, with not a tree standing. There are but one or two small streams showing here and there m the lake. A great many of the workmen carried off baskets full of Ash which they caught in the mud. Johnstown, Pa., June 4.—At 11 o’clock the tlrst relief train, bearing thousands of pounds of provisions foi the suffering and 2000 coffius for tin dead, passed over Johnstown bridge, across the improvised trestle a id track up the incline to the Johnstown depot For the first time railroad communi cation is re-established between the stricken city and the outside world. Twenty-five registry offices for tin living wore opaued. this morula;. Up to noon 9000 out of 34,000 wer registered. Three Hundred more bodies hav« just been found opposite Nineveh. This makes 700 bodies lound at tbai point. Out in the centre of the river, on the extreme edge of the mass which rests against the bridge, the Pittsburg fire man have a stream playing on the wreckage. They are literally in the middle of the river put: lug out a fire. Bonfires are burning everywhere. Fire is the agent employed to help the com mittees get rid of the refuse and broken wood. By means of fire the Cambria Iron Company has cleared away most of the lighter lumber, and will soon be able to work on the heavier piles. The completion of the temporary track and bridge, which permits the passage of trains over the river, has been a bles sing, for it allows the men to work much faster than before, and to get tools and materials closer at hand. ii.h was me day set aside uy me Citizens’ Committee for the burying of all Ike unldenlifled deal that have been lying in the Morgues since Sun day at 10 o’clock. This morning the men who weie in charge of the burying started to work, aud have been busy all day. There are no pathetic scenes at these burials. The ineu who have been hired to do the work seem to do it just as a matter of business. The bodies are being interred in the ceme tery nearest the place wheie the bodies were found. About noon a procession of about 50 coflined bodies was seeu going up the hill above tbe railroad. There were no mourners preseut and the sight wa^ a ghastly one to behold. It will take several days to bury the bodies now iu tbe different grave yards, as there were few gravts dug until this morning, and no implements to dig with. However, a large detachment of men arrived from Pittsburg this ui ruing, aud they were put to work at digging graves immediately Altogether about 300 bodies were taken to the different cem emeterles this morning. Thomas Williams, tbe husband who lost Ins wife and family, recovered his wife’s remains aud took th6m up the mountain, where he dug a grave and bunt'd them himself. He said: “This is the most terrible thing 1 ever heard 'ttone; but when 1 buried them, all has been done.’* Mrs. Fredericks, au aged woman, was rescued alive from the attic In her bouse yesterday afternoon. The house had floated from what was formerly Vine street to the foot of the mountains. Mrs. Fredericks says her expei ience was terrible. She said hundreds or men, women and children floated down the torrent to meet their death, some praying, while others ha? become raving maniacs. Win. Gaffney, an Insurance agent' at this place, had a very pitiful duty to perform this mornlug. On bis itCher’s and wife’s side he lost 14 relatives, among them his wife and family. Thus morning he got a man to take bis de ceased relatives to the grave, and he had the mouruiul duty of digging his wife's and children’s graves and bury ing them. In speaking of the matter this morning be said: “I never thought that 1 could perform such a sad duty, but 1 had to do it and l did it Mo one has any idea of the feelings of a man who acts as undertaker, grave-digger and pall-bearer for his own family.” Tbe saddest sight to be seen on the river hauk this morning whs the ca-c of a Mr Gilmore, who has los*. his w le ai d family of five children. Ever since the calamtt) this old man has been s« en on the river ounk looking for uis family. He Insisted cn the flremeu playing a stream of water on the place where the bouse formerly stood and where he sup* posed the bodies lay. The firemen, rec ognizing his feelings, played the el ream on the place for several hours this morning, and at last the rescuers got to the place the old man said his bouse formerly stood. “I know the bodies are there, and you must find them.” Ou went the rescuers after this plea. When at last one of the meD picked up a charred skull, evidently that of a child, this stirred the olo man up aud he exclaimed: “That Is my child. There lies my family; go on and get the rest of them.” The workmeu continued aud in a few minutes they came to the remains of the mother and three other oh lid ten. The heads were completely burued off, but there was enough of their clothing left to recognize them by. What was left was picked up and placed in coffins, the old gentleman following closely the men who were carrying the coffins. Johnstown, June 5.—An earnest effort was made to-day to get some definite information as to the total number ot' persons whose lives were lost in the recent tlood and its attend ant horror of fire at the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge. The further the iu 4Ui.y was presented, however, the more uucerlafti the ascertainment ot any authentic iiguies became. There has been no general system or keeping records, and when it is remembered that tue loss of life began six miles above Johnstown, and extends 20 miles below in a path ranging from ICO feet to a mile In width, it will be seen how difficult It would iiave been te adopt any such system in so sudden an emergency. Dead bodies nave been found floating in the rivers into which the Coneinaugh empties as far west as Pittsburg, and without doubt many of them still lie buried In (.be stream or an lodged under the debris auu Sana. The hole territory in which these dead bodies have been located is of so vast an extent, coming under the uotice of so many different authorities, hat no complete record could have oeen kept, especially in view of the fact that it was deemed expedient In many places to iemove the remains from sight forever as quickly as possible. AN ACTUAL COUNT IMPOSSIBLE, An actual count of the dead is abso lutely impossible. The streets ol Johnstown to-day are covered in many places houses high with sand and rub* Oish and building meterial and house hold utensils, lu the midst of which uuman remains are being constantly discovered. When these bodies are dug out, if they are in the immediate vicin .ty of Johnstown, they are removed -o one ot the live places that nave been temporarily utilized as morgues. The best conducted ot Uuese is under the direction of the tiev. J. 1). Beale, 1). D., pas .or of the l'resbylerian Church, win ■as a ioice ot 16 meu washing tin .ernaius, embalming them and arrant ug them on uaatll) constructed bench, tor purposes of i ituiiucatiou Tot ood.es at inis rnoigue Dial are ui -e.< Jed win be buried willilu a leaso^a.. uoiO, with a hue regard lor liu p. .autions that ale being tahen to pi> crve health. Up to noon to-day 17. bodies have uterr received at this place Those that are ideulitied are buneu, those not yet claimed are buried at Grand View' Cemetery and olhei points, the graves being mat ken so that relatives who desire to do so may hereafter locate ant. remove them. The morgue under Dr. Beale's charge Is in tin Fourth Ward School House. There is another under the charge of a Commit tee of Pittsburg undertakers in tin Piesbylerlau church; anotner at the Pennsylvania Kallroad station, whert oodles are embalmed to be sent to tbt Prospect School House, and another ai Coueuiaugh. Prom the latter place kuowu bodies are beiug buried in the old Catholic Cemetery. At Diebert’t soap factory, South street, Keruvilie, which is the south side of Johnstown, dead bodies are also twing cared for in large numbers. The total number of bodies found lu and around Johnstown Is about 1600. These, of course, do uot include about as many more that have been reported as fouud and buried from various poluU along the Conemaugh from Nineveh down to Johustown. At none of the Johuslowu morgues, however, was it oelieved that the number of dead would t>e less than 5000. The great numbel of missing are referred to as foundation for the belief that 5000 would be even a email estimate of the total number 10SU The faces anil bodies of tbe recovered dead, iu almost every instance, are torn, bruised or battered in such a way as to plainly indicate their utter help* leaaness against the tidal wave. A single glance at the tifteeu acres of twisted irou pipes, battered locomo tlves, disjointed machinery, ruined bouses and tremendous woodeu poles resting against the Pennsylvania Hall road bridge, the representation in bulk of a great percentage of the life and property in Johnstown, Cdnemaugb and other points down the Conemaugb and Stony Creek, conveys the Idea to tbe on-looker of an immense cage wbich became a charnel house, catch ing iu its meshes thousands of human victims. Where Johnstown's principal stores stood last Friday are now pltehed 100J tents, and before to-morrow night this number will probably bs doubled. Under tbh shelter are accommodated the members of tbe militia and tbe thousands of workmen who are trying to f»ear the streets of this wrecked eltj. Over 5000 meu are thus em ployed in Johnstown proper, about 1500 of these being the regular street hands employed by Contractor Booth and Flynn, of Pittsburg, the others being voiuuteers. —Ex-Mayor Nolan, of the Bever w\ck Stable, offeied 525,000 for Spo kane after the colt had won the Ken tucky Derby. —The black mare Idlewild, 2.29$, by Gleuair out of Ilenkley, by Robert Fulton, died at Palmer, Mass., re cently. she was owned by T. Blanch ard, and was heavy in foal to Alcan tara. —Betsy M., the brown mare that won the 2,35 purse at Fleetwood on Thursday May 23d in straight heats in 2 2»>f, 2,25], 2.28$, is by Messenger Chief, dam by .Cripple, sou of Mambiino Chief. She wa> bred by George A. Sing i y. »ho sold her t- tier present owuri. Janiei Green, her trainer amLimi, 1U. s deve oped her nicely, and Rn offer iof $4000 was recently refused. Ah. ear tVS' MORE BAD NEWS DESTRUCTION BY THE FLOOD IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY. 300 HOUSES SWEPT AWAY—SIXTEEN PERSONS PROBABLY DROWNED. Pittsburg, Jnne 6.—A report just received from Huntingdon, Pa., says: The late news from suburban districts in this county, Just received, show that destruction to property by the flood is infinitely greater than at first reported. The waters are receding and the Juniata river is passable in several places. Couriers have arrived bearing news of the unprecedented flood. From Bedford to Huntingdon, on the Rosstown branch, and in Lewis town, on the Juniata river, the de vastation is the greatest in Centra) Pennsylvania, except, of coarse, in Johnstown. Not a house Is left that stood within reach of the swollen stream here. Ttie damage to property will reach $5U 000, while the other towns in the county have suffered correspondingly. At Mapletou the immense tannery or L. A. Roberts was damaged to the extent or $200,000, and the loss to other property will reach $100,000 more. The Powell furnace, at Saxton, sustained a loss of $300,000, and at that place both the railroad bridges were swept away, leaving railroad communication with Bedford cut off. The Hunting don and Broad Top Railroad sustained but slight damage. For a distance of three miles below here four miles of the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks are destroyed, with bridges gone at Maua yuuk and Lewistown, the latter hav ing gone down during a heavy storm last night. Railroad communication with Al toona on the west will be opened on a single track by to-morrow. From here to the junction of the Juniata and Susquehanna rivers the sweep of the flood extended, filling this once beautiful valley with desola tion and ruiD. Growing crops in the lowlands were destroyed, and in Smith’s Valley, this county, the farm ing lands, comprising an area of twelve by two miles, have been stripped of every vestige of soil. As far as known 300 bouses have been destroyed in this county. Reiter committees are now engaged and are seeking assistance for the destitute. Three families, com prising sixteen persons, living on the Roystowo branch, named Dean, neff uer and Montgomery, are missing, and it is feared that they have been swept away with their homes. Williamsport, Pa., Jun'3 5.—This evening at six o’clock Lieutenant Governor Stone reached here with leven car loads of provisions, which *ill be brought across the river to morrow and distributed. Five addi tional cars are on the way and will ar rive duriug the night. These cars have v lot of tents fr«>m Harrisburg. A. meeting or me lauies or me city t* be'•n called lor to morrow to ar u,re for r*cwvmg ami distributing imiug, a full supply of which la tp cttod to reach here very soon, trains will run to Lo k Haven and1 teuovo soul-! 11 1 o i »w. The ’ost lumber conaml'teo of the. lumbermen’s Exchange visited Ban lom’s Island, below the city to-day, and bund In that locality over 12,000,000 fret of lumber and 20,000,000 feet ot togs. In a house that had lodged on ltau corn’s Island the body of a younv vornan was found. Her name could not be obtained. Some letters were near by ber, signed "W. n. Jackson.” The city coutluues in darkness, but C. A. Byers, Secretary and Treasurer if the gas company, reached home to-day from Philadelphia, after driving over the mountains from Danville, and Qe promises to have the gas lighted again by Friday night. The electric >ight company also hope to have their lights burning again In a few days. At the daily meeting of citizens to day an additional committee of 32 was tppolutod to look after the needy. Cases of extreme distress were ai. uouuced as existing, and many in stances ot sickness were furnished. Williamsport, Pa., June 5.—Des patches received to-lay bring the news that all the logs and lumber of Sprague, Strillby and Bubb, and those of Tweed, supposed to have been lost, have all been saved, leaving these parties $IJ0, 000 better off than they thought they were. At Reynoldsvllle, on Sandy Creek, A. C. Ropkius Co., of Lock Haven, lose their whole stock of logs and lum ber, ten million feel. At Brookville, W a. n right Bryan lose all their logs uid lumber, twelve million feet. At Little Trout ltuu, ou Big Pine creek, six men bad been employed peeling bark. Since the water subsided a search was made for the men, and all were found in the cabin drowned. One of the number, Enoch Wier, was a evident of Jersey Shore, where bis body was taken yesterday. Joseph Cesserman, of the same place, had to be buried where found, his body not being in condition to be moved. The names of the other four were not learned. No lives were lost by the breaking of Maynard street bridge but that of a boy named Geiger, who was killed and washed away. A man named Miller, who was on the bridge, is missing. All others who were on the bridge es caped. Uakrisbuko, Pa., June 5.—Gov ernor Beaver lias received the following telegram from Mayor Mason, of Lock Haven: “Your telegram received. Dona tions in the shape of provisions and money are what we need. Money is necessary to place the streets iu a sani tary condition. Both our reservoirs have been swept away. Our bridges are gone, the river bridge is down. Our merchants are In a deplorable condition, their losses ranging from $500 up to $2500. Houses, barns and stock swept away. Cannot reach Williamsport by wagon. Train will probably run to morrow morning Additional contributions of $100,000 have beeu received from New York. Up to date Governor Beaver has re ceived about $150,000 for the sufferers. Governor Beaver telegraphed Super intendent Gill this evening: Lock Haven is also in great destit ution. We hope to reach them with food to-mor row. They will also need clothing and bedding. It would be well If a depot of such pi lei could be kept, so as to make 1 me U a y t me as the need of er e* r. u e pae-s develop. Tin lizard of Charities has beeu ummoned to Harrisburg for a nest ing, to-morrow, for the p»rp »-e of de vising plan for systematic and Judt Clous distribution of the moneys con trhired for t!ie relief of tlie sufferers Indifferent parts of the State. It la hoped that a plan will be devised which will give confidence to the public and entire satisfaction to the recipients of their charity. NEWS IN BRIEF, —At the top of the Eiffel Tower, lor a fee, specially prepared note paper, dated from the summit of the tower, is provided, and the writer can have the letter posted on the spot. This will appal the advocates of the lower post age. —A game of base hall at Long Branch recently was suddenly termin ated by the center fielder falling head foremost into a nest of thirty-two garter snakes. He picked himself np, but again sank to the ground almost prostrated by fright, and it was half an hour before he recovered sufficiently to walk. His companions killed the rep tiles with their bats. —A curious wooden vessel has been received at the California State Mining Bureau from an island in the South Pacific. It Is a shallow vessel, meas uring three feet in diameter across the top, and stands on four solid legs or supports, the entire vessel being carved out of a solid block of wood. Around the edge of the bowl a delicate tracery is carved, and this unique specimen of native workmanship bears the discol oration and marks of age and constant usage. The bowl is supposed to have been used to hold ava juice, a favorite drink with the natives of most of the Pacific islands. —Collectors of literary treasures an ticipate some spirited bidding for the 91 manuscripts from the Hamilton col lection in the Berlin Royal Museum. They are to be sold in London. They date from the seventh to the seven teenth centuries, and among them are manuscripts that had belonged to Charles VI, Charles VII, Louis XII and Francis I, of France, the Duchess of Orleans, daughter of James I of Scotland, Maxmilian and Charles V of Germany, it is reported that an offer of jEoOOO was made for the collection by a syndicate of booksellers, and re —An ex-convict named Monroe died in England recently, and in his will he bequeathed $100,000 to the warden of the Manitoba penitentiary, where he was confined at one time. —Bees took possession of a grocery store in Plainfield, N. J., recently, swarming upon a quantity of comb honey in one of the show windows. There were thousands of the little in sects, and their presence destroyed trade for the remainder of the day. When night came the grocer and his clerks smoked the store with sulphur, thereby killing the honey makers. HORSE NOTES. —13111v Button baa shown a mile in 2.29$ this year. -—Pi luce ltoyal is thought well of for tie Suburb ill. —Patron, 2.14$, will not trot iu pub lic before autumn. —Barney Treacy is having good luck with his runuer9. —W. A. Brown will be the starter at the St. Paul meeting. —Brown, 2.18% will be entered for 'he $10,000 ntallioii race. —“Dod” Irwin has sixteen horses In training at Belmont Course. —The stable of Theodore Winters has arrived at the St. Louis track. —Tlie prospects are bright for a big summer race meeting at Kaunas City. —French Park has thrown out a ■splint, anl will not be a starter for the Winters stakes. —The Louisville Jockey Club, through Colonel Clark, has carried the war into the enemy’s camp by citing the members of the Western Bookmak ers’ Association to appear before the club to show reason why they should not be ruled off for au attempted boy cott. —David Bonner is driving the b. a, Mambrino Startle, on the road. —The sum of $20,000 is offered for a great race of two miles and repeat, to be run at Fresno, Cal., on Widueaday, November 20. —Work has begun on the new track at Linden, near Elizabeth, N. J. The inaugural meeting will be held October 19 to November 9. —It was Exile’s third start in the Brooklyn handicap. In 1887 he ran unplaced, and iu 1888 he was third. IIis victory this year was deserved. —The Dwyer Brothers lost on May 15 the 2-year-old brown colt, by Virgil, out of Heliotrope, by imported Knight of St. George. He was a full brother to Hector. —There is a mama among fashion able women, says the Table Talk, for finding words or phrases with which to precede the signatures to their letters. The generality of women use “Yours Truly;” a lesser number, “Sincerely yours,” and a few more, “As ever,” or “Cordially.” It is interesting to learn that Mrs. Cleveland and Amt lie liives both conclude their private correspond ence with the brief “Cordially.” THE MARKETS OR) U 60 E> Hi I- 10* ramny.... ou an Clear. 3 75 0 4 to L w hi Wa't.4 «6 g ft 3» Eli o?lSIONi»— Beef clij fain bi..—.9 60 llama. 13 00 pork Mena.U 00 Prime Mesa, new.. ..IS M bides smoked.— S Shoulders smoked.— c\ do In salt...,..— Smoked beet. Laid Western bis_ Lard loose.— t\ West, end Pa. sop... 3 ao 0»m Pa. Family.* u> (Mill Mr Pal KyeF GRAIN— Wheat Now l red.1 os 1 Kje......— S3 1 corn, No. s White..1 No. 3.- 43* Oat, No. l W lute,.- 1 No. 3 do 3.ih Now 9 Mixed,.- 31 1 FISH— Mackerel, Large Is.36 No. v Shore.34 Herein*, Lab.S SO SUUAKr Powderud.. sv 1 Granulated.... 8)4 Confec. A.( dAY AND STRAW— Timothy, choice..17 Mixed. 13 00 Cut Hay.— Rye Straw, new.17 69 Wheat straw.. o uo^PeuuM. and W. va. 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