x B— Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance Bellefonte, Pa., May 25, 1894. Epitor P. GRAY MEEK, The Great Flood. Pennsylvania has been inundated again by the waters ot her rivers and smaller streams. Seventy-two hours of pouring rain were too much for the natural water-ways, and the mighty torrents that swept down from the mountain regions left a track of devas- tation through the valleys, green with promising crops. A flood is not an unusual thing in this State, but one like that from which she is just now drying out does not happen often and from the ines- timable pecuniary = loss following, it would seem the less frequent the bet- ter. In 1889 Pennsylvania suffered a del- uge, the horrors of which will be hand- ed down to our posterity as almost in- describable. The breaking of a pri- vate dam near Johnstown ran the fa. talities up to the thousand mark, but at other points the destruction was ma- terial only to property. This last flood, coming within fifteen days of the fifth anniversary of that catastrophe, has fallen little short of it in its prop- erty destruction but thank God the numberof lives lost is not to be com- pared with the other. The rainseems to have been general. The valleys of the Schuylkill, Cone- maugb, Juniata and the Susquehanna with its North and West branches, suf- fering from the raging waters. Mil- lions of dollars worth of lumber, fen- ces, buildings, and every movable ob: ject in its course are now known to their owners as nothing but loss. Growing crops have been washed from the fields, the soil carried away and in this manner untold losses have occur- red in the farming communities. Yet withal, the people will recover and go to work doing just the same thing they did after the flood of 1889, never think- ing of the possibility of the recurrence of the disaster of Sunday. The man who builds on the sand need have little hope of seeing his property stand. His Claim as a Businessman. Among the Republican candidates for Congress in the Lebanon district is Mr. RoBert H. CoLEMAN, whose claim is being pushed on the ground of his being a businessman. He has been long known as the head of, the great CoLEMAN estate, valued at millions on account of its vast iron ore possessions and the revenue derived from them. But the management of Mr. CoLEMAN has not been such as would commend him as a great business manager, for be hasgreatly involved the estate which ordinary business ability should have kept intact. If he should go to Con- gress would he be able to do the pub- lic business better than he has done his own? ; Republican statesmen lay greatstress upon their business capacily, and it is the Republican theory that this should be a businessmens’ government. Mr. CoLeMAN will no doubt be a candidate for Congress on that principle. Mc- KiNLEY'S claim to statesmanship was based on his business capacity, and on that ground he assumed the ability to frame the fiscal system of the country, and yet he could not keep himself from becoming a bankrupt in his {private business, Secretary Foster, who managed the Treasury in Harrison's administration was a business man of the same kind and got under the ham- mer of the sheriff. Mr. CoLemaN may think he ought to go to Congress as a businessman, yet there is reason to doubt the business capacity of Repub- lican statesmen. —— They Will See Their Folly. The districticomposed of the counties * of Northumberland, Montour, Colum- bia and Sullivan is one of the strong Democratic congressional districts of the State, but thereis an impression among the Republicans of the district that they are going to carry it at the next election on account of the great revolution which they imagine has tak- en place in the minds of the people on the tariff question. Speaking of this hallucination, the Northumberland County Democrat says: “After the election next November the Republi- cans who wanted to run for Congress in this district will eay, “what fools we were,” and the one who gets the nomi- nation will say, “I was the biggest fool of the lot.” Such an acknowledgement of folly will not be confined to that district. * Great expectations are being based on | the continuance of business depression by Republican obstruction in Congress, it being the Republican calculation to carry the elections in consequence of the distress which they have created and kept up by their congressional tactics; but it is a desperate game which is more likely to injure than to benefit them in popular opinion. In the first pinch of the hard times the voters were considerably unsettled in their views as to what caused it, and many of them struck out wildly and blindly at the ballot box, but public gentiment is now pretty well settled as to where the ‘calamity’ came from, and the people are becoming every day more disgusted with the party that is doing all it can in Congress to con- tinue the business distress for the effect it may have on the election. That the effect will be quite different from what Republican politicians are calculating it will be, has already been shown by the result of a recent election in a con- gressional district in Ohio, where the issue was directly on the tarifi ae now pending in Congress, the Democrats more than maintaining their party vote and wiping out the “calamity” gain made by the Republicans at the last State election. After the election next November aspiring Republicans who were itching to run for Congress in Democratic dis- tricts will see what fools they were, and the folly will be particularly ap- parent to those who were unfortunate enough to be nominated. S———————_———————————— Individual Communion Cups. A remarkable innovatien is being made in one of the most sacred ordinances of the Christian church by the introduction of a new method of administering the Lord’s Supper. The innovation consisis in having an individual cup for each communicant. It would appear that the old method of a general cup is condemned by the fastidious innova- tors on the ground of uncleanliness, and the charge is also brought against it that it is liable to impart infectious disease. This new way of administering the sacrament has been adopted by two churches in Rochester, New York, and is attracting considerable attention and exciting much comment, the congrega- tions that have adopted it no doubt balieving that they have made a decid- ed improvement on the simple and common way of communions institu- ted and practiced by the great Master of Christianity. Rev. CuarLes Forages, of Rochester, is the new light on this subject. The cups he has provided for the congrega- tion are described as of silver, with gold lining, bell shaped, with flat bot- tom, each holding a teaspoonful. They are handled in holders of oak, silver tipped, with a convenient hand- dle, each holder containing forty or fifty of them. This arrangement looks very snug, cleanly, handy and attrac- tive, but it is not likely to be approved by those who do not believe there can be an improvement upon the method hallowed by the example of the Savior. Dr. Fores is backed by a Prc- fessor of the Rochester University, who has given it as his opinion that}{*‘the individual communioe chalice should be adopted as a preventative of disease and.as a public object lesson of cleanli- ness.” [tis also urged by the com- munion innovators thatimany fastid- ious persons are kept from the sacra- ment on account of the urcleanliness of a common cup and are thereby de- prived of the sacramental benefits. Surely the twelve who sat around the first communion table were not so fastidious, and had at heart no other object lesson than that of spiritual devotion. — Irvin Barnhart, of near Curtin’s works, recently caught a ten pound carp in Bald Eagle creek. A Great Deluge in the State, The Flood Gates of Heaven Open and Drench the Country.—A Break in Kittanning Dam— The Waters Pour Down the Valley and Threat. en to Wipe Out Hollidaysburg— The Residents Were Warned.— Williamsport Under Water.— The Susquehanna is Roaring, Booms Break, and Reports are Current of Lives Lost in the Lumber District.—The Schuylkill Waters Rise. Not since the great storm of the last days of May 1889 when all the rivers in the state overflowed their banks, and the great Johnstown flocd occurred and millions of dollars worth of damage was done, has there been a storm that equaled the one which swept over Pennsylvania during last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Schuylkill, Susquehanna and Juniata rivers and their tributaries were so swollen that they could not contain themselves and from every hand comes reports of washed out farms, ruined crops, inundated towns, merchandise destroyed, bridges swept away and families homeless, Very little, if any loss of life has oc- curred but the amount of damage done cannot be estimated at this time, Reports from the euftering distrigts’ are meagre but give some idea of the extent of the damage. The crops on the farms along: the smaller rivers are almost all destroyed and this alone will be a great lose. Williamsport, May 20.—This has been the most exciting day in the his- tory of Williawsport, and the stirring events that banished Sunday from the thoughts of all will not be effaced for years to come. A half hour before the time for the church bells to sum- mon the worshippers all were alarmed by the ringing of bells to warn the populace of impending disaster from flood. The constant downpour of rain re- minded all of the conditions that pre- ceeded the memorable overflow of June 1, 1889, and long before the hour of noon thousands of people, aided by bundreds of teams and vehicles of every conceivable shape from a four horse dray to a push cart, were en- gaged in removing goods to places of safety. . Hundreds of tons of merchandise were carried from the first floors of stores to the second and third stories, and mills and manufacturing establigh- ments prepared for possible disaster by securing the contents of their plants to the best advantage. WILLIAMSPORT’S GREAT LOSS. WiLLiaMsPorT, Pa., May 21.—The great boom here broke early this morn- ing and sixty million feet of logs were swept away. The Susquehanna river has risen to thirty-three feet and there is a six foot flood through many of the streets of the city. The Pennsylvania railroad bridge over the river is stand- ing the pressure solidly. But the city bridges have been badly damaged. Four spans of the Market street bridge have been washed away and three of the four spans of the Maynard street bridge have gone. Both are iron structures and the pecuniary loss will be heavy. No lives have been lost here. A number of small boats were capsized today, but all of the occu- pants, many of whom were endeavor- ing to save logs and property, were res- cued. The water is running in on Packer street close to Second, and is also on Susquehanna avenue. The dispatch also stated that the first span of the Sunbury bridge is loaded down with cars, and arrangements are made to load both bridges if necessary. A dis- patch from Catawissa, on the west branch of the Susquehanna, says: “The water is fifteen feet high and still rising and it isstill raining. At River- side (Danville) the water is eighteen feet high. The water at the west end of the Sunbury yard is within six inch- es of the flood of 1889 and still rising, and the bank at Walnuton is washed close tothe track. The fifth span of the Northumberland wagon bridge has just gone out at 10.40.” THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER ON THE RAM- PAGE. MANY SCHOONERS DAMAGED. PrivaApELPHIA, May 21.—The flood that has swept down the Schuylkill river all to-day has been gathering strength and volume with each hour and to-night the river is raging like a mountain torrent. Above the dam at the city water works the river is wide and it had room to spread over the grass lands and driveways of Fair- confined principally to washouts on the drives. Below the dam the river is confined to a channel about half the width of above by lines of wharves on either bank. At this port the waters overflowed the wharves and backed up into the streets, and houses two squares from the banks. The water is three feet deep over the tracks of the Balti- more and Ohio railroad and two feet of water covers the ground floor of the company’s station at Twenty-third and Chestnut streets. There is six feet of water in the Baltimore and Ohio tun- nel, between Arch and Spring Garden streets, and all travel south has been interrupted over the road since noon to-day. Above South street bridge a fleet of schooners were moored at the wharves and one of them was torn from its moorings this afternoon by the fierce current and it swept down upon another schooner and within a few minutes six schooners and a canal boat was whirling down the river in a tangled mass toward the bridge. The bridge tender saw the coming danger and threw the draw in the hope that the six vessels would pass through with a current, the floating mass, however, struck an abutment of the bridge and jammed one against the other and came to a stop. On the Delaware riv- er front the water overflowed the wharves into Delaware avenue and considerable freight that had not been removed was ruined. A CITY IN DARKNESS. ALLENTOWN, May 21.—Allentown and the surrounding country is experi- encing one of the heaviest storms in the memory of the generation. The city has been in darkness to-night, the water filling the electric light station basement. The trolley cars to-day were run with great difficulty and the car house was flooded. The greatest damage was at Hokendaqua, where a new bridge, costing $40,000 and al- most ready for use, was moved out of plumb and probably damaged. It is now raining harder than ever with no signs of abating and the waters are still rising rapidly. JOHNSTOWN AGAIN FLOODED. JonNsTrowN Pa., May 21.—At 3 o’clock this morning this city was visit ed by the highest water since the big flood on May 31, 1889. For several days rain has been falling continually, Yesterday morning Stony creek reached a height of twelve feet and be- gan to recede. It was then thought that all danger was past. Last eve ning, however, a heavy rain swept the Conemaugh valley between Johnstown and Altoona, and by 10 o'clock the Conemaugh river was rising rapidly, To make matters worse ; there was a cloud burst near Ebensburg and this mass of water poured down'the Cone- maugh valley and by midnight the river was a torrent. By 2 o'clock this | morning the Conemaugh was over its banks. The alarm was sounded by fire whis- tles and bells of the city and almost all | of the people who live in the neighbor- | hood of the Conemaugh river left their mount park and the damage there is. houses and took shelter on higher ground. The water continued to rise rapidly and by 3 o'clock had reached its highest point. In many places it was from six to eight feet over the banks. It is now receding rapidly. All danger is past. The loss by the flood is variously estimated at from $75,000 to $150,000. The Pennsylva- nia railroad, whose tracks follow the river for twenty-five miles above this city, is perhaps the heaviest loser, and its loss is placed at $50,000. At Conemaugh the roundhouse seemed to be about destroyed, and all the engines were removed to a place of safety. The foundation was under- mined but the building stood. The over- head bridge at Conemaugh, erected by the Pennsylvania Railroad company years ago, was badly damaged and a number of houses were flooded, but none washed away. A temporary bridge across the river at this point was carried off down the river and completely demolished. The greatest damage to houses in Johnstown was done in the very heart of the city with- in a stone’s throw of the Pennsylva- nia station. A store owned by Teffy George, at the north end of the Lin- coln bridge, was completely swept away with all its contents. A frame building in the rear of the Grand Cen- tral botel, owned by Emanuel Jones, was also swept away, as well as the Startler residence. On the opposite bank of the river the corner of the Grand Central hotel, a large brick structure was knocked out by floating debris, but the building did not fall. The large offices of the Cam- bria Iron company and the Gautier steel department and the store of the Penn. Traffic company were submerged to a depth of four feet and a large amount of books and valuable papers were badly damaged. HunTiNGDON, Pa., May 20.—In this place the water flooded the lower streets driving the people from their homes, and in the lower farming dis trict whole families are imprisoned in their homes, unable to be reached ow- ing to the turbulance of the streams, Three new country bridges spanning the Juniata and Raystown branch have been swept away. The gas com- pany plant here 18 submerged and the lower floors of many business houses flooded. Mrs. Jacob Miller was drowned at Saxton while trying to save some prog- erty. Additional flood news is to the effect that the storm was general in the State and every section has shared in the great disaster. At Williamsport mil- lions of dollars worth of uncut lumber were swept away. There were $150, 000,000 ft. of lumber in the Williams- port boom when 1t was swept away and 10,000,000 more in the boom at Linden, many of the big mill firms of that city that had hardly recovered from the great flood of 1889 will find this second disaster a grave blow to their business. Along the course of the West Branch of the Susquehanna devastated farm lands tell the tale of the raging waters. The newly planted crops have been washed away and the Joss io the farmers is almost inestima- e. In the Juniata and Conemaugh val- leys the same wreck and ruin is to be seen, fences washed away, trees up- rooted and the rich soil from thous- ands of acres, of once fertile land, all gone now. SCARED FROM THEIR BEDS IN HOLLIDAYS- BURG. HorLipaYeBURG, May 21.—The Ju- niata river again rose rapidly last (Sun- day) evening, and in a short time was a8 high as on the preceeding evening. By 10 o'clock Allegheny street in Gaysport was again covered with water. About 8.30 there was a cloud burst a short distance west of Gaysport, and in a few minutes that portion of the town known as “Canada” was flooded with water to the depth of sev- eral feet, which flowed down the streets and through the yards covering the fences and surging against the houses with great force. The inhabitants were greatly frightened, and quite a number fled to higher ground for safety. The water soon subsided, but remained to the depth of two feet in the lower yards. About 12 o'clock the blowing of an engine whistle aroused the peo- ple of the twin boroughs and the ru- mor was spread that the Kittanning reservoir had bursted and that Gays- port would soon be enveloped in the deluge. The inhabitants fled precipi- tately from their houses, many of them rushing through the streets in their night robes, and for a time the greatest confusion prevailed. Everybody rushed for higher ground, Many of them soon returned to their homes, however, as the deluge did not come, and it was learned that the dam had not broken. Others stayed * with friends and relatives in Hollidaysburg over night and quite a number re- mained on the adjacent hills until day- light, being afraid to return to their homes. The high water moved one of the cottages at Reese station from its foundation and landed it in a field some distance below, A LITTLE HERO AND HIS SISTER PERISH. Nanticoke, Pa., May 21.—Michael and Mary Kosokoski, aged 10 and 8 years, respectively, were drowned in a creek near their home. Usually, the water in the creek is about two feet deep, but to-day it was about five feet aod running very rapidly. Brother and sister were playing on the bank when they were caught in the current and swept out into the creek. The little boy might have saved himself, but he died trying to rescue his sister. THE DELUGE CUTS OFF RENOVO. Renovo, Pa., May 21.—There have been several landslides above and be- low this place along the line of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. No mail has arrived from the East since Saturday morning, and all communi: cation from the West is cut off, The lower parl of the town is suk- merged, and many families are mov- ing their effects into empty cars. There has been great damage done to mills and bridges throughout the county. The Susquehanna river to- night is as high as it was at the disas- trous flood in 1889. READING UNDER THE FLOOD, Reading, Pa., May 21.—Not since 1889 has there been a flood to equal the one that is now sweeping down the Schuylkill Valley. At 8 o'clock this evening the river is 17 feet high, and rising at the rate of 8 inches an hour. The entire lower portion of the city is inundated, and within the next two hours, if the present state of affairs continue, the gas works will be flooded. All the manufacturing establishments along the river front have their floors submerged. Hundreds of men are employed at the Readiog Hardware Works, Orr, Painter & Co., stove works, Mt. Penn Hardware Works, Reading Terra Cot- ta Works, Alexander Hat Factory and other establishments moving goods be- yond the reach of the water. Traffic has been suspended on the Pennsylva- nia Schuylkill Valley, Wilmington and Northern and Reading and South- western Railroads. The tracks are covered with several feet of water. The Barnum & Bailey circus was load- ed on the cars to-day, but cannot leave the city for Sunbury, where it is booked to appear to-morrow. There are washouts between here and Tama. ua. The Philadelphia express, due in Reading at 5.40 p. m., was 40 minutes late arriving here. Near Spring Mill the train ran through 3 feet of water. Engineer Reilly thought that no more trains could get through to-night, as it will be impossible to pass through with safety. ! A passenger, who came through from Mahanoy City via Pottsville, says that the flood north of Broad Moun- tain is terrible, snd that the damage to the collieries will be great. The Lit- tle Schuylkill branch between Port Clinton and Tamaqua is in bad shape, there being no less than three wash- outs, and it will be impossible to re pair the damage until the flood sub- sides. There is two and a balf feet of water in the Port Clinton tunnel of the Philadelphia and Reading road. The are flooded to the depth of three feet, and passenger and freight traffic has been abandoned for the present. The water is now over the tracks in tront of the Pennsylvania Station at the foot of Penn street, this city. LATER FLOOD NEWS. WiLLIAMsPORT, Pa., May 22, —Wil- liamsport to-day emerged from its en- forced isolation and began to calculate the damage done by its immersion by the flood. A careful estimate of the financial loss for Williamsport and Lycoming county, at this time is $10,000,000. This city sustained its greatest loss in the wreck of the Susquehanna boom and the loss of 175,000,000 feet of logs held in it. At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the boom burst and the logs went float- ing down the river. ‘These logs in their rough condition were worth on an aver- age of $10 per thousand feet. Manu- factured here, they would have been worth twice that sum. In consequence the loss to the lumbermen alone will foot up over $3,000,000. Added to this the loss occasioned by wrecked bridges, the stock cf merchants, household ef- fects, damage to crops, etc., will easily bring the damage up to $10,000,000. By reason of the high water the plants of the two electric light companies and the gas company were drowned out yes- terday and the city was in total dark- ness. The lower portion of the city is without water by reason of the mains of the city works having broken. The lower or business portion of the city presents a sad spectacle. The main streets are full of logs,board walks, wreck- age and debris of all descriptions. No newspapers were issued from any of the offices here yesterday,as the plants of all were drowned out. The total losses here, as estimated by conservative men, are $3,000,000. This includes $1,500,000 on logs, $250,000 on sawed lumber, and the balance on prop- erty throughout the city. The boom held 170,000,000 feet of logs. All are gone, but the boom justified the con- fident expectations of every one and held out to the last moment. There was some difficulty with packing on Sunday and many logs escaped by smearing out. On Monday morning at about 1:30 o’clock many logs went out by smearing, but the boom proper and its valuable contents did not break until yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. At that time not less than 75,000,000 feet of logs that were packed mountain high in the lower boom went out almost as one log. They stuck together and pass- ed on down through the city. It wasa magnificent sight, and those who saw it never expect to see its like again. What was left of the Maynard street bridge at one side at that time was swept away by the logs. The iron spans rattled down on the pile of logs and rested there. All came down on the river and struck what was left of the Mar- ket street bridge, taking it along. The water at that time was thirty-one feet. About 25 per cent. of the logs, with the experience of 1889 to estimate from, will be recovered if they are captured down the river. There was no loss of life in the city, although there were many miraculous escapes. Williamsport is a city of mud and there are thousands at work clean- | ing the smeared premises. Mayor El- liot has called a public meeting for to- morrow to take action looking to the care of the homeless. Probably fifty houses along the river front were render- ed uninhabitable, and the families are being cared for by the more fortunate. It is estimated that the homes of 10,000 people were invaded by the water and are in such a damp and unhealthy con- dition as to make them undescribable. Those who lived above the flood line are not allowing the unfortunate to suffer. There is an’ ample supply of provisions and the city is not in want. Railroad traffic is resuming from the east and west, and within two days traffic wiil be almost complete. The stricken inhabitants are as cheerful as possible under the circumstances and go | to bed to-night without anxiety for the first time in seventy-two hours, Pennsylvania tracks above Reading ADDITIONAL LOCALS. Decoration Day EvENING.—Every- body in Bellefonte is invited to a splen- did concert in the opera house. The Bellefonte band, assisted by Meyer's orchestra, and some of the very best vocalists in Centre county, will unite in giving an excellent concert. The fall band of 20 pieces will render a medley ‘Plantation Echo’s” Herman’s Over- ture “La Diadem’” and the ¢‘Idalia waltzes” all of which are extra good. The orchestra will give the “Anvil chorus’ from Verdi’s opera “Il Trova- tore’’, with real anvils. Also, by re- quest, the discriptive piece, ‘Life on the Mississippi,” with its steamboat whistles, bells, steam calliope, boat race, and explosion. Some delightful songs will be rendered by Prof, Lowell Mey- er,Mr. Lee B. Woodcock,and Mr. Philip Waddle. These songs are with orches- tra accompaniment, and are very fine. A concert polka, for the cornet, compos- ed for this occasion by Prof. W. T- Meyer, will be played by Mr. Will Culveyhouse, late of the Germania band of Phila. Prof. Doolittle’s phonograph will puzzle everyone, and ‘Musical Mopes, or the Musician’s Revenge’’ is worth more than the price of ad- mission. The band boys are trying to raise enough to equip themselves with new uniforms, and everybody ought to en- courage them. The admission to the concert is only 25 cents. No extra charges for reserved seats, which you can get at Parrish’s. Go, everybody, pack the house, and show the boys that their labors are not unappreciated. Tue LicarNiNe KiLnep Him, A singular fatality occurred near Tussey- ville during a thunder storm last Friday. Daniel F. Facringer and a son of Joseph Lee were working in a field near the former’s home, and when the storm came up they started for the house. On reaching the house Mr. Farringer sat down on a wood box behind the stoye and was sitting there when a bolt of lightning struck the house. The elec- tric current ran’ down the chimney snd striking Mr. Farringer killed him in- stantly. It stunned the Lee boy and then running on the floor it struck one of the children, knocking it under the stove and tearing a heel off one of its shoes. Deceased was about forty years of age and leaves a widow with several children to support. The young man and the child will re- cover, though both were unconscious for some time. The above account was furnished us as given by the physician who was sum- moned after the accident and, though it does not concur with those of other pa- pers in the county, is strictly authentic. WiLLis WooDRING 18 DEAD. —After an illness of eight weeks Willis, the youngest son of ex-sheriff D. W. Wood- ring, died at the home of his father, on east High street this place, at five o'clock Tuesday evening. His first ailment was an attack of low typhoid fever and he had apparently re- covered from it when he suflered a relapse and an affection of the bowels set in. His weakened constitution with stood this, but when acute inflamma- tiom of the bowels developed he could not survive and death relieved his long and weary suffering. o Willis was a bright youth, just verg- ing the age of manhood.—He was nine- teen years old last January, industrious and promising. It seems sad that one at his age should be stricken, but “God’s ways are not our ways,” A father, two sisters and two brothers survive. Ss Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon. Interment was made in the Union cemetery. MARRIED. —On Wednesday Mr. H: A. Leathers, of Mt. Eagle, was married to Miss Emma A. Rowan, of Philadel- phia at the home of the bride. Owing to the serious illness of John B. Leath- ers Esq., the groom’s father, the event was very unpretentious and the young folks arrived at Mt. Eagle yesterday, | not caring to be absent any longer than possible from the bed side of the strick- en father. MARRIAGE LIcENsEs.—Issued dur- ing the past week—Taken from the docket. John C. Crader and Emma E. Snave- ly, both of Gregg Twp. Jobn R. Wiiliams and Annie P. Stewart, both of Huston Twp. Edgar V. Hoover, of Philipsburg and Amanda M. Walker, of Orbisonia. John A. Swabb, of Mt. Eagle, and Harriett Thompson, Tipton Co., Ind. ——A most disgusting scene was wit- nessed Tuesday afternoon in front of the Bush House when two dogs which neith- er offered nor wanted to fight were hiss- ed and finally kicked on each other by the owner of one of the dogs and some other creatures who call themselves men until in desperation they fought and tore each other to suit the spectators. A poor dumb animal is not supposed to have much sense, but most of them have more than the human brates who com- pel and encourage dog fights, ——=Read the WATCHMAN,
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