writ "Tho Magic City" portfolios are comple ted, 13 numbors, and can be obtained at this office. Ten cents for any number or $1.80 for the set Order now. The demand npon our columns for adver tising space certainly shows that business mon recognize the val ue cf'The Columbian" as an advertising medium. VOL 29 WILD WATERS. Great Dustniotion by Ilootli All Over the Country. TOWNS UNDER WATER. Williamsport, Milton, Sunbury, Montgomery Station, Harrltburg and Other Placet Along the Suspuehanna Among the Suftcrert--Bridget Carried Away. The down pour of rain, commenc ing Saturday afternoon and continuing with some intermission throughout the night, all day on Sunday and Sunday night, and taking it up again on Mon day morning, rather more than grati fied the complaining farmers who were lamenting the absence of mois ture. Fishingcreek was so high on Monday morning as to materially af fect passenger traffic and in a measure jeopardize and impede the progress of the trains. The train coming south on Monday morning was obliged to feel its way along cautiously from Jamison City. A barrier that stopped the cars completely was met just above Orangeville, where quite a large tree had fallen across the track, the removal of which had to be done in a heavy rain. To the credit of the company we must say that on this oc casion a comfortable fire was to be found in the cars, and it was about the only enjoyable thing of the trip. If Fishingcreek geta much higher we, at least, have pever seen it so. The stream was far above its natural bed, submerging the low lands all along and in some places putting the wagon road under water as well as strips of newly-pianted corn and grain of all kinds. Because of the frequent blights to fruit and all manner of vegetation that is injured by our east ern storms, we are disposed to regard them generally as rather more calami tous than beneficial, and wo fear our last eastern storm has been no ex ception to the rule. CENERAL RAVAGES OF THE STORM. The storm, which had been anxious ly looked for by impatient farmers who were already muttering complaint, set in without much noise or bluster on Saturday afternoon. With but lit tle intermission it rained for about 60 hours, when reports of disaster through floods, inundations, washouts, land slides, fallen timber, &c.,began finding their way into print. Because of de tained mails, however, it was difficult to get the news punctually. Culled at random the reports read as follows, somewhat : Pennsylvania swept by floods. Streams still rising rapidly. Lock Haven shut off: Williamspoit inunda ted ; great damage throughout the State ; the storm unequaled since the memorable Johnstown disaster in 1889 ; families surrounded by water in some cases and no assistance able to reach them ; 25,000,000 feet of logs in the swim at Lock Haven j bridges swept away along mountain streams, creeks, rivulets, and rivers ; the rise cf the west branch of the Susquehanna said to be 25 to 30 feet. Nothing like it except, perhaps, the historic freshet of 1865. The river rose a the rate of a foot an hour, coming right up close to the lower chords of railroad bridges; in some places sweeping through the bridges, placing them in momentary danger of being carried from their piers and moorings ; part of Lock Haven under water; Norristown flooded; Juniata Valley people suffered great loss j 75 cars loaded with stone run on a bridge to hsUl it there ; passenger traffic necessarily retarded and, in some cases, entirely abandoned ; Sunday services forgotten or neglected in the excitement, and yet if it ever stops raining the God who started it, the God of nature and of the elements, alone can stop it; miles of trolley tracks buried under debris ; the last train to reach Lock Haven waded through 18 inches of water, and so did the passengers; 170 million feet of measured logs known to be afloat, with twice as many more, perhaps, that are umntasured and unclaimed, be cause they came from nobody knows where ; lots of work for " wage earn ejs " carting goods to the highlands along swollen streams ; everybody at work and nobody happy ; railroaders heretofore nursing their dividends must now hire labor to make amends or quit running ; Coxey's plan is no where compared with the elements for brushing up dormant capital and capi talists in dull times ; little streams join he big ones, then they all join to Bother, and the windows of heaven are still open to let the rain down Aaron Strausburger, a Williamsport liquor dealer, fell down stairs and hurt him self badly while trying to save his ef fects from the flood ; perhaps he was excited ; cellars filled also ; in the dead hour of mid-night the rain fell in sheets and the wind blew such a gale as Tom O'Shanter encountered ; every body on Front street, Williamsport, driven to their second stories for safety ; a brewery struck by lightning at Reading; railroad tracks washed out at Tyrone; terrible damage throughout Luzerne county also ; the steamer Mayflower loaded with Hun garian passenger driven against a pier and sunk quickly, the Hungarians didn't, but they narrowly escaped ; collieries flooded ; tenements unroof ed ; crops badly damaged ; extensive and expensive tramways washed out at Paddy Mountain ; people of the valley near Lewisburg fleeing to the hills and mountains tor safety ; storm severe and general along the coast, doing great damage to shipping and driving boats aground ; destruction to growing crops inestimable upon the low-lands, and too much moisture for good fruitage upon the highlands ; de structive winds and terrific rain not confined to Pennsylvania, but sweep the Atlantic coast ; at Atlantic City a a veritable hurricane blew from the south-east 5 ocean piers and handsome promenades destroyed ; waves rolling over bulkheads and flooding the lawns; everything flooded ; no boats presum ing to venture upon the high seas ; mountainous waves sweeping out across the beautiful meadows and submerging railroads and checking all means of travel ; authentic and minute reports will verify the fact that the generally destructive results of the storm are unequaled. Two bridges at Williamsport, the Muncy bridge, the Lewisburg bridge, were carried off, the latter tearing out one span ot the bridge at Northumber land ; and the P. & K, railroad bridges at Muncy and Milton are among the disasters. The Milton fair grounds were completely wrecked. The water flooded Montgomery Station, and did much damage. The residence of S. B Henderson, son-in law of E. C. Wells, had eight feet of water on the first floor. Mr. Hend erson and family removed to the hotel. His house had but recently been repaired. This is the second time it has been wrecked by the flood. LOCAL STREAMS. On Tuesday morning, while waiting the belated mails, the Columhun hitched up and took a drive around in order the better to report upon the true conditions of the Susquehanna and the historic Fishingcreek. At the river we found, upon inquiry from those who claimed to be familiar with high and low water marks that the stream then some fifteen or eighteen feet above low water, was slowly but surely rising. There was a margin of some four or five feet yet before the water would reach the highest known rise of the river in the past. Of course the coffer dam was out of sight and under water along with much other bridge building machinery and ap pliances that it is hoped will be found when the water recedes. Looking across the river we observ ed quite a land-slide from under the Pennsylvania railroad tracks and upon which men were busily at work to make it passable. This work and the click of some stone dressers' chisel on the stone for the new bridge was about the only business activity to be observed. A few fishermen were there, indeed, but the conditions seemed to be unfavorable and they failed to show us their catch. The river was rising at about the same rate that we found Fishingcreek re ceding, and no great damage was found to have been sustained by this vicinity, though much low land that was unable to absorb the rain as it fell was found to be still underwater. It has continued to rain most of the time since Sunday, with short intervals of stops. It is raining hard this Thursday morning, and there is no telling when it will stop. The river has fallen many feet, and the creek also. Grand Army of the Bopublio. The members of Col. W. If. Ent Post, No. 250, will meet at their hall Sunday, May 27 th, at 10 a. m., to at tend divine service at the Episcopal Church. All old soldiers and sailors are respectfully invited to meet with us. Thos. E. Geddis, P. C. C. P. Sloan, Ailjt. The Columbian is pleased to ac knowledge receipt of invitation to at tend the Commencement Exercises of the Pennsylvania State College, at State College, Pa., from June 10th to 13th inclusive. BLOOMSliUliG, PA., THE FLOOD AT MILTON. On Tuesday afternoon in company with about twenty others from Blooms burg, we went over to Milton by the P. St. R. railroad to see the devasta tion caused by the flood. The water rose on Sunday and Monday, until it had reached a point about fifteen inches lower than in 1889. All the business portion of the town was flood ed, including Broadway and Main street. During Tuesday the water fell five feet, and by Wednesday morning the streets were passable again, the river being within its banks. Two spans of the P. &. R. bridge were carried away by logs from the William sport boom, and it was expected that a third span would go, as the logs were banked against it higher than the top of the span. The flood did not come as sudden ly as in 1889, so that every body had time to move their goods to the second floors. Pianos, cook-stoves, and every thing else movable was carried up stairs. In many residences, there was from four to eight feet on the first floors, and great damage has been done. Every train was crowded with people from adjoining towns who were brought to Milton out of curiosity. It will take months to get the water out of cellars, and to clean up and repaint' and paper, and tor a long time the dampness in the houses cannot but render them unhealthy. The people of Milton are certainly entitled to much sympathy, for they have been very unfortunate. The flood of 1SG9, the fire ot 1881, and the floods of 1889 and 1894 have been heavy blows to the place, but the residents have borne up bravely and have struggled hard against adversity, and seem cheerful and hopeful in the midst of disaster. If they ask for help it ought to be most heartily rendered to them. To tlia Oitizou3 of Blooiaaburg. There is an organization in this town that has for its end the elevation of young men. It seeks to throw about the boys and young men of the place Christian influences, to give them wholesome reading matter to teach them cleanliness, Godliness and self respect. This organization is the Young Men's Christian Association. It does a work that is not done, and can not be done by the churches of the place, and which supplements rather than hinders their work. Is the work done by this association worth anything to the citizens of Bloomsburg ? Is it of any practical value to have the young men who work in the factories, clerk in our stores, engage in the different indus trial pursuits, loaf on our streets, and marry our daughters, kept from the saloons, and other disturbing influen ces, and led into the paths of sobriety, respectability, honesty and piety ? Looking at it from the cold, calcula ting, business point of view, does it pay to elevate and save young men ? Does it not enhance the value ot property, turn large sums of money into the legtimatc channels of trade and make it a safer place to rear children, to have in our town an or ganization that looks after the morals, mantiers, and religion of our young men ? Now, we the undersigned citizens of l'.loomsburg, who have given of our own time and means to manage the affairs of this organization, believing that the people of Bloomsburg want this work done, make this public ap peal for financial means to do it. The fathers and mothers of this town who want to make it a safe town in which to bring up and educate and start suc cessfully upon their life-work, their sons and daughters, ought to meet this appeal with welcome and sub stantial lesponse. Everybody can sub scribe something. Many can give of their abundance ; as the Lord has blessed them, all can do something. Let us hear from you. Do not make us hunt you up. We remain most respectluily, yours for the young men. J. P. Welsh, President, H. (. Supplee, Vice Pres., G. E. Wiluur, " " A. N. Yost, Recording Sec, H. V. White, Treasurer. E. B. Tustin, W.H.Brooke, ' t, W. B. CUMMINOS, wtt"7. ' lofY.M.C.A itl. 1. L.U1Y, C. II. Albert, McCracken & Forbes, who had ar ranged to sell a car load of western horses at the Piatt livery stable in Nanticoke, on Tuesday the 2 2d, were among the many business men whose plans were disarranged by the ele ments not within man's control. The heavy rains prevented all possibility of getting their horses there in time. 'FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1894. BRIEF MENTION About People You Know. W. T. Creasy, candidate for sheriff, vrn in town on Wednesday. Mr. A. M. Kuch spent Saturday among menus in oiucKsnmny. Muriel Wenner, of Van Camp, wa a visi tor to town on Saturday. Among the sick of Bloomsburg, we must mention Thotnns Hartman. G. W. Relic, of New Columbus, was among those attending court. Michael Wenner of Van Camp, transacted business in Bloomsburg on Saturday. J. K. Lockard has had the hall way in hit store building papered and varnished. Oscar Hess, of Van Camp, was nmong those visiting the county seat on Saturday. lien. Johns, of the Normal, spends his Sundays at home in Shickshinny occasionally. Clctus Jones is nt home, and has been nursing fourteen carbuncles on his right arm. Mr. nnd Mrs. Geo. Suplee are being visited by their daughter Mrs. Anna Nuss, of Main villo. C. N. Nagle cf Mainvillc, has entered Wood's Business College for a Business Course. Mr. W. L. McIIenry, of Stillwater, was a caller at this office on business on the 2 2d instant. Miss Margaret Sober, a teacher of Dan ville, recently visited her sister Mrs. Dr. Bierman. Mrs. Harry Eshelman and Mrs. Turnbach and daughter are visiting fricmU in Brooklyn, New York. Mrs. Freas Hicks of Hummelstown, is visiting at her father's, J. K. Lockard, on Fifth sireet. County Treasurer Hoddens of Danville, was in town on Tuesday. He is a brother of 1". B. I Icddens. Miss Lizzie Marteena, of Berwick, is spending a few Jays with Mr. and Mrs. Valine, on Normal Hill. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Roan are enter taining Mr. J. E. Frederick, of Turbotville, the father of Mn. Koan. Tetcr Weivcr, of Bendertown, was in town recently looking after a gun with which he hopes to hold the crows off of his corn. Mr. Frank Ackerly a successful merchant of Tompkinsville, stopped over in Blooms burg yesterday whde en route to llarrisburg. Wellington Sands, who recently spent a short time visiting his home, is again at his post of duty in the carpet-mills of Blooms burg. Thos. Thorber, Gen. Sec. of Y. M. C. A. of Sharpsburg, is in town and will address the Men's meeting on next Sunday at 2:30 1. M. Alex. Knouse does not intend to be crowd ed out of the race for the sheriffalty through false reports. He has a communication in this issue. Dr. Willits has removed his office from the rooms over J. M. (Jidding & Co's. store to Room No. 2, Bedal Gold Cure Institute, Sixth and Market streets. Mr. Daniel Wenner, street commissioner of Fisliingcreok township, visited Blooms burg on Tuesday to make another payment on their road-making machine. Mr. B. F. Armstrong, the efficient secre tary of the Y. M. C. A., will soon transfer his labors from here to the running of a gos pel wagon through the Wyoming Valley. Rev. C. W. Hippie, of Nuremberg, was among those in attendance at the Christian Endeavor Convention, and who visited " The Columbian " while in town. The doctors of Philadelphia pronounce Mrs. Z. II. Stevens' lone continued case of helplessness from spinal affection ns curable in time. For jcars this lady has been bed ridden. G. M. Lockard and John Mostelltr have returned from Harrislmrg, where they took the Kccley Cure. They are looking and feeling well, and speak very highly of the treatment. Mrs. McBride, of New Columbus, an aged and zealous church worker, accidently dis covered recently that she was blind in one eye. Upon examination, cataract of the eye was found to be the trouble. Mr. F.. J. D.iwni.in, of Berwick, who has undergone successful treatment at the Bedal Cure Institute of B'.oomsbuig, is now a renovated and rejuvenated citizen of intelli gent and gentlemanly deportment, Mr. Boyd Trescolt, of the "Millville Tab. let," was in town on Saturday in company with other teachers. They came to be ex. ami ned for permanent certificate to teach. Mr. Trescott is an experienced teacher. Mr. Samuel Badal, a native of Persia, and graduate of Drew Theological Seminary after a two years' course of study, is now visiting friends in Bloomsburg. As an independent missionary he will return to Persia in Aug ust. David Wenner, of Bendertown, who visit ed Bloomsburg recently, a well man upon his arrival, found himself scarcely able to speak after spending a short time here. He caught a cold in some unaccountable way that for a lime rendered him almost speech less. Some folks talk too much when they come to town, but it was not so with David on this occasion. County Treasurer J. k. Fowler, W. B. Taylor, M. Lllenbogen, I. G. Wells, Frank Ikeler, G. S. Robbing, J. k. Schuvler, J. M. Clark, and many others, went down to Northumberland on Tuesday to see high water; and L. Gross, Isaiah llagenbuch and others went to Milton, where they rode in a boat in the main business street with the water eight feet deep. Splendid knee nants suits. 2 extra pair pants and coat, 12.25. Oidding iV Co. LOWENBERG'S Big Discount Sale An Enormous Success. The Trade Came Right Our Way ! No Wonder. The most daring undertaking in the mer cantile line that Bloomsburg has ever known. Actually selling a great many Goods at lower prices than other merchants pay for them. Right 111 the very heart of the season, with a brand new stock of goods just bought at low cask figures, we are giving for a short time only A Positive Discount of 15 to 25 per cent, on Men's, Boy's and Children's Suits, Skqded fight $hk to tle dutorqe. We Lose Money, But we Don't Care. We must continue to sell more clothing than all the other stores in Bloomsburg combined. We know that you have confidence in what Lowenberg's advertise. That you like to come where the good clothes come from, The GREAT LOWEHBEBC CLOTHIHS STORE Imitated by All. We are fitting out several G. A. R. Posts, and if you want G. A. R. Suits cheap, leave us your measure. The very best kind at what you pay for cheap goods elsewhere. an article mat is beyond question. We handle the best makes of Shoes for Children- BOYS need no longer wear girls' shoes an we have a line made especially for ine small Hoys. .Ladies who wear Spring Heeled Shots will find a good assortment at the sfore of W, C. McKINNEY. H. J. Clark's Building, Main street. fecial Atfontioa GIVEN TO REPAIRING WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY J". C3-. WELL Eyes examined -IT: NO 21 Equaled by None. Dm't Get Yourself in a Box BY BUYING SHOES OF AN UNCERTAIN QUALITY. It's a risk you can't afford to run can't afford any way when we can supply vou with. -AT- fretfof charge. J. G. WELLS. j! - I - ' .