Mma JtcwwhlIa Terrible Calamity.
EBNSBURC. PA..
FiH DAY, - - - JUNE T. 1SS0.
(Ioveksou Beaver has vetoed the
HI increasing the salaries cf Judges.
Editoi; Sul'bert of the Johnstown
7'. . ie rets is reported among the lost
'n t he Johnstown disaster.
Doctors Davison, Jones aud Griffith,
of this place, went fo Johnstown on
S lUirday morning and at once went to
w-rk, their services being invaluable at
th it time, as they were the first outside
physicians to arrive in tbe ruined city.
EcENsnfiid has not had any mail
service east of Tyrone or west of Johns
town since last Friday. On Saturday
night the mail saved at East Cone
maugh was brought overland to this
place and shipped east as far as Altoona.
One pouch had a few letters for bens
burg which were taken out and left in
the post office.
One or the saddest accidents of
the Johnstown fl od was the death of
District Attorney Harry G. Rose, who
wis crushed to death in hi3 home. He
was a kind and courteous official.
nr. able lawyer and his early taking ofT
w!U be deeply deplored not ouly by tha
rn rubers of tbe bar, but by a large num
t.T of friends who admired him for the
mny trood qualities of his mind and
h .a rt .
The people of Johnstown, are siid
to have plenty of provisions, for the
present and for some time to come, but
are sadly in need of clothing of all kind.-.
Under clothing is needed aud should be
sent at once. A great many people es
caped with nothing but what they bad
on, and some of that was torn from
their backs by dsbrts in the water.
Persons who can contribute clothing
should do so at once.
Tiik Democratic primaries which
were to have been held on Saturday
last, were postponed by that awful visi
tation of Providence, the Johnstown
flood. Elections were held in ten dis
tricts where the news of the flood had
sot reached and on Monday Deputy
Chairman II. J. Ilopp'e, took charge of
the returns which were brought in. A
meeting of the County Committee will
have to be called at some time in the
future, and a new election provided for.
The Johnstown Tribune building wa
badly damaged by tbe flood but the
presses and type will not be a total loss.
The Democrat was in the second story
ot the Baltimore iS: Ohio Itallroid de
pot building, which is a' ill sl&tfding,
and the material of the lMH'mt offic
is said to have sustained but I Lie in
jury. During the pnst week both pa
pers have been sadly missed aad wo
l ope it may be but a short time until
they rise from the ruin more vigorous
than ever.
A.moxii the paangera who escaped
from the cars at E.ist Conemaugh on
Friday la?t, were the wife and daugh
ter of I.:ga Hilford, 1'iesident Harri
son's private secretary. Mrs. Ilalford
and daughter passed through Ebena
burg on Sunday, on their way E ist ex
pectine to take the cars, at Altoona,
but finding that all communication was
cut off eastward returned to Ebens
burg on Wednesday took a carriage
for Blairsvillo and will go b.ick to
Washington by way of 1'ittsburg and
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
The reople of Ebensburg and vicini
ty can point with rride to the alertness
with which her people responded to the
call of charitr in sending aid to the suf
erers. When our paop'e heard of
the calamity that had befallen our sister
town, they at once took steps to send aid.
A meeting of cltlaens was held on Sits
urday morning, at nine o'clock, at the
Court House, with Hon. It. I,. Johns
town as chairman and George C. K.
Zahm, Esq., as secretary. Oa motion
tb.3 chairman appointed Alvin Evans,
C. T. ttoberts, A. Strittmater, A. V.
Barker, George Huntley, C. J. liiair,
John I.loyd and D inie! J. Davis, as a
committee to solicit aid for tha Johns
town sufferers. At one o'clock the
first wagon load was packed and on the
road and five other wagons were load
ed and followed in the afternoon.
Ebensburg's contributions were the
first that reached the sufTeiing people
of Johnstown, and the good work has
been kept up ever hi nee.
On Tuesday Colonel James D. Scott
of the Pittsburg Chamber Commerce
was chosen to take command of the lo
cal government at Johnstown and
every thing is now being done system
matlcally. The removing of the debris
and cleaning up the streets is being
done by Messrs. Booth and Flynn, a
firm of contractors from Tittsbarg, who
are employing all the men they can ob
tain and are putting them to work, pay
hag then i2.U0 per day. Over 1,000
men were pat to work, nearly all from
Fittsburg and her suburbs. Posters
are up calling for two thousand labor
ers and men from all raits of the
country are invited to either go to work
or leave the town. The wreck at the
stone bridge is being removed, but ow
ing to the difficulty of getting at It the
work is necessarily slow. Dynamite
cartridges are used for the purpose of
loosening up the debris but large
charges cannot be used. Bureaus of
Information are being established at
different points whtre fie applicants
can be directed to relief quarters, work
men sent to ILe proper authoritits to
hire them, and relatives directed to
where they can seo the bodies of the
dead. The bodies are embalmed and
placed in the coffins, are registered and
numbered and when unknown are num
bered with a description. It is propos
ed and will be done where practicable
to photograph the remains, the picture,
number and description to be kept
where they can be examined by those
looking for rolatives. A dispatch from
Governor Beaver has been received
bringing the information that tLcre
was already over ?200) subscribed
In his hiicds available for pr?3ent needs.
Johnstown Xearly All De
stroyed hv a Flood.
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IriiCity
Thousands of
Homeless
People
and
Destitute.
About 10,000 Lives Lost in
the Great Catastrophe.
Devils in Human Shape Muti
lating ami Robbing the De:ul.
They are Arrcstcl.
Tho Loss of Property is Esti
matod at S75,OOOtCOO.
One of the most frightful calamities
that ever happened in thift country or
perhaps in the world visited the inhab
itants of the Conemaugh valley on last
Friday afternoon and left a barren waste
where a few hours before dwelt a happy
and prosperous people.
So near home, our own county where
relatives ard friends residing in the
flooded district are to be found iu every
family, the news of the terrible tlood
spread rapidly and with faces that
blanched with fear as every new
arrival brought worse news, our
people were wild with excitement.
Telegraph communication was entirely
cut off and on Saturday morning every
team in Ebeusburg, was on the road
loaded with people hurrying to tbe
scene of the disaster, eager aad anxi
ous, alternating between hope and fr.r
to learn of the fate o? rcla'.iv.3 and
friends.
Johnstown, as is well-known, is lo
cated In a flit between the hills where
the Eittle Conemaugh and the Stonyi
cieek cauie together. Her people were
accustomed to floods nnd when rn l!ist
Friday the rivers overflowed their banks
and the water began to rise and run
into the lower stories of their houses,
they viewed it as a misfortune that
they had encountered heretofore and j
bravely s-t to work to rescue their I
goods una valtiablts by takicg thm to I
the upper stories of iheir business p'aces 1
and dwelling houses.
The JIkxI itself would have caused a !
great loss in damaged property and
goodi but the loss of life would hare I
been little if any. But up In Croyle
township, oa the South Fork of the
Conemaugh, about two mlies above the
town of South Fork, on the Pennsyl
vania Bai'roaJ, was an immense reser
voir, originally built by the Stare of
Pennsylvania, as a feedr to th West
ern canal, but sold by the State when
the canal was abandoned. The breast of
this dam was about three hundred
yards across and backed the water
back (or about two and a Laif miles,
and covered a surface of about six
hundred acres. This dam broke in
June I'i2 causing considerable damage,
but the break was a gradual one and
me water dM not go on a:I at once.
A fter the break the reservoir laid
empty for a camber of years, furnish
ing rich pasturage for the cattle siid
flocks of the farmers in that vicinity.
The land after passing through sever
al hands anally became vested in the
Western Game and Fish Association,
who rebuilt the reservoir , stocked it
with Gab and kept it as a pleasure re
sort. It was a constant menace to the
people of Johnstown and at every flood
they were in dread of it.
It bad stood however, for a number of
years w ithoat any signs of giving way
and the people below had finally come
to believe it was secure. Th'.s was the
cas-) on Friday ; the flood at Johnstown
bad reached iia height, and some say
was falling or at least wts not increas
ing when about three o'clock tbe reser
voir broke).
Ifcjwn the narrow mountain gorge
thia vast aggregation of water rushed,
carrying destruction and annihilation
oa its way. The largest forest rrtes
were but as twigs in It? path. Trees,
rocks, tridgs, bouses and everything
in its path vrere swept away.
At the town of South Fork where
the water struck the Conemaugh half
of the town, all on the lower side of the
stream is gone ana large boulJrr3 and
aLd rocks which were carried down the
I uiuun.aun aian uy me lorrent are lying
ou the ground the foundations of the
bouses, c xplete:y ob!i;rttd. Thirty
four hjus?3 are gon- iaclulig the
Argy'.e coal company's store and a
p'.anlng mi!'. A freight train
was crossicg the iron railroad bridge
at the time the torrent struck the
bridge ; the locomotive had reached the
east side and the engineer and fireman
escaped, bat the bridge v,d cars with
two brakemen, were carried off in tbe
flod. The todies of Thomas Hender
son, Thomas Kelin, Howard Shaffer
and Michael Mann, all drowned at
South Fork, have been recovered.
The viaduct, a sp'endiJ piece of mas
sor.rv built by the State, for the Por
tage railroad an! uid ever since by the
Pennsylvania, that hid stood the floods
of fifty years without axy sfns cf biing
impaired, and but for this would have
stood for centuries, went like dust be
fore the torrent.
At Mineral Point only three or four
houses are standing on the side of the
bill to mark tbe spot of that thriving
village. Thirty bouses ana eighteen
lives, were the sacrifice demanded by
the flood from that little town.
At East Conemaugh, the round bouse
with twenty-eight engines is gone, not
a buck remaining to maik tbe spot
where the round bouse stood. A num
ber of engines are lying around in every
imaginable shape and position, some of
thtm nearly buried in tbe sand. All
the hotels and business houses on the
street faciDg the railroad are gone and
the surface is covered over with saud
as smooth as if no buildings had ever
stood there. At Franklin, across the
rivet from East Conemaugh, the houses
that stood next to the river are all
gone.
At Woodvale. the only buildings
standing are the flour mill and a por
tion of the woolen mill. Every bouse
in the t jwn is gone, and with the excep
tion of the two bouses mentioned there is
Lothu.g left to show that a town had
ever been there.
At Couemaugh borough and Johns
town tbe scene is indescribable. Noth
ing like it has ever occurred iu this
country. Where the Gautier works
and long rows of dwelUng houses
and business blocks stood on Friday
morning, was a scene of ruin and deso
lation pu Saturday From one thou
sand to Cfteen hundred riouses have
been swept si way as if they had iiever
been. On Main street from end to end
the s'.rett is covered with debris, in
some places as tilgh as the roofs of tbe
houses. From the woolen mill at
Woodvale, to the bridge, a distance or
rrobably two miles, a atrip of territory
nearly a half mile in width has been
swept clean. Not a stick of timber or
one brick on top of another being left
to tell the story. It is tbe most com
plete wreck that imagination could
portray.
Io Mdlrille and Cambria city, the de
struction is even worse. Standing at
the depot in Johnstown and looking
down where once stood rows of houses
and business places, the first building
to be seen is the Millville school bouse.
Every other building between it and
the station is gone. While at the stone
bridge that spans tbe river, below the
station ruins of buildings, trunks of
trees, debris of every description includ
ing the bodies of men, women, children
and animals are racked in against the
piers forming a dam that backed the
water all over the streets of the main
portion of Johnstown. A number of
houses, including tbe Mansion house
that stood near the Conemaugh in
Johnstown are now found over in Kern-
ville, across the Stonycreek, being car
I ried down by the flocd to where the wa
1 ter was dammed by the railroad br'.dg,
: which caused a swirl and carried them
with their living freight up the Stony-
creek into Kernville, where a number
were rescued.
At the bridge the wreckage is on
fire and hundreds of human bodies will
be burned beyoud all hope cf recogni
tion. INCIDENTS OF THE FLOOD.
James M. Walters, Esq., epent the
night in Alma Hall and relates a thrill
ing story. On of the most curious oc-
currences cf the whole disaster was how
Mr. Walters got to thu hall. He has
his i fficeon the second floor. His home
ij at ir5 Walnut street. He sys he
was in tLe Imuse with bis family wh-n
the water struck his and carried itaway.
Mr. Walters's family drifted on a raft
in one direction. lie passed down sev
eral streets in another until he came to
the hall, his dwelling struck that edifice
and he was thrown into bis own office.
About 200 persons had taken refuge
in tbe ball and were on the second,
third and fourth stories. Thi men
held a meeting and drew up some rules
which all were bound to respect. Mr.
Walters was chosen president, ltv.
B?ale was put in charge of the first
floor, and Doctor Matthews of the
fourth fl kit.
No lights were allowed and the whole
night was spent in darkness. The sick
were cared for. The weaker women
and children had the beat accommoda
tions while others had to wait. The
scenes were most agonizing ; heart-
rendering SurieKs. sobs and moans
r iercea tne gloomy uarEnest. The cry- i
ing of children raingled with the sup
pressed sobs oi the women. Under the
guardianship of the men all took more
hope. No one slept during all the long,
dark Light. Many knelt for hours in
prayer, their supplications mingling
with the roar of the waters and the
shrieks of the dying in the surrounding
houses. In all this misery two women
gave premature birth of children
Doctor Matthews is a hero several of
bis ribs were crushed by falling tim
ber ana nis pains were most severe, yet
through all be attended tbe aick. Wben
two women in a house across the street
shouted for help be, with two other
brave yourg men, climbed across the
drift and ministered to their wants.
No one died during the night, but wo
men and children surrendered their
lives on the succeeding day as a result
of terror and fatigue. Miss Ross
Young, one of the young ladies in the
hall, was frightfully cut and bruised.
Mrs Youcg bad a leg broken. All of
Mr. Walter's family were saved.
Oa Sunday afternoon a spring wagon
came slowly from the ruins in what was
once Cambria. In it, on a board and
covered by a muddy cloth were the re
mains of Editor Schubert, of the Johns
town Frte l'riss (German). Editor
Schubert waa one of the most popular
and well-known Germans in the city.
Thursday he had rent bis three sons to
Conemaugh borough, and Friday after
noon he and his wife and six other
children called at Mr. Gribble's resi
dence. They noticed the rise of water,
but not nntil the flood from the burst
dam washed the city did thay antici
pate danger. All fled from the first to
the second floor. Then as tbe water
rose, tfcey went to the attic and Mr.
Schubert tastily prepared a raft upon
which all embarked. Just a3 the raft
leached the LriJge a h-r.vy piece of
timber raised the raft aud bwept the
editor beneath the surface. TLe raft
then glided through aad all the rest
were rescued.
Mr. Schubert's remains were found
on Sunday afternoon beneath a pile of
broken timbers and his c.ffln carried to
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a friend in Morrel. ville.
The following was found written on
a new door taken from the Ohio river
at Bridge water : -My time bas come ;
have been in the water fourteen hours
and cannot stand tbe angry waves any
loDger. I give up a'.l hope. Saw my
children all go down. Good bye to all.
John Morrill, Cambria."
The bodies of John Fitzharrls Sr.,
and Christ Fitzharris and fami'y were
recovered on Tuesday morning.
A mong the p-rsons known to be sved
are Will Luther, Charles Mitchell and
Mr. anJ Mrs. Charles Zixaaerman, and
George J. Akera and wife.
Some of the tnco who are working
the hardest are the Catho.ic priests and
the Protestant ministers. Tuey are
working night an 1 day. Among the
priests on the seen are Bishop Phelau,
Father Bjyle,.or Gallitzin ; Father
Smith of Ebensburg ; Father O'Con
nell, of S Peters, Allegheny ; Father
Molyeux. of St. Paul's, Pittsburg ;
Father Darien, of Cambria City, who
lost over $30,000 in property and furni
ture ; Father Lambing and a bout of
others. Among the Protestant minis
ters Is Rev. Bales, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church of Johnstown, and
about a score of others. Their efforts
for the relief of the suffrlne are unre
mitting and they are doing a good work.
A mare belonging to tbe proprietor
of the Hulbert House was standing on
the alreet in front or the house wbeu
the flood came aud strange to say was
found alive near tho same spot ot Sun
day. Mrs. Mjore an old lady aged C years
was found cn Tuesday on the roof of
the bouses still alive but terribly ex
hausted. She was carried to Kernville
where her daughter was overjoyed to
Cod her alive. Mrs. Muores bouse had
been swept from its foundation and was
floating down stream when it struck
the builaing from which she was rescu
ed and Mis. Moore wa thrown in some
manner, she could not tell how
upon the roof. She bad been without
food or drink up UDtil the time of her
rescue.
Mr. Thomas Gore, wife and two
daughters, who lived on Second street,
Johnstown, were chased up to the attic
by tbe water, which foiced off the roof.
The quartette got on tbe roof and float
ed down to tbe bouses packed agaics:
the railroad bridge. They walked over
the debris to Maiket street, wCere they
were pulled up the bill with ropes.
While floating down to the bridge they
picked up four'other people. Mr. Gore
is 7S years of age.
Henry Roberts lost one child a babe,
2 months old. He had in bis bouse a
Newfoundland dog, which was near tbe
cLi'd wben the fatal flood struck the
bouse. The d-g seemingly real'zsd the
situation about as 'soon as any one,
and caught the little child and started
to swim for land. Tbe faithful animal
held on to the child with a death grip.
The force of the waters washed the dog
and child against a large school bouse,
where they were held until the water
began to abate, and aa soon as the ani
mal could he swam to the hillside with
the babe in bis mouth and delivered the
dead infant, which was drowned, to
some people who were there.
A peculiar incideut of the flood was
the case of a 14 -year old boy, the son
of a saloon keeper. When the crash
came the boy seized a little 1-month-old
baby and was whirled away in tbe
torrent of water. All the other mem
bers of the family were lost, but to the
astonishment of every one the boy and
baby were found on Saturday morning
on the roof of one of tbe mills below
tbe bridge at the Cambria iron works,
alive and well.
II. L Duncan's family were all
saved. They bad a narrow escape, and
Mrs. Miller, his daughter was only
saved by the aid of ber little C-year-old
daughter, who saw ber mother in the
water and caught her by tt ehiir and
held her head above water until Mr.
Duncan got near enough to drag ber
out upon the roof cf the bouse from
which they escaped.
HOW THE ltE$EK VOIR BROKE.
The Altoona Mirror on Tuesday
publishes the following : D. J. Neff
Esq., of this city, heard the follow sto-
rv n
ry of the bursting of the reservoir near
South Fork from Colonel Unger, for
merly of the Mountain House,' Cresson.
and more recently proprietor of the
Seventh Aveme Hotel, Pittsburg. Mr.
Unger sal I : ".My hotel is about two
and a hair miles from South Fork, and
In the immediate vicinity of the resert
voir. A day or so ago I sent word to
Robert Vitcalrn, Superintendent of the
Pittsburg Division, to come with several
of his friends to my resort and I would
entertain them. Fishing and hunting
would be the bill of fare. That same
night the heavy rains came and the
next morning I went to my hotel, near
the reservoir.to fix things up in general.
I saw that tbe reservoir was rapidly
rising and immediately set to work to
strengthen its backs. (This was on
Friday). The rains continued, and the
water was rapidly rising and getting
the better of me. and I saw that a
break was inevitable. I immediately
sent a messenger in all haste on horse
back to wain the inhabitants of the
danger, and to lose no time whatever
in telegraphing Johnstown of tbe dan
ger which was sure to come.
"The Sonth Fork people on hearing
the alarm Immediately dropped every
thing and Hed for their lives for the
bills, and so were saved. Scarcely had
they been warned and in safe places.
when with a mighty roar which cannot
be described, the bank
Iroke and the
water shot forth like from the mouth of ;
a cannon. It completely swept everv- !
thing with it and took houses as if they I
were mere chips. The course wa be
tween the two bills, thereby preventing
a spread, but gaining more strength and
force every inch it went. I don't know
if Johnstown ever got the message or
not. Have not seen my messenger
siuce. No Uvea in South Fork were
lost, but all the property and bouses be
tween the two hills was completely
swept away, and no trace of a town is
lett. Don't know If my guests got word
and are oa their way cr no'.."
A ruMBftr'i Eprlee.
Mrs. M. J. Blmidsdell, of Pelican Rapids.
Minnesota, was a passenger on first section
i tfay express, cauz&t in the avalanche of
water at conemaugn wi rnaay. one oa
written an account of her experience to end
to ber friends at Dome, but. as there is no
mail connection west, she furnished a copy
for publication in tbe Altoona Tribune
which we republish.
"It is impossible to picture to you the
horror of this srreat calamity. I am at pres
ent in an extreme nervous state from ths
fact that I have lust escaped with my tife.
The shock to my nervous svstem is such
that many days will elapse before It will
pass away. As I wa one of the last on the
tiaio saved, I owe my life, tinder tbe provi
dence of God, to a noble, manly brakeman.
Ills Darae Is Frank Brady.
"Had we known from the shrill blasts of
the locomotive whistle that disaster was
cornine, we would hava at once understood
tbe signal and Instantly sought eaftv in
flight to hiither ground. On hearina' the
whittle, some immediately rushed off tbe
traiu : others waited, I among the Dumber.
It was rainina bard, and not being well, did
not wish to get wet If It could b avoided.
We bad a mark on a window on a house
and were watching the rise and falj of the
water as shown bv this mark. I put on my
cap and jut fixed it when I saw that the
car was fast emptying of Its passengers. I
grasped mv little satchel, leaving my lrg
one on the car floors ; but as I cast my eye
on the marker on the window I saw the
waters bad reached nearly to the top of the
bouse.
"I rushed out of the car. and as I reached
the platform, a poor cripple oa crutches
stood there trying to get off. It was a crit
ical moment with me. and I fraw that unless
I passed him speedily I would be lost to the
flood. Oh, God ! I coald not push him
over to save myself. Anticipating my di
lemma, be threw himself back and fell to
tbe ground. I 8id, 'God help you, my
friend." I shall never, never forget that
look in his eyes. Home and everything
dear seemed to be centered there. Some
one came to his rescue, bat I flew around
the end of the oter trains that stood clone
side, rleht In the face of the angry flood.
1 came to a ditch, jumping right into it
without conelderiog its depth or risking tlirf
Chan res of getting across it. I was out of
breath and fell exhausted. I got op again
when the brakeman came to my rescue, and
took bold of me. I fell again, completely
exhausted. lie helped me out on the firm
ground, and I went on more dead than
alive. The spray from the avalanche of
waters was all over tne, and I was as wet as
a drowned rat Tbe water la the ditch was
waist bleb ; my clothes were very heavy,
and in my fainting and frightened condition
I realized on reachlcg the safe ground what
an extremely narrow escape I bad from be
ing drowned. Those who witnessed my
desperate struggles for life were sure I
could not succeed.
"The poor crippled man had a friend who
took him in bis arms aad carried him some
distance; but the vast roaring.tumbling cat
aract of waters rushed down upon thsr
ard he was compelled to drop his precious
burden and escape for his life. He was be- j
hind me and as I was not a rod ahead of tbe
flood his danger was great. I saw him Sat
urday morning, he having sought me out. I
learned that tbe cead body of this poor crip
p'ed man bad been recovered. I hope this
may be so ; but there is so much excitement
preval'lng everywhere that we hear every
thing ; but of one thing he assured thct this
calamity is one that cannot be exagfrr.ted.
The whole truth will never be known.
"I storped In Conemaugh wtin tbe fore
man of tLe round bouse. He says Johns
town with Its suburbs Is a place of 30.000
inhabitants, and thinks the Joss of life, will
reach 15 000 In the track of the flood. A.
friend told him that he saw the young
ladies that were carried away by tbe flood.
They locked themselves in each other's em
brace and then cast themselves Into the
boiling, seething waters. IIo said that he
might have saved them if they had remained
on their frail support I cannot picture to
you the horror of the moment- It was
the trot frightful sight I ever saw. Hotels
and houses tiding down on the crest of the
flood ; people all over the bouses and cars ;
the screams of women and children, and
whole streets of houses lushing madly down
npon Wool vale and Johnstown. The noise
of the roaring and rushing waters rings in
my ears even now. A part of three streets '
are gone, and the round house and its store :
of locomotives, the tower, the large com-
pany boarding bouse, tbe stores all but
two present a scene of desolation rarely
witnessed. I cried to God tor belp In the
midst of the destruction and I believe He
sent tbPt braye and manly brakeman to my
rescue. Ob. can words express tbe terrible
sin of such a death trap as that reservoir !
The re Is much Indignation among tbe peo
ple over such criminal neglect."
Flenda at Work.
Johnstown, P., June 2.
Tbe lowest passions of depraved human
ity are exhibiting tliemeelves In nearly
very section of tbe scene of horror. About
10 o'clock this morning an old lady came op
to a number of men who were scattered
alone tbe railroad about a quarter of a mile
below Kernville and told a story of lodes
scribab'e misery and sufXerlDK. She bad
lost ber son and dauabter-in-law. who
were ber only means of support. She bad
tramped in mud and slush from Johnstown
to a point on the Conemaugh, five miles be
low, in search of ber dead. About a half
mile below Kernville she noticed two men
stooping over a dead body, who from their
mysterious actions aroused ber suspicion.
As she approached them they walked away,
ai.d when she reached tbe body found It to
be that of ber daunUer-ln law. There was
not a trinket on ber person. Tbe thieves
bad stolen them. She beed tbe gentle
men first mentioned to put a stop to tbe ter
rible deeds of what she called devils In hu
man form.
In less than five tnlnutes, a party of seven
men. one with a revolver In bis band, an
other with a rope over his shoulders and tbe
remainder carrylrg club? and other weap
ons, were seen running down the south
shore of tbe Conemausb river. Within ten
minutes they bad overtaken the scoundrels
tbey were seeking, whom they greeted with
a leveled revolver an order :
"Hands up ! or we'll blow your beads
oti r
Tbe dastards obeyed witb hesitation.
Their pockets were then searched, and as
they were relieved of pieces of jewelry of
every description, they pleaded for mercy,
which might have been granted them, bad
not tbe last handful of trinkets taken from
their person beea accompanied by the whole
lower portion of a woman's ear, to.Bg with
- i dianaonJ. D tb little finger of a child.
' eccirclea w,ta PD3el sola ring, when a
buoui oi inuiKosilun went up, ana in a mo
ment tbe air wa full of cries of :
"Lynch them !" "Lytch tbe scoun
drels." They were quick to carry out their
words, and In the twinkling of an eye tbe
two viilians were dandling from tbe limbs
of a tree, la twelve minutes tbe ropes
were cut. their bodies lowered and carried
to a eeluded spot in the mountain above.
If homicide were ever Justifiable, It was cer
tainly so in this case, and although every
icflaence was exerted by those participating
in it to keep it secret.it bas carried terror
to the hearts of many whose depredations
tiering the gray dawn of the early morning
was a menace to the valley of death and a
Vinlinued on Third I'a'jt. '
FOSTER fe QUINN,
SUCCESSORS TO GEIS, FOSTER & QUINN,
113 115 CL1XTOX STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PEXNSYLYAXi,
Call attention to their large and varied assortment of Dress Goods, comprising black and colore.
a full line of black Cashmeres, Henriettas, Melrose, Drass d' Alma, Armnies and Nuns' 'Jy, "'"
viwuiuviw, jivunciifia, kjc j.-5, Kiu.ni viuiii, uuau uss, CIL . t illl areS IjrOOfJii j,
styles. Dress IJuttons and Trimmings to match Dress Goods, Table Linen, Napkins, Tny,.i '
Toweling, Ladies', Misses' and Children's Underwear and Hosiery, Corsets in 2o dillert-nt
aisbes corsets an u v aisis, jyiu
Lace Flouncing, etc., etc.
53X2- GOODSDELIVERED TO 11. 1. DElQr
Or more than
prising all the
coats, Fants,
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ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW,
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Office la Colotma.i Row.
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WOfllre in C-ullona.lo Row,
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EO. M. IlKADE,
A TTU K.N EY-AT-LA W ,
Kminni'i4, Pa.
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M. D. KITTELL,
Attorneyo r - juaw,
EBESSBUKU, FA.
Office Armory Uail.lin, o;p. Court Huiise.
Swea t- Groan-Growl.
Wolff sACHSEBIacking
REQUIRES NO BRUSH.
Sbcda Water or Snow. Shoe can be wailied
dean, requiring dreing only once a Week
for men, once a Month tor women.
It is also an Elegant Haroeaa Dressing.
WOLFF4 RANDOLPH. Philadelphia
Assignee's Sale
OF
CLOTHING !
March, the Clothier, next Jcor
to the Postoflicc, Altoona, Pa.,
has made an assignment of Stock
to the undersigned. Tho entire
Stock consists of
$35,aOCLQQ
worth of New and Fresh Goods.
Men's and Boys' Furnishiug
Goods is now oflcrered for sale
Appraiser's figures.
If you want to get a Bargain
do not fail to attend this sale.
II. II. HERB,
Assignee.
mntr
"VT"OTKE.
iX .i i i . , .....
A-, n uerenv icivcn mat I fidTe por-
cnucu irom James winohart. of Clearneld
fu.ii, u luimwiQir i.orsonal properly, to
wn : i iay mare ilo wl'., 1 hrown tuare 1 two
horae wniton.J sets ol worn harnwa, l oarer
j.l..w 1 hjmrn, 1 shovel pluw, 3 few ol .r-aier8,
1 1 Will III m, , ... r. 1 . - .
irees. i CO limit Kox
uuny nil narne. milch cows. 2 ycarllnir
calve 2 eprins calveo. 14 head ol shcen.snd all
household anJ mtefcen furniture. All ier.im
f i 1 ' 'tl expected of th
inSi f K 0? old fashioned way
fill i JtKv " TTji slacking the
VT' boet Try the
PP VpIaV TJ if new way by luicg
Sl WOLFF'S
y- jTtA J"-?? becomes a cleanly
ff f tl Vliii pleasure.
k k ' nouueu lo not Interfere or medaie
Clearneld twp.. May 31, ls79.-3t.
HIGH ST. BARBER SHOP.
F. CASSIDAY. Proprietor.
Shop is lorattn one door east of Central Hotel.
If you Lt a, smooth share, a nice shampoo, or
-...,..,,., ,-ul Kiye mo a can. Al
at step la baeisesb hours.
uioves ana iik -Mills, lauie lovers anl Jambreuin-i, I
BSff
$350,000 Worth of Men's
shown by all other Pittsburgh stores combined, com
best and most popular stvle3 of
hot weather garments, &c. met
" rntcs no ODiecr. a5 we mn5t hfivc
- .
fail. This is the greatest Clothins? Sale
I T-V fl
ucaicrs supplied as well as
Come personally, or order by mail.
KAUFLt ANNS'
'SNNVHaiJlVS:
JOJ S.U3jpTTU.O PB sX3KJ3f PUB S13
saejv .sasstyj puc .sstpeT -3tes
Pub jjssjnoX joj sjbsX TBJ9A3S joj saddns
3sia 3jb noX ji -spoo2 sqi joj pred
W4 Vkb m -sir?s scqj e jo
sitjoJd -saousnbasuoo jo EBajpjeSaj u,st?3 oui paujn;
CARL RIVINIUS.
-PRACTICAL
-AND DEALER IN-
Tl V ' t
Vi4ia.3s?
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R-'K , .V.-. iV'-. -:'.?.-.. ui
In atitltioa to the noto.l lfartra. Q Storo. I hnrjust received recel-cd from a r.i:ikrut -' "
city a tull line c! Tea. Ontlue and Spines whlrli 1 urn oflerinur tho puhlic Ht the f. 1 1 wick r'-'":
prices: (mij (loluin.'jic.wwlh S"C. Miiiif, 4'ic. worth hoc. .lapun. !'0o. worth bell l'
HroatfaRt. &v., worth 8V. Hst V our.ic Hyson, 6oc., worth HOC. and upwttrd All icuirsv.o:
the very lst or mont-y relunded .
:t IKFEK. liMd Klne Km only V4 rente. A Uo liettcr I'ramla uu to S3 cent
t-ALI. ANHSFEorK .KINK 1.1 .NK K SflCrSS. Wllhur s C Inflate,' nil l.rn,!f " U
t'imder, I rench Shoe Iveesinn, Uancal Biueinr and numerous other articles at
prices.
For 1 IollnrYou Can Ocit tlio Ill-rin?:
Two spools of Silk Twit. (any color) 2 sjwols Hest rT.read.l Handkerchief 1 Per h..' i ' H
1 Im I'cnclls, 1 hunch Hair lln. f ailcks ol t'hallc. 8 Sl' Tenctls, 3 Lump y i. K- 2 sr- I
14 rows ol Kins. 12 hhreM Writing I'aper. 12 Knr. lopes. u.,oty j.jU6 , j. unnc ) i,if:.("
Klacknlnir. 1 Kie IMate. 1 t'ppner Ho. 1 Nutmeg i rater and Hox. 1 Tin Hup 1 cai,e f
Soa. 1 Mouse Trap, 1 Pen Kullo. 1 :,uib t'aee, 1 Klne ft KeddfnK 'oujb 1 Ku(ldii.u I'nn. 1 "
per or Tin t up. 1 Curry Ouiuh, I Hammer. 1 potato Mather, 1 lineOroclu t .NerJie snd'
Allthmyou et for One Itollar, and you hsve the privilege to s rt out any Mpsrvf "'
its own separnte value. Also just arrive 1 aufio MEN'S AND I.Al'lKS' CP1.LAKS AT i i'
KAi'll. Hustles, 7c. Ku.hroideries from 8c. up. You can set the very Utet Sprint Wt Tr;r
lists lor 7!i cents, selllnir oter places for :i. Men's Heavy Imek (Jverhais ir.r rtt. conn Wcr'.i"
A nice Album lor 4& cents. A lull line ol Uress
Shirt lio soma, Dickey collar and (Juris,
early rod avoid t&a rush la the evening.
Bargain Store Next
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BOOTS- W
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R. L DAVIS' CHEAP BOOT Mil SHOE SI
Boots for Men and Boys,
Gum Boots for Men and M
Ladies' and Misses' Shoes,
Gum Shoes for Ladies and
Shoes for Children and Babies,
Shoes to fit Everybody at Lowest Fn.
JULIAN ST., EBENSBURGJ2
WOOL ! WOOL !
5,000 pouBi's of wool wnntod. Tho Tery
litKnost market price in canh will Pe lottd.
J . H. Ml'l.LEN,
Iy 17, ls9.-3m. Hemlock, K.
js
71
Clothing!
Suits, linht Over
be sold forth-
thi mnncv
consumers.
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Watches, Clock:
JEWELHY,
Qilroininnn UTriPiVl TTirtrnrr-
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Optical Oozdz. ,
Sole Agent
-roil rHE-
Celebratcd Eockfori
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WATCHKH.
Columbia and Fredrnia Watch
In Key aad Stem Winder
t.AKGE SELECTION of ALL EJ
of JEWELKV a! way! on ha:'.
s57 My line of Jewelry is un'UTi?
Conj and ee for yourrelf before per,,
ing elswhere.
ALL, TraiiK OrARAJTEPP Jfl
CARL RIVLV::
Kuensburc, Nov. 11, l85--tf.
AND
Ooods.
l.Hces. lrv truo.ls. ToWell.. K-
ujr color, all for2S cents. NotrouMeto .-ho gwtf
Vours Kespec'lully,
. H. C. WAKHBXi ,
Door to Johnston, At Buck Co.'! lSa.L. T-W-1
mm& stock
OF
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SJIGRANTIKEET.
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