¥ * THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, . .. CENTR rp HALL, Pa, Teo. Editor. bp IE BONDS BURSTING Property Endangered by Melting -Ice and Swollen Rivors. Twelve Barges and a Steamer Torn from Their Fastenings ia Penne sylvania-- People Driven from Thelr Homes by the Water, 1.—The ice on the iogheny and Upper Monongahela ri broken up. River men generally hu preparations for the protection of their pr erty, but, tr tht. ding their procau considerable damage was done. Near beth, twelve barges were swept away. steamer QOella broke loo e. She struck a pier of the bridge and stove in her cabin. B attempts were made to pull her ashore, | the current was too strong. The men al doned her and came ashore. T | Leonards was completely swept a From Burgettstown comes the ro] many families were driven out of their l and that many homes were ruined Newton and Broadford tha B Ohio railroad trac ks are aud trains are greatly delaye bridge was swept off its piers «d out of sight, Just before the stage coach, loaded with passed over, In this city there Bas been no dama yet, but the river is rising rapidly, and prospects are that the lower town will be under water. gorged at a number of plac and more damage is expecte tion, River men are watching with grave fears, The 1 to come out to-morrow. It and if it comes out with a rus damage. WILLIAMSPORT, Feb. 1.- of snow covers the grou entire mo Juntain region, ( of a destructive flood feit. The Susquehanna | peake to its source with ice ran ness from fourteen to twer Williamsport the dam w boom, where three hundred 1 of lumber in the log are ann frozen to a thickness of The great tributaries 10 almost closed with ice The point where ally form in the riv piace, is at a'short distan ville. Three years ago the here covered the tra quired the service of nel through in two present the ice is gorge to the depth of six an not be forced out a the result, which m if it breaks, as the v will be irresistible wher Superintendent division of the Philadelphia a Ag road, is already making preparal combat the great ice barrier, in jam occurs. Prrrssuna, Feb, Yough Eliga- COVE Rk A Destructive Jee Gorge, St. bouts, Mo, Jan. SL —. bridges across the Missiasippd and the great mass cor a point just below the very thick, and great among the crews of ve riedly made, and the brought thousands front. The irresistil ro as though to carry ever} it. The Anchor whi immense chains, shock, and they w levee, The crushed like an r sight boneath the ic Louis Packet company’s fin apolis, valued at £49,000, wi overtaken. Her sides w and she was totally demoli was valued at $10,000 and’ Carroll & Powell Many were sunk or dmmaged, an moving. ToreEvo, O., Jan. 31. —Tule a poleon and severnl points on the river are threatened wiih a serious los g and flood. The snow along toe river averages a foot in d miles up the Maumee to three feet thick a the last forly eight rising to a degree which vf en A 6 wl has botirs soils ‘ that } i3 very alarmal Without a Leader, TrextoN, N. J., Feb. 1 A tor Conkling was sitting behind the counsels’ desk in the Dinsmore suit, a friend ap proached kim awd asked him what he thought of the political situation. “I taking no active interest in politics just now,” said Mr. Conkling, “being fully ocou- pied with legal business, 1 think bh var, that if the republican party wins next fall will be by means of democratic v not consider the republican tw enough in itself to win. Den ders, as usual, will give victory to the publicans,. No partly, like no corporat can succeed without a leader. The republic cun party has no leader at present.” ¥ hile ni $8 Gen. Hancock at Home, New York, Feb, 1.—