A GREAT FRESHET. THE MONONGAHELA RIVER RISES A FOOT AN HOUR~—TEOPLE SEEKING THE HILLS FOR BAFETY, Pirtssura, Pa., July 11. — The freshet in the Monongahela river is almost unprecedented, and great damage has been done to the river craft and property ail along the river from the headwaters to this city, The sudden- ness of the rige took the river men entirely unawares, and they were not prepared when the great volume of water burst upon them. Millions of feet of lumber, scores of coal craft, for the last 18 hours. The nver at this point is still rising, with 21 feet © inches on the marks at 9 o’elock, but it is reported as stationary, with 45 feet, at Greensboro, a hundred miles above this city. At every point between Greensboro and Pittsburg the lowlands are under water and the residents have been compelled to live in the upper stories of their houses, and in some cases Lo seek the hills for safety. Many the water rose at the rate of a foot an hour, and at Greensboro’ 22 feet of a rise was recorded in less than 24 hours, mated at present, but it will reach away up into the thousands, A solitary barge, which broke away yesterday, caused over $5000 damage, and tis is but one little item. So far but one life has been reported lost, that of a man named George Getter, who was struck by a parted cable and n- stantly killed. The scene long the the river front this morning was oue of great excitement. The ULanks were lined with people, watching the dsbris as it was swept down the swift cur- rent, The river and coal men were ou the elert, fearing that their eraft would be torn from its moorings, and as fast as the cable would snap in twain it would Le replaced by another. COcca- sionally a floating boat, barge or tipple would strike one of the piers of the Smithfield street bridge, and with a loud, grating sound :ink from view, Again, the helpless eraft would pass the bridges in safety and continue on its journey to Cincinnati, The great- tween 1.30 o'clock this morning and daylight. Shortly before 2 o'clock a large number of barges belonging to Jenkins & Co., came down the river from the second pool and struck the Smithfield street bridge, the barges turning end over end, and breasticg the towboat Barnard In against the steamer Jacobs. Later the steamer George Wood broke her moorings, above the Tenth street bridge, and came drifting down the river, but was finally caught and towed to a safe barbor, that held the half-sunken Cincinpati wharf boat, which the owners had parted about tuis time, and the cum- bersome craft was quickly swept away. A few minuter later a lot of O'Neill's barges and 20 pieces, longing to Joseph Walton & Co., were cut from their moorings and carried down stream, Fayette City and other towns along ed this morning. The water places is above the frst in running trains, About 11 o'clock a saw mill, inclad- ing all machinery, passed down the river, It was swept from Belle Vernon, Pa., 60 miles south of this morning a man with a wagon and team of horses attempted to cross the Ohio river, below Saw Mill run, on a flat When in the middle of the river he carried down the stream. It is not known whether the man was rescued or not, The latest estimates of the damage put the total loss at over a million of dollars. At McKeesport all ihe mills are closed, and hundreds are homeless and destitute, The Chartiers natural gas main, crossing the river at that point, was broken during the night, and an immense pressure of gas forced into the sir, Mr, Knight, the watchioan of the Pittsburg, McKeesport and ¥ oufhiogueny Railroad, crossed the trestle at Saltsburg a short time after and his lantern ignited, the gas causing a tremendous explosion. Knight was fatally burned and the bridge set on fire, but the flames were extinguished before it was destroyed, Ad from California says: During the highest point of the flood, the long trestle works of the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Rallroad span- Pike lun creek turned over from The county bridge spanning the creek Just below the trestle was lifted from i E ik g i il rise in the Valley river at Grafton yesterday morning from the rains of the past two days was unprecedented, and the result to the lumber interests of this section is disastrous. At about 3 o'clock yesterday morning the Valley river boom, 1n which thousands of logs had lodged, gave way, carrying destruc tion in its path, g The planing mill of Morgan & Ma. gill was swept away, as was the Felter- man bridge about two miles below this town. At 7 o'clock the river had risen fully 20 feet, and was 20 feet in the channel, It was momentarily feared that the railroad bridge at Grafucn would be swept away, which would higher. Several buildings fvcluding saw mills, ete., were washed down the river and were crushed to atoms when they struck the strong iron railroad bridge here, A large number of dwelling houses in South Grafton and West Grafton were flooded to a depth of ten or fif- teen feet, and the losses are severe, Michael Barrett lost a kiln of brick valued at $2500; G. W. Curtin & Co,, Blatehley & Co., pump factory, about $12,000 to $15,000, The Grafton and ded and trains delayed. and the loss to this town and section will not fall far short of 250,000, The damage at Rowlesburg will reach $125, 000. Seventeen houses, one saw mill, one planing mill, one Pullman patent iron rallroad bridge are washed away, Five families have lost all that they possessed, while a majority of our peo- ple are heavy losers, In addition to washing away the Little Kanawha bridge at Parkersburg, the flood has done other severe havoc, All the Baltimore and Ohio trains are stopped from the east. Two tunnels between caved in, The new Zanesville aged. The Ohio River Road damaged to some extent below Par- kersburg. Great losses of ties and tim- ber are reported, apd Ohio rivers is greater than 1884, when the great food came, of acres of growing crops and harves- ted grain are deluged. Millions of feet of timber are afloat in the swift current going to destruction. The loss In the vicinity will be £15,000, and inthis and adjoining counties will $100,000, bankas, to move to higher ground, Numbers of families have had A family, when the flood reached their home, coming to rearly the top of the bed from 's received trom the flooded district of West Virginia, it looks as If the wovey loss by Mon- day’s rains would reach nearly £2,000, (00, At least three lives have been lost, The water is now falling rapidly A later despoon says: From rep. ble to get detailed reports from small ~By the spreading of ralls trestle 10 miles west of Cameron, on =» Mis cago, Rock Island and Pacific struction train with 17 men on was precipitated to the ground a dis. tance of 30 feet, man Commings fatally injured, in Butler county. A violent storm vis- the 7th, and caused a great deal of damage to houses and crops. John Thompson, a farmer, was killed by lightning, and Howard James was drowned while trying to ford a swollen stream. A wind and hail storm, fol- Indiana, on the evening of the 7th The corn crop was badly damaged, -A battle occurred at Laurel Fork Meeting House, in Whitely county, Tennessee, on the morning of the 8th, between ths Rose and Fuston factions, After the shooting had ceased it was found that Ewell Lawson and his son John, aged 13, belonging to the Rose faction, were dead, and that three of the Fuston boys, Tom, Jobin and Enos, and John Porter, belonging to the other side, were badly wounded. A dozen of others, whese names could not be learned, were slightly wounded, Un the South Mountain, pear Carlisle, Penna., on the morning of the 10th, Isaac Fishel’s hogs got into the corn field of a neighbor, named Krysher. Fishel’s children went to drive the an- imals out, when Mrs, Krysher ran after them with a gun and shot one of them dead. Mrs, Fishel going to the rescue of her children, the Kryshers beat her in the head with a hos, in- flieting fatal injuries. The bodies of a man apd woman, with their heads crushed in, were found on the morning of the 10th in the river at Louisville, Kentucky, Each had a heavy stone tied to the ankles, Their is no clew to their identity. ~While Frank 8. Livermore, his wife and child, of Brattieboro, Ver- mont, were being taken to South Lon. derderry Railroad station by his father Austin Livermore, on the 10th, the horse ran away, and the wagon was caused heavy damages. In Douglass county it is stated that abcut 20,000 acres of corn ars under water, and that the oat crop 1s #0 badly damaged that ii will scarcely pay to cut. At Deca. tur, Oakland, Champaign, Monticello, Lewiston, Paxton and Verona wheat and oats were badly damaged, At To- lano nearly a quarter of the town is the surrounding country are wholly or partially destroyed, -=A slight earthquake shock was felt in Frederick Maryland, on the morning of the 10th, vibrations, lasting several seconds, were felt, and a low rumbling sound was heard, Timothy Sullivan, aged 00 years, and Mrs, Kate Young, aged 45, quar- relled some time ago in New York, and remained enemies, On the afternoon of the 11th, Mrs. Young was about to enter a house while Sullivan was sit- ting on the stoop, obstructing the entrance, The woman gave Sul. h'm fell. Mrs. Young was arrested and so was the truck driver, Miss Hattie de Baun, aged 18, aunt, Mrs, Mary Junkins, at Tecumsel:, Indiana, on the evening of the Junkins have not ou friendly terms for several years, On the evening of the Oth, Miss with two other girls to get some apples, Mrs. Junkios ordered them away, and, Mrs, Jun- ran out with Mra. Junkins at the girl, inflicting fatal wounds, Mrs, Junkins herseif up, She is 33 years old, Deunis McCarthy, 8 variety actor, kins's 14-year-old boy a musket, which took and fired his wife, at their boarding-house in Buffalo, New York, on the 1lth, Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause of the shooting, Joseph Chase, colored, convicted of man slaughter in having caused the death of Professor E. A. Paul, of the City the 11th sentenced to 30 days’ im- $200. Professor Paul was riding a horse and leading another, The ap- Evert, the wife-murderer, has been denied by Chancellor McGill, of Jersey of the 10th. The police have failed to fod any evidence of the burglars gain- ling an entrance to the premises, and inclined to doubt the truth of statement, Detectives are trying to unravel the mystery, ~The fire in Alpena, Michigan, on the evening of the 11th, destroyed over The loss will exceed Mrs, Aun McLean lost her sons homeless, $200,000, ~ Passengers who arrived in field, Massachusetts, from the West, on the evening of the 13th, report that a eyclone ot devastation between Pittsfield and Al. bany, “sweeping a clean path from the three paper mills and many houses, barns, ete,” been some loss of life, bot it is impossi- ble to obtain particulars, A despatch into their natural to the are again falling boats sunk, crops damaged and families obliged to go to the hills for shelter, The losses are estimated at §3,000,000, from Oswego, York, says the wind blew sixty ding for shelter in all directions, The rainfall was very heavy. Much anx. lety is feit for the steam yacht Mary Stewart, of Rochester, which left for st. Lawrence afew hours before the storm broke. Severe hailstor ms swept over the eastern part of Oswego county, doling considerable damage to crops. During a heavy storm at Boston on the evening of the 11th nearly a dozen yachts, large and small, were sunk, and several persons sleeping in them were drowned. Many trees were biown down, obstructing travel. The two-masted schooner Fawn, with coal for Boston, Is ashore at Quick's Hole, and full of water, A large number of yachts, fishing boats and other small craft were driven ashore on the Mas. sachusetts coast during the storm on the 12th, ~The smoker, mall, baggage and express cars and two passenger coaches through a trestle bridge two miles south of Orange Court House, Vir ginia, shortly before 2 o'clock on the morning of the 12th. The engine fol- lowed the other cars. Two sleepers remained on the trestle, Two persons were killed and about twenty-five in- jured, four or five d The +t i speedy recovery, The family have re- ceived messages of sympathy from all parts of the country, and in such num- bers that individual acknowledgment has been impossible, They express through the press *‘their cordial thanks for the touching evidences they have experienced of the public and private respect felt tor the sick man.” In the evening Mr. Randall bad a re. lapse, two or three slight hemorrhages occurring and Causing some anxiety, A despatch dated 12.30 on the morn- had four hemorrhages and lost 160 ounces of blood. It was doubled whether he would be able to with- stand a recurrence of the attack. A, M. Bruce, while travellng to his home at Wirt, lowa, from Mount Ayr, on the 12th, was attacked by four highwaymen, He was shot in the ab- robbed of nearly $2000, ~The post-office at Concord, Massa. of money and stamps to the amount of $1000 on the evening of the 12th, ~Lafiin & Rand's powder factory near Cressona, Penna,, blew up on the of the 13th, killing three Gilman, Charles Reed The shock of the explosion was felt for a distance of ten men, George ~~ An explosion occurred in the Stir- thouy Rudoski, Joseph Clamac, Joseph Filer and an unknown terribly burned, It two first named will recover. by the Reading Coal and Iron Com- pany. While Mrs, James Crusan and her 89-year-old daughter, Annie, were gath- 13th, they were struck by a train and killed. Mrs. Crusan was the mother of At Red River, Kentucky, on the timber buyer from Philadelphia, and Mira Haskins, and then committed Plke was engaged to be married to Miss Haskins and was tothe girl, Everhard and Miss Haskins were out walking together when the tragedy occured. Ebenezer Stanyard, killed his sweet-heart, Alice Hancock, in Youngstown, Ohio, in morning of the 13th, —A despatch from Wheeling, West the floods, found 125 families, aggre- in need of the necessanes of life, The country through Northern Chateaugay, the evening of the 11th, fences were blown down and trees up- rooted, A man and boy were killed at Westville and Archibala McCoy was severely Injured at Chateaugay. ——sa—— na SENATE, In the U. 8, Senate on the Oth, the bill to amend the Inter-State Com. merce Act was cousidered and passed. adjourned. In the U, 85. Senate on the 10th, 19 and indefinitely postponed. About an equal nember were reported favorably and placed on the calendar. Mr, Sher- man offered a resolution, which was mittee to inquire into and report such masures as it may deem expedient to control or prohibit trusts, Mr, Vest the punishment of postal erimes, He passed by the Senate last month was intended to prohibit a species of black- “bad debt.” The sane agencies had since resorted to the use of a transparent envelope show- ing the enclosure legibly. This bill in opposition to the Fisheries treaty. A conference report on the District of Columbia appropriation ill was agreed to, and the Senate ad- In the U, 8, Senate on the 11th, the conference on the Post Office Appro- pation bill presented a report. No agreement had been reached on the subsidy clause, After debate it was decided —28 to 16-—to Inmst on the subsidy amendment. The Seacoast Defence bill was considered. pending which the Senate adjourned, Inthe U., 8, Senate on the 12th, a resolution to print extra copies of the report of the Committee on Pensions in the case of seven vetoed pension bills gave rise to a political debate, Finally the matter went over, Mr. passage of the Army Appropna- tion bill. Senate bill was passed to give $5000 to Mrs, Sarah IL. Larimer Jor important SakViees yeu dered to hs military authorities yoming in 1864, by gi information of hostile of Indians, The bill oa the U. 8, Stuate Sb ne ake ur. OTE Com on favor of the Fisheries Tr. . House In the House, on the Oth, Mr. tion, which was referred to the Com- mittee on Rules, directing the Com- mittee on Manufactures to Investigate trusts, and make Immediate seperate reports, with or without recommendas tion, of the evidence taken by it in re- gard to the Bugar and Standard Oil trusts, The Tariff bill was considered in Committees of the Whole, and the sugar clauses were completed, all the amendments offered by the Republi- cans bemg rejected, An amendment offered by Mr, Mille was adopted, mak- ing the duty on molasses, {esting not above 66 degra, 2§ cents per gallon. The tobacco paragraph was lelt open | for future action. Pending a motion | to strike out the starch provision the | House adjourned. In the House, on the 10th, the Tariff | bill was resumed and the pending | amendment, one by Mr. Nutting, of {| New York, to restore the existing duty | on starch, was rejected, at 15 per cent. ad valorem. | ments restoring the existing duties on { Jute yarns, ete, were rejected, Mr, | per cent. ad valorem, the duty on flax {and linen thread, { thread and manufactures of flax, Pending a vote, the committee rose and a recess was taken. The eveniug ses. | sion was devoted to the consideration | of a bill granting the right of way to In the House on the 11th, a confer- ence was ordered on the land For feiture ill, Mr, Hateh reported dis- | agreement on the Agricultural Appro- | priation bill, the point of disagreement | being. the Senate amendment appropris { ating $100,000 for sorghum sugar ex- periments. Mr, Ryan moved conenr- | rence In the Senate amendment. The | motion was agreed to-—1260 to ¢6—and i the bill was passed, The conference bill was agreed to. The Tariff bill was resumed in Commit. tee of the Whole, The pending amendment, offered by Mr. Phelps, of New Jersey, fixing at 40 per cent, ad valorem the duty on flax or linen thread and all manufactures of jected. An amendment, Mr. Beckinridge, of adopted, changing the rate of duty on bags and bagging from 15 per cent. ad valorem to § of a cent per pound. Amendments making the duty on manufactures of hemp or manmila, not enumerated, 40 per cent., instead of 25 were jected. The section relating to wools and woolen manufactures being reached, it was read entire without ob- jection, Mr, Caswell, of Wisconsin, | offered an amendment to the wool sec- Lions, substituting the schedale of 1867. The commitiee rose and a recess was then. The Census bill in the evening session and passed, Ad- journed, In the House, on the 12th, Mr. Ford, { of Michigan, from the Committee on | Military Affairs, reported back his reso- { lution for the appointment of a special | committee to investigate alleged eva- | sion of the Contract Labor law, and it | was agreed to, The Tariff bill was re- { resumed in Commitiee of the Whole, it being agreed that no vote thould be taken on the pending wool question to- day. tee rose, An evening session was held for the consideration of private pension | bills, Adjourned. In the House, on the 13th, Mr, Blount, of Georgia, submitted the con- ference report on the Post-office Appro- | propriation offered by ed on all the amendment except that | The report was agreed to, and then Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, moved to concur in the subsidy amendment, propriation from $800,000 to $450,000, antbonzing the Postmaster General to increase the mall facilities between the Islands and Australasia, and provid After a long debate, without action, the House toook a recess. The even- ing session was for the consideration of private pension bills, Adjourned. THE WHITE CZAR'S LAND. An American Traveler's Impressions of Russia. When, a few weeks ago in New York, 1 determined to visit Russia, and called upon some acquaintances for in- formation on the subject 1 wasto inves tigate, 1 was told that my trip would certainly be one of great pleasure and supreme delight; that the stories con- cerning the despotism in Russia were false; that I need have no fear of dun- geon horrors and Siberia, and that I should proceed with the same deliber- ation and uniuterroption I would travers auy other portion of the con- tinent. Al London my English friends looked azhast, and declared that I took my life in my hands when I entered Russia, and remonstrated against it, The English know more of the country the customs and the alleged laws, i find, than the Americans; but being more excitable and prejudiced, they are less likely to do justice to the subject, The English have said and done so much against Russia that, as a general rule, they do not receive the few civili ties and privileges granted strangers. 1 thought * Jute exacting to have my passport v by the Russian min- the ut SW uth rad rh " where 1 en country, before 1 could see Russian soil, when a plain and simple, is required | ports, wiilch eomt them ten roubles a | year (about $4.50, ) is evidence of ther naturalization, At the frontier the stranver encong- ters little in the forms different from other countries, The modes of inspect. ing baggage and withstanding personal scrutiny do not vary greatly from the usual, Dut as evervihing in Russia is distinctly Russian, and therefore ex. ceedingly strange, the most experienced travelier Is possessed of 4 sense cern, if not fear. The through trains from Vienna, Berlin and other popular points of departure for Russia land on the frontier at The place is small, and the station swarms with tussian officers, big, bruly fellows, with swarthy, umntelligent faces ed with long, flowing dressed in the most elaborate uniforms, There is a clanking of swords, a rattle of spurs, a din of volees and a rushing hither and thither that Timid women traveling al been overcome with fear or lost heads in this bustle, The gendarme charge is the first officer who approa the incomer | This is the highest ranking wilitary of- ficial, and he 5 Up Lhe passports, He is arrayed topped cap Of Cities Orie night, COVE Dear as, and all appaiiing., fie Nave their vein 3 Les i dark green frock white and decked | weighing pound sword, whicl ground at nuskelry; pantalo and purs of enormous iver of ith vuffalo, The pa disappear in the sf rite 1p evi of the lus nents are exatnn Or ficer come without « up the sachels, bag ciaim in and put He “rs tits tae ' ™ COUNLErs insice Li thie heels are unlocked they tents are being The terror to the is printed matter, circular or book found is sent to the ge ne am If anything free schools, ot {ree institutions, | criticism of Russia or her form of gov- ernment is found it is should it appear among the possibilities that the bearer has any design Russian way of doing things he or she is delained for examination. It does not appear in history or tradition that persons ‘detained’ have ever proven their missions clear. They simply have been heard of no more, Trains entering emerging from Russia do not pretend to respect their time card, for the reason that they are often detained ou the fronties Two { bours are always taken, however, being the time required for examining bag- gage and passports, long or On this occasion the train was light and the baggage was soon inspected, But Lhe passengers were not permitted to re- sume their place in the train. As soon as they escaped the customs officers they were led into the adjoining restau- rant, men, women and children, where were all classes of people in every condi- tion. All outer doors were locked, and were guarded by officers. Timid, delicate women hovered in the corners | and waited for the end of the two hours, | while half intoxicated Russians crowd. ‘ed about, smoking nasty cigars or | drinking steaming tea at the tables In all the multitude of Greeks, Slays, : Persians, Swedes, Russians, Germans, not an English voice was heand; and | seldom did one see a man who could In- | terpret even a sign. The women were | more ready and bright and divined the | wishes of travelers more readily. Finally a Russian rushed like mad from the station and began ringing a { bell, There was commotion inside, | The bell ringer moved up and down the | long platform and made much unneces- sary noise, The doors were unlocked {and the passengers passed out, an of- | ficer being ready to see that each parcel bore the stamp of the custom house, An hour and a half of unnecessary, dis- | agreeable waiting made one appreciate | the atmosphere, chilly even in August, | Just before the train started a jingle of spurs and sabers was heard and two gendarmes appeared. They entered the carri and handed out the pas- sengers, L passport bore a simple | and short mgnature—that of the consul or governor—and the seal of the officer. | Two or three passengers did not re- ceive their passports because the docu- ments were not vised and they were ob- { liged to remain and explain, As the | train rolled on from the frontier to- | ward Warsaw and St. Petersburg the proverb, “The gates of Russia are wide to those who enter, but narrow to those who go out,” lingered in my ning, are Ootx 1 the consul, er ¥ ¥ 4 . free government, other 4 1+ aril retained; a upon the or short, tt II S40 50 A Gentleman's Salutations, A gentleman walking with a lady in the street raises his hat to those per sous whom she salutes in passing, though they may be strangers to him. upon her, hen driving, a man's bands be lop mth icupled the ] : : g : 4 eg g E 2 2 gE
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