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June as.
very plenty.
are i..Z '.Z.
hrai i:- f-olritip.
y . ere coming.
5. u'.i lue waae.
J-:mry lk lovely,
s; linniJi'.y is l.rc
.rv Hour at Kellers.
;a..ent raini bave ceased.
Vit LoliJay Is on July 4:h.
V.s i beaJii uarteri for groceries.
c,e civ at Biesecker 4t Snjder'i,
t:n l! of trass at Biesecker i Sny-
:r!:i.-e anJ fpertarlea at Bit-seeker &
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in all colon at Biesecker Si
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bury's Ilest XXXX Flour for Bale at
Keller'..
':h- liferent odors of eitracla at Bie-
4 stiyiWr'a.
and don't forget J. B. Holder
i Hardware Store.
- a nii a of I'ilKhiiry'f Flour and you
,-..- ue ony other brand.
Ty-six brides were swept away in
B; d..ti oonnty by the rvrent flood.
j.rd W':(T, bottled, recommended bv
rsi- ians. to be had only at Biesecker ft
t'f.
en vni jto to town next week, don't
to rail and see J. B. Holderbaum'a
i-ore nx-m.
i'i'v place in 8jmer-t wlioreyon can
ji.r made at the celebrated Pillcbury
i at Keller's grocery.
,, ).iv and a half eat a ereen apple and a
3 a minute and a half, how will thf y .
,n hour and a half?
v Westmoreland County Agricultural
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:n !us;rial A'sociatioii will hold their i
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. tuber wth. Vtth, loth ami 11th.
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. ( '. -fnla water at Biesecker A Pny- !
. J r-ig itore. The only place in town j
, -r viu can get this delicious and cooling ;
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, -b rig man in Franklin, w hile on his !
, iar his marriage license, was arrested for !
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-t He forged a cheek to Iy for his
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. ,a.g clothes.
4 !iave on hand a large number of good j
liii h we will sell in quantities to suit j
. !. a-er. Prices very reasonable. Yard j
ate the planing mill. j
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Holbbook Baoa. 4 Pabsos. :
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( lia s. II. Fisher has bought o! the
A rs of the Hekald all lack numbers
, I'.an h l ith to present date, and can
! coj.ies of all and any date at 5 cts
; v. Mail orders promptly filled.
tf-istage stamp to Fishers Bookstore !
'r.M i. back numoers.
i iea of t!ie magtiitu le of the damage
. I.. Pennsylvania ra:lnd lines by the
4 11. id may tje formed frvm thestate-
that nearly 5 'men are employed, ;
.i-.y eases working 10 hour a day. This j
t'im- of workmen is build'me bridges, i
ie !ig tra a cameo: away, lining in aim
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,st.g tie was!eo-iui roao oeu.
ie H. .V O. Railroad will run an excor- j
train front t'umberlatid to Johnstown j
Ji.nday. June .Tuth. The train will
'. uiuiicrland at C 30 A. M., arriving at
ft " n at 1 .v r. V. iu-turning, special
w.'l leave Johnstown at 5.-O0 p. u.
fd.ire will lie charged for the round trip.
will be sold on the train from sta-
where there are no ticket agents.
i sun rises just about 4 o'clock in the
-ig nowa.lays. ar.d d.K-sn't aitik bebind
Si 's until 7:3". making the day over tif-
. t tl.i. l....H.t r.f tt var tn- t
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jl'-i v. i tie pieasjiuvsi uu hm'i .vi.u, ,
.1.. ..r.l.. ,t,v i .liiriii? the two L
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i. . 1. 1. 11. ninpiu, Ttld i
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:ird isime from the throats of the song j
if. ho are never more musical than at
-st blush of dawn. And yet about j
rtiv-iiiiie out of every hi n lred jiersons 1
;!';ing to take the testimony of some- 1
c le on these interesting factx, in order j
. .ie th?m to enjoy a morning nap. j
Local Option for Michican.
'.'if Michigan legislature has passed j tie summary of the strata of a single part of
ii. T local option measure and it only ! timl gorge which was forced open 6y dyna
r a-the signature of the Governor to be- mjt,. railroad bridge at the bottom, on
4 a law. A law to accomplish the same I top cf that a hotel, alwve that a section of
.is jas,l in lsst and nnder its provis- i ,;u jer JtM, worUg, nd uon that founda-lirty-nine
amities voted on the jues. ; tiun a sui-rstructure of houses and small
y.i n fu-iiig to license the li.juor traRic buildings. This immense pile was hurled
a 1 bu' three of them adopted Prohibi- . together in au almost impregnable mass, by
4 Sm.ii af;er the S-uprfme Court of the ! ,iat terrible rush of waters. When stone,
declared the law unconstitutional and ; i,,- ,nj jnm are tossed about like chi
stejis taken under it became void. an,j fatliers the wonder is heightened that
resent measuie is designed to avoid the j a,. anj blood has survived to tell of
ft-.on made by the court. j tie terrible event
j Hew Can They Beat U. ? the j,,, ofTohn Hicks, who passed
: S- y .-an t do it ! Not so long as we keep jijy ,way ml ,lis hmnt in tliis borough
r-shr'.clionsiana cneapest grwenes ,
j i .4 merset. We don't want R ir cent. ,
! "r-v blU re willin 10 f,,)8re 'rur,t !
our patrons. That's the w hy and
f..r. of our succesw. and tlr.iLmn our j
I y A :s always cMwded with customers. j
C. B. ot out. i
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4 ies. ami T urs, i wiu i-y u.B..-v .
, pnee f..r .11 kinds of hide., pelt, and ,
4 I also want Son cords of Rock Oak and
4' llark. loo cords wanted at once
on me at my residence, iuiniedi
if west of the 3. 4 C. Station.
I II. G.CrnstaoHAM.
Do-wn to Bed Rock,
in and see how cheap you can buy a
pi; I ji nip. Lamps of all kinds. Iishes
' t d.-serij.tion very cheap, (ilass Ware '
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somerset. Pa.
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Five Brothers.
ij-il, John, lien, Ruby, and Sit k, now on j
! at ihe store of
Eo. B. CorraoTH.
Brothersvalley Items.
new liams were raised in this town- i
lat week one for Iemi Eskin and !
r Manasses Shuruakcr. i
er Forney, from I$enton county, Iowa, j
i'.ing relatives in this section, at prewnt ;
: the guet of his brotheT, S. 8. Forney. ,
i' B:ble says. " the voice of the people is j
l.4-
off.od." Therefore. I s.!pp.jse we ,
I iiavelo be
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satisfied with the vote of I-t
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? I corn cnp is almost two weeks behind i of the Sabbath School children. The audi
I ' . owimr to the heavv rains, bat favora- I ence room was handsomely decorated, by
. Jw. -at her through July and August w-ill
f i-roilurv an average crop. i
f i -s Ja.-ob Rayruan. a most eMiroable old !
ii .ri i. Ti..i.r .n. l...w.l I
. fo! i lness. Slie was' buried at the Pike 1
ch on Saturday, at 2 p. m. j
I ie Ulo bug is making bis appearance, J
k, i i i , , .
i arva dfjiosited
ie hay crop p
I on the vines.
roniises to be the larrest I
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? barvesiM in tins section tor j n1 u,clier wbo drjll them. A duet
i y years. All that is desired is fair weafu- j of fem!l ,n1 m qllartet of male voices addej
a few weka in which to make it. j much to ie muall portion of the enter
tie uirectors last Friday slaked ofTground ; tain merit. The audienoa numbered some
la new school house, to lie located close to three hundred, almost crowding the sealing
residence of Wesley landis. They are j capably of the little church. A collection
re.y to receive proposals tir the erec- was taken up by four liule misses which
m. of tlie building.
'e hs't exjieeted It would be wrr along
a's". M e Is.),, but not quite so wlt. The
""i'eii ut t!,'s p'a'e passed ofTvery quietly,
5 k one side Uku all means, both fair and
II, to accotiiplijh their enda, but they fail
- o ictitui date enough voters.
IJ ! Zkro.
No more elect ions till Soeenilicr.
Ir. AU-ert P. Bruhakcr and wife ofPhiH
dnlphia. are in town tvra three week visit.
Jliss E;u Craw ford, uf Vctian;'u eouritv,
i visiting her school friend, Misa M&me
Vul.
The weather basn t been favorable for
A str&dnietjt of la'.e, but the A mendmenta
to the Cu'.c fu'.ie 1 through, by a handsome
m jj n!y, ell the aKC.
Brother C.-ITo:'i of the iMuvxrit U fakir-?
a tos with '-old NVj" a: (V.pe May ih't
w-k. l'urin his alienee the vimk-ai is
ht ing edited by the festive '" Eesa."
The Board of School Directora nave decid
ed to extend the school term in thin bor
ough from aix to seven months. They
ahauld have made it nine months.
Two elections in one week was most too
much for the average roter. The turn-out
at Saturday's primary was rather alim. A
lit'.ie over one-liaif of the Republican vote
Wks polled.
The Foitniasler iejieral has appointed
the following postiaaiters in Somerset coun
ty: S. P. Poorbaiigli. Glencoe; Jamea if.
Cover, Jenner X K ads ; Roliert E. Ko.il.
Addison ; Wesley Moore. Kuhn.
Mrs. Karl Ole, w ho came to Somerset
wi;h her five-year-old son a few days after
the Johnstown flood, iu which her home
M wrecked, and sinoe then has been the
; truest of Mrs. F. V. BieM-cker, left for
j Pi'tsburgh Tuesday ntoniinp.
By reference lo th oilicial taljle publish
ed elsewhere in these columns, it will be
mx n that at the Republican primary elec
tion, held Saturday, George V. Pile was
nominated for As-:iaie Juiif-'e; I.. C. Col
burn, Eq., for I itft rict Attorney, and
Frederick Welier for Poor Director.
As wiil be M"en by their advertivment in
another column, the great horse sale of Ste
vens Zimmerman w:li take place on July
2d. We expect to see horsemen here from
all the neighboring counties on that day. It
will be a positive tale and a great cnance lo
get well bred hores.
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W ilh this iue the Hebvld entets upon
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the SiXtv-seoood vear of iu age and its thir-
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ty -eighth year nnder the control of its prts-
ent ow ner. It ha a largi-r suh ription and
better advertising patronage to-day than at
any time in its previous hi.-tory . Few coun-
try newper!t have a w idtr circulation
tlian has the Herali..
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Mr. and Mrs. Alex Landis, of. aterloo,
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Io a. are visiting friends in Somerset couu-
,y. jjr landis was a subscriber of the
Herald long before he removed to the west,
a little more than twenty-five years ago,
nJ rays he cannot do without the news
from his old home. He was accomijuiied
east by Mr. aiid Mrs. J. A. I-ichty and by
Mr. Isaac Barron, all or whom are natives
of Somerset couuty.
Siturday's Republican primary election
was an unusually dull one. and a very light
vote was polled in every voting precinct of
the county. The principal fight in Somerset
borough was for committeeman, and the
friends of the candidates permitted those
gentlemen to make the tight for themselves.
The ticket nominated isentirely satisfactory
to the Republirans of the county, and we
have no doubt will receive the full irty
vote in the fall.
We are glad to li-arn that Hon. I P.
Wooilruff. slitorof the Johnstown Itrmurral
has a teniporary building erected, and ex-
pects to resume the publication of both the
wk'r and da;Iy in a few da vs. In view of
j the heavy Iocs of all his household proerty
! and part of his office fixtures, the itsue of
' the paer so soon after the wreck shows
i both pluck and courage. Our best wishes
' for his success.
The prisoners ill the county jail regale
themselves with singing spiritual songs each
evening. Rev. 8ell appears to be choir mas
ter, while"Joe" Nioelv is leader. Theirvoices
can be heard all around the Court House
"l"'tre
ne evening last week persons in
"the neighborhood of the jail were startled
on hearing the familiar words of the hymn
I am so glad that Jeus loves me," sound
ing loud and clear tbrouirh the narrow win
dows of the prison. Tbe melody was of
short duration however, as the vocalists
seemed to be suddmly btruck with the
absurdity of their claim.
What a remarkable exemplification of the
terrible flood at Johnstown is furnished by
Wediiesdav morning, Somerset county lost
olw cf her oltWst !n,lma,Ls. Mr. Hicks was
iu his eighty-third year and removed toSom-
efset froIJ iiji,, county many years agi.
,Je WJ fc ,jfe ,((I)g frien(j of t)e eI Jer jjenutor
anJ lhM ,enerl,le stai.uan uev-
er tKleetwl an opportunity to send his re-
membrances to his boyhoixl'a friend. John
Hit ks was a most estimable citizen and be
enjuyed the ,rilst ,nJ friendship of a
ofSonrset peopl.. Not-
J withstanding his advanced age, Mr. Hicks
i was physically as well preserved and men
i tally as bright as in middle life. He leaves
! a widow and one son. Ksoiire L. M. Hicks,
' and one daughter, Mrs. Harry llaer.
Mr. George D. Moore, State Agent for
Petmylvania of the Travelers' Insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn., arrived in the
cjlv ,,is nltirning for the purpose of adjust-
ing -t sses by the flood. The Company had
thirty-six risks here, all among well-known
: ieople,and Mr. Moore was greatly surprised
to ony one of thera had perished. This
one was Mrs. Mary E. Hurst, librarian at
the Cambria Library, who had a policy for
I IMI. Mr. C. T. Schubert, the editor of
; the frrie Vejw. had a policy with this Com
, pany for -4.CoO, but it lapsed December 2,
' 1S8. The total amount of Johnstown risks
' was til".1". That the Company should
! have to pay only one risk among so many
! is indeed remarkable. Mr. Moore says he
bas found no objections among the policy
' holders, however, all of them meeting bim
; with a smile and being only too glad that
thev were alive. Juhiiftmrn Tribune.
The services in the Presbyterian Church,
of ,j a were, on last Sunday morning,
.Inn'nl to tlie instruction and enterta nment
the Udies w ith spiuce. fern, laurel, cut flow
ers and potU-d plants. The pulpit recess, the
organ loft and wall were draped with long
f-stoon of srw-e; the pulpit itself was
banked with flowers, and high above it. on
tlie wall, worked in field daises, were the
won5 "Jus King of Glory."
Tte bright eyes of the children danced
with pleasure, w hose contagion was caught
by tlieir elders. . Tbe singing and recitations
bv tlie little ones was verv cnslitable. not
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only w ineiiiscm, um mc f.ij.i ii.i.-.-
j netted nearly twenty dollars.
Ail this is very encouraging to the young
J4SMT, Mr. Sutherland, who has only o tri
pled the pulpit a shoat time, and comina. as
be did, after the church bad been without a
minister for a .considerable period, he bas
labored under some disadvaulages.
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RIDDLED WITH SHOT.
AN ELKLICK TOWNSHIP
TRAGEDY.
Hcnr)- Patterson Kills His
Step-Father, Johrl Spiker,
IN DEFENSE OF HIS MOTHER.
SURHESDEIW. HIMSELF AND IS
COMMITTED TO JAIL.
A HiavLO RiroBTia Vism Hi His
Cell
STORY OF HIS LIFE AXD OF THE KILLING.
F'.klick township, tbe home of Christian
Yoder. ami the place where the infamous
MoCleilandtuwn (Jang committed their last
and most atrocious outnure, for which tbe
lealers were eonvicteJ and sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary, was the scene of
another tragedy Saturday evening.
John Spiker lived with his wife and fam
ily at Grassy Run, a mining village, about
three-fourths of a mile from the town of
Salisbury. With them lived Henry Patter
son and his younger brother, children of
Mrs. Spiker by her former husband, John
T. Patterson, E. Spiker was employed as
a miner in thi c al mines of Thomas Reese,
and Henry Patterson, his step-son, waj a
driver in the same mines". The bouse they
occupied was owned by tbe coal company
and stood at the corner of a row of miners'
houses. Jacob Buskey occupied the house
adjoining the Spiker domicile. Saturday
evening Spiker and his wife quarreled; be
begau to beat her; she called her son Henry
to her assistinee; Henry ran into Jacob
Buskey't house, seiz-.-d a gun and shot bis
step-father in the pit of the stomach, inflict
ing a wound from which he afterwards
died. Patterson at once surrendered him.
self up and was brought to Somerset Mon
day morning and lodged in jail by Consta
ble Jacob Hiyle, from whom we learned the
following facta in regard to the killing:
CoSSTAULE UoVLXe STOBV Of THE KlLUffO.
After plaoipg his prisoner in the custody
of S.ieritr Mcilillen, Constable Hoyle called
at the HaLD otlloe. '"John Spiker." said
he, "was about years of age and lived at
Grassy Run, near Reese's mines, about three
fourths of a mile north of Salisbury. Henry
Patterson is about 2) years of age. Spiker
married Patterson's mother about nine years
ago. She is about forty years old. They
lived, together in the same bouse. Spiker
and Patterson were both employed in Reese'
mines. Spiker and bis wife were constantly
q'tarreling and fighting. Saturday there was
a circus a'- Sa'ibu-y. Mrs. Spiker wauled
to go to the show and Spiker refused to al
low her to gi or to give her money to go.
This started a quarrel, and young Patterson,
to avoid hearing it, went. up to the ball
ground, a short distance froru the house. As
soon as he left the bouse Spiker commenced
beating his wife and she called to her son,
Hen, come back quick.' He went back to
see what was wrotig. When he went to go
up the steps of the hou4, his mother said :
"mv o in, ur.x! he's oot a ba.ok!
He'll cut you to pieces '." Hen went over
to Juxib Buskey's, about a rod away, and
got a Harr's Ferry musiet ; he put a
heavy load of tine shot and buckshot in it,
and went back to the house. Buskey follow
ed him, to see what be was going to do.
When he heard bim say be was going to
shoot Spiker he tried to Uke the gun from
him. but couldn't. Patterson told Buskey
to stand aside, or he would shoot bim.
HI WAS FBJTIIISa AT TUB MolTH,
and didn't seem to know what be was do
ing. When Patterson came into the house,
Spiker ran out the back door. Patterson
followed him about fifty yarda, when Spiker
turned around, and, putting bis band in bis
hip-pocket, said : " Yon s of a b , I'm
not afraid of you or your gun." Saying this
he drew a pistol, or razor, and made a dash
for Patterson. When begot within 15 or
3) steps from Patterson, be raised the gun,
and fired. The shot struck Spiker in the pit
of tbe stomach, right below the breast bone.
The gun was heavily charged with
KO. 5 SHOT AXD BfCKSUOT.
The shot all went iu in a circle of from
four to five inches. After be was shot Spiker
ran after Patterson about a rod, when be
fell to the ground. Patterson dropped the
gun and went at once lo 'Squire I.tchliter, at
Salisbury, and told him that be had shot his
step-daddy, and gave himself up. I was
at the show, and the 'Squire sent for
me and placed Patterson in iny charge.
I kept bim at my house Saturday night.
Spiker died about 11 o'clock Sunday. It
was a little after C o'clock Saturday evening
when the shooting occurred. A number of
persons witnessed the shooting. When Spi
ker fell they picked bim up and carried him
into the bouse. They sent for Dr. Seicher
who came and probed the wound and pick
ed out quite a number of buck-shot. Snn
diy morning he vomited freely and threw
up
Mol'THsri'L or SHOT.
'Squires Lichliter and Fuller held an in
quest. Sunday evening. The jury rendered a
verdict that the deceased canu-Jto bis deal h
from the effect of a gunshot wound inflicted
by Henry Patterson.
The affair created intense excitement in
the neighborhood, and people by the hun
dreds crowded around there all day.
I took Patterson to.Meyerdale Sunday
evening and kept him there over night, in
tlie lockup. He told me he knew be had
done wrong, but be couldn't help it. That if
be had to swing,
BE WOl'LD KWISU FOB A GOOD CAUSE,
and that he would have to put up with it.
Everybody sympathized with the boy and
said that Spiker bad gotten just what he
derved. Pattersou carried the mail for
quite a while between Grantsville and Salis
bury, and everybody spoke well of bim and
liked him. While I bad him in my charge
a number of men came and offered lo bail
him, and offered him money, $5 and $10 bills,
but be refused to take it, saving that he
didn't need it. When I started to take him
away there wua a large crowd arouud, and
every person there came up and shook bands
with him, and gave him good bye. He went
up to bis mother and kissed ber, saying :
' mayve I'll xevkb ske you a. IMS."
He seemed to feel very lad!y, and on Sat
urday night be cried, and said be hadn't in
tended to kill Spiker ; that be didn't shoot
to kill, but only intended to bit bim in the
igs.
Spiker was a man of violent temper, and
always
CAE Klin A KKtl'E.
He attacked his brother at one time, and
tried to get away with bim. He always
treated, Pattersou and his younger brother
badly, and was constantly quarreling with
and abusing bis wife. There were probably
a dozen and a half witnesses to the shooting.
Spiker was taken to Grantsville, where be
was buried Monday afternoon."
A VISIT TO THE COCXTY JAIL,
The I'bikofeb Tells the Stort or the
KlLLISO OF Hi sjTKF-FATHKB TO A HeB
ALD RtroKTEB.
Monday afternoon tbe writer once more
visited the foul-smelling old county prison,
for the purpose of having a talk with Patter
son. "Milt" McMillen, the genial and
obliging deputy sheriff, of whom the prison
ers all have a good word to say, opened the
big iron door, and giving the Uebald scribe
a gentle shove, which landed him inside the
prison proper, hastily turned the key, with
the remark : ' I'll be back in an hour or
two," and disappeared.
At it " dining" table sat " Dave"Nicely.
engaging a colored brother in a friendly game
of "seven up." Dave held several leading
trump, and be smiled pleasantly as he held
np his " hand '" to the Hebald man. Carrie
Durst was sitting near the stove, in which
was a good fire, apparently contentedly
rocking a five-months'-old child (of doubtfuj
complexion.) " Brother" Sell was taking
"constitutional " on tl'O upper corridor, and
"Joe Nicely was in Uli C'U bns:.;y wriling.
probably on a treatise on lh! fascinating
gtme r.f drair-puker. The other prisoners,
of lesser note, were silting aiouiid on step
or in o 11 doors, looking as t!ini;-,b they
would give ten years of their miserable ex
istence for a few breaths of fresh, pure air.
Boos Bird was the one inuiite of the odorif
erous place that eerued perfectly satisfitd
with his lot. He has full charge of the pris
on, and makes an effirt t k,s-p everything
Clean an ! ti-Jy. Ross is more or less of a
pl.il. jeopber, and makes the best of his pres
ent unfortunate sitttati n.
Stretched at full length on ihe eoal-boi
back of the stove, apjiarently in a sound
sleep, was young Patterson, the last man
whojiad placed hU name on the Sheriffs
regler. A slight tap on his head awakened
bim, and be sprang to his feet, with a re
quest that the reporter accompany Lim to
his cell
Henry Patterson is a rather good looking
young man of about twenty years of age
He was neatly dressed in a suit of dark
striped ciothes, with a blue-spotted shirt a-.d
polka-dot necktie. He wore a dark-blue
slouch hat. set well back on his head. He
is about 5 feet, Hi inches in height, and
-weighs probably 150 pounds. His eyes are
dark-blue and his hair and moustache are
dark-brown. His appearanca is that of a
well-bred young man.
Taking a seat on the narrow bed in his
cell, and in response to a question asked
bim, he said :
''JohnT. Patterson, formerly of Philadel
phia, was my father. I am connected with
one of the old and wealthy families of the
State. My father was a wealthy man. The
year before the war he went to Grantsville,
Maryland, where he met my mother and
married her. My mother is a daughter of
Thomas Johnson, of Grantsville. Father
took to drinking and squandered away his
f jrtune. He died when I was but nine years
old. I have one brother, younger than I.
and one sister. My sister is married to Peter
Beachy, of Grantsville, One year after my
father's death my jjiother married John
Spiker. I was JO years of age in February
last. My mother is thirty-nine, and Spiker
was ten years younger than she. My broth
er lived with us; he is 15 years old. I had
a pretty fair education ; went to school to
Charley Snyder, who was from Somerset and
studied law here. Shortly after father's
death we moved to Meyersdale. Spiker
boardelat our hou.se and was married to
mother by 'Squire Cook. Soy'i alter the
wedding he ordered me out of tbe house. I
left and walked through the cold and snow
to Williams Station, where I got work in
Hoblitzell's brick-yard. I was only thirteen
Ihen. I worked there for three years, when
mother iersuaded me to come back home. I
went home, but my step-father and I soon
quarreled, and I went back to William's
again. I stayed there a short time,
when they wrote me that they had
moved to Grantsville and asked me to come
home. I went to Grantsville and took a
young man with me. As soon as Spiker
saw him he ordered him out of the house. I
said. 'I guess that is meant for me, too.' He
said it was. and we both left. I went back
to William's and stayed for about four
months and then went to Indian Creek and
cooked on
TOM 5EVlL'i CAMP TBV:.t.
Went back home afier several months, but
found I couldn't make it and left ajain.
Went to Confluence and worked on Ken
Price's mill. After working there for some
months I went back to Grantsville and got
the contract for carrying the I'. S. Mail be
tween that place aud Salisbury. My bonds
men were Francis McKinzie and ex-Senator
Getty. After my mail contract bad expired i
I wenl to Westeniport and worked for the
Davis t Elkins Coal Company. I worked
there for l-'t months and came home just
five days belore last Christmas. I helped
Spiker dig coal for several weeks and then
went to selling fruit trees for Jas. F. LeClair,
Brighton, New York. The fruit tree busi
ness didn't suit me and I went over to
Grassy Run and got a job from Tom Reese.
I was a driver in the mines. I told mother
if I could get a bouse I would let her know.
I filially rented a Company bouse. They
wanted to come over at once. They moved
over on April U. Spiker was there a month
and a half living olfof me and I was keep
ing the family beside. I had to support
them and him. I finally went to Keese and
told him the load was getting too heavy on
me and asked him to give Spiker a job. He
put him and my brother both at woik in
the mines. Whenever Spiker would et a
little mad he would strike my little brother
and kick bim and cuff him around and
swear if be didn't do so and so he would get
on bim and
stamp ms ;rr- orr.
He said and did this more than a dozen
times in my presence. It was a r;ctual
quarrel from the time they were married up
to the tim;oft!i; shiitin. He would
strike and beat my mother and she would
often have to sell what little furniture she
bad in the house to get something to eat.
She took in washing, and did every thing
she could to support the family, while be
would do nothing.
He went to Grantsville last Friday, with
John Johnson, mother's brother ; mother
told bim he bad better stay and attend to
his work, as the work was good. He left
the house mad. There was a suiill circus in
Salisbury Saturday. I went to the houseabout
dinner time, and asked her if she was going
to the show. I told her that she might as
well take the little ones and Joe, and go, and
that she should leave the key at Mrs. Ia)w
ry's, so that I could get it when I qnit work.
He got home from Grantsville before she
got borne from the show. He waited at the
mines till she came. She didn't wait till the
show was over, but came home before, I
think for the purpose of getting there before
he did, so as to avoid a quarrel. I quit
work at 5 o'clock, and when I went down to
the house they were quarreling. They were
still quarreling when we ate supper. After
supper I got my ball and bat, and went up
on the hill. I went into Herman Ranch's
shanty and threw myself on one of the
bunks, and fell asleep. I had only been
sleeping a short time when Ranch shook me
up, and said we would go up to the ball
ground. We got as far as Fairview plane,
when I beard
MOTIIEB I ALLIV. ME.
She said, 'Henry come down here. I asked
her w hat she wanted. She said ' come down
quick.' I ran down and found ber stand
ing on the front porch crying. She said,
'Henry come in here, you'll have to do
something; he is kicking and slapping me
around and you will have to do something.'
I started to go up the steps. Tbey had a
little board nailed at the head of the steps to
keep the baby from falling out. I stepied
over it and just as I did so she was standing
in the door and said, 'My God Henry don't
come in here he's
GOT THE BAZOB AXB WILL KILL Vol 7 '
As soon as she said this I wheeled right
around and got the gun. I got the gun and
he started out the back door. I overtook
him on the railroad. He wheeled around
and slapped bis hand on his hip pocket and
said, you son-of-a-li , I'm not afraid ot yon
or your gun, and came running toward me.
When I got up I saw that there was no stop,
that one of us had to take it there and then.
It was either bim or me, and I pulled up
the gun and fired. When I fired the gun
pulled up. I bad no
idea or EILUSO UIM.
I only intended to shoot him in the legs.
There was a big load of powder in the gun
and it raised when I fired. He was very
close on to me and was runiiingiright at me
at full speed when he fell ; the shot didn't
seem to check bim. I took the gun to the
house and went to faliabury and told 'Squire
Lichliter what 1 had done and delivered my
self up. I am sorry, but i: couldn't be
helped. He had kicked and knocked mother
around 'till I was afraid be would kill her
and me. I bad been afraid of his killing
me for the last eight years, Aftes-I had
shot I fold my little brother to run down
and !get the doctor, quick. When I went
for tbe gnn lie told mother that I had better
stay awsy from bim. that lie had a revolver
a:id wi litd
SHOOT J1Y IlEABT OU7.
I got the sun tod -Idn i moth.-r an 1 myself
but iia 1 no thought or intention of k : i i i a 4
him. TLey have two little grU liviog
They had three children, one of them is
dead. I am sor.-y for what was done but I
couldn't help iu"
Val Hay, E-q., one of the leading mem
bers of tlie Somerset county ba"' has lien
retained by the pris mer. Patters n seerae 1
jo fully ra'ix; his p-Jsilkm, and ."juke re
grelf.iiiy of w hat he ha 1 done, but mimed to
Clink ui -i l he w 11 in 11 wisj to b am :.
The Horrors of Johnstown Vividly
Described.
EorroB Herald : Many versatile pens
bave been employed in describing the Johns
town flood, and some of tbe descriptions
ev T.-ed skill in word-painting, particularly
those in the Xew York IPuriJ and Cincinna
ti Fnqnirer. but none of them are at all com
parable with lbs simple and life-like account
contained in the Johnstown Tribune, in its
first issue after the disaster. I know that
every one capable of appreciating a readable
article will agree with the statement that iu
Hi simplicity, its expressiveness, its touching
pathos, it comes nearer to that model speech
of the martyred President at Gettysburg,
than any other production of modern limes ;
and lite that immortal production, its excel
lencies are not seen at first glance.
With no attempt at ornamentation by the
use of taking phrases or nicely turned peri
ods, it merits the distinction of an exception
ally fine specimen of descriptive writing.
Several of its paragraphs, and many of its
sentences, must strike the reader as a happy
method of saying and describing a thing
plainly but elegantly, tersely but graph
ically. Ttie Hebald of the l'.Hh inst. did a good
thing something for which its readers
ought to be- grateful in copying it in full.
It is au article that should be preserved, and
rtal, and studied frequently and closely.
Young ieople, who aspire to say and write
things as they ought lo be said and written,
could not do belter than to lake it as a
model.
The opening sentences, composed of a few
simple wonts, mostly monosylables, tell the
sad story belter, and far more pathetically,
than nine-tenths of ihe labored productions
of tiie trained reporters sent out by city pa
pers. A multitude of words could not be
more expressive than is implied in Ihe few
words: "Well, the reservoir came, and Johns
town went visiting some 011 very long vis
its indeed neer lo come back." And as to
the scene itself, nothing yet in print so
graphically portrays its horrors as the fol
lowing: " In a moment Johnstown was
tumbling all itself, houses at one end nod
ding lo bouses at the other end ; and on
sped the wreck in a swirl, the angry water,
batHed for a moment, running np bill with
the town and the helpless multitude on its
back, the flood meantime shaking with rage
and dropping here and Uiete a portion of its
burden crushing, grinding, puive. izing all.
Then back, with great frame buildings float
ing along like ocean steamers, upper deck
crowded, bauds clinging to every support
that could be reached, and so on to the great
stone bridge, where the houses, piled moun
tain high, took fire and burned with all the
fury of the hell yoa read about cremation
in your own home, perhaps a mile from its
foundation ; dear ones slow ly consumed be
fore your eyes, and the same fate your own a
moment after."
Touching' sad are the plaintive reference
to the sights and experiences of the morning
after the blackest of all black Fridays :
"Where to go, what to do, no one could
tell. The survivors were moving, but they
knew not whither. Over and under the
wrecks they went, in and oul of the ruins
hoping, yet dreading to find a friend. We
go upon the streets streets which were
and bore and there we meet a friend, but the
steps which bear us toward each other, per
haps, press upon the face or form of still
other friends not yet uncovered." Again :
"Our story how shall we tell it In a ruin
we saw a copy of Webster's Unabridged, and
the thought came tlutt the book did not con
tain words enough lo picture the ghastly
horror. Never did words seem so weak and
idle."
A whole volume is comprised in the brief
closing sentence of the art ible : "The mis
ery is our own, not to be shared with by
any, and not to be dismissed until the pres
entaeneratiou has passed away. Those who
are left are brothers and sisters now, all bar
riers down, old enmities and grudges buried
in the common wreck of hope aud ambi
tion." To all readers of the HtavLO let me say,
turn to the article again read it. and re-read
it, and note how one of the gritf stricken
and burdened souls of the Hood-swept town
struggles to tell of the horrors of that mem
orable Friday afternoon and night.
E.
Convention of Republican County
Committeemen.
The Republican County Convention met
in the Court House at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning, and owing to the fact that a large
number of the committeemen could not get
here till noon, adjourned till 1 o'clock p. m.
The Convention was calltd to order by C. C.
Shafer. Philip Smith. Esq., of Rock wood,
and Emanuel J. Seese, Esq.. of Ogle Town
ship, were elected Vice Presidents of llie Con
vention, and M. D. Reel, of Shade Township
and E. M. Lichty, of Meyersdale, were elect
ed Clerks. J. D. Swank and Capt. Wui. H.
Sunner were appointed Tellers. After the
roll had been called Fred W. Biesecker, Esq
was elected Chairman of the County Com
mittee for the ensuing year by a unanimous
vole of the Committeemen present, and Mr.
A. J. Hilemau was elected Chairman pro
ttm.
The returns of Saturday's primary were
banded in, and the vote cast np and tbe re
sult announced. On motion of John R.
Scott, Erq.. the Chairman appointed a Com
mittee of three, consisting of V. E. Boyts,
S. P. Poorbangh, and R. II. Dull to wait
upon Mr. Biesecker and notify bim of his
election. The Committee waited upon Mr.
Biesecker and in a short lime returned with
him and be, in a few well-chosen sentences,
thanked the Convention for tlie honor they
had conferred upon him, and said that be
would endeavor to discharge tbe duties of the
position to which be bad beeu elected in a
manner that would meet with the approba
tion of the Republican voters of the county.
Col. E. D. Yutzy rose to a question of
privilege, and made a rattling speech of 15
or minutes in length. He refuted the
charge that had been mode that
the Amendments to the Rules which
bad just been adopted bad been made in the
interest of any one person, and branded as
false the assertion that the change in Rule
20 bad not beeu offered and adopted by the
Convention last June. He said that be bad
offered the amendments in the Convention
aud that tbey were published in the Hebald
in the precise language that they bad lieen
offered and adopted.
M. D. Reel, of Shade, John R. Scott, Esq..
and Josiab Keller, of Somerset, were elected
members of the Executive Committee for
the ensuing year, after which the Conven
tion adjourned.
Cbas. P. Craig. Esq., of Duluth. Minn.,
has been in Somerset for several days, the
guest of R. S. Scull.
Teachers Wanted.
T,he Rock wood School Board will meet at
the Rook wood House, Saturday evening,
July G, 1-wy, f,r ihe purpose of employing
four teachers for the school year.
D. II. WoLPE.VSBKBCEK,
Secretary.
For Sale or Trade.
A country store, in good location, and
doing a good business. Satisfactory reasons
given for telling. Address -
Samtei Risisgeb.
Giibbons' Glade, Fayette County, Pa.
Anniversary Sermon.
Presbyterian Church. Somerset, by tbe pas
tor. Rev. J. H. Sutherland. June 30, at
10 45 a. m. Subject, " The Past, Present and
Fulureof our American Republic. All are
invited.
tersct Mi ToIss Wet
BOTH AMENDMENTS OVER
WHELMINGLY DEFEATED.
Only Ten Polls Go Dry.
THE FRIENDS OF CON'-sTITl'TiOXA L
PROHIBITION' SADLY DLS-VP-Pi.I.NTEy.
The o facial totals as computed by tbe
Court on Thursday, of the vote polled in
Somerset County on Tuesday, are :
Against the Prohibition Amendment. 3.151
For the Prohibition Amendment - 2.079
Majority against - - 1.372
Against Suffrage Amendment, 4.269
For Suffrage Amendment 432
Majority against 3.S17
Only ten of the thirty-seven precincts In
the county gave a majority for the Prohib
itory Amendment and none of them were
at all decisive. The result was a sad disap
pointment to the prohibitionists, as they bad
openly boasted that they would carry the
county by a hatidsonie majority, and many
of them confidently expected that they
would do so.
Tabular Statement of the votes polled on
the proposed amendments to the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania, at the election held in
the different districts of Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, on Thursday, June H, l-wa :
prohibit a 1 safTrae
: Aud I : Auxl 1
Districts.
? '3 ,? '3
1 i ta
: : ;
7'i I'd i 1! l!-
2o loo ;
ft a ; 2 40
!1J Ui : 5 M4
12 S.s : si . 7
7 A l-f.l . 2 253
4'i VU ' 2T, IO-J
52 I 74
,TU lso '. 40 171;
II 74 XI
4s loo 6 IK
lo:t 177 : 23 2'K'.
lo 11 2 Hi
2i 7s ; , rj
2! 77 ' lit!)
117 liif I 12o
tai 57 I 52 ,V
I" 71 i 14 M
i; a2
15 pi 21
ti iii :; us
5 2s 2 If
70 at is 1 is
110 17 1 in
.12 4' 2; J
o5 .So 4 s .'it
:i lt 5 143
I 4 !"7 1 21 2 0
2- 2ot I ii) 407
27 77 114
It !! ; ! !i
154 1:8 H 21
34 : IS 4J
52 I'M i lo 17
7S 1 0 I02
2U ."s IV5
5 3! i 23
Addison .
Allegheny No. 1
Allegheny No.
Benin Borough
Black
Brothersvalley
Conemaugti
Confluence Borough....
Eikhck
Ureenville ...
Jefferson-
Jenner ..
Jennertown Borougu..
Lariuier .. ....
Lower Turkey foot
Meyi-rsdale Borough...
Middlecreek
Mtlford
New Baltimore Bor
New Cent rev ille Bor....
Northampton
ie
Paint
(uemauoiiiug
ltockwood Bonrtigu....
Salisbury Borough
Shade
Somerset Borough
Somerset No. 1..
.Somerset No. 2.
Southampton
Stony creek
Stovestown
Summit
Fpper Turkeyfoot
I'rsina
Wellersburg .
Totals ...
2071K1451 , 4S2 42Htl
Majority against Prohibition, 1372.
Maj. Against Suffrage Amendment, 3S17.
Houses for Johnstown.
From Saturihiy'i Johnstowa Tribune.
The following letter from Mr. S. S. Mar
vin, Chairman of the Pittsburgh Purchasing
Committee, to Chairman James McMillen.
of Johnstown, contains gratifying informa
tion :
Ui eu e or )
S. S. Mavis A Co. s Bisct it Works. V
PiTTsuiaoH. Pa.. June 21, lxt. j
Xr. Jama MrMUlrn, liirauin. J.
Deab Sta : It was not until yesterday that
I became aware of the size and apiearanco
of the one hundred houses which we have
ordered sent to you at Johnstown. These
houses are portable, and fold up, like the
cover of a book. Thev are painted insido
and out, and present a very neat appearance.
They are one story hitrfi, and the lloor is ten
by twenty. You will find that they are very
quickly set up. We expect that twenty-four
of these bouses will arrive in Johnstown
not later than Sunday morning.
We have !so ordered furniture for the
twenty-four houses. It miy not all arrive
in Johnstown until Tuesday, as some of the
articles, tiiat we wanted were not here in the
quantity we required. However, the most
important articles, the mattresses, bed
clothing, stoves, stove furniture, and this
chairs, will be there probably by to-morrow
(Saturday). I have hail a list of the articles
intended for each house prepared by my
assistant, Mr. Dilworth, and it wili be for-
wanled to you to-night. In addition to the
articles enumerated, we are prepared to fur-
cish each house with a barrel of flour, if
you think it is desirable and would be what
you recommend.
The arty who furnished these houses left
Pittsburgh last night to see Governor Beav
er in Harrisburg to-day. I think that insi..e
of two weeks you will have several hundred
houses erected in Johnstown and fully fur
nished. With kind regards, I remain, very truly
yours, S. S. Mabvim,
Cliairmain Purchasing Committee.
The list of articles for each house, men
tioned by Mr. Marvin and enclosed with his
letter, is as follows :
oiTvrr for one norsK.
Five chairs, one small rocker, one pair red
blankets, one white blanket, two towels.
eight sheets, one cooking-stove, one skillet.
two bake-pans, one iron pot, one tea kettle,
three joints pipe, six knives and forks, six -
teaspoons, three tablespoons, six cups, six
saucers, six plates, one cream pitcher, one
two-quart pitcher, two one aud one-half-pint
bowls, two bedsteads, one table (with
knives), two spring beds (all metal) two busk
and cotton mattresses, four husK pillows.
Blank applications for dwelling houses
will he left with the Burgesses of the several
boroughs : W. J. Murphy, at Moxham ; A.
L. Davis, on the Smth S.di; J. W. Birk-
hard, at Cimbria C.tv Bridge; at Kredel Jfc
Farrell's Drug Store in M rrellville ; Post
master Wilson, at Mineral Point, and the
Burgess at South Fork.
a bio xisr or boi:e- found.
Fona Monday's Johnstown Tribune.
The belief that has existed for some time
that a large number of bodies were still in
the mass of wreckage at the stone arch
bridge is daily being verified.
Tbe dynamite explosion that dislodged
the timbers and others debris also uncover
and toss into the air the remauls of human
bodiei.
This afternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock, a
charge of dynamite was exploded near the
second arch from tiie east end of the bridge.
From tlie great body of wreckage tossed
into the air pieces of human bodies flew in
all directions, and the renin tats afterward
gathered together indicated that at least six
corpses bad been blown up.
They were doubtless ail close together near
where the dynamite was discharged.
The terrible scene was witnessed by a
great crowd of people, many of t bem flood
sufferers, who realiit-sd anew the awful char
acter of tlie calami nity with which we were
so recently visited.
The mutilated bodies were all taken to tbe
Millville morgue, but, as far as has been
learned, none of them have been i den ti tied.
tiie socth roHK rtsotxo rixa.
Jon.vsrowx, June 22. A number of the
survivors of the flood have taken stein to
wards the prosecution of tbe South Fork
Fiabing Club for damages to property caused
by tbe bursting of the dam. The O'Connor
Brothers, leading attorneys of Cambria
county, have been retained to conduct the
case. As soon as one hundred residents of
Johnstown bave each contributed a fee of
$10, suit is to be entered. Constable Martin
and twenty others bave paid the amount re
quired and fifty more bave signed an agree
ment to join with those who will appear as
plain'.iiTa.
Constable Martin said that it bad been
estimated that the members of the clnb
were worth about $S.,0i),OuO, and that it
was the intention to carry the case to tbe
highest court, if necessary, to secure dam-
ases. Other suilsare also threatened. When
Horace Roe, the a'U-Tri-y, ro-ivers he
at once bring a test suit aga:t.t tbe (! fvr
$1.VJ. Several b isines-s flu is TsiU '..v
institute suil for damage. Tlie roervtiauta
bave sv'eiled the firm ot'J dri T.joi-i.is
Soiut, who lot .1o0.C'oij, to make a test case.
It will be'carefully prepared, au 1 if it is
won every man w1k l.st a cent by ihe I'.jod
will reciver heavy danntire..
Tiiere has ln some speculation a to
whether or no the South Fork d im wi ! lie
rebuilt. Tlie attitu 1j of the survivors of ilir
il'Kfcl io regard to that niater i shown by tbe
words used by Constable John T. Mria in
a conversation with your curr.stoondent.
He said :
"If the fishing club attempts to rebuild
the dam there will be trouble. If it cannot
be restrained by law we will shoulder mus
kets and shoot tb person that makes the
first move towards reconstructing the dam.
The people of Johnstown have suffered too
much to Incur the risk of having the town
again swept away."
TZV TBOl-SASD LIVES LOST.
JomsTOws, June 22. All theioca physi
cians met accident! at the Bedford Street
Hospital last night. They represented all
parts of the stricken city, and after discuss
ing the calamity, all joined in the conclusion
that not a soul less than lrt. pei pla were
lost in the fleod. On account of the general
knowledge of the people posses-ed by the
physicians the estimate is looked open as re
liable. Eleven bodies were recovered to-day.
Among those found were James Murtha,
wife, and three children. The buildingeom
mittee this morning commenced tlie con
struction of ihe fifty business houses on the
public square.
August Bumgardner, a resilient here, and
a foreign laborer, both employed in clearing
up the wreckaje near the Pennsylvania
Bailroad bridge, were report el dangerously
sick with blood poisoning in iheir arms.
Tbe sun blistered their bared arms and the
fetid water poisoned them. The anus of
both men were swollen out of all proportion
and the physicians eipress little hope of the
recovery of either. The foreign laborer was
seut to a Pittsburgh hospital aud Bumgard
ner is at his home in Kernville.
Two new cases of typhoid fever were re
ported among the workmen and were taken
to the Red Cross Hospital. The Bed Cross
people have opened additional headquarters
near General Hastings' headquarters. This
organization is still doing much good.
rikX COMPLETES THE FLOOll' WORK.
About half-past 12 o'clock to day word was
sent up to the Philadelphia firemen, whofe
engines are scaXurrrd. about town, that tlie
fires in the First Ward bad got beyoud the
control of the guard. Immediately the three
engines on this side of the river were taken
to the scene, but considerable difliculty was
experienced in finding convenient plugs, and
before water was thrown the flames had
eaten up a number of buildings and were
feeding on more.
80 soon as the attachments were made, the
excellent work of the Philadelphia firemen
showed itself. Within three-quarters of an
hour the flames were under control, though
many of the houses and much of the debris
in the burning district were stiil aflame.
The origin of the fire was probably from
one of the piles of debris that had been tired
clcse to a number of frame houses on Mar
ket street, near the school house. From
these the flames spread to adjoining bouses
and lumber, until all but three wrecked,
structures in tho district bounded
by Market and W7alnut streets, and by Main
street and the river, were consumed. About
twenty-five structures were burned, of which
probably one-third could have been moved
back upon their foundations.
The three brick school bouses on the Market-street
lot, which bad been but slightly
damaged by the flood, were entirely destroy
ed. So, also, were the "residences of Messrs.
John H. Aliendorfer and John W. Seigh,
whicb. though floated from their foumlations.
were in such good condition that both would
have been moved back again.
None of the bouses, so far as learned,
were occupied by people, though some of
them contained household goods. Iu some
cases these were rescued, but the tire spread
so rapidly that others were consumed before
they could be reached. Dr. Walters lost
$500 worth of books, household goods, etc.,
which he had saved from the wreck and had
stored away in his bouse. Anion the other
houses burned were those of D. J. Jones, J.
W. Stevens, E. W. Jones, David E. James,
aud William J. I-ewis.
An immense crojfd of people gathered
about tbe fire, and the work of some of the
firemen was greatly impeded by some of tiie
more inqiiisitiveones. About 3 o'clock Cen
tral Wiley ordered out every soldier io
camp, under arms, and they were iiumedi
atelyi marched down to the scene of the
tire.
STORY OF THE FLOOD.
How the Catastrophe Was Told in
the Paris Figaro.
A correspondent, Jacques St. Cere, in the
Paris Figaro of June 8, gives the following
account of the Johnstown disaster. Only a
Frenchman could describe LakeConemaiiyh
as 12 miles square, JUU feet deep, and held
up by a dam PJO feet high. What supported
the remaining feet of water he does not
mention. The description of the watchman
on the railway bridge at Pittsburg, who, af
ter counting llo bodies passing beneath, said
to himself. "This is something serious," is
rich. Following are translations of several
parsgrap'.ia in St. Cere's account :
'We beuin to bave some details of the
frightful inundation which ravaged part of
the I'nited States, and a more dreadful ca
tastrophe bas never in America been caused
by water. On May 31. after the rain had fal
len in torrents in Pennsylvania and Mary
land, the city of Johnstown disappeared
witli its 23,' ) inhabitants. Three leagues
from the city lliere was a reservoir, tbe
grandest in the United States ; it was four
leagues square and 2on feet deep. It was
separated from tlie valley by a dam ICo feet
high. The dam appears to have been in a
very bad condition. The company which
built it and compelled the city ot Johnstown
to pay a rental, had neglected to make the
moet necessary repairs, and tlie dam was
overthrown by the water which fell in the
valley.
'"The nearest villages were pulverized, and
the flood, rolling debris of all kinds, arrived
at Johnstown. All this rubbjsli heaped it
self against a railrtiad bridge which remain
ed standing. Little by little the barricade
ruse to a great height, and more than l.Y'."l
persons floated in the debris, cried for help,
which no one could give. Then the town
itself disappeared, house by bouse, street by
street. All at once fire broke out on the wa
ter, and all those who had not been drown
ed were burned on an immense funeral pile,
surrounded on all sides by the waters.
"This horrible scene was described by
three railroad employes sole survivors of
two trains which bad been swept away by
the Hod thrte kilometers up the stream
from Johnstown, S"0 parsons having disap
jieared from tbee trains. Nothing ran give
a better idea of the rapidity of this ca'astro
pre than the last dispatches received at Pitts
burgh. The last dispatch, di'tid May 31,
12:3(1 P. M., sent by the Johnstown tele
grapher to her colleague of Pittsburgh,
rqeiis :
" 'The dam at tbe Fork has pven way.
We hear the water. The towu has the air
of being in danger.'
" The second dispatch, dated 12.VS. says :
" ' The river ristsj rapidly. There is three
feet of water on the gronnd floor. The wa
ter rises still one thinks '
"Then nothing more Ihe phrase remains
unfinished and ihe Udegrapuer an d the en
tire house disappear.
" Bat the most terrible thins was that for
many hours no one knew what had happen
ed. All bad been destroyed. No one could
send the news- Dead bodiea, carried bv the
flood to Pittsburgh, first drew atfnt'on to
tbe catastrophe. A watchman on the rail
road bridge who discovered them rsmarked
with extraordinary American phlegm : 'I
counted 115 corrsea and taid to mystlfthis
OFFICIAL RETURNS OF THE
OF SOMETTiiET COUNTY. PA.,
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Sort The vote r.n Ametiil:rM:t lo Rules aaa 12f.2 6. an.l sf 1 aj-Jinst. Vajici'.y 6,r,
is something serious. At tl.at moment I
thought some bridge niL-ht hve been car
ried away and I knew nothing until it was
too late to help."
"A little laur every tiling came in the
flood. Some peop'.e were sued, no one
knows ho. An entire family found ref
ne on a great wixiden bed, d iatiug in the
debris. A gamin of twelve y ars. crouch
ing on a plank, had come l(i kilometers
without moving f.Vr f.-ar lie should overturn
his raft. The American journals are filled
with episodes of this kind.
" Tne materia! losses one cannot even ap
proximate. We canm " help smiling when
we see with w hat naiviev. with what pride
the American journals announce in im
mense letters : "The irreatrst catastrophe of
the world in America.'"
" Thev appear to be try inj t t make it even
greattr than those of the old world."'
aw
Johnstown Business Men who Sur
vive the Flood.
In tbe Johnstown disaster t'.ie Ii-t of fa
talities presents some rather remarkable facta.
Among the business classes thtt su!?cred the
loss of houses, stores, ollices and shops, one
cannot fail to notice the large number of
wives and children that went down amid
the wreck of bridges and crxli of buildings,
and tiie comparatively small loss of men.
Of the merchants a'org Clinton. Main and
Franklin streets, in Johnstown proper, and
on Morris street, in Kt-rnville, only a few
were lol.
On Clinton the only business men lost
were M. S. Maloy and S. Lerilnirt. while J.
M. Shoemaker, Krnil Ilotli, S. Ludaii k.
Frank Maloy. Wm. I'pdegrave, the two
Ruths, Kd. Fronheiser. F. Lanlii-y, Charley
McAteer. IT. Zimmerman, It. I'eFrance,
(these two latter dmg' st'., CO. Luther, C;
L. Homer, M. yuiun, C. Foster, J. Oeis, and
a few others, were all saved.
On Main street J. Streuni, Josiah Swank,
eo. Unversaght, A. (ioldetiberj, A. Kldridge,
S. Young, John Pib-rt, and A. Nathan are
among the missing, thus leavi.ig Peter Fish
er, C. Cover, J. Caldwell, M. Lcverzood, P.
Schrey, T. tieis. Abe Cohen, Ui-o. Keiper. V.
C. Phillips. John Stenger. Scott Libert,
Charles Griffith. Curt. Campbell, John Thom
as, L. M. Woolf, Wm. Masterton, F. Speedy,
Wm. Stewart and I.ou Co'ien.
On Franklin street all except V. W. Pike.
Alver Akers. and John Krady are alive ; and
on Morris street not otie busii.e-s man was
lost.
Out of fi.'teen lawyers three were lost, viz :
II. ti. Iio-e, Theodore Zimmerman, and
John Weakland.
The medical prufcs-dun suffered mere than
any other calling. Six prominent, well
known physicians were carried away, viz t
L. T. Beam, W. C. Leant. J. K. Lee, II.
Marbourg. J. Brinkey and F. W.Ison.
Washington street sustained the heaviest
losses in property and lives, as- all stores,
shops, hotels, and saloons were swept away,
and nearly every residence lost from two to
nine of its inmates.
The Point, as it is called, embracing the
lower ends of Main. I.iucoiii and Vine streets
from Walnut street down to the Slonycreek,
sustained a much lighlt-r loss of lives than
almost any oilier part of the town, al
though ihe water covered nearly every
building. The people there generally left
for higher ground when the ba k-walrr
reached their houses, which was hours be
fore lue reservoir broke.
Items Frcm Over the County.
Jacob Koopley, of (iuemahoiiing Town
ship, had a bam raising on Wednesday, June
It), luite a lot of Stalwart Itepublicaoaaiid
others were there. Size of barn 40x,w feet,
luemahonin is the banner township for
new barns this seasoti 12 in n amber.
The corn crop has got the yellow fever on
account of the wet weather ; the '.-orn will I
a failure all over the country uuless we get
moie sun-sliine and less rain.
Wm. Kodgcrs, of Shade township, whom
we are alwaye glad to see, majeg od his es
cape from the johnstown flood by the help
of a colored man. lie is cotil'n.ed lo his bed
with stomach troubles but he c tpects to be
about again in a short time. Mr. K. ownsone
of the tiuest barns in Shade township.
W. P. Barron, of M:dd!ecreek township,
is repairing and partly rebuilding his house,
lie intends to paint it in the very laiest
style. When finished will be one :f the finest
residences iu Mid.ilecreak township.
Wm. .Hanna, of near Ilan-e-lsville, has
torn down his oi l barn and will replace it
with a handsome new one.
The eo.ile in this county, and all others
in this Siate, as wll, can tie prju i of the
big majority that was rolie.1 113 at Tues
day's election a2J.itjst tiie Prohibitory
Amendment. It says tin: they don't want
their taxss increased auv bi'ier as a w hole.
Tne farmers iu this county pay higher tax
es than any other ccui.ty iu t.ie state, and
it is a piaiu, common sense rotxjsition lhat
if you take away I'roin a State or a commu
nity a large portion of its revenue, that reve
nue must be made np by increase! taxes on
the taxable property.
If the large sum derived from liquor li
cense is cut oifby lue adoption of a prohibi
tory amendment, the oilier pr.ipi-rty ow.i
ers must increase their tuxe.i to nuke up the
deficiency.
Mr. Frank Tigers, of Siiade tow tisliip, has
his line new barn about completed. Size
of barn wjxj4.
Mr. August Koehler. tbe wjll known pro
prietor of the " Koehier House." of
liavidsville. sold out to Jiweph V.'alcher, of
Johnstown. Mr. Wahl.er took charge of
the hotel Salunlay, 22n I, oil Fri.lay even
ing Mr. Walcber gave a graod i pei.ing. at
which our genial friend August, with his
" sav, now ; take what you want ; everything
b free to-night, boys : I takes b-er."
Mr. Walcber was to be initia-rd with a
grand dance, but owii g to the wet evening
it was postponed till some other evening.
Mr. Koehler will move to his fine farm on
Lookout mountains, or as August says on
"lookout p.rint." Kverytbing pained 01? very
nicely. The Kaufmau Lrass Uand furnished
the luusc for the occasion. Mr. K:eh!w ex
pected to be appointed Pottmatx of Ia
vidsvilie. N ft Orris.
Terrific Storm at Scranton.
&-BA5T0S, Jua 22. A terr cc thun
der storm passed over this city at 5 o'clock
this evening, doing ni'K-h damage. Several
houses were struck by Kghtning and set on
tire, and Harry Somen. ei-Ut y-ar old, was
killed, tiecrge Somers, the father of the
boy, was seriously injured. Tbe boy was
lying on a couch at the time be was killed.
The bolt entered through aa 'ten window.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION
HELD SATURDAY. 22 JUNE. ISS9.
timm:tteem vs.
Ministerial and Sunday School Con
vention. The Ministerial and isumlay School Con
vention of the Ministers of the Evangelical
Association of Somerwt District, met in the
Mt. Olivet Church, on Berlin Circuit, May
30. ls. .
lsev. l. J. Coleman preacheil an intereat
ingsermon on Wednesday evening previous ,
topic Peter Fall and Ilestoratimi.
Kev. T. Bach was president ex 'h,-i ; Rev.
A L. Bitrket. secretary ; Rev. ti. J. Coleman,
assistant secretary ; Rev. 8. J. Caton. chair
man of reportorial staT.
There were eleven ministers in attendance.
Essays were read on tbe following subjects
and discussed by the convention :
The best mrtlnsls of instructing our pe.
ple in the do 2frtn and polity of our cliun h
1. S. Poling.
R -generation and Sanctifiratinii P. Ber
key. The Evangelical Preacher, his olli.-e and
work-T. Hu h.
Whai is a genuine revival, and bow is it
secured ? C. E Mct.'auley.
Ou Thursday evening Rev. E. C Rii ken
bnxie preached an able sermon ; topic Sow
ing and Reaping.
The Divine Law of Marriage E. F. Diik-J-
Vitality of the Bible J. B. Cobun.
Pastor's Relation to Young Converts- A.
J. Beal.
The Necessary Elements of Acceptable
Prayer S. J. Caton.
Faith, its Relation fo Salvation S. it.
Baumgardner.
The Pressing Demands of our Missionary
Work on Somerset District ! C. Kii-ken-brude.
Women's Work in the Sunday School
II. Cook.
What should be the cj-ialincations of a
Sunday School Teacher? . J. Coleman.
The Best Methods of Conducting the Fi
nances of the Snn-lay School A. L. liurket.
Saturday evening was devoted to the dis
cussion of the pfrq-oseil Constitutional
Amendment.
W. Iluupt read a strong essay, after which
the question was thoroughly disensned.
A quarterly meeting was held over Sun
day. The following are some of the resolutions'
adopted by the convention :
rrtBt. Earor.n-i.
Whekkas. Sime people, thoughtlessly,
arrange funeral services on the Sabbath,
when it might be avoided, thereby making
unnecessary 'labor on the Sabbath and dis
turbing all other Sabbath services, and inter
rupting the minister's regular work. U tlie
detriment of tlie same, and the injury of his
own interests: therefore,
He4ied, That we instruct our people,
publicly, lhat funerals 011 the Sabbath should
be avoided, whenever practicable.
BEsjLl'Tti-5S Ol TEXPEBt.-li I.
w iiereas. The manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors, as a beverage, we can
didly believe is a great evil, which is detri
mental to human happin-saj and prosperity,
and destroys many ui our fellow-beings,
both body and soul. Therefore,
lirtuiifl. That we. as a i-ouventimi. ex
press ourselves aa slill maintaining the poai
tion as expressed in our conference resolu
tion in favor of the prohibition of intoxi
cating liquors as a beverage by Constitution
al Amendment.
Ilt'ltil. That we rre g'ad to avail our
selves of the privilege of voting on said
amendment in the near future.
K'-'i'- l, That we Jo all we can. in a le
gitimate way. 10 secure this end by voting
for it, by preacbing ami lecturing in its f 1
vor whenever practicable, and by a altering
temperance literature among our people.
ll'vieal. That we protest against lay
church members ro-o;raling with or pat
ronizing the liquor element, either directly
or indirectly.
V-'tci, That we endorse the speech re
cently mtkde by the Hon. Judge White, of
Pittsburg, in which he meets objections to
prohibition in the 111 st rea.sonable and over
whelming manner.
JoaJof. That we endorse - said Judge
White's pnition in withholding a great
many licenses as being a step toward total
prohibition.
Cowhittis.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY.
ATTOKSEV AT I AW.
BoaiascT, Pa.
UGU-e Willi F. J. K-iei. Zf.
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thr Arm of 1'. Kr-irx a (.' . Hit) in, Y-x., it-i ri n
tn rtir. Iws. thin M (iv of Jnmr. Md a.t
hi. iinP't-tT itfi th tvmainiry m'iiif(.r t th
finn. an-t trw? ro-pr?Ditaii.i iiTftffr ri,;ir:nr
ht-t'-!. tfiia ii.. br-n . t-ivi. I'. ft. hrli.J
mmJ J i". Kpi'ji .f thp f .m vr firm ill riit
iht ?ttiut-w unJt-r tite firm unnns of l. fcrnx
fc ( iu f-ft., and i!iinr mil tbe mini
Cat'ix l!i ti firm. fr'rix-D kurmmt Ihoin-
M-Ulmnt
i 'miii:ig ihe puM.e ftr ihrir gTirrn inirt.o
fltr iu tht? pat, e hop to rrtiTe the rne in
Ui fiuum. . U. KE1TZ (',
juiHri:it. Biruh, Pa.
AGE TS AWT tO FOU Tt 900
Great Public Sale.
OF-
IOWA IIOItSKS!
anu, sell T avai. c ut loatlT. aa..
Tuesday, July 2, 1889,
Ar I! ux . a. ., ritaai-.
40 Hgai or Igti ani WIem Horssi,
0O!nrTI!O Of
Draught, Speacfy Road; ten, ZxLi and Butineti Henet.
aioouc thetn a iI ome .laii-l 4 year old eoit.
0llkrn. Tiw-re a l li p-wne ir Hrtm-ta
aiiaii lue Uft. fheyareall ttf itoim-Mie tHl
aii-1 L--. liiirf. t'itn lie a-i an-J :rit-l al filnu of
1. It. Z-nrilf noon lhlHrilav hf-eV.
Wcaill maliean erturl U a'l ev.-rjr h.roa
llnr nra;e.-!lfwlt n5-rte. Ait L'r-- mi te
a-r-inr"itel. -K-woe. T an-l J.air mmUia
erv-lit wi.l becireu wif if"1'"1 f'-iirit.
K. I. .-I KVKN-4.
jun.S. U. B. ZIMMtKMAS.
JollILStOWIl
ORROR,
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VALLEY OF DEATH.
A ttirillirrff atrtnrt of t1 awftv mI ami
t lKir i in rim. ('fnin dtrnrifwTifi(:jif
k-iru i-"Q f litxi-, nta. i -in &m ni
S-rn?s- rthi(T.i'oa of hav . 1 of H
rKK- i. Narrow Km-hiws tr.'.n Ira:h, H.
hr Yrv : l'uiitrriw; tn ai:- f Vs. tinr ;
ii-Ai(r.i 3u flri itt m :h ."injv ; the f"-r?..i-;
f's.nmit? of thr Mrtit. F;iiK i!l:;-trtci, fvrvl
tnny cenw in mtnp uutitx, ut time.
Trtii liturmi. Forsh & McVakm,
CiiM-inB-vO, Oto-a. t-i-tw.
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