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- :' !h,'; J:-U IloWrts Know Ar'.n Marin .
li-ca...e In !v Imi'.-o after the arrest of j
theXieel-.-js b f.nl oat what day Joe'
ioa,rhl r.rn ft-mi !:,e : . f-l(.a !
that he :1s not p.Ii.y t.j hwthr tbi.t he!
Xnciy ,ii V,.iiu.lay,Vfl.ruarv
in
lar-ii : I im-;.s-:n
- 1 the
cc ,:t: 1 the pitti
n eis-irou ots in the
,;:,r;.- ,.r IVUr field :
f i:r nu n ,.i a! f tv.e
v.i- lscri work i n jr in
-t t o or three urtU:
!I-.ir
IT HAS
A FUTURE!
s., .1
-Tth.
J.-. I ! IV eds Live in larmier town-
jship; atniie in ihib- l with J ,!,n Kwnli:
K.. 10 "" ,''ft 1 j "a evening ofaire-t of the Nicely hud a
! e tn t:j. a d(.?.tn time; conversation with him ; he said he did
n "P evidence in this j net know where the Nicely were on the
,.r, !, , thought I ha.l a j 27lh ; eaw him mst morning; lie then
.- .v., r:;T,ne to rta m; l.ave : bj.d me be didn't know where either of,
, ':r,.t him in Jonnertr wn, met . the Xieely hays were on.the 27th of Feb-!
.. ruf r.-t Hcmse in Somerset ; rusrv. i
JOHNSTOWN WILL REBUILD.
A Herald Correspondent Talks
to Leading Citizens-
Icun.- l.tv
I .-!;. .'e'.ir.'l eomi'y : am a farm-
. a' :'! with I'aviJ ice;:t:g;
.... ; :.c day aft'-r tlie Nicely hoys
- ; . he was working on a saw
v f.i::n : he told te lie ha.l not
;,v'v uti the -th of February
i ret vicar tlit-M? boys out of
e; .'wiV1 Jennertcwn : met
v in stnvestnwn and met him at
i ..-.f.-.: in workir.ftnp this ease;
; :-f.r tiie reward when I start'
-...t-I tstnh i-t.K.xl that the ( 'otn
Lad ..'Tered fj:.; I
; I .!i!J;vl it down fine and
-.1 :n-,lf; none of the Nio-ly's
to me alsmt it ; noliody of
s;-kc to tue ahout it; I
; , ...!! hy t'o.'.roth.
. s.it:el I think the reward
.. murderers and the money ; I
o.,. r wai.l wao:I.Ted by the
.i'.:h: diil "ot speak to any
,: :i -i advertiH'iiient in the
ri ward.
-n-i t .itniot teilj on what day I
.;..-,.!-- : it was last wef-k : I
j!...a Tucshiyor Wednesilay
k ; I re;i l tiie advertisement
: I think I read it in the
;r. Hay l"'l "left the Ftand
;.r :'.e d.-f-n lanti olf-reJ in
. 'i ' . rr.v:i!s, Ao, tiiat
n. : tii v lii t !ook ; also ofi'ered
r l.-.tes of U'fctiiuony of Mrs.
,-r t. k n at the li, -i. -T,ut
i..f.v Jud.-e I'.aer. After thi
5 tiiey annoum-ed that they
' tin- (.'oiimionweaU!) I--
::n:
n i..
in I.i:onier towii-
car
It
1 asked him if In
K"e b. -vs out of
at: i h" Mid tliat fie
r .,' ! had not 'f a them.
Kn -w;jolin KiKMitz: lives
r. 1 nullity : 1 li ve in I.iiro
aia a farmer ; I asU-d
whether ho cou'.d r!far
whatexer they want they
.; ..f ii:e ei'her here or over
I In r can do the N'icelys
;;.:- as tirobahly a conjile of
:i;c arrest ; have known Aaron
sa.i.sc'.n him in l.i-ionierihe
v rr.. arresied ; Went hon.e
i! .,- I'i f ...rp 1 knew of the ar--..
! i,- c i',:ii't tell w hen he had
N " v h-.vs hiifore tiie murder
... ;.i ! ti. ked w tli .loe for an
T .iiiiiv after tiie murder: I
.li i'."'i .lay of May ; he t-u l
i- m.tn,'i p.ini to snear, ami
'.' ..: t:..n he had ai-n Joe on
-:, ; W.-.S in tiie t.r--5'.nre oi
r. : 1 met him a.iin n last
nk. I t int him I heard l e
:.z c'.cr here to a wear tliat it
in.-ii.iy February "7th, that
-. J r N cpy and that he had
: wan mi Thiirsday and not on
i-y . 1- said well I'm told it don't
icn. e : I said weare Iiei(rh
::' u iy that you know I will
: ! c.n.ira iict yon ; he Raid
to s ear that it was on
Car rep:rier. a Ct.airmsn of the Commit
tee to h int r.p destitute women and ehil
lrt n at Joliiisiown. "pent Tuesday in the ill
fated and iietit::to p'ai, and iniervipwed
mtnv r,f fK U.li- Afl.A !
Crrws-eiarained-I ked him if he j ,i,e Secretary of the Cambria In,n Worki.
had heard anything of Xieely boys ; said j Mr. Paul Siaekhouse, who came from Phils
he did not ; that they could I cleared J delphia the day beiore. Following aresome
erjsy; his boy, Ve4 Terry and Xieely't ; of the tieU ol.taine-i by the interviews :
hoy had seen him tliat tiipht, but that he ! Mosham (Prwidt-nt of the new Steel
did not See him that afternoon. j f''' t-mipany ih Clminuan of the lU-iief
1. 15. Matthew. Am acquainted w ith ' c u'"mi:tee, said .Suiucnt' oiler to taked-'iilU-rt
Koss; had a conversation withi,itue "nJ cUMru provide fur
tliem was aitiong the most time.y. generous,
and wccpiabte acts yet proifered and one
lint would greatly aid them in solvini; the
pnibleiu of ministering to the wan tit of the
suffering. And here a word resetin( Mr
Moxham: He is a small, delicate looking
niaii. ot a highly ai'iisiiive. nervous temiiera
nient lidl of lite and alert, as well as erai
lieuily titicicnt, in disehnrginir tiie duties o(
his resionsiliH" josilion. Kv?ry dillicuit and
delicate iuts.tion penainio to the work of
brining onler out of "confusion wtirse em
fvtuiKled " is referred to him. and his opinion
and advice aresouht for hy a!! othercom
iiiiuces. His U'ini-orary oftic is in a ruilely
ci'strucred huildinf.'. on which there is
chalked in larj: letters, the words. " Heail-quartr-rs."
Aa-ess to it is exi-eeUm.;!- dilri
cill, in view of the i-corcs couslantly thn-k-ini;
there, w ho can only he kept l ack ty two
s'atwart PiHshurli Hiiiivm-;ii. The oilie
is tilled with telephuiies. tch-ra:.h instru
ments, operators and clerks. In ;he tifieen
minutes talk with him it was made ijuiU
evident thai under iheui ling hand officii
a man John-lovn, w itii ita now suspended
industries, has a fumre.
i It was leai:id h-.tti sue'u e:itiTjtr'..-i:ig ciii
j M-ns us Mr. AVesiey Jtose, c-.)i:traetor. lr.
I imn:i, tlie two lrs. YeajT'cy, Iir. Skvan.
Mr. J iii-i l'tiiioii. ?iii.rinTei.ieitI 'if the
Cairioria Iron Works. Cyrus Kider, 1-. , So
licitor for the (.'..iupaiiy, Mr. Joh?i 'i'lioiuas.
merchant. Mr. J unes A. M-cMiiieu, President
of the First N tiioTial lliiik. and many oth
ers, that steps o:iI 1 he taken itnuiediaic!
to n-j.air such buildings as wi re not beyond
reconstruct. on, and to put up new one. It
is highly prohuhie that ikithin the uexi sity
days t:i.u.-ands of inteiianies will
employed in tlie work of bunding the waste
p'are ot Ihe now ruined town.
As to the creat industritT of the town, it is
a uiis'.ake to think, much less to say, as
some do, that they are buried so deep as to
be Uyond the reach ot a resurrection. 1 he
reat Moxhaai Works, on tiie hanks of tiie
StonycneU. two m:h"s above the town, stand
intact, and work will be rc-uuied nt once.
The hijt riiils. below tiie rci;riylvai:ia ILid
road oridi, were not swept away, nor any
part f lbem ; bur have simply sustained
iniury by Uinj-overed with water.
In a loi g taik with Mr. Paul Stackhouse.
StxTetary of tiie Mammoth Comjany. wiio
lias been in enisuitatiou witii l!r?
ditectors situ-e last Saturday, it was
learned that work at the mills was
nosr U-iiiir paiutl in cleaning up and
repairing nischieery, and that they would
be in o;oration within the next thirty
days. What ahout the larc; Gautier Wire
k,:1- Wiicn iit cii-in,,-', -I .is a f'h'r
for tlie old ' ::na!. an cy hack in :! e f. r i.
fie.- Inc.- j.i:,- -cre put in t!.e bf.tioru and
e-ivr-Til with solid mrtso-iry and so r.rp.m-
.1 as to h ojs.nsl t.-.-m O.e t t..ra-id thn
!-cV'.e.t t.M Cri.1' a b i.h- .,f Hjl Tl.l affl.
noih.'e. Il jl. !;, r"!!:;'.i:il- l!. t'i.ei "chrovr r.
eil them up j.-s.i.i r a .1 v li-h from i:- t-
linirou'. T1 e .v.(.,v .-,...,,..;,; j, si;rc;njr.!
-s'l-silr or .1 wit'-r: in .:rm.!v 'arinp j
" ..f"t hun-'ir. Hv weri a Tific; to ?ive a
few f."h.''fti 1 !- irny i:p on the cars our
reporter heard liic matter di.M-ui d hy fome
Pit'sbarah lawyers, one of them snyine'- the
clttb wa innrn.'y but r.. t h-jaily n.!ion.;hle.
Xo trustworthy estimate gm yet be made
of tlie nnmlier carried flway by the resistless
torrent. Fct now put it at less than o.fioo.
and most think it will run from S.000 to
10.000.
hitu after the arrest of the Xicelys : naid
he was at Joe Xieely 's home till a little
after 1L' o'clock that day. and could clear
him that far and no farther ; have lived
in the l.ionier valley 47 years ; am ac
quainted w ith every road in it.
Map hhown to witness and he ex
plains to jury a! Knit roads iu neihlmr
hiHxi of Ligouier and w here the Xicelys
live
llamptin Smith. Know Ui!lcrt Hivsp ; j
talked w ith him after the snv-t ; he said
he had been at Joe Xk- ly's the day ofj
the murder ith a load of coal, in the
neighborhood of 12 o'clock, and could
clear him up that far but no farther.
T. J. I.anhery Know tiills-rt K iss:
had a conversation with hitn after the
arrest of the Xice'ys; he said he had left
Joe's house before 1 o'clock on the
L'7th of February.
Adj lurticd to 7:iHl p. in.
tVtlS SC"I ).V.
Philip Walker Know Jhn Taylor;
Know his character for tnuh arid verac.'y
is not poid.
Cros-.-ex imination Kveryh.idy s.iys s in
the r.eiiilwrhisu!.
Charh.-s '.i-kst, n s'iliiel K now tliibcrt
tioss ; ha 1 ciiiverxation with him aher the
arre t : he told me he left J e s li-tniy-n 1-'
and 1 o'cl ' on Fehrui'V 2. Witness de-si-rihel
a pki ! from Niceiy's to top f the
mountain not shown on the map exhibiieJ
by ih- detVuse. I piinted out lite loi; on the
mountain tnat I was sawing to S j.iire
UaUi'j and Mr. Crib hlieU yesterday; my
son was aio'.iir.
I.twis tietT Wa a'jn- v. ith my f.ther
yesterday and piin'ed oiit tiie hu't of t!ie
ioi? t hat we sawed on February 7th.
The defense objected to admiitiiu: testi
mony in nvi'd t tlie survey of ground at
Sa-id Fiat. TiieTou.-t res rvetl deei.-iou un
til this morning.
Pi ter Albrisrln Was in Sotn-rs. t last
week: know l-wis Paine: he toid me that
he w.h -.il'ed to prove that he had seen
Iiive Xieely on the "th of February , but
that iri fi-t he bad not seen him.
Cli-iton McMillan Son of the Sberin":
know J.rs-h and Ii.iv- Niitlyrhave fre
ijuently Isen sent errands by them. Tiie
sunse! otfereil to prove by tiiis witness that
Iiave X.ciey was eatiii- things to ke-p him
siek: the defense objected atid thrt court
ruled that the evidence ws not admissible.
Jo-epli V. A mbro-e Was aionwrien
Iliii'-h gat lie- hat: the hat was haiiL-in;;
a-i:i-t the arm on ; I examined t: ; there : Works? was ake I. To which answer was
w as a hob- out of it ; there was no he rim ! ma,e, ;!Ki! they would most ceriuly be re
in it at that time across the bole ; was along ! b,.;is aj t, , jinieh larger scale,
moid Mr. Xirvly's when wc got Ihe money ; j These pi-ilix s facts and auratnies are well
he said -you mut not hink hard of me ; calculate.! to in-oire the utm.ist i-otili lrnce
ut the money." or words ; j,, a glorious and prosp-rous future forjohns-
" ' y. srr 1 1. a ooo-k.
i..::.;::.-1 We have had no dif-
t. ' ia sui: : they di.l not have
- i f r - ..Miing a jr-Mso; i did
a fr.. m his fat her-in-iaw,
- at. 1 waks my wife up an i
becatiM- J hed a)
1 to that rr!i-cr.
Cross examination Was at the d .r en
the outside when 1 examined the hat : a boy
was holding a handkerchief inside at the
time.
Al'x-rt Hoff.nan Followe.1 the tracks:
there wen- no marks made in tiie midd'e of
the heel by nails : the tracks were made in
j StiOW.
Cr.iss examined Saw no marks in the
middle of tiie heei at all.
John W. Kooiitz Followed the tracks
I there was no mark ti: i.l- on the tracks by
i nails iu the middle of the heel ; there were
naiis on the side of the heel.
i town on wbose prosjierify depends so largely
1 the interests of Somerset county farmers.
On wending his way to what remains ul
the It. A O. railriad station, i.the only ves
tige of a building left from Washington
street ba-. k to the Conemauglj and from
Woo-ivaie to the demoralized store of Wood.
Morrci! A o.. a distance of a mile and a
ha!!.) our reporter waded through mud six
inches deep in cilmhing up to the l'nwxfd
oiSce, where Editor Woodrutr sat amid the
wreck of bis ofRee. It wiil lie gratifying
news to iiundnsls to learn that the Irm,rrat
' le putiii-hid a-'.iiu. and that, wiihiu
the next wavs. Mr. tieorge T. S'-var-k. editor
of the 7ia.'.'.i-, said the T,i!-H,t? wiil 1 ecat
a s-Kn jes the side and ead of tne bnilaiug
Cross-examined Went ikiwn on my kn.ts
to look at the tracks; I stooped .town to ex- p,,,;,! oe put iu. lint, on iiciuiriug for l.:s
amine the trucks ; there was no marks of; geieraiis-lwaiied frieu.l, Mr. SbulH-rt. flit..t
nails in the gum boots. f t;r,ail pupor, our resjrter was
i o. :,(-I.ive in l.igonier
sti.a farmer : am a bnher-in-
r N .i e! v L a in' A -.roil Marks 1 V. ,.,..r sin v .t..r T.iv. in nt'ir Ifiw I .sh in .-rievsl to learn he w as amoc.ir 1 lie tosl.
.!; 1 r. .t ts-e J v Xieely ' drove over to ihe In-arimr from I mherrer s i ju,; a. ,mr re.nrter was leavii.j for home
' -7:h 1 ehrutiry, day of l':n- to 'S i iire Paueh's in a carriagi- w ith Win. ie !,,ar(1ed tl at a met ting of hading citi-
Thomas, l.ila stearn and Xaniiie Horner ; 1 vut disingtiis:.ed men from I'ittsburjj
ITbom is aad I sac on the front seat : WaS tu te ,r., .ff.s-t a more thorough ur-
i :;; w.,s .,n Tiiursday he
us on ::h March after
f-u'.-hrt swear it was on
' : he v it w as on the
Thomas a-kci F.ila Steam w hat kind o! ; .iiiiii. m for w..rk and protection. For the
lis king men they were ; she sai l one was U1W Mnt; it is pn ha':,le the town will tie
ta'l and the other was short : one had on a ! 1ul u,:,.r a kinl of despitic government to
- -k:i
-er-a-.; n
iirr.s.; rf .
-. yu.. siiw t:i.
' L ': t..e eve
'' - "-I .1.1
: I':'
-a I'-cis. l-;.-
""'-i'. West,.
-t. sac .1 .j.
' Ira
can and the ot !u r a hat: said tliey lia I on
1-1 coaMa t W misiuk- j ovensw-a something like the ou- tiiat be
acl : he us-d the wiirds i wore : he h.' on a sort of a rom:h, grayish
..cars :ay both ; I am 72 I coat : she did not see his forehead or motis-ti-
i::. r everything tiiat j tacii : did not say anything about the color
t th.Lk I am mistaken j of his face.
j Cross-examined Was living about two
I ... M-
arm Marks'' jeuneriow ,1 ; weiu esi wh
I,, i the 1-rh of Mirrii : earns bock on Monday
'om in l.igonier
last : liier s--ni lor me 10 come.
i n
N..e
e Ni.eivs; I said i
e Xnxuv boys or
in.- or i'7th Feb
t see them and
1 he didn't aee
r .-.-r murder.
-!'.' in I.';g
ori land county;
e f the Peace
1 Aaron Marks;
cays after tiie
he couldn't tell
! Adjounieil to 8 .'Via. m.. Thursday.
The Shaulis Case Continued.
banish and ki. p out ail idiers and sight
seers, w hich is altso.utely necessary.
The naked, unvarnished truth in n-sjicn
to ienes witnesseti is suflicieuliy touching
and tragic w ithout any adornments by -n
or tongue, so that there is no excuse for re
porting the idle tales told about retributive
uistice in shooting and hanging sp:e. Af
ter careful tnoniry not one soluary uory of
i tiie kind (siuid be Teritied. If recourse to
Drift From tha Flood.
Many of the escapes from the fury of the
flood savor oi Ihe miraculous but none more
aothan the reort of one thai eame up to
tow n las! night. In tearing away the enor
mous pile of debris lodged against the P. R.
n. bridge this morning three persons were
found alive, a man and two w omen, the man
was i-aught by one leg between two heavy
timbers and the leg w is so badly crushed
that it was thoughi best to amputate it w here
he lay ; this was done and he was taken to
the hospital : the women were able to get on
their feet and wnik away. Think of it!
.aught up by the fury of the llood F'riday
light and dashed with iiiconcciveable force
into the fast aivuuiuiating mountain of
debris! Think of the rush ami surge of the
angry water all around and alsmt them all
of Friday night and Saturday! Think ol
the roaring hell of hreand tiames that swept
over them ail of Saturday and Sunday!
Think of tiiis miiss of mateiia! shattered and
rent hy dynamite! Think of the agony of
apprehension and dread, then conceive if
you can how three human beings could ass
throught it all and come out sane and alive.
Truly miraculous is the word to apply to it
and the power of the Lord is as great to save
as to de-troy.
Capt. H. H. Kuhn has been put in charge
jf the Commissary department at Johns
town. Sot one of the bodies of ? ..meret siple
have yet been recovered.
A couple of hundred homeless jter-ons
from .lohnsiiiw ti are comfortably ipiattcred
iu Somerset.
Mr. Ill F. K trie, of Pittsburgh, who has
Ik-cii at Johiisiuivn for a couple of days try
ing to recover the bodies of his sister and her
daughter came up to Somerset to-uighl. His
scarche has b.-n unavailing.
.
Two bridges across Casselinan river, one
known a the Forge Pri.lge and the other as
t:;e Casselma:i Ilridge were s-.vepi away by
the recent high waters.
Mr. Ciia's. II. ri.-her hasU.ught.il the
publishers of tin- II f.u.m.ii all hack numbers
from March l-'.tii to present date, and can
supply copies of all and any dale at "i eta
jvr copy. Mail orders promptly filled.
S-r.d jsisiagc st.-imps to Fisher's F-xik Store
for IIkrvli. s back numbers.
latdies, you can find all oohusuf ready
tnix.sl paint, and in any .uantity you want,
put up iu any sizel tin cans ; also, uil kind
of wis d s'ains, tuts.- colors, paint brushes,
scrub and dustirg brush. si, at J. IS. Holder
buum's Hardware Store, Somer-et P.a.
liven- Jiistiie of the Peat is reouired by
law to j-.st a copy of Justice's fee bills in
hi o:'e. These fi"e bills can only be ob
tained in this county, at Fisher's F.iok
Store.
Down to Bed Rock.
Iirop in and see how cheap you can buy a
Hanging l-amp, Lamps of all kinds. Ihslus
of ail d.-scriptiou verv ihcap. liiass Ware i
at a saenhce, at the sp,re of
K. IS. Col KKOTlI.
Suncrset. Pa.
Bug Finish.
Iliady for ii'e. Xo mixing required. !
Sticks to the vine-s and finishes the whole 1
crop of Paiato bugs with one application, j
ine pound wi'l go a- far as ten p utids of
Paris green and piaster wixed by hand.
Sold cheap Ly
J. It. Hoi .nr.KHAi m.
What's the matter with slopping in at
Ferner Pros., and buying a .air of boots or
shoes ls fore poing home. They will sell
them to you chea(-er thati at'.ylsnly else.
Murder!!
In murder tria1 it is luo-t imis.rt.itit to
know the ex:t- t tin.e at w hich Ihe crime oc
curred!. To the unfortunate criminal time
m:-y tie life. In ail ia--es tin.e is money and
money can be saved by buying ttine-pitces
at Xetf A" Caselas-r's. w he cany a iare as
sortment of the Finest trades of Watche.
and Clis-ks, Jewelry and Silverware, Kye
irlasses and Sjiectach-s.
We also do engraving of all kinds. G.snl
purchassd fnun us wiil lie engraved free ot
charge. Strr tc CAsuitta.
CONDEMNING THE HUNS.
The 4;mHt Trople Say TUcy Miua losavc
the Town.
JoliSsTiivvs. June 4. K-aUut Pnd-;-ar.i,
a letter catrii-r of Johnstown,
mar .-he.! at the head of 3.K) men to toe
Ci.rn.-r of M. rrell avenue and Columbia
street, vvhero ho liio.iuUsl a wagon and
ii- iraa a speit-h ou tho hoiTi.i'i of the
hour, tho uece.-ciity of good workmen for
the clenrir.c; away of the d.-bris which
strews every stret t in the city, and the
extric.ttiug of bodies from tlie wreck,
and closed with a bitter attack on tlie
Ir.zy Hues and Polea who have lived in
the val'oy only a short time and re
fuse to turn a hand towards the
relief of their suffering neighbors, yet
are begging and even stealing; the pro
visions which the people of tne Umtad
States are sending here to feed the honest
sutferers and ailay their thirst and hun
ger. The crowd soon numbi-red nearly
1,(HI0, m-liich gr't-sl Brigard' words
with cheers and shouts of approval.
Another resident of the city then
nioutitisl a ImiT'-l and made a ringing
spvevh in .oiKleinnation of the slothfu.
foreigners, w ho have proven tlieniselvet
a menace to the valley and its inhabi
tants. The following; resolutions were unani
mously passed:
lo-solved. That we. the citizens of
Johnstown in public meeting assembled,
do most earnestly U-g the relief cnpu ol
the Johnstown sutferers t furnlsit lie
further provisions to the Hungarian
and Poles of this city and vicinity, ex
cept in iiayment lor services remleret
by them for the relief of their uufortun
ate m-ighlmrs.
K-soved furtlu-r. That, in case of
their refusal to render such service. tliy
In-driven fmm the d.sirs of the rebel
trains and warned to vacate the prem
ises. AT WlXmMSPOET.
Many Lives Lost and Mllll.ms of IVrt of
anil I.uinlM-r laist In the Mw.1
fltrnrd Water.
Vn.l.iAMspoitT. Pa.. June 4. Th
water here rose S4 feet, flooding three
iinrtors of the city. Ahout 2,(Htti.njt
fis-t of logs. 4i.(Kl.(nil fc t of lunilsT.
seven mills ami factories and much other
property have Lvei carriisl away or de
stroyed and a niiniU'r of lives ht.
Many luisiness men suffer heavily, hut
the largest l.isw is to the lumls-rmi-n.
Two children of Charles Edwards,
three of a family tiauied t-Vhultn, a child
f William Dertricli. a man name.1
M it ill loll, an unknown man. Is-ridied in
this city. At XiiK'noz. Vi miles uji the
river, 12 p -l'sotis w .-re drowned. fhey
were m.-inls-ra of the families of (leorge
and William Voiiiuman and two young
lady visitors. The. lieaver saw mill was
taken laidilv down stream and lodged
intact a f.-w miles lielow the city. J. T.
Imify's shingle mill and a quantity ot
his logs and shingl.-s were carriil away.
Tin-1 imi run he repaired in :( days.
Adam Federicv and hi l l-year-ol I
son vv.. .Irovvn.sl t.-.lay by U-ing; car
ried over the fails in their hunt. Five
men and a baby were drowned at Baker's
camp, in the northern part of Lycoming
i-outity. All bridges on the Pennsylvania
railroad from Linden to Siinhnry were
carried away, riailroad traflic is almost
susalldesl.
Sale Survivor of a family.
Iy.x-KltT. Pa.. June 4. The bodies
still rise to the surface ir are dug from
tin- ruins, increasing; the death roll to
frightful dimension.,. This morning a
girl of IX was found tit Hilivar. and n
small child. laVh unknown. A girl
named Jennie Mundevort caught in tlx
l ushes at ! o cl.s k. She lived at Xo. 2 iC
Washington str.st, Johnstown. Il.-t
father and mother and their seven chil
oren, Kdvvard, Ss-ph. Lou, Lida, Mary.
X. Hie and l.iuin. were also drowned.
She is tin- sole survivor of the familv.
Five Brothera.
Fred, Join. IVn. lluby, and Xi.-k. now on
trial at the store of
Ell. It. CortRoTH.
!,
j leading men was aware of it : and much in- j
d'gnati-n wa manifested over the bast less !
I r ' and cruel reports.
,' D-inns Wednes.hiv aflern s.n s session of
ccr-.rM ieneral CeiTf..th, of counsel for defense. I Among other things connected with the
I asked to have the case ofthe Commonwealth i catastrophe that is beginning to be talked
i vs. tieorge Shauiis a:id I'avid J. Sliauli en- j about is with ret'creiice to fixing l!ie resin
' mined ti account ofthe sickness of M rs. : sibdi'y. Not a few I. .Id the Soitth Fork
iiiavid J.Suioihs, a material w itness in the i Sjs.rt.ng Ciub n-sMnsibie for it. The New
j( as... IToafof the materiality and inability j York .si,.i at great expense, sent a compe
,,r.i. witnev. o I. present in curt was ; tent man to the brc ken reservoir to rn..ke an
't at in- couldn't tell ...,:r.. ... ...: , i -. tl, .siiirt isiiitinuid ! investigation. The deni. that is, ll breast
lia ti. hist; know John 't-,w ea-e io si..lenil-r term. The original ; wo.k. was found to be a gigantic Leap of
'-"-r J s- Xice;v':'boslen renew ed tlieir recognizance in the. dirt dumpn! a mountain stream-
he m Joe Xice-'aum ofsViWMeach. 'nothing to inJieWte nuuoiirj- or engineer-
ITS ALL TURK HUMBUG
Foe Otukb Itr.At c- eo Sat tuet t xier.-f.ll
SIPE BROTHERS.
They Cannot, Xever Could, Xever Will.
Jlonesit DeRlini; antl fftir Prices
ABC LEADING FEATURES AT OUR STORE.
The Mssk'ys art ail Tame and the Lions arc Chained.
4- Come ana See for Yourself. "w
SIPE BROS., Sipesvlilo Pa,
Turnr! nto w ( ampin; Ground.
II.vKPt'R's Ft.RttY, Va.. June 4. The
Baltimore and Ohio bridge here is greatly
dauiag.sl. The town Ims sustained great
loss and 15.iliv.-ir Heights has Iss-n turned
into a big camping ground. At Berlin.
Knoxville. W .-averton. Sandy H-mk and
Point of K.s'ks grout damagi. was done.
The new Irfidge at the hitter place was
mostly destroyed.
Turned I'rt All Iticbt.
pmi.APr.i i-mia. June 4. John Dorsey,
n-pr.-seiitiiig the firm of li-itew & C'i.,
this city, w ho was reported dead at
Johnstown, is safe.
linsToN. June 4. Tlie Johnstown re
lief meeting at city hull on Monday was
adjourned to reassemble at Faneuil hull
to-day.
How They 1.
Mrs. "William Vanderbilt of .Voir York
csintriii'.it.-l NJ.iHm.
Ths- Aineri.-nn Exj.ress company will
carry ail provisions tree, and insurance
companies will give thirty days' exten
sion, ap
A committee ftom Alliance, O.. ar
rivrsl on Monday with live car loads of
provisions. Tin-y came on a sjiecial
tniin. and was conisiNed of the most
prominent iron and steel merchants of
that lively city.
Two ear loads of pmvisions and about
"s) in money is contributed by Canton,
t)., imiple.
Cunventinn I'ostponrd.
Linc.iLN. Xeh., June 4. President
Fitzgerald has issues! an order jsstsn
ing the csmventioti of the Irish National
langue. called for the Uth and Pah of
July .-it I'hiiud. Iphui. until afu-r the
present session of the British iarl lament,
m coinpli.ince with the cabhsl advice of
Mr. Purnell. The pn-tpouement Ls made
in order to secure the utt"ndanoe, if pos
sible, of two or three n.tiiaiulist lneiii-U-rsof
Kirliament.
MHther Imliewtioiw.
For western Pennsvlvania: Light
rain, followed in Ohio iind West ir
giiiia by fuir weather and stationary tem
pt rat ure.
It is statist tliat Mr. Lew YValhirt., the wile
nf tl.c atittior of "rte-n Hiir, was in tlie faint
limiu-l thnl was wnshfsl nway. s-he Is cst
laail d.-aii. 1 .en. V'Hiloce is in Wnsliiilgloll.
ami l- trrcntiy alarmei alstut tils w ife.
At li .'. Its k on 1 uesUy mnrtima tlie first
r-b. f frniu. nenrin,; tlmtisdnils if muuis of
'r, isit.ii- t.a- t;,e siirT- rina an4 inn eotWi,.,
liH" tlie .lead pHsM-dovej-Johnstown bridk aim!
aenrss ibe in.i:ovis,i ireslleand track, uji tlie
incline, to Tiie JoSiiistiorn Hetsit.
Iniins f aii the tiies f..tmd in Pitts
bun: hoe tie--ii laken under the uireetuin of
C'iriiiier .Ael.iw-eil by J. Kliiotl of 0UI
Mitiii.tield street, wliete the neiotlivee w ill be
kepi and a fail tileof the .ieturvs kept at the
orbce ut the morgue on Fuarili avenue, l'ltu-
MOWERS!
BINDERS!
HAY RAKES!
Don't Fail To See
WHITELY'S NEW IMPROVED
Champion Mower and Binder,
On ths Street Every Diy Thli Week Alia
The Champion Hay Rake.
ALL OrAP.AKTEED THE
BEST ON EARTH!
AND AGAINST ANY OTHERS MADE.
Before you U ave lowu be nun nU go to
J, e, KOLDE
HARDWARE STORE,
And examine his stork of
HARDWARE, BUGGIES, HARNESS, 4C,
You will fln.l It on
MAIN CROSS STREET,
ON THE WAT TO THE COUNT MOUSE.
GET THE BEST!
-AT-
VOUGHT'S.
PRICES DEFY COMPETITION !
Special Preperntlon for Thin
Week !
BEST GROCERIES,
REST CONFECTIONERIES,
BEST FRUITS,
BEST XUTS,
BEST SOFT D RISKS,
BES T SA SD WICHES,
BEST PIES and CAKES,
BEST TREATMENT,
BEST OF EVERYTIUSO,
AT THE
BEST GROCERY
IN SOMERSET.
Freult Green Grorerien Ererj
MorRlug,
VOUGHT'S.
n Zs 3 &
r V
e.'a777a
THEY
CAN'T BEAT US!
Our name lias been a hon.-ehoid
word throughout Somerset cnuuttr
for thrwi generations and it lias al
ways been the recojmized head of
the Dry Goods Trade.
WE LEAD!
And 'will continue to lead, where
merit is rewarded and confidence is
not misplaced.
Our business lias outgrown it's
quarters and we w ill Iihtc a
THIRTY-FOOT ADDITION
added to our already larjro store
room inside of pixtv davs.
We are constantly making;
SPECIAL DRIVES
in some particular line for the ben
efit of our customers.
Call and see s during the week,
we have
A BARGAIS FOB YOU!
I.esiiectfully,
Parker & Parker.
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