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rr • ly i . • sy A "SSpectffetlSe #w nay
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jr i>fy - 'r. •l&rif evr'sr t3 2*K4 acf 1
y-ni/ y to 2*e 'p*" to "tfeff. ly
a&eTfclato ? peu
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JOHNSTOWN. CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27,1889.
• li t -Jk xane* T2ito m"?! lieeas ttolr teßflw
atai.
atHstitp*. irto t'jTTin ijlmwttta nrrtlag w
toU oitr wwuitofc. ii* wliuie >xwlir|2> tologs
<l *ii Mmitol aiti-jußiSueto. KJit BOffertap. sua
n ijje >M vlap u lie® to brain 7 si"t tot (SUw* op
itrkftß! sfietor* tint mat tor an*
ItoiV -.lie t -rr ftoet to tie j3n iae to Jufenß
tivaau
Tto- a! i.Mto (it Ui I'Xal I'XCJtpe afcbi- a
v "j inn t ;i :..£ to ue to stutoT. t-tosy 1B fee tm
l ;.iU - rgjKnieit to ifeat prestt tfexefeto Sow
• ! :iito tut-JC <■". tbe b jit talSoa. tomrea by
■ ■; < lit iuuiiif' aliEt. Tfeet will toe tout 11*
; tmm to itict prtai irulp it tfee itorcuii
i - aisteSi (lie KutloirF oumfeaea te;rt feivcto Its
B B'.Sif v.'tttrt VJ utolre *ork aufl help.
J iih3 IfTilTt niCtp no umwt- We owe to
' jbu'-i fannae!jfea*. t> ray or aatwir
; .2 ; it* I'toX euo lTj('JiJd lit feUBJ' ate to
' ' KT-ile- f| HUT iieels i)CU"(, tfeHlgl. la lttft
t'.' '• i ti)3 ■ '-fry part c ttor (Willi 17. tliat It
■..-■'.ut uopra-jeful to iuetiUoo ncmie aufl uto all
- tout r. 1 toil mcrntltuae. we tUatli ttoeia all,
r lit" *e art afly i.tmi:. an 4 *e etiimto (Swell
, apwi I2ie jtMturt- v lUwut at lira: tUtnJctap to
tilnne wSit' (tauie in uiiS worloO It our
i iultttr uifl toiai to (feot* we camwt tiieutJot all.
' , Hut It tfeSM ttolitup to toe leaniel Iroui the
i ' femwra to ttot USKJO. atS it .an ttoe oraulort (: ,
tolietstJ li''great liKlpT 1 tlHuttlKirelßttl 1 •:;-t .
Uawt, tut toOto k .4 Dewy iMMHg*.
j We EB iii-i* 1 lot* t.u ' ala f .tary. |
''we u3 feWKerelt t*- ' eu3 know llt.it tax*.,... j
; leu otly fee pais tor t'-.t (4 tie profluc <
! ittoi .litut lit: . . our atr.it.est o,p.
tejrtf *m egree -vrtt to ue ttoat to stootSd toe stared
' toy (ait anS all tot aiifce. tout la prop-jrtluo to
it- good to duet, rte ltli-iSutd ; so lu our op
j JI aiejite go wtrt us.
t e ttuiE we ts-e JounS u meats at beetiriD<-
rlft reeri-. tmS at rltf jettt-t we oaaMane to
2r*l rt. 'ic- rjeit* is to tux all iatd Ui
' toe titr run 1 Talue.
We otoiv.' ttat r to is t lie exjr.neut to tte
rtCue Si .1 ititit put* upoc ite oppurtuultl',
■T gteii? toy laud over utd I'-bOTi
tte etwt it tfest E"tng artl as ma-i eutoot alto
peattr :: "e Sfetitot itr, fir it it 1 , sea, we tfelatlt
' a wflwatdy sale measure to stat value.
S.V Wli:. 3".e, pay erectly ur lalllwfflr tfeulr
•iiase to jes .1 ""aS*. llcrtleis tistaplt* it.
' ltTnaafe3*e tar ref J vjaes we tax til
: I TJioB" ta "Ejey tte yrwitet t oppurMUiltiM pay
"*.► 'jig'fe. t ret-. ti:i • i-srelure 3we tat It
: ! pwf.r- . vli " -"2 t'cJ' • we tax iu jimporuot
to in' ijiptirt mi ie- to antasiilag weatot to eaet.
A* ain " U i'J to iLi.xu3-.it to 1 tot to-day JUUCU
!ai jio: i" 3-> w wttlto tale tte wtoie
■*■ -w ■■■ tic- ifiwr to tills wt" '3
• 1-. tui '. lis I" ' ' a- ttoiSti -Ive as It stuuld
etatti' 1 i. " jir '• wterslilp to hail
iKs-att- "■ t 1 'feat uiiproductive as •!..
| it'i t i■• -iit f - tiiil Htare to Itst
■ ' pro9-.i l- it'fi u ■ ate owuurdkdp to
' land
[i lie , ■• de' uirt met atd wtutet oeusi
to . . - . ..-ft :iey have Mi v.orx evt rj
• • j t • '3 ■ wdur ■ Bve, wirfm |
' - fiu- ii.i.f iit bur'O-t: 'tfl vve uold t uat
l® *p-- i "ureto! tid owt)er-,ldJitaetoee"
tired * tie toe. •' T bunO'to.. It I,lie Cambria L-ot
. 4C-oiuji: ty - utr itUlsj'iU wlillm'J some et
gtiito ' t ' ' .ifcis Pt tremeudous wttlgfet
te "ti-fl 3you utepfeptfetbe!
piurttJEto tote t- tfe-w engtuto Rufl drop uti
teoi! t feutJ-'.'J (4 mray du • (t will not toe
Arsgtf ■ you r*- c iaie.npe. J cainiotout
..ueytit' v'ta-.to say 1 tfee ;wed will
i. !■ .--ji --HBlieutetli :jmginatty.ußd
die nstotc pmidufl! to lli-mll! greatly reduceu
i •*.•• vy t -. (icarltga, it tot tjulflfly
j j . umdttereiuay fee Urukesxlim ,
en. -lurir -v li S utd sitfl tad ii:.vee geuet
irjijyu imtifttultogrtt.y
■-S i. iv ■ idtto jirtrae > teraUp to'
uu j - "S }■• I'Juol e ] .if to an extent
. it; r :n - Jtw . :ui would indict, e, |
let; ti 'I . y o\r uuuje number tun
dr- s i tbUMLaOs. i-.tifl our rty*u and w ouiet
■ Iwli'. .• '■ v tor iisr-i-i ane do tot to'.e-u-Jse tton'J
i liBT : 11'" ,'tut liimlbto mDHOTHe JV-QX7 our
-r • ■-i* i te- . taw v - (Tor fl togetnur
t r |) Auk v.e
S l-eaat* t""-d ;-ui ' •vmtm In aufttiy
wreT iieefldd tn ib-'p ite ''.imiuu::!'; teal' L. |
_ -e r our id—.-- uit T". jea. toeouUse it -Jit
: p.. : Tsi". , . i: t ~. * .. tt lms gut tu go to tte
■if " :!arHB . way irum leiiowmen.
"j sue to ui •* "it:; t.tsit.iie dies wfe
UP • •'■TIC* wound !:tui rsQiur-Uittii IP (
: 'tt: nun. <iue ana J only m—d land.
tArtsnr. .- ■ i ntl trttaid one and all <-xls" i
'ia ■" * uiaoP. Un- j
-- *'• " - ••>•- lu'inup at* toy ite jnwar.e j
. - jmtolei I' tol' t is tte same as saying tbt i
gr - u; —r.tg to tii(v.i v.no noeUP.tle
• •" t;: us vi nit,
- tto-t-r-to d-K * a, J
f*■ ' ";• * % -J • -IfilltftOjlß ItfD ;
J > i. .it. lU.JK. iMttwld.'.ij
" ! -■ • ■ ■ 2 (3Ki! *j be j
• .7 (i' ii'.- ' ' !. xlt. UiiiUiUlkttJ lli i
ti'* fl rr " < ' tniOi B ® ir j|
'
• S H* ! inn v '*£ r. t*Jr tfl (
... r- . "B -LE i- M-iUr lii-iirrA '1 tXIiA Hftllf: 1> ,
. - TST ?' yam-- ; " yjjrti fl fl **wmtFH&r 1
. it j4iKX'tlNKi99K]r
:( - • ■■* 'r-r T!-"*- flnr "sa fl'Uhspfllur .
r JiSip " . n ttj-. ioßJOtf tiuftfeftmi.
Ti> •' * t'lF- -OM 1 iilllf 1-ii ii. IHT will Ufl it- '
T|fl_ 'I ' i- " U ''.tUfltfJH 'tf llOi'J Jftfl I'■ JlfBUWe
'•f *'7 'nr trr* .m>" * m" * lB4t9dKfli
jyy jr'Kjaflt-. " " **% f i- ytlifl
ti* '• 'umNairf- tli ii ■ > njf
mflfee* t4 - " WSTIF" n *<,-r>rp ■ f
. ' ft* isafflfllMS 1 -air- 8 iKafisi ;■
oa ' dbftMCR- of affb w<nfl€
fnontfr tuid liß3i}m*r ajiixn
. ! firv.-flnt - us® * "Ui|r mnwlnfl
. tte wamam to tIWMHir iai4 Tr
j Wi'U&iOiii mfIMC rf
r ii® tumrw, jr jfltj - ttua&r
' *IJ- ;
'' Ur Saj*r aw, ■ ffi " U*f *■ sr
?T .. rffr . t srr-.ysr -*3teßr '".air*
- -n at itwyiii
: - ■ - i' uflitr ,
*■• . • - * i mil i „■,
Mix? i t OB j
v .. j- w *-■ • ii< ammwt'
■i# - psflrya s
than num. she taxed us to fllteui tnlu
ttua. matt-ad to operating toy uuuiX
homeopathic methods. Taxes to today reduoe
Uiipro leutaix too did the fluoo. and aa nature
la rerj l horough. khc inidc a clean sweep. What
was It she too* ? Only Improvement - only the
product to labor, houses, toreew, lactones,
tortdges sod gtwds tlist *e had msde. Flic t-ook
to them, sll that alw thooyht would sutOoe Ui
pay her tax. and It was heavy.
But She did not tax the land. It la Mill herd
and the opport unities u> labor are Just aa good
aa they ever were. Land in dohuswwn toAay
1s falty aa high, perhaps a mtie higher than toe
f -etheflood.
I am told that SLaue the flood, eapitaUsts
anted to put up a hue htoet here, but were
dilven away because land was too high. Would
It nut toe a good "'("y to have that hotel here,
to have a ranter to met busily employed in lla
OlL,ding: 1 ana tola that Uoe I'eionsylvahla
KaOlauad wanted to bring some to Its impruve
oaoenta into Woodvale, which waa swept as hare
as this lioor. tout did not do H toeoause land was
too high, and that while a mayulty to the people
wanted It, one or t* o landholders * opped It toy
deiuaiKtlng too much lor their special piece to
land. XV ould tie-1* liuprov -u(s toot lu ve leei, a
good thing lor Woodvale r
Ihe flood Uke our present system to taxation
also dlßcrliidaaatod It Its tux ga'.bt . of. Took
,2a tot Uatlr lives Irian many, lelt everything to
! jUiisra. hoot arouni juu and see how many
l. . In iills country have enly their Uvea. ]
i no:,..ug elts.. as ihe.. cU... to their work. Aye. |
, nas even to awuk hard w keep want and ,
nn-ncr loutn the u-I>r. ax.u .ork aax 'and dw.
how many have soiuethlug more.
The flood did one thing more. It took trotn
ua in- n. worneu and chll'lreii it hushel Itffttr
the pran le to tltrK tonles. and stlcutwd the vton-s
to those full grown. It took Iron, our own ainall
circle. Eloridge. whom we motors as one who
loved his iellvwr men so well that he would plead
with them to Usten to our doctrines, only toe
cause he toellcved It would make them iiappkr;
and later, t oCln. dear to our tecs'' band as one
to the first to have the courage to his con
victions, a man who knew not ML
Hex nor age was spared, aud we mourn our
lots deep In our isearUi doing what we can not to
say too Inucln Lut mt-n to Johnstown, do you
not know that H we take ouly thla country,
which is a small part to the whole world, every
tern day s us many lives are cut shurl toy the tax
gat be i ere to t toe world, and ui many sad au l
weary hearts lelt to muum their loss, liow ine
tax radtierers r Ke -ause there Is but one (Mug
lhat can t.i- rightly and justly taxed, which is
the lull rental value to all laud, and the lallure
to do this leaves existent, private ownership to
land, and to- .nr. tor;-tog wealth
dew*. ?;• ..-we is as to
uiatett: hunt.iv .. .-• jfl-.i' ha; they d?
.- . heed tu,.r we—tli. and r! in'r- •- to l***
so poor i.. :iiey-jeioi n <i wi. *er
thingeroumy near Ih-i d-e-u ~ .. c w _ich
.he hmitto file, rtx; tratr.-> too to
nialnta'u tLi uindt.v.
'I he orid due- nto realhe tL because It rues
on ao gradually an 1 oSfeSti n-ly t at; an U.
time * o toe horn . ad w grew up toman' ood with
thew brrj-ouudii gs. tout we here !b JouiMflOwii.
have hud It all rev eal" d to tu( uyth- rraatto
hand touadurelna lew leurful toi-md curdling
hp in.his you have thought many in.ags to the
ii .. ,eu you leave a-, think about thli und
name to .ck 11 you will and tell up whertsui
flood, u, its fifteen nlnuoos havoc d i cue -logic
thing, which t-ur pr-stand method to taxatj-m
and priia'.e uWUTiUIp to laud Irum whlft: it
Kjirlv-pi, does not do toy slower degree-
Jotn iai ■- he pr otest i ncuifci-l ves loUow*-r to
-cflglon. to- tt." tieutmotiatloti what 11*111. we
■uij ..." ourdoclidl.es teach us that the Ood-
I*nd 1-- too jiertset tohave w fedttgM In Ills
-reii- .dtli. s w arid, as Id tic- • f. :■ uat ut'iJ
thing to auflet want und . Jscry here
v • hrid ' to tost - s-nkest sort to to ..spheui}
•.- -.aj a- Xi. M.!: -mi euwut politic!econts
| uui - ... . „ 'j j-J first ih.bva i.oo many inch,
and ::,.-n hi-, to m.dte good tills brngUiig toy
tttoiOing llr-. laimnt .hd pes I .cm* re thin 'hern
or c.-fia. he -can IX lea--: id ' theui Htrong
J :a ~-05 V .li-Uiy to their Ktteu'i"'- . lor behoving
tnal Lhe went and misery ot this wurld helung
1" "uu ignontuce and VrjuHik •. Una not tt
us iu v., h -.3 tie there is no flaw-in
I vviutt to uone toy tn-oodtieul. vt' toctleve thic
! v etui slciw 1 hem political ewitituny iwmclletl
with ihe -' tud to lxive.
And*-'toe --VI- that we can jm>retu*t lor
what we tiiLt- away 'rem the land holder. W(
■"iam do 1.;- jn nunc ways, more, n itch more
•.hah we late. 'J htd even lrwn a money Btuud
| I 'int., with very lew exoeptton,if will to-übso
! u the gainer V.e hold thud wt can uiiovv
, JUT rem yto toe one that Is ju it beyond 1(0*'"
j ehl uxiil initeud to "lug rutUcat.ll Is a rem' toy
I "tulwartay cubaorv-uUvc in lis methods.
] 1 o the poor we say we eumt' vv tth no won- i
, orout HJM -ifl'. which w'M teke iiiyst Muu
] ic-rfl'.** to v *-uith and divide It among poor latooi -
■trs • t h-mncn We men ly say to tinsu
I ■ a- -r The-*" exists work dor 2on) men, anu
1 tin b? 3. nut) meh who fined R.M ffliv one sou
| ittuy extra man toy his usunjiuhtUuß can put
" town ih" wa -"-of th' 1 v. utile Jj- VI who vvm.'.t!
: otSuutwl. aura iJUch jus' due; uud thuttto
, r. „g to atone this jiniUkuu Is to create oy nature
means, wore loi s; men where ■'>} men to 1
!Jn o.tit ul.ci tiiemnoUiiug hul tiic up
' portunltr f aiii.t an uutv atneted ll -'lui' t to>
Em uv ol 1: reals with theuis-,-.es. Kay, ve
! even warn them in au vauoe that our bchume
, has no place HIT *• cUivrtty.' bavause w--think
ioo will s-v wt ; re claliuiiu.'much iur ao
i aunpiea measure' Tcs, hut do not forget what
; th* "lie ' idra man can do to the t.utr or whiit
■ . iitHiC o J tan' . ' . ere do ' o th'- engine
is," v u; t-i ■" ■ - tme mi . w irkaiiit'-
to use that (.mi-;- dust to mnke a r mgli surtaue
, smooth, huktead or a smooth une rough.
II v * aretnutuilugto ii'U ":.-C**E. aul heap US
' 0"" 4 our delusion, previous to the flood we
had tmtMiieii ■ course tc study to uis pmliiuni,
; tSir was to oc- upy out- evunlug in euch luuntU.
anu was in take only six evening* ru alh And
'we propose rwsuii'liig ' I Jsjilau. 'W* w!V - ike It
'ji toy r --J.. nliL as v e dvell oh cueto puatw,
.-•v. -touse wtoe want"l knot*. itn-trjiji""i t*tiity to
,* vj® vittfi*. urthose who d' .:utv • ' t ..re
'■-"'-;r IT> -tJ-J'tr—f'" to - .n*ur. ir.)ui he
• otu ways. o too u wee* -m- ; cntUul
•.cr-Htum-total;" part in om doti. ■
; iifiur a law upjimved ttnd signed by
jvustasiw Hiifiinr riu I'iu ?iii duy uf Muv
last, lite cuarpeiuiutiuh uf Uouuty Uoui-
TTI -AN'——*** in tlie aeveral oouirtkie uf this
1 • iiinjutrwealtii was iuwcusotl lrtnn three
ffiou do tiortie Uillttts uud fifty
—.l* Tiiis )iui is uaoljt uliovued. ilww
tT*u for-eiM'jii asy m'tuulli and tißoe-euril*
"i'Esd in the tluties ul their ufiiec, and
Mtri art reytaaj'tiU to *uhiui: utiuuuliy to
uit Cwtailr jkudrturs u luß mid rtuuiUwd
totfi-Tie-iil uf tbe tiny* iti"' tiuttrr* 'tf tlie
' Vtoarat XL wltieia tiley were mupli-y ed.
AN KCHU rUOM THE FLOWU
The Uorror, uf That Awlul Nlgkt—iirtlihlc
Story ul Iks Kipsrltotss uf m raisllj -
Mr- Samuel 1). Henries Thrilling Ac
count.
Mrs. Snrnuel B. Heurie, who has charge
of the Ked Cross House on Locust street,
from so interview relates substantially
the following as Lcr experience in the
flood:
"Our home was No. 114 Market street,
near the market-house. A" the mnrnlnjr
we had linen closely watching the water
a? it approached our house, for many
houses on the level already had several
feet of water in them. Before noon it be
gan to come in, ao we took up our carpets
and set up our piano. My husband and
rayeeif. with our widowed daughter, her
little son. and a Miss Green, comprised
the household. Aa the water rose higher
I and higher, we were forced to go up
stairs. Expecting that the water would
soon lower, and with the excitement and
fatigue, we did not think to take with us
iu>) thing >o eat. After a time we thought
of this, ail 1 theu my daughter waded in
-■raid 'imp and got a loaf of bread. This
proved a wise forethought, for it was all
we had until tte next day, uot being able
to get downstairs again. We were watch
ing and waiting for the water to lower,
when, about 8 o'clock, M*ssGreen walked
to the window and said 'Mrs. Heurie,
come to the window ; I think the water
is failing. I looked, and I thought
it had fallen about three inches;
but, before 1 had turned away
from the window, I heard
the roar and crash, and Miss Green said :
"MyG'>d. Mrs. Heurie, what ia that?"
I cried : " Close the window ; it is the
reservoir ! " I knew instantly what it
was. Then we both fell on our knees
and asked God to tell us what to do.
This took only a moment, when we
rushed to the sewing-room where we
found my l.usband, daughter Maggie and
grandson, stand big. At that moment the
< o*oi pressed air knocked the top off the
tbe market bouse, it falling on our house
tod crushing it and everything down
.round us and at that co "ner of the street.
T'.ien we rata for the hall, my daughter and
myself being much biuised. Miss Green
t: 1 Jdi *gL sprang fro a table which
,-tood near, and, with their fists and feet,
'• ked -Jilt the window. By that time
tue debris was piled nearly to the second
•,;. iy window, and they climbed out upon
it and p ;!'. .1 me through after them. My
daughter called to her father to come,
but he said ne could not for he had his
littb.' i, '-).j iu his arms. Then the
house liiud, aud he was pushed aud
crowded, and he hardly knows how, but
he cot out and landed ou the
wreckage around us. It was only
a step to '.he roof of cur house
then, and 1 was almost helpless with
terror. Maggie Tied to help me on the
roof, hut 1 slipped and went down in the
vv i i-r to e.y nock. Her courage and
sliuucib seeiued superhuman, aud she
.tiled me out aud pushed me on the roof
of the house. 1 helping myself but little.
In her doits to help me she sank iu the
water to her aims; but she said there
- ed to be some force under her which
raised her to the surface again. I fear
that but for this brave girl we would all
1.: ve been drowned or killed. Of course
we were all greatly excited, scarcely
kuovv.ug what we were doing. Only those
*:, i aw that on-coining mountainous
* 'i -r cati know what destruction and
deu'.ti it meant; hut no one had long to
croud it. bo quit kly was it upou us. grind
i —,'-r . Uing and crumbling everything
in its put
•Vliea v e were on the roof we looked
u.d suxv that all Market street had goue :
1 t our house, a little out of the
curt i still stood on one side
crushed, but in its place. Directly the
■ , dashing down toward us.
• y lie : .ud said it was only part
ul l Jco ildnot believe it, it looked so
et i it jammed in .just above us
and crow led u out into the current; and
uv ay v., aei.t almost to the arch bridge.
Here the jam was so great that the force
ul the eurivr.t was checked, and the back
v..ii i.'. ... out along the Kern ville hill,
j- tl -lion time the horrible scenes we
' witneand were unspcukable. At one
mun ut we would see maybe a mother
■ ,i uu idreu clinging to each other on a
or row, >r house, when something
i w Id rerikc tt, giving 't a roll in the
| water which would seud them under.
■ ¥ iily one migut rise to the surface,
1b::' more probably the muss of wreckage
would close over them all forever. The
next moment a monstrous tree, driven
I through the waters, would dash against
another group, crushing them tli. In
, passing along through this death aud
destruction, we looked across Napoleon
' street und suw our other daughter. Mrs.
liule Clawsan, who lived in Keruville, nit
j ting with her three children ou a
part . the .ouf to their house, the
kitchen uud dining-room having
been swtjit away. We soon lost sight
- uf i neiu us we lloated about a square
above, and drifted in near Morris street.
As near as we could toll, the distance we
were whirled was more thuu a mile.
Hurc we seemed to slop ; but the water
VM not quiet enough for us to attempt
to get off until about 7 o'clock. Then we
climbed over house-tops, logs, broken
cars, and almost everything, some men
holding boards for us to walk on, and
laoded in Dean Canan's attic, getting in
through the narrow window. Here we
found eighty-two persons who had gotten
there before us. The water was not quite
to the third stor; in this house, and all
nigdt we expected every moment that it,
too, would go; but, it being a large, sub
stantial building, and not baring been
struck by any heavy body, the force of
the backwater did not moTe it from its
foundation. In all our perilous ride to
this place- there was not a scream from one
of us. nor a loud word spoken, nor a tear
shed—in fact there have been no tears of
any account shed since. It was too great
a terror and shock for tears !
''After the agony we had passed
through, we hoped we were safe in this
attic: but then the tire broke out,
and so tierce was it that by its light
we could see and know one another's
faces, and suffered from the added fear
that it might spread over the entire town,
not knowing who of our neighbors and
friends were being consumed in its angry
flames. Of course I had my absent
daughter and her children constantly in
mind, and everybody was in a state of
feverish excitement, aggravated by fatigue
and want of food, for no one bad had any
supper, aud no one thought of it until
near midnight, when the children cried
for bread. Our little boy cried so pit
eouslv that we told him if he would go to
deep when he awakened there would be
■something for him to eat—not knowing
how it would come or that it would come.
At last the poor child fell asleep, but for
the rest of us it was a long, sleepless
uigbt.
:' When daylight began to dawn, Mr.
Heurie looked out for some way to get
us to the hills, and he saw on the wreck
age at some distance a man with a loaf of
bread which he said was for an aged
lady ; but when he was told that she had
already gone to the hills, and Mr, H_nrie
asked him for the bread, he put it on the
end of a long pole and reached it to liim.
This bread was broaken into small bits
and given to the people. When a small
piece was handed to my daughter and
me, remembering what we had told our
little boy. we could not eat it. but kept
it until he should wakeu.
" For ail the blessings of a lifetime I
was never so thankful as when we got
into that attic.
" About 9 o'clock we endeavored to get
out of this crowded place, and a plank
wtu, reached across fiom our window to
the window of the large building next to
us, and we walked over the plank, through
houses and over houses, until wc got to
the hill, when we went to the house of
aequaiutar.ee- of Dean C'auac. a German
family by the name of Whak Here food
was offered us, but 1 had no apjvotite,
thinking that my daughter and her chil
dren were drowned after v\e aw them
fitting on the roof the night before. But
very soon word came to us that they hail
been rescued, and were near us on the
hill. 1 started to run down to find them,
but fell from exhaustion, and could get
no further for s. rac time. But M.iggie,
delighted !o hear that her sister vras alive,
ran ou, aud, when she embraced Kate
and told her that we were a'.! living, K itv
sank iu a dead taint, and it was hours
before we could restoro her to con
sciousness. This meeting was near a
Mrs. Rose's, and she called them ia and
showed every kindness, bringing the be-t
she had iu the house to put ou Kate, who
had 10-t everything but the wet clothes
she bad on. From fright, exposure and
cold lier jaws were set, and for a long
time she could not apeak understanc.ingly,
even now, she ha.- not regained her
strength.
"After ray little grandson heard me
pray that night, hi -aid . ' Grand-mother,
d' n't be afraid, we won't be drowned.' 1
did uot reply to tbe child r.t the time, but
a few days afterward I asked him why he
thought wc would uot be drowned when
we were so near it, and lie said: 'You
always told mo if I said my prayers 1
would be saved,' uot understanding that
I meant bis soul instead of his body.
Perhaps such faith as that saved us.
" Before noon Mr. Clawson's brother,
from East Liberty, found ::s. Fortu
nately, be came searching over tlie
Keruville hill. Had he gone around
on the other side of the river, no ono
can tell how long before he could have
reached us, there being no way of
crossing the river, only away below,
and, consequently, all communication
with the other side was cut off. There
was no choice as to what was het to be
done with daughter Kate and her
children as there being no place for them
to stay ; so the next morning Mr. Claw-
Son started with them and Miss Green
for East Liberty. Tbe nearest point
where they could take the train was Sang
Hollow, seven miles distant, all the track
this side having been washed away. They
found a man who would let them rido
with him as far as Morrcllvillo, where -lie
was going, nearly crazy with grief, hav
ing been told that his wife and six chil
dren were lying dead. My daughter said
that was the most frightfully mad ried
that could be imagined. The man drove
as fast as lie could go over almost every-
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thing, frigiitening theia temblw. Several
times, wtoea they could endure it ao
longer, they xpoke to him, xad each time
he said he was ant driving very fast. In
his sorrow he could thick of nothing bat
eagerness to reach the scene of his for
mer home; and on they dasbe.;. >\~hea
they reached Morrellvillt. more dead that
alive, sure as fate' he found thai the
dread report was true. There were Ms
wife and children, lying aide by lide.
"From MerreHvillc these ciris tad to
walk in the rain and mud the retraining
four miles to get the train which was so
crowded with dazed and half-crazed
people that they were forced to be Lt-lped
in through the window, at a vl "tally
climbing on top of the cars. More ex
citement and confusion and sorrow oofeVi
not be thought of. The girls did ao
know they were without half antil they
left the car. *0 miles from home. It
would have made ao difference ii they
had, there were no hats for them.
"After Kate and her children '. ft us we
went back to Mrs. IVaid's and remained
for two days. At that hou.--. they fed
hundreds of people everyday, cvi .r roiles
around in the oountir for food. They
were constantly oockinc; sci - :r as I
know, it was the same in every house
that was left standing. Such kindness
and willingness to feed everybody was
never known before ; and the generosity
displayed by those who had dry do' Ling
in giving to those who came out cf the
waters destitute and barely alive, soon
reduced their wardrobes to what they
had on. and established in the hearts of
all an abiding faith in the goodness of hu*
manity.
WHAT I!EC. VMS OF MAKY IE3.V.
Shp i' jald HITNI Sntf Heru M Bnt 1 'lied
to D > Sff.
Saturday last we published cm item from
the Ebensburg Freemc%, stuU-ig it was
belived Miss Mary Zern, of Carroll tewu
ship, was lost in the flood. The article
stated that she was seen at- '-.t a week
before the flood Ly an acquaint .. at >
house that wa> washed away, r.r.d the
entire family lest
The facts an- ad to rela .. .uly too
true. Miss Ztrn perished in that : .rible
disaster of May 81st. But she c -iVff
saved hereself if she ha-t hid he - -. : each
cfmiad, or as it 1 iksfrora tit -'ory rw
lated by one of the survivors, if >i. had
so desired.
Miss Zern. when not otherwise ea
gagtd made ber heme with her friend
Mrs. F. p. Brown, who reside 1 a* the
time of the disaster, at No. ■ •'C . uangb
street. Second ward, rstar tlie Point.
On the fatal alteram- whc. e dan;
bur>t. Mrs. Brown's house was sub
merged by water from the C eir.augh
river, an:' QM '. j] I -'..j
alarmed. Wiien the ten i .. v, -wepi
ovei the to v ' it ii i t ir-. ilrowa's
house, i. ri. In-.. •. elf. w re heT
sisters,: : a "■ y -•-m. and
floated ' - f.-'t uately
floated near ?:••• r- -i h ? M: .•Ceagy
and Mi-. Br ■nn, . r mstier aac . '>an 1
•uciaedeu i.i niaiiiug their esca,
Mr . B Tr; ..ug ueri -ience.
snid 'tut M- i ■ culi! k*.Ve V os
is >ei', ' .e aide nc elTc.-t She
aiiuply Sat d>- n, . "1 foldira lier .... .•!.
remarked 'i '• tI v. loin
Heaven tourer
Shortly afie: ■ . vent to o't.cs
and J iss i. " . - r-i-cued. > - was
ab.mi f> rty . . an ; . very
devov:'call- r of
Catholic Churob.
Yoathial - .Wlrr days.
Waster
Congrrssm ">!, Kinlci. of 01 was
a stripling f-< \ l.en he i. eu
as a private. • tea E'.'.t -'. . a
brevet major Representative Be : :h
--man, of the sMiie State, w 1 year
older whe.i h shoulder. cot.
Thoinj ? . . ■., ' 'aio, w. - -e. as
was Mofßt, of New York v t Wis
consin : ivter-, 't Kansas ; to ' : V. est
Virginia. N<i, . M > u"
others. T : >!n:w, of Id. t n a.
fifteen : Struble, of lowa. .-von ta ;
Conger ami llolr •. f the ; - . .".t
uinett . Li. t'.l. of Ndrask N : ad,
was Olio ui the youngest so,d:ers in the
war. He put on the blue when ' r was 3
lad of thirteen. Nearly or.lf •■( the
Southern -oilier <iat - en .as
mere boy-. Hatchings and Alien, of
Mississippi, were only f >urtrn : :i i two
Scnatois from Wt st Mtginio. Ke .aa and
Faulkner were fifteen. Berry, tf >[ if
sippi, w'ut sixteen, ss wer, Br eken
ridge, of Arkansas, Crisp and Grimes, of
Georgia, ar. 11, nham, of Texas, Senator
Riddleberg.. of Virgins, went :r :,t - CTf
entecn, and Senator Daniel at nineteen;
Browne, of Virginia, was seventeen,'
llopk ns, eighteen, as were Wilson, of
West Virginia. Rowland and Henderson,
of North Carolina, Bankhead, of Ala
bama, Lnbboon, of Kentucky, and An
derson, of Mississippi.
A Tramp Killed.
A man supposed to bo a tramp, was
struck by a train near Latrobe Monday
evening and cut to pieces, lie was 'akctt
to Derry, where he was buried yesterday.
The Weather.
Indications for to-day is warmer, lot?
temperature.