The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-13

demolished, there has been i per
feet swarm Of wreckers, mel, and
women, for two days past. While
4 u ha At
next Of kin, ret there were many
persons 20 palpably ont Of place
that the sin Of the thing was lost
sight Of By the utter ludicrour-
ness of the contrast. To Sc a big
brawny woman stand arms akin DO
looking at fine portrait of the
daughter of some arisfocratic
family, and endeayor to bring an
expression Of maternal solicifude
into here voice and features.
when she saw she was observed
was too much for my. gravity, and
i laughed. She turned indig-
nantly upon me and muttered
something about the unfeeling-
ness Of people who make sport
of mothers sorrow. and then
laying the massive gilt-framed
portrait face downward on the
sand, she dived into the wreck of
the house again, and quickly re-
appeared with a fine Sevres vase
and a bronze cupid, and came
walking out with all the
QUEESLY AIR
And confidence of a possessor.
/ afterward learned size vas: tie
wife of a section hand on the
Pennsylvania railroad who lost
every thing in the flood, but with
admirable tact and GOODNESS the
wife was establishing another
home out of the wreck, choosing
only the best. She already had
promiscnous assortment of useful
furniture, and was now
AFTER THE ORNAMENTS.
And this is only one of the Incl
dents that may be every whore
seen in this dreary waste.
The people having had, and still
having SO much to keep their
hands and feet busy, have not had
the opportunity or the time for
grieving, and there is much less
outward expression of sorrow
than one might expect.
Only two women, out Of the
hundreds who were robbed of
husbands, children, sweet-hearts.
fathers, or brothers, have been
seen 50 far with any pretense at
mourning manifest about their
clothes, and these two, mother
and daughter, both Of whom had
lost husband and children, had
plain black dresses Oh and piece
of Grape bound about their hats
The absence of mourning may be
DUE TO TIE UTTER POVERTY
OF the people,and the inability Of
even those with money to buy
any thing III this town without a
store. But | am inclined tothink
is because they have not yet
had time to fully realizetheir de-
plorable situation. The first shock
of the disaster was so Sudden and
r-whelming that the people
are still in a dazed condition, and
this, coupled with. the employ
mcnt the people have had, have
prevented an.xsxfi,ient paroxysms
of despair. Theirs is one good
exception, however, and it brought
tears to the eyes of all who heard
it. Squire Fisher, well-known
Magistrate, was washed away
together with his family, a very
large one, and not trace of even
Ais-hause-has1bee found
son, Ed Fisher, who was station
agent for a local railroad, was the
only member of the family who
escaped. Last night he gave way
to his awful despair, and, taking
his pistol, he walked to tree on
the+hiilside overlooking the spot
where his fathers house once
stood and
BLEW HIS BRAINS OFT.
His body was found a half hour
latter, still warm.
THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST.
Cincinnati s 22,106
Loudonville. o., 500
Decatur, Ind, 100
Anderson, Ind, 100
Malta, o., $50
McConnellsville, O., $50
New Orleans, La, 1000 |
Wooster, O., 500 !
Cridersville, O., 100
Wilmington, O., 400
Bellaire, O., 1900