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, 1889-06-23

A French count when brought into
court by e~ighty-two different creditors
acknowledged that he was somewhat
financially embarrassed, but he wanted
a little more time to conclude n mar
rage with an American girl. 1t was
granted.
, 1889-06-23
Queen vlotorIa,, sen,,blo sboo..

A shoemaker from London, who
worked in the shop where Queen Vic
toria's shoes are made, being inter
viewed by a reporter, said; "Isuppose
the queens number is at least a six,
and she wears a very sensible shoe,
long and broad, with a low heel and
plenty of at her toes. She has
several bunions and corns, you know.
L suppose her common sense ideas
about shoes didn't come to her until
late in life. / remember making a
pair of ball shoes for the Princess
Beatrice just before 1 left. She has a
foot something like her mothers. 1t
was short and fat, the ankle being
what you might call boxed just a lit
tie. Her number was a four, and she
wore out perhaps a dozen pairs a year.
, 1889-06-23
Though shaken Like a Lear

By the most trivial causes, weak nerves
are easily susceptible OF IMMIGRATION, a
term which also imports, in this instance,
quietude. The nervous have but to use
Hostetters Stomach Bitters systematical
ly to overcome that super-sensitiveness of
the human sensorium, which is subversivo
of all bodily comfort and mental tranquil
ity, and which reacts most hurtfully upon
the system. The difficulty underlying this
as well as many other ailments, is imper
feet assimilation. no less than in complete
dis estion OF the food. In the discharge of
both the digestive and assimilative func-
tons, the Bitters are the most potent, the
most reliable auxiliary. As the body re.
gains vigor and regularity by its aid, the
brain and nervous system are also bene-
fitted. Persons subject to the influence OF
malaria, dyspeptic and rheumatic invalids
and persons whose kidneys are inactive,
should also use the Bitters.
, 1889-06-23

This total is a mill less than last year.
but may be tilted. The license revenue
will be $4,000 less than in 1888.
, 1889-06-23
The City.Tax Levy.

At a meeting OF the council finance
committee Yesterday the levy, subject to
cbango ,yos r,aIo.
, 1889-06-23

81 have used two bottles OF your Paine,s
Celery Compound. and It has given entire sat
isfactlon as IN appetizer and blood purifier"
I. L BERsER, WATERFOWL, Dakota
, 1889-06-23
Paine's
Celery Compound

Is prescribed by ply sicians, recommended by
druggists. endorsed by ministers, praised by
users, and guaranteed by the manufacturers
as a spring medicine which Will do all that Is
claimed for It. Use it this spring. and see how
quickly IL tones YOU up
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-03
esiII Anofher ni.nster.

PlrTsBURG PA. June AT Super
ntcudeut Pitcairn 3 Office 10 was stated
to Che many enquiries for information
ot friends who were on the second sec
tion of the day express. which was re-
ported TO have been burned near Cone
maugh. twelve of the passengers are
missing "No lives were lost by fire -
said Mr. Petcairn. but those missing
may have been drowned. The fire
was caused by q car load Of lime,
which rail- down against the train.
the action of the water on the
lime caused the conhagIation. A par
.or-car and three Pullman sleepers
were consumed. Mr.. Pitcairn was un-
able to give the name OF any Of the per
sons ON the train. but it is known that
on DO were ex Postmaster General Frank
ii on. w. w. Patrick. ,the banker,
and wife, of pittsburg Rev. N. Robin
SON. of the Theological Seminary. and
Miss Jennie Pauls0n. from whom their
friends have received no word. The
officials at the other end of the division
are taking list of the passensers who
have succeeded ia getting over, and
thus possibly the list of the missing can
be accurately ascortained in due time.
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Two bodies Float Down.

ELNuRA. n. Y. June 1.-The water
here last night was from a foot to a
foot aud half higher than ever before.
This afternoon two bodies fiOated down
the river. i iroof upon which three
persons were clinging Is said to have
passed by the city last night. The
body of baby was washed ashore in
the lower portion Of the city this even
ing. Last night the Erie Railroad
bridge was anchored by two trains of
loaded freight cars. The water rose TO
the cars with which the bridge acted as
a dam and forced the water back
through the city on the north side OF
the Cheming river. where the principal
business houses are located.
The waters covered the streets to
depth of two or three feet. and the
easements Of the stores were quickly
flooded. causing thousand Of dollars
damage. The only possible way OF en-
tering the ROthbOn House. the principal
hotel of the city, was by boats, which
were rOwed directly in the hotel office
on the south side Of the river.
The waters were held in check
for several hours by the
ten foot railroad embankment
but hundreds of families were driven
IN the upper stories Of their houses.
Late in the p. NJ. 1000 feet of the en-
bankment was forced away, and the
water carried the railroad tracks and
everything else before it. An extensive
lumber yard in the path Of the rushing
waters was swept away, and many
horses we're drowned, and the people
living on the flats were rescued with
great difficulty by the police.
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Asking For aid

NORFOLK. VA. June 2.-Piesident
Glennan. of the Irish Catholic Benevo-
lent Union. has issued the following
address to the societies of the union
asking assistance for the sufferers of the
Johnst0wn. Pa. disaster:
NORFOLK. Va. June 3 1889.
To the Affiliated Societies. Irish Catho-
lie Beaer0leat Union. L. S. and
Cmddd
Brothers appalling catastrophe
has occurred at JOhnstOwn. Pa. a de-
structive food submerging the town
and adjacent country. Hundreds
of lives have been lost, aud
the destruction of property
is immense. The awful disaster has
elected the sympathy of the county.
While our prayers are offered for the
dead. let a generous assistance be ex-
tended the distressed and afflicted sur
vivOrs. | therefore recommend tha
subscriptions be taken up I'm all the So
cieties of the union. the funds for
warded 10 Secretary Griffin, Philadel-
phia. TO be by him RENTED to the
proper authorities for the distribution
for the sufferers. The union has never
failed to respond to the appeal of the
afflicted. f. will not now.
lSigned MICHAEL GLENNAN,
President Irish Catholic Benevolent
Union.
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great damage aud suffering lin neigh
boring counties by the floods.
TIE FLUUD 1T ASHTNHTUN.
Three Feet Six Inches Higher Than
the Highest Recorded FIosd.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., June 2.-Ihe
rise of the Potomac river and the flood
ing OF part of the city distracted atten-
ton locally from the Johnstown hor-
ror. When morning broke the water
had formed a big branch of the river,
running through the city between
Pennsylvania avenue and the high
ground on which the Smithsonian In
stitute. the Agricultural Department
building and the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing are situated. Through
the dark hours of early morning menin
small boats or hastily reconstructed RATS
floated backward and forward through
the flooded district.
1t was reported that a colored man
had been drowned in the deep water
near the Baltimore and Potomac sta
tion on Sixth street. He was in tree
and calling for assistance at about 3
O'Clock. and a boat sent out not long
afterward 10 rescue him found the tree
empty. Ii was supposed that he was
intoxicated; ; that he had climbed the
tree when the water began to rise and
that he had fallen into the deep water
afterward and drowned.
At daybreak the water had flooded
PENNSYLVANIA avenue in several places.
and il was still rising. The cellars of
all the stores on both sides of the lower
part Of the avenue and the streets south
Of It were flooded. and a great deal of
damage was done TO perishable proper
ty. The first street car that started
across from the south to the north side
of the city plowed its way through
several feet Of water, and the passen-
gers were obliged TO perch on the backs
Of seats to protect their feet and legs.
After that experience the cars were
stopped at the edge Of the flood,
and passengers who did not care TO go
around the obstruction, paid old men
or the drivers Of high-strug wagons FOR
TRANSPORTATION across. The cars ruD-
ming up and down the avenue contin-
ued toplow through all day. High water
mark was reached about noon. From
that time the water receeded gradually.
The point reached by the flood was
three feet and six inches higher than
the highest recorded flood mark. All
Washington was driving up and down
the river this afternoon. The President
came out for time in the White House
carriage. accompanied by Mr.. Mckee
and BABY" Mckee. and drove around
the circle behind the White House
where the water was not very deep.
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LYNCHBURG
Inc manage Done Oy Ihe Freshei.


LYNcnBURo. June 2.-Ihe total dam
age by the Hood here lie estimated at
$4,000. the principal loss being by
the Glamorgan Iron Company. esti-
mated at some $1,000. Adams & Wood
son estimate their loss at II 500, and J.
T.. Petty john & Co. about the same.
TIE other principal losses were by
Messrs. Heald q Co., bark mills Lynch
burg iron furnace, Yates Coopering
Establishment Company, Lynchburg
Manufacturing Company's bone and
sumac mills. Lloyd's barytes mill,
Ford & Hatchers barytes mill, Din
gees barytes mill, and other enter
prizes ON the lower basin.
The most serious damage to the city
was the breaking Of the levee which
protects the water works canal and
supplies various other industrial
establishments with water. II Is sup
posed il will take ten days to repair it.
Trains on the Virginia Midland road
only run to Manassas, and are not ex-
pected through to Washington before
tomorrow night OF Tuesday. 1t is
supposed that some time will elapse
before all the repairs can be completed
on the Richmond and Allegheny read,
especially between here and Lexington,
where the damage is thought to be the
greatest.
The Norfolk and Western trains run
through on time TO Bristol and east to
Petersburg, but the great damage is on
the New River branch, where all trairs
have been stopped for some time, and
many bridges are washed away Trains
to Dauville on the Virginia Midland
run through, and no mail here from
anywhere since Friday. No lives ap-
pear to have been lost. The river crop
generally is destroyed, and also some
live stock.
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burning debris lodged above the
sienc bridge. at the lower end
Of the town. The ruins are
recking with the smell of de-
caying aud burning bodies. Near
the edge of thoruins the decayipg body
of stout cOlored woman is lying like
the uncared for remains Of an animal.
Six black skulls. from which the flesh
had been burned, can be seen pr0trud-
ing from the wrcckage Just above the
east end Of q bridge. They are close
together. The Western Union Tele-
graph Company succeeded in opening a
temporary Office in an abandoned oil
house on the mountain side. and have
seven good wires working to Pittsburg.
bat none east.
lt has just transpircd that the whole
corps Of Western Union telegraph ope-
raiors was lost Friday evening.
The eastern end of Main street has
been cleared and the remains of over
hfiy taken out of the portion cleared.
All over the town the searchers have
been equally successful. As soon as a
body is found it is placed on litter
and sent 60 The morgue, where it is
washed and placed on a board for sew
cral hours 20 wait identification.
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rAERl nrlLplNG WRECKED.
The People Who Escaped are Pressed
for Food

for rood.
SANG HOLLOW. June 2.-Advices
from Johustown are that practically
every building in the city has either
been entirely wrecked OF damaged so
that 10 will have TO be rebuilt. Whole
street was swept clear Of all trace OF
habilauon The people who escaped
TO the hin sides have not boats to get
around with. and are pressed for food.
They are camped out in the brush, and
the women and children suffer greatly
from hardships besides being halfcrazed
with anxiety over the fate Of friends
and relatives. The water is not re-
ceding much. because the choked-up
railroad bridge acts as dam, and will
do SO until the debris that clogs the
arches is removed, which will be a big
lob. The Peunsy lyania Railroad track
is torn away bodily for the distance Of
mile IN TWO OF three places. The Bal
timore and Ohio track suffered also, bu
not so severely.
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thoPre,,aent oner,io FURNISH xa,,on..

WASHINGTON. ID. c., June 2.-The
President did not attend divine service
to-day. This morning Governor Scho-
field, acting Secretary of War. called
at the White House and had a consul
tation with the President in rela-
ton to the JohnstOwn calamity.
They obtained the use Of a
special wire aud placed them
selves in telegraphic communication
with Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania,
and others, and repeated to those en-
gagged in the work Of succor the Of
fer of the President to furnish rations,
etc This evening the President is
again in communication with the Penn
sylvania authorities planning the best
motive Of extending aid TO the suffer
ing.
The day has teen one Of terrible sus-
pense for Private Secretary Halford.
Early this morning he received tele-
gram saying that the train on which
his wife and daughter were passengers
had been wrecked near Johnstown
and all the passengers lost. 1t
was late this evening when
message was received from one of the
general officers of the road, saying that
Mrs. Halford and Miss Halford were
safe at Altoona.
Mrs. Frank Hatton has received a
telegram saying tnat her husband Is
among the saved,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-03

BRADFORD. PA. June Not q train
hae passed over the western division Of
fht New York. Lake Erie and Western
Railroad to-day. From Wellsville to
Almond distance Of twenty-three
mi.cs. the road winds along the bank of
d e. Gelcsce river. Big washouts have
occurred az Elm Valley. Tiptop. Al
fred and Am0us. The big iron
bridge at Bolvidere is reported
ta. have collapsed About thirty
cuivort- and small bridges have
also gone out. no trains will
pass over the road until Monday. On
Che Bradford division three miles of
track between Irving Mills and Carroll
lon ia under two feet of water. and the
big iron bridge spanning The Alleghany
Is weakened. and may give out. Not
In fuenlv-one Years has the Allegheny
river rom higher The towns Of Lime
stone. Tuna and Carrolton are
submerged. The Buffalo. Roches-
.or and Pilt-burg. the Phila-
la.Unia and Erie and the New
luk. Lake Erie and Western suffered
heavy washoufs and lost miles of track
at Clark Junction and JOhnsburg. No
trains are running on the Rochester
division OF tine Western.New York and
Pennsylvania. Nearly AN trains out of
Bradford have been abandoned. About
2.O00 600 feet Of logs went out at the
Weston mills this morning. and other
big bo0ms are broke loose. At Portage
the flood is Unprecedented. AT Friend
shipa large brick house toppled into
tne flood
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most picturesque exhibition Of water
fury. This was undoubtedly in the inn
mediate vicinity Of the place where
Campbell's bridge had stood, but where
now, plunging and boiling, the flood
sped along as if in glee over
the destruction it had wrought.
In addition to the damage
already mentioned in last nights dis
patches as having occurred in the
neighborhood, another portion Of
Stearn's silk mill became the prey Of
the raging element and considerable
damage was done TO the stock in the
Seward & Munts trunk factory. The
water rose all night, and this morning
was well up on Old street. Many people
who last night considered themselves
safe in their homes. had to remove be-
fore morning, and before noon
to-day their places Of residence
were under water up to the second
STORY WlnuOW1.
The amount Of loss to small property
owners from sweeping away Of fences
and damage to foundations and inte-
riors. and to householders from injury
TO furniture. value Of garden truck de-
molished. is simply beyond possibility
Of estimate. Kidd & Brothers ware
house caught fire this morning from
the Stacking of lime stored there. and
is a total loss. Insurance not known.
The Atlantic Coast Line Shed collapsed
about - O'Clock and the platform is
ahoat. The pumps at the electric-light
plant are submerged, but the company
are doing the best it can to keep the
city lighted The Norfolk and West
ern track is very badly washed
along the river front The total
loss will far exceed last nights esti-
mate. The havoc wrought by the
flood is more apparent to-day. Around
Campbell S bridge alone the loss willnot
fall short Of fifty thousand dollars. The
damage TO water-works will foot up
twenty thousand. Altogether a quarter
Of million will no more than cover
damages exclusive of that to railroads.
One experienced business man estima-
ted half million, but that seemed
rather itoo high though it may be
nearer right than my estimate.
Trains from Richmond this morning
got as far as Pocahontas, and one left
from there for Richmond tonight.
Trains on the Norfolk and Western run
regularly. though. Of course. unable to
get to the depot. and passengers, mails.
baggage. &C.. are transferred by
wagons.
The food had its ffst victims this
morning but it was their own fault.
j. ID. Whitehead, milkman, and John
Thweatt. colored. helpers. iIied to cross
the river. Before they embarked
friends begged them 70 desist. The
more so as i'm similar un-
dertaking yesterday Whitehead 8
boat capsized, and he had narrow es
cape from drowning. To day he was
less fortunate. about the middle of the
river "a furious current capsized his
boat and itstwo inmates were drowned.
The bodies havenot yet been recovered.
The water began to fall about 3 o clock.
and by had fallen about three or four
inches. News from adjoining counties
of Dinwiddie. Sussex. and Prince
George are meagre. but sufficient TO
show that the farmers have suffered
very heavily and that the county
bridges are nearly all gone.
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one nousana hunting for BODIES.

J0HNsT0vN. PA.. June 2.-The recov-
cry ol bodies has taken up the time of
thousands AN day. The theory now is
chat most of those killed by the
torrent ave buried beneath the de-
lr's and the events of to-day z work IN
lhc ruins in large degree justifies this
lmp.ion. Six bodies were taken out
of one pile ol rubbish not eight feet
square tri- morning. The truth Is that
bodies are almost as plentiful as logs,
only the sWiI. of the waters put the bo-
dies under and the logs and boards on
top in The general stockiug-up Of the
animate and iuanimale.
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THE RAGING POTOMAC.
The Long Bridge Resists the Angry
current.

current.
WASHINGTON. June 2.-Saturday
night was a long and anxious one for
the watchers in the vicinity of the
Long bridge. When darkness came on
and the lights went out the surround
ings were indeed gloomy. and as the
waters rose above the draw of the
bridge and the debris was heard to
-pla q ard crash against it all felt thai
the old structure must break. The
watchers tried to guess the extent Of
the havoc that would be caused
by such an accident but
none guessed more anxiously than
Captain n. G. Thayer, of the $4,000
endless chain dredge. which lay close
up 10 the bridge on the eastern side.
and which would doubtless be smashed
TO pieces. accompanied most probably
by the loss Of the lives of those on
board. But day light dawned. and
though the waters still rose. the old
bridge reared It's timbers defantly and
intact. A train of loaded freight cars
had been run on the tracks. and
these stopped travel on that section of
the bridge. Barricades were put up on
the other side of the bridge. and cOnse-
quently all travel there was stepped.
The tracks are displaced and there Is
still water over the southern end. but
otherwise the bridge is believed to be
all right. From Jackson City came the
intelligence that that place was still
under water, and that several OF the
framehOuses had been carried
away. The railroad track is submerged
for some distance. The crowds at the
bridge yesterday were not as large as
the day before. probably owing to two
reasons-the difficulty of getting from
the northern end Of the city. and the
fact that the people were not permitted
the excitement of going On the bridge.
many turning back disappointed when
they saw the barricades.
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H0RNHrIsvnLE.N y. ". June 2.-Seve-
bridges on the outskirts of the city are
gone. the highways are impossible.
The railroads Will suffer, particularly
the Erie. whose property in the vicinity
of thc shops is completely submerged,
work being totally abandoned. Many
wasnouts are reported on the different
sections of the Erie. Not tram has
arrived or departed to-day.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-03
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
rne C,,y run OF Detained Ps..enGers.

Special TO the Times.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. June 2.-The
city is full of detained passengers bound
North. The hope of getting as far as
Washington before Tuesday is not very
bright. No mails from the North since
Friday morning as communication 10
cut of by the loss Of bridges. The
damage to the country. except in low
grounds. is reported az very small.
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Ne.seI AaIiOre.

NORFOLK. VA.June o. With the ex-
ception of a slight southwestern gale.
Norfolk has escaped the effects OF the
storm. The only Inconvenience expe.
rienced here by the storm is that trains
from Richmond and the North are be-
hind time. caused by wash-outs in sec-
tions from far away. A special from
Hatteras shoals says that the schooner
Mary +. Bradshaw, from Charleston.
5. c., TO Philadelphia. with "a cargo OF
phosphate rock. is ashore at that place.
All Of the crew. except the steward,
Thomas Williams, were saved. The
schooner is a total loss.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-03

Young Buhbs-rhat's a horrible warning
at Sew Haven TO every ioy.roi ice cream,
Isn't b. Flora,
81 haven't heard about it."
"Wby. over one hundred people were
taken I'D from eating vanilla ice cream and
many of them viii die"
"Too bad, wasn't iti Here's a nice looking
place. Let's go iu and have some ice cream
chocolate ice cream. n-Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-03

Angelina now that you have visited
her school, Edwin, what is your decision re-
rarling Madame Francaise for our childreni
As TO discipline does She give that proper at
teutlCn'
Edwin Indeed. she does my dear was
there the whole morning, and madame seemed
70 devote the entire time 10 preserving order
-Harrers Magazine
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Relief Meet Dgs.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. June 2-Tele-
graph reports received here show that
relief meetings for the benefit of the
Johnstown sufferers have been called
in Boston, Columbus, o., and New
York.
Mayor Hill. Of New York, has issued
proclamation invoking aid.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-03

l.. p. RoUTT, Of this city, has been ap-
pointed agent for the Waite q Bartlett
Manufacturing Company, Of New York.
If in want Of anything in the electric
one, write or call on him. Catalogue on
application. II
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-03

"Are they boy, OF girls" asked the moth
erly hiy meeting pair of twins in a baby
carriage
"Wun OF aitch sind, num- replied the
nurse.
"Nhlt are their namcsN
"Maxio. mum and Minnie, num-
"Oh. see. that's 'he long and the short Of
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