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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15
EGGS And SWINE.

Dogs from pure-bred Light Brahmas, Ply
II mouth Rocks, Wyandottes and White
Leghorus. Also pure-bred Berkshire Swine
for sale. &. ID. WGSONG.
Jan. IL, lSS9-6m Shepherdstown, W.. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15
READY-MADE CLOTHING.

+ HAVE several hundred dollars worth of
i Ready-Ma Clothing OH hand. Am anX-
ious so close them out and quit the business.
Will sell them without regard TO cost or pro-
fit. This is the opportunity for bargains.
j. =. MELVIN.
Duffields March o. 1889
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15
WIN. WEISE.
TnuN DTCEAR

March 9Th, 1889.
Mr.. Towner Schley-Dear Sir-I used your
special preparation for spring corps on my gar
den last spring. was very much pleased
with IT, Truly Yours,
w. MANNING LEMEN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15

An awful tragedy was enacted on
the streets of Temple, Taxas, the
other day. Alfred and Herbert Roth
or engaged in gun fight with Tom
and Hugh Mattock- The latter was
killed outright and Tom Mattock is
dying. Alfred Rother was shot in the
arm.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15
FOR RENT.

wv o Dwelling Houses at Dufiields, with
rooms and kitchen. Both comparatively
new and in good condition. One possession
given LIST Of April, 1882 the other about mid
die of April. j. =. MELVIN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15

The peculiar purifying and building up
powers Of Hoods Sarsaparilla make Ii the
very best medicine TO fake at this season.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15
OV E CO A TS +!

both Heavy and Lieht-weights. Ia fact. ey-
eTything yOn need b. Clothing and Furnish.
ing Goods you will find az the Boss Clothing
store. also beg 10 return my many thanks
10 all my friends and customers for their past
favoTs and hope continuance Of ibe sane.
Remember the old stand. College square.
The Boss Cloihiug Man Of Observation-Disclosures,
JACOB WINTERMOYER
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15
NOTICE.

VNHE Annual Election for Directors of the
i Jefferson County Mutual Fire Insurance
Company will be held March lStb-the third
Monday ia the month-at the Company Of
flee, between the hours of II and O'Clock.
X. \. ALEXANDER, Secy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15

February, 1889.
Mr.. Towner schley-Dear Sir-Your Corn
and Oats Phosphate has pleased me for sever
al years. am convinced the use of II pays.
1t natures the corn earlier, stands the
drought better and believe the worms will
not injure 1t.
Yours Respectfully,
John III SNYDER
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15
CLOTHING!
And Gents Furnishing GoodsI

are all OF the Latest styles and Ia endless va
rieties. and there Is no one that can beat me
in prices, AS 1 can aud will sell you bargains
Ia all Of my goods. Remember, ] buy my
goods for cash and can sell them for less
money than II ! bought on credit. have a
nice line OF
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15
Proposals for Building.

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received I'M
Sull April LIST. 1885, for erecting "A school
house AT Harper's Ferry, the Board of Educa-
ton rescrving the right To reject any or all
bids. For plan and specifications apply To-
c. Il. WentZel!, President Of the Board OF
Educstion of Harpers Ferry District.
JAMES w. GRUBB,
Sec'y Board of Education.
March s. lSSg-3w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15

FRIDAY, MARCH is, 1889.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-15

Mr.. Towner Schley-I have used your Corn
and Oats Phosphate for several years. be-
lleve 1t a first-class article. 1t certainly paid
me for my investment.
Respectfully Yours,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07

that prohibition did prohibit, and he asserted
tnat Kansas had prospered unprecedentedly
under its sway
3. G. Christy. ESQ.,, and Isaac Cowan, the lat
ter OF Ohio, addressed medium sized audi
ence at the Smithheld Street Methodist
Church. Mr.. Christy admitted that there viii
be violations of the law If it pass. but held that
the claim no more initiated against it than
does the fact that laws against
crimes generally are transgressed. The
Referring to the decisions of Judge hite in
the recent License Court, he said the Judge had
made one grave mistake, and that was in grant
ing q single license in the whole coun-
ty when he had the discretionary power and
good reasons for refusing them all
Mr.. Cowan, the Ohio blacksmith, made a
short address. in which he positively asserted
that in Kansas and Iowa prohibition did pro-
several years residence there. He referred TO
the Dow liquor law of Ohio, saying that as all
license laws were black the Dow law was just
few shades blacker. He said that the Ohio
saloon keepers were lawless, and, quoting an
instance, said the Saloon Keepers Association
of Cincinnati, fined each of its members every
time they obeyed the law by closing their sa-
looms on Sunday.
Will ]. Mcconnell addressed a large meeting
at the Soho schoolhouse in favor Of the prohi-
DIR. N. W. Tracy of Kentucky began a series
of lectures at the Union Rink, Allegheny, in
the interest of the Constitutional amendment.
There was large crowd present and, as the
lecture was illustrated with steroptican views,
it was interesting.
Hon Ralph Beaumont, ex-Congressman
from Addison. N Y, and ex-Worthy Foreman
of National X. of l., will lecture on the prohi-
bition amendment in Walton M. E. Church
The Observation-Disclosures Of the Southside
have completed arrangements for a big mass
meeting Of citizens in Salisbury Hall tonight.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
The Burning of a Mill Calls
Attention to
ANEWSOURCE OF DANGER.
Portions of che Ruined City Liable to be
Destroyed at Any Moment-No Ade quate
Protection Against the Flames-The
People Fearful of Disastrous Confln-
Rration-A Narrow Escape From a
Great Blaze Yesterday.
rrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENCE

JoHNsrowN June 6-The great danger from
| the rubbish fires was shown in a measure to-
day. Some of these fires are very recklessly
kindled, and it is surprising that the ruined
frame houses in their vicinity have not caught
fire before this They are burning everywhere,
by the Cambria works and through the town,
and in some places hose is connected with
hydrant, and water is thrown on the Dlaze occa-
sionally to reduce its fierceness.
This precaution was neglected to-day in the
lower part of Kernville. across Stony creek
from Johnstown, with the result that some
sparks flew in at the windows of Ralph Byrnes'
wooden mill, setting the wool on fire. Soon the
whole interior of the two-story brick building
was in blaze, and it was total ruin in about
two hours The inhabitants of the vicinity al
most went wild.
There Was No Fire Engine
nearer than Kernville, across the river. It
was Pittsburg engine and was on freight
car. The only way to get it to Kernvile would
have been to run this car to Moxham, take the
engine across the bridge there, and then pro-
ceed by road with it into Kernville. The dis
tance was miles and the danger imminent. The
pressure on the fire hydrants was so slight that
the stream did not rise to the second story of
the mill.
People rushed around without any system,
throwing buckets of water on the surrounding
heaps of buildings and trying to keep an over
turned house lying against the mill from TAX
ing fire. A stiff breeze was blowing up the
valley, and sparks were carried considerable
distance. People in the neighborhood began
to carry goods from their homes, and on every
roof were one or two men with buckets Of
water to prevent them from catching fire.
A Great Confia grafton Prevented.
Women were panic stricken, and there
seemed to be very good chance for disas-
trous confagration, but fortunately the flames,
we're confined by hard work to the interior of
the brick walls in which they originated.
Thomas Dallas came along at a critical stage,
and by skillful use of what little water there
was kept the flames from spreading. During
the excitement men made threats against any
one who would start a bonfire near his house.
"Ihave an old mother that saved from the
flood" said one man, land am not going to
have her burned up now."
With the facilities at hand very little head
way could be made against fire should one
start, and Mr.. Scott this afternoon sent tele-
gram TO PittsbuJg asking for help in this par
finrIar GTMFS0N
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
A SATCHEL OF MONEY
Taken From Pittsburg TO Johnstown by
Captain Brophy = ImposItions Practiced
Daily on the Commissary DEPART
ment Some Bogus Widows.

mont SONIC bogus WIuOWB.
rFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENCE
JoHNsFowN, June 6.-Captain Dick Brophy
brought satchel full of money up from Pitts
burg this evening. The Captain made good
guard Undertakers Sampson and Ed Devore
prepared for burial 1873 bodies at Nineveh. This
morning they went over to Cambria City with a
large force Of men to lend assistance at that
place which has been slightly neglected. Four
bodies were recovered at Nineveh to-day and
four more were deposited at the Pennsylvania
station.
Impositions on the commissary departments
continue. People who have not lost cent get
more than those who have lost all. Some hog
gish people. not entitled to rations, have
laid up enough to last them a month. A
house on Prospect Hill was raided this
morning, and 30 bags Of -four taken out One
woman claimed her husband was drowned,
when he was actually standing by her side. 1t
is almost impossible to expose the imposters,
but fortunately this woman was caught.
MIR. Gray had his money in tin boxes in his
house. He found the boxes on Sunday. but
some one had been there ahead Of him and the
money was gone.
1t was claimed to-day that some of the work
men robbed bodies as they were found, and an
officer in citizens clothes was sent to watch
them. but for the workmen it must be said they
are honest men. It is about time to stop these
wild-eyed rumors. AS an instance of their
honesty, over $500 in money has been turned
over that was found on dead bodies.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Is carrying suf-
ferers free. 1t is taking people around Buffalo
and over the New York Central to Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. McCaffey lost his wife and two children,
and IA of his wife's family were found. He
found his own family at Nineveh and photo
graphs of them near the bodies. Emma
Brown with little girl baby in her arms, was
found at the point this morning.
Rev. Meridian, Of Braddock, has charge Of
all valuables found. ISRAEL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
AID FROM THE SOUTH.
New Orleans Is Raising Generous Fund
for the Johnstown Sufferers.

Now Orleans IL Raising Generous Fund
for the JOhnstown Sufferers.
NEW ORLEANS, June 6-Contributions are
being made at many points in this State and
Mississippi for the relief of Johnstown. Pa. In
this city the Cotton Exchange Committee have
raised 5000. and a number of other contribu-
tions have been made. The following appeal
was issued to-day:
NEW ORLEANS, June g. 1889
To All Branches, Catholic Knights Of America,
Greeting:
The appalling disaster at Conemaugh valley
is humanity's sorest affiiction, freiGhted with
universal sorrow and commanding the prompt
est and most stgenerousresponsef from the human
family to relieve the distress and assuage the
anguish OF our countrvmen of Pennsylvania,
who have survived this terrible visitation. The
Catholic Knights of America have no small
share in this great responsibility, and each
Knight should at once make liberal contribu-
tions to relief fund to be forwarded by
Branch Treasurer to Brother John ]. o. Rourke.
Secretary State Council, 724 Christian street,
Philadelphia, for proper distribution. Expe.
dition is all important, and special branch
meetings should be convened to accomplish the
desired object Fraternally,
JAMES DAVID COLEMAN
Supreme President
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
THE EASTERN FLOOD.
A List of Those Drowned in the Vicinity of
Lock Haven.

LOCK HAVEN. June 6.-Only one person is
known to have been drowned in Lock Haven,
but in the country the list of dead numbers 2S.
The names Of the persons drowned, with their
former postoffice addresses, are as follows:
Lock Haven, James Guilford; Wayne town.
ship, William Confer, wife and three children;
two children of Jacob Koshner; Clinton, Rob-
ert Armstrong and sister; Mockeyville, John
Harter, Andrew Rhein, wife and two girls;
Salona, Alex. Whiting and wife, William
Emerheiser and wife, widow Of Henry Snyer;
Cedar Springs, wife of Luther Seylor and three
children-Mr. Seylor was rescued from tree
and his wife's dead body lodged on drift pile
within two rods of the tree where Seylor was
clinging-wife of George Cole and two chill
dren, wife of Glenn Barnes and two children.
Nearly all of the bodies of those drowned
have been recovered. The damage in the
county, including Lock Haven, will reach mil
lions of dollars. Both reservoirs that supply
seemed imminent, but that danger is over, and
water is being turned into the main pipes from
the stream itself. There is no gas or
electric lights. The people are cheered
to-day by news that aid is offered
and the sympathy of the country extended.
Robert ]. Fleming Is treasurer Of the relief
fund. Danger threatens now from sickness if
the weather grows hot before the filth can be
removed from the city. All dead animals were
removed at once. A number of the manufact-
uring establishments which were on high
ground are running again, but the hundreds of
men who found employment In the lumber
manufacture are idle, with no prospect of work
for them. r-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
NATURAL GAS SUIT.
The Standard OIL Company Doesn'r Want
Toledo In the Business.


NASHVILLE, June 6.-An injunction suit of
more than ordinary interest to a number of
Ohioans was argued before Judge Howell E.
Jackson, Of the United States Circuit Court to-
day The case comes from Toledo, the petit
tioners being the Toledo Natural Gas Company
and the defendant the city of Toledo and the
Northwestern Natural Gas Company. The Leg
islature of Ohio last year passed bill
allowing Toledo to issue bonds for Sz50OO0 to
establish plant for the furnishing OF natural
gas to the city for both private and public use.
Inc act was to take effect upon conditlon that
~ per cent Of the people Of Toledo approved its
provisions. At the general municipal election
in April last the bill was approved by 6z15 per
cent OF the voters; thereupon the vote was
certified to the Governor by the Mayor. The
former, in compliance with the act appointed
gas board Of five trustees. This board made
the first issue of bonds amounting to $50 900,
Of which 100000 have been disposed Of and
No,OOO are TO be sold June 10.
The two companies mentioned which have
their pipes laid to Toledo and which have been
supplying the city with natural gas ask that
the injunction lie against the city's bonds and
that the city be enjoined from going into the
gas business. They claim that under ToIedo's
city government the act Of the legislature n
unconstitutional in that it confers upon the city
rights which are alleged to properly belong
to only private individuals and Corporations,
These companies are controlled bythe Stand
ard Oil Company.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
At Jerome Park.

JEROME PARK, June 6-The weather to-day
was cloudy, cool and breezy, the track was fine
and 5000 persons were in attendance.
First race, one mile-Starters: Fresno. Auri-
coma, Senorita, Corinth Day. Auricoma won In
1:46 Senorita second. Fresno third
Second race, ], 400 yards-Starters: Fred B,
Eolian, Ballston, Fftziames, Eolo, Swift, Volun-
teer IL, Forest King, Glory. Forest King won
in 1:21H, Ballston second, Eolo third.
Third race, one and one-eighth miles-Bohe-
mian, Luminary, Sluggard. Sluggard won, Boz
hemian second. Luminary third. Time,
minutes.
Fourth race one mile-Starters: King Crab,
Now or Never, Conemara, Fides. Fides won,
King Grab second, Now or Never third. Time,
1:44H
Fifth race one and one-fourth miles-Firenzt
The Forum. Firenzi won in 23l4
Sixth race, three-fourths of q mile-Starters:
Prvdigal, Frolic, Crusader. Ten Brock. Dr.,
Dalesman. Fred Davis Columbia. Little Barefoot
Louise, Topeka. Prodigal won, Ten Brock, Jr.,
second, Dalesman third. Times 1:lS.
Seventh race, fve-eighths of a mile-Starters:
Geronimo, Vivid. Miss Thomas, Village Maid,
Utility, Katie, Coldstream, Benedict. Gen. Cor
don, Germanic, Arab. Gloster, Lilly M, Rustic,
Lady Pulsifer, Roma, Leander. Coldstream won
in l:Oo11, Vivid second, Village Maid third.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
LACK OF READY CASH.
Plenty of Checks, But Little Currency Half
Million Among the Ruins
How $4,000 Was Saved.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM To THE DIsPArcH.1
JoHNsTowN, June 6.-The one thing that is
troubling people just now is the lack of ready
money. There are drafts here in any quantity,
but there is no money to cash them until that
in the vaults of the First National Bank has
been recovered. 1t is known that the vaults
are safe and that about $500 900 in cash is there
OF this sum s125, 900 belongs to the Cambria
Company. 1t was to pay the 5000 employees OF
the works. The men are paid of every two
weeks, and the last pay day was to have been
last Saturday.
Assistant Cashier Thomas MCGEE, in the
company's store, saved Sl2,O 900 Of the company's
funds. The money was all in packages OF bills,
in bags, IN the safe on the ground floor OF the
main building of the stores. When the water
began to rise he went up on the second floor OF
the building, carrying the money with him.
When the crash of the reservoir current came
McGee clambered upon the roof, and Just
before the building tottered and fell, he
managed TO jump on the roof Of house that
went by. The house was swept near the bank.
Mr.. MCGEE jumped of and fell into the
water. but struck out and managed to climb
up the bank. Then he got up on the hills and
remained out all night guarding his treasure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
TOLD BY THE SAVED.
The Thrilling Tales Not Yet Half in Print
Narrow Escapes From Drowning
Multiply, DaiIy-Awful Agony of
Mind of M. E. Hanna.
rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
JoHNsTo WIN, June 6.-Still the thrilling sto-
ries are told by saved ones and listened to with
as much apparent avidity as ever. NJ. E
Hanna, an employe of the iron works. asked me
to correct the statement in the morning and
evening papers that his father, John Hanna,
mother and children were lost. Only two sis
ters cannot be accounted for, the rest being
rescued. He says he saw the flood coming,
and, with South American friend, fed to the
hills He was not very far from his home, and
watched the rolling, surging, watery mass Of
stuff strike his house and carry it away like q
frail boat.
He said his father climbed from the upper
rooms to the roof and helped the family up
lapsed as it rolled and turned over on the side,
but by some prOvidential cause 1t Immediately
Recovered Its Former Position,
and with all but the two sisters remaining.
The force of coming in contact with that OBJ
struction saved the family, as the house was
turned in its course and was literally thrown
from the water upon the bank and place Of
safety. 1.-THE agony of mind went through
during that short minute" said he. seemed
an age. 1 never wish to experience that
again.
Peter Weitz, agent here of the Baltimore
and Ohio road, probably has one of the most
LuIAlluk y6t ucdEQ VI, Uub uo 10
alive and talked to me this afternoon. 81 had
just left the passenger depot. to go to the
freight station" said he. "a short distance,
when the big body came on me. had not seen
or hear it, the-station being between me and
the food. When it struck the warehouse had
my hand on the doorknob, and this was pulled
off by me in my frantic effort to close the door
and prevent the water from catching me. I
had two men with me, Owen Davis and j. N.
Frey, and a new man, and yelled for them to
Knock the Transom Out
of the door. They did, and we clambered up
on the roof The building was fast floating
down the newborn river, and the station was
turned over by the constant striking of logs.
jumped as the building was tumbling, and
grasped the roof of another house alongside,
Just with my finger ends. 1t was either life or
death, and by superhuman effort drew my
self to the roof. My friends were not SO for
tunate and they went down. The house
swerved and rose and fell spasmodically on the
water like fish bobbing. Something under
meath the house seemed to raise it out of the
water, followed by terrific blow which shot
me and the building upon the bank like ball
out of a catapult. The time consumed was not
over two minutes, and was landed over mile
below the depot"
Mr.. Weitz's wife was saved, and he took her
home to Pennsville Westmoreland county.
KANE,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
SEATTLE ON FIRE.
The Washington Territory Metropolis VIss
tied by n Confa grafton.

tied by COnha grafton.
SEATTLE, WASH T., June 6-Fire broke
out at 2:30 P. NJ. to-day in Pontius building, on
Front street. and by 4:3O P. NJ. was raging over
district of five or six blocks with tremendous
fury. The wind was from the north, and the
direction Of the fire was along the water on
Front street, and from the water front to the
big brick block between Columbia and San
Fran streets. The indications were that the
whole business portion of the city would be
swept away, involving a loss of millions. The
magnificent San Francisco store and other
stores in the row were on fire, and the whole
big block seemed doomed. The local f1remen
were helpless in the face of the calamity and
telegraphed in all directions for aid
At 4:30 P. M, the conhagration was rushing
through the heart of the city, To add to the
peril smart breeze began blowing of the bay
tanning the flames and about the same time
a thousand feet of hose was caught in the adj
vancing blaze and was destroyed. The Opera
House block, the block opposite. all the ware
houses at the foot of Columy street and also
the great group of buildings in the rear of the
Post Intelligence newspaper office were now
burning. The people in the Yester Block, oc-
cupied by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany and the Post Intelligence were hurriedly
moving out. At this writing the Western
Union had but one wire undisturbed over
which this dispatch was being sent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-07
Snoring Notes.

BEAT1N was the greatest jonah of the home
talent yesterday.
THE address of the captain of the O,Don
nells, of Braddock, is required.
P. U.-There is an auction poolroom at Cor.
rington. ''Simonton's Poolroom," Corrington,
will find it.
THE Athletics and Louisvilles played two
games yesterday, the former club winning the
first by 5 to 2
THE hackers of McNally and Ferguson last
evening each put up their second deposit of $50
for their proposed foot race.
The A ]. Mauls want to play any club whose
members are not more than Is years of age.
Address Geo. Kidd, 2T Rebecca street, Ale
gheny.
THE third annual tournament Of the Niles,
o., Gun Club will be held at Niles, o., on July
and 4 w. H. B. Ward, secretary. Blue
rocks and live birds will be used.