The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-06-19

QOOi. Nuhs. II OhAAAvAA h"o VIVA ~ft-N--~'l
ed postm aster at Creston. !, Robert Whip
the Hinckley land owner and cattle dealer,
has made deed of conveyance to X. M.
Mcdowell andS. G. Barnard under
power of attorney, granting all rights OF
possession to them. The land conveyed
embraces about 1925 acres, which is all
located in Hinckley township. Mr..
Irwin Flfeld, of Montville, has been
finally granted a pension after long and
tedious effort Of several years. He lately
received his pension certificate, granting
him back pay Of $21SOO and continuing
at $S per month hereafter. Census
commissioner Porter has issued circular
letter to the press asking that farmers be
requested from now on to keep an ac-
curate account of their farm products and
live stock. The enumerator, In the house
to house visit he will make during the
month OF June, 1890, IS constantly met
with the fact that farmers keep no books,
and hence returns are not infrequently
guess work. The census year begins
June 1, 1889 and ends May 81, 1890. If
farmers throughout the country would
note this fact and keep account OF the
products of their farms during the census
year, 1t would be Of material add secure
ing reliable returns for the eleventh CEN
sus.
The following letter was written to the
Gazette by Mr.. H. Homes, Chairman OF
the relief fund of Medina, which gives
the best account Of affairs at Johnstown,
Pa, of anything that has come 10 our
notice:
PITTsBURa, June 9th, 1880.
EDIToRs GAZETTE: / left Pittsburg
June 9th, on the early morning train for
Johnstown, Pa, the scene of the great dis
aster Of May 3lst. After the train left
Bolivar, 90 miles west Of Johnstown, we
begun to see the effects ofthe great calam-
ity in the shape Of debris in huge piles,
where it had caught on some trees or 9th.
er obstruction that held 1t until the water
receded, consisting Of remnants of frame
buildings, wagons, buggies, wheelbarrows
furniture, bedding, stoves and clothing
At one place there was an upright piano
open, and 1t looked as though the player
had just left It. A mile or more further
along was raft with dead bodies, ther
dead animals-a span of horses attached
to wagon looking as though they wert
raised upon their feet ready to be driver
of-coal cars and car trucks washed mile
below Johnstown.
When / walked over the railroad bridge
at Johnstown TO the Penn. depot the view
that met my eyes beggars description
Walking over the debris were two mer
with stretcher carrying a dead body Il
the morgue TO be prepared for burial
After the body was cleaned and put or
the board, as no one could recognize It, Il
was hurried to the grave and marked IN
known. After leaving the depot l crossed
the rope bridge and proceeded to the
headquarters Of the Chief Dictator Scott
and as his Office is a very busy place die
not tary long, but asked him what h,
needed most His answer was: Ready
made provisions, cooked ready TO serve
bedding, such as good warm blankets, &c
There is plenty Of money In the handi
of the committee at Pi,tsburg to meet III,
bills Of the committee, as Pittsburg is the
headquarters Tor the direction Of the work
The sufferers at Johnstown have no need
Of money OF present as there are no storei
Of any description, and those that desire
to leave are carried free by the Penna
|, railroad and the Baltimore & Ohio. Tn,
foremen Of the different gangs Of laborer
, working on the debris think II will TAX
ten thousand men thirty and may be fort
/, days to clear away the debris and get tn
place In presentable shape. The work
= progressing slowly on account of not be
! ing organized, but from this on there wi
be better system and more beadway wi
n be made.
wandered around over the debr
watching the workmen taking out dea
bodies and carrying them to the morgu
:. The buildings left, which are PARTIAL
a destroyed, have from two to four feet
!, sand and mud In them, are being shovelt
). out and got ready to be occupied as soc
" as made safe. walked over the debris
" the streets nearly to the tops OF Il
= houses, thence around to the gorge abo'
y the railroad bridge, which is claimed
= be from 10 TO IS feet thick, and from d
" appearance II would seem as though d
y safety Of the community demanded th
the torch be applied and everything bur
~ ed up. There are lots Of queer things
=, ~ be seen. Where the men are workil
= they come across lamps that are Just
- good as the day they lett the store for {
~ =. home; washbowls and pitchers setting
the rocks, no breaks IN them, that we
= washed mile OF more down the river.
10 walked from Johnstown throu
~ where woodvsle stood TO Conemaul
~ where the Pcnn'a round house was whi
10 was swept away with Al engines, wash
down the rivei some Of them nearly thr
miles, and they are lying on their sid