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Smyrna times., 1889-03-27

No. II is the Trunk that
m a kes baggage smashers
weary. Flat top, iron bands,
hard wood strips, steel clamps,
Corbin lock, extra heavy han
dies. If there ever was a
Trunk to stand grief in chunks,
this it. SO to $40.
Lighter than No. II is the
"Monitor.'' Strong and
roomy; canvas covered, leath-
er bound, iron clamped, $II
to SIS.
Ranks on ranks of hump
backed Saratogas. Baby size
up.
Toughest of the light Trunks
is the Basket. "Whole stock"
willow body, rattan braces,
canvas cover, leather bound,
linen lined. Stands sea bang
ing like a sailor. Bends a
little but doesn't break. An
ocean vOyager's friend. $I6.5O
and SIS.
Better quality, thoroughly
waterProofed cover, $24 and
SIS.
Regular Steamer Trunks,
So to $8. Same, with brass
mountings, $3.50 to $40.
"A step away are the Steam
er Rugs, So to $40. Shawl
Rugs, 81 to SIS. Raw winds,
you know, off sOundings.
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27
Mat4aas4uksr'me

creamiest of the cream is a
soc quality at 37s c. We
never had its equal at the
price.
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27

Barnum's Hotel, Baltimore. will be
closed April Sd prOximO. Iti is alleged
as a reason that it does not pay to keep
it open. This hotel has not kept apace
with the times, and like all public
enterprises in the same swim, it must
necessarily 90 by the board. 1t is an
institution run on the principle before
the war"
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27

Otto Roffert, Philadelphia, writes: :
Suffered from ulcers, sore throat,
blOtches and pimples been six years
under treatment by leading physicians
without effect. DR.. Theel, 53S n. 4th
street, Philadelphia, cured me-"
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27
Soft Coal for Sale.

A superior quality Of Soft Coal for Black
mithing and Furnaces for sale cheap.
JAS. G. ROBINSON,
may21-tf Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27
Hanburger'S
Grand
Depot Of Fashion,
.stS,44 E7s G1sbGH G~lSF
8 $ ~ - ~ ~ S5Ss5.

If there are such things
as art, taste and ingenuity
in the manufacture of Cloth
ing, they have been brought
out to the very highest pin
nacIe of perfection in the
making Of our Spring styles
of Mems, Youths Boys and |
ChiIdren's Suits and Spring
Overcoats. It's the prize !
and premium stock of a de-
cade. Of course nothing
was spared on our part to
get that which was choice,
new and desirable, and we
don't know Of anything
lacking to make our new
Spring stock Of Clothing the
most select, the best and
cheapest that was ever Of
fered the public hereabOuts.
1t is a Stock so Resplend-
ant with Varied Patterns,
so Replete with Elegant
Novelties, so Brilliant with
Latest ColOrS as to be a
Perfect Kaleidoscope Of Male
Fashion at once attractive
to the eye and pleasing to
the taste. And when we
wander from the cOntempla-
ton of these grand creations
to the more solid and sub
stantial garment for the
tOiling masses, we give you
better value for your money,
better qualities at a lower
price, better made and bet
ter fitting goods than you
ever got before anywhere, at
any time. Come and see
these goods at the Brightest,
Fairest and Cheapest Cloth
ing House in the country
HAMBURGER's.
Our CUSTOM TAILOR
ING DEP A R Z NJ E n I
is busy turning our first
class garments at about
twO-thirds exclusive tailOrs'
prices. Leave your meas
ure now, while our stock is
complete. We always guar.
antee a fit.
In our JUVENILE DE
PARTMENT there's a per
feet sea of New Spring
: Styles. If you are inter
ested in Boys Clothing cal
at our store and see tn
/, preparations we have mad
to please you. If you are i
(. quest Of the beautiful, tn
stylish, the durable an
h. cheap you can't help but b
most favOrably impressed
= Describe any fashiOnabl
style, ask for any reliabl
quality, name any price fC
either Kilt, Short or Lon
Pant Suits, single Pants
Shirt Waists and we ca
show it.
Ours is the banner stOC
4 of the country-Ours are ii
., bottom prices Of the worl
On these two facts we ba
our claim for your patronag
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27
Two Of the newest:

Cream Foule, with border OF
fancy stripes. A graceful stuff
delicately prettied-dainty as a
white apple blossom flushed
with pink. 40 inches, 76c.
Alma Zephyr. A creepy sort
Of diagonal, but 50 fine that
Won must look close to see the
wills. 7sc and 81. width Al
inches. Bids fair to be as
nopular as the all-wool Satin
Surah Csc and S1) we lately
told you Of.
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27
China Mating.
Worth being quick for.

Worth being quick for.
About 800 rolls just opened,
this seasons goods, in eight
choice patterns, at $IO f0r a
roll Of forty yards. Regular
$I4 quality.
Something to set the trade
a-talking and wise housekeep-
ers a-buying. Well hold what
you buy till you're ready for it.
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27

Cream Albatross, SO, 90,
and 75c--colors too ne
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27
Unpaid Taxes.

Taxes due and unpaid for the year 1887
must be paid Immediately, or they will be
collected according to law.
B. r.. q. R0THWELL,
m6t9 Collector for Blaekbird Hundred.
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27
,smyrna Branch Trains.
Closing OF Mails.

-, .i,e North, IL. 90 A. NJ, and $50 P. N.
aIgr s,9m the south, 80 and ll'SO A. NJ
Smyrna times., 1889-03-27
To Farmers and Horse Owners,

Job Work neatly done.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

swept back into Stony Creek whom IL
water could notescape below. One secured
q cl0thes-line which was used to send
out raft with .strong man
man volunteered for this work and with q
rope tied securely about his body he made
many trips iuto the flood, and each time
brought two people ashore with him The
other gentlemen carried these people up to
the high ground. where they were cared
for by the residents Of that locality. They
rescued over fifty people in this way, most
~ women and children
Miss Mary Adams drifted on the top q .
box-car towards the burning debris at the
stone bridge. Her raft lodged about
twenty feet from the flames, which were
burning furiously. Boards and drift of all
kinds was packed around her and she could
not move any thing but her hands and head
The flames crept nearer and nearer and she
became frantic, calling cut TO the men on
the bank to shoot her OF stone her to death.
At last q rope was thrown her which she
fastened around her body. The flames at
this time were all around her The men
dragged her ashore more dead than alive.
Her left arm was broken tn two places and
both legs were badly crushed
Mrs George Staulter was rescued alive
Thursday night from the wreck of house
away down the river. When found she was
lying in q cavity beneath q pile of beams
and rafters which held up the mass of ruins
on top and prevented them from crush
Ing her. She was unconscious and
was just breathing Her hold on
life was very slender one, and
1t Is not probable that she will
live. although she is receiving the tender
est of care. When the news of her rescue,
after six days and nights of exposure and
lack OF nourishment, spread through the
town. hundreds OF people crowded about
the stretcher on which she was being car
ried to see her. It is considered almost
miraculous that she should have remained
alive SO long. The rain and cold were
enough to kill her.
The body of a woman was found with
pretty baby clasped in her arms with what
had been a most loving embrace. All efforts
TO unclasp her arms were unvavaflfng. The
only way to get the baby from the dead
mother was to break the arms, and the res
cuers resolved to lot them lie in death as
they had in life
William Gaffney lost fourteen relatives,
including his wife and two children
Several of the bodies he recovered. and un
aided performed the mournful duty of dig
ging their graves and burying them In
speaking of the matter he said: Il never
thought that l could perform such a sad
duty, but had to do it and I did It. No
one has any idea of the feelings of man
who acts as undertaken, grave-digger and
pail bearer for his own family"
Mamma mammal cried child She
had recognized body that no one else
could, and in a moment the corpse was
ticketed, boxed and delivered to laborers,
who bore it away to join the long funeral
procession.
No hearses were seen in Johnstown. Rel
atives recognized their dead secured the
collins and got them carried the best way
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

victims hemmed IN without chance or es-
cape People who witnessed such scenes
| as those enacted at Johnstown and
ChatswOrth and Ashtabula alone
fully realize the insignifcance of
human life. In this latest, and by far the
most frightful catastrophe ever experienced
fn America. hundreds of deeds of herOism
passed unrecorded into obivion-hundreds
of vain efforts were made to rescue the
waits who went floating swiftly onward to
their doom. Numberless cases OF manly
heroism and womanly devotion might be
recorded, and countless others will never
be known on earth. Mothers went to death
rather than accept salvation without the
children who chung to them Brave men
relinquished their chances of escape into the
hands of th:> c of the weaker sex whose pitt
full cries for assistance fell upon their ears
Stories of miraculous escapes are told by
men, women and children who reached
places of refuge after terrible experiences
in the awful flood To those who find no
prove most readable.
Curtis Williams and his wife were carried
on top of their roof from Woodvale- Their
house struck the Catholic church in Johns
town and they climbed to the roof OF that
edifice. They remained there until the
building took fire, when they made their
way from roof to roof to the hill back of
Johnstown.
Michael ROnesen, an Irishman, tells a
most wonderful story of his escape. He
f1oated with the tide for some time. when
he was struck with some floating timber
and borne underneath the water. When he
came up he was struck again, and at last he
was caught by a lightning rod and held
there for over two hours. when he was
finally rescued
Tommy Brown, a little 14-year-old
youngster, his mother, brother and the g.
weeks old baby were in the upper floor of
their house when the crash came. After
many efforts the lad succeeded in getting
the family on the roof and they tore down
the stream with the current The roof was
parted in few minutes and Tommy saw
his sick mother and brother go down in
the water. He made effort to save
them, but they were too far out, and he
was compelled to turn his attention to the
babe. The pair fioated to the mills in Mill
vile. where they landed on heap of
debris
mo one will ever know the real horrors
of this accident unless he saw the burning
people and debris beside the stone bridge"
remarked Rev. Father Trautmein; the
horrible nature of the affair can not be
realized by any person who, did not witness
the scene AS soon as possible after the
first great crash occurred fastened to the
building. A thousand persons were
struggling in the ruins and i'm
ploring for Gods sake to release
them Frantic husbands and fathers
stood at the edge of the furnace that was
slowly heating to a cherry heat and incin-
Grating human victims Every one was
anxious to save his own relatives, and
raved, cursed and blasphemed until the air
appeared to tremble. One man. who was
trying to steer float upon which his wife
sat on mattress, lost his hold, and in mo-
ment the craft swept into a sea of flame and
never again appeared. The agony of
that man was simply heartrendinR.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
THE DELUGE.
Rome Stories OF the Great Flood
at JOhuStoWu.

Thrilling Accounts OF Marrow Escapes
Told by Survivors-110ny Deeds of
-erOism-PathetIc Incidents
Of the Woeful Disaster.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
Iil3;l:{lZl3

After ten years exclusive sale, can now Be
obtained of all Druggists and Dealers In Medi-
cines. 1t CURES-take notice not simply helps
but CURES LIVER COMPLAINTe
Bfi1Ousness and DysPePsia.
Is strictly vegetable preparation and win
CURE MALARIA, and all MALARIAL troubles.
DIR. 8. H. Wise. of Boston, Ky says
slave practiced medicine 10 years, and find no
equal to HERBINE as Liver Regulator.''
DR.. w. A. Baker, of Madison, Fla, says
bottle of HERBINE is worth more than
$500 worth of Quinine in any family ~
Acting on the Liver In a different way from
any other medicine; it is q positive eu,e fer
Chronic Constipation and is cheaper than Pits
Its peculiar composition is such, that we
guarantee to cure any case of Chills and Fever
or Bilious Fever with one bottle.
1t costs but 70 cents and each bottle con-
tains over 40 average doses, making the cost
less than two cents q dose. Would you ask
for cheaper medicine :? 1t is not a cure-all But
will cure any Liver, Bilious or Mala.
Fial Complaint. Manufactured BY
The @erbtne Co.
(Succeesors to VIM. Condell.) 1t. Louis, Mo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20


came sweeping down the mountain and
through the valley with force far beyond
tina. of the great cataract at Niagara Sons
stood back for fathers and mothers and
were lost while the parents were taken out
Many dear brother found a watery grave
that loving sister might be saved. The
stories by survivors and thrilling escapes
are in many instances most remarkable and
almost beyond belief.
A man named Dougherty tells a thrilling
story of ride down the river on a log.
When the waters struck the roof of the
house on which he had taken shelter he
jumped astride a telegraph pole, riding a
distance of some twenty-three miles from
Johnstown to Bolivar before he was res
cued
The eight children of James Mcmillan,
the youngest of which is 10 months old,
were in their house on Lincoln street in
fohnstown. The family was in the attic
when the flood came Each of the large
children grasped a smaller one, and the
family got to the roof The jam of houses
made it possible for them to walk from
ioOf to roof until they reached the Morrell
Educational Institute. where they stayed
ill next day. They suffered greatly from
hunger. One of the children kept the baby
alive by moistening its lips with his finger,
which he from time to time dipped in the
1ater
At Pine Creek, seventy-five miles from
JohnstOwn. child not more than a year
old was found alive in the drift which had
come down from the scene of the great dis
aster. 1t had been floating for thirty
hours. 1t is almost a miracle how this
mite of humanity escaped death in such q
raging torrent after a journey of seventy
five miles, while many thousands of ssturdy
men and women met their death in the
twinkling of an eye.
The family of G. Kress have reason to re-
member their four big St Bernard dogs
MIR. Kress, his wife and three children were
tossed about by the angry waters. Their
house turned over and over, and each time
IL the family but Kress were washed into
he water. The dogs sprang into the water
as each member of the family slipped in
and in an instant had the unfortunate
person on the house again. Over trees,
heavy brush, and through dangers of every
kind the animals dashed to save their
| masters family. When the house ap
preached the shore one of the dogs towed
Mrs Kress ashore. The rest of the family
also escaped with the assistance of the
olga Mr.. Kress says he lost 500 900 in the
flood, but he thinks far more of his dogs
| than of his wealth.
The family of Mr.. D. J. Duncan, super.
| intendent of the Johnstown Passenger Rail.
| way Company, had a narrow escape. One
| daughter, Blanche. was rescued from the
floating debris at Cambria City on the right
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
PoSTOFFICE HOURS:


SUNDAY, 10 30 a. M to I2 30 p. m.
WEEK DAYS, m. to p m.
MONEY ORDER, a. m. to p m.
REGISTERED BUSINESS, a. m. to q d. m.
II. p. Balm, p. II.
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He raised his arms to Heaven and
screamed in his mental anguish, and
only ceased that to tear his hair and moan
like one distracted One young woman
was found under the dead body of rela-
tive. force Of men attempted to ex-
tricate her, and succeeded in releasing
every limb but one leg. For three hours
they laborcd, and every moment the flames
crept nearer and nearer. l was on the
point several times of ordering the men to
chop her leg off 1t would have been much
better to save her life even at that loss than
have her burn to death Fortunately it was
not necessary, but the young iady's escape
from mutiIation or death she will never
realize.
George Irwin was rescued from the limbs
of an apple-tree after having remained
there for two hours. He was carried for
miles on the breast of the foaming stream,
finally striking the tree, which circumstance
saved his life. While there many unfOrt-
unates were swept by him and their frantic
cries for the aid he was powerless to render
are, he says, still ringing in his ears One
woman and two children were floating
along in apparent safety when they struck
the corner of a building and all went down
together.
Two men were eating in . restaurant
when thew saw the pallid faces of people
who were fleeing down the street They
sprang through the back door, thr ough an
alley and ND the side of a hill, but SO swift
was the progress of the wave that they had
to wade through water up to their waists
before reaching the high ground They
had little more than block to go, and the
people who were twenty feet be-
hind them were caught by the flood
and swept away. The water came In
wall, preceded by yenowish cloud
of mist or foam and as it caught the blocks
of houses 1t swept them down together with
. succession OF crashes that was terrible.
An soon as possible they began the work Of
organizing relief parties to rescue the people
VIE were On tie houses that had beg
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
STORIES TOLD BIZ SURVIVORS,

SToRES TOLD BIZ SURVIVOR
Over and above all the feeling that
presses upon one a. he reads the columns
In tire daily journals that tell of the terrible
dAaster at JOhnstown and her neighboring
villages is the helplessness Of man, woman
and child when confronted with the mighty
forces of physical nature let loose and
started upon their career of destruction
The awful details make the heart sick The
people were caught without warning in the
midst of their pursuits Human nature
was displayed in it's grandest light
In the numerous instances of personal
heroism and courage More than one brave
man risked his life in trying to save those
cugulfed in the awful wall of water which
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
TIMES WHICH TRIED MEMS HrArrx

TIMES WHICH TRIED MEMS HKARfx
It's no hackneyed utterance to say that
pen can not depict the horrors Of the twin
Observation-Disclosures and deluge-with
which the towns in tho Conemaugh valley
were visited last week Silence is the most
expressive eloquence for the deep emotions
that spring from the heart of every man
who has read the lengthy accounts In the
newspapers of the death wave which swept
away the homes and destroyed the lives Of
the thousands Of happy and prosperous in
habitants OF the stricken region. and the
names which fed ravenously upon the huge
mass OF debris which gathered at the fatal
bridge in Johnstown, and the hundreds Of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
A PICTURE OF DEsoLAr1oN.

dead They had been drowned. The 1ope
was thrown to the rigid woman, but she
would pay no attention to it Grab the
rope!" hundred voices shouted The
unfortunate creature looked at the two
children and tried to rouse them,
but they had dropped into an eternal
slumber. Grab the rope!'' tho crowd
again yelled excitedly, for the wreckage
with it's dead and living freight was very
nearly under the bridge. The woman
needed not the advice or the voices She
looked indifferently at the strained eyes of
the men above, and as she passed under the
bridge with unconcern it was seen she was
insane, crazed by grief.
A man, woman and child were seen float
ing down on a lot of drift The mass of
debris commenced to part, and by desper-
ate effort the husband succeeded getting
his wife and little one on floating tree
just then the tree washed under a bridge
and a rope was thrown out. 1t fell over the
mans shoulders. He saw at glance that
he could not save his dear ones, SO he threw
the means of safety to one side and grasped
closer in his arms those who were with him
A moment later and the tree struck float
ing house. It turned over, and in . moment
| all were swept to their fate.
Watchers In a railway signal tower near
| Sang Hollow tell many piteous tales of what
| they saw. Men and women in dozens, in
pairs and singly, children, boys big and lit
| tie and wee babies passed there in among
| the awful confusion of Notwithstanding,
gasping, struggling and fighting desperate
| ly for life. Two men on q tiny raft shot
| into the swiftest part of the current They
crouched stolidly, looking at the shores,
| while between them, dressed in
white and kneeling with her face turned
| heavenward. was girl or z years old
| She seemed stricken with paralysis until
she came opposite the tower. and then she
turned her face to the operator. She was
SO close they could see big tears on her
cheeks and her pallor was as death. The
helpless men on shore shouted to her to
keep up her courage. and she resumed her
devour attitude and disappeared under the
trees Of q projecting point q short distance
| below.
At New Florence were two young men
who should be crowned as true heroes
! Their dress indicated them to be dudes, but
they were brave in every sense of the
word They dotted their clothing and
formed a hfe-saving crew of two members,
and did work worthy of men expert
enced in sterner walks of life. Their
| plan of operation was simple, but
| a good A railroad tie was Sc
cured and one of the men fastened
himself to it with a rope, making a crude
| Me-preserver. He allowed himself enough
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20
TALES OF WOE.
Sad Scenes Enacted In the Cone
maugh Valley.

Remarkable Rescues from tho Death
Wave Which Engulfed Johnstown and
Her Neighbors-Tho List Of the
Worlds Heroes Swelled.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-20

sKHK1No IMPORTATION OF LOVED oNEA
bank Of tho stream A half milo below
Johnstown a second daughter, Miss Masee,
was drawn out of the water alive
and is web. At Morrellsville, on
the left bank, one mile below
with little 6-months-old child in her arms
reached the roof of q floating building,
and was carried by it up stony creek to
Kerinville, q mile and q half above Johns
town ON the extreme opposite portion of
the town from which they started Miss
Elvira states that the building on which they
succeeded in finding refuge was turned over
and over q number of times before 1T set
tied, but SO slowly that she was enabled to
follow its movements and keep in a safe
position, from which she was rescued Sat
urday morning. Hardly had she reached
the shore when she was received by her
overjoyed mother, who had also most
thrilling and wonderful escape. She had
hoated on the debris in the midst of the army
of floating houses which went up Stony
creek and was waited through the second
story window of a brick schoolhouse in
another portion of the town, where she re-
NAMED until rescued 1t is questionable If
tn re was ever q more thrilling escape or
wonderful adventure on record
gray-haired woman was among the APP
plicants for clothing at the distributing de-
pot at the Pennsylvania railroad station
An outfit was made up and given her, but
after examining the dress she approached
the agent in charge and asked If he would
exchange it for black one. II have lost
all my family" she added, by way OF apol-
ogy. as the tears streamed down her
wrinkled face land would like to have q
black dress If could get one. My husband
and four children are in that awful pile by
the stone bridge, and I am alone now" A
black dress was found for her.
In many cases whole families perished In
small room Of the school-house lay i've
little children big boy sat by contem-
plating them They were his brothers and
sisters His father, Squire Fisher, and his
mother were drowned, but their bodies
hege -et yet been found. The children