The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-21

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DEAD ABEBENG FOUND.
Numbers Of bodies are now
coming to the surface Of the wa
ters, and those whose work has
made them competent judges say
as many more bodies as have been
found are lying somewhere. In
many unexpected places bodies
are hourly being found. and where
this viii end no human mind can
guess. The fires kindIed last night
among the timber near the stone
bridge were quenched by rain.
The valley was filed with steam
and ii smelling vapors. An exo-
dus set In to-day, and hundreds Of
volunteer laborers left for their
homes. Hundreds Of others viii
go tomorrow because they viii
not work for the wages proposed
to be paid by the state. One Of
the first things to be done BY Gen.
Hastings viii he to discharge the
500 policeman now doing duty
there a number Of proprietors
Of stores are hurrying to get their
places Of business IN order and
open up Already number had
done 50 and this had done much /
10 encourage Others. A more I
ehsersul and hopeful feeling pre-
walls ami Il Is daily increasing.
Eor tie brst tine since the work
has commenced the men seemed
tagged ont However. all the men
al the morgues and the relief com
mittse are still hard at work. The
sufferers are at the eommissary
stations as usual and stood around
in the rain for several hours before
they were served They have the
same distressed look they have had
ever since the food, and as the
days roll By they do not seem to
liven up any. In fact, the resi-
dents are gust commencing TO re-
allie fully the terrible ordeal they
have gone through The excite
lneEt mas kept them up until now,
but since that has been dying out
they are
CONSCIOUS OF THE SITUATION
and If q number Of suicides do not
follow II viii be somethingr remark
able. For the first time since the
calamity people are commencing
to talk Of their financial losses,
and this seems to worry them as
much as anything else, and to say
that the vast number Of former
merchants are disheartened Is put
ting II mildly. On al sides you
VII hear these men exelaim: 1T
is no use we viii never reeover
from tins. we have lost every
thing
Pittsburg wholesale merchants
who are here are trying to comfort
them. and are Offering all the old
merchants inducements to start up
again. A circular has been re-
ceiFed by these men from several
Pittsburg merchants, offermgthem
al tie credit they want
All volunteers and other work
men we're paid of this morning By
the finance committee. Over four
thousand men surrounded the
place, and It was with difficulty
that they we're paid The pay
roll altogether amounted to about
10000
The presence Of Clara Barton
and her assistants is felt every
where IN the flooded district. They
walk noislesaly about in the
church. easing the sufferines of the
wounded Their adgenf in Johns
town was benediction. They are
ministering angels Of Christian
love and pity.
Clara Barton is a native Of
Maine. She was a teacher in ear
y life and founder Of some free !
schools in New Jersey. In 1854
SIZE went to Washington to be
clerk ID the government service.
She resigned at the outbreak Of
the war aud went into hospital
service Clara Barton Appeared
in Suasburg the morning after Its
eapitulation t. the Germans with
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