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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Military News.

Colonel Thomas Potter, whose hand
some presence and kindly manner has
made him one of the most popular officers
stationed in Johnstown since the flood,
takes his departure for Philadelphia on
August Sd, and will carry with him the
well wishes of all who knew him during
his sojourn amongst us.
Porch Bros have kindly lent the officers
stationed at Camp Hamilton, one of their
fine organs, and sweet strains of melody
may be heard floating around the camp
every evening when work is done.
Vocal concerts are held nightly at Camp
Hamilton, assisted greatly by Captain
Nesbitt and the officers of the 18th Regi-
ment, who spend almost every evening in
this delightful pastime.
Sergeant j. w. Beam, of the 14th Reg.
iment, as Commissary Sergeant, is giving
great satisfaction at headquarters, by
the excellent cheer he is providing for
Company G.
Dennis OConnell one of the employees
of the State Arsenal, assisted by Sergeant
II. p. Moor and Corporal j. NJ. Bell, is
proving himself reliable and efficient
servant by the praiseworthy manner in
which he is looking after ;he State and
Ohio canvas.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Death OF a Famous Negro.

Charles Parrish, colored doctor,
known as Black Hawk, died recently at
Sloan, Ga. He was remarkable negreA
A typical African in appearance, tall,
large and intensely black, he would at
tract attention anywhere. When q small
boy just from the dark continent, he
was captured by the Seminoles in Florida.
While with them he learned their knowl-
edge of roots and herbs, During the
Indian war he was recaptured by the
United States troops and sold by the
government on the block at Charleston.
lie was then grown. He was bought
by Col. Reuben Jones and taken to Ala
bama.
During the war his owner left him IN
charge Of his wife and children while
he went TO the front. He was faithful
to his trust. Armed with q shotgun
he patrolled the farm, and one night he
shot two army stragglerS who were rob-
bing the smokehouse. He was captured
by Wilson's raiders, owing TO other dark
les calling him u white mans negro. He
escaped from them and went back to the
farm and his guardianship of the family.
In 1867 he was brought down to Baker
county by Col. Jones. He remained with
him several years, but his wonderful
knowledge Of plants was gradually
brought into use. He made many re-
markable cures on the plantation, and be-
ing recommended by his white friends.
gradually made that a business. He was
well-known throughout Georgia and
Florida, where he sold his medicines and
made cures. At some of the towns he
paid as much as $50 per day license TO
sell his medicines. He was successful in
life and leaves a snug property, Atlanta
Constitution.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
A GENEROUS GIFT.
A Brooklyn Man Sends Ten Dollars to Lit
tie Joe DixOn-Joe Has Received the
Money and Says He is All Right.

A Brooklyn Man Sends Ten Dollars to Lit
tie Joe Dixon-Joe Has Received the
Money and Says He is All Right.
Yesterday we received the following
letter from the editor of the Brooklyn, IN.
Y.,( Daily Standard Union
BROOKLYN, n. Y, July %, 1889.
To the Editor Jo1t1tSto,1n Democrat:
DEAR SIR-Enclosed please find check from
Mr.. Alphonzo Smith for Joe Dickson, mentioned
in clipping attached. The check was given us to
forward to him, which we do through you.
VIII you please see that he gets 1t, and have
him acknowledge 1t in some way to this of1ice?
Brooklyn's sympathy for you all in your great
trouble has been sincere and responsive.
Very truly yours,
WIN. BERRI, Standard Union.
The check for ten dollars has been
handed over to Joseph W. Dixon, the
newsboy, whose stand is north of Lincoln
bridge, near the Pennsylvania Railroad
station. He expressed his thanks nicely
for the kind gift of Mr.. Alphonzo Smith
and for the interest the Brooklyn Stand
0rd Union took in sending the money.
The following is the clipping" that
attracted Mr.. Smiths attention
INCIDENTS IN THE RUINED CITY-LIrTLE JOE
DIXoN's MusFoRTUNE-THE VELOCITY AND
HEIGHT OF THE FLOOD.
JoHNsTowN, June 10.-One of the char
acters of Johnstown who did not drown
is little Joe Dixon, the fifteen-year-old
newsdealer. A few days before the flood
he purchased a news stand Of his own for
S1j0 and thought his fortune already
made. A stout friend picked him up and
carried him to Il place of safety when the
wave swept over the town. From where
he stood he could see his $3.50 business
going up into the air, stock and all. His
father was drowned, his mother badly in
jurned, and all that the family owned was
destroyed. Their sole dependence now
is upon little Joe, who is already trudging
about peddllng papers as contentedly as
though he had never tasted the sweets of
being an independent proprietor. He is
actively at work, however, disputing for
a share of the business with the only firm
of regular newsdealers that survived the
flood, and expects to be ready to set up
store of his own as soon as the town is re-
built. lie is short and stout, wears
knickerbockers yet, looks about twelve
years old, and talks business with the
dignity and ease of man of mature
years. He laughs about the way his $50
flew up in the air when the water struck
it, but adds, more soberly:
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
ALMOST A FRIGHTFUL WRECK.
Runaway Cars i'm the Company's Yart
Barely Miss Killing Number O

Runaway Cars in the Company's Yard
Barely Miss killing Number of
People.
WedneodaY forenoon just as the Day Ex-
press pulled into the station, people on
the platform were alarmed by terrible
crash, seemingly op the opposite side of
the track. Passengers from the train
quickly alighted when it was discovered
that wreck had occurred in the yards of
the Cambria Iron Company adjacent.
1t seems thata train of about fifty coke
cars that had been standing above the
blast furnace, by some means were start
ed down the track. The grade is steep
there and as there was no one to control
them they soon gained rapid headway.
MIR. William Wilson, foreman in the ward
and Mr.. Edward Hayes, engineer of
one of the engines, happened 10 be
standing near this end of the track. Will
son told Hayes to board the train and
draw the brakes while he ran to the
switch. He got there ahead of the train
and opened the switch to run the cars out
on the siding and up along the Pennsy,
vania railroad. Seeing crowds of people
there, however, who would have no warn
ing whatever until the cars would
be upon them, he acted on his next
impulse and switched them on the
sidetrack ending 1t the corner of the
yard. Here the runaway train struck
two box cars and passenger car that
were used by the employees of the freight
and passenger station, for sleeping quar-
tiers. Both box culs were broken to
pieces, half dozen coke cars were
Knocked off the trucks, and another
box car was showed off its trucks
and through the fence. Three
cooks were preparing dinner in one of
the boX-cars that WAS demolished, but,
strange to say, they were not seriously
hurt. While the accident was serious
enough, it was indeed lucky under the
circumstances that ~ one was killed.
Mr.. Alex Starkhouse, >lperintcadent of
the Motive Department, who wa present,
is at loss to understand what caused
the cars to start, as they had been stand
ing still full twenty minutes.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02

not be greater than my own. Did know
when you would be in st. Louis could
meet you there; at all events we meet In
Kentucky. Shall we not meet, Sarah, to
meet no more? Oh, how | long to lay
my head upon that breast which belongs
in unison with my own To turn from
the siekening sights of worldly duplicity,
and look In those eyes so eloquent OF
purity and lovei
Do you remember the heart's-ease p"
you gave me ? 1t is as bright as ever.
How gravely you ask leave of me to ask
a question. My dear girl, have no se-
crets from you. Have right to ask me
anyequestion without even an apology.
Miss Bulhtt did not give me guard for
a watch. But if she had do you suppose
/ would have given 1t to Capt. McCru
But I'll tell you what she did give me
most beautiful and lengthy lecture on
combined once upon an evening
at a fair" in Louisville. AS
she was one of the subjects of CONVEX
sation we had apart from ourselves that
evening, you can and have left you to
guess what besides sensibility to your
charms constituted my offense.
Iuc EGpOILGIS WCI0 uUbOnt duu IuC
speech made is lost.
Pray what manner of messages could be
better than Elvin has sent you concerning
me? hope no attempt to destroy har
mony. / laughed at her demonstrations
against the attachment existing between
myself and subaltern of dragons. But
that between you and me is not fair
game it is robbing to make another
poor but no! She is too discerning
to attempt thing so difficult, and in
which success would be yalueless.
miss Elizabeth, one handsome lady"
at Knox. What did you put that semi
colon between handsome and lady forp
l hope you find in the society of the
Prairie enough to amuse if not to please.
The griefs over which we weep are not
those to be dreaded. 1t is the little pains
the constant falling of tiny drops of care
which wear away the heart.
l join you in rejoicing that Mrs. McCru
is added to your society. l admire her
more than any one else you could have
had.
Since wrote TO you we have abandoned
the position in the Creek Nation and are
constructing quarters at Fort Gibson. My
lines, like the beggar's days, are dwind-
ling to the shortest span.
Write to me Immediately, my dear Sa-
rah, my betrothed. No formality is
proper between us. Adieu. JEFF.
To Miss SARAH K. TAYLOR, Prairie du
Chen, III. s.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
THE FIRST SUIT.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT
AGAINST THE SOUTH FORK CLUB.

The Widow of John a. Little, Drowned in
the Flood, Asks for Fifty Thousand
Dollars Damages-The Action Entered
in Allegheny County Courts.
Suit was entered in the Courts of Ale
gheny county Saturday against the South
Fork Hunting and Fishing Club, by the
widow of John A Little, the commercial
traveller, who lost his life in the Hubert
House. The amount asked for is $50, 600.
After long statement by the plaintiffs 8
setting forth the reasons for bringing the
action. the Pittsburgh Leader says:
" After the filing of the above suit yes
terday an effort was made to see James
H. Reed, Esq, one of the prominent
members and presumed legal representa-
tive of the South Fork Club, but he was
out of the city. In former interview
had with him on the subject, however,
he said that he had most carefully exam
ined into the question and could not see
how a suit for damages could stand. The
breaking of the dam was caused by ex-
traordinary circumstances over which
the Club mad no CONTROL and which no
one had any idea would ever arise. There
was no negligence on the part of the Club
as it had engineers to examine the dam,
and these engineers had pronounced it
safe.
ANOTHER SUIT TO BE BROUGHT THIS WEEK.
Messrs. John Thomas & Sons will likely
enter suit against the same Club this week.
In an interview Saturday Mr.. Thomas
said:
eve have all the financial backing we
want and the money is all ready as soon
as Mr.. Rose is able to 60 ahead. We
have also had advice from prominent law
yers of other places that we have a good
case, and you may assure the public that
it will be pushed vigorously. We have
moved somewhat slowly in the matter,
preferring not to make any mistake, but
everything is ready now. Other promi-
nent attorneys have been engaged to assist
MT. hose, anu Wnlle we aIe ohAlous
that he should take the lead in the matter,
If his health continues so poorly we may
be obliged to ask some Of the other attor-
neys in the case to enter the suit. No,
there is no intention of letting the matter
drop, and suit will likely be entered next
week." GAS to our chances of success"
said Mr.. John Thomas, 1--WE are very SAN
guine, and all our counsel have advised us
that we will certainly win. The fishing
club was chartered institution, and as
such was obliged to use necessary precau
tions to make their dam safe, and have no
excuse for maintaining nuisance that
was a menace to life and property, as this
dam was"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
RESCUED FROM THE FLOOD

And Get Seriously Hurt in Runaway-,J
Ii. Strayer and Family, Formerly of
Market Street, Thrown From Wagon
in Hudson, Iowa.
At the time of the great flood here Mr.
]. B. Strayer, wife and child, lived at No
63 Market street, and their house was
swept away. They with many others were
saved in the attic of Doctor Walters
house. Mr. Strayer was considerably
injured in the flood, and on account of
his poor health they concluded to visit
his brother and sister who lived in Black.
hawk county, Iowa.
1t seems, however, that they had not
met all their bad luck, for on Monday of
this week they met with an accident that
came near ending their lives. They were
all in dog-cart driving out from the Il
lage of Hudson, when the horse became
frightened and ran away. As they reached
bridge Mr.. Strayer was thrown out
against the timbers with such force as to
render him unconscious. His wife and
child were thrown out Il few rods
further on, and as they rose to their feet
were appalled, to see Mr.. Strayer drop
into the creek below, distance of six
teen feet. Mrs. Strayer's screams that her
husband was killed soon brought assist
ance, and in about ten minutes from the
time he fell, he was removed, he having
regained consciousness after striking the
water, but was unable to move on account
of injuries received. Medical aid was
summoned, when it was found that all of
the party had received very severe bruises,
Mr.. Strayer's injuries being the worst, as
several bones in his leg were broken,
and it was severely lacerated. From a
letter received yesterday it is stated that
while the injuries of all three are very
painfrl, they arc not thought to be alarm
inGlY serious.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
The XyorIel,s ShipI,uiIding.

AT no period in the history of ship
building has such rapid progress been
recorded as is now being made. Every
large liner which is launched has inn
provements ON its predecessor, which
all go toward increasing speed safety
and general comfort. The amount OF
machinery in large steamship is very
great and new applications of steam ae-
paraCus are continually being found.
Refrigerating, di5tilling, electric light
and improved blowers are among TIE
latest additions. During the last yeas
there We're built 7G5 vessels having ton
mage OF 927 900. OF these Great Britain
built 4Sl hayinga tonnage of 777 900, or
81 per cent Of the total number Ger
many comes next with thirty-7,,yn ves-
sells of O,000 tons and the United States
built seventy-three vessels of 5000
tons. The last named were almost en-
tirely of wood.-Exchange
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Hat Filtration.

From the Boston Globe.
Wearing the hat squarely on the head
l love you madly.
Tipping it over the right ear-My little
brother has the measles.
Pulling it over the eyes-You must not
recognize me.
Wearing it over the back of the head
Ia, ia awfully awful.
Taking it Off and brushing it the wrong
way-My heart is busted.
Holding it out in the right hand-Lend
me "A quarter,
Leaving it with your uncle-I have
been to a church fair
Throwing it to policeman love
your sister.
Using it as a fan-Come and see my
aunt.
Carrying a brick in it-Your cruelty is
killing me.
Kicking it up stairs-Is the old man
around ?
Kicking it down stairs-Where is your
mother
Kicking it across the street, pn en-
gagged.
Hanging it on the right elbow-Will
call tonight.
Hanging ii on the left elbow-Am badly
left.
Putting it on the ground and sitting on it
Farewell forever
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
THE HOSPITAL.
The Philadelphia Branch of the Red Gross

The following is the Staff: Command
ant-Robert S. Wharton. NJ. D.; Chief Of
Staff-Dr, Fl. A. Starkey; Assistant-Dr.
r. T. Garrett; Commissary-Charles s.
Harvey; Quartermaster-S. Ii. Evans /;
Nurses--L. W. Bacon, Jr.; w. T. Mont
gomery Matron-Miss lisa Irwin; Nurse
Miss L. L. Dock Ambulance Driver
w. Williams.
Since the great calamity which visited
Johnstown on that black Friday, the 31st
of Nav of this year, the Philadelphia
Branch of the Red Cross Society has ex-
pended through the medium of the above
staff of officers the muniticent sum of $685.
600 in relieving those who suffered by the
flood. The Society arrived here on June 9th
by special cars, and located itself on sid
ing in front of Sandyville Cemetery at Hor-
nerstown. DR.. J. Wilkes O'Neill was then
in command. On the morning of the 9th
June, tents were pitched alongside the
Poplar street bridge, and the work of the
society commenced in earnest. Miss Clara
Barton and her staff occupied adjoining
tents, her work being principally in dis
tributing raiment. The Philadelphia
branch brought along with it full car
load of provisions and Immediately open
ed their commissary under the charge Of
Mr.. Charles S. Harvey, with MIR. &. II.
Prindle as quartermaster, in relieving the
immediate wants of the starving multi
tude. Two hundred families were thus
supplied daily, and in addition to this, the
whole staff assisted in the burial of the
dead, the Rev. Father Field, of st.
Clement Church, Philadelphia, conduct
ing the services. This noble work was
uninterruptedlY carried on until the 18th
of June, when it was unanimously de-
cided by the Philadelphia branch to es-
tablish hospital for the better relief of
the sufferers.
A fine healthy site was chosen in what
is called Orn's Orchard, and an applica-
tion was made to General Hastings for
0"Ohb1 ohS tCubS WHICH, WAS lIu-
mediately granted and the fol-
lowing morning saw the military
arranged hospital as it stands to-day. At
first DR.. Alexander Biddle was in charge,
but as time passed on, his return to Phil
delphia was an absolute necessity and
DR.. FL. A. Starkey succeeded him.
On an average, including the dispensary
work, thirty cases have been treated
daily. The principal affections !ealt with
being malaria, measles, dysentery, diar.
rhoea, cholera morbus, nervous prostra-
tion, diphtheria, and erysipelas, surgical
cases, caused by the flood, and otherwise;
fractures, and confused wounds. The
time is now approaching when the ser
vices of this temporary hospital will be
consolidated or dispensed with. If the
former, it will go to form the nucleus of
the Clara Barton Memorial Hospital to be
erected on suitable site in the vicinity
of Moxham. If the latter, it will retire
from Johnstown crowned with the green
est laurels ever earned by any charitable
institution and the fearful thanks of q
grateful people.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02

THE Attorney-General has given the
Secretary of the Treasury an opinion to
the effect that there is no legal objection
to the transit through United States terri
tory of the Cinnamon recently arrived at
New Orleans from Cuba enroute to China,
via San Francisco. The Chinese Minister
has asked that these men be permitted to
cross the United States on their way home
and it is probable, in view of the Attor-
ney.Generaps opinion, that his request
will be granted. This opinion Is in &C
cord with the decision given by Solicitor
Hepburn on the same question some weeks
ago, which was, however, not accepted by
the Treasury Department.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02

Trembling all over his body, young.
man entered with tottering step a shop
in Odessa in which there was no one
else but the assistant, and pointed in
dumb show first to his throat and then
to his chest; then all at once he fell to
the ground, eXclaiming. "For PHYS sake
--quick-an antidoteP He writhed and
twisted as he lay on the floor, and re-
peated his request for an antidote, as he
had taken poison. The assistant, at
loss what to do, rushed into the street
and went to fetch the nearest doctor. On
returning with him to the shop he found
that the patient had apparently recov-
ered, for he had disappeared-so had the
tillY--Novoye Yremja, ;
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02

TIE New York Herald has become a
great newspaper. Hence it pokes little
fun at the editor of its modest contempo-
rary, the Dexter Sentinel, who announces
his matrimonial felicity in his own edito-
rial columns thuswise: Ye editor was
married yesterday to Miss Mary Sellett,
one of the most charming ladies we have
ever met. Those owing us on subscrip-
ton or job work will greatly facilitate the
purchase of rag carpets, cord wood, baby
carriages, &C., by settling at once.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Good Work.

The goodly services rendered to the
people of Johnstown by Mr.. George l..
Remington, one of the partners in the
firm OF Farrell & Co., must not be over
looked. Notwithstanding much impor-
tant work which required his services in
Philadelphia, he forsook everything and
landed in Johnstown on the fourth of
June, when he commenced his work Of
recovering safes under almost isur-
momtable difficulties lie and his staff
OF men were to be met with everywhere
now on top of pile of debris, again bur-
rowing beneath it-but always successful
in the issue. The amount of work ac-
complished by him before leaving GER
tainly deserves the highest thanks the
people Of Johnstown can give.