The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-10-26
Special to the ADyooArr..


THE EDHECFI BEES JOHN 81 WI
JoHNsTcyl,, Pr.--. ohnegowa is not sn
inviting city sith It, ruirn staring . per-
con IN tbs 9acs gron evsg7 aiGc, en6 3hs
night time especially &c csinT.s.ns sc re
etranEs- who &c icr5 Ehsn niehG'e aiisdows
cnce fell and enclcst tho rsTicEs1 city 0!
tho Conemeuea vyi5L o pail o. dsr41css.
EeTs saa thsrs Ga slectgic i.1.it 5en3a 1oran
: ccinEiiiosiop Of iila.inaticG, o9Eiilf IL
ial cascovc o. tae scene o. oc raua-i :
cent corrcv an6 Eziigoey eE@ wEass taa
rangs are 20 full pregnant. SsdIeas RS
vcilc on ever 1ide; evesysh.ys, dctel 2,c-l
the food. Cne Of the :nozt ps.thatio siehts
which iSs taua feT fallen uE6er u,y o5esTY
7ticn is that oi n cid lazy with hsis civ
cred to 9 gloc9y whitens5s By three scoFs
ysinteca ;.1G more, Tith . Scrra on which
oie FAITH Zi--e has heavily laid tbs hand
c. tgiol3snc aorrowe. She is the only one
!ect el {. feElily o. tnrsa--s. daughter end
Goa having been 7wept svs9 whsn the
saad and see.h.ns vGter, iFcn tie rossr-
weir came avserinf down tha 6tc2y CTeek
ana enptied ;1to the Ooaemaugn, bring
ing csnth, deyast; Ice and ccmP;e5s ruin
along visn hoTgcr sflee harrcr. Se7eTci
times cgarY day tnis sgeG iody v'iil leebly
totter from her hoUo en- the mountain
side to the banks OF tire Conemaugh creek,
where search continues lor dead ooaies il
the murky waters, With the nope that she
may recover the bodies CT Gloas whom she
held most dear on ea7th. She keeps up
hope though every day the chances for re
covery grow fainter and fainter and the
light in her eyes grow DINNER and hel
step more feeble. She too will soon be-
adde's to the list CT the food'o dead, snd
in thio city there Gre many Ike her who
will 60 to the grave premsturely and brok-
en-hearted.
Saturday morning I stood ON the now
famous Pennsylvania Tsilroad etons bridge,
crossing the Conemaugh crss';, which re.
sisted the force OF the fore5 OF tina flood.
: and against which the debris was piled
sixty feet high, watching = professional
diver going down into the nuGdy waters
which still hide SO much. Once, twice he
went down and then came to the top OF the
water, but on The third time, oh. sicken-
ing sight, he had the dead body of badly
deccmposed woman in his ansns. Il made
me turn away in disgust, sick st the
thought of the hidden mysteries yet to be
solved. Subscriptions for continuing the
work OF searching for bodies and clearing
up the debris are now being made among
the residents of the town, this too in face
of the fact that thousands of dollars sub.
scribed by the generous people of this
country still remain unused, while the
people here are clamoring for settlement
to enable them to make needed necessary
improvements. The money Is here but the
trouble is to get it. But notwithstanding
this everything goes here, frame building,
spring up in day, while more prelentious
edi1ces are contracted for daily, so tina
the new Johnstown which will rise Phen-
ix-like from the debris OF the hood will be
q modern city OF lofty brick and stone
To-day, however, II brings to mind in gen.
eral appearance, e frontier town, this is
especially so at night when from dozens OF
low groggeries strung closely together
come the sound OF muddled music, CAV
song and the clinEe5Y clink of glasses.
while high carnival End brutal debauchery
rsigns supreme swey lnte the night.
While making tour Of the town Sstur-
day run agairst E tumbled-dovn old ehed
ON the corner q. the main street, ness the
7. 2. i. Cep5s nov used as 6 relic Shop.
where you can buy, providing you n.vs
doodle ero1gh, anything from a broken
cup TO revolver or a more pretentious
article. The proprietor OF this moaern
bazaar is = leg-puller and has cheek like
a baseball umpire or machine agent.
This is not an insinuation against Barney
or Hagernan.l
Sunday visited the South Fork dam
which now has the appearance OF q mud
hole, and would lack interest were II not
for the fact that to It's buIstsd walls JohAA-