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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19

craI days At Tottsville and other places
In Schuylkil county ten Inches of rain
fen In Il hours
The high wind accompanying the rain
unroofed many houses and the individual
losses will be considerable.
DELAWARE RIVER VERY GuGH.
Faston, Pa, Dec 15.-The frcshet in tho
Delaware and Lchigh rivers has done So
sious damage all through this section.
Railroad traffic is suspended and the watt
or has risen to Front street IN this city
Telegraph and telephone communication
is interrupted The rivers are still rising
at the rate of a foot an hour Thousands
of dollars damage has already been done
to the big industries at West Easton,
ERIE RAILROAD TIED rp.
Suspuchanna, Pa. Dec 1j.-Owiug to
the heavy rains and wind Of last night
business to-day was at standstl on tho
Eric railroad. a mile Of track near
Owceo on the Susquohanna division aui
several hundred feet at Rosas switch on
the delaware division are submctScI.
Two hundred men left here foo
repair the damages, and din
ing car waa sent from Susquchauna with
food for the passengers on train Eli ID
is blocked at OwcEo. Telegraph and tcl,-
phone lines throuchout this section have
been down all day. a Lchish Vale.
train, on account Of the high water Over
tho tracks at certain points on that road.
WAS to-day run from Scranton to Caribou
dale on the Delaware and Hudson IH.,r
railroad thence to OwCgo on tn" Fri"
railroad. where it was again halted w.
high water. The Susquohanna and DC1-
ware rivers are fun to the banks and the
creeks are the highest in years. Much
damage has been done to property along
thu low lands.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
MANY BARGES GET LOOSE.
Crash Down the Ohio Carrying Danger
to All Other Craft

w All ClLiSi ~
Pttsburr, Pa, Dee. ID Stage Of rivers
at midnight:
Uorres island dam 81 feet and rising
IFS inches an hour; lock 40. ], Monousa-
hcla river 46.7 feet, rising six inches AN
hour; Davis Island dam. ONO river -l6
feet, rising six inches an hour.
"One of the greatest floods In the his
tory of Pittsburg was avcrtcd only by the
sudden drop in the temperature. The rise
at the hcadwaters of the Allegheny and
Monungahola rivers was about stopped at
midnight and the rivers will likely slow
~ rccodc."
The above statement was made tonight
by weather forecaster Frank kidgway.
The remarkable weather conditions that
prevailed in Pittsburg and Western Penn
sylvania is during the past week culmi-
mated to-day in decided drop Of the tenn
pcraturc, accompanied by flood stage Of
water in the three rivers which caused
some suffering and many thousands Of
dollars worth of damage. Part of Alle-
ghony ANA Pittshurg were submerged.
household goods and stores that We're
placed in cellars and Easements were
damaged.
sNuhng crashing, and carrying dang r
10 everything IN their way seventy five
.mIty coal bargcs ana fifty loaded boats
rc torn from their muOrinsS TO- might
and went down the Ohio river at q terrific
rate. The Ben Hur was on her way to
I!Usburg wharf and with n good pass
-ouGer list aboard barely ESCAPED ulm-
lty That might have ro suited IN great loss
# life. The great amount If water that
poured out of the Monongahela and AL
iorEcny rivers during the day caused a
strorE sWirling current and the strain up-
IN the mornings of the larges became in-
tense As soon as they broke away the
great danger t. any craft that was below
he anne imminent 1t VS. impossible
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
GREAT DAMAGE AT ITHACA.
Houses and Mills Destroyed-Team
Swept Away In a Stream.

Ithaca, n. Y, Dec. 15.--The most disas-
trous floods Ithaca has experienced since
1857 resulted from the heavy downpour Of
yesterday afternoon and n conservative
estimate Of the damage caused to proporty
in this city places the loss at $3.50 600 ard
it is highly probable the total loss will
aggregate 500, 900.
The destruction was greatest along Six
Mile creek and FAN creek gorges. BY
midnight these streams We're torrents of
water and their volume was swollen to
ten times their normal proportions ON
the north side Of Six Mile creek, Just at
the foot Of State street hill, one dwelling
house was carried away and this morning
not trace of 1t could be found The
power and lighting plants Of the Ithaca
street Railway company were washed ont
and two trolley cars were swallowed up
in the torrent All street car traffic was
suspended ana the city left In total dark
ness. In addition, all the gas mains were
Hooded and tonight the only available
source Of light Is found i'm oil lamps
Buildings below the lighting and power
plants in the vicinity of Aurora street
bridge suffered heavy losses. Tho entire
lumber yards of Driscoll brothers, togcth-
or with the large planning mills and lum-
Der kiln were undermined and swept
away. Part of the Cornell livery barns,
the barns of II. H. Stewart & Co, the
lumber mills and sheds OF the George
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19

Tho best way to avoid marital misuuder-
standing is to avoid tho whole marital
business.
To sympdthizc with those who are down
in the world il is necessary for you t.
get down there yourself
A woman who Will ask another woman
to show her how to do tatuuE almu It
thinks enough of her To be her friend.
Versatility is not womaus strong p,i"t.
BEFORE marriage she signs 10 think how
happy She is going to 10. and Hft,rWar,
she signs to think how happy she thought
she was going to be.
The servant girl problem began when
Eve had clothes to 60 away from The
hous, and show to AN her friends,
You can knock out most any rival YOU
have by always admitting to a girl that
he is a good deal better than she thinks
he Is.
There are few of MS who would like ia
he somebody else hut There are few of ms
who would not like to have what some
body else has got.
After a woman has bought all her
Christmas presents for her friends sh
picks out the incest ones ana hcops the m
so as to be economical ana gives the
others away.-Ncw York Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
WORST FLOOD IN YEARS.
People in Syracuse in a Panic But no
Lives We're | Osr

Syracuse. y Y Doc 15-'The woret
flood ever cXporionc,d in SYRACUSE DC
CURED to-day when Onondaga creek rosa
six feet i'm a neriod of less than nine
hours and overlooking its banks spread
devastation in all directions.
Five hundred families were driven from
their homes bv tho dclu.e and AS NAM
moro were excited almost to "A degree Of
row If So56 nm %o tifa u.9. los, s r,
!,s known
rho Good ,ras tbo rosrlt of tho ro.,.,.
rainfall of caturd,v ~ ron,orl, ,i.i,.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
DAM AT HINCkLEY LAKE BREAKS
About $75, 900 Worth of Logs Carried
OF With Bridge and saw Mills

Schenectady, y. Y, Dec. 1.-THE dam at
Hinckley Lake, on East Canada Creek
thirtN-thrce miles north of Hct kimcr gave
way this Afternoon and the l0J,UJO logs at
the dam were swept down the creek an
into tho Mohawk river. The logs are
valued at $1,000.
An iron bridge and a saw mill were car
rlod along by force of these and load ne
logs and both were total wrecks. nv I
mcn, agents Of the company, are station
cd all along the river to stop the logs, II
possible. and retain possession of tn M
The water is about Is feet above low wa
ter mark, and 1t probably will be diftCLlt
To stop the progress of the logs as
it Will not he feasible to stretch a boom
across the river because of the turbulen
of the stream.
The storm did considerable damage in
ana about this city. Tho police service
Tonight has been down ever since The
storm began Yesterday afternoon. l. 81
night the city trolley system was tied
for several hours by tho blowing down Of
the over head wires.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
STORM IN PEN NSYLVANIA
Terrible Havoc in the Coal Regions In
Schuykill Valley 40 Mines Are
Observation-Disclosures of Mules
Drowned.

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four uvcs rhn hnyo', in tho ,',,I r, ot'9,
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mining con,n1nie. ,,ili ,,n,,t 80
of dollars mo Srh,,,,ii'nI .1,,,Ir
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
STENOGRAPHER SPELLING.

certain lawyer here in town employs
n sttnOErapher who has the NEST wonder
full collars and The most elaborate pom
paduur in all the business world. She has
a personal theory on punctuation, and her
sIelling is marked With an engaging orig p
iraity, but she's so evon-tompored that
only an absurdly Carping person would
take notice of such occoutricites,
One day she laid before her employer a
realty typed letter to a southern corre-
srondent. Before signing it he glance 4
over 1t.
See here" he said, ''youV spelled
sugar sugar.
Dear me-" said she, chow careless OF
RE, Why, I've left out the n "--Wash-
ingtOn star,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
WOMAN'S AWFUL PERIL.

"There is only one chance to save your
life and that Is through an operation
were the startling words heard by Mrs.
l. j.. Hunt If Lime Ridge, Wis, from her
doctor after he had valnly tried to cure
her Of a frightful case of stomach trouble
and yellow iaundice Gall stones had for
med and she constantly grew worse. Then
she began to use Electric Bitters which
wholly cured her. It's a wonderful Ston-
ach, Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Try 1t.
Only 80 cts. Guaranteed. For sale by
O'Sullivan and YouEg.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
ANNUAL MEETING OF sHRINERS.

Montpelier, Dec. 13,-One hundred and
seventy-five mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
attended the annual meeting Of Mount
Sinai Temple at armory hail to nj ut when
the following officers were elected: Mus
trious Potentato, o. W, Daley, White Riv-
or Junction. chief rabhan, Clarence w.
steele, Barre; assistant Q. r., Silas H.
Danforth, st, Adams; high priest ana pro-
phct, Collins Blakcley; oriental guide, G.
$. Whittier, Montpelier; treasurer, A. W.
I'errin, Montpelier; recorder G.. II. II, n
ton, Montpelier. Representatives to the
imperial council when meets in San Fran
cisco, Er. j. Henry Jackson, Barre, chair
man, c. j. Goss Wells River S. S. al
lard, Montpelier, r. b. Gamwcll, East Bar
not
Eleven candidates walked the hot sands
making total membership of 93} Dur
ing the evening DIR, Jackson, the rctirinG
potentate, was presented with "A hand
some ieweled insignia. The exercises clos
Il at armory hail at II 80, being followed
by a banquet at the Pavilion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
SAYS HE WAS TORTURED.

81 suffered such pain fem Corns | could
hardly walk writes II Robinson, ilills
borough, Ills. but Bucklen's Arnica
Saive completely cured them" Acts like
magic on sprairs, bruises. cuts, sores.
scalds, burns, boils, ulsors, Perfect healer
OF skin diseases ana plies. Cure guUrun-
teod by q SulliNan Nad Young, - cents.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
WHAT OUR NElGHBORS SAY.
Good Advice to the En- mics OF the Pro-
hibitory Law.


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cuSs.on Is Il good thing. The moro any
great puhhr question is discussed the bet
Yer.
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nlntos ar" al opposed t. any chang" in
inc present prtiltltorN laws
ne tact thar these laws are now being
enforced as never before; thoroughly, sHs
t'Watcally ana fearleSSly removes one
Srt"l arg lm'nt IN taN"r OF n chanSc or u
referendum IN the laws cannot he en-
iCr'ed. me llquor dealers Enow these laws
are being enforced. They have reason for
Vhelr ialth'
Afalh the fact inst Irorerty holders are
sronsibili,y in regard to the kind of ton
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''r"'h inc N"'or' NY hoc"rd)
cuoakirc about nbaii,ned farms ye
consider ono uracticaII, So vhon = form,
sufficiently milo if ,yrrl.,d rrnrorlv 10
wi,t or thirty bnad Of cattle has onlv 6f
teen head Vermont has leo many t,voiva
COW. farms moro tLar tbnro Is any. r,,d
of During the mast i've ,.nrs tho farm,
have increased in yaluo-siunlv br.nusn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19

etching hemorrhods were the plague of
my life. Was almost wild. Doan's ONT
ment cured me quickly and permanently
after doctors had failed" G. f.. Cornwall
Valley street. Saugerties, N. Y.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
VERMONT pUNsrONrR

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12--Ncrmont pension
Incrclso. restoration, reissue, Charlc .
Tillotsou. Lowell
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Suit in Behalf of the State to be
Instituted by Washington
Attorney.
SOME RECENT DECISIONS
Give Vermont Valuable precedents For
recovering Interest on Bonds Given
For Equipment of Troops IN civil
War-Fish Hatchery at st.
Johnsbury to be Removed.

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Washington, Dec. 12.-Nithin few days
1t is expected that a suit Will be filed i'll
the Court of claims to recover conSd-
cradle sum for the state Of vermont On
account Of money expended during the
civil war in the equipment of troops. me
exact amount to he specified in the suit Is
not known, but the papers are new at
Montpelier. The suit has been prepared
by gen. John j.. Cotton, OF this city,
formerly Of lewiston Ne, and once a la"
PARTNER of senator Frye of that state and
ny William T.. White, the seniors grand
son. They have large law office ON i.
street, this city, and are specialists in that
class of work The favorable Outcome Of
the suit is said 20 be a certainty. based on
a recent decision OF some two weeks ago
in the Court of Claims favorable to Maine,
by which that state receivers some Sl2loee
Briefly the ground for recovery is this
Complying with the order IF President
Lin, DIN carly in tie war, Vermont. as did
many other Northern states, raised money
to equip several regiments OF troops. The
federal government pledged itself to re-
lmburse the states for expenses incurred
in this work. AS Vermont did not have
sufficient money in the State treasury
Lunds were Sold TIC raise the necessary
funds After some years the principal II
these bonds was pad but the government
held that it could not pay interest money
sums as the bonds RAN FOR eo,,r,i ys'ir }o
although the claim was pressed for inter
est IT was of no avail Finally "a decision
vas rendered by the ccuits taNorab'y to
Nc" DIX State. Iak!nG TINS as a c"e
Gen Cotton some two years ago arranged
wiz" Maine u press her claim FOR inter
est ana after long arguments and much
ueIny ne mas secured favorable decision
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19

Ordinary house hold accidents have no
terrcrs when there's a bottle of Dr.
Thomas Eclrotric oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns, cuts. bruises. sprains
IN slant relief
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
LANDsLIpEs ON THE RAILROADS.

Middletown, n. Y, Dec. 15.-Tho heavy
storm last night caused several large
landslldcs on the Elio railroad between
this city and Pond End tonight In a
collision between two trains one man was
killed and several injured. The bridge
over the Novcrsink river settled several
inches.
The gale continued to-day ana did much
damage throughout this section. a barn
on the Cummings farm owned by James
W, Sproul of New York WAS blown down
killing a. head of bloodcd cattle Tho
structure was the largest of its kind in
the country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
A Careful Kitchen Girl.

wants a position.
II you want the girl, use Free Press
want ad. She will be forthcoming.
II you are the girl. use Free Press
want ad. YouIl get position Immediate
ly
Vermont is full OF good girls and good
positions, The Free Press fnds the girls
for the positions and vice versa
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
GREAT SUFFERING AT ROME.

Rome. y. Y. Dec. ia phenomenal risa
of the Mohawk river early this morning
has caused the destruction of thousands
OF dollars worth of property as we'll rs
rriVation and distress among hundreds If
families in the eastern part Of the citT.
The river is nine feet above it's normal
level and the city and its suburbs ar un-
cor water for miles. One train passed.
Morning trains are stalled by washout
at OriSkany GrcCnVar and Rome. one
bundled feet of bed was washed out four
miles cast of Rome. he streets in east
Rome are under three feet of water which
swept away 200 feet Of road leading 10
St1nWiX. People were carried from th"ir
he uses in beats. A serious break TT thu
canal feeder a. Delta occurred Mt noon
Two bridges were carried away and the
volume Of water NhCn IT reached Ril@y
mills, six miles below, swept POO feet OF
the main road into the river
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
NECESSITIES AS LUXUREs.

Hrom the St Paul GlObo)
What with beef soaring skyward and
potatoes and apples already there W.
shall soon have to be content with such
cheap things as turkey, pate de foie gras
and straw berries.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19

Auburn, n. Y, Dec. 15.-Tho storm did
a great amount of damage in this vicin-
ity. Twenty bridges ON tn" iehgh al
ley railway south of this city were wash
ed away Besides this, the track was un-
derninod in many places and blocked by
iandslidcs, All traffic from this city sou h
over the Lehigh has been suspended md
II Is thought that 1t will be several days
before trains are again running.
At Moravia twenty miles south of Au-
burn, the entire village was under three
feet of water when the rain ceased
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19

Utica, \. Y, Dec 1j.-'rhc rainsturm OF
Saturday night and early this morning
did hundreds of dollars damage in this
vicinity. Along the West Canada creek
which emptios in the Mohawk river
bridges and saw and Grst mills have been
swept away and it will be many wee ks
before traffic can be resumed. The Mo
hawk river in this city is above its banks
and all the fiat land is flooded.
81. hout ana fthe carrying away
bridges have ticdup the Mohawk and Ma
lone road completely and it is not thought
that trains can get through inside of thro,
days. The Rome, WATERFOWL ana Ogdens-
burg road is tied up from the same cause,
! ho dam at the electric light plant at
MorrsVille burst, demolishnC three
houses and three barns. The place will
be in darkness for two weeks
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
TRACKS WASHED OUT AT pOWNAI,

lloosick Falls, N. Y. Dec. 15.-The
storms of Saturday night and to-day
caused the lloosick river TO rise very
high, Mark Haynes Flats n mile south
OF here are flooded over a large area.
The station and power house of the Hoo
sex Fails Water Supply company are cut
off by the river flooding it's banks. The
Ice broke up early i'm the week. leaving
the water high and the more recent
storms have caused the present condition.
The Boston and Maine east bound trains
are tied up, Both tracks are washed out
at Pownal, W., eight miles east of this
place. Traffic Is blocked and trains are
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
lilGU WIND IN NEW YORK CITY.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE unusually high
Winds, estimated nj Is miles AN hour by
the weather bureau, which passed over
this section to-day. caused considerable
discomfort ana did "A little damage. In
signs, shutters and awnings were blown
OF, The storm during the day intersarcd
considerable with the telegraph service all
through the east Trains from up the state
were delayed by washouts.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-31
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