Salina Herald from Salina, Kansas • 4

wore plugged in the low places, but to SALINA IIHRALD. very little purpose. By noon Wednes THE GREAT FLOOD day stables and yards woro Hooded. The brother of P. L.

Martin that the conditions were truly uliiriiiing, The report that the rmo at Lindsborg was six foot above high water mark was verified. It was also learned that the farm of Will Wells was under water from two to six- river was running in from tho north on 3rd street and fast filling all low places. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. The Halina Wkkkly Hkkalu ill bo dulivenid by mail anywhere in the U. or (Jiiiutda free of pontiiK.

Terms UM in advance. ADVEKTIHINO ItATKH. THE iro'ATrrnn I Everything was afloat. Excepting one MEMORABLE RISE IN SMOKY HILL RIVER. point just beyond 3rd street, Iron Ave.

was a solid sea and north und south of of it was water everywhere, 1 column one year $100.00 1 month 10.00 1 insertion 3.00 A GREAT DAMAGE TO HtOrEIITV Charlie Low's place, Kall'or's, Bart- Reading notices per lino 7c No charire is made for sample copies. foot and it was from these reports that Mr. Wolln predicted a greater rino than that of tho 70's and possibly that of 'G7. On learning the depth ut Bridgeport, he calculated Unit the water would cover tho floor of tho Kustler Furniture Co's. buildings und advised the removal of goods.

The U. P. McPherson train camo in belated Monday afternoon, having run Geis', Lainkin's and in fact near ly all were doomed to have good wotting. Some of tho collars woro saved Send to or address the Halina Iforaid, Growing Crops Inundated and room No. 101 N.

Santa be Avenuo, up but others woro not. Stables wore all Small Grain Ruined. stairs, Salina, Kansas. County and state correspondents wanted. flooded.

Scarcely ten feet of side walk could be found where it ought to bo and J. II. PADGETT, Managing Editor. Some Facts as to the Damage the debris will require careful looking after to prevent great sickness, through tho water between Bridgeport and Assaria and further confirming pre Done in Salina and Saline County. Entered ut the Postollice ut Siilinu, Kansas, for transmission thsough the moils as Bocoud class null tor.

vious reports. cellars fillinu. FALLING. The waters began to fall about day light yesterday morning and during tho Saline county farmers are feasting To give in detail all that has been It was about this time that owners of business property on Santa Fe awoke to a new danger. The water had covered day fell nearly a foot.

Steps will be on milk and peaches. for Infants and Children. MOTH ERS, Do You Know that Paregoric, Bateraan'i Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many Bo-called Soothing Syrup, and most remedies for children are composed of opium or morphine? Wo Ton Knniv that opium and morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons no Vow Know that In wont countries druggist are not permitted to sell narcotics without labeling them poisons no Yon Know that you should not permit any medicine to be given your chili unless you or your physician know of what It Is composed no Yotl Know that Castorla Is a purely vegetable preparation, and that a lint of Its ingredients is published with every bottle no Vow Know that Castorla Is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher, That It has been In use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castorla Is now sold than of all other remedies for children combined no You Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States, and of other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the word Castorla and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense no Yon Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protection was because Castoria had been proven to be absolutely harmless 7 no Yon Know that 33 average doses of Castoria are furnished for 35 cents or one cent a dose? no Von Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children may be kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest Well, these thing are worth knowing.

They are facts. taken at once to clean up. Ready assis done and said, and the itemized account of damage caused by the great Hood in the Smoky Hill river, would require vol The follow that left Kansas now tance should be given to those needing wishes ho had brought his wife's folks the sewer highth and began breaking through into cellars and as the rise steadily increased the water became more and more uncontrollable in the it. Much sympathy was exporossed for R. F.

Bartlett's family. Mr. Bartlett out with him. umes the size of this paper. Suffice it to say, it was the greatest flood ever was lying quits sick and could not I known, and but for the fact that the cellars.

moved. Already there are people prepared to believe we will never have prohibition in Kansas until little Jimmie Troutman The destruction of the Suchi green house was complete. Much sympathy is put in the governor's chair. was expressed for Mrs. Buchi, who for Saline river, the Mulberry creek, and the Dry creek, were not in the flood belt, we should have had a disastrous flood destroying thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of property where The damage to farms generally is not great.

There was very little current and but few washes. In some instances small grain was swept away, but the corn crop is something tremendous in years has made the green house and its gardens to bloom in spite of hot winds Ex-Gov; Boihe of Iowa, can't" become a presidential possibility until he is able to explain his position on the coinage question so that the people can under and drought. The family of Sam Jones its efforts to outstrip all former yields in the stone residence near the river, now the loss is but hundreds. With the usual back water from these streams north of Salina, common to the big The flood has brought joy to many, as stand him. stayed until the last moment.

The cor well as calamity to a few. A WEEK OF FLOODS. Is on every wrapper. The fac-Blmlle signature of ner bank building, corner of Ash and The Lawrence Gazelle is one Kansas democratic paper that is not afraid to Santa Fe was flooded and a steam pump rains west of here, the entire lower half of the city would certainly have been submerged, but fortunately, from Sali Indeed the past week has been one of was applied for days, Rosedale park speak out for democracy and silver, and is calling for organization along good floode. Great disaster has overtaken Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla.

was used for a pleasure boat lake. old democratic lines. some sections. Marquette was almost destroyed. Brobkville was visited by a The Doughty Furniture the Will and Whitehead store, the Wolsieffer terrific storm and sustained much dam store and tho II.

D. Lee Mercantile It is hard to tell who got the best of the great prohibition rally in Topeka last week. Gov. Morrill seems quite age, and Bridgeport residents had to Co's. cellars, were all demanding atten flee to tho hills for safety.

tion and from that time on until late na north the progress of the Smoky river water was scarcely interupted and the Dry creek caught much of the overflow. The oldest inhabitants declare that never before had they seen Smoky river water in Dry creek. It is this fortunate overflow south of Salina that has saved the main portion of the city. However, starting at a point about Prescott Avenue and going north on well pleased at the result, and the anti Morrill gang is tickled almost to death At Winnona, a cloud burst des yesterday afternoon pumps were kept passed over Harvey county yesterday about noon, playing havoc with crops and knocking over half of the fruit from the trees. Barns, sheds and other farm improvements, principally windmills, were destroyed in the path of the storm.

troyed everything and eleven peopl were'drowned. busy night and day. Some of these buildings are heavily loaded and the its force, proved a blessing to crops. The above summaries are only a fraction of loss in property. The greatest burden falls upon the farmers as the season is too far spent to plant new crops and suffering must surely follow in tho storm's wake.

The country's granary has been cleaned out. Details of individual suffering and experiences would fill volumes and recite the horrors of the Johnston disaster. It is said that Topeka is the greatest newspaper cemetery in the west; that more than GOO papers have gone to a At Canton a tornado accompanied by a heavy rain, descended and in an hour Tho velocity of tho wind ranged from 50 to C5 miles an hour. A largo number long rest in that city at a funeral ex pense of more than one million dollars of cattlo were killed, but there was no foundations were greatly endangered. Tho water reached W.

M. D. Berg's cellar Tuesday and from that point those of the Schwartz Hardware Co. were emptied. The Powers Hendricks the East side the eye that delights to loss of human life.

A four-inch fall of five inches of rain fell. The fronts of all the business building on Main street were blown in and goods more or less damaged. The business men who Buffered most were; E. P. McGill, general in accompanied the storm, and the An evidence ot western prosperity is creeks are full to their banks as a con seen in the preparations the railroads feast upon disaster and ruin may bo satiated at a glance.

At 7 p. m. Wednesday evening the water reached its highest notch, which passed that of 18G7 PRETTY STATE OF AFFAIRS. sequence. are making for heavy hauling.

They Winfiold, July 8. This section are increasing their shop forces through about 2 inches and that of 1S77 and also was visited by a windstorm yesterday, which was followed by the heaviest rain merchandise; Mrs. Mattie Barnhart, millinery; C. Linderberger Sons, merchandise; Oldlieldu, livery barn; Exchange livery barn. Great damage was 1878 some three inches.

It may be ox-plained here that there were floods in that has fallen this season. Considerable damage wae done to crops. EXTENT OF THE STORM. Reports of storms during the three both '77 and '78 and that accounts for done to the Methodist Episcopal church out the state and are preparing a surplus of rolling stock. The country'? annual pension bill may be reduced to $100,000,000, but it will not be in this century.

Nearly applications for pensions are now on file at Washington City and many new ones are added to the number every week. the discrepancy of reports of older in habitants. They were all in the main days come over a large territory and correct, but while one would be re counting the flood of '77 another would Places For Kansas Democrats But No One To Name Them. Washington, July 9. -Postmaster General Wilson said today that there were two or three clerkships in his department belonging to the Kansas list and he was in a quandary as to the mat-tor of filling them.

They are political appointments and he does not know who to apply to for democrats for the places. He says he is assured ex-Senator Martin is not reliable in the way of recommending democrats and he does not want to appoint republicans or populists, hence his difficulty, It is possible that he will get around the trouble by making the appointments outside of Kansas. paint store, Buell's Bakery, Methvens, Thachers, the cellar of the Farmers Nat'l. the Kaffer Mercantile Co. andiin fact, every cellar joining sewer connection needed attention.

SEWERS DAMAGED. The Btrain upon the sewer system must have been very great. Several teams broke through over the main sewer on East Ash street and all travel had to be stopped. It was found that the surface was only a shell covering and as yet it is impossible to estimate the damage. It is hoped that the sewer is all right but no one knows.

The lateral sewers are probably all right. A MIDNIGHT RUSH Came in upon the inhabitants of the old river channel district. And, it was have in mind the flood of '78 From Sunday morning until yesterday morn ing, the interest was manifest ed. The reports of the rise at Bridge port, Marquette, Lindsborg, Assam The Lawrence World claimB to know an ex-congressman who has accepted a job at $29 per month. Brady must remember that usually it is believed men get all they can earn.

That is why there are so many Kansas editors living on less than 2 cents a meal. and about Mentor were constantly being received. Calculations would be made, and then from this would be computed the probable result here, but it w.as not until Monday afternoon, that citizens of with great difficulty that stock was the east side began to grow alarmed. and the High school building and scarcoly a house in town escaped some slight damage. A string of cars were blown from the Santa Fe tracks and the Santa Fe depot slightly damaged.

The residence of Mrs. Smith, three miles north, was blown down and several other houses in the country wore destroyed. James Snyder and two others were buried beneath tho ruins of a barn. Snyder's right arm was broken and he receivod other injuries, from which he is not expected to recover. Chetopa, July 8.

Last evening a tornado- swept over this region, doing considerable damage to growing crops. It also did great damage to buildings, tearing down awnings, porches and outbuildings. The smokestack of the electric light plant was blown down and many windows broken and awnings wrecked. The storm lasted about an hour and came from the west. Sterling, July 8.

There was another rainfall of 2 inches yesterday, making six or seven inchos since Thursday. All streams are full and farm lands flooded. Considerable damage has been done to oats and corn by the wind and harvested wheat will need great care to be church services yesterday morning in the college chapel lightning- -struck tli build THE OLD RIVERBED saved, notwithstanding, all was in read iness. The Widow Turner, P. O'Shea and others in that section sus A Valuable Chest.

Tacoma, Wash. "I have used your Simmon's Liver Regulator and can conscientiously say it is the King of all Liver Medicines. I consider it a medicine chest in itself." Geo. W. Jackson.

Your druggist sells it in powder or liquid, tho powder to be taken dry, or made into a tea. Was carefully watched. Scarcely an hour went by, that did not find some tained verv ereat loss. a few min watcher at a low point in the river bank utes they saw the destruction of all watching and comparing highth of growing crop, and the little that was Peculiarities of states laws are sometimes madq quite noticeable. Last week Kansas held a great temperance rally and the one thought seemed to be "how shall we stop dram selling?" Down in Tennesee the people of some sections seemed agitated more particularly and almost exclusively upon sabbath keeping.

A number of Seventh Day Adventists, took the liberty of doing their usual day work on the Christian Sabbath, and were tried convicted and sentenced. They refused to pay a fine and were sent to jail. In Kansas there is but little respect for the Sabbath, and in Tennesee there is but little if any respect for prohibition. ground. laid away in barns.

Much speculation was indulged Tues The Herald reporter in company with Mr. J. T. Wells made the first tour of the east side Monday afternoon. Mr day morning, as to the seemingly never ending volume of water.

One person would uoint out the ravines that "must Wells camped opposite Oak Dale park on the west side during the summer of be filled" and would predict that the G7 and it being his first year in Kansas, water could not get over the higher the happenings of that time were graven ground; this would be answered by some one who would say "but there will upon his eye and memory. He after wards lived south for several years and ing, shocking a number of worshippers show that tho entire eastern watershed of the Rocky mountains, from the Nebraska and Iowa lines to Texas, were swept by a storm. Friday night the severest blow came. Reports of loss of lifo and destruction of property came with every telegram, and the downpour, first regardod as a blessing, grew into a wave of devastation. Fields of grain that promised the most bountiful yield in many years were swept dry of vegetation.

In several instances the seas of rain were abetted in their work of destruction by tornadoes. It is too early yet to sum up the loss, but the total is apalling, and those to whom the angry elements spared life have little left to sustain it. The stories of stor.11 are so similiar that a statistical summary is all there is left to tell. The storm focuB embraced an area of 200 square miles, with the southwestern corner of Missouri as the center. The greatest loss of life is reported from Winona, where eleven corpses have been found, with as many more missing.

At Baxter Springs, in Southwestern Kansas, five were killed and eleven seriously injured by a cyclone that accompanied the storm. One person was drowned at Columbus and two at Ottawa, Kan. At Van Kuren, a mother and her babe were drowned. A family of five was encamped on tho banks of Fish creek in the Indian Territory. Nothing of them or their belongings was found, except a part of their wagon on a pile of driftwood.

At Thomasville, where the rainfall was four inches in one hour, five persons were loBt. Unconfirmed reports are received of loss of life as follows: Three at Fayetteville, one at Paola, one at Richards, and six of a hunting party in the Indian Territory. This gives a known and probable loss of forty-three lives. This total will be increasod when tho receding water permits a thorough search. The loss in property can be placed in the millions.

Dwellings, fences and farm buildings were carried off and highway and railroad bridges swept away. Thirty of the eighty buildings in Winona BUccumbed. Five residences, a church and a ware house went down at Baxter Springs. Six bridges went out in Russell county, Kan. About Jefferson City, many square miles of growing grain were destroyed.

Traffic on the Fort Scott and Memphis railroad was temiorarily suspended.Reports of damage to property other than above noted come from five points in Kansas, nine in Missouri, six in Arkansas, and two in the Indian Territory. The storm spent itself in Illinois, but having lost was here during the floods of '77 and'78 be plenty of water to do it;" and so speculation would continue, and in the inaintiine the water also continued to It was while making the drive Monday but doing no serious damage to the building. Independence, July se afternoon that we learned through a rise. Early Tuesday morning the water be vere rain and wind storm visited this NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that application will be presented to the State Board of Pardons at the July session, 1895, for pardon of Samuel Goldfort, sentenced Dec.

24, 1894 to one year and six months in state prison for grand larceny. Samuel Goldfort, 1 Rabbi, Samuel Marks. Salina, June 24, 1895. 2t First Published iu Salina Horald, July 12, 1895. NOTICE.

In Prohato Court of Saline Couuty, Kansas, In the matter of the estate of M. J. Wellslager, deceased. To Elinor S. Wellslager, Orville M.

Wellslag-ir, ami Kalph 11. Wellslager, heirs at law of M. J. Wellslager, deceased, and to all creditors and other persons interested iu said estate: You are are hereby notified that the undersigned administratrix of said estate did upon the (Slh day of July, 1S9, file a petitiou in said court praying fur iniwer and authority to sell the following described real estate for the purpose of paying the debts and costs of administration of the estate of said deceased, to-wit: Lots 1 Hi and ll.son Santa Fe Avenue in the city of Salina, in said County and State. Said petition will be heard at the orlice of the Probate Judge of said County 011 the 29th day of July, IMi, at 2 o'clock p.

m. of said day at which time and place each and every of you are notified to lie present and show cause if any why such power and authority should not be conferred. Frank B. Wf.llmi.agee, Dated July Sth, 1S95. Administratrix.

Hcri'H Hurch, Attorneys for Administratrix. 2t section yesterday. The 'wind blew a gale and the rain fell in torrents. The streams are rising rapidly. The wind blew down many trees and outbuildings gan crossing Iron avenue just east of the bridge.

The foot bridge leading to the Park was already impassable. Elm street bridge was impassable; Ash street We call the attention of farmers to a communication on the Russian thistle published in this paper. It is one of the ugliest weeds we have ever seen. Touch it once and you do not desire to come in contact with it a second time. No animal in Kansas will eat it, or cares to get close to it.

It stands guard and grows fat on Kansas soil and will easily assume proud control unless destroyed by human agency. Mr. Stewart, who writes the communication brought a specimen to Salina and left it with the county clerk Saturday. He tells us of one farmer who, thinking he had perhaps a dozen plants, started out to destroy them, and found over fifty. They are now forming the seed and nothing but timely work will accomplish a destruction of the ugly pests.

MM and took the roof off the new mill here, was soon thereafter condemned and be but no damage was done to crops so far as reported. At Neodesha'it blew over fore night the water cut off foot passen Plug several buildings. gers from the Walnut street bridge thus THE LARGEST PIECE Fredonia, July 8. A blinding making it necessary to keep up com rain storm, accompanied bp high wind munication and travel by wading'or by from the west, passed over this section yesterday afternoon, lasting forty min vehicles over Iron and Walnut streot brideres. A brave crew worked utes.

Fully four inches of water fell, washing away sidewalks and for a short time the Missouri Pacific railway tracks night and day about the mills prevent A Great Health Record. ing a water break into the machinery were under water. At Lefontaine the home of R. Giles and engine rooms. Ferlen's brick yard was blown off its foundation and burned was the scene of another terrible strug Mr.

A. L. Dodge reports that there had been no interments in Gypsum Hill cemetery from June 8th to July OF COOP TOBACCO EVER 501D FOR K) (NI5 and at New Albany the roof of the brick school house was blown away, damag gle, human ingenuity was taxed to the utmost, but some 500,000 brick were to ing the building to the amount of $1,000 and the Christian church, in course of 9th. A period of 30 days. This is a most remarkable health showing.

There have, however, been two or three interments in the Catholic cemetery during be saved, and most of them were saved TUESDAY NIGHT construction, was leveled, First Published iu Salina Herald July 12, 1895. ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. In Probate Court of Saline County, Kansas. In the matter of tho estate of 11. Reekmau, deceased.

Notice is hereby given that llKin the 29th dav of October 1x94, M. J. Wellslager, executor of said estate (lied, and that upon the Sth day of July, Letters of Administration with will annexed were granted to the undersigned on the estate of the said H. Beekman, deceased, by said Court. Ail persons having claims against said estate or who are otherwise interested therein, are hereby not i Him I to appear before and present the same to the undersigned for allowance according to law or they maybe precluded from any henetit in such estate.

Frank B. Wellslager, Dated July 8th, 1nh5. Admiuistrix. Bcrch Birch, 3t Attorneys for The family of John Cox, consisting of this period. In former years this jieriod Was spent in work and watching by shows many deaths, balina can cer husband, wife and seven children, six miles weBt, while crossing a small stream residents of the east side.

Some had already abandoned their homes, but tainly rejoice over such a health show were thrown from a buggy into the wa ing in mid summer. ter, but fortunately managed to save others stayed in hopes that the pre dieted rise of six inches would not come, on'eanother. Newton. July 8. A wind storm Dr.

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