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VICTIMS OF A BOOR Details of the Disaster at John- son's Bayou, la. More than 200 Lives Lost There and at Sabine Pass. Tha village of Johnson's Bay on, Cn.,whlcb was swept away by tbo recant storm, is a higb ridge on tfco foacoast, and tho bayou from wbicb it takes its name runs through •' tho Inhabitable parts of that section of tho settlement in which is also situated the Post- office station known as Radford, They are in Cameron Parish, on tbo Louisiana shore, six miles oast of Sabine Pass. The bayou is nineteon miles in length and varies from one to four milos in width, Eidgej faco the Gulf twelve feet above the sea level, and in the rear Is a dense and im- penetrable marsh. The population before the storm numbered 1,200 souls; to-day st least eighty-flve of that aumber are counted with tho dead. Forty of their bod- ies have been recovered and consigned to graves in the shell reefs, while the decompos- ing corpses of the remaining forty-five lie festoriug in the marshes. Kadford was very thickly settled and populous. It boasted its cotton gin and cotton and cane plantations. It was the head of navigation, and its stores were many. » Cotton and sugar are tho chief products of the ridges, which are composed of tbo richest and most fertile grazing pountry, and tbo parish bad 8,000 head of cattle and horses, owned by a thriving community. Com- munication with the outer world was through two steam vessels, both owned in Johnson's Bayou and Kadford, while a fleet of trading vessels piled the waters of the bayou. Thus is pictured John- sons's Bayou, or rather the series of ridges over which was scattered tho 5,209 popula- tion on the morning o! the storm. At 4 o'clock that afternoon the storm set in and everybody took to thoir homes and waited with bated breath the fato which tbey foresaw was doomed to botheiis The waters, rising with tbe wind, fewept through tho lower stories of tho buildings. driving the nffirightod people into the attics and .upon the roofs. By 10 o'clock the first ridge, twelve feet above sea level, was ten fe3t under water. House after house fell in or was swept away, either burying tho doomed people in the debris orhurling them into the hissing water. The cotton and the stores next succumbed, and Radford and Johnson's Bayou were destroyed as completely as if ail.invodfng army nod done the work. It •was a night of terror, described by the; survivors as appalling. The people could only cling to each other and piny fer mercy and ror tho souls of those whose despairing shrieks rang in their ears. For twelve honr.i the storm raged over the set- tlements and then came a lull. Hope revived as the waters receded and the storm passed away, and the survivors gathered on ele- vated points viewing the scene of desola- tion around them. Houses that stood the action of tbe storm were com- pletely gutted. There was no food nor drink, the salt water having invaded everything. Then began a search for tho dead, anil those whose bo lies lay pinioned by the ruins of boase3 were speedily recovered. From out of the marshes more corpses were taken and likewise buried. The people, save a few who have large stock interest say they have abandoned the place for- ver. Tnoy are des endants of a race of peo- ple who in the past made Johnson's Kaycu a vast orange grove. The frost came and mined them, and then they turned to cotton and sugar and stock, only to meet the fate of their forefathers. Of the 8,00 J head of stock which onco tbo bayou boasted 0,000 are drowned, while the remainder died of thirst, as all the water is salt. The Sabino Pass Disaster. Further particulars of the great disaster at Sabino Pass have been received. The situa- tion has not been exaggerated in the least. A correspondent telegraphs that tho turkey buz.ards are soaring over Sabine for miles around on land and water. It is one vast cbarnel - house. There are 127 persons missing and probably dead. innu- merable touching, heartrending inci- dents of tho storm are related by the survi- vors. One house containing fourteen colored people was seen to go down with a crash,and every one of them was lost. Incidents are related of husbands lashing wires and chil- dren to floating wrecks, and then seeing them killed by heavy logs being driven against tbem. When the Government tugboat Penrose rea?h d Sabine, Columbus Martee was found rowing around the delta looking for the bodies of his family. He said: \Myself wife, and three children were clinging to a floating roof, which was gradually breaking to pieces. One of tho little ones went aud then another. I was holding the youngest, and soon my wifo said, 'Good-bye, husband, I am going.' I could not reach her. The piece of the roof supporting her broke off and she sank bsfore my eyes. I held on to the youngest child, named Pearl, some time longer. Thechild, addressingme, said: 'Papa, Pns tired; won'tyou walk with mo.' The piece of the roof I was on was now crumbling to pieces. I told the little one to kis3 me. She put both her little arms around my ne;k, gave mo a big s-juoo/o, and just then a wave dashed us oaf, and I saw hernomoro. Great God! why didn't I go down, too!\ Ho was pressel to go on board tas ronrowj, but refnssd, saying: t<H«re among those lagoons nro the bodies of my wife and cbfldren, and here will J-stop until I eon find ihsm.\ 5o tongue «an tell &o?r tho people have suffered during the past few days, In many cones the dead ones are con- sidered tho lucky one*. A later dispatch reports that the death and destruction at Sabino Pass, Johnson's Bayou, Taylor's Bayou and other point* on the Texas and LouWana coasts present a picture fully as horrible, If not far vrors J, than heretofore reported. The results of the efforts of ex- ploring parties to gather up tho dead and rescue the living make a tale such as is sol- dom read in the annals of calamity. Tho full number of lives lost in the track of tho wave and hurricane at the points moiitfonoJ and in tho country districts surrounding them will reach, if it does not exceed, throo hundred; WISP-SWEPT BUFFALO. Loss otitic?) and E.UonHlvo Destruc- tion of Property, The fatalities and damago to property caused by the recent storms wore not con' fined to the Wost and Southwest, At Buf- falo, N. Y., a serious loss of life and much damage to property occurred. A dispatch from that city says: Examination shows the damag9 by last sight's gale In this city to fall not short of 350,000 to buildings, breakwaters, etc. A new church and pait of the now Music Hall were blown down, and boat-houses, ice- houses and bath-houses were washed away. About a mile of tho Now York Central tracks was torn up, overturning and smuihing a train of froight cars. That part of Buffalo known as the Island and tho ad- jacent territory lying on tbe lake front is to- day a scene of utter desolution. Probably 400 ; persons living in this part of tho city aro without homes. Many storm adventures are told. In the water near tbo Lake Shore tracks, almost &, milo from its proper location, is the house of John Quinn. Wlion the lake began to rise Quinn and his wife were driven from the house and took rofuge in the limbs of a tree. John Edwards, a neighbor, whoso house was flooded out, tried to get into the treo, but tho hurri- cane blew him into the rushing water. His dead body was found, to-day half buriod in sand. A toll-gate lod:;o on the turnpike near the Lake Shore Koa 1 was floated off its foundations. The keeper and bis wife so! o 1 their three little children and spent the night drifting about at tho mercy of the storm. The floating house was often submerged by tho waves, which ran nnprecedontedly high. The two younger children died of ex- posure before morning, when the rescue tugs reached the bouse and took the family olf. A number of drowning cases in the imme- diate vicinity of the cityjare reported. From fifty to 100 houses, saloons, and other structures were totally wrecked by wind and water. The Tiflt form docks of the Lebigb Bailroadars under water. Thoentire fleet of the City Yatht Club is sunk or stranded. Not in forty years tfaa the water risen to such a height. Canal boats were lifted from the canal and aro left dry on tbo towpatb, A relief fund ha* been raised for the people whose homes aro washed away. So far six persons are known to have lost their lives, and it is feared that the muddy waters of Lake Erie will yet give up more bodies of the unfortunate* who lived along the sea-wall. The names aro: John Edwards, an old man who worked for the Cninns; Annie Dietch, aged seven: Jacob Dietch, Jr., aged one; Charles Mitchell, a canaller, who walked off into the water into tbe dark during the storm: Henry Milling- ton, and the cook on the schooner Kelder- house, who went overboard coming int» port and could not bo recovered. A TEN-YEAR-OLD lad in Henry Connty, Ala., got hold of a quart bottle of whisky and drank all ot it- The next day he died. flavia Crockett. \Iswam the Obion River m 1S33 t o get to stay all night with him. lie wa> then living on tho banks of that beauti- ful stream and eating his meat by the crack of his rifle, liunling was the only visible inenns of support he had, notwith- standing he hud then been several times in the Legislature. We hud bear meat for supper that night, and the epicurean impliments used were a butcher-knife and a cane fork. Crockett's manner of living was truly \Western. Hunting was the theme he loved most to dwell upon. He told m? that night ho had killed sev- enteen bears during the winter, and I am satisfied he had killed some, for I slept on a bear tkin that night, aud if Davy had a bed in his house I-never saw it.\ — Na&hiille {'Venn.) Union. ••Michael StroeofT.\ Mr. G.G. Staloy, while playing the leading part in \Michael Strogoff,\ at Oakland, Cal., became so hoarse from a severe cold that he de- spaired ot being able to continuo li is part. Two bottles of Red Star Cough Curo cared him. Does not nauseate. A LIBERAL anagrammatlst has discovered that the letters in the words,\The Right Honor- able William Ewart Gladstone,\ can be trans- posed so as to form the sentence. \I am the Whig who^ll long be a truestar toTreland.\ The small hoy who plays circus with the '!trick-goat\'in his back yard should see that the St. Jacobs Oil bottle fs not empty. PonroiSE leather is being used in the man- ufacture of shoes, tho resemblance to French kid being very mai'kefl. It bus a long, tena- cious fibre, and as it will not ciack nor tear, is very durable and waterproof. <tud makes an excellent leather. tart. \I've • trunk you cannot lift,\ said be. \Hs! ha!\ raid the baggageman,. \Lead or, |\ be cried, \or stand ssiae— 111 bet you a quarter I eanl\ He followed fast till thsy stopped at ^as£ w \Now lift that tninkl\ said no: . But he lost bis bet, for i t stands there yet— The trunk of a poplar treo I —Eva Sett, in Free Pr«t$, Hint* to Consumptive*. Consumptives should u»o food na nourishing u can be had, and In a slmixj that will best igroo with tho stomach and taste ot the pa- tient. . 3 ut-door exercise Is earnestly recommended, ] If you are unable to take snch exercise on Horseback or on foot, that should furnish no •xcuso for shnttlnff yourself in-dows, bat you ihould take oxerelso in a carrier, or in some itbcr way bring yourself in wntoet with tho open air. Medicines which cause expoctoration must be avoidod. For flvo hundred years phy- llcians have tried to oure.Consumption by D-iug thorn, and have failed. Whore there is peat derangement of tho secretions, with ingorgemont ot air-colls, thero is always Brotee expectoration, Now Flso's Curo ro» povestho engorgement and the derangement ,»f the secretions, and consequently (and in (his way only) diminishes tho amount of mat- leroxpeetorated. This medicine docs not dry Up a cough, but removes tho cause of it. When it Is impossible from debility or other causes to exorcise freely In the open air, apart- ments occupied by tho patient should bo so ventilated as to onsurc tho constant accession of fresh air in abundance. The surface of the body should bo sponged as of ton ns every third day with teplu water and a little tuft-soup. (This is preferable to any other,) After thoroughly drying, use friction with the hand moistened with oil, Cod-Liver or Ollvo is tho Best, This keeps tho pores of the skin in a soft, pliable condition, which contributes materially to tho unloading of waste matter from tho system through this organ. You will pleaso recollt c vfc cure thfs disease by enabling tho onians of the system to perform their functions in a n rmat way, or, in other woids, wo remove obstruction\ while the recuperative powers of the system cure the disease. Wo will here say a word In rog.irrt to a cough in the forming stngo, where there fs no con- stitutional or noticeable disonse. A cough may or may not foreshadow serious evil: take ft in its mtldest form, to say tho least, ft Is a nu'siinco, and should bo abated. A cough is unliko any otlior symptom of dis- ease. It stands a conspirator, with threaten- ing voice, menaclwr the health and oxlstenco of ii vital organ. Its first approach Is fn whls- S ors unintelligible, and at first too often un- eedcu, but In time It never fails to ma .o itself understood—never fails to claim the attention of those on whom it cailj; Ir yon have a cough without disease of the lungs or serious constitutional disturbance, so muoh.the better, as a few do es of Piso's Cure will Bo allyon may neetl, whllo ff you ro far advanced in Consumption, several bottles may bo required to effect a permanent cure. A ((nick Recovery. It gives us great pleasure to state that tho merchant who was reported to bo at the point of death from an attack of Pneumonia, has entirely recovered by the use of Dn. WM. HAIA'S BAI-SAM von TIIE LUNOS. Naturally he fools grateful for tho bmoflts derived from using this remedy for tho lungs and throat; and in giving pnblicity to this sfatement we are actuated by motives of public benefaction, trusting that others may be benefited in a similar manner. You will bo interested in the attractive ad- vertisement of tho Porur.Aii Mosraiir/r, of Kansas City, Mo. Read it carefully. No pub- lication stands higher. Its premiums and of- fers are reliable. All stand by it. Ladios! Those dull, tired looks and feelings speak volumes! Dr. Kilmer's Female Romeay corrects all conditions,restores vigor and vltaf- lty,andbrinif3bocKyoutlifulbloom and beauty Price $1.00-0 bottles, 6.00. Wonderful Results Often follow tho use ot Hood's Snrflaparilla. Tho most severe cases of scrofula, upon which other pre- parations have bsen powerless, yield to the superior curatlvo powers of this medicine. The most dfi* trcpf Ing canes of dyspepsia, excruciating complaints of the kidneys and liver, tho agonizing Itch and pain of salt rheum, disagreeable cases of catarrh, and the aches and pains of rheumatism, arc cured by this great medicine. Hood's Sarsaparllla purlfte3 the blood and ai the same time tone* the stomach, creates an appetite and gives strength to every function of the body. These statements have been verified by the expo*. rfence of thousands of people. \I felt good results from the first doso of Hood's Sarsaparllla. Zt seemed to go from my head to my toes, I know Hood's Sarsaparllla Is.a good thing, and on tho strength of my own experience I have sold a great deal ot it,\—G H. STRATXO.H, druggist, We.UflcId, Has3. Hood's Sarsaparllla Sold by all druggists. $1; ilx for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowoll, Mau, IOO Doses One Dollar VVO Have Uffuu Ayw. f lieei-r ivuivm family, for colds, with pstfeet snflaess. WHY BO llmpinif around with your boots run over, when Lyon's Heel Stiffencnt wiil koop them straight? ' Bsst, easiest ta use and cheapest, Piso's Kemetly for Catarrh, By druggists. COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, THE GBEAT ENGLISH KEMEDY For Liver, Bile, Indigestion, etc. Free* from Her- onry; contains only Pure Vegetable Ingredient*. Agent: C . N. C1MTTKNTO-V, New York, TH1STON'S ,VORY PEARL I Keeping Teeth Perfect and Gnius Hoaitbr. THE INVALIDS BENEFACTOR. m Discoverer of Dr. Kilmer's • COMPLETE FEMALE REMEDY LMleb' Ham ^ krtaimml~ Special and Specific treatment for all Complaints ana Diseases peculiar to Dauprhtere, Wives ana Mothers. Kacli package contain* 3 bottles, fgrEach kind Is rilno sold separately! FemaleKcnicdy, (ElooilnnilBjucnDW], Ailtnmn-IiOnfl!xt.,(I/)colTreotni't)ftl, V tcO AnoIn»mc«l,(Ei(emnl « \nO tSTOr the thrco fn ono racknffojJS.OO, Recovers tho \run-doiyhj\ hod-rlddon'' or \abandoned.\ It Eliminates Humors find Mood Impurities that csuno Scrofula, Cancer, CCumor, pimples and blotchcii. Iho outt tor Veimvlett BIKI Kxponurm in raat, wonmii'fl Health and umnilncM attain ratortid. Dr. Kllmor treats <II(C>'JI«1 Tumor, Cancer. Yon can'tafford to mglect early rrmptoniff. ELYS CATARRH CREAM BALM] A OOII-KMI U Ely<f\ Cream Balm. I hai catarrh for 8 veara\ Hv nose ivould ttleetl\ I thought the tovci nouia never heal. H<Vt\ Cream Balm has cum me.—Jfn. M. A. Jacl: ton, Porttmouth, N, H.| , Apsrttole Is applied Into o».'h noitril and 1» agreeable to uir. J'rlcc » ct».'brni»ji^r gtirjiiiiiu. Snadlorclrculmrr ...,' . EI,Y BBOTH»B8, Pru>Bl»t», O.irogOj S . T.. WELL DRILLING KxebUwry i or Wei Is of any depth; from 1 0 to 9M0 tetf. for Water, Oil or Oat, cur.Moiuu>d Bteun Drfilinff and Portablo HOMO Power Machine*mt to work in 30minute*. Guaranteed to drill Uttorand with lemnvnr tnan any other. Specially adapted to drilling Well* in Mr th or rock 20 to 1,000 fret. Farmeriiaud other* *re making •* » to $40 per dor with onr niRohinary anrl t«ol«. Kplondld buninc»«for Winter or fiurmnar, Weare the otdcfft ftna Urgeit linnur«cturent in the binlpow- Send 4 cento hft Utnmv* tor Mnttratcd Catalogue H. Avvutts, Fierce Well Bxcftvator Co., New York. F ORT EDWARD Collegiate Institute for Ladios and Gentlemen, Handsomest and best equipped Boarding Seminary in tho State. New bulklingi, steam heated. Tweiro Teacher*, College f iropnratory. Commercial and four otherjrrad uat- nff cournofl of atiidy. Art, Music, Oratory. 20th year opened S pt,H. No vocation oxcoptChrlstma* week, while any rocanciei remain students received at any time, at proportionate rates to clow of current term or year. Charges very low for quality of ac- commodatfonfl. For catalogue! or further iuforma- tlonaddrcHS JOS, E. KING, P. P., Foi't Edward. N. Y. BOOK AGENTS WA&TEto for PLATFORM ECHOES or Lima TBCTUB1COE HEAD AND HEART, By Jolm B. Gough. * His hut and erownlnj l!f« work, Mm fnil of thrilllne Inter* •it, burner md pathos. Bright, ipure, and good, lull of '•tenihter and tt»r».\ Mull* at tight ta aO. To It U addit the £lf« aad Dtoth of MivGough, br KeT.-l.TMAll AB- BOTT. 1900 Ag«nUW»nt«a,—Mia and Womm. 01OO to 9800 a month made, ^TDUtanzt no Mndranc$ a* we tire Bmrm Ttrmi and Pay Freighti, Write for clrculan te A. 2». WWK'JIIUNOTON Jct'O^ Uartfor^ C#n«. , JONES FREIGHT Tare Be«» aid lleim Boi for RrerrtlioSejile. ForfrcepriMUi* nenlloa till. p.Mr and adi3r«M JOKES Of ll»0H»MTI*V. _ Ton Waoron ^OBIU. Irca l^r,ri, Btc.T 'UfltrlUH, Bran - ' ~ ~ for No Raps to Cut Off Howes' Manes. OelobMrs-l 'E'CJUPSE' H AI/TKtt •nd BltlDIiE Combined, c.nuot be illDDed by unf horAe. Srimplo Halter to any part of V. 8. f reo, on receiptor»l. Sold bjrallSaddler/, Hardware and Ilameu Dealera, Special dlicount to tue Trade, •end for Prlce.iait. j>. c. iiiuiiTiionsE, gocheeter, N. Y, CUT THIS OUT!! And send to us ivlth Ten Oentn.and yon will re- ceive by return matlu rACKAOEOF sAuvma OFOOODS. also TWO COZEH WOUKIHO SAMI'LKS, and full Instruc- tions for storting a nice, easy business'that will, by proper application, Urlnff In any encrgetlo lady or fait Hundreds of Dollars; can be dono gulotfy at fiooie ovoulnun, and aboy or KM can easily learn ltla an Uour._ Audrcas ALBAKT SUPPLY CO., Albany, N. Y. ta 98 a day. Samples worth #1.50 FB!!a' Lines not uadoir tba borse f a feet. Address. BIXWSIEK'S SATKir BEU HOLDER, HOIIy.Mloh. S5 WANTED ft WOMAN of energy tor bURlneat In her locality. Salary $5Q> Uefcrencei, £, J. Johnson, Manager, 18 Barclay St,, w,x.
