The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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' On Friday next, in front of the Franklin House, in Huntini^don. Pa.. ex-Sheriff Geissin;;cr
will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, twenty-five fifty-pound s.acks of choice roller flour,
the gross proceeds to be forwarded to Johnstown for use by the School Board. The fact of the
sale has been printed in the Huntingdon papers, Burgess Blair has commended it, and a considerable
sum is expected to be realized."
" Up to June loth the .\dams Fxprcss Company has handled lo.ooo Johnstown relief packages
free of charge, the packagt-s coining from ail parts of the countr\-. Some ot them weighed
as much as 600 pounds. The freight would have amounted to thousands of dollars. .\11 relief
goods are carried free."
"A committee of Grand Army men reached Johnstown on July 6th with a fund amountmg
to nearly $15,000, which was distributed among the veterans of Post jo, 125 in number, who suf.
fered loss by the flood "
"I'he .\lliance, O., Relief Committee arrived this morning on a special train uith five carloads
of provisions. The party is composed of the most prominent iron and steel merchants
of Alliance."
" Seven cars of pro\isions came to-day from Kansas City, in charge of a committee
appointed by the mayor. Each car bore a broad streamer, inscribed in bold characters :
'Kansas City's Contributions for Johnstown,' "
"Twenty thousand hams were received this morning from Cincinnati."
"Quarters for s.ooo hi.^meless people are pro\'ided in tents on the hillside For provisions
they are dependent on the chanty of the country. Bread and meat are ser\ed out to them on
the committee's order."
Mountains and seas did not impede the avalanche of charitw The inipetiioiis
wave rolled over t!ie Atlantic and encompassed Europe. Cablegrams
flashed under the ocean con\e\ing contributions and condolence. Sovereigns
and princes, potentates and peasants mingled their gifts. The ricliest of them
all— Ouecn \'ictoria— sent a message of sympathy, but not a shilling in cash.
or even an Inciia shawl !
three months the offerings flowed in, nor did the
foiuitain then dry up entire!}'. Up to October ist the following sums were
received b\' Go\'ernor Beaver ;
Maine $6,488 45
New Hampshire .... i2,SSi 45
Vermont 3,083 15
^fassachusetts 227, too 36
Rhode Island 29, 207 47
Connecticut 55,886 05
\ew York 366,943 81
New Jersey 69,914 oq
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Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 97,290 62
Maryland 4S
Virgini.-t 4.759 77
West Virginia 1,182 75
North Carolina S41 Si
South Carolina S45 32
Georgia 6, 460 60
Alabama 3,063 10
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