Show floods do much damage at rockville rockville july 26 our celebration was a grand success thanks to a good energetic committee which certainly worked hard for 1 good tune martial music at daw n and firing opened the da s program A meeting was held at 9 and a good program w as aimed out all praise is duo our boys who furnished the martial music they are all 0 k in the afternoon field sports acie indulged in at a lively etc A laughable affair w is the banter of ascar aunill to bp hirschi and J hill for a foot race in which alie bishop camo out victor carrying on the prize a beautiful silk chandker but woe unto the bishop lie took pirt in race this timo on the back of a rather small man as the goal was almost readied over went both horse and rider landing the bishop on his left badly bruising it taking it all through rockville h id the best time in years A dance in the evening ended the day in good one of the largest floods eliat has come down the virgin nver came down on the night of the A great deal of damage was done to land and especially to the lot of jolin hall w asling aw ay p of his corral and pig pens the men arc working today putting in a break water to prevent further damage others have sustained considerable loss by alic flood K on the and of july i very hard storm united the upper river settlements bringing down immense floods but so far not much damage lias been done P jones came from the sawmill to spend the he returned today joseppi petty jr is going with him to work on the mill |