Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1883 — MISCELLANEOUS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS.

Michigan Republicans met in State Convention at Saginaw and nominated Austin Blair and T. J. O’Brien for the long and short terms as Supreme Court Justices, and H. B. Hutchins and Joseph C. Jones for the

long and short terms as Regents of the State Univeraty. The Legislature of Texas, by a vote at 9> to M refused to adopt a reaotatta submitting a prohibitory amendment to tht Reports from Shawneetown, IIL, <m the (Brio river, to toe Wth ult. report a ter rible condition of affairs there The water was five feet higher than evm before known and the people were suffering for shelter and food. The greater portion of the town was covered to the depth of several feet, and the drownedoot residents were driven from their homes and occupations. and were huddled together in public buildings and warehouses. Many houses were undermined by the waters and floated oft It te believed that >250,000 will not cover the damage, the largest portion of which falls on those least able to bear it Dispatches from Helena, Ark., report a vast extent of country 'tn that region doomed to inundation A Vicksburg dispatch reports the country under water for sevi eral miles on the opposite side of the i river. A New Orleans telegram says there ' is a general belief all over the State that Toniuitma is destined to be afflicted with another overflow no less severe than that of last year. The levee is already broken at three points in Louisiana, and the waters of the Mississippi river are pouring through. A telegram from Louisville says that all reporta of distress in Louisville or surrounding towns are entirely without foundation Nobody is suffering, nobody las suffered, and nobody will suffer, as tar as the necessities of life are concerned. There is comparatively little sickness, and nothing in the form of an epidemic exists At Cincinnati nearly all traces of the overflow have disappeared, and affairs have resumed their wonted aspect The relief committee of that city received >156,000, and the municipal appropriation of >50,000 will probably be returned to the treasury. The losses at Lawrenceburg, Ind, have been carefully computed at >433,000. The Western Nail Association decided at Pittsburgh to close their mills for an additional two weeks. Trade was reported quiet, but the outlook is favorable. Three naval cadets from the East, the only ones who refused to apologize for theij conduct, have been dropped from the rolls at Annapolis.