Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1884 — Page 1

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

ESTABLISHED 1823.

WHEN INDICATIONS. Friday. — Light local rains, partly cloudy weather. It is an axiom that one’s garments should be adapted to the season. Experience teaches us that, in these regions, medium-weight Clothing will be adapted to climatic requirements—most of the time, at least—for about three months yet; therefore purchases of this general description of apparel, at this time, cannot, with propriety, be deemed purchases to supply ephemeral wants. Whatever the deficiencies of your wardrobe may chance to be—whether an entire suit, or a coat, or a pair of trousers, or a vest, or an overroat—the bargains in medium-weights at the WHEN Are so numerous and so extraordinary that a trifling expenditure, comparatively sneaking, will enable you to perfect your outfit for the remainder of the season. Fui example, we may mention a number of complete lines of stylish Cassimere Suitings (part of the McKenzie stock), well made, well trimmed, and of tasteful patterns, whose former prices were SIG to $lB, that are now selling at $lO to sl2. Overcoats, odd Coats, odd Trousers, and odd Vests, in great variety, are offered by us at like and even greater reductions below the ordinary prices of such goods elsewhere in this market.

POCKETING THE PROCEEDS. The Wheat “Bulls” Sell Out and Pocket Their Two Cents Protit. Corn Continues Strong and Active, Despite All Obstacles, AYliile Provisions Are Slightly Lower All Around. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Chicago, Feb. 9. —There were too many holders of wheat satisfied with a clean profit of 2c to admit of a continuance of yesterday's boom in that article. The early quotations were watched with the greatest of care, and on the first indication of a decline large quantities of wheat were thrown on the market, which, although promptly taken by a crowd who consider $1 very low for the May option, had the effect of keeping the market nearly lc under yesterday’s limit. Had it not been for a decrease in the visible supply of more than I,ooo,ooobushels, so much realizing on 'Tong'’ wheat in so short time would undoubtedly have, resulted in a considerable break. As it was, at least 1 12c of yesterday’s advance was maintained throughout the ■day. and the market closed the same as yesterday, SI.OO 1-2 for May, and strong and fairly active. The big provision men were conspicuous in tho wheat crowd yesterday and to-day, and it is said that more than two or three of them profited so well that they have got entirely rid of their Stuff and retired to their legitimate pursuit of , conciliating the country speculator. Os those who absorbed the loads of wheat thrown overhoard to-day, N. B. Reem is reported to stand head and shoulders above them all. He is said to have taken nearly 500,000 bushels. He is closely followed by others of his guild and a horde of petty imitators, who, altogether, saved the day for the ‘'bulls.” In spite of an increase in the visible supply of corn, amounting to over 1,100,000 bushels, that article continues strong and active. There is at least one way of acecounting for this, even though it ought not to materially affect the present situation. There are reports that in the South large losses are likely to result through inundations of bottom lands where whole fields of com remain yet unharvested, not to speak of the danger which menaces corn in the crib from a like cause. However much the reports have to do with the maintenance of present prices, it is, at any rate, apparent that the dullness usually resulting from increasing receipts is not a feature of the present situation in corn. “Provisions seem to he getting top-heavy,” was a remark made on change to-day. The bulletin board where the aspect of the various articles on that list appear, was less encouraging to the “bulls” than for some days past. Pork closed to-day at a loss of 10c from yesterday's closing figures. It barely reached $17.80 for the May option, and went down as low as $17.50. The market was fairly active in local circles, with a faint sprinkling of outsiders, who aro never very anxious to buy except on a sharply advancing market. As an evidence of the dampened ardor of country speculators, a glance at the groups of messenger boys with nothing to do, and the telegraph operators on 'Change with plenty of time to look about them, offers ample testimony. The curb closings were a little stronger for provisions, while grain was a trifle weaker - ; May wheat, SI.OO 5-8 bid; corn, 5!) 2-8 c bid; oats, 371 4c; pork, $17.70; lard, $9.90; ribs, $9.30. Immense Live-Stock Property Sale. Dai.i.as, Feb. 7.—lnformation has been received here that George B. Loving, of this State, now in England representing the Texas Investment Company, has sold a large amount of ranch property situated in four adjoining counties on Double Mountain fork of the Brazos river for $2,500,000. This is said to be the largest live-stock property transaction ever made. The Mill. Iron and Continental Cattle Companies liave just been consolidated, and will hereafter be known as the Continental Land and Cattle Company. with headquarters at Dallas and St. Louis. The cash capital is $3,000,000, hut the property interest exceeds $5,000,000. This is the largest corporation of the kind in the world. Arrangements are in progress to make the next annual meeting of the Northwest Texas Cattle growers’ Association, to he held here on March 11, the greatest event of tho kind ever held in this tryThe Wreck on the C. & O. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 7. — The men who were wounded in the unfortunate wreck on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, on Wednesday, have re- . cuivcd every attention. Fivo of them liave been placed in St. Joseph's Hospital, in this city, and all are doing well. The remaining three, whose injuries are more sorious, were left at Moreliead, and are reported as doing well, except Conductor Hanlon, who is in a critical condition. Youthful Executioners* St. Paul, Feb. 7. — A gang of Jesse James’s juniors at Minneapolis took a lad named Johnny Nolan to a neighbor's barn this morning and hanged him, where he was struggling in the throes of death when found and cut down. It Is the slight cold frequently contracted that finally undermines the system. Use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup in the beginning stages of any cold and be cured. Price 25 cents.

THE DELUGE IN THE OHIO. Latest Reports from the Flooded Cities on the Swollen River’s Banks. Six Thousand Buildings Submerged in Pittsburg and Allegheny—Twenty-Five Thousand People Homeless. Fifty Thousand Men Out of Employment by Reason of the High Water. Unprecedented Hardship and Distress Among the People of Wheeling, While the Damage to Property Is Enormous. Losses at Pittsburg and Wheeling Estimated at Four Million Dollars. Lawrenceburg Covered with Water from Two to Twenty Feet Deep—Losses at Jeffersonville and New Albany. LATEST REPORTS. The Water Rising Slowly at Cincinnati, and Rapidly Above. Cincinnati, Feb. 7.—Midnight.— River 61 feet 10 3-4 inches, a rise of a quarter of an inch in the last hour: Instead of a cold wave coming, as predicted, the weather is milder than during the day, with a prospect of more rain. 2A. M. —River 62 feet, a rise of 1 1-4 inches since midnight. The water now lacks 1 foot and 7 inches of the flood of 1847, 2 feet 3 inches of the flood of 1832, and 4 feet 4 inches of the flood of last year. Weather cloudy and growing warmer. A telegram from Portsmouth, 115 miles above Cincinnati, reports the river fifty-five feet nine inches, and rising four inches an hour, an increase of an inch. an hour since noon. Tho houses on Front street will be submerged by morning. At Irontou, at 8 p. m. , the river was within six inches of the highest mark of last year, and rising three inches an hour..

DEVASTATION AT PITTSBURG. Botli Rivers Falling Damage That Will Reach Into Millions. Pittsburg, Feb. 7. —The rivers are receding here and at all points along the Allegheny, but rising slowly at headwaters of tlie Monongahela. At 11 A. m. the Monongahela marks indicated thirty- two feet, a fall of sixteen inches since midnight. The Allegheny is declining less rapidly, with thirty-three feet ten inches, a drop of eight inches from the highest point reached. It is believed the worst is over, and that the water will now rapidly decline. Rain fell all night, and the indications this morning are for continued light rains through the day, followed by colder and clearing weather. No accurate figures can yet he given as to the damage, but the most conservative admit that it will mount up into millions. A calm review taken this morning found between 5,000 and 6,000 buildings in the two eities submerged, and residences of 2c,000 people, 10,000 of whom are not able to occupy their houses. Fifty thousand men are temporarily thrown out of employment by the stoppage of mills and factories. The flooded district last night presented a vivid picture. All night long police patrolled the districts in boats, and all skiffs of which the occupants were unable to give a good account of themselves were taken in. It was feared thieves would take advantage of the deserted stores and dwellings to pillage them. No gas was burning on the streets, and intense darkness prevailed, which was relieved by an occasional electric light. There were plenty of deserted residences where the people had fled, but there were just as many who stayed. Few slept While they declined to seek safety by removing, they had not the courage to sleep while danger was imminent. Curtains were drawn back and out of windows hung occupants, who nervously inquired of the police patrol as they passed in boats what was the stage of the water, and if the rivers were still rising. The gratifying news that the water was stationary at midnight was received on all sides with expressions of joy and thankfulness. Measures for tlie relief of the sufferers by the flood will be taken to-day. The City Council met this morning, and apiiointed committees to receive subsci'iptions and to take such other action as may he found necessary to relieve the present wants of the needy; and this afternoon a public meeting will he held in this city for tho same purpose. Donations aro already pouring in from citizens, and attest that no difficulty will he experienced in raising any amount needed. Public halls of both cities are filled with women and children rendered homeless, and everything possible is being done in the way of fur nishing them food and raiment to alleviate their sufferings. In the City Hall, a number of women and children are reported very ill. Only one casualty is reported to-day. John Jacobs, of Sharpsburg, was catching drift wood, when he fell in the water and was drowned. Travel on nearly all the railroads is still suspended, and hundreds of strangers are unwillingly forced to remain in the city. Heavy land-slides are reported on all the roads. The Baltimore & Ohio is running trains, hut makes no effort to arrive and depart on schedule time. The decline in the rivers continued all day, and at 8 to-night the Monongahela marks registered thirty feet six inches, a fall of nearly three feet since midnight. The Allegheny shows thirty one feet, and is falling about three Indies au hour. Many streets in this city are now clear of water, but in its stead barrels, twisted boards and ice are piled several feet deep in many places, where they have been left there high and dry. Communication with Allegheny by streetcars is still cut off, but by to-morrow morning it is thought the cars will be able to run. The

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1884.

Allegheny Valley an<l West Pennsylvania rail roads are running trains again as usual. At the meeting of the citizens this afternoon an executive committee was appointed who were instructed to take immediate steps to relieve all sufferers in the two cities. A committee representing the leading business interests was also appointed to solicit donations. Before these provisions can be made, however, the suffering will be great, as many families living in the second stories of their houses have been without food or fire for thirty-six hours. Two more fatalities are reported. Wm. Bowman, aged fifty, of the Eighth ward, Allegheny, whPe attempting to step out of a window into a skiff, fell into the water, and the swift current carried him away before he could be rescued. Harvey Genung, aged eleven, who has been missing from home in the First ward, Allegheny, since Tuesday, was found drowned this afternoon. A Beaver, Pa., dispatch says tUh most serious disaster has been the total destruction of two bridges and serious damage of another. Last night the pressure of water on the Fall river bridge caused it to give way, and the super-' structure was carried by the strong current against the Cleveland & Pittsburg bridge with irresistable force, carrying it away bodily, together with nearly 400 feet of the approaches. The two bridges were swept down the Ohio until they came in contact with the Pittsburg 6c Lake Erie bridge, an iron structure just below Beaver. Tho approaches on both sides were torn away, and the bridge is in great danger of going down. Midnight. —The rivers are still receding. The Monongahela is twenty-nine feet one inch; Allegheny, thirty-two feet two inches. There has been no rain since daylight. A careful estimate of the loss from the flood in the county gives a total of $3,000,000. This, is largely due to the fact, discovered to-day, that a majority of the manufactories will not be able to resume operations before Monday week. All mills are low, and will be inundated long after the streets are clear.

BEATING THE RECORD. Fifty-one Feet at Wheeling, ami a Rise of Three Feet More Expected, Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 7.—The river here reached fifty-one feet and has not yet ceased rising. There was great distress during the night, and the steamer Belle Prince has this morning been engaged in taking families off the island, where, however, many still remain. Skiffs have also done good work. Many casualties have been reported, hut investigation shows slight foundation for most of them. Many heartrending instances of sick people imprisoned all night amid the waste of waters came to light this morning. The Bellaire, 0., goblet^works caught fire this morning from lime slacking in the water, but the flames did little harm. The scenes about the city are unprecedented within a century, and there is four feet more water than in the famous flood of 1832. Two or three feet more is expected. It is impossible at this hour to give an estimate of the damage. Business is nearly suspended. At 6 p. m. the river has fifty-one feet six inches and rising slowly. The steamers Belle Prince and Princess have been busily engaged in bringing people from the island. There has been more damage to property than was ever experienced here before. The fair-ground is a total wreck. Three houses came down from above. Weather cloudy and cool. The water here is still rising, and vastly larger areas aro submerged than were in 1882. Houses, barns, bridges, straw and hay-stacks have been floating past all day. The Wheeling Cheese Company's storago house loses about $50,000 by water in the cellars. Merchants on Main, Water and Market streets also lose heavily in perishable goods now under water. Several houses have floated off the island. It is impossible to estimate the losses, but they will aggregate over $1,000,000. The water reached the lime pits of the BelVaire (O.) Goblet Works, the Labell Glass Company, at Bridgeport, 0., and the Elsen Glass Woiks, at Martin's Ferry, 0., and tho slaking lime started flames. In all cases the damage was slight. No loss of life has resulted here. The Western Union Telegraph Company's office is only reached by boats. The Baltimore & Ohio's wires are all down. Telephone communication with all the suburbs is cut off. Tho water and gas-works gave out to-day, and to-night the city is in darkness and at the mei'cy of fire, if one should start. The streets of half the city are navigable only in boats, and all sorts of improvised crafts are plying as ferries. Many people are still exposed on the island, not a spot of which remains above water. The work of removing people goes bravely on by skiffs and steamboats. A relief meeting was held this afternoon, and $2,700 raised in half au hour. Committees were appointed to look after the destitute. Ten thousand people are homeless and unprovided for here. Fully 15,000 were driven from their homes by the flood, but a third of them are comfortably quartered at the hotels, hoard-ing-houses, or with friends. Public schools and churches have been thrown open, and the people are housed and fed there. The water reached the highest point at 10 o'clock, when it was fiftytwo feet. Since that time it has receded a few inches. CINCINNATI AND NEIGHBORHOOD. Exportation that tlie Water Will Continue to Rise Until Saturday. Cincinnati, Feb. 7. —The most assuring sign to he seen to-day is a white flag with a black center floating from the top of Pike's Operahouse building from the signal-service office, denoting the coming of cold weather. It is the first time the signal has been used, and could never have been more welcome. So long as the weather remained mild the little streams would continue feeding the flood, and prolong tho high water. A freeze will put a check on the sources and hasten the fall. It is now thought the river will continue to rise here until Saturday or Sunday, and, if no more rain comes, will then fall rapidly. The view from the suspension bridge this morning is not cheering. Along tho Covington front to the Licking river is entirely submerged, the water being in the second story of dwellings. Newport presents the appearance of a lake, with a few dwellings peering out like small islands. The bridge company tries to furnish transportation across the water on the Cincinnati side, but its single boat is entirely inade prate to the demand, and a large number of private craft is engaged in ferrying for fivr cents a passenger, and earning a rich rewaru. The whole lower part of the city, from Second street so the river front, is covered with boats to-day, employed for patrolling and relief. The Common Council has decided to ask authority to loan SIOO,OOO for the relief fund. Ten

school-houses have been closed in the submerged parts of the city and placed at tho disposal of the relief committee for the accommodation ol the people driven from their houses. In Covington a relief committee has been organized, and the Legislature will be asked not to collect this year’s taxes in the flooded districts. No loss of life and no great destruction to property has yet occurred. The story of a loss of life at Marietta, 0., is not credited, hut the wires are all down to that poiut. The river is still rising, but more slowly. In the thirteen hours since midnight the rise lias been only eight inches. Tho record at Ip.m. is sixty-one feet, eight inches. Prepa rations have been made for doing without gas to-night, and a brisk trade in coal-oil lamps and candles is going on. The people still contemplate even a greater rise than last year, but without alarm. It is estimated that the losses from the overflow will be not more than 10 per <>nt. as much as last year, owiug to better care to prevent loss. 10 p. m. —The weather is becoming cooler, .but there is no decided change yet. A light drizzle of rain has been falling during portions of the day and to-night. Tho wind is from the northeast. The river continues to rise slowly, standing sixty one feet ten inches at 10 o’clock, a rise of half an inch in the last hour. Contrary to general expectation, gas is burning to-night, and there is hope that the supply may not be cut off at all. This, however, depends on the future rise being very slight. There was much speculation to-day over what is to come, and opinions vary. The most hopeful say there cannot be more than a foot more water, while others say the extraordinary water at Pittsburg and Wheeling, coupled with the fact that the tributaries in Ohio and Kentucky, both above and below, are nearly all rising, must make a continued rise here for several days, in which case it will exceed the flood of last year. The submerged territory is now practically as great as last year. In the city proper the water is witliin two hundred feet of the limit on the streets last year, and the only difference is a few feet of depth. The day has passed with no disaster to report. Scenes in tlie Flooded District. Cincinnati News Journal. The scene yesterday throughout the districts on which the water was encroaching was but a repetition of the picture presented last year; if there was any change it was only noticeable in the increased activity and bustle. In the neighborhood of Front street the thoroughfares were blocked with vehicles of all descriptions, and travel of any kind was rendered perilous. Tho fruit and commission houses were the last to retreat, aud narrowly escaped considerable loss, as in several cases the water measured several feet in depth before all merchandise was removed. Last neight the weird scene of a city engulfed once more was prominent with all its hideousness of aspect. The subdued wishwash of the rising waters, as they slowly ascended those streets running at right angles to the river, minded strangely with the shrill call of the uncouth gondolier of this Western city. Along Vine street the gaunt telegraph poles were adorned with large reflecting lanterns, whose dismal yet cheering rays threw a strange light upon the surroundings, which had the effect of presenting * weird and ghostly picture. But few business bouses were open, almost every preparation having been made during the day. The present all-powerful rush of waters now devastating the Ohio valley is the most startling illustration of the overpowering influence of nature's sturdiest element that lias ever been presented to the present generation of Cincinnatians. The great waste of rushing, pushing waters, each ripple vainly endeavoring to overtake and pass its predecessor, bearing upon its stanch and troubled crest the accumulated debris of hundreds of miles of the river banks, in its journey toward the great gulf, presents a spectacle of unutterable awe, and forcibly impresses upon the minds of all beholders the sublime and miraculous strength of the overruling Deity. Seldom is such an occasion presented by which to compare the works of man and the creations of nature, and never have the former appeared more puny and significant. If the structures of man aro great and grand, what term, then, will amply convey an idea of the works of the Ruler of all men? The extreme feebleness and abso lute uselessness of attempting to thwart the unalterable determination of inanimate force has never been more forcibly or vividly portrayed. On the suspension bridge thousands of people stood gazing up and down the river, looking at Covington and the hills back of it. The city is apparently sunken sixty feet, and the high hills back of it dwarfed by the towering height of the rolling deluge in the*river’s channel. All signs of high banks are obliterated. The whole front row of houses in Greenup street are in water half way up to the first story, with probably ten or twelve feet more water to come on top of it. On the Cincinnati side are the steamboats, a dozen of them, penned in between the suspension bridge and the Newport bridge by the flood, ami a score of steamers below the suspension bridge floating on the torrent, but ready for service should there be need of them. The decks of these steamers tower up even with the tops of the tall buildings next to the river’s edge. We cannot help asking what if these enormous wharf-boats should be torn loose and dashed against the suspension bridge when the flood is at its height' Coming back into tho city one sees to-night lights in every house on Water street, Front street, Pearl street, and even in Third street. Wherever the lights are men are working removing goods. In the streets most affected just now all the cellars were cleared in good time, and now the goods are going from the first floors to the upper stories. The streets are full of transport vehicles, absolutely thronged with them, moving every description of goods, from printing presses to household furniture. • Everything is done quietly and without hurry or excitement, and every face looks serious but cheerful. The most perfect order is maintained. There is thus far no thieving and no immediate fear of it. There will be no gas to-morrow night, and then it will be time to talk about guarding against thieves. Present duties absorb every one’s thoughts and occupy his energies.

LAWRENCEBURG AND AURORA. The City Covered with Water,. Varying fi'om Two to Twenty Feet in Depth. Special to the Indianapotia Journal. Aurora, Feb. 7. —As predicted in these dispatches yesterday, the water came into Lawrenceburg last night, and now every house in town is from two to twenty feot under water. Tho levee broke at midnight, hut so much water had come in from the front of the town, that it did hut comparatively little damage to houses, and caused but little excitement. Your correspondent spent the entire day there, rowing about the town, viewing the scenes and situation. The water from the Miami river is rush mg through the town at terrible speed, and only skiffs with good oarsmen are serviceable. On High street the water is two feet deep, and it deepens gradually toward the hack part of the town, until a depth of fifteen to twenty feet is attained. A great many stables and other out houses have been upturned; also, ten or twelve residences. The destruction is less this year. Twenty-five hundred of the five thousand people have left the town, but they took the precaution to store their goods safely. I,ess than fifty families are quartered in the public buildings litre, and most all of them

ire provided for for two or three days to come. L’he trustee has ordered provisions for a few, hut as yet there is but little suffering. Cold weather is expected, and as all the coal-yards are under water, much suffering from cold will result. Those who were able have laid in a supply of coal Much of the lumber here had been moved out on high ground last summer, and piled up; but the Ohio Valley Coffin Company and J. 11. Burkam have large quantities floating around town. If the water recedes in two or three days, Lawrenceburg will need but little, if any, outside help; but if it turns cold there will he much suffering, and help will be needed. Mayor Roberts was out as usual, this morning, making the rounds, relieving the distressed wherever ho found them. Tho water is two feet higher than the flood of 1882, but lacks nearly five feet of last year. The water is rising slowly, and many hfere feel that the highest point is almost reached and the end is near. The reports from up the river, however, are that there will be four or five feet more water. Flooded Dwellings at Aurora. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal Aurora, Feb. 7.—The lower portions of this city present a pitiable appearance. In the newer parts of the city the roofs and chimneys are all that can be seen of numbers of houses. As many as one hundred families have been compelled to vacate their houses entirely, and many more have gone to the upper stories. Every one here is well cared for. The river is rising slowly, hut it is thought it will go but little if any higher. AROUND THE FALLS. Present and Prospective Losses in New Albany—Tlie River Still Rising. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New Albany, Feb. 7.—Tlie river has risen three feet five inches at this city since Br. w. yesterday. At 8 o'clock to-night the rise does not exceed half an inch an hour, and strong hope is entertained that the flood will begin to recede to-morrow. Tlie channel depth is now GG feet 6 inches. Tho depth in the most disastrous floods in the Ohio here is as follows: February, 1832, 69 feet; Dec. 19, 1847, G 8 feet 1 inch, Feb. 22, 1882, G 5 feet five inches; Feb. 14, 1883, 72 feet. The flood now sweeping down the river, therefore, lacks five and a half feet of equaling that of last February. It may possibly be increased sufficiently to make the difference five feet. In its destructive effects, however, tlie flood of the present bears no comparison to that es 1883. So far, there has been comparatively but little loss of property, but a few mpre inches of a rise will prove much more destructive. Many manufactories are this evening on tlie danger line, and a slight increase in the deluge will bring disaster. The furnaces of the glass-works are still safe, but, should the rise be sufficient to send the water upon them, tlie loss to Mr. DePauw will aggregate many thousands of dollars. The furnaces and annealing ovens in the plate-glass department are yet over one foot out of tlie water. The pits of the furnaces in the window-glass and bottle departments are flooded, but the furnaces proper are considered safe. Large gangs of men worked all last night and to-day in removing perishable property from the works, and all the casting pots, which are very expensive, have been saved. The works closed down in all the departments last night, and 2,000 workmen are out of employment. This in itself is a great calamity at any time, but especially calamitous with a great flood upon the city. Quite a number of factories, in addition to the list telegraphed last night, closed to-day, including Shraders furniture works, I. B. Friend’s planing mill, Haus’s carriage works, Barth & Co.’s and Hopkins Brothers’ extensive tanneries. In all, fully 4,500 of tho workmen of the factories have been thrown out of employment by the overflow. This great number of persons in enforced idleness, most of them poor men, can not fail to cause suffering. The needy are being liberally cared for by our own citizens and authorities. So far there have been no casualties by the flood. This is the more remarkable, as boats have been necessary to carry many families out of the water. Probably 500 families in all have been flooded out and compelled to move. Many of these are comfortably fixed, but most of them aro crowded into buildings to the number of from three to ten families to the building. Quite a number are quartered in our elegant courthouse. There is much discomfort and no little suffering in these closely packed houses. The entire river bottom west of the city, devoted to market gardening, is under the flood. In some localities the current is fierce, and the valuable land, worth S2OO and S3OO per acre, will be badly washed and cut up. Tlie build ings on those farms have suffered but little. The people in the'city and along the river in the country, being warned of the coming flood, made preparations for it, and are thereby secured against serious loss. Tho river at New Albany is about two miles wide, covering the town of Portland, in Kentucky. where much damage has been done. It is a frightful looking deluge, covered with heavy drift and the debris of wrecked farms and ruined homes. To tho north of the city, and running through its suburbs, a vast muddy lake spreads over the valley of Falling run, extending far to the northeastward, and involving many line farms in this valley. Many houses are covered to the eaves by the flood, and not a few of them aro moved from their foundations. Some build ings have topled over. Telephone reports this evening, from Cannelton, Leavenworth, New Amsterdam, and Mauck port say the losses in these towns will not begin to equal those sustained in the flood of last February. Later. —River commenced rising again at 8 p. m., and is now coming up at tlie rate of one and a half inches per hour. It is raining. Tlie feeling is gloomy, and the worst is now feared. Jeffersonville Hopeful and Full of Pluck. Special to the IndianapoliH Journal. Jeffersonville, Feb. 7. Jeffersonville is by no means as excited to night as last night. Tho rise in the river this afternoon fell off to less than three-fourths of an ihcli an hour, and the news from above satisfied everyone that the flood had reached very near its height. Tho re lief measures provided for last night, at a public meeting of citizens, and by the council, will be sufficient to meet all meritorious cases. There really is not much suffering here. Several hun dred families have been compelled to move, and the flood is upon a large portion of tlie city, but the damage will he light, as compared to that •lone by last winter's great overflow. The poo pie prepared for the on coming water, and the merchants and grocers on Spring and other busi ness streets removed their stocks, in large part,

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to the upper floors. This was a temporary inconvenience, but involved no loss, except a slight expense. Tho closing of tho factories and industrial establishments of tho city, including the large plate-glassworks and ship yards, threw hundreds of workmen out of employment ThSy will no.t, however, be long idle, as it is believed the flood will be abating by Saturday, and work will soon after be resumed at the factories. The council held a meeting last and re- . solved to petition Congress to protect the city by voting an appropriation for the construction of levees. Another meeting of the council was held this afternoon, and additional relief and police measures were ordered. The embankment of the J., M. & 1. railroad between this city and New Albany, which threatened to give way to the pressure of the rising waters yesterday, is still solidly holding, has been greatly strengthened, and will probably stand. The breaking of this embankment would flood nearly the entire city and do immense damage. The peril from this source is considered past. Os course, there aro sensational people who persist in declaring that a groat deal more water is to come, but they have few to agree with them. Jefferson* ville has escaped tlie calamity threatened, and her citizens are happy to-night. The ward bummers and demagogues, however, have lost a hoped-for occasion for free lunches and political capital for the May municipal election, Jeffersonville will soon recover from her flood losses.

The Inundation at Louisville. Louisville, Feb. 7. —At 11 o’clock to-night the river is still rising half an inch an hour. The canal gauge shows thirty-nine feet four inches of water. It has turned colder since noon, and stopped raining till night, when it began to drizzle. Everyone seems hopeful that Ihe flood will not be so bad as in 1883. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon the water began coming over the cut-off fill above the city, and at 9 o'clock the fill gave way, and that portion of the city known as the ‘‘Point'’ is now covered with twenty feet of water. The people had all moved out, and nothing serious happened nor is apprehended. The whole river front ifi now inundated from end to end. FLOODS Unusually High Water in ami Abo -s v ton—Damage to Railwayik-% c Coshocton, 0., Feb. 7.—Tlie Musk? Tuscarawas and Walhonding rivers are higher than for twenty-five years. The adjacent valleys are flooded, and the lower part of the city is submerged. The water is rising to the second floors of houses on Water street. There are had wash outs at Navarre and Bedford, on tho Connotton Valley railroad, and the long bridge at Bartlett is threatened. No trains have boon run on this road since Monday. At Trenton the Panhandle track is under water for half a mile, and a hundred yawls of track have been washed . away. There is another bad washout at Mingo O fir, *4.1011. East-bound passenger trains, arriving-since mid night, are side-tracked hero, and probably will not get out to-night. The damage caused by tlie flood in eastern Ohio will he incalculable. The rivers are still rising four inches an hour. Be low Zanesville a number of bridges are reported gone. Alarm on tlie Lower Mississippi. Memphis, Feb. 7.—Floods pouring out of the upper rivers are giving great concern to the people of this section, who cannot see any possibility of avoiding one of the most serious overflows that ever devastated the low lands. Warning has been sent to planters below to remove their stock to places of safety, which, if heeded, will save them thousands of dollars. It lias been raining steadily the past thirty six hours, which will swell all the interior streams and add to the disaster which is almost upon the people below this city. Great Flood in Hocking Valley. Logan, 0., Feb. 7.—The present is tlie greatest flood ever seen in the Hocking valley. The fine bridge of the Hocking Valley road is gone, and the railroad machine shops ruined. No gas tonight.

SEVENTY FEET OF SNOW. The Mountain of Snow Covering the Track of the Rio Gramle Road. Denver, Col., Feb. 7. —A special from Durango. last-night, says that the snow-storm now raging in the San Juan country lias extended as far south as that point, and the whole country about is blockaded. Tlie storm is simply terrific. Tho Rio Grande train, which was duo in Durango on Sunday evening, has not yet arrived, and it is not likely to reach its destination for several days, as it is hopelessly snowed in. Atone point the tracks of the Rio Grande are covered with seventy feet of snow, aud it extends for several miles. This seems incredible, but it is easily explained by snow slides coming down the mountain sides, which have completely filled the gorge through which tin* road runs. No other than the tram mentioned is out, and it is safe, having pulled into one of the small towns for a safe retreat. The passengers are quartered at the hotels at the expense of the railroad company. At Silverton, where tlie snow is from five to seven feet deep on the level, it is still snowing. with no signs of abatement. Tlie more inland towns are unheard from, but it is well known that all life in them must be at a stand still. It is not feared that the inhabitants will suffer from hunger. Snowslides are their greatest enemies. No fatalities are yet reported, but news of some terrible disaster is expected hourly. At the office of the Rio Grande in Denver tonight eighteen snow slides had been reported along the line of the road. The weather is not •■old. There aro only a few places where the thermometer is below zero. The story of tlie oldest inhabitant concerning snow slides has been discounted. CRUSHED TO DEATH. Five Allentown Firemen Killed and Eleven Injured by Falling Walls. Allentown, Pa., Feb. 7. —While firemen were working on a fire in the factory of Krossmer Sc Kleentcr, the walls fell outward, killing five and seriously injuring eleven firemen. The names of the dead aro Charles Miller, William J. Lehr. David Gauss, Wahlon Bitling and John Hands* huz. The wounded are Peter Mayer, Parry Kurtz, Emanuel Kemert, Charles Bohlingcr, Frank Saeger. Peter Beisel, Edward Martin ami Henry Wetherhold. Thousands of people visited the ruins to search for tin* dead, which continued all night. Charles Bohlinger. Clanss and Bitling were recovered about noon, and ethers prior to that time. Tlie wounded are all comfortable. The origin of the fire is unknown. Tho loss of Orossinan & Kleenter is heavy, but cannot he ascertained. They employed seventy-eight hands, and had a largo stock of furniture on hand. Grossman says there was no insurance on stock. The killed and injured were all young men. and belonged to different fire companies ot tlie city. They w<*re ail single, except Billing, who leaves a widow.