Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 February 1884 — Page 2
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WEEKLY COURIER.
JASPER.
CURRENT TOPICS
Vwi tat Bvtati
COJrOMCMiaXAL
lx the Beast on tt lath a reseJutioa di-
recthur the Interior Department to
amproval of patent of certain Northern Pa-
MlmdswuitMonr. Tto Mcrwsaoe Mil to uwi circulating: tiotas to hattosnu banks was taken usvhlr.lktirard mkta to It ip aort. Mr. wKtmaw injected spaeehou the salver question a bserinsj directly on the bunking question, and wirw moemBtolt at suiuettmc or other In the House ttoChal-
awttoa. A at
tot
of
A
Confederate
lof
mtJtOL for
reted MNtttara. we icterred
fuwasMew In raver or tiers who suffered la
utofecrd. Ik the 8nt an the Utk the nrsasertpt of testimony taken in the mrestferatioo of the urehttect's Mee was ssesenW and referred.
The btU making all puhlia hitffcway port routes
The Mil also
ataa Rank to nk chrism for
CtSUBM DeWST erUUeee
It appuars tint ihe UhMUtkwof PHk, banker who tailed at pBbge, L t.
IIMuMt; eeets, cohmssing
mainly of Ma wtt' fuel estate. CnniAiiDW W. & Soto hee bees elected to cossaaaad tawUrwaly reliefsDeditioU. "
Buxt Ton Miner, J. T. Beth- wages, end
;iia a iw ltn at Wilwstax . till
ton. Del., white stumpting to board a
in- train. I TflR EnfHah tenor. Hartley, who. wa discharged' from th. Royal Ooaaeay ! TVee for singing out of one, baa raw- j tw4 front the director, j William E. Fkexch, rtmater of KUeadaW. Decker County, I. T has been i
rstsdoaaeaurgot robbing the mail of
registered latter.
a joint
Tub
of rituhnita.ro. wiM
Uoato WsmMagtoato
tariff revtoiou sttt. Ox the lMn. at Bnttteore. Md., a jpuaMnVlaluuiUhfweanhtawo-
! fa actor who had lauoa so aay teem iswar
to keep htm nrtina r
Thojr resisted several
to isooa bias, and Anally the
whol body of sawa war arrested ejr the A aramc ) feeling of .IkwatiafacHon.
tasoplof nfeuitoba. The t ufneal of the
Goverana to paw nay ottoatiim to thvdr
forradraaa of grtivanoss la h
Urn
AJTD CACTT AJLTflo.
Bbtskal toeright conductor on Um
4B Albany Road bar boaarroata.
oharged with robbing freight ear. j Ox too night of Um ISta tan Blufl City Botol at Council Biuff. la., kiaaaad j Eauna Setmr. of Crowa Point, lad., waa burned to death. j Ox the nbt of th ISth, bnrgUn
toW from Dr. H. Brainard. of urtaad. O.. tt Ineat cotlaetton of coiaa in this
auawiaatthe turn- j coontrr.
Ox the 14th. Geoie Enon-, engineer
Thk stir XMoxt ihC
hosnxdoca rwrtrietion painfhl to
AW ArwtaM 2rranf.wlnhaw If hoatU
toataiatton k enartod In Ajnerto aimtaay
wiUaunaly an radiants by tnereaainf
UK1TBKA
liiiifina
ntontj'at ill lm 'J1 '''1,1'"'" JJJ miniate If llnaa"la'nHS oao tar hok
X of aa
by Umitatloa. The JtcPhewoo Noooaai nana in a Booster aour nun n iwn.ii.ri
nutrmu wMtuenop. jr. aorriuwicrru Ind.. wascaaght oa a saan, aaawme torn
autietitut rMtniatloc the ataount of Hrctatoy aote and ttmittny it to that of paid in oap ttal. Amendmeata were offered by Moaara. Vett and Mot-ran. Pendlac alaruarton the Henate adloamed lathe ftoato eomdderatkD ot thoCaalmora-ManaateontMwaare-anned, but no concHikm was roaehtd. In the Senate on the 1Mb a jnint resolutton pawwd approwriatio aon,oeo for the floott sufferer. ConetderstioB of the bill relatlna;
At DuWqw. In.. Mr. Joaeph QaAm fall into a oaarnr thirty foot deep lagsnaly. and now one that rftr forH.oi damaa. Ox the Uth h was tiwnsht that tht
Ohio Hirer would sot raaea laa year'a staff at Cairo. TlwdadHn a Loalavill J was ouito ranid on that day. Thediatriba-1
ttna of anpplios contiansw with anettkiency which goes far to allerlnto the terriblo feriag in s hoadrwd towns. The rite la the Lower Mississippi is ranas troabkf tc
i railroads and leases.
to plare. Ox tho L5th some mivrennt fired two
CtnrtavAn. a. Van. II.
tto eluoax to-day TJ
Inch at noon. H re
nt that until two o'clock.
asWttu waa noticed. AtS:ithad
nan down half aa Inch, and aine than ha MthanaA to dialin slawly, Tery slowly, baAaarsiy ajid stosdUy. Tbsasws that the fall and begun was hsilsd with Joy tyswy class of citiaens. Thsotty is w a terrible condition. Dualneat la eiiaasniUrt in nearly all the whole.
and nuuattfacturinc estobliso-
Aa yet there has not been fay istroph in CusHnnati. bat every-
body Is nervously apaaeheneive of one at nar nunnto; unless the waters fall very spedhatty, it would asesn almost intpoasibl to sorap without Immsase leases front wstahanss and store, tiled with eodly goods, eruintdinc and fnUicg from their walls being wssdnW by the waters o long al-ut them. TUe situation at Newport, the seeeud largest of our Kentucky suburbs, is maeb worse relatively than ia CincJanaii. The waters haw risen, till wit of the 1 17 squares in the town eighty have been uveritosred. over two-thirds of the town , and of the IV
ttW intiabttants over 9.090 have been or are
in nsm at minkis.
off the CMyef
charaes of buefcsuos into a Rock
ttaiu near Belfast. Ia. Soboty hurt. The anti-Turkish rebellion in Arabia, is said to t- tsiniec strvnir h.
Ox the night of tho 16th Prcscott. A. .
to Nations) bank circulation was lesum M. I T., had a disastroas tre, aa entire block in
the basineas center beiup destroyed, o. . Holmes, proprietor and editor of the Jiir. was burned to death. In the Poplar River region. Dakota, seven tnousand lodians are reported in a starving condition. A report is current that peace ncjotiations between Cuiii aad houvta have been suspended. ' lx Philatielphia, on the 13th. pair of ooutic rsi ut nw 'i-d v jnuro--!'. (hi the 17th the waU of the oW waruhous E. Lathlxirg & Co, at Fhila-
Mr. Plumb wk1njr at tow lenrth ta support f an ssnendnv-ut to suthoruethc hsue of Tresur notes as fast as Nstionsl bank mites are wtthlrswn. The amendment offered bf Mr. fhermat was rt-H-tfd In the Hoitse, the fltNMl relief rewlutkMt was adopted. Toe lluutoiers-Msnnina; cont-t, was debated ttuaun. when the previou quest km was or dered. Citrtin marcbrd Msnntnar U( to the lUf tenser flesk and demanded that he bo sworn in on the evrtBlcete of the Governor of Mississippi. Tbo Speaker dceHned tit administer th nsth on the trmuad that Mnninj riaht to the seat wa wid-rsslderaUon. The majority report wa finaliy adopted. This discharges the orrairaittee as to the prima facts case snd k-svethe et vaisnt until the case Is deeiaed on tts merits, lloth hoafes ad
journed till Mon Uy. lx the Kenate on fce IStt the bill to
gate certain arid land wa. indeffnitelr postponed. Th bill pasM-d Asia the terms of Unite-1 J-tate Cwirte ia Teiss. Also the hill firine SurHcuiutrsl lands to the ftmitkeru t'te odians. I onskierstioa of tt s Natkmal Bank note Nil wss resumed. teaator Ptumb sobnurtrt a moltflcatkHi of his amendment. So actkMi was reeebed .... ..In the House the u'usi Min 'ar batch of bill w introduced
an.l leferrtd. Mr. Be!f r 1 offered s resolu
Ox the litb n Uinara w retv rted ,ffMU relief, mostly food.
working tto wsy southward u ui Northern Wnes half a city Is in such a condition Dakota. the scenes of ditress may be imsined. Ox the 1' t" the PitUVmrjfh prla fac-, mhw and trlef can only be pictured tories started up atter seven utonihs' idle- i an4 boldly described. Looking over the nets. ! vast territory now submerged uaugbt but Rer.CLAR Cnri&'ton were bejrinnins; j rain and desolation can be sten. Tlie terto tie ssstle bv train at the Ontttuuati de-' rifle wind and rain atorm last nlsht laid
pos on the 1. 1
Tms tDsuraace cnaen jcntwnsjr om
the ileneva swsni nave tisSAsttsnttised by the Court of Claim at WaMawton, Ox the If th the British Moose of Commns was wcupti indebaUne the asot..u to cenur the Csseernmani's ryptisn policv. Ov Mamh 9A the Coami teeosi ErpendituresV in the Osstssent of iti.-e will bnrfn tovwnhntlmg the atnrwtte pffxecations. Ix the Mnsgch$ett Ief'elgtttrv
reflation has been hunBstoa happn
twin whirs wss referred
the Mate Imwrtmeut had ne.!ed any k-tter
t i ' jinhi P. whw-k bnrnsd the eveauna of
the l h, fell, crashing the dwelling i priste tlftv thoasanna sMfiars tor sue sp.. adjoining. Eight persons were in bed at rJkrf "d. the tan. Edward Cnrran, in bed with his AT lat a counts Toknr, l the Senwife and child, was instantly killed. Mrs. i was supp.md wish pvovisnona &r a Curran received a severe sboek, and she nomtk, bu was short of anununitton. and being in delicate condition, it is feared ih;ltH reported the place was enrrint by awill die. The child was uninjured. Other Mnt the n'tbt of tr- iTth. occupants of the building eecaned with The brigade of Ksrvptiaaa whieh it
i"2?5i?.r.hft ! lirht i" jert"- ' was found ne esaary to disband on accouat rv-ettivea any truer , . , i ,, . i... , . . . . .
from Print Bisrnarck touehtng the Lasher v msw auwv i ol general wcvwwwern reaihirious. A rvsolutkMi sat referred appro- Raurg. who committed the murdernns ss- bv K brigade of Turks, Circarians and AInLkS 'arm oprngne on W Island a Sntoas. ,
the trade dollar was taade sspeetai oroer fw . tew weans ago, ana weo m ssep isj i es WrftiTX the past lew oars toe nsns-
having nmrdwre.1 Mrs. Maybe and her j m, mn& Merchanu' Ttraph mpt y ttonghter, and also of having tmfi to j jgg s ojmjm mortsage ia the kill old Mr. and Mrs. Towaend. escaped t4iem 9t forty dtfferent town clerks in a from the jail in Long Island City after j 4 UM the 8tae of Connecticut, making n mnrderwu assault oa the Jailer. Twirgag ooeers the Haesof the AsaerTUE Episcopal ntteskm ad acboob ican Raadd Telecrapb Compa.ry. lately ae at Bante Ageawy, Uafc., wete bojwddowa t quired by the first company named, on the ltb. I mm mi u wmii
March II. The l.il sussed relieving, cert at i
eoMiers from theeaaree of aesenioa. A t olutfcm waa sdoptedto hold night sesslwn Frk dar to eonskler pension 1411s. On a anotlon n coo.kter tie M.ca veteraa peaskm bill en the tut a call ot the Hoam showed no quo-
rxsttoifAX. ami rwmcAL. Ox the 13th a rerdkt of not jpiiltT wssiwndered at Pitsafeurgh, Pa., laths case of Dr. O. H. Marahall, charged with attempting to blackmail Mary Anderaoa, the actress. Ox the 14th Mr. Gladstone wag aaaaltod on the streets in London.
For hit gallantry at the wreck of the
Ax employe of the CTjfcnfo, Milwaukee Jc 8c fanl KaUwav Cosnpaav. named Bryan Coffee, waa so severelv injured by
City osVCoiumbns,Uetttensnt Khoaea of ta faiUag again aa engine, at BsOevwe, la..
cutter Dxter is to ot promofeo. iiBiiw,ainw
Ox the 18th a quantity of powder ex-
r. - - "----r;--- - ix the Senate on the Uth a btU was
the top of th building. hr reK-rted pro iding or pnnbh
Ok the 14th PrearHeot Arthur
visited by to members of tits Kiacntioaal Convention in session at Washington. Ox the 14th Mrs. Emma Uhler, who was th cans of a sensational murder ia Mew Y01 last year, died of anovsedoeeof
Pcunasturx bas been given by the Rev of Tunis for the French sngineers to let the sea Water into the de-ert. ! A HWrttT hat been j resented by the 1 Knights of Lab to the Ikuunion Parliament against assisted pasaagss for eanV ) grants to Canada. A rxim.r of six persons contracted t tifehiaosk nt Minneapolis. Minn., from
ea iae raw bam. One of the vk-tisns died
A MAJORITY of the Metahen of the and tt was ttwaght tnerest nrolishty would. Msjdmon Avenue Cmgrsgatienal Churco, Rw iOTt.T a anabr of British cattot la Hew York, who are antagonistic to Rr. ( dealers called on Lord Ceritugiord to strgJ. P Kswnmn, sscurod tt passage of a g asodiacations ia the contagiiaM dismolntton on th 14th diseontiaains his i eases not so as to make it apply only to catservices as paster after March 4. 1 tie eoasintr from infect! p rr. Ox the 14th, Jodge Chndwlck, of Firm per cent, w 11 h adttcd by IexOmnhe. attending a wsxming in that citr. : u, to imor duties on the 13th ! 31av.
It has been deeideti by Attorney-Cen-
arai Brawstor that goods remstaing ia naasltd warehouss beyond thrse years
should be sained aad sold bv the G
isnis. The
bill is intended to apply to the Oklahoma mvadere. Bills to receive legal-tenders for custom and to ret lie small legaltender n'tc were reported alverly.
The bQl relating to Satioual Banknote drculatioa was again the subject of a long debate, participated . ia by Bayar-U Mcpherson. Plumb, Alllsen, Vest aad Mitchell. Plumb withdrew the modileation to his ansendasent and Morgan offered another in it place. 3to vote was taken. The House having continued in session all Bight over the Mexican pension tall. Anally voted to make feasperial ortter for th list ins. The House adjourned
about nine o'clock. Heavt tains along the Ohio River have hud a cemtdMbt effect ia retarding the (all ot the floods. In case the
complained of feeling ill and stepped out of the bouse upon tbesidswslk. He felt to the ground aad within five minutes was dead. His diss is supposed to have been apoplexy. O the 15th Otto L. Werberjer was found guilty of murder in the first deArse st S. Louie, Mo. Tits estate of Wendell Phillip, val-u-d at UiMOO, gpa to bis widow aad danghter. Om the 12th LagueiTv and Chan. vsaae, members of the French Chamber of Pspasita, fought a deal, the former being wounded. Thiff rVeaideAt hag xsepted the reifuatioa of John C. Naw as assistant ttsjeretary of th Treasury . a QgatgftAi. Oowox has reached Khar-
Br the sabmif -ion of the Merv trilies, onlv Atahanistsn remains between lula
Jriver oataenkb was again rising. High wind gave the levee at Cairo a severe 'strain aad the people worked with a will (to strengthen the barrier. The Lower Mi- , shvdppt ceatinnes rising. The change to cold weather bat sgpin canoed saia resse of suffering, while it tends t cut off tht
flow from the. small s reams.
" I Hiftm iKiH aaa neen mmemea 10
and the Rase an. Ttls will lb a heavy !thp ftuumwtt by aft iawasrl blow to the Bnttsh powr in the East. majority At Xouttgabiwh. O.. the people had ; ( . WERAlt o, npi. wiQ ytnv a mnaation tor a couj le rf d.vs ratl-. , w m To(k .row Cahaen tee A young lady died there and st.ll gave such lgns of Ufethat the physician, cxmldnot m ), m.
BBBea-iiwov w 1 sw a. a nmi uu anr w bub sanurv n v s aa sa i
trance. On the 1Mb they pronounced lite extin-t. Ix the Pitubttrgh. region a general strike of railroad coal mien is apprebended oa account of a half cent redaction in wares.
TttK lebela in the SoodaB tmderOs
Qgo. C. (orhax will retire from pol-
tles and Journalism and ens bark la
Thc
death of Admiral Carr Gljim,
the man to whom Adakild Miioa wunm her peeperty, Is anna nut 1 L Ost the 17th Atvhtnthop Feahaa nrrtvwd in Chieage frosn Rom, ito was given a reyal reception. It ffaems that Fred DottgUs hae sttttod down to housoheeplag quietly. His ' feraser hoaseketper has chaaged her nuad sbout sntn htm. Om the hsorainc of tlw l?th Kataev Jaanes J. Kaa, lormsi iy a well-known Catholic priest of St. Louis, Mo., I4K reeently of ihsnsndoah, la., died at that
the Arctic steamer Alert ioc the
Oreely relief ewtiedttton. Export of aWaaaatle eottnna this Year have thus fsr ahawu a slight stoereas as com;ared wttlt last t ' Tub British army t aferft It to bft reinforced. Coadace is fett tat tfeeeral
msc INgaa are preparing a warm welcome 1 odon I equal . . for the Egyptian troops, la tt tans local- Tiir, latet rort ht that the irarrte"
Ot louar, inscea! m ssmag mssssersss, im
a incceesfnt ortie.
Thc eajrniajr of the Xortherm Pacitie
Railway trucn July I to Feb. U showed an increase of 3n over the same pefkei
a year ago.
and CotoaelMoa-
Ity where Baker Pasha
crief met thair fhte. A ToMhwroxK (AriaosM) oUapettlt states that legal prooiaeingi have bean eel
on foot to delay the eaeawttoa ot the
victest hVsbe snudevnr ualssi ustottl shmtssaast ejksk sessRhW)
do net hsng h rnea a mob wttL Ox the 19th the wefl-lroown
Comptes Boy, sefnaef deast m nta
at Qwehee, Ghansla.
G ffKKAI. GHMMW It aajnan; WonaSM
aal children dewa IheRBe for salety. I Tbk treaty of ouniineetu with pafn ttai 1 1. t f tk -I M. nWl rWaa SntUtw
m. L. s. mo., colleetoi lots for th need relef fund. Trie 2fatkraaj Cotutcil of the Cafo
m.it ta Waaaingtoa Mareh t
IMd
Mm. Larsov, oa trial at Muskegon,
Mieh.. for pats niag John iHd, I a
cantietetl of naarder in t fir a. degree.
T. K. Hau. and a amst aanwd Lomg
arres ed ia et. Louts, Mo., nthe ItWo,
lar eea4ltty In ttw awrder three men
a' Xt. iMtaski. III.. Awe. 17 li
Tint Board of Svperrisief Inspectors f stones veswei at' tu.eir ; wurvut oa ta Washington adopted Important changes in
th eaetrstloa of safety v?.
Skcretart CHAKntCK and a Dtmber of naval ool- rs went to S . r- ..a .. Mb to partietpnt ia the ceretnont. .er the remains of Dt Long and hi ronsraie.
waste many beuse. The street are now
1 in many puces blocked with houses, sta- " bick, porches, etc., making it very diffioult i for the rel.ef boats to navigate. A reporter went through the flooded districts with a . relief oounittte. snd found people. actually starving. A oflVe. brvsd and meet were dsstribi.tod to toe (kr uff-ers they grabb d a' the eatables in a dss-d, nalf-fauiUaed manner that wss heart rtodtn to witness. . Twenty bouse 1 were counted turned Ixxtoiu opwsrd. Ten
J thousand peple were givt , simihtMise to-dV. Heven
; of bread. pound of ment. IJJ gallons
of soup and I,''! ration of rcgee were titstriwa by the relief t-ouuuittees today. In Covin;t.n tbe s. motion is not much wi-.e than yesterday. TW town stands ; much higher than Newport. About 1,000 " people are bciig ted there, t At Dayton, Ky., by sctual county there ; are .TtS houses submerged. T&king oa an arege seven people to a house, it makes ! ever ij homeless people.
On the Ohio side. JaUl ' reea alley, at the west end of Cincinnati, presents a .
, scene of the utmoa. oesoiattoa. Houses i I are inundated, some of them to the second I story, and others submerged: stables and I nets are overturned: tops ot ft eight cars . prrtrude lroni submerged railroad tracks, ! ad all kinds of rubbish and refuse is float- '. inr shout. ' At Lawvenceberg Ind., over SOU bcase i have been swept wsy aad apwards of 1 people are homeless. Fears ot still greater earaage are not unfoumted. a, the . bsnk built to protect the city front an I overflow of the Miami river bare been ; brosen down, and a resistless torrent of i twelve to twente feet ot water is pouring
through th heart f the etty. LocisvMJue, Pen. 14. 1. M. The rivar coattan to rise. The canal gauge register forty- x feet, vigbtosa
toches higher than at any time last rear. 1 Th strong wind of last night caused the waves to do much damage in the sub- ! aserged district. A great many bouses t have fallen or Smtod off. The water is ! still rfetnjc. tnoui the ground is bard fruaen, end this morning reached the cellar of the Board of Trade building, putting out the fire in the fernaee. There is no i likelihood of nny furth-r ram and the j river i expected to be nt staad by morning. Inch bv inch the waer has com? up at JeffereonvUie till nearly every street ha disappeared. If the water continues to ! rie nr. the present rat, by noon Friday . there will not b a dry soo; in the town.
8ighs are the most appalUng ana ishusmg. Houses have caved in and hundreds of peon are huddled together in souse auiktlugs. Manv remain ia second stories, shivertag, suffering from daaapneas and raid, mod in manr ease bunnr. The Dn-
iteii iarv is ssili out of water, but n little
1 more water aad th convict will become
good suffsesrs with nowhere to go. Uticsv, lod,. U alsaost est of sight. The Inhabitants Red to th hills for salety. Ctorksvill is entirely depopulated. Evsviu.u, Isd.. Feb. li. At Kfcawnsetowu th watr is approach
I in the n oud storv of the Kivcrsid Hotel ! and s'eadity swelling. (Muiwrs of the last 1 boat from there describe it as a scene of j dWdatioa equal to that of lat year. 2to i houses as yet have been rnov.-d from their
fouadatkMis. but as tne watsr wu uie daoger leeaa, and there is great dread of wind, which w wtld tnevtrtldy do gra daniag. One hundred an t twenty pens of torn in th wntor were counted oa the Indiana i k m a dlsnaea of ten wile bstow Renswrsou. It a not be reached. Thia rep. esents 9),0l bushels, th loss oa which will be at least m er cent. M Manw, Itm, Feb. M. The flood In th Ohio river at this point will probably reach its be-'ght to-morrow morning, two feet highor than th flood of last. vear. The daasag to property In thia city will be greater tuna last year on nonunnt of the additional height of the water. lansrro, O., Feb. M. Telegraphic communication was r-stab-UshedtiMiay. Thre-fourths of the town H underwater, including th entire buslnese portion. The water is seven feet higher than in IWR. Though it hn fnllen constd-
ersbly, it Is still above any known high
Hsp-aonses are epen, ThosuBasii are homeless k Baa hanmBiM anSaanV mVWCT ewMPT IV fifPCHie, wmm
tkeenatwugh room. Frame house are swept from tteir foundation arid brtek beildtags crambted into the water. At BanssgJ Rock but four houses are above water. Osryvfll bas but two bouses shoes use name, nnurvatlon stare ttoneands la
hUvees
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PamtcasU Sr, Feb. If. radaeul' claim, stteution mm hwsisol toHlay's flnud sensation. The people of this pretty HuU city got np this snore lag to And thai the flood bad wiped oat all previous record. The iaci tUat tho high watsr of WW has bra c lipead tore. wbU th stag is below last year at hamwnsstiwa aad other paints above, hi easily c cooa.esl lor. Th great Toiumss of water fiorn the Cumberland ami tbe Teunesss nss turning out and adding to tt Ubkv The wntur is now Iwsrntv-.our inches higher nt Paducah than It was Isst year, and has risen all day At the rat of one inch an boar. Tare days ago it bad wiped out. Front and the flrst two tborottghfaru parMikl with the river. Tiii noon the water extend back Into ta business heart of teacity, aad the nssrebaau on Broadway aad the crMs treets lour blo.ks nak Irum the river nressarfoidtag up mtr goo is. liy atual obssrva ia and count the street sarroundiag tony-three biooks ia, tee buainess por.toa aw subtneriiSd. VVner; Mfeiueu.sare hisu nnd U.e lii.i. floors at the buldBg a step r tw ob-ve tiie iwaiks, the watsr bas not entered, hah. wser the difference ui level between 1 ttb fltiors and the streets U atigJnV there is from three iucuei tq twefser of water in tho store andbusiness sstat liiUm-iit. AloBg-Bresd-way, in front of tbe It com nd twuan sad -sow of th large wuoiessle places, the wnljr means of putting nre ras-d piaahs ft kuTs. Th situation is nvel, vm t tsL 1 suueahans, to go out nv block troat tkv rirer and took up and tiown and set Astretch of water xt udtng to theehyle. linute ia both direriiuas. wtthaemres of skiffs ply ing to and tru where vhieie wet Utree day ago, 1 a sij;ht which the eldest inbabitaut does uol retnetuber to haVwsesn parsilsUd. rettwau is now an wland, aad the dry laud ts bu ng reduced rapidly eeery bonr, tor th rise to the renter 01 tot fmmPHm wuich is th city' ie is very fradualv K itnnauly many of tit- bouseisre .e- 1 Ta.l IrKtu one to ttree feet b. V the S-.ree.ts level. Were tu-v not tan water would b" ou thiec-iount m of the loweF fl. or in Psducsh at tlm wi tting. Aa it h ttH' bouses from wbicU th peoyde baabreu drivtn number btindr. ds, aud thssw Ui front doors of wlii h caa he Piei'htA- . .w t.- lvu,linir ran 'be t ouatml bv tta
given dinner nt the j tu.Msanus. A tbe water adtaaee tfta
thonssnd loaves fe mn , mn driien in upon the dry
lsiid, and now sumd tn dt ore tot law u trsl streets. The city has to-day located nnenbarof free skiff ferries to eosWe tb people to gegs" from one portion ol tbe city to another. Tbe tires st the gas-work were rsacbed taatk
nigat in spite ot buia-isaing, aaaie-Btgau the city bas failm back on lamps aad -
AU Thim is a ntv of churches. OttS
was the demoralicatton to-Uy taMWvka were t attempted in any but th Methodist, aud these only in the tnoruJthS. All day long th streets, such as w-r paubly were thronged with people looking at the extraordinary spectacle. Mi rhattte are naloas to know what to so. Mr. Ljrta, whn csrriee one of the Urgest etoi ks of gonda here, has made two moves, be said tonWfv anil is afraid now that his stock isn't kifta enough. J. R. Kmitb. s wholesale mRwrymerchant, who haa n Urge block K8 feenv
deep, has already moved hia stock oaoa,
and ays to-night that it tnert is foot more he will have to go into ta .I mnn the KOodB aUin. Til
warehosneneopl are in the nfMt critical position. They ksve hundreds of thrsBsnndas of dotlsrs wrth of tobsrt-o on band, whhfh they have been raisin,' up aa the water enV vaneed. The warehmisss are great strscnures, but portious of them stand ia wotear twenty feet deep. The collapse of oneoC
these structure now wouio ds aurwam with great loss, la many placet th cur .. of the water through tne streets is five)
sad six miles aa hour. Her s'reeta are Pay-
An.-mtiH arid, but tbev will be In aad
dttien after all this wsshing snd w ertag Mothmgbas arrived from the Cumber 1 land or Teans, and the sitaatkiu ha; those rivers is uakaowa. There can to gar doubt bet tbat tt is bad aoug8. nowsvaev jadging from the water coming out of taega. Th water at miduigtt cover over Ma--hatf thareaof I'aducah, which has rtvmr front of three miles, and n depth lack (rasna the river of one mile. People who east sleep uader th trying cireurnsunce haea. gone to bed, prepared to see almost any
thing ta the way of water or morning.
Cantata Dick Morrow, of the at
Nesi.it, reports uW drowning of a cojoreut man nnd child in Indian Creek, Just abws Clifton, and tbe miraculous ecape of V wonaan and two children. A c dovud nusm an.1 bis wife and four children had sdartesl. ia a canoe to make their wsy out of tte high water caught by the overflow of lav diaa Creek, up the Tensessee, when in atag down tbe creek, the canoe :rueh atrtuh. and thrvw. all of the oc opants into) tht wm-
ter. foe current wns very swift, ana tew
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The iron mills have nfid,ad
awy Bploye were destitoto hefer th OAtxirof js, 0.. Feb. It, Therattef lasers Jf.wa Bell aad Montassntory reterved from a trip dewa th river. They report the viUage of Atbalia antnet nttreiy swept away. In Millers. Kt twenty or thirty houses are gone. . A. vtorsvill t water is in the second st. ries. CVredo, Weet Virginia? loit $MAt worth of i'lmber
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father an.l as child were softn
neetb. but the mother caught two of tb chil'lrea and saved them aad heraelf. inV ialfing from th bat the woenea wam thrown agatnst a small tree, aad affegnm. this r-he wrapped ber arm with a eaJk Itseach hand and saved her life and, two ebttV dren. on a babe and th other otsly a yea or two old.
.., Well informed ci ixm any that will not bam-in to cover the at-ttml
to nmust-tir in the ,-it v. ieavmr owi ot
questioa th stoppao of iactoris Rg4
trmte. An ezaminatioa of the 1
is nw ren-hd by a it-tato-ia, slaee jirnr, a itu nf flSf I faaifL
1 rains sn out or sown ioar ww
lae a anew! exoedlenL. Tat
enselMM wms net in front, of a train f t
ty freight oars and puthed tttHSmgb thw ovorflowe.l pgrtton. Then auethef effJa)'
waa attached and th train raws ogn. Thi will be attempted to-monow, but tsse railroad men are not ianguihe f ksepixej: p connection longer than another day. . Hew Ulwrty, twelve mile above hste, hi entirety abandoned, an I aothWg bet roofs house can bsseen. Tim atWaliow to but little better with many otter firbn. t our-nrths JjYufluluaff Aim Routre?wXy nmrged. twW poriioaaf fjawTvatesp mdrwatartoa dep;h ot tt or tfilW Jae. What la wrrttoa kern at six tr-tfksjaf oeanH J10M jteod at twelve, KSLs'lt tret portion of hsta ewpaech wea hwKel gfl" the lebemnh onVm it was passible to mm along tbe apntr aid of Bf-oedway wjttenji getting over sao top ia tlw ws5r. Ai tMk insag ta chved skiff coamianlsatiOM with tht operator ia neseeenry. CtscnmATi, fl Feb. BT. At sight o lock trenigbt 'he 'II od Mil foot lower than it wat Ins year nt ltoMgf est. wliich tiigliost ws tM feet 4 tnt-uss. AM dav the weather ha b-en marhy., hAvy rs in in t':e forenoon and a ovwatsiar rain In th afternoun.