Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-09-24
High Waters on the Kanawha.

CuARLEsroN, September 1.-THE Kan>
awha river is higher than it has been since
1861. 1t has been rising rapidly since
Thursday night. Charleston is all under
water, Maiden inundated and Brownstown
overlooked. A great many persons in this
city have been obliged to leave their houses
and others taken refuge in their second sto.
ries The river commenced falling about 3
o'clock this afternoon, since which time it has
been going down quite rapidly. good
many houses, hay stacks, pig pens. barns and
stables have passed down, en- route for the
Mississippi. A man named John f. HUB
bard, who resides at Maiden, was drowned.
: \CHARLEsToN, September 16-The re-
cent rains have left the G. Il o., railroad in
such a condition that trains cannot reach
Charleston from either direction. We, are
in consequence, doing without mails. The
water is now entirely out OF the city, but the
extent of the damage cannot be estimated
1t will probably reach $4,000. The salt
works above here are damaged greatly
Almost all of the coal tiPp!es were swept
away The County Court made an appro>
priation of one thousand dollars 10 relieve the
sufferers, and the Mayor has been issuing
ra,ions to day.
THE GREAT ELEPHANT RAILROAD
MENAGERIE AND CIgcus.-No similar OK
hibiton has received such unanimous and
comprehensive culogies from tho press wher.
ever it has exhibited, "a the msgn fcent ami
NAL and arenic combination of the Sells Bros,
which vii! be presented here, in all its
divided perfection and overshsdowing vast
neps, on Wednesday, October 2d. It de-
ponds not upon mere advance assertion, but
upon after evidence to substantiste its prom.
ises, and what the character of that evidence
is, msy be gathered from she following no.
tice in tina. influential and candid journal,
the Cleveland Daily Leader, Of q recent
date:
The procession, which will DO repeated
through Superior and other principal streets
this morning, is all, in extent variety and
novel sensation that has been claimed. The
menagerie contains the Quixctic double
horned rhinoceros that attempted duel with
the locomotive in Pittsburgh a superb
horned horse of Ethiopis, and an unusually
large aud rare collection of wild beasts and
birds in fine form and feather; clearly and
evidently we'll cared for. Those illusfrious
suckers, the pair of twin baby elephants, are
outs in bawling when deprived of their pap
bottles by their stern wet-nurse, Willis Cobb
And how the carnal>minded did applaud and
uproarously laugh in the separate tent which
canopies the forbidden land of the circus,
which So very few go to see and go very
many get into by mistake! The acts were
numerous, artistically superior, and presented
with electrifying vim. Miss Viola Rivers is
a rarely accomplished and bewitching eques>
triennc Charles Ewers and little Willie
Sells deserve front rank among all bare
back-riders; the Milton Jaspers are marvel
ously pre.eminent as gymnasts; Sam Rine>
hardt leads in magnificent somorsault leaps
over elephants and csmels the mid air ven
lures of Thomas and Clinton Jasper are al
most terrfying the tumbling is fine. and
the miniature circus OF Willis Cobb, in
which that remarkable trainer introduces his
equestrian goats, riding monkeys and edu.
Gated dogs, is alone worth the price OF ad-
mission, and indescribably ludicrous. Polite
and rigidly decorous management presides
everywhere over an exhibition unexcelled
in all essential requisites to tent amusement,
and unequaled in many remarkable possess
sions and presentations.