Daily globe., 1882-02-23

| night. 1t was Impossible 10 get any more VI
them out, and when the reporter left the pens
the cattle were standing with their heads just
above water, and were being fed from buckets.
1t cannot be ascertained how many are lying
dead in the pens on account OF the water.
Their number, however, Is considerable.
The doors of Messrs. Graves & Roachs
bonded warehouse. in Front street, were car
ried away, and in order to keep the whisky
from floating down the river, an empty barge
was moved across the opening. Five or SIX
of the lower tiers of whisky in the warehouse
were under water. There are at the least cal
cuIation, 5000 barrels of whisky in bond at
this warehouse.
At precisely 12 O'Clock, noon, the t4od in
the Ohio river reached its highest point In Inc
government gauge at the head of the canal,
which was thirty-two feet and five inches. The
scenes around the inundated houses at the foot
of Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets were simi-
lar to those of the day before. The bosom OF
| the river was comparatively calm, the wind
having fallen during the night. The mellow,
sunshiny day caused larger crowds OF people
to visit the levee than on any previous cay.
| No more destruction of property occurred,
buildings which had weathered more than
one flood bravely resisting this one.
| The transaction of chief interest was the
distribution of large quantity of provisions
donated by Capt. VIM. Hyte, to water beleag-
ured women and children, some of whom
| had not had food for two days. The thrice
| needful and welcome articles were taken by
| men in the life saving service and we're rowed
from tenement to tenement and holSted Tito
| the second story windows. 1t was an impress
sve sight to watch the withered faces OF Old
| beldames and the pinched, pallid cOuntenances
of children, as they waited at their windows
with hungry eagerness for the coming Lille
boats
While the present flood has proved disas.
- trrht hnu hlEn
more terrible in its results to the unfortunate
people who have suffered by it had they been
subjected to bitter cold ald rough wintry
weather. Washington's birthday will be long
remembered as the day when the flood reached
its greatest height andsbegan 10 recede.
AT WHEELING.
WHEELING, Feb. 22.-The cold weather
that set in yesterday continues to-day, and has
had the effect of freezing up the ground and
checking the flow of the smaller streams IN
this vicinity The river rose slowly all day,
and this evening marks thirty-four feet, the
highest point it will likely reach, as the tribu-
taries and headwaters are falling fast. Some
alarm was felt among the inhabitants of the
city who were exposed to the dangers of high
water, and who had experienced serious dis
comfort and inconvenience in the ris eof June,
1881, but to-day's situation cause feeling of
relief. The only damage resulting from the
present rise was sustained by people who
lived on the island, some of the dwelling
houses being flooded, and by those who resided
in the lower part of the city, which is low
land. Trains have only been delayed in some
cases few hours, and travel by river is only
slightly interrupted.
AT ST. LOUIS.
Sr. LOUIS, Feb. 22.-The effects of the late
storm are fast disappearing and the railroads
are rapidly getting into good order. All the
tracks are not yet fully repaired, but enough
Of them aae restored to enable all the trains
to move by the companies using each others
roads for short distances, except the Louis
vile 81 Nashville, whose track is still impassa-
BILE at Silver Creek some thirty miles from
here.
The Missouri Pacific sent ont train this
morning over the st. Louis d San Francisco
track to Greenfield, Mo-, and thence to Kansas
City, but will have its own road In order by
to- morrow, perhaps. The Wabash will use
the Chicago & Alton road to point beyond
the distractions on its own track, and the
Vandalia will continue to use the Ohio q
Mississippi until its own repairs are CON-
pleted.
The river came TO stand this morning,
and is now falling slowly. 1t is expected to
go down with rush, which will measurably
reduce the pressure on the Mississippi below
Cairo.
The weather has moderated good DEAL and
thawing has commenced.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22.-There is but little to
add to night about the storm or its effects.
The Wabash did not send train out for the
west tonight, nor did the Missouri Pacific,
but both roads are expected to be in running
order tomorrow The Instructions on the
Iron Mountain at Cane Cliff have been remov-
ed, and a train left there for Texas tonight.
The passengers that have come up from the
south on trains to this obstruction, number
ing 200 or 300, were taken on board the steam
er John Mande to-day and brought TO the
city. Mails from Texas were also brought up
the same way. The steamer Arkansas, from
Keokuk, took on board great number of de-
layed railroad passengers at points along the
river and brought them to the city this
evening.
There has, of course, b. en- great detention of
mails on all the roads, and much matter has
accumulated here, but it is beginning to ar
rive now by every train, and every thing here
is being sent to its destination as rapidly as
possible The prospect now is that by to-
morrow night everything will be working
again in the regular way. Telegraph wires
are still greatly deranged, however, and the
actual condition of some of the roads is not
yet fully known. The Missouri Pacific and
Wabash wires west are not yet working. Over
one hundred miles of wire on these two roads
nave Deen TORN QOWb, ana Lllere mas Deen no
direct telegraphic communication with Kan
sas City and other points west of here since
Sunday.
AT SPRINGFIELD.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Feb %. The worst is
over here with the storm, and business is get
| ting back into its regular channels. The
Chicago Alton trains are open and on time.
The Wabash sends trains east tonight over
its own track. The Riverton bridge not being
out of danger, trains cannot operate regularly
over the Pekin branch of the Wabash before
Saturday. The Ohio & Mississippi will move
trains tomorrow but will not be entirely out
of trouble before Saturday. The water in all
| the streams is subsiding rapidly and the roll
| ing mills will be able to resume work Friday.
The storm, among other things, did consider
able damage to the grounds about the Lincoln
| monument. The entire damage, in Sangamon
| county, is estimated at about 100000.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.