South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-03-24


MAEGUE relief cor, missioner for Arkan
saS. has established ais hesdquartsrs 81
! Helena. 10 says that &c 10 Tow ilis.
\ iribni.ng half cations 10 %, 600 persons
and tie number will be largely increas.
sd. These people .i.i have to be sun.
eisted for at least y month. Some OF
those whom relief has not yet reached
+ are eating The cGrCssses OF drowned an
imals, aud arc suffering the pang. of
Starvation. II. ). Montgomery, pres;-
( dent oi-the Merchants Express and
/ storage Company ct Helena, IL of the
! opinion ibat not more than bali \ CROP
I az cotton can be raised IN the flooded
/ districts. even if the waters subside rap.
| idly. Others, however. take a. more
| hopeful! view OF the case. A train on
the Arkansas nidiaud Raillosl vent
| through from Helena TO Clarendon on
Sat1rd2y, the fret in nineteen dsy..-
! hs water - sub5iGing 81 Clarendon.
! Mr.. brown. assistant State engineer
OF Louisiana, reports that the Landry
ctovasse, 10 Ascension Parish, nil pro-
bshl7 be closet. Tho Stor, GREY; CSC.
below New Orleans, is regarded sc be
yond control, and Lo effort Sill be ma e
TO MI II. The water viii 40, into the
| Ship Island CANA, and sill do but lit. le
da'ba2e except 10 the Siorr plantation
! A number OF small breaks between s ~
/ Orleans and Baton R,uge nave been
/ closed. The river IS falling st Memphis
| and Helena, aud the outbreak is regard.
I ell as hopeful. Buffalo gnats havo ap-
/ reared in immense s~ar:nJ in the e ODD.
/ Ell region, an' are literally esling up
tho cattle that have been saved from
| drowning.
A Number Of refugees at F-ia, $
! Point, aisS., Sag the whole country
! back OK that place is submerged and
may inhabitants are living in upper
stories or or roofs, not being able 10
get away. Most Of them suffer for go at
Of food. Five colored children and six
men bsye been drowned around Friar's
Point. In the neighborhooi Of Dahlin
800 families are lie titu'e ari srff riag
Tor food. Government aid has not
reached tbom, INT their representative
ia ell route - Memphis TO procure ~
tons FROM the state comnissIaners.
A correspondent the Chicago Jour-
| R"i. writing from 4 Arkansas, WAS furnish,
cd by q sufferer tie following account
o! bis Esrtshira: III bai Il cab n on a
rise tdet had never been uyetncwed. -
when he river bogan 20 rise stopped
ny children iroa going 10 school, .oar-
ing thcy might get drowned in he bag g.
Gus. ! had several hca J OF cattle. IL,
Hitc become uneasy 10 the water con
tinUed u rjte. lau- bel 81 her fear,
One night. over week ego, we ncn: 20
| bad; u Tairsd terribly. About ten O.
clock my wife cried our, 'Iack. tie house
"a giving asay.' And sure enough it
vas. lee caOin TeuJ - pieces while
my wife AMI children shfiekcd and cri-
Cd. took bed cord aud tied lot of
T be logs OF on cabin together and TAX
ing only ieT quite, pu, ny family
IN To this raft. pushed out and ne
foated away. | have been in . good
mary per;lous scr0ree, but that nights
adventure surpassed them ull How sc
COS tangled III the tree tops. how we
escapsd, snd how We were picked IN
the next day, l Can hardly tell. l. is
enough ihg; we are all safe nov; but
lost everything. | think this expert.
encc Of Goods wiii last me- ifcinis.
The accounts that come 70 US ara sp--
Failr8- sheep. hogs, cattle, horses.
mules, everything living on the plauta-
tons or IN the cabins @ tie lower couu.
try, are being drowned AMI perisEing
with hunger. Citizens "a stated above,
are driven 20 the upper stories end
some forced to the roof Of their dwell
ing houses for safety. Tfo,e accounts
are 9ad anal moucnful story Of sorrow
and suffering too full Of woe and misery
FOR repetition.