The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-13
Other Happenings at Home and Abroad.
ALARMED.

CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 1.-THE city is in
CONSERVATION on account of the great rise
in the river and what is expected to come.
1t reached sixty-one feet two and half
inches at 3 p. m, and rising two inches per
hour. Desperate efforts are being made to
save merchandise in the lower part OF the
city. Advlces from above indicate heavy
rise still coming.
THE GREATEST OF ALL THE FLOODS.
CINCINNATI, o., Feb. l.-Good business
men here, VINO are not sensational, say to.
night that the damage by the present over
flow of the ONO river in Cincinnati, New.
port and Covington will amount 10 mil.
lions. The stage of water at tonight was
sixty-one feet and eight inches, and rising
nearly two inches per hour. Thousands of
people crowd all the bridges, watching the
floods. Three feet more of water is ex-
pected, All transfer wagons ill the city are
employed removing goods from
danger. The suspension bridge
is lined with wagons taking leaf tobacco
over to Covington. The water through
which they pass going to the suspension
bridge is over the aXles of the wagons.
Passengers between Covington and Cincin-
natl have been compelled to cross water at
the Cincinnati approach 10 the suspension
bridge in boats or vehicles. AT the present
rate of rise the passage TO the bridge by ve-
hicles will be impossible. The steam ferry
and street railroad communication between
here and the Kentucky side Of the river
has been cut Off entirely. The Cincinnati
approach to the Newport bridge was free
at s o'clock, but is in danger.
In Newport the military barracks are all
flooded. Nearly two square miles of the
city are under water. People have been
taking coal and provisions in boats all day
to the inhabitants and delivering them
through second and third-story windows.
All houses and factories along the entire
river front at Coyington are flooded and the
water is in the second story of some of
them. Nearly ten miles of river front at
Cincinnati are more or less under water
Che Hood extends on Vine street to Second
street and Pearl street. Cellars are filling.
Along the landing the flood is up TO the
second and third story of many buildings.
The roof OF the big wharf boat,
viewed from the suspension bridge, looks
nearly as high as the roots of fye-story
houses. AT the public landing and all
railways freight business and nearly all
Express business west and north is stopped.
The Ohio Il Mississippi railroad transfers
passengers by omnibus four miles down
The river; thence by steamer makes connec-
tion with Aurora, Indiana The Cincin.
natl, indianapolis st. Louis & Chicago
railroad uses the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton track TO reach It's own line in Indi-
annapolis. The Cincinnati, Washington &
Baltimore goes from the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton depot. If the present rate
ofrise continues all these lines will have to
transfer at CummIngsvile tomorrow morn
ing. All Mill Creek valley for miles from
the ONO river is broad sea. In
the city, from Pearl street down to the
river front there is great destruction and
excitement. The fire department is out
pumping out the cellars on Pearl street.
trying 20 enable merchants to save goods.
The iiver this morning invaded house
adjacent TO the suspension bridge, where
uhSlacked lime WIS stored along with
quantity i JUsin.. The heat from the lime
Set the rOsin on lire. The fire department
have been working all day Mt this fire. |,
continues, but is not violent. On Walnut
street and to Fourth street the entire side.
walks are covered with packages of sugar
aud groceries which have Lceu hastily re.
moved ilom cellars, aud the woIk Of ie.
moval cJn,in es tonight. rs fast as
men cah accomplish it The Cincinnati
stock! Yards are Hooded, and stock lraii
cant move in any direction. All business
will be suspended nni, after this danger il
past. AT halfpast tonight il was expect.
ed every minute that the gas-ights would
be extinguished, Only few inches more
rise will bring that result. The belief now
is that 1t will not stop under GO feet which
will make the rise the greatest on record.
The gas-works at 0 o'clock, tonight
we've submerged, and there is only enough
gas to last through the night, the pressure
being so weak that the gas will not burn
now il many places. The Tater supply is
also in danger, but Cue engine at the pump
ing works being able to work Its capacity
n hA 1aQ fria
day, while the daily consumption Is i6,.
100000. 1t will require rise of four feet
more to disable this one engine. The coal
fleets are believed to be safe. They are
guarded by, steamers ready to render aid
If the lines part, but If the
wind rises it is not thought that
any can be saved. The weather
is still warm and the snow melting, with
occasional light rains. Advices from above
indicate that the rise will continue for at
least twenty.tour hours. The Commercial
Gazette specials report three inches of rain
ut Parkersburg and the river rising. The
Little kanawha is rising an inch hourly;
at Marietta there was two and half inches
OF rain and the river is rising slowly. At
Portsmouth heavy rain has fallen during
the twenty.four hours closing at noon, the
river Is rising slowly and is foot higher
than Friday night, and rising two inches
an hour. AT Pittsburgh II is raining and
warm, the snow melting and the river Is
rising. At Maysville 1t is rising two and q
half inches an hour. Many business houses
have cellars flooded The excitement here
tonight continues, The stage of TIE water
is taken half hourly and bulletined at the
newspaper offices. Crowds are still going
to the waters edge, where workingmen are
busy removing goods. The last rise Is In
the nature OF a surprise.
AT WHEELING.
WHEELING, West Va, Feb 1.-The riy
er has been falling all day, and is now at
20 feet. 1t rained constantly for the past
thenty-iour hours, and was followed by q
heavy fall OF snow. Little streams are
much swollen. The engine house and
hosting works of the Lehuert Il Renks Ice
house, on north end of the ireland cavet
in this afternoon as u result Of wash from tn,
recent flood, letting the boiler, engine and
machinery into the river. A third rise Il
looked for with CONSERVATION.
AT riTTsBuBG.
PlrTsBuRG, Feb. II 1t is very probabl,
that this section will be visited by anothe
Hood within the next twenty-.our hours. A
1880 tonight there wa. fourteen feet and
half of water In thu VI onongnhcla river, anS
rising six inches an hour, while dispatche
from points above '"nNr' the river rising a
the rate Of eighteel. W. twenty inches al
hour. 1t has rained here for eighteen
hours.
CoLp.nLoopED.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. ll.-Advices from Lamar
Benton county, some fifty miles west @
here, say that a cold.booded murder wa
committed there last Friday evening b,
Joseph Dorney, q drunken, worthless fel
low, who shot and killed his father.in.law
NJ. NJ. Smith. one OF the leading farmers o