The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-16
A DIGNIFIED APPEAL.
Assistance Asked, and the Character of the
Relief Committee Endorsed.

Assistance Asked, and the Character of the
Relief Committee Endorsed.
Commercial Gazette, Editorial
The proportions of the calamity that is
upon the people of the Ohio Valley are hour
ly increasing. There are suffering, desola-
ton and death in every inch of the awful
rise of the river yesterday upon a stage of
water absolutely without precedent We
have often boosted of the cluster of cities of
which Cincinnati is the center. They have
shared our prosperity and our pleasures.
We have only to say that the flood has oc-
casioned frightful destitution here; that the
distress and danger of thousands increase
with each passing hour; that there is no
question of the intelligence, energy and in
tegrity of the committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, and if any of our friends find it
the most convenient way of contributing to
The relief fund to serd money through the
Commercial Gazette, we will be responsible
Tor its delivery to the relief committee. y
Cincinnati has made no appeal for outside
aid, but still it comes in the interest of the
general brotherhood of men, and these acts
of charity are all the more touching because
they are voluntary. More than eighteen
hundred years ago poor man said it was
more blessed to give than receive That
saying has stood the test of experience and
will endure, unless human nature should
undergo a radical change, which is not likely.
People who are able to give and contribute
toward the relief of distress sleep the better
for it, and are better altogether. Opportuni-
ties to do good when properly embraced are
the brightest spots in ones life.
NOTES.
Boat ahoyi' shouted man from the roof
OF house which was almost covered with
water. do you want any bread or meat up
there?" asked the men in the relief boat,
which was passing. "No, l don't want any
thing to eat want newspaper, or some
thing to read"
A sad sight in the overfowed district was
witnessed yesterday afternoon, when a man
came to second and Broadway, carrying a
small coffin under his arm, and getting in
sklh, was rowed away to where the body of
his little one lay awaiting burial. The scene
caused hush in the bustling crowd, and it
was some time before the noise and confusion
were resumed.
Even floods are supposed by some people
to bring kind of golden grist 10 the tele-
phone mills, but they have suffered wi it'll the
rest, and heavily, too. Mr.. Bullock estimates
the loss at fully $25, 900. At Lawrenceburg
the switchboard is ruined, and all the poles
and wires carried away. The trunk line from
Lawrenceburg to Aurora has most of the
poles swept away, ana the Covlngton ana
Newport lines are in the same condition All
the new lines in the Millcreek valley are de-
stroyed. The loss, too. in the flooded por-
lions of the city will be very considerable,
and heavy expense for repairs will follow the
fail of the river.
Mr.. Peabody, of the 0. & NJ. railway, on
Wednesday forwarded the following dispatch
to NJ E. ingalls,, president of the c., l., St L.
g. c.:
NORTH BEND. Feb IL.
NJ. E. Ingalls,: Your railroad is all hero to-
day, but very moist; water up to the roof of the
tunnel. River came to a stand this morning, but
has since then risen seven inches and still rising.
Very heavy rains; Indian creek, Miami and
Whitewater rising very fast. The water is up to
the floor of your depot, and nearly TO our rail-
road Am working my way to the city on the
Minnie, and will examine the two roads as go
along. ". W, PEABODY,