Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-19
THE FLOODS.

Falling of the waters-Ths Rivers GO- ing Down GradualIy-A Better Outlook in the Flooded Dtstrtcts-Money and Provisions Pouring in for the Sufferers. s CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 1S.-To-morrow I night gas making will be resumed and the military patrol will be discontinued. Mer- schants are advertising the resumption of business and in the morning will begin the $ work of clearing out the mud from their establishments and putting their goods in ] the best possible shape Out ot the rehe1 sfund employment is given to an army or men q and carts who follow up the retreatlng ele- sment and remove it's leavings. In one of Sthe submerged houses this morning William Roach. who had been abandoned by his wife. cut his throat twice, from the effects of which he will die in few hours. The other foccupants of the same tenement waved a ssignal of distress and boat was rowed to a Ssecond story window out of which the man swas taken ashore to the hospital. The river } is 59 feet 8 inches high.
 P1rrsBURe, Pa, Feb. 1S.-The Great West ern band, one of the principal military musl- scal organizations in the country, gave sa- 2 cred concert at the opera house tonight for the Cincinnati sufferers by the floods. Frank sMayo. who concluded an engagement on Sat urday, remained and took part and Gillette of the Professor company also gave recita- stion The affair netted about $7O0.
 JEFFERsoNvu1E, Ind, Feb 1S.-At 9 o'clock this morning two carloads of prov1s1 ions were received and turned into the com smissary whence they were soon being d1s- stributed to the needy. One Of these was from Putnam county, Indiana the other from New Castle. Only one of the echurch beels sounded this morning and the small congregation that gathered were en- scouraged in short discourse to renewedl charity to the suffering and thankfulness forl Ehelp from abroad. The river is falling slow IIy and one coal yard is out. Skiffs are busy lcarryine fuel from this to the imprisoned |famiIies. many of which need this more than| flood. It is thought trains on the shortI line will be run between this place and New Albany tomorrow. The ferryboat beganl
 running this morning and hundreds camel over from Kentucky to see the desolatlon. The EUeaisag Tunes will begin publication
 again tomorrow, though at present thef
 building is water bound The government
 officials at the depot have had boat bulltE
 and presented to Miss Houston, the telephoneh
 operator, so that messages are now deliver
 ed.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-At 8 meeting oil
 the American Association of the Red Cross5
 held last evening the floods in the Ohio val
 ley were considered and the president re-
 ported that the associate societies at NeWE Orleans, Vicksburg, Rochester, etc., were atf work It was decided that contributions nI money should be received by the central lcommittee through Secretaries Folger andI Lincoln and Commissioner Loring composinRE |the board of trustees and distributed through .the agents of the association as heretofore. NEW ALBANY, Ind, Feb. 1S.-The people, are busy scrubbing out their floors as the wa Her flows out. The relief committee is busy |issuine rations. Of food there is enough, but there Is a great scarcity of clothing andI ebIankets. Canvassers will go out to-morrowI asking help to supply this want. Three car {Ioads of Y6royisions-one from Indianapolis, lone from Terre Haute and one from Lafay- 3ette-arriyed yesterday via the l.. N. A. andI sC road. The woods below the town are full 7of cottage houses, barns, haystacks and out 3bonses that tiosted from above. A farmer| Ptbare stands guard with gun to prevent the| !depredations of pirates.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 18.-The river atI gthis Doint has been falling steadily {elI day. three-quarters of anl linen Der hour. Since 8 o'clock Hast night. it had fallen 20 inches &to midniebt tonight and altogether about R32 inches from it's highest point. No disas ters are reported to-day, and If the weather &continues cold and clear and still no sdanace is expected beyond that already in Aicke5 Collections were taken up in all the sc;tv churches to-day for the relief of suffer : CTS and several thousand dollars were real
 ized.