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the Crescent City. H. @. Love, ai
the foot OF Jefferson street, Is agent
for both boats.
Captain Vim. G.. Warman, a well
known Memphis and White river
pilot, died last night at his residence
on Huling street, and his funeral takes
place this afternoon. His father.
Captain Billy Warman, died little
over two years ago, and at the time of
his death be was said to be the Oldest
pilot on Western rivers.
Sunday at 8 o'clock in the morning
the excursion steamer T. F. Eckert
will take the Macaronians and their
friends down the river to Camp 249
where day Of pleasure will be had In
the woods. Extensive arrangements
have been made for eatables and drink
sbles, which will be free, and two
bands Of music have been engaged.
The Vint Shinkle, in command of
Captain NJ. M. Deem, is receiving to
leave at 5 o'clock this evening for
Cairo, Evansville, Louisville, Oincin
natl and way landings on the Ohio
river, and will ticket passengers
through to the prominent cities Of the
East at low rates. Harry Proctor,
assisted by Harry Best, is in charge Of
the Office.
Will S. Hays: AS the summer sea-
son progresses the Ohio river seems to
grow smaller and beautifully less"
as the river business and trade falls
off day by day, so one by one the big
boats hunt the bank and choke a
sapling" until the fall trade sets in
again and business is on the boom
The larger boats must 60 to shore
and little ones will venture more"
Tho cut off in the Missouri river
bend, six miles above Sioux City, is
widening constantly. and quantities Of
brush, with an occasional tree, which
float down indicate considerable cut
ting at the woody point. The water is
also gradually wearing away the tow
head on the Nebraska side, three miles
up With these changes the channel
is gradually strengthening, and the
river in front of the city is likewise
deepening,
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Career Of.COunt'' doctor Van.
der VyYer.

London Daily Telegraph, June %.
Sensational novelists DESTROYS of ao
qutring an interesting plot ready made,
are invited to study the will case of
"Gravestock versus Wander Vyver, F"
decided by Mr.. Justice Butt in the
Probate Court yesterday. They will
find therein story, the truth ofwhioh
appears stranger than fiction. Only
the ending will have to be altered for
the sake Of dramatic justice. For it
would not appear right-at least not
in a novel-that the wicked hero
should, through a long aud eventful
lite, aoRsigteRtly Rsd peygiaeptly defy
the proprieties, and die st last, If not
the odor of ssn6tity, yet rich and
happy witlal, through swallowing an
orange pip. As seven cities Clamored
10 he Ehs birthplace u HoueE, 80 two
countries, England and Holland,
we're claimed to have been the
domicile OF this naughty Dutohman.
Among his other adventures it mau -
stated ttaa:.. ae was married and di.
yorced in Rotterdam; that he came to
England and heesms bankrupt, and
TOOK q couple Of misitesses in success
sion, the latter Of whom he welded;
that this lady, having left him to live
in Scotland, where she had two chill
aren Of whom be vas not the father,
brought an action against him ior
divorce, suit which she subsequently,
abandoned, Influenced by the effects
OF blighted affection or by some other
cause, the enterprising but amorous
Hollander followed his lady across the
Tweed, ana suparently to keep his
hand in, became bankrupt there also.
The success of this business speculaN
ton may have induced him to take yet
another mistress and try his fortune
in the Scotch bankruptcy Court for
the second time. A little while
after we find him applying to and
obtaining from his father an allow.
ance, and settling in tho Island o.
Jersey as Consul for the Republic o.
Uruguay and dealer in foreign patents
of nobility. Naturally he got himsel
made a count, and purchased the It'll,
of"DoctOr;" aud, finally, was decora
ted by the Bey Of Tunis. Meanwhile,
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LIVING MODELS.
Girls Provided for a Young Wash
ington Artist at Govern
ment Expense.
An Illinois Young Lady will
Make it Warm for Some
Editors.
Special to the Evening Telegram


WASHINGTON, July 10.-Ex. Chief
of the Secret Service of the United
States Treasury William B. Wood,
over his own signature, says: "a son
Of Assistant Secretary French has
been provided with a berth in the
architects Office at $40 per diem, a
sinecure for the incompetent youth.
This is a practice of United States
Senators, cabinet officers and high
officials Of our government having
sons minus personal aptitude for any
legitimate calling OF character fitted
for competition Of other youths moi
so we'll favored by parentage; and
why these generally worthless cubs
are placed in the way of the govern.
ment is a subject which will receive
the attention Of the writer in future
article. While it is not our purpose
to lift the veil which should protect
private life from public criticism, YET
when sons of government officials are
to be dead headed into position aud
draw salary from the government, their
claims to the privileges Of private cit
liens cease, and they should be dealt
with as a class of political loafers
when their conduct and inefiiciency
merit adverse criticism. They should
not be pensioned on the government
solely because they are supposed to be
the sons of their fathers. This boy Of
Assistant Secretary French aims to be
an artist, and among the Injuries pro-
vided for this youngster at the ex-
pense of the government are living
models This of this allowance, you
rural roostsrs of the Republican
faith, that the Secretary the United
States provides and pays for living
models for young French, who comes
from such selfish and jealous breed
that the youngster would not allow
single charmer of these living models
to waste her sweetness even upon
Secretary Folger himself. That yo1
may not misunderstood, the writer
explains the subject thus: Girls are
provided for the son Of Assistant Seq
rotary French, shapely and with style,
to pose in the attitudes of the variety
show business, with close adaptation
of the style Of Mother Eve in cos
tune, and all this for the instruction
and qualification of this son Of our
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
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his father died, leaving him large
fortunes and from that date thereafter
Count Doctor" Wander Vyver lived
happy and respected until death, aided
BY the orange pip, cut short his event.
full though disreputable career. Inas
much as he left Holland many years
ago to settle permanently in this couu-
try, the court decided that he was a
domiciled Englishman. We are, how
ever, not a jealous nation, and-apart
from the legal decision-wouId not.
for g wilderness of monkeys, deprive
the Netherlands Of whatever credit
may attach to having produced this
interesting adventurer.
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NOn.ResidenI noI1oe-

No. lSO-In the Chancery Court of sh.,-
BY county, ,Tsnn.-ImoEene ShapaSd At Al
VS. Mary Schmuck ct al. " 81
appearing from bill which is sworn 70
y IN this cause that the defendant' MARI
eenmuck, is a resident of the Empire IL
TTe ernsy and nop-r resident of the State Of
dences of the. heirs of Louis Sebmnct ave-
; unknown and cannot be aScertained after
IT Is therefore ordered that they mako thar
appearance herein, at the eouythonss az Shoit
oy county, in Memphis. Tenn, on or before
the trst Monday in August, 1883. and plead.
she OF 9sn1r TO complainant bill or
70 them ana set for hearing ex-parte; and that
cory Of this order be published once week
ioT ~ .9es successive weeks in the Pablic LodFer
This SSth day OF June, 1888,
copy-Attest:
p R. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master
ny = NJ Bradley, y, D. e NJ.
taylor q Carroll. sells for oompl't.
102 100 Tx TgI
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Sales here yesterday we're 200 bales;
all to spinners, the market closing
steady and unchanged, as follows:
Ordinary, 7sc; good ordinary, sic;
low middiing, 90; middling, 91a;
good middling. 9tc; middling fair,
lOic. Ss-good ordinary, 10; low
middling, Sso; middling,SAo. Tinges-
middling,8ac; good middling, 90.
The New York cotton market closed
steady at 1-l6c above the evening
previous. Middling, 1Osc. Sales, 1143
bales, Stock on hand, 1928 bales.
Futures barely steady at 6 to II points
above the closing prices of the evening
before. The New Orleans cotton mar
ket closed steadier. Middling, &c.
Sales, $500 bales. Stock on hand 81 I'll
bales. The Liverpool market closed
unchanged.
Inc t0tal receipts OF cotton at all
United States ports for the past 6
days foot up 8277 bales, and 1914
bales in excess Of last year for the
same time, Total at all PORTS for
the present season, $685., $50 bales;
an increase of 1,30O,098 bales over
last year and 1886 more than
the year before at the same date.
Total exports for the past season,
4,558,O54 bales; against 3,434,455
bales last year and 4,325,92l bales
the year before at the same date.
otal stocks, 367 ,588 bales; against
2s4,7lO and 1886 bales the two
previous seasons at the same date.
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COTTON SEED, OIL, ETc.-CO!tOr
seed at river landing SO per ton; seed
meal, 81 60alS60 per ton; oil cake
ST. oil S0aS6c tor crude; 45a54c for re-
fined as per quality.
LIVE ST0UlS-Choice beef cattle &c
do medium 4a5c per ID gross; Other
classes <a4Ac, as per quality; yearlings
seas each; milch COWS $20a30; per head
sheep Sia4c per ID, for good mutton quail
tiles, and $lal 90 perhead for poor;
lambs 81 5Oa3 per head tor medium and
6a61Ec per pound for choice, Mules al
S66 TO $ll0 each; horses at S65 to $3.50
each.
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Qf virtue Of the terms and conditions Of
~ certain deeds in trust, made 10 me ss
trustee, by Davis and wife, S X Davis.
one recorded in book l43, page 522, and the
other IN book li6 page $50, of the Regis
ter's office Of Shelby county, Tennessee, and
at the request Of the beneficiary, will, ON
Saturday, July 81, 1883,
at y o'clock M, at the southwest corner Of
Main and Madison streets. in the city of
Memphis (n0w known as the Taxing District
OF Shelby county, Tennessee, offer for sale at
public cutlery, to the highest and best bidder,
for cash, the following described lots Of land,
t0-wit; Lots Nos. s. and 8, each 30 feet
front on the east side Of Lauderdele street,
north of Vance street; also lots Noe. II, u,
H. IA and 10. each fronting 30 feet on the
south side Of Rawings' place, east of Lauder
dale street; all Of said lots are as shown on
Davis and Rarker's subdivision, Of record IN
Flat Book No. !, at page los, in the Register
olhce for Shelby csunty, Tennessee, TO which
Plat Book reference is made for more and
greater accuracy Of description; ali being
situated in the Taxing district Qats city %
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee,
An equity Of redemption and homestesl
rights are expressly waived in said deeds ~
trust; The title is believed 70 he perfect bui
! sell aud convey only as such said trustee.
GEO. GILLIAN, Trus 90,
by consent Of. parties in interest, the a6ovs
sale Will DO made upon terms, as follows, 4
cash, balance In three equal installmonts, n
I y, IL and IL months. with per cent int rest
secured on the property. W III
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places. The buyer has his money on
the stopper or within the jugs. at
midnight the go between, with his
great jugs filed at the distant hidden
still, makes the rounds, takes in the
shekels, without making change, and
leaves the customers Jug well fixed
for taking pulls therefrom. If the co.
between IS particularly fond of drink.
and also meets a crowd of hilarious
comrades, his own jugs suffer, and, in
order to I'LL out the entire number of
his orders, he stoops to doctoring the
quantity left with water. To leave
some Of the change, and what would
appear less than his order Of the
mOonshine, would be against his prin-
ciples.
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COMMERCIAL.
- H5 s 1EDeEa oyncH,

PUBLIC LEDGER OFFfOE,
MEMPHIS. TESS., July Is. 1858. !
Financial circles are exceedingly
quiet, and aside from light merchan-
disc traffic with brisk activity among
builders and contractors, there is
nothing Of interest going on in q
monetary way. Some transactions in
realty are noted. but nothing Of q
heavy character has been reported for
several weeks. Commercial discounts
are quoted at 6 per cent. Exchange
Is as heretofore; Eastern bills are
taken at par to to discount, and drafts
on New York are sold at to premium.
New Orleans rates are to oferingl and
par selling.
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Creditors Notice.

No. 1928 = In the ChancOry Court Of ghslAv
county, Tennessee-A dOlph Herbs ct al Va
< W Lansing OF al.
1t appearing fSom an order Of Court entered
in this cause June 18th, 1883, and from tho
cross hlll of II Engelke filed herein that Il
is proceeding instituted 10 wind up and
settle the affairs Of Lansing, Haynes & Co.. AZ
an insolvent firm under the insolvent laws
OF Tennessee. II is therefore ordered that all
parties claiming 30 be- interested therein
make theiE appearance herein at the court
house Of Shelby county. in Memphis, Tom
nesSee, on o. before the first Monday
IN October. 1888, and have themselves made
parties hereto and present and ostab-
fish their demands or the same viii
be forever barred, and that a copy Of this
order be published once q week, for four sue
ceasiye weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This I'd day Of July, 1883,
A copy-Attsst:
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY j. NJ, Bradley, d. D. AN.
Metcalf Walker soils. for cross compPt.
l06 liz l22 l28
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NOn.Resident Nofioe.

No. 4O59.-In the Ohancery Court of sh.,h,
county, Tenn.-Mary A Chase tai Va 4
Joiner ct al. '''
7 appearing from cross bill which il sworn
a n 70 N this cause that the defendants, Ada B
Wright, are residents Of the State Of Missop,;
ana non,residents Of the State of Tennessee.
lt IS therefore ordered that they make
teeIr appearances herein, at the courthouse
OF Shelby county, In Memphis, Tenn. on
or before the first Monday In Aurnst' 1sSS
and plead, answer or demur to cross Bill ~
W Vernen or the same will be taken for
confessed a. 70 them and set for hearing e sT-
HEs sLe; ana tnst copy Of this order be pub
IN the Public Ledger. "''AS'
This 7th day of July, 1888.
A oopy-Attest:
p.1M X 7 BLACK, Clerk and Master.
,J,W Vernon and n BiseIow, soils for com.
plAlnbht. Ill III l29 900
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500 Prizes, amounting to


ALL PRIZES PAID ON PREsENTArrou
For Information and Tickets, appl7 II AVN
bHIPsEY COMPANY, General Esar.,.
ul2 Broadway, New York div
or % K. Randolph street, Chicago. III.
,sx-,,,,~ J0HN .. FERNANDEZ.
or we PRIoE, 81 So COLLEGE AZ
Nashville r.
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saturday, july %. ISss

&. u m, In mont Of the lots on Second st,s.,
a Me,mphls, tennessee, offer for sale at paSiic
iowbyy % sas highest bidder for cash. the fol-
Memphis, Shelby county Tennesss s D tozi "a
Lots "a and 10 of the Toibot suo-diyision." Nv
I h.ne w fronts twenty one and 81, 100 t2i a.
wv ieet on the west side os Second Strsot
t fSSnn nt back 1857 ieet, and Is bounded on
medi SGsf9 by the south line of the alley i'm
between Union and Gayoso strast Rci1 Ing
Yen zen ~ adjoios lot No, co the sontb y No o.
one Iatter lot and has front Of 81 81 it0 sa ~
on second street running back 14sk ~ ae ~
an alley. Equity Of redemption Waiv Iss' Y
'@ " Y y9 ~ seq f% ~, II MARTIN, Trustee.
Asmphis. June n, Isss. '''' -''S' os 100
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Ne matter what your ailment is, Brown 4
Iron Bitters will surely benefit you.
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The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per
annam and BOO Per month for less
than ono year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per annum--pOStags
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,.
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DECLINE OF mAR

Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, I'm.
potence, Sexual Debility, cured by
Wells Health Renewer," 81.
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Trustee,s sale

BY virtue Of the terms ola frost dead md.
~ tome, as trustee, by John r HiiIs%maouee
ana az Mary IAillsmsn, his wife, on he ii M
o. august, 1870, and on the demand Of The
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Friday, July Q. 1883.

during legal hours. at the southwest corner
q MAIN and Madison streets, in the city Of
Memphis (now Taxing District of Shelby
county, IN Shelby county. Tennessee, offer al
public cutlery, and sell for cash, to the highest
bidder, certain lot of land in the County al
Shelby and State of Tennessee, near The oity
OF Memphis, being in lot No. 50 of Il s TodIs
plan for. WillOughby Williams, which Is
described in the quit claim deed from viii
l0ughby Williams to James NJ prOvine. duIv
recorded in Book No rs, page 400, Of the
REGISTERS Office Of Shelby county. Tennessee
The lots hereby conveyed being lots Nos ia
ahd y OF. Provinces subdivision of said lot
NO. 81, lying on the south side Of the La
grange or Memphis and Selma Railroad
Broadway, If extended,) and between the
fernando road and Frank avenue, beginning
at the intersection o. the Lagrange Railroad
AMI Frank 2van0e, and running thence south
$50 lrp feet; thence weT 1850 feet; thence
1orth to the Lagrange road Isl $40 feet;
thence with said road 2l1 $40 feet to the be,
ginning and being part Of the land vested In
sad Sarah A Proviae by dsorae IN the Cham
Gerry SUIT Of ) Amanett vs., Sarah A Proyine
et all also lot NJ. is, Of said Provinces sub
dslyisi0n, 7ollh Of and adjoining said lots
Nos, 10 and Y and fronting 40 feet on Frank
avenue by depth of $50 feet.
SIMON sTURM. TrgtteA,
The above sale is, upon gneIlsa,tsn and nv
content, postponed. ard wilr be held at place
IN foregoing adysItIsSmeht mentioned on
July 20, 1883.
SIMON STURN, Trustee.
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satnFdaY, July 2S, ISs3.

streats1 IL ~ w. corner OF Main and Madison
ssereels, u the city of Memphis. Tenn ofFar
ior sag, and sell for cash to the highest ia.
SCI: 1ne following described real estate to-
WI wa: ~. Deglnnlng at a. point on Alabama STRAIT
on lts western and southern side 2ST feet
dam dam NE inc northeast corner Of lot !, a. isid
copnt up III sae plan Of subdivision Of part of
c cS I9t No. 6O7, as recorded in ReFiSte,Ss
SSTI0lce shelby county. in book No. a. Ss@es
~ ~ aea "a Said beginning point Being AZ
~ Iae intersection Of northern BOUNDARY Of ~
lot owned by NJ Kennedy. thenea VIM \, t ,sS
n nS,tn boundary Of said Ksnneay's lot to tie
S SSaSef Oh Bayou Gayoso, thence northwsrdlv
MIN MIN ine center Of said bayou forty. four feet
nine inches, thence to point on tbe snr ,fSo
feet I ro,n TteSstesa line Of Alabama street fifty
sastw rvy sAs eeginning point thence south
PAY Of lets ! and Of said subdiY;si3S'' D0iHk
EQUITY Of redemption barred, sale msda
nee nom homestead and dover. Title eTo
ahmed and pronounced good, but 7 all and
convey only as trustee. ~ = SUI ana
Wright. E,,A., y z MCCLURE. Trustee
los 100
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Entered at the Postofice in Memphis, Tenn,
az second-clasB matter.
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GRIalMAE
LITTLE HAVANA"
GOULD &CotR
Dn01DHD HT
ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY
Humber for Eumbr-Prize for PrirG
WITH 200 ADDITIONAL PRIZES.
CLASS 1893, July 10, 1885,
OuIy 10000 TIOksts. s9s PrI1sa
SCHEDULE.

1Giss ,o
Capital Prize. I'M
Prizes, 800 eacA A'SeC
1nS 5oiizes' Sly 400
Dol Prizes, $40 az
Approximations Of $50 each To ths '''A'
remaining units Of the same id AZ
me one drawing the Capital prize
" ~ An
sapprox imations, $50 each, (as abovei
10 the one drawing the $50. Asa
approximations, SIS each, 10 the
number preceding and following
A. the one drawing the 81, 600 N
$50 Prizes as above, being the full num-
,oo Der in the Royal Havana, and
SOO Additional Prizes of IS each TO the an
tickets having as ending numbers
the two terminal units Ofthe NUM-
BET drawing the capital prize Of
loo
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EDER and by virtue of a trust jaaA mad.
pS by Frederick Rehkepf and ChSistisnose
hnehkopI. to me as trustee, on 2stb Az -
july o iSIs and recorded il booE; No Ay y1 4
PTsEe co., Registers efice of Shelby comfy,
therein, will. on VI 'ne penenclary
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Trustees Sale,

Under and by virtue of two deeds of
~ trust executed to me as trustee by Sarah
az 15rovlne' on October Il. 1876, and April II,
lIS, and Book No. III, page 1863, respectively.
Of the Registers Office of Shelby county
tennessee. to secure to the Bluff City Build.
ing and Loan Association the payment of Ger
tain Indebtedness mentioned in said deeds Of
trust, ! will. on "a
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nAILKUAD rLME-xABLRS.
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SLFINLEY. Ticket Agent.
AY STEVENS, Pass. Agent.
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July 20, 1883


SIMON sTURH, Trustee.
. 10 I2l
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POSqOFFICE, xEhPHIE, Ten y
Arrivals end DeUartureS Of Ms5s
'--17571=T WofDr0ndh CLOSE
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Memphis-2l feet inches, decline o.
l6 inches during the past "A hours.
Pittsburg-4 feet 8 inches, a decline Of
Z inches.
Oincinnati-lO feet 10 inches, and sta.
tionary
Louisville-6 feet inches, decline
of inch.
Evansville-9 feet, decline of
inches.
Cairo-25 feet 2 inches, decline of IL
inches.
St. Louis-22 feet 10 inches, and sta
tionary.
VicEsburg-S9 feet 6 inches, and sta
tionary.
Nashville-S feet Sinches, a decline of
inches.
Chattanooga feet inches, rise of
inches.
Shreveport-.1S feet 8 inches, decline
of a inches.
Little Rocks feet, decline of a
inches.
White and St. Francis rivers are both
falling.
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The Flooded Cities-Cincnnati Filled with
Homeless People.

Cincinnati. Feb. l2.-The river at IL
o'clock this morning had reached sixty
three feet five inches, having risen two
inches during the past three hours.
Darges are being run along Second
street to relieve the wants Of the people
living there. The current along Front
street Is so rapid that navigation is dan
gcrous The Suspension bridge cannot
be reached at all except by boats. The
Newport bridge is also inaccessible cx.
ccpt by boats and wagons.
In view Of the exposed condition Of
property and the inadequacy of the
police force to properly guard the food
cd district, it was determined to cali for
the help Of the militia. A river patrol
has been organized to watch the flooded
district and give relief when needed.
Captain w. =. Walker, Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway, has been made
commander of a fleet and authorized to
seize boats when needed. The troops
will be paid to assist the police, and the
committee will expend not more than
81 600 per night in this service. There
being no gas, the police have been Or
dered to arrest all suspicious persons on
the streets at night. Father Cusack,
pastor Of the Catholic church on Third
street, opened the building tonight for
the homeless, and 800 persons are sleep
ing there The station houses have been
fitted with beds for the accommodation
Of persons driven from their homes. No
accidents have been reported. Every
precaution is used to prevent loss to the
coal fleets and other exposed property