Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-18
EASTERN.


 ! WASHINGTON. Feb. IA bII was in-
 tr0duced to-day and Van Wick present. et report as its basis, setting forth
 facts of great interest. One passage provides for the relinquishment and 4uit-claim, to any State, county or mu-
 uicipality selling uupateDted lands dO- mated tO railroad companies, for the nOn-payment cf taxes, all equity and in- terest the United States may have there in, by reason of the failure or the com pany t0 pay any costs and fees or com missions before obtaining patents ! Companies are required within one year | ! after the act goes into effect Go take OIt ! | patents for their lands, under penalty | | of theIr reversiou to the Government | | The report estimates one million acres !
 as the amount of land that now thus es- | | capes taxatIoh.
 | CINCINNATI, O.. Feb. 1.-The river | | reached its highest point ar five D. u. | ! yesterday. It would require the pub- | Icatlon of 8 greater portion of the ] | directory to name the business men ! whose business Is wholly suspended. | Many lost goods; manufacturers lose | heavily lu damage tJ machinery and ! stock, the poor are driven from home ] and deprived of work. It is estimated | that from 5000 to 4O,00J wOrkmen are l out Of employment The Common l Council having asked authority to issue @ loan, tuelr request was promptly met l ! by the Legislature, both houses having ! passed the blil authorizing a relief loan Ot SluuOOO. Ieiegrams have been re ceIved from Chicago and New York
 offering assistance. All schools are
 closed m the vicinity. Houses are
 placed at the disposal of the relief com
 mittee. The military are aiding the
 police. No estimate Of the damage eau
 Oe made now and the people talk only
 of millions Of loss.
 AUSTIN, Texas. Feb. 1.-The city l hospital has burned The negro cook l set a lamp on five gallon can of coal | oil. The wind blew tle blaze tO the can which exploded, setting fire to the ! cook and her child. The cook is se-i- ousiy burned and the child tO a crisp l ! The patients were all rescued and most l i of the furniture saved
 MILWAUKEE. Wis, Feb. I4-Fx- ! Governor ". F. Smith died at II :31 last ! night. surrounded by his family and friends. He was twice elected Governor c of Wisconsin, first m 1877 and reelected | in 1879. He had previously served as State Treasurer and has held other | offices.
 NEW IoaS, Feb. 14-Ex-G0vernOr s Edwin D. Morgan IS thought tO be dy- inE. 1t an early hour this morning a \ change for the worse was announced | s Early yesterday and throughout the day l the sick man gradually grew weaker. A l consultation of all hIs physicians was r held last evening and is was announced l 70 that the Governor was sinking.
 COLUMBUs, $. C.. Feb. 1i-Nfaior A. T '. Hill, formerly one of the largest Cot b ton buyers has died m the aims house l r anu was buried lu the potters field.
 ST. LoUIs, Mo, Feb. If. John c. 8. .iadlt, vlce-president of the Wabash h. road IS strikeu with apoplexy. c.
 BosToS. Feb. 13.-The Board of Al !erueu have passed an order that the ] t' entire city be illuminated by electric l + icht.
 ALBEIT LEA, Ninn., Feb. l3- -S,ata senator Sargent, lumber dealer. failed re or Si5,OOO. His assets are SGCQO0O. 70 mostly encountered property. The re allure caUses a sensation. |
 WAsHISGros, Feb. 15.-House-Iu a. 0mmittee the legislative appropriation U 'lll a5 amended was ageeed to. uskine io
 reduction Of A districts, and will. iI to .uallg agreed to. go into effect on the si .r-t ot July next. An amendment was D, dop'ed repeating the law providing f0r u' a Asslstant Secretary of War and As 2. istant Secretary Of She Navy.
 SIGNAL SERVICE BULLETIN. %
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1j.-The Ohio is ey 'sll- a-aiu at all points. It has reached 1 "a lc helght of Gj feet and one inch at l- Ltiuuat, and iJ feet and two inches l Louisville and is above danger line at - mro, and a dangerous flood probably
 M follow on the Mississippi. Ram | revaIled yesterday in districts east of ie Mississippi and northwest and con Gi hues m the Ohio valley, lake region Jl ld middle States. Ce MADISON, Ind. Feb. Ij-The river is v.s lh usIug, uD fatalities, but damage and | tl, estruction is great. tb, CINCINNATI, Feb. I5.-A special says wn iat at HIttsburg the river IS rising and pc has been ralnlng all day. A greater ,A' se is expected. VI FREMONT, O.. Feb. 1j.-There was a a.' -avy ram at five this afternoon. The l -m gave way about same time, the | estla work for the new bridge of She 5 axe Shore railroad was swept away. .- LITTLE RoCE, Ark, Feb. I5-Tha Ar vi, iusas and other rivers are rising. There COT @ fears Oi another disastrous over tho ,v. aI DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 1J.-Six more ass Nots have been taken in the req patOual election; in the last two. he gbt Fuslouists voted fo- Ferry amid ucl excitement. but lacked ten of -ctin- him. I Before the investigating committee ! art lrtham Church. eIIt1r uf the Grand l ..- lPlds Times, ths paper alluded Co m -'- ,iey's testimony. admitted receiving t'' luev at various umc- iurIuc the sum I and Fall from huboeli, which he < eut EIyIug dinners and other enter Go keep on the opposition c. f-'1I Try. He spent from Sl.OJJ to S2oO1. C-. 6 could not say precisely how much l JSCISNATI, O.. Feb. 1G.-At 2 D. m. E sterday the rIver was b6 feet above low pan ter mark. lt then dropped a quarter !. an inch at Aiaysvilie. It fell six in- C zs during the night and is still falling ' Dcl and Pea-ce's warehouse collapsed T - morning. It contained 5000 bush pan
 of grain. The rlv-- is falling ct c. lnkfort; 1900 people are dependent ion ] the loss there wlll be S2UU.000. It VI reJ all dav yesterday. At Marietta date
 rlver Is rising and a repetition of I, [ weeks flood is expected. At Jones pan e more contributions are coming in n lndIvlduals. ten dollars and up- " -is. The principal school houses -hol e are doln- good duty. The school 1 crip; 'ses are being used as lodging 1sca -ses. The Masonic Relief Committed and .et 5000 and will destribute it along No rIver. The Chamber of Commerce
 given Sl000 to Newport and the A le to Dayton. Murat Halstead tele- calle phed to the editor of the Dayton hspp