Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-13
The Great Floods.

CINCINNATI, February 12sb.-Tae river is
rising more rapidly than IN the afternoon,
reaching sixty-four feet two ar three. quarter
inches at 10 o'clock tonight. The scsnes Of
to-day have been to great extent repetitiors
of those OF yesterday, with the exception
that the removing of goods is less setive, and
more attention is paid to the suffering peo-
pie. Ths Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Company sends steamers TO Aurora, Ind No
tidings have been received yst from Lawrsnce-
burg, Ind, except that the town is at the
mercy of the waters.
CINCINNATI, February 12tb.-The fl,cd Of
1882 has now been surpassed. l. then reached
"a feet inches. At IL o'clock it stood half
an inch above that. and was still rising.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.), February 12sh.-The
food here has reached the highest point of the
food of February, 1882, rising an inch and a
half per hour. Busiuts, and navigation are
practically suspended, and the damage to
property on Front street is very heavy. The
weather is Gear end warm.
LOUISVILLE (Ky). February 12th.-All
day the river has been the center of attrsc-
tion, snd the dread stsady rise marked eacn
hour. The highest point Of the ficoi of Feb-
ruary, 1882, was reached this afternoon, and
passed, and now there is more than SO feet Of
water on the falls, and GA feet ia the channel
al the foot OF tle falls. which is but two feet
below the great Decenbe food of 1847. The
river is yet rising slowly, with grest tide
from the Kentucky river to be added. Houss 8
along the river front are vacated, the drift
damaging them seriously. Fourth street is
closed from Main 10 the river. Every buil1.
ing in SbippiDgport has from three 30 eight
feet of water on the floor, end tire cemep I
mills, the principal industry there, are al
submerged.
FRASKFoRT (Ky,), February 12.h.-The
Ker lucky river marked 43 fee. at noou, and
was risirg three.quarters Of ar inch an hour.
1t is expected 70 continue to rise till night
fall. One Thousand people are homeless, and
there is much distress everywhere. ComTau-
nicAtion with tho outside world il cut eff,
save by telegraph aud the turnpike TO Yer
SSH es. The low ground 10 frankfort known
as" The Crow" and large part Of South
Frankfort, are entirely submerged. Fort
Hill, the highest point about Frankfort is
now an island, caused by back water. Rss.
licences two miles from the river sre under
water. The Hermitage and o F. G. dstil.
leries are covered on the first floors. Six bun
dred head of cattle are standing in water
above their knees. The water is three feet
six inches on the cellar floors of the peniten-
tiary, covering nearly the entire prison yard.
The prisoners are loose in the chapel and
doubled up in cells on the second floor. The
wooden bridge to South Frankfort is consid-
cred very unsafe, and is hourly expected to
go down. Thousands of people line ths river
banks on both slider, watching the heavy drift
and houses go down. This is the highest
stage the river was ever known to reach. TIE
damage already reaches 100000.
MADISON Uud.). February 18Th. = The
river is within 81 inches Of the food Of 1882
highest ever known-and ia rising at the
rate Of two inches per hour. All the factories,
depots and houses on the river from. are in
undated. Should the waters subsiGs without
heavy winds, the damage viii not be disas-
irous.
INDIANAPOLIS lind. J, February 12th.-The
Ohio river is stil rising at all points in this
State. AT New Albany the water is ten
inches higher than during the food of 1881.
About thIes fourtbs of the manufactures are
flooded. Ii the rise continues till midnight
every furnace in the immenee glassworks Of
w. d. DePauw will be under water.
WILLIAMSBURG (Pa.l, February 12th.-The
fear of disastrous food has caused the lum-
bermen to begin cutting a channel through
the great ice gorge from here to Charleston,
twenty miles.
Repression Of the Opium Traffic.
WASHINGTON, February 12.h.-Windam,
from the Foreign Affairs Committee, has re.
ported bill to supplement the commercial
treaty between the United States and China,
for the repre- ssion of the opium traffic. The
bill is ss follows:
Section L. That the importation OF opium into
any part of the United States by Chinese subjects is
prohibited, and no package composed IN whole or in
part Of opium, imported by or consigned TO Chi
nese subject in the United States shall be admitted
to entry. All packages of opium of which opium
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ssid shall be proceeded against seized or forfeited
by due course Of law, in the same manner and with
the same effect as is now provided by law for pro.
ceediugs sgainst and condemnation of articles the
redemption OF which is prohibited. Any person Of
Tending against the provisions OF this section shall
be fined not more than $780, or imprisoned for six
months, or both.
Section 9. No citizen Of the United States shall
import opium into any Of the open ports of Oh ina,
or transport it from open port t. any other omen
port. buy sell opium in any of the open ports
Of China, in any manner, by any means whatever,
and all opium so unlawfully imported, transported
bought or sold, shall be deemed forfeited to the
United States which forfeiture shall be enforced ia
the Consular Court Of the district in which such
opium shall be found by proceedings as near as
may be like the proceedings under the laws OF the
United States for TIE sezure and condemnation of
goods unlawfully imported into the United States
and all opium so forfeited and condemned shall be
disposed of in such manner the Secretary of State
shall direct for the benefit Of the United States.
Section Any citizen of the United States in
China offending against any of the provisions Of the
preceding section may be arraigned and tried for
such offense before the Consular Court Of the dis
trct in which the ofense shall be committed and on
conviction shall be punished by fac Of not more
than $500. nor more than SIX months or less than
| thirty days imprisonment.
This Act shall take effect July l., 1883.
The labor Qucstion-Pian for Relief.
WASHINGTON, February II h Tho testi.
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