The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
THE WORK OF THE WATERS
The Result of Governor Porter's Visit
to Lawrenceburg.
The Relief Committees Efforts to Relieve
the Sufferers Another Contribution
from the New York Herald.

The contributions to the relief fund yesterday
aggregated over $4,000, besides amounts col
leeted which have not yet been turned over to
the treasurer, Collections have been taken up
in the public schools in the city, aud while the
exact amount raised is not known, it will GER
tainly not fail below $500 in cash, besides pro-
visions and other articles contributed. Among
the amounts received by the treasurer were:
From the Carpenters Protective Union. $40; the
Evangelical lions Church, $7s.47; Indianapolis
| division No. II, OF the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, $50; Fifth Presbyterian Church,
SIC; ]. b. Brigham & Co., of Boston, $780, Mary E.
Kimball, of Lebanon, N H., $50; citizens of
PIainfield, $3.50; Danville schools, $s3.75, and
the Noblesyille NJ. E. Church. $I3. Another
subscription of $4,000 was telegrapned during
the afternoon by James Gordon Bennett, of New
York. making the total amount which he has
given $4,000, nearly onethird the entire fund.
Mr.. Benefits dispatch was as follows;
"NEw YORK, Feb. %.
''V. T. Malott, Treasurer Relief Committee:
''You are authorized to draw So, 900 additional
Please telegraph Acknowledgement of this Sec
ond donation and such facts may be interest
JAMES GORDON BENNETT"
In reply the following dispatch was sent last
evening by Mr.. Malott:
% "INDIANAPoLls BOARD OF TRADE, I
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20
james Gordon Bennett, New York Herald:
az am in receipt of your telegram this date
authorizing me to draw upon you fer $4,000, a
second donation for use at intermediate stations
on the Ohio river We beg to return our thanks
for these generous contributions Our boat
started from Evansville at daylight this morn
ing, and will distribute provisions, bedding and
medicines on both sides of the river from the
Wabash river to New Albany. We will
start another boat from Madison tomorrow
morning loaded with provisions, bedding and
clothing, to distribute supplies between Jeffer-
sonville and Lawrenceburg. Will give full
report of the condition of the people along the
entire river as soon possible.
'v. IT. MALoTT,
Committee"
With the subscription received from Mr.. Ben
nett, the fund is increased to $31 1928. The
reliefboat, which started down the river from
Evansville yesterday morning, reached Mt. Yer
non early in the afternoon, and a dispatch was
received by the committee from George F. Bran
ham, who is in charge of the expedition from
that point, stating: 1--WE have relieved the deSti-
tute between Evansville and Mt Vernon, and
we going to Shawneetown."
The relief expedition up the Ohio river from
Jacksonville was decided upon by the commit
tee yesterday, and three carloads of supplies
were shipped TO Madison where the steamer
will be loaded. Horace S. Watson was selected
to go in charge OF the boat as the representative
OF the committee The supplies comprise TO-
600 pounds of corn meal, 10000 pounds
OF coarse homny, 5000 pounds of
hour, Z,OUO pounds OF cooked beans,
put up in three pound cans, 5000 pounds of
bacon, 1000 pounds of sausage, 1000 pounds
OF pigs feet, 5000 pounds OF crackers, 800
pounds of prunes, and 200 pounds of onions.
Besides the provisions, 40 mattresses, so pairs
OF blankets and so comforts were sent along.
The boat will start from Madison this afternoon
at O'Clock.
GOVERNOR PoRTERs VISIT TO LAwRENCEBURG.
Governor Porter returned at midnight from
Lawrenceburg, and was interviewed by Jour
nal representative. He states that the condi-
ii on OF affairs at Lswrenceburg, his old home, ia
very much worse than he had imagined they
could be, and in his opinion it would take at
least $50, coo to restore the homes of the work
ingmen that had given way to the pressure of
the floods and rolled from their founda-
tions. What the people most need is
clothing and furniture The furniture in
their homes has all fallen to pieces, as
the result of long immersion, ana scarcely
perfect article remains. The Inhabitants are
greatly discouraged at the condition in which
they find themselves placed, but are doing the
best they can to rectfy matters. Houses almost
without number have been taken from their
foundations, and not only removed but rolled so
far from their original resting places that will
be almost impossible to get them back. Most of
those who have suffered in this respect are very
poor people. and their loss, representing as it
does years of labor and patient economzing is
almost irreparable. Several hundred people are
still quartered in the courthouse, their homes
either having disappeared entirely or being SO
badly damaged as To be uninhabitable.
NOTES.
Hon. W. W. Curry has forwarded to the State
relief fund $50 from tho Indiana Republican
Club at Washington.
The contribution received by the relief COM
mittee from Fairmont was $s5, instead of $35
enormously stated
Representative Wiley yesterday presented $73
to the State Relief Board contribution from
the citizens of Oxford.
The following additional sums have been re-
ceived by the relief committee of the Knights of
Honor: Vincennes Lodge, $40; Orion, of North
Manchester $40; Mutual OF Muncie, SO; Fidel-
ity, of Fran kfort, $40; Eureka of Indianapolis,
$25; Schiller, of Indianapolis, $40.
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