Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-03-16
Relief Contributions.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 13.-Mayor
Jacobs, of Louisville, who went down the
river to distribute money to suffers by the
flood, sends the following report of the
trip. He will come up tomorrow: First
point of inquiry was Unlontown, where it
was found 900 had been sent by j.
Shields, Cincinnati, $500 by James
Gordon Bennett, this city ST.,
500 being the only foreign aid received
by the town. The impression was that
Unlontown was badly affected though
Mr.. J. g. Hamilton informed Mayor ia
cob that the wants of the needy are
being met he seemed dlsinclined to accept
aid Mayor Jacob, however, gave him a
check for $500 expressing the hope that it
would be judiciously spent. Raleigh, a
very small settlement was found sub
stantially annlhilated but two, balance
hamlet retired to county. Mr.. Jacob
offered those two families 500 but they
refused unless the balance Of the lnhablt-
ants absent shared in the benefit; among
them two colored famllic. Mr.. Jacob
thercupon awarded them $500 which will
be equally divided among all these suffer-
crs at this point. The generosity of re-
naming families deserved equally gen.
erous treatment. Capt. Damarr will see
this money properly applied here. At
Sbawncetown, while the work of the
flood was apparent 1t did not impress
us as being as complete and
far-reaching as has been announced.
Many houses removed from their founda-
tions will yet be serviceablc, and the
towns appear throughout thrifty, like
Kentucky. u.. 80 ...
We found Illinois had abandoned her
river towns to the charity of outsiders
MIR. Jacobs offered to lcayc sum CON-
mensurate with what would appear the
necessities of the town, but he was told
the people were getting on nicely. lie left
$500 to the mayor of Millspaugh, with in
structlons to call on him if further aid
be needed. 1t was our judgment that
Cascyville and Uniontown proportion
atclI' had been more severely stricken
than Shaneetown. The fact of their be-
ing small and below the scale of wealth
of that town makes distress to them
harder to bear. There are fewer to bear
the burden. The mayor accordingly gave
$500 to d. A. Brooks for the benefit Of
Cascyvillc Mr.. Brooks said there were
fully 400 families in about Caseyville
needing daily rations.
At Weston $lO0 was left with T. L.
Lamb.
At Roscclaire 5000 was given d. w.
Bell for the relief of that town.
Smithland is III a wretchcd state
Many old people who had
very little or no means of
sustanance, and it was learned that much
distress prevailed among them. Mr..
Jacobs handed j.. V. Leystere $3.50 for
this town., ....- ..
New Liberty was the last town relieved
and here Mr.. J. A. Shearer was given
800 to apply to the needy.
Along the route the mayor and his
party recognized at once that the work Of
the flood had been terrific, and that farm
ers must be heavy sufferers. 1t was a
matter of regret to the party to discover
the noble example set by Indiana in help
ing her children not followed by other
states who were as able and as much in
duty bound to give shelter to the thou.
sands in need. Among Indiana neigh
bors 1t would appear that these unfortun-
ate people were to look to strangers for
sucCOr.