Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-09
EASTERN NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PREss DIspATCaas
Water silt Rising.

Water silt Rising.
CIScISSATI. Feb. S-The Ohio river
Is rising along its whole length almos
unurecedsutedly At Wheeling II Is B.
feet, and still rising Boats ctnuot pas
under the bridges. Marietta IS flooded
more than ever. The railroad track be.
tween Marietta and Belrie Is six feet
under water. A Tinaes-Sfar specia! saws
Cettlettsburg is already flooded, and
more damage is expected on account of
the great rise in the Sandy river.
| FrightfuI Rise...55 Feet.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb s.-The river f. m
ffty-fye feet, and still rising. A con
| siderable section OF the city is under
water. The Scioto river is also rising
above the railroad track north of Ports
mouth. which il under water. The riv-
er continues 70 rise. BEING ~ feet at one
O'Clock. Newport. Ky, suffers most at
present. Very many house, are ALREADY
invaded by the water. and the people
are moving ont. The Anchor Iron aud
Steel Works. the Newport Iron and Pine
| Foundry and the greater part OF the
Swift Rolling Mill are compelled n
suspend. Merchants along the river
'front.' OF this city are busy removing
Goods from their cellars and first floors
| No further damage to coal barres. No
railroad yet submerged, but viii be To-
| morrow.
| Boiler 8ursted.
Crgcr5sATI, Feb. 8.-A tank exploded
| IL fertilizer factory of Armor. Smith
| Il CO., this morning, fatally injuring q
workman named August Daley.
A Nigh River.
The river was fifty one feet above low |
water at 10 am, and is rising three |
| inches per hour.
Heavy Loss.
GALVESTON, Feb. 8. The loss Of |
sto,kmen throughout the State by the |
recent cold snap will exceed 8 per cent. |
Terrible Accident.
PoTTsyILLE. Pa, Feb. s-A dozen |
miners At work in Logan c1iiiery, North |
cumberland, yesterday afternoon, were |
buried by the c9ving in OF tho mine. |
Two we're killed and five fatally in
iured. All were Polish miners of cpn |
siderable experience. living in tbs yiciu-
ity of the mine. The accident was
caused by the firing of 2 pistol. the con
cuSsion looseniug the wall of the mine
The bodies were frightfGily mu,ilstad.
The latest report is that four Poles
were injured and some fatally.
Lost his Mind.
CHICLoo. Feb. S-Application has
been filed for tue appointment of 4 con
servator for ths estate of the we'll known
millionaire and Democratic politician.
Perry Fl. Smith. The first evidence of
failing mental force was observed IN
London last summer.
Fifteen 10 Twenty Per Cent loss
SAN ANTONIO. Feb. S.-Advicas from
various parts If the State show the aver
age loss of sheep through tie recent |
smell of cold weather to he from L. ~
% per cent. Cattle of all kinds suffered |
To q great extent.
4 Thief Sauch!.
CHICAGO, Fob. S.-rhe police have in
custody the expert hotel thief who has
been committing a series of depreda-
tions for the past two weeks. He 9ivas
the name of VIM Shade. 1t is believed
he 10 the man who robbed the room of |
j. II. Fiemming. p New York drummer,
mt the Palmer House, a few davs ago,
and when discovered frightened away I
three hotel porters and escaped. In his
room in the west side were 92J shares Of /
stock of tho Denver Circle Rqilway. the |
property OF Marshal Jewrtt md Thomas /
NJ. Nichols, the politicians, aud q pro.
missorv note by Nichols for 1850 in |
favor of Speaker Keifer of Ohio. All |
| were stolen from Marshal Jewe't's west. |
| ern agent at the Grand Pacific week |
| ago. In addition there was valuable |
| iawalry and two one thousand mile |
railroad tickets belonging to l.. Thai- |
NOR. The police are unable to identify |
! him in the list of conviots.
stolen Stamp.
WAsHrNdroN. FEB. S.-A Commission 1
has been appointed By the Sec |
rotary of the Treasury to inyesti- |
gate circumstances attending tho |
| loss of the mineral stamp {tgur> u |
used in printing cuts of Internal rev |
enue stamps. which has boon missing !
from the Bureau of Engraving aud |
| Printing since Jan. Sd last. The Com !
mission is IL determine where tho re- |
sponsibility rests and whether the nse
of Z. sat OF numerals to which the lost |
stamp belongs, will be discontinued.
Flood suhsidtn:.
PrrrspuRGH. Pa. Feb. S.-Th9 flood in |
the Mounneahela river reached its high |
est point, % feet, 1T 3 a. M, and soon |
after began 10 fall owing 70 the cold |
weather. which shut off snail streams. |
The water did not get "a high az ansici- !
pated by several feet. The d,maoe Is |
almost wholly from inundation, hut the /
loss from this is considerable. All mills |
along both rivers are submerged and |
oparations suspended Nny stores in |
lower portions of the two cities are UNI |
der water. and hundred families on |
the sonth side of the Allegharv have |
been compeled TO leave their homes |
until the food subsidies. 4 dispatch |
from the town of Monongahela reports !
the damage from the inundation OF |
water subsiding, and no more DANGER IS
apprehended.
Water Lowering.
wuKrsp.RRE. Feb. 9.-The water il |
gradually falling. Travel IL Resumed |
between here and Kingston. The ice IL |
firm.
New Patent Law.
WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-The house |
Committee on Patents authorized Vance |
to prepare a bill tn amend the revised
patent statutes. so rs tn provide that an
American patent may run hftesn years
from the tins the inyentor patented III
foreign country. making all patents
extend seventeen wears, and not IN re-
yiye anv American plteut now dead, /
nor extend any living patent.
Condition OF the working Glasses.
Refore the Senate Committee on Edu
cation and Labor Frank X. Foster,
Secretary of the Massachusetts Fedora
| ton Trade and Labor Unions. made a
general statement If the condition at
the Iaboring classes of New England,
morally, intellectually and phSSleu!y.
He saws class distinctions are gro~in2
Mill operatives ara the worst of. and
Massachusetts operatives are In better
condition than the rest of Se~ England,
on account of the enforcement OF tue
ten hour law. SINE 1873 the average
wages received has increased DO per
cent. while the cost of living has IN
creased u > 10 per cent.
| The Flood at wheeling.
WHEELING. w. ", Feb. s.-the river
haze has again reached 37i1 feet. ahru'
the HIGHEST it was YESTERDAY. and noe
more than two fest moro than was eA-