Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11

everything in it's course. The loss 's perhaps half @ million.
 . CHICAGO. Feb. .. Trans are arriving 2 and leaving on time to-day, bnt tlie ! telegraph is still demoralIzed. IoleCo reports heavy freshets throughout Ohlo. The railroad bridge at Fremont Is
 swept away, with portion of freight
 train The lower part of Fremont anu ! the whole Of OttOEG are under wafer ! At Cleveland the manuisctOries are 1 submerged Fith great loss of property. ! The Tailey railroad Is under water and ! damages amount TO over one million. . The damage by flood at Akron IS hliy 1. thousand Travel is suspended. iLe ! bridge of tine Baltimore and Ohio road | at Mount Vernon Is swept away with
 a portion Of a freight train crossing ! one brakeman was killed. Two trans ! went through a bridge near Mansfield; | one brakeman killed and one injured. | Meadville IS flooded. Three hundred | families were rescued in boats. The ! flood at Sheleyville, Indiana, IS the ! greatest ever known. The country m
 that vicinity is flooded, portion of the | town is under water and the levees are | broken. Bradforl. Pa. was flooded | Saturday night. Five bridges were ! swept away and many houses damaged. some destroyed. SiKty-five families had | to fly for their lives when the ice gCT ge
 broke.
 PITTsBURG, Pa. Feb. 5.-Allegheny river has destroyed property to the value of several hundred thousand dollars be- tween PittsbUrg and Oil City. No damage was feared here until this morning when a sudden rise carried away coal bsrges and lumber, worth hundred thousand. number of houses were washed away at Parkies. ! Virginia. The lower portion of Free port is submerged At Embartou a l bridge with four men was swept away and one man drowned.
 ME.DyuLE. Fes. 5.-Saturday night the ice gorge in Mill Run broke and the central part of the town was flooded. Over 3DG families we-e rescued Iu b0lts.
 There is much suffering from cold and
 water. The gas works are under water
 and tle city ls il darkness. No railway
 trains can enter Or leave the city.
 WAsHJSgroS, Feb. G.-R1secrans tc- day moved to suspend th- rgies and iS @ day for the consideration of the
 NicaragGau canal bill. The question
 was discussed by Bl0unt. Belmont, NcLIue and k1sspu. Bosecrans' mo- ton was lost iy a vote of l27 Co 1j.
 The vote shows that if the bill cluld be brought before the House in in tAe reguiar way ]. would be passed by handsome majority.
 The bill to provide civil government iu Alaska caua up to-day iu the House and was discussed, bUt resulted in uo action.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Scenes o5 dis
 graceful confusion characterized the proceedings Of Congress yesterday, and speaker Keller has displayed c1nspic- lous y his inability to preserve order
 WAsHISGroy, Feb, G-Senqtor Miller | says the Treasury has not been advised 1 or tle landing ol any Chinese from tubl who desire to 70 through tho 1 country on their way home. He does not think any wlll come away. Nearly | all the Chinese in Cuhg went out by ! way of the cape of Good Hope, and tho ] Senator expects that all wiil return that 1 wHy. lf any considerable number should 1 land oa the Eastern coast to g' t0 the ! Pacific he would look upon theIr arrival | with suspicion and means would be ! taken Co see that tEey did not stou eu- l r1ute across the coHtineu-
 MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. G. The | CUr1neT's jury iU the investigation or ! the Newhall House disaster find she ! p-oprietors of the house guilty Of | cIlpable negligence ID not keeping ga sufficient number of watclmen to guard ! the house against fire and to awaken the inmates and in not having more fire escapes. They also found fault with tle net work of telegraph wires surrounding the hotel.
 OMAHA, Neb. Feb. 6.-C Charles Waite, Sheriff of Sherueu county, shot and ] killed Mrs. C. Ryan, a boarding house keeper, and then shot himself through ,Ae head killing himself instantly Waite and Mrs. Ryan had been engaged, but she broke the engagement.
 ST. LoUIs. Feb. G.-A freight train aa the NandIiia road encountered . broken rail near Mulberry Grove, Ills, early tnIs morning, and seven cars were ditcied. X few moments later a second section Q. the trtI-. .lv-ia- -f'-1 rushed m the rear %. tae first section. smashing 5Ie caboose ro pieces gnt ! WrecEiug nineteen CTS. One engine was thrown across aal down go ~.eep embankment. Fireman NcCuaJe and a brakeman were severely but u8t s5-i- uUsiy injured. The entire aoc-i0n burned
 WHEELING, W NG.. Feb. 5.-Eue river here stands at 3l feet and 9 inches, and IS risiug : inches an hour The surface ls massed with slnsh and u larce-quau- tIty ol drift wood, barrels, fences, small bridges and the like About noon the mall barge with two wagons passed, and shortly a-terwari a fiat boat with a new buggy passed, one end being sunk. The taIr grounds Ot the Exposition AssOcla- ton and other low points on Wheeling Island, are under water, as well as a few low portions of the main part 0f the city.
 INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. J-White river reached its highest point at noon today. Tue water was higher than ever knuwu. it has commenced Iecedluc. The damage along the river was very se- rIUus. and 60 far no estimate can be made. There are eight inches of water on the floor oi the engine house. The water works it lS feared cannot for some time supply the city, and are cut oa The Wabash river is booming. Tao spans of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific railrOal bridge draw, at Logauspo1t, are gone. The n. gular trains are abandoned. The floods throughout the State are general. and nearly uh the railroads suffered dam ages by wash0uts and loss of bridges. On accouut of the dis0rdered condition l of telegraph EIes it is diiiicGlt to get ac- croate information.
 BIoOWINOToN, Feb.5.-At this morn ing an earthquake shock was distinctly felt and heard in this vicinity.
 WoLPsBoEo, \. r., Feb. 1.-Two slight shocks of an earthquake were felt thi. morning; movement from west to east
 NEW YORK, Feb. j.-lt IS announced that Mace aud Slade's sparriug exhibi- ton is positively tO be held ol Thursday on Madison Square garden.
 DETROIT, Micb., Feb. j.-The secured ! creditors ot Ferry Bros. have c.ained about S3o0,OO0. The total liabilities are thought to be about STjO,O01, and the visible property eft IS about S3llW1
 NEWCASTLE, Pl-. Feb. j.-A number of bridges crossing the SestauuOc1 were swept away. Al manufactures are
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