Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-09
CENTRE WHEELING.
Rhas the Flood Has Done and Will Do
I'm That Hictntty.


The South 9ide presents about the same
appearance thst it did on Thursday, with
tho exception Of the change made by the
fell. Many people who were compelled TO
leave their homes on account Of the water
covering their second floors, have returned
and were engaged in cleaning the mud
fem their nOors as the water gradually re.
cedeG, which will make the work great
deal easier. Skilfs, RATS, and all kinds OF
vessels are in great demand by men who
want % take provisions to their families
As usual there are large number OF SEEM
ingly heartless men who demand e1horbi-
tant rates to take persons to and from their
homes. Therefore great many families
have suffered from want Of something to
eat. Men prefer to use their boats to ride
around for the pleasure OF the thing
and tatly refuse to do anything for the re-
lief Of helpless women and children. The
falling water has left the payemeuts on
Chapline street in many places in bad
condition, some Of them being caved in.
The inhabilants were all out watching with
delight the fall of the water and speculat-
ing as to the prospects Of more rapid fall.
Fears are entertained that the great amount
Of oil which is floating on the waters will
greatly iniure the walls, il being hard to
clean Off Although the suffering is not so
intense in the Fifth aud Sixth wards as it
is in the Eighth, yet !. Is bad enough. 10
the latter ward The suffering is beyond
de>cripiOn, and is extremely heart-rend
irg. Hundreds OF mouths are crying for
focd in pitteus manner, and one cannot
in agine the distress that exists in the
extreme southern part OF the city. The
Chapline Street n. L. Church is pied
by number Of families, whose wants
have been attended to, and in
the csnter of the city things are going
along as smoothly as possible. At the
Fl tn ward school house and other refugees
meals s-e served 10 the needy, but sal to
say, also TO large Lumber of impOstJrs
Who have money enough and over to pay
for their own sustensnce, yet who have
the vast amout of contemplate brass and
graspirg stipginess to partake Of the food
prepared for the poor. These people should
be singled ont and jected from the build
ing. The peoples hearts are becoming
lighter as the wafer rscedes and they are
now looking forward to the trouble they
will experience in cleaning up and drying
their b uses. Thieves have been getting
in their work in some of the houees and
have carried Of various small articles OF
value. The police hsve spotted some Of
them and are only awaiting moment
when they will be abls to observe them in
the act of stealing or can secure the testi'
mCny Of some one who can convict them.
These men, it is useless to say, are the
meapest and most contemplate OF what
YOU might cell men. They are human
vultures, and it is hoped the police will be
able to cspture them. A number OF them
are known, and for their own safety had
better desist from their thieving depreda-
tiCus. The destruction OF property is great
in the district, and several families will be
homeless when the flood subsidies. Many
of the alleys are filled with all sorts OF drift,
from houses and board piles to barrels and
boxes. Many of the storerooms and other
business places are exposed to the
derredations OF the water and the goods
will he carried off. The loss can not yet
be estimated.