The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-20
THE WANING WATERS
AND DEsoLAr,oN IN THEIR WAKE.
The work Of the Flood Gcmp,Nttd, Il lstires Il
M View tho luin II has Wrousht-Aid Afford.
I'd by tho Icon City and the Pitt,bursh n u.
#,f-ts Prsn pArty-piood gatherings.

Mr.. Parker l.. Walter yesterday telegraph
ed from Benwood to the Pittsburgh Chroni
Gle. Telegraph the following account OF tn,
cruise Of the Iron City, which returned tt
Pittsburgh last night:
lnto tho cruise Of the Iron City there ha.
been crowded more incidents oi interes
and moro good work than Is In the log O
any boat on the same voyage. 1t hrs beer
great SUCCESS to all except the newspaper
correspondents who had to send dispatchts
from points along the route. The operator
at Moundsville, in tho railroad office, work.
"a I'LL night and only got half Of his work
done. Tho other work OF tho party waf
wonderfully successful. It is pleasant to
give TO those who are in need aud who re.
ceive what is given them with a gratitude
TOO deep to find expression in words 3 We
gave aiu at many places, Powha.an, Han.
niba', New Martinsyilie, Cochransyills,
Harmar and Wi!liamstown, but at no 9th.
ef places was the state OF affairs equal to
that ut Cochransvlle and Harmar.
Iherenover was very much Of Cochrans.
villa at any time, and now there Is nothing
but one good house and church. The peo
pie wtre sorely stricken, homeless, hungry
without clothing, aud sick without msdi-
cine. The details OF our supply work here
hayerbeen told before, bat no amount oil
writing could giyea Just idea Of the distress.
The tsll, ,gaunt, sad faced, hollow-eyed
men OF West Virginia did not complain
much. They wers shy, and at frat only
wanted little flour and provisions WheD
they saw the spirit in which the goods
were given, however, they gradually
oesaa 10 th.w cut, and then, with tears In
their eyes and Il choke in their. ,hroa.a,
they Confessed that 81 families; of $50 peo.
pic We're slowly starving OF course they
were helped, aud they hurried 10 aud
iro with their loads Of clothes, proyjs. oas
and bsddings. pittsburgh is just the
same Old place she WAS IN war tinss," said
one brawny fellow, as lie aiouldered side
oi bacon. ut does show there is human
iy, don't it?' replied another man. III
makes INT sorter fesl wet in the throat when
think about the people at home and Row
they will get Something 10 60, now"
lhls was ths spirit Of the people at Har.
mar: Its J1st across the Muskingum from
Marietta, and the damage is awful. Some
peop'e are living in huss, AMI Gus OF fifteen
hundred Inhabitants nine hundred aud fifty
are dependent upon their neighbors. Here a
plteous cry ior help came frum the re!i.i
committee, Weran uysr past the ruined rail-
road bridge and gave Harmar goodly share
OF our stuck. IL has been ra,niDgcousiderA-
oiy and We have had & drcary work out on
the storage flat. AS Mr.. Donehoo decided
70 81 on down the Ohio and meet the
stockdale coming up, this plan gavo relief
10 more peopie than il Wa had gone up the
kAnia%hs. Ehe feeling Of these people to-
WARD Pittsburgh and those that senr out
this boat IS one Of severential gratitude.
never have seen anything which couli
equal their touching exhibition OF feeling