The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

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are also flying very freely, carrying
passengers wherever they wish to &C
/ AS intimated to-day, no news from
Lawrenceburg was good news. Moth
ing was heard from there till tonight
when the News-JOurnal special tell
that the wind had no specially disaSt
rous effect, though last night and to
day has been a period of great anxiety
MILWAUKEE HELPS.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 13.-Voluntary
contributions to the sufferers by the
Ohio floods amount to about $1,000
The committee appointed at the citi
Zens meeting yesterday, has been en-
larged, but no soliciting has yet been
done. Work is crippled by circulation
OF rumors that surplus OF money sent
| last year was turned into the general
city fund of places aided instead OF
being set aside as a permanent relief
fund, and was spent for current eX-
penses of the city to which sent.
THE QUAKER CITY CONTRIBUTES.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13.-At a
meeting of the citizens committee of
relief for the sufferers by the floods
| to-day Geo. w. Childs subscribed $500,
y. 5. DreXel & Co. $500. 1t was de-
cided to send $1,000 to Cincinnati.
ADDRESS TO CATHOLIC KNIGHTS.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 13.-The Courier
Journals Lebanon, Kentucky, special
says VIM. E. Russell. supreme preSi-
dent of the Catholic Knights of Amer
lea has this day issued the following
address to the Catholic Knights Of
America:
Brethren:-An exceptional flood in
the Ohio river is remorsely destroy
ing the habitations of many
good deserving people; as executive 1
call on the fraternity to send at once
to Is. q. Everlage, supreme trustee, at
Cincinnati, and to eX-President Will
liam Smith, at Louisville, such contri-
buttons as you may desire to make,
that our organization may assist in
relieving the suffering. This is sent
to the press of the country as the
quickest way of informing knights,
who cannot refrain from aiding the
helpless and INDECENT in distress, pro-
duced by the act of God.
(SigneO WIN. E. RUSSELL.
Gov. Knott to-day signed resolu-
ton appropriatiDg $4,000 to the Ken
lucky flood sufferers. Secretary of
State Jas. Mckenzie started out this
evening to attend to the distribution.
Gen. Rufus SaXton, in charge of the
distribution of the 100000 appropri-
ated by the government, chartered the
steamboat Matte Hays and will start
on distributing tour down the river
Thursday.
The Courier Journals DanVille spe-
cial say Jasper Shearin to-day was
shot and killed by his cousin and
brother-in-law, G. w. Rawley, in Boyle
county. The killing originated in a
family feud, and was done in self-de-
tense. Rawley's father killed Shearin's
brother a year ago, and meeting to-
day an affray enSued in which Shearin
killed Rawley. The family for the
past thirty years has figured in bloody
affrays in which no less than ten men
have been killed.
A LIBERAL LEGISLATURE.
COLUMBUS Ohio, Feb. 13.-Both
branches of the legislature passed
bill to-day appropriating 100000 to
the Ohio river sufferers. Members
sent purse of $3.50 to the relief COM
mittee. At meeting of citizens to-
night $1,000 cash are reported raised.
The relief committee has already sent
three Car loads of provisions and cloth
ing, and further arrangements for IN
limited donations as long as needed,
are made. Frederick Ward, tragedian,
gives half the gross receipts of four
performances for the benefit of the
sufferers.
THE ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, Feb. 13.-The Ga
zette's special from Arkansas City
says the river is higher than for thirty
years. The bank is caving and houses
are tumbling in. Texas & st. Louis
trains are stopped from going south
by the floods. Many plantations be
low here are inundated. The eastern
part is under water, and the White
and Black rivers are rising Bates
vile is submerged: The loss to farm
eTs in fences and stock is incalculable.
ID immediate danger here. At Ar
Kansas City and the country around
Duvall's Bluff is under water, and the
White river is rising. St. Francis
river has reached the flood mark at
Madison, the stopping point for east
bound trains of the Memphis & Little
Rock railway in times of overflow.
DESOLATE.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-THE river is
slowly rising, having reached seventy
one feet and three-fourths of an inch
at noon. The sudden cold last night
made the suffering more intense, as
many people in the flooded houses are
either not provided with fuel or have
not the facilities for using it. In
Newport, KY, this morning the scene
was most desolate. The high wind of
last night moved the waters so as to
topple over many more buildings, and
loosened from their foundations they
have swung into the streets until, in
many cases, relief boats have great
difficulty this morning in passing
around them. Need of help in New
port is increasing, as the stores of the
imprisoned families grow less and less.
Fortunately thousand dollars
were received this morning
from Secretary Lincoln, another
thousand from the Cincinnati Cham
Der of Commerce. The water is now
within a few inches of being five feet
higher than the great flood of last
year. 1t reaches more than half
square above Third street and Lock
street. The Panhandle depot is en-
tirely surrounded by water, and it is
several feet deep on the floor. The
grand Central depot has from six to
eight feet of water on its floor. AT
Mill street the water reaches into
Fourth street; further west it crosses
Fifth street, and at the Cincinnati,
Hamilton s. Dayton depot it reaches
half way up to Sixth street. AT Free
man it crosses Sixth street; in the
west end the encroachments eX-
tend eastward as far as Freeman.
sEYENTY-ONE FEET HIGH.
CINCINNATI, Teb. 14.-At a. m.
the river was seventy-one feet deep,
rise of tire. and half inches since 2
a. m. The weather is cold, the Their
mometer registering twenty degrees
above zero.
Parkersburg, W. Va, reports fall
of twenty inches and Gallipolis eigh-
teen inches in twelve hours.
At Maysville, sixty miles above Gin
cinnati, the water is stationary, which
indicates but very few inches more
water here.
Telegraphic communication is re-
sumed with Parkersburg, but Mariet-
Ia, Ironton, New Richmond, Ripley,
and other small towns, are entirely
cut off.
IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE Def AILS.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 14.-It is impos-
sible to give details of the losses in
| this city by wrecked and floating
houses. The wind of last night added
| TO the number wrecked in the eastern