The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-02-14
ID moved with the warm beat of


| ter than Revival. 1t awakened
generous feeling and prompted
divine impulses IN every heart
II was a sight for the angels. to
see at 7 o'clock, as the poor men
going to their hard work with
scarcely enough at home to keep
quiet the babies at the scant ia
bic, carrying little packages OF
food TO the City Building for the
starving people whose cry OF
hunger reached their ears.
A sermon and a service which
no church can excel was preach
ed and practiced at our City
Building on last Tuesday morn
ing by the men and women of
Logan in the work of charity
which they did.
Mr.. Brown, of the committee,
furnishes us with the following
statement of contributions:
1000 loaves of bread; Is boxes
miscellaneous stuff, consisting of
butter, canned fruit, canned beef,
condensed milk, cheese, chick
ems and other articles 1 box
butter; 9 barrels crackers: box
coffee; 6 barrels hams and shoul-
ders; Z firkins apple butter; l
barrel apples; 7,barrels potatoes;
1 box baked beans; 1 keg kraut.
Nearly two car loads.
Numbers of the ladies of Logan
remained up I'll night, baking
and cooking. whilst the men with
such help as they could render,
worked through the long and
dreary hours. prompted by an
impulse which, as DR.. Pullen
says, destroys the Elusive doc
trine of the ''total depravity of
man"
TUESDAY Evening.
The Relief Committees met at
City Building.
The reports showed generaas
contribution Of provisions, and
cash collections.
On motion Mr.. G. +. Bowen
was selected as Treasurer to hold
the cash and disburse on the or
der of the committee. A state
ment of the receipts and expen-
ditures will be published next
week.
A telegram from the Mayor OF
Gailipolis, thanking our citizens,
was read.
Adjourned TO meet Oh We'd
nesday evening.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Committee met and received
repor s.
G. T.. Bowen reported that he had
ordered from Mr.. Slires 400 lbs. of
shoulder. which will be cooked to-
morrdw. and that cnongh flour had
uecn secured und distributed amang
the la;:ies tor baking 500 Ioaves OF
bread. AIS, Il lot of bacon and
beans
Air. Green moved that an Execu-
t,re Committee be constituted con
s;s,ing o: I'res. Brehm, Sect Floyd
and Treas Bowen. The motion was
amended by adding Green & Pond
E,o the committee.
The proposition to tender hospi--
tality, food and shelter for the suf-
fere,s was discussed, and it was de-
termined that at least 100 persons
can he accommodated.
On motion of & E Bowen, COM
mittee consisting of Green, Brehm
and Floyd was instruc ed to com
mulicate with the Railroad author
ities, and the authorities at CALI
polls informing them of our tender
Of hosp: ali'y.
On motion, the Chairman, Mayor
Brehm was authorized to employ
George Gage for special duty at the
City Building, to receive and take
care of provisions.
On motion of Mr.. Weaver, the
so letting committee was reques ed
to ascertain the accommodations
that can be 8 cured in the different
wards.
On motion, the following addi-
tionai committeeman were az
pointed:
1st Ward-Wm. Wainer.
I'd Ward-Chas. Becker.
Sd Ward-Wash Wyman.
4th Ward--Dan Woods, j. W.
Tri sen.
On motion Of Nick Fox, the
following committees in the diff
ferent townships were appointed
to solicit contributions of provis-
ions for the hom less and desti-
tute sufferers from the Flood,
viz:
Benton-fsaac Strawn, Jno.
Buchanan, Richard Steele, .ohn
Ii. GODDARD, Ambrose Reid.
Falls-A. j Carnes. Jacob Ma
thias. Johnathan Shaw, Capt G.
W. Glove.
Falls Gore-A. J. Burgess, Ed.
Culver, E. 3. Greene.
Green-J. A. Shaw, Lucius
Kepler, John Nutter, Jim Gil
more.
Good Hope-Able Carpenter,
o. r. Huls.
Laurel-M. V. Nc Groom, Tom
Woods, Jacob r. Calvert.
Marion--John g. Fox, George
Weidner, John S. Martin, Noah
Polling.
Perrv-J. M. Brashears, Louis