The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-02-22

W""F" TTW" m" IA
The Board Of Aldermen tonight appro-
priated 5000 for relief Of the hsod suffer.
er<. but the ordinance must - approved
by tho CITY Council before II becomesa GER
rainty. a dispatch was receised from ne
Mayor or L~awrrncsbursh tonight calling
Tor inmciia.e help In The way OF food, and
| there Il q belief TINT AL along ne river
border the demand for relief will b. nearly
~ great - that ~ last year. ~ RESPONSE
20 the Mas mic appeal Tor help Mystic ~
Lodge Of this city responded to-mgnf Win
Bruce Carr. Grand Master Mason Of ndi.
ana. has issued an appeal to members and
lodges in the State, requesting donations
in aid Of the sufferers. - b semitic " m -
Smythe, Grand Secretary e Indianapolis
CoLrunrs. o.. Feb. II.
On adviccs from fomefoy and other river
towns, making arpeeIs fcr aid. 2 meeting
of citizens was called this evening. q which
=. 200 cash was raised IN . short time and
4 COMMITTEES appointed TO- canvass to-mcr-
row. II II expected to make tho amount
many thousands. All the bakeries will put
On full time and ne nrst train ioa1 q
ly the Hooking Valley Road % kerr's sta'
ton IN the morning. from which point pro-
visions will be conveyed 70 the sufferers.
Mansfield and the surrounding towns are
else sending large qaant.t's; q p5o TOY ion,
towns over the Hooking Valley Road. Tel
! ecram~ received from Gowns III
tie Sciofo Valley and Hooking w
lev, near 70 the inundated towns
STATE that the whole of Ports
. the hills The same story comes from 0al'
: lipolis, where thousands Of people ar<
y driven from heir homes. Pomerpy N IN .
similar condition. The Secretary o. state
Governor and Authenticated nave pss,
photographed 70 send tents 70 shelter th'
Y people and the Legislature will . promp
= action for relief.
Y PmrApErrHrA. Pa. Feb II.
The Mayor has called : meeting "a CAL
x@us for tomorrow 70 arrange assistance
for the sufferers by Western Hoods Cnli
T. for relief are urgent
NEW Yonk. Ffb. II.
q Mayor Edson to-day received dispatcne
q Goods. Mayor EdSon referred The appeal
" ~ various commercial bodies and urges
Y them % take immediate action
i wurrrIxn. W. VA. Feb. IN
~~srhe water rccedes 30 slowly that the Low
lands In some places are still covered, ~
a. Il 10 now 70 low boats navigate without u
" jury % property through wash-on wave
~ No more firing on relief boats repprte.
u The r. a d. DEPOT and bridge adjacent
4 endangered " the flood and trains now 80
~ At Water street south or The creek. a
cumulafed mails arr pouring ~ IN Az "a
y Il ~ jul 81 - M
An unknown boy was drowned on n
~ south Side to-day by the cavink-in Or
4. bank. About half of tho homeless Poop
y. have returned 10 their houses or have four
~ quarters elsewhere. Fully 900 people ~
~ homeless. destitute and hopeless, and N
~ hnve 70 Be fcd by The relief committee a
* weeks. The damaged mills can nos "a
n for weeks.
m r~xr1sroLrs. o.. Feb. II.
The relief committees sent q fomer9y y
~ ramped on the hills In terrible want !
~ food ana shelter. One hundred and ~
4. houses have fi0afcd away. Boats =
~ che C0urt-house steps, The people are "a
~ gard and worn out Tor want of sleep. ~
'nc and shelter. Nearly every business man
NJ bankrupt. The coal mines % Syracuse z
W. flooded. a house went bv Aiddleport q
~ gable end. Men rowed out and appeal
VA 70 her 81 gef on, but she refused, sayi
~ she Had four babies below. Tho glass y
sre broken, and the children were seen noat1
IA dead.
YER The river here this afternoon % Il
o'clock attained thirty -two fest On tho gam
her which u two fe<t below The danger line.
om- continues rising - the rate o. nine incl
daily. 4 hns gone over ne banks 2,
IEIe fnr 20 damage has been done. II will a
two fcef additional rise before cha trout
the n the bottom begins. The general impr
] ~ sion prevails among s-teamb0otmcu that
~ Mississippi Valley will not BE- subjected
The SERIOUS i~nundati0n from The water D
ery sight. The ~ Francis basin n filling
by from breaks below Cairo, which will 81.
ne the rise ~ tni> point, out which must
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