Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-14
A GOVERNORS APPEAL.

last year Relief should have refel
ence now not only TO food, but [
enabling the poor to replace and +,
pair their houses"
AT LITTLE ROCK.
Little Rock, February l3.--A heav,
rain this morning, but during tn
forenoon the weather was colder an,
the rain Stacked. AT five O'Clock thi
afternoon the river showed a rise o
| twenty.one inches in twenty-foul
hours, and the gauge marked twenty
five feet nine inches. 1t is rising al
along to Fort Smith No further dam
age reported. During the night tn,
| breakwater north of the draw pier OF
the railroad bridge was carried down
and the bridge men feared to open the
draw for steamboats,. 1t is
not believed the bridge Is in
danger, but large force is trying
tn remove the drift wood ST. Francis
river rose mt Madison fourteen inches
in twenty-four hours ending AT 5 y. IN.
Very high water is expected. White
river is rapidly rising. The Duvals
Bluff bOttoms are under water.
THE KNIGHTS APPEAL.
Memphis, February l3.-The grand
lodge of he knights of Honor of the
state of tennessee has issued circu-
lar to the officers and members of sub
ordinate lodges for generous contribu-
lions for the reliefof heir distressed
brethren, caused by Hoods in the Ohio
valley.
AT CAIRO,
Cairo, ILL.,, Februry l3-At p. m
al
inches, aud rising very nearly half
inch per hour. Rain aud sleet this af
ternoon; turning colder with pros
peers of II Freeze. Everything qulet
here, and many think il will hardly
equal the rise OF last year.
MoNEYFRoM MfLw AuKEE.
Milwaukee, February l3.-Volun-
tary contributions for the sufferers Ivy
the Ohio foods amount to about So 900.
The committee appointed at the citi
zens' net ting yesterday has been en-
larged, but no soliciting has yet been
done. The work is crippled 10y the cir
culation of rumurs that a
surplus of the money sent
last year was turned into the general
city fund of places aided, instead of
being set aside as Il permanent relief
fund, and was spent for current eX-
penses Of cities to which it was sent
AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, February lS.-The river
has risen six inches since noon, and is
now forty tour feet three inches. 1t
has been raining in torrents
Ill the afternoon, but has turned much
colder and il is sleeting. The strong,
cold wind now blowing will cause the
waves 10 do great damage TO flooded |
The water from Bear Grass |
;reek is up over the bridge on Broad |
way, and now running over
he street for some distance. |
TIE situation here and at New |
Albany and j, ilersonville at this hour |
: unchanged The cold weather that
5 expected will cause much additional |
suffering. The water is rising nearly
al inch an hnar, aud II is expected to
each the highest point attained by |
asst years fl ioi by midnight. There
$ no telling how much higher it
Will go.
a CATHOLIC APPEAL,
Louisville, February Is The Cour-
er-Journnl's Lebanon, Ky, special
ays VIM. Il. Russell, supreme presi-
lent of the CathoIic-knights of Amer
en- has this day issued the following
address to the Catholic Knights of
america:
Brethren, ali exceptionally
flood in the OHIO
liver is remoTselessly destroy
ny the habitations of many good
nd deserving people. As executive,
call on the fraternity TO send at once
o b. G.. Everlage, supreme trustee, at
ana to eN-President Will
lam Smith of Louisville, such
on ributions as you may desire
o make, that our organization may
ssist in relieving the suffering. This
5 sent to the press of the country as
he quickest way of informing the
nights, who cannot refrain from aid
ng the helpless and INDECENT in tins
distress produced by the act of God.
Signed, Wan. Il. RUSSELL.
Al ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, February 10 -Telegrams
eceived by railroad officials report
,ood deal of delay 10 trains aud dam
.ge to the Missouri, Kansas IL Texas
branch of the Missouri Pacific through
he Indian Territory in the way of
yashouts, caused by the heavy rains.
Nhe Arkansas river is very high,
nd all its tributaries are AT
od height. Much of the country
Ilong these streams, not only in the
erritory, but in western AK ,nsas are
ubnerged, and heavy damage Is done
o property. The dispatches also state
hat heavy rains have fallen nearly
I'll over Texas, and numerous wash
'uts have occurred on the railroads,
ielaying trains ana interruping traI-
ic of all kinds Washouts have also
occurred on the Iron Mountain in
southeastern Missouri, but trains have
,een able to get through by running
Town the Belmont branch to Charles
on, and thence to main line at Poplar
Bluff. A heavy snow storm prevailed
iere to-day, but IL is now clearing and
Getting cold
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.
Louisville, Februar. ID -Gov. Kno :
O-day signed the I. solution npproprla-
ing $25, 900 to the Kentucky flood SUI
erers. Secretary of State jas. Me
aen2ie started out this evening TO at
end to the distribution. Gen Ruius
'axton, in charge Of the distribution o.
he $500 900 appropriate by the United
states government, chartered the
'teamboat Matte Hays, and will start
m "A distribution tour down the rivel
Thursday.
LEGISLATIVE RELIEF.
Columbus, Ohio, February l3,-Both
branches of The Legislature passed