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rnr Flood IS7rLLloEscEH' oil Saturday
III. sxs Of the WEEKLY 1STELLl'
'r ~, cor,aInluya graphic History OF
r,,o,. was In very great demand
~ ,Aa law, extra edition was exhausted be.
,'.s l.s man., and the press had to be started
~, ~, ,rps, supply. Orders from all direc'
" rama in 30 iast that by evening twas
' a,..s,.,y TO 20 10 press again. This time
,1.,, ,,r,s edition WAS printed, enough,
= !, hoped, to satisfy all demands Copies
,,,v xAad@M lie Gbiee in ''rappef' ior mall
ipg.
ri, believed that Of tho Flood lSTRLLl'
,.,,,n Of Saturday more copies were
..;,,ad and ,,lel than Of any single number
Il 4 newspaper ever printed in Wheeling
;, aso,, with matter OF absorbing public
,.,.,os, and II will 70 into history as the
mos. complete and accurate narrative OF 'he
calamity Of 1881. l
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HEisI: ilE IL AGAIN.


1ho Charley E.ss Affair Comes Up Once
ALTON, ILL.,, February 1G.-The convict
Donnelly, who was sent to the Chester
penitentiary last fall on a charge Of bur.
slaFy, and who claimed that he knew where
Charley Rosa was concealed, has made a
written statement Of the matter, which Is
in the hands Of Sheriff Hotz. Donne.ly says
that he was acquainted with a colored
xoman named Lacy Scott, who married a
herman Named Richards. The latter told
hlm that he knew where Charley Ross was
concealed, aud offered to deliver up the
BOY and divide the reward. Richards said
ne was afraid he would be arrested il he
delivered the boy to the authorities. He
aud DJnnelly went to negro cabin about
q fntts east Of Fosterburg, in this county,
and the iattcr asserts that he saw Charley
Ross there. lie describes him as Is years
Old, lair complexion, high forehead, light,
curly hair and dark blue eyes. Donnelly
sad that he intended to rescue the boy,
out his arrest prevented 1t. The matter
vas pretty well investigated by Charley
hoss' \ father last fall, and nothing came o.
y, but Gov. Hamilton thinks it will bear Q
felnvestigation. 3s}5 NV d
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OHIO CANDIDATES.,

All ihc Prnn,inent ,nfn HsiievtA TO
81, i'Ays Committed Political Suic dc, fl
ffom Our Special touespoas.eat, I, n; Y d,
Ii WAsnlNoroNr February 10 There is a
growing ngimpreesion tina, O,io men will not
figure largely in the coming Presidential
race. prominent CINCINNATI politician
here on a business trip, who has been for
soma time past!in New England Gays he
thinks all the Ohio candidate are out oi
the race. 4, lft$Gll
Ssl.Hoadly, Payne and Foster,',Ghc said,
"are all dead I 10 fur aa the, Presidential
question Is sgeoncefnta, and by their own
hand atthat. Hoadly and Payne are. in
tho esme boat in regard to the question o|
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THE WOnL 1atiskI'r.
NO letter Prices. ihougl, the ka;c. nrc \
n 3, ,iti ttlgi TtIflG LRrgsr Il ~ 1's.Cg''

L &
| q t!iLi;s! Title Larger. '5l,jlis
BosroN, February III, TIE total ,ecsinfta n
OF wool at this port during tho Il; pasS ,Ss., Week
comprised 49ys bales domestic and tl So
bales foreign, against 0 20s balls 4llonesa,,ic. a,i
Eena l6S foreign for the etimEisas;ts Fe,r.
The total receipts -sincD u l,l.lsry; 1881
comprise 20. 900 hSfes ,lnmes;i9t d, ,0ois
bales ioreigu. sgains. 43 04s -balgs ,lom.s,jt:
and. ! 600 bales tofeign ior the CORRESPOND
ing psroid Of ] 1883. - i, ot.e
The saiea for the week ccri pf;;sh 2 947. 100
lbs Of domestic fleece and pulled and ! II .
900 lbs & Of = foreign making 'tha wt Ii i
| transactions. loot ny 3 49,, 900 lb,. ,noain.t
3.2ll GOO aud .. $50 500 l0s i5r Inc TWO nIe.
vious ,wetks' transactions. q. Issl''7 =
i The tone OF tho market il mnch thoi
same as week ago. No better n1icca. as n
rule, are being secured ior apy grade ot
wool, although the short supply oi ;I.un.
washed woods ia apparent. - - - -.
Inc contest with manufacturers is p,ilI
70 buy wool as low as possible, and press
aown prices very zealously. They : aro
about a month backward in bsriunino
upon their heavy goods, mud have ia manS
instances done better upon spr;u. goods
than they had expelled u =; ? 9 seI,1 -
We should quote the selling prices Of
the market Of lradirg dissertations as iol.
lows: Ohio and Penn No ril.ece. 3S 40. I:
\. 80 sc; NNsand above, 30t4le; silya
\, N's5 tue TER, .l7s2lc; meu, % 95e:
sandy heavy woo!s 8 81 less tiian mis-:
Monta fine, % i25@; choice med do, "A ieCr:
Ga mel, 2O:21; Tex iell, 3l5i.3c, ,ann,e
alsne,; sppring Hp cllp med, y months, q ,.BG;.
nhe dos ssa25 ]; six to.eight months wool,
med, 2Oa23r;i fine do. .20A24c; Kan fire, Is,
29:; med do 2lso3 ); carpet .l5 .17S: mad
unwash, 20 :S0r; tlae dc, % o5 nninereh'
hne, 26aSOc; Me super, 4oal2,; cor, sp Der.
SoAS5c; No combing, i2a44r; aur, d5e;
CO coa1se combipg, S2a35:; unwa4t, cou,binp't
2oa?o'; fine Ohio delaine, 80 4Os;t fae ne
Sa sllch 90, SStS93 ca, spfing nominal, "a
5; sor; eastern ORE, 22927c; valley. Ore, h27a
20,; ~; ~ southern detective, lGalSc; do fall,
lUi nc. ~ ~
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have been disc c'ntInusd for some time. but
especially when boats cannot run regularly.
there Is y great demand for that tiaIns y - :

Ono Of the boxes sent from Newark, o.,
came from school rom No. 8, Ta.d when
opened told 1t, own story. It contained acc.
ond hand olo.hing-one complete suit from
ihe teacher and one from each boy aud girl.
pnt all gether those who were given tht tss
clothes and one could have had very good
idea OF Newark school No. g. ~ - ="
Wagon loads OF supplies have been sent
out from here to Vegas and tbs desolated
houses below, and much has been sent over
70 Benwood. A car load was sent up to
mayor Mitchell al Martins Ferry, Saturday
evening Bellaire has been well supplied
and MSS recognized the fact that she is looked
upon as distlioutit center for other PLACES
notso easily reached. : "a. 4 '7IsT'iTol'
Bellairo's country roads nead much more
atssnti9n than thsy are receiving, tho rail.
attention party started the 10Th other sDm,o morn.
Ink for court at ST. Cialrsyillt, when no
trains were running. They dlyutsd them.
selves into several oarriagea bat had 10 re-.
turn, 1t being impots!bl~ to get over the
roads In that way. They went on horseback,
Those having building lots and abba to
build would do good service to Bellaire by
putting up houses, for themselves or for reni.
as soon a1 possible. There was a good de.
mand for teuement hou os before the flood,
anu numbers OF houses have bsen DESTROYED.
The steel works and The Fnterpriss window
glass worss will 10th Q In oaer t on by The
tlmo houses ca, bs built to accommodate The
iucrase in population they will make. 4 m
It was hard Saturday 10 find erorph
help to wait on tho paopls at the relief stors'
It has been tcrlouB drain on some Of ,boss
Who have been constant In their attendance.
Some have quit, others are ready to quit. and
+tepa Will have TO be taken to see that the
disposition Of all that remains, and hore Is
much yet stored in the rooms, be made In
such way as to leave no room whatever for |
complaint on the part ofthe generous giyars.
Bellaire may nted help tgain. 8a5l IL,
:. , Tbs nsrfow g,pg, trains now come 10 the
Pinch run trestle, whers they are met by |
srain run down from the teput here, aud
passengers and express goods and the mails
are @trantfsIred. small packages Of freipbi
are all that are being taken by the freicbt
department. Pres dent y. H. Mooney was In
town Saturday and is not disc luraged By the
series Of disastera that the rosd has mht. in
Common with otherl roads,, but Which have
been more severe en- the narrow gauge, on1
account ol It having sn much new trace. r,5i
y
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eTirr death of MIR. A. Il. Fleming, OF the
Farmoat Ii;a I'irginian, is a loss 10 West
yu,;nia journalism. Iu the prime OF hia
pby,;cal and mental powers, be did much
10 reyolusiouiza the politics of Marion
c,uuty, and made the paper with which
be va, connected C. power for good in that
lorali,y His place will not easily be filled.
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IT was physical impoaslbillty for the
food 10 reach Columbus, but why, oh why,
did no. some Buckeye Lorelei lure Allen
0. Myers down to the seething waters Of
the beautiful river and chuck him under a
few tiuts jus. to get The deviltry out Of
him. Because Pickawsy and S. R. r. sur.
yiye there ore persons who will declare
the flood failure. NJ s.
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bribery and corruption In politics, and l
imagine the same may be enid Of Foster,
Hoadly'B record before and after Tho elec.
tion killed him for tho nomination. Payne
stands nopossible show, think, since his
out and .nut purchase Of the Legislature,
and Mr.. Foeter has not only ruined his own
chances but very seriously injured those Of
his party. However, II tho smocratic
Legislature continues its present course the
RR.epublicans will be very likely 10 carry
Ohio next year, but Ohio will have no
Presidential candidate this time, unlt s, the
choice should happen to fall upon General
which Is not at NIL probable"
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TAXING CARE OF THE SUPPLIES, /;
: WENDELL PHILLIPS, WILL,
His ESfn!c Btqurntii.d Il 10 His wife nut
5t-=7 aitls dOptcu DAurhter SttLs -.

his Esth!c bfqurhth. Il 10 His wife nud
Adopted Daughter. 4,
BosroN, MASS, February lG.-The will
Of Wendell Phillips has been filed in the
Probate Court. The inventory is yet TO
come' but 1t is understood that the estate
will,not exceed 10000. In careful LEGAL
phrase he beguea.hs the whole TO bis wife,
Ann Greene Phillips, ior her use,s prinoipal
and in!eresssat her diacretionisWtthou be.
fig called 'to,atcount for anyse1p 1penditura
or investment Of any part Of it, Ii she dies
intestate, then he gives any remainder un.
expended Of his estate 6rst to the amount
Of $500 t. MIRA aophy NJ, Springer, Of Wet
Chester, Pa, and all the rest in trust To bis
nephew Samuel 7. Bagdep. Of New York,
to hold all eaid trust iund iora PbGbe / 6.
Smalley, wife Of George W. W.asmalley, of
London, during her !!ie,paying her quarter.
yearly the net income Of the same. and at
be: death to divide said trust.iund equally
among her children, +, =" q
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NEW MARrINsyILLE.

An Interesting Eatcn Of Fluoda and Othe.
>r 'lE..f ~ Notes. s
Correspondence Of the inte4egeneer.
New MAnTlSsvlLLr, W. Va, February
l6.-As the river falls it only diacloses desc.
lation and ruin more complete. Many
houses which were. though. to be unin.
jured will have le ibe, almost entirely re.
built. Our people are busy at Work, scrub
bing out their houses and preparing them
f'roccupa.ion. Our business men are all
as cheerful as could be expected under the
circumstances. They will all continue in
b1s'n'ss, and hope to be able to maintain
their credit with the Wholesale merchants.
: An old lady by the name Of McCaskey,
long q resident here, and mother OF John
McCaskey, recently deceased, WIS SO over.
come by the,excitement and terror Of the
"fluod" as to bring on paralytic stroke,
from which it is feared she will not re-,
cover, SIlt. 49,, 'UFrri .7e-t, H.
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AT PADUOAH,
Moxt OF the. City Under Water mud More

Moxt OF the. City Under Water mud More
-. - Coming. i,i,5 9,,t5
EVANSVILLE, IND, February > 1.-THE
news from Paducah is far from assuming.
Much Of tbe city Is under water, end the
river Is rising steadily. The people there
are counting on three or four feet more Of
water, which will carry the food to .
greater height than las. year The situa.
ton in several ;smaller towns .above and
below IS alrea,ly qnile rs ba1 IA last year,
but owirg Ia. the frequent occurrence cf
disasters the ,cts are not SO well ksow n 10
the coultry ut large
~ u MAN pE"E ,DLY LOST. tEff Si 1i
The Associated Press agent just bcfme
leaving Saas neatowr, Swuds inf fmrd. that
Wmy Aiwnold left Henry richardson's
mills th re In a ssilT Fur ,.ays u !, { TO u 10
bis home, and las no. been heard ii SIND Q.
It Is. believed she2 a ;s',el. -dt5w I'D,
this Is Shawnee.o sn'c FRS L. suot.yId,y'us
the present a ,ol. The,p iayas t.tn ,nsny
narrow escapes and 1t Ia remarkable
that more drownirgs hrye not uccurte !.
Many persons are very rfckliss / and
70 about In boats foi the rudeet construo.
ton. Many Of them hastily and roughly
constructed, and leaking 90 last that thev
haye to be constantly bailed Sout Y ekif:
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y NEWPORT, ARn February l0.-The over.
flow from the White river is the great, st
ever known and the river is still rising.
Communication with Jacksonport is cut of.
One hundred iamile es are reported to be
lodging in the court house there, and many
others have been compelled to leave their
homes The Newport academy 10 crowded
with sufferers. The Iron Mountain rail.
way levee threatens to give way. II it
breaks it will cause the water to rise two
feet higher. Business Is entirely Hus.
nendei t.l -. ~, ". - - u ...,a,LL
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AT Ulhd,ISa >TI.
Recovering tho Bodies From tho Wreck
,fi5tf -, l- q. 'of Friuny. .b5srE Il az q

Recovering tho Bodies From tho Wreck
,tsfS,tft,E OF Friuny. H}sN
CINCINNATI, o., February 1.-THE river
is receding about an inch and a half an
hour. 1t stood at G5 feet ct II p NJ,
Three roustabouts. at the risk OF their
lives, undertook to recover the bodies from
the building on Pearl and Ludlow reeta
which fell Friday. They found the bodies
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burke and their
two children, two and four years Of ago, in
bed, evidently drowned. The father and
mother each !, had child in their arm S.
They also: found the bodies Of Mary
Coulter, Jas. Ogden and J. W.Kyle. ~
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CHEERFUL Mn. PAGE,
Ne takes ami Encouraging View Of Il
~ --lr- PrOaNecta Of tho NlYnr Kann LL-L

Nc takes ami Encouraging View Of the
~ t Prospects orthe Hiycr Ronu. !giI
ffom Our Special Correspondent. "A '4s
d WAsnlSaroS, February IS -Represtn,a.
tive Paige, Of Ohio, one OF t1e principal
contractors in the construction Of the Ohio
River railroad, from Parkersburg to Wheel.
Ing, says that the damage caused by the
Hood to the road has been very much ex.
aggeerated He says tho losges will not ex.
ceed SEQ. 900. MI. Paige ssy that 80 far as
the road-bed Is concerned, the a sod has
been more benefit than a disaster, He
says that 1t has caused the road. bed to set,
tie more rapidly than it would have other.
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Third avenue, while the Ensign manu-
featuring company's shops are mill
above, and In sight Is the town OF Guyan
dotte. Below the business portion nearl,
Two miles lie the littlei villages iof Wes
Huntington and st. Cloud, farther
down Y Ia Ce,edo.T n and two milel
below, at the mouth OF the Big Sandy
Catseltsburg, Ky. These towns lie Or
lower ground than Huntingdon, proper.
HEIGHT OF THE rLnop. ~ Y
SATURDAY. ina o,h ,ho ,,v.. h..,, ,;.,n,
-, ' '..s,'', w e''' 'u' t,'ei pekaA ''s'Ds
anu aa at'ashed H'l us greatest height tuesday
The water than had entirely covered Guy.
andotte, tue Eusipn works and tenement
dwellings wers tlooded mt MarahalI cnl.
lepe surrounded, the high ground be
imeeh IVY hweata wen! ana Fourteenth street Do
of,he town Fran sT TxaIthS M o ailae, uppst dpIn p
to Catle,,sburg everything wa under
water. In the middle portion Of the town
tns 8Aer extended 10 tue SECOND terrace;
u. ue.ow u Mas Dack 10 tho bills. HOUSES
we5e washed from their foundations, upset
"uu "asa;i Gsi1eu away. Inc waters heiu high
eain's",. nns. !, ...,3E +, t.'-' ~" -
,o.. pd%n .m. eelo% te s mere tue scene was simply
.e,iho' mn,,i,.' ,.; ame risei over mile woe alu
.Mn.Lya ay enneeplnR everything pe!ofe,ta y.
!. t!moet, hi, ,houses, outnouses, debris Oh all
.anu.t, nanua nnsd @ Inc stream. I Houses We're
HiGs1eo' ,;1ia anu the people took to the highest
h''.s. u a.
hoa As noon as me extent OF the damage
oes"h W W hHoWn,f Rellet COmmlttee
% ~aa ,oln'eu, anu all the aid possible was
tenueieu ,.'i 'i up ana down the river; Ihe loss
na,,, me,h Was grew put me citizens did all they
eoIlu iol a,, .ne'r mole unfortunate ftleuds.
a,.m, ,u ,ha lea't. poat !; l9ok ride up and
uown y ,.al '4e H,i IlVei. No!hing but water and
wAser. W. = htlp was needed everywhere and
~ "ucn gwen as possible. 4
LOSS, IN NElGuBoRiNa TOWNS.
In the town Of Guyandotte mt n house
was was }rft drv ar5 hi.h ,hora matos
p..,,...,,;,, enu n'su aoose Nv. "A!ef.
-ie.'o''yn'e' aesoss the 1iVer' suffered IN a
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Destructive FIRE iu,l,lc,r:o,, !,

CHICAGO. February: l7.-Fire sT broke Z Z ont ut
IN the basement Of Nos 10 and III Niul;.
son street, occupied on the lover floors Sby.
he grocery and importing firm 2oi C3,J.
Evan, and on tho upper: floors by Chas.
Glamz, importer Of iura. The \ Il ,mrs
quickly spread to the fifth fl lor, a 5d.nes
volume Of tmoko preventing the fi,emen
from working ellectuslly. It is believed
that both firms will be completely DESTROYED
hy the JOINT action. .of: the; water and hre.
Tbs tolAl7loss; will reach $3.50 600, They
arc believed to be well injured. ;E,f1 -T;.','f
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EVIDENCE accumulates that the assess'
man. business is not pleasing to the farm
Or, Of the Safe. Letters in this issue
,,om Psndle!or and Preston. counties give
p,ter.nca in pretty vigorous Euglish to the
feeling Of tho people in those localities.
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Tue flood caused the lNTELllGESCER greai
Inconvenience and some loes, but il
brought II largely increased demand fol
the paper. The eales OF the WEEKLY In.
rrLnGEScRR OF last week, and ofthe special
tl3od number on Saturday, have never
been eqaaled in Wheeling. For all tha,
tho lsrELLlGEScER doesn't "hanker arter'
another big iresl."
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SUFFOrATED by Gas,
lWo Drnnaen Men BLOW Ont tho Ga.
B.. nud Perish. 10. a. !. AZ

80 "AunAeu Acn BLOW Ont tho Gas
... mud Perish. I'D.
LEXINGTON, Ky, February lo.-Two men,
Wallace Breckman and Dick Craig, were
! found dead in room No. 81 at the Ashland
aouse this morning. They stopped at the
motel last night about 70 o'clock in a
drunken condition, and called for a bed
lortwo. They retired at once, and, il is
supposed, blew out the gau. When dis.
covered Craig was lying with his body on
me bed and with his feet on the floor. On
als lace was depicted the most intense
agony. The other man was doubled up.
xith h.s head and feet on%the floor as m
taough attempting to crawl. A coroner's
,,nauest was held this morning. Wallace
Nea I've. at Midway, Ky, and Craig was res.
": D, Ray, Of Helena, KY, was found ii
aaylns condition at the Pha4pix Hotel
yesterday ~ morning, he having blown jou,
sns Ms gag before retiring. Alter much din.
Nu''y ae WIS restored. =. 81 ~
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HlSMAltcli'a SSU,s.
ne ne Returax The Ln>kcr EespIutiorn
IS 4, 81 lIsnSheL by y,,uyr4>S. n 81 S5s51s

y - . -. H 81 H -
I'hSaed by J0ngress. igssgsfas
Z LONDON, February ia Berlin core
spondent Of the Times eays: Prince Bis.
marck has returned to Herr Won Eisendeck.
tr'the German Ministerial Washington, the
resolutions OF coincidence on Herr Lasker,a
death passed by Congress, with counter
request to return the same to the House 'of
Representatives, as the position OF Llsker
IN Germany was not snch rs to Justify the'
resolution. The Times adds thai, although
the above seems incredible, the iact is tin In
relations at Washington and Berlin ara
N, a etate Of great tension, chilly
ewing to the spig. a,sh. question. Tna
Times concludes: zone tsins is certain.
we have not head tho last OF the Lssker.
incident. The Americans are ,nnch too
pfond, TOO sensitive, and too Independent
. ,rE
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Tho McDonala. .nor.ison Ticket.

from our Special Correspondent. K NJ. }.s,..3}t4 4,
@WAsHlSaroN, February l6-The pro
posed Democratic ticket Of Mcdonald and
Morrison does not seem to fire the publ,
heart with Lu,iasm. Congressman
Thomas, Of Illinois, who is a pretty goot
barometer OF polite, in his STATE, listened
with smile to your correspondent es ht
mentioned the fact that such a ticket hac
been placed in the field. "Yea," he said
with smile, "tbat ticket wou'd carr,
Illinois with q msjority Of forty thousand
for the Republicans. IShops The Demo.
Gratis will nominate 3iust such a.,ickot as
that, but they won't" & 5s,5,5;s. !.
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More Loss or Lie NJ Cincinnati,

CINCINNATI, February 16,-A yawl con-
tanning four men from the Pittsburgh
steamer S. L.Wooda, capsized in the q cd
at the foot Of Sycamore street at o'clock
this afternoon. Thomas Lynch, Of St.
Louif, / and Mike Stevens, OF Louisville,
were drowned. q The other two were
rescued. The yawl was swept by the cur.
rent against the paddle wheel OF a steamer.
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Mr.. 4. II. tlemtug, OF Fnirnont, Dies
AitcrR Lingering Ilinens. ~ d,
!rtcidl Ntpatth I. The Intellisslcer. s., rs
FAlRMoSr, ". Va, February ia. H.
Fleming. senior proprietor Of the Vest Eir.
gnian, died this morning at . o'clock, after
an illness Of six weeks. He was in the
thiHy'six,h year OF his age. His funeral
takes place tomorrow at o'clock. The
Knights OF Honor and Grand Army Pos.
will have charge OF the funeral.
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PARIS, February Thirty thousand
supporters ot,the Prince Napoleon ase
adopted Tesolutions demanding a revision
Of ihs Constitution, T,he nomiua,ion ol n .
constitutional assembly yaun the restoration
70 the p.ople Of the riyh. Of d.rsc. election
oil the Chief Of State. - A W - V :
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F,cIIuror CUulIdcuco at Cairo.

CAlno, ,ILls February 1.-THE river is
80 feet inches and rising slowly. There
was rain last night and tonight. 1t now
Only lacks one foot Of last years gauge.
Everything is quiet tonight. Should the
rise exceed last years the city is prepared
to meet II. " S3iS5, t4zss FrsfsI-F aifg
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Fleeing .s n BIRD 10 tho Hills.

FuLroS, ARR, February 16 The Red
river is rising a half inch per hour. The
whole country is a vast sea. Hundreds Of
families are nseing from the raging watere.
Herds oil cattle can be seen standing on
small islands patiently awaiting their doom.
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Iu;. bo remembered that the State Fair
Ia m, tho '.hated Mongolian." II anyone
thinks /! "mrss 20" lie. him divert his mind
i,om lis melancholy reflection by helping
ln sara Il ~
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pass over a good many houses, and the
roofs can be scarcely reached by the longest
oars. As the river rises the current is In
creasins In force, and In many parts OF the
Town only the most expert oarsmen can
steer hnnt. rf5,, :. ffl Il HFIII' M M
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! l!Yea!us'osrows,t &! o. February l0-The
body Of Miss Gilmore, taken rom tie vault
#; Warren yesterday on showing slgnls OF
l,fe, was examined at; 8 thin afternoon by
three physiclans and pronounced5 dead!
The body was again placed in the vault