The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-26
THE nEsOIur4'N nErUnN
AFTER Doing Good Work In RcIievIn
I.aAN tho kufIcrcrn l-lE.IH fhr..

After Doing Good Work in Relieving
| I.'' tho Sufferers. 'f y
The towboat Resolule, Capt Warren
E!sie in command, returned to this city
yesterday, and after brief stoppags, pro.
ceeded to Pittsburgh. The R ,soluts went
down as lar as pArkersburg. In his report
from Marietta Of tho expedition, Mr..
Joseph G. Siebeneck fays: "The Rssolu,e
reiief expedition received Lieutenant Gar
llneton, representing the United Ssates
Government, on board and q lot OF blank.
cts, etc, for Colonel Sidney Morgan Mt
Parkersburg. Mr.. Darlington is merely on
tour el observation and nowise interferos
with relief matters Telegraph lines do
not exist along the river between Mounds.
vile and this place. Our boat and barge
landed ut numerous isolated houses, cabins
and shanties and in every inst .nce found
that aid and relief were as unexpected as
acceptable. The fact is the water rose 80
suddenly that the people had no time to
save anything except their lives; hence
they are destitute Of everything that makes
HE comfortable, aud the requisites ac.
cep!ed were pretty much full catalogue
OF household goods and wearing apparel.
Food is in reasonable supply, and the sui.
ferers can obtain all they need in that line.
A generous supply was rendered lints.
man Of the Western Union Telegraph at
Wheeling, who heroically. struck TO his
work, keeping the only line be, ween Pitts.
burg and Cincinnati open during the
Hood, and let his own house on the
Island 80, and 60 it did-.oward the
gull. At Pipe creek we left rations
tor two families, and at Captina provisions.
Powhatan got ten suits oil boys clothiug,
twenty-five garments for children, shoes,
etc. besides some meat and flour. One
hundred and ten miles from Pittsburgh, at
Davis landing, we tied up for The night and
relieved the family Of an old rivsrlnau and
noighbor, and on Friday morning we
made Woodland, W. Va, where family
OF SIX were found in very des.ituts con.
dltlon, aud We gave them,. in thu name OF
the ci.izans OF Pittsburgh, clothing, bed
ding au1 provisions. Sla6sl and
Rootsport had a receiving committee
to the requisltiors IF which proper 70.
sponses we're made. New Mgrsinsviile and
sardls received large donations correspond
ing to their necessities and requirements
aud in minor PAGES touched. Fual's Land.
ing, sistelsyi!l', etc, may be named as be.
ing well known 10 our rivermen. We
struck the climax OF our enterprise at the
ill'lated town Of Cochransyills, OF which
the papers have had 30 much to say. The
town has practically ceased 10 ex-
ist, all the houses, stables, barns,
etc., being. swept away with the ex-
ception Of two or three, and the
church. The white flag was flying
when the Pittsburgh relief boat arrived
Inst night, but when we left this morning
it was hauled down amid tho cheers OF the
people. We issued about s., 900 worth Of
proyisionr, clothing aud household arti-
cles. A pathetic thing Ia to see the church
now turned into place of habitation;
kitchen and bedroom all in one for several
families; The notices" "God is Love" and
"Faith, Hope aud Charity" ere still in their
places on the walls md never more appro.
priRtely 50 than now" !.