Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-14

pletely wrecked and Others badly dam
aged. A thousand barrels of manufac
tured salt Was destroyed. Coal mines
at Minersville, Syracuse and Hartford
City, neiRhborinR villages. are foil, and
it will require months of time and q
large expense to free them from water
saGeriaG Near wheeiisg.
WHKELNo, W. Va, Feb. l3.-The pso.
pie Of WellsburR are destitute and suf.
fering. A dispatch vas sent from here
asking the War Department to send ten
thousand rations there at once. The
work Of relieving the suffering pro-
Rresses favoeably. bot there is still
great need. The home fund for relief
has reached $25 900 in cash and An equal
som in goods, bat this and outside hello
disappear as fast as received. Among
the Contributors are John w. Garrett.
Of the baltimore and Ohio Railroad. &.
j. Tiiden and James Il. keene of New
York. Masons desiring to send con.ri-
buttons should send drafts to tbs Ma
sonic Relief Com mittee. The State Fair
Association 10 ruined and there will be
no fair in September
Maysville.
AAYsvILLR, Feb l3.-The river 10 ris-
ing quarter Of An inch An hour, and
rose four and a half inches last night.
Gallipolis.
GALLIPoLIs, Feb. l3-rhe river has
fallen niue inches, and is still falling
slowly. Il ID estimsted that 300 peO-
pie along the river, within Is miles Of
here, must be fed by charity for two
weeks. At 1:30 p H., the river was 60
feet II inches high.
PWrtsm~alh.
PORTSMOUTH, o., Feb. l3.-rhe entirs
CITY is under water, three-f0urths of il
to the housetops. All the merchants
lose heavily, and half the citizens lose
all their household goods. The river
has dropped two inches since last night.
Supplies are coming in and famine is
beinR averted. A relief boat was sent
to Slocum's Station to obtain several
carloads Of supplies aud camp equipags
sent from Columbus. The school build
inRs and many churches that have Sec
ond stories are sheltering half the peo-
pie The balance are scattered in At
tics and the upper p,rts Of Factories.
The horses and cattle have all been n .
cued and stabbed on the huge deck of
barges moOred in the streets in the osn.
ter of the city. A hundred and twenty
DWELLING houses have been carried out
into the river and over hfty more swept
from their sites are piled in indescriba-
BILE wreck against distractions. 1t 10
estimated that there are provisions
enough ON hand to Lass forty eight
hours. Telegraph wires will soon be
stretched to give rs communication
With the outside world. There have
been NO mails since Friday. since the
great fire of last Sunday no casualties
have occurred. Relief work is thor
ouehly organized, and the people are
being fed like Z vast army.
PoArsMoUrH. Ohio, Feb. 13-The riv-
or 10 nearly on stand. There is great
distress. Many houses have dOated
awav, and two children were drowned.
A fire on Sunday burned from Shay's
Corner to Second street; loss, $50 900,
insurance $4,000.
Plslabic Coalition Of Affairs.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 13.-The following
message has been received from GOv-
ernor Porter, who is at Lawrenoeburg
- The condition Of Lawrenceb1rR 10 pit
liable in the extreme. More houses have
been removed from their foundations
than last year. Relief should have ref
eronce nov not only to food. but to en-
abline the p,ople to replace and repair
their houses"
A. Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Feb. l3.-Che river tenik bit
was IL inches oelow the line and feet
below extreme high water. II rained
last night and up TO 3 O'Clock
this afternoon, since which the weather
has turned decidedly colder, but contin-
ues threatening.
saesbenville and Vicinity.
SrKuBENvILLE (Ohio), Feb. 13.-The
damage at Stoubenville ia confined prin-
ojpally to the sixth Ward, aud will not
exceed 100000. The damage to pri
yste property in Jefferson County will
be $3.50, 900, the number Of sufferers be-
ing 1000. Brilliant, with 1000 inhabit-'
ants, and Warrenton. with 800, will
suffer most. The relief committee have
been doing excellent work, but new
cases are presented every hour. Con-
tinued rains interfere with the progress
OF clearing and repairing. There are
nearly 1000 sufferers At Steuhenviile.
We will require further aid, which it is
expected can be furnished. The sup
plies most needed are bedding and
warm understanding, but anything 10
acceptable in the shape Of food and
clothing.
Ripley. ohls.
RIPLEY, Feb. 1.-THE river 10 8 feet,
4 inches, higher than ever known and
risinp a quarter of an inch An hour.
The supply Of provisions IL about ex-
hausted and there 10 much au6sring
from want of food. The local commit
tee are doing everything in their power
to relieve the distressed. Twenty-six
houses we're wrecked last night and
svept down the river. The lOGs here
viii b double that of last year. A brave
Girl, Who 10 the telegraph operator, was
perohed on tho door Of house a. . last
resort and remained at her post until
the wires refused to work. More than
tvo-thirds OF the town is under water.
Edin, Lebanon. Chillioothe and other
towns today held public MEETINGS to or
ganize for gathering contributions Tor
food sufferers.
Governor DseAlsyss Cssl.
CoLu,Gsus, Feb. IA list Of the State
relief eoumittee appointments will be
made immediately, and il is said the
ccmmisGion viii also undertake the task
Of aistributiou. No time sh0ald be lost;
organisation should b made, and what
ID given for the purpose forwarded i'm.
ediately. I appeal. therefore, to ali
GOOD people Of Ohio TO take steps With
out delay 70 assist the relief committee
in their efforts % stay the tide OF dis
tres which il overwhelming ON the Dor
ders Of our State.
(Signed] Gsoaos HoADLxI.
Attest: JOSEPH NEwMAH,
Secretary OF State.
Ausoea. Indiana.
AURORA, Feb. 12.-Shortly before ten
touieht, Q heavy storm Of rain and Wind
nascsl over from the northwest. Il II
fcarpd that tho result here and q Law
reuceburg will b terrible. Aosnins
alone can reveal the result. Twodwell
inco drifted down the river abeut MIN
o'cieck, supposed 70 b from Lavrsocs
burg, At ten o'clock the water = ter
inches above the water mark last Feb
ruary, and Till rising.
RaesDe 1sek
IurLs Rock, Feb. 12.-Ths Fise IN III
Arkausas River AZ this point was tee
for the y hours ending as l this afeef
4 nan. and u han Eeeu rising 0n0e