The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-21
AID FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Cash Contributions Amounting to 500, 800
The Work of the Committee.

At the daily meeting of the relief committee
Yesterday, the treasurer. Mr.. A. e. Fletcher, re
ported total cash contributions amounting to
1920 960 The principal demand from the flooded
districts now seems to be for money to rebuild
houses, barns and fences and the committee do
not feel able TO do much in this way Last year
the enormous cash contributions from the East
were principally used for this purpose; but there
are comparatively none this year from that quar-
ter. Yesterday Mr.. Horace Mckay went to
Lawrenceburg, Mr.. V. T. Malott TO Evansville;
and to-day Mr.. A D. Lynch will go to New AL
bany and Jacksonville, to determine what fur
Their supplies shall be forwarded to those points.
The following dispatches were received yester-
day:
TERRE HAUTE, Feb. 20.
A. D. Lynch-Our Board of Trade has shipped two
carloads of provisions and clothing to New Al
bany to-day. r. G. HERvEY, Vice president
GLENwooD, Ind, Feb 20.
Have shipped you to-day nine barrels of potatoes
four barrels of -four box of meat box of bread, for
Indiana food sufferers. T. L. CRAWFORD,
Secretary.
Yesterday the citizens of Milwaukee, through
John NJ Stowel sent to Treasurer Fletcher a
cash contribution of 81, $50. Other contribu-
tons were as follows:
Presbyterian Church, of Peru. $64 IS; W. G.
Il. T., of Newport $40; citizens of Newport,
$34. 90; Newport Temperance Society, $40; citi-
zens of Thorntown, $50; pupils of Perryville
grammar-school, So. 80; Rockville $50, 20 lions
vile, $70.36 hook and ladder company No. ], of
Kokomo $25; Champion relief fund.- Of Hope, 30;
NJ E. Church, Kewanna, $40; Morris Eddy,
Chicago, $40; Sugar-creek Church. Clinton
county, $43; N. E. Church, Danville, $27 3S; cti-
ze9s School Of Bloomfield a $sS Psn 81 Re SG
ican convention at Noblesville, $21 "a The
following amounts from this city have
also been received Cash, $l13.50 indianapolis
Times, $295O employees Nordyke & Marmo9n,
SO. 10; employees Insane Asylum, $26 cash, 81;
j. NJ Judah, $40; citizens of Charlottesville, $72;
DR.. Thee. Parvin Philadelphia, $50; Rev. NJ.
Hoeln, So; John Schwab s.; j. G. Lairds pupils,
Stockwell Ind. $635; Abraham Lodge, No. IS,
J. o. B. B.. $25 Grace NJ E. Church, of Roches
Ter, Ind, S. 20; r. H. Cover, $40r-total collec
tons up to date, 500, $50.
The contributions received by William H.
Smythe, grand secretary of the Masonic Grand
Lodge, yesterday, were as follows: Pral-
RE Lodge, No. 125, of Rensselaer,, &c. North
Judsen Lodge, No 1873, of North Judson: $40;
Greencastle Commandery, No. II, K II, Of
GPeencastle, ST. 80; Lake City Lodge, No. 81, of
Warsaw, $40; Columbia City Lodge, No 1S9, of
Columbia City $25; Harlan Lodge, No. 296, of
Harlan, So; Eden Lodge, No Az, of Eden, 50;
Warmers Lodge, No. l47, of Winterrowd, $lO
West Lebanon Lodge, No. 1852, of West Lebanon,
$l6 Clayton Lodge, No. 1853, of Clayton, So
Miller Lodge, No 26s of Clark's Hill, $40; Will
mington Lodge, No. 1873. of Wilmington, $40;
Elettsvile Lodge No. 245, of Elettsville, So;
Andersonviile Lodge, No &c. of Andersonville
$780, Sulphur Springs City Lodge, No. 34s, of
Sulphur Springs S. Total, $160.10.
The following contributions were received on
yesterday by B. p. Foster, grand secretary l. o.
o. F.: Sigel, No. 273, Lafayette, $50; Odd
fellows of Wichita, Kas., $50; Fort Wayne, No.
IA, $25; Button No ia, $25; Miami, No. 81,
Peru $25; Upton, No. 30, $25 Stewartsville,
No 214 S23 New Haven. No 253 $40: Shaws-
No Rod No
$40; Horner, No. AL SIG; Harvard, No. H.
$l4 IS; 0. A Shauman, No 800, collections, $l4;
Pulaski, No 60, Elkhart, $l2; Gutenberg, No.
$40, Connersville, $40; Bourbon, No 203, $40;
Ritte River, No. 275 $10 Oxford No. 1863, $40;
Brazil No 2l5, $40; Carlisle, No. 50, $40; Robt
Blum, No 27S, South Bend, $40; Schuyler,
No 2S4 Huntington, SO; Ridgley, No
&c. Ne% G egmber $ No en ssa $40 NJ Roswell
No. 1873, $40; Magenta No. 2S6, Wheeler, $40;
Daleville, No 309 So collections, No. 800, 81;
Shannondale, No. 1877, $40; Magnolia, No. SO,
SO; Evening Star, No. SOB, Elizabeth City, $40;
Freedom, No. 5l4, $40; Clear Cut No. 494, $40;
Fort Branch No. 291, So; Jackson No 552, So;
Pacific No. IT'S, s.; Hazleton, No $780, So; New
ark, No. 467, So; Shelby, No. 49, So; Ridgeville,
No. 297, So; Salamonie, No. 392, S.; Big Creek,
No. 4G1, s.; Cadiz, No. 237, $5 Dalton, No. 529,
s.; Lone Star, No. $40, 81; Silver Link, No. 542,
81; Iron City, Brazil, So total days receipts
$6l9.8s; total receipts to date, s., s20.08
RELIEF NOTES.
Grace NJ e. Church. of Rochester, sent 1910
to the Journal for the relief fund.
The committee request that all persons having
bills against them presentthem at once to Treas
urer Fletcher.
General Agent Brecount, of the Airline, has
collected two carloads Of supplies and sent them
to New Albany.
Bloomington has contributed 50, 600 in cash for
the benefit of flood sufferers and has also made
large shipments of clothing and provisions
Greencastle, yesterday, forwarded carload
of provisions to New Albany The churches of
that city have sent liberal contributions in cash
A second carload of food and clothing was
sent from Greencaste, yesterday, to the relief of
hood-sufferers These supplies were sent to
laWrenceburg