The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-14

ter on the high grounds, aud after The floor
will give the lumber TO the hons less iorr
building tleir houses. Mrs. Dnrber, who
has been feeding ifty chllircn at her
honse, to-day increased the number TO lOo.
In Cincinnati there 10 marked Impetus
the r-l'ef subscriptions. The city has
taken proud position In refusing help
from abroad. The Times-S,ar has started
y popular subscription, heading the
| ! st with 800 A considerable, sum has b.
ready been collected In respnn e.
The Commercial GAG t'e's Ripley, Ohio,
special sa,,i Toe river 10 feet incnes
4 higher than ever known ana
rising one.fourth oi nm inch per hour. Tn.
supply OF provisions IN about exhausted
aud there Is much suffering for want OF
food.
Inc cal committee Is doing all It can to
relieve distress, rsentysix houses were
wrecked las night and tight swept
40 vn the river The loss will be double
tlst OF last year. A brave gil
I on the roof OF . house ~ LIST resort and
remained ~ her pus. unt,l III wire refused
10 work. More than two thirds OF the town
| is under water.
ATJEFFERsoYvILLg, lSD.
JErFERsD' VILE IND, Feb. l2.-Nine
| Thousand people are compelled 10 move 10
the second stories.
GALIPnLIs, o Fec. ~ - rhe river 10 fall
ling slowly. Four relief boats have been
sent to Pomeroy, where 10000 people are
camping n hill tops. Many are suffering
from hunger.
AT PITrsBURG.
PITTsBURG, Feb. II the river Is SWELL
ing again at the rae OF two inches an hour
DisDat shes from points aoove report con.
| tnued rains and the water 81 II rising.
People living in the bottom lands are
filled with apprehension OF another ,od.
Many nave not Yet recovered from the late
deluge and the discouraging outlook tends
10 increase the uncomfortable feeling, with
10 feet Of water now submerging low dis
tticls OF two cites, It, Is quite probable
the situation of affairs among. the
any day sinos the food abated
and there are numerous additional cases oil
destit ution. Many OF tho victims, In ad-
dition to having been pluadered ey tne
water, arc thrown out Of EN-. ,yment by the
work shops being devastated, and unde
any circum Stances this fact alone is produc
tive OF more or isss want among the poorer
classes. Over $500 PEG, II were sucplied
With food yesterday, an increase over any
previous day.
RELIEF MEASURES.
WHEELING, Fec. l2.-DJnations for the
beneti, of tue Il nod sufferers are SIN com
ing in literally but the committee are under
heavy expenses yet. Senator Payne, OF
Onio, telegraphed a sub.cript on ut $l,OOu
to-day. A telegram was received from tnt
secretary oi war authorizing the mty,r t
i expend $1,000 and to draw on the depart
ment, The ulef commit tee report thi
The worst needed IL clGyhing and BEDDING
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 12.-The society for
organizing Gu srity voted 81 600 for the r.
lief of sufferers by the flood, that oeing the
sum rem mining from the fund ralssu las'
srrlng for similar purpose.
CLlvsLaED Feb ~ "A meeting OF citizens
Was held ut the board OF trade rooms 10
Iday, Mayor Folev presiding, to arrange TO
send relief to the sufferers by tHe Hoods IL
| the southern part o' the state and IN ives
Virginia. A rel et C )mmittse was sppointet
and arrangements made to procure supplies
OF prov sions and tl,thing t. sen1 ut the
. e.rliast momeI t. thousand dollars wa
/. .graphed 10 Pomeroy, Ohio, and $500 L
} Wheeling. L ght thousand pounds or pi
; lot bread were ordered baked immediately
, to ha forwarded TO sundrp points.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l2.-DreXel " 20
| have been made tredsurrrs OF the western
food relief fund and distribution cnm
mit,ea appointed The Penns lgnnia Raj
70 "a COMPANY contributed $1,000 for TIT
sufferers 80 800 o be distributed from IN
+ .sburs Office, 81 900 each along The I'm
az the Pan Handle and PiLtsburg, For
Wayne & Chicago roads.
BALTIMORE, Feb. l2.-RlberL Garrett la
ordered five transports OF PROVISIONS au'
o, her gifts on the Baltimore Ohio rod'
for sufT rers by the Fl ,ots; Also the free US
of the b Gilmore & Ohm telegraph.
, NEW York Feb. l2-fhe c>fse ex
, change and importers and grocers boaro g
, trade have formed committees for he re
, lief of the Ohio valley sufferers and sub
scTbed So ORC.
,, BosToN. Feb ia committee ofcitizen
has been appoiute 10 make collection TO
sufferers by tie western fl 'Ods.
LITTLE ROCK AND VICINITY.
, LITTLE Rock. Feb. 12.-.rne rise In tn
Arkansas river At this point was five tee
; for the twen,y.six ours ending at o. loo
, this afternoon and has been rising sine
! two inches On hour. 10
over the lowest portions Of Argents, 40
, houses on the river bank are reached
by skiffs. Back-water has forme
extensive sawn Th sass is 'n ne rear damss
on the Little Rock side, though many cd
, have been removed from stores on to-
levecs and the wafer is nov
CHER than in years. A second lam
slide occurred on the. Portsmouth
ra way this afternoon. hurlinS quantitie
of rock, earth and trees into the river
| 1
the trains resume. Several hundred mel
are working 70 replace the bridge near t y
Ozark. The track is still reported al
right from Little r lck to Arkansas City
but 5000 sacks were rent down L
Arippe station to-day to be flied with SAM
and be used in holding down the track
Planters in the valley below are still sale
t ~o the water will begin going over tn
levee at S,uth bend aud below. Rain
are general throughout the state ant
the small streams are GU
OF banks and flooding the bot oms. Th
Sabine river has been rising three inche
per nour evening.
TLAuREKCEBDRG, IND.
LAwRsNCgBURG, IND, Feb. 1.-THE con
dition is growing wor e. More houses art
fl pating ana only one days rations remain
Bread IN plenty has been sent bit the
oily mode OF access is in, boats from
| Bl4sdens. The rso,ls hay
an spuesl to the public for help. They soy
40 600 nave been driven from houses. Ful
" 600 must be fed daily while hundreds o
houses have b en- sweep away.
ATAUBoRA, IND.
| CINCINNATI, Feb. IL the News Journal
special from A urora, Indiana, says: Shortly
refore 10 o'cock tonight storm
Of rain and wind passed over from III.
here and at Lswrencebury viii
he terrible Morning alone will revea
she result Two Dwellings drifting down
az noon are supposed to be- from lawrence
| ourg. At 10 p m. the water was ten inches
ABOVE last Febrnarv's and stiIl rising.
| All classes OF chronic diseases are beire
succ, ssfuily treated BY ompound oxygen.
send 10 Urs Starksy q P, Ian, 1,100 0ira,d
street, Phil sdslphis, Pa, tor their treatise