Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-05
EisiS0 WATERS.
Danger Threatened, on we,tera River,


There is much anxiety in Cincinnati
concerning the condition of the Ohio
river. The remembrance of the Hood OF
last February, with all its terrors, tends
to make the people more apprehensive
when, a heavy rain occurs with full
river, aud that is the present condition. The
| Ohio river is full from Pittsburg to Cairo,
and is rising from Cincinnati downward
and falling slowly above Cincinnati, al
though 1t is rising az headwateTs. With
the earth saturated aud the Ice and snow
not all gone from the mountains, this rdil
cannot fail fail to cause another rise.
At Cincinnati the river stood at forty
nine feet eleven inches until noon, then
fell an inch, aud then began to rise. Be
tween three o'clock aud nine o'clock
Monday night, it rose nine inches.
A heavy rain fell nearly all the
Afternoon, growing heavier at night.
Already all the cellars along the rivers
are flooded aud some manufacturing es
| tablishmonts have been compelled to sus
feet in length, caused by the pressure
of the back water against the emoank
mont of the street, has occurred in
Mclean avenue. This is tho same place
where break h,ppeued last year,
enguhng number of persons and injur.
ing the railroad depot No lives were lost
this time, nor was any property damaged,
and the break caused ouly slight incOnve
| nidnce to the Southern railroad.
| Reports received show that rain is be-
! ginning in the west and moving eastward
The indications point to a heavy rain all
night ali along the river from here u
Pittsburg, aud unless this is followed by
cold weather there will inevitably bo a
food Of dangerous proportions.
An Ice Gorge Feared on the susquchRnns
There are strong indcat ions of q thaw
and break up on the Susquehanna al
WilliamspOrt, IL began raining early on
Monday evening and at 10 o'clock the
clouds were lowering and threatening
The iJe has not yet been broken up on the
river, although the water has risen four Ol
i've feet within the past two days. The
great nine mile gorge above Lock Haven,
is still intact, but a portion of the ioe IL
the Upper Sinnam ahOning broke up dur
ing the last thaw. II the rain storm oon
tinues any length of time the Ice jam vii
very likely become serious. Lumbermer
are quietly waiting for the river to bt
cleared or ice and their stock is in no dan
ger thus far.
Stores Burned In wat,ontown.
A fire broke out on Main street, Watson
town, at IL O'Clock last night, entirely do
strOyiug the residence of Isaac Vincent
the drug store of j. II. Mccormick Il Co.
the restaurant and residence Of w. A
Fisher and the music and stationery stor,
w. w. Fisher. The entire loss will pro
badly reach $40, 900, the parties all beinI
, well covered by insurance, excepting Vim
cent, who had no insurance. The fire wa
caused by an imperfect terra Gotta ilue Il
the Nlncent building.
Run Down and Lett 10 Frssze.
The schooner Laura Louis brought /
Newport, on Monday, the captain and tiv
men OF the crew of tho schooner 3. {
; Noyes, which latter vessel was run dow
by an unknown three masted schooner q
sea on the night OF the lst inst. The vel
sci running them down did not stop
y rescue the crew, but kept on her couIs'
\ The men were In their boat ten hour
u y before being picked up by the Laura Loui
y and were badly frozen.
Important Ecclesiastical Decision.
The dispute in the Protestant Episeop
church of tho Eyangelists in Philadelph
o over tho organization of the vestry of Il
g church was decided yesterday by Il
o supreme court, an opinion being rendere
o by Paxson, justice, reversing the court
. common pleas, aud deciding that und
d the charter aud bylaws Of the church Il
u rector Is a member of the yestry, and
o such entitled to q vote on any question
}. including the filling Of vacancy in II
board.