Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22

and that Immediately. l urge upon ever
community in the state to organize at once TO
the purpose of providing for the relief of thei
unfortunate fellow citizens who live on the bank
of the Ohio. Everything is uaSled and at every
doint along the state b01l1ir except at CinciI.
natl which is taking care IT'S own sufferers
Money, clothing, shelter and rood must be pro
vided and that speedily or loss of life will be tn,
| n suit. An energetic committee, of which R. W
Huntington is chairman, has been organized il
Columbus rs committee will undertake th
task of distribution. IL the general assembly
should provide for the creation of a state relic
commission the appointments will be made imme
diasely and the commission will ais,
undertake the task distribution. No tim,
should be lost. Organization should be effected
and what may be given for the purpose forward
ed Immediately. l appeal therefore to all tht
| good people of Ohio to take steps without delay
to assist the various relief committees in their eff
forts to stay the tide of distress which is over
whelming the borders of the state. Given undel
my hand, etc, GEO. HoADLY.
DISTRIBUTING SUPPLIES.
Government boat Bee and tow boa
John d. Lewis, returned here from
distributing provisions to the fooC
sufferers along the Kanawha river
yesterday, and last night the associ
ated press correspondent who was
along took close observation of the
damage; also cases of absolute neces
sity and learned from those that he
met that no such suffering has ever
been caused by high water on the Ka-
nawha.
At Buffalo, half the town is sub
merged, but the people as a general
thing were supplied with food.
At Leon, place of 200, the people
are under water and suffering for food
and clothiag.
At Point Pleasant. a town of 800
people, there is not foot of ground
which is not at least feet under
water; store houses, goods, dwellings,
in fact all kinds of houses are hid to
the second story bv the water; fully
100 houses have been upset and
washed away. The people are living
on the decks of barges, in the court
house and IN fact wherever they can
get shelter. Many have. gone to the
hills for safety. This city has sent at
least $4,000 worth of provisions,
cooked, to the sufferers along the
river and tomorrow the government
boat Bea will leave here with the
second load of provisions for river
towns.
AT CINCINNATI THE LATEST.
At 9 o'clock water reached 10 feet,
28 inches, showing a rise of one inch
in the last hour. There was heavy
rain from 6 to $50, with slight indi-
cations of colder weather. The local
observer of weather for the CONNER
cial Gazette predicts heavy rains for
tomorrow 1t is impossible to tell
what will be the stage in twenty four
hours. During the day news from
up river showed the water to be fall
ing slowly from Monella down to
Maysville. This under ordinary cir
cumstances would mean stationary or
falling water here by Thursday p. NJ.
but with the heavy rains of to-day
and the thoroughly saturated condi-
ton of the earth the river seems to
respond ins antly to the rain fall.
Nobody thought to-day the river
would exceed 20 feet. Nobody can
say now that it will not reach II
feet. Pearl street, which yesterday
was closed by water except space
near Vine street, is now navigable
from end to end by skiffs. At the
market house on Broadway the water
covers the benches, making the depth
nearly five feet on the floor. Vast
numbers of people GO to and from
Suspension bridge In fiat bottomed
boats, furnished by the bridge com
rany, propelled by poles and having
ropes retched to the telegraph poles
to assist crossing the currents. At
street corners people fill those boats
by standing close together. 1t has a
perilous look but no accident has yet
occurred. Private skiffs are also ply
ing very freely, carrying passengers
wherever they wish to 60
As intimated to-day, no news from
Lawrenceburg was good news. Great
fears existed last night that the wind
storm would bring disaster to that
town; nothing was heard from there
till to-day, when the News Journal
special tells us tie wind had no special
disastrous effect, though last night
and to-day has been period of great
anxiety. The river rose last night II
to IA inches, and houses still continue
to float from their foundations Gov
ernor Porter's visit, to-day, was cheer
ing Provisions are arriving hoarly
and gladly received.
The telephone exchanges in the
city are in submerged part and the
operators are taken into the Office by
boats. Among the methods of pro-
curing relief is the issuance of an
appeal to the newspapers of the
country by one newspaper advertis-
ing agency asking them to organize
relief funds and send them te Henry
| G. Urser, chairman of the chamber
of commerce relief committee Ac-
cording to resolution of this com
mittee all such funds will be dis
tributed to points outside of Cincin-
natl.
A private dispatch from Ashland,
KY, asks that the public be notified
that business is entirely suspened at
Cattletsburg. No mails for six days.
tletsburg national bank. Money and
books are all brought to the Ashland
national bank for safety. 1t is thought
the Cattletsburg bank may be able to
reopen in three days.
AT PORTSMOUTH.
The city is under water, three-fourths
to the house tops. All of the mer-
chants lose heavily from inundated
stock; one-half of the citizens lose all
of their household goods. The river
commenced falling slowly last night,
and has dropped two inches, and peo-
pie are breathing free again. Sup
plies are coming in from the surround
ing country and a famine is being
averted. The relief boat has to-day
one to Slocum to obtain several car
loads of supplies and camp equipages
sent from Columbus. The court
house, school buildings and many
| of the churches that have sec
ond stories are sheltering one
half the people. The balance are
scattered around in attics and the
upper part of factories. The horses
and cattle have all been rescued and
are stabbed on huge decks of barges
that are moored in the streets in the
centre of the city. One hundred and
twenty dwelling houses have been
carried away, and some five hundred
more have been swept from their
sites and piled in indiscribable wrecks
against distractions. It Is estimated
there are provisions enough to last
forty eight hours.
At CHARLESTON.
Families along the lower Kanawha
river are the least destltude. Relief