The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-21
THE FLOODS
10 Waters are Now Rse,dlrg ye'f-
fat Tales Told
Dr. wreck and wnu,-Charli' Callvlh
10 the Country,
General nigh Water Notes and IucIl'u''
MATKhs RIcsnInn

WATKhs REcgnIFu,
CINclssATI, fab. lO--Da 90 -'ha liver
Is e5 iest inofs, a TAI tf7ai nclea finee
lam. The weather Is oondy Ann modei-
aiing. Portsmouth rpnTis isii 81 it''
ffom he bigne / point ~ he n'oa'
siElAG UP THg CALAMITY
pAREEnsBUEu, W Va, Frn, 40, - =
United States Ieliei steamer katis s'ees-
dale nITi gsd here this mor1i,s loAdeI 70
the suafjs With SEQ ions OF = lsl 'appl'u'
costing 50C00 OF the 5000
Appropriated aud The government rs. ,sl,
graphsd ths flooded tnsas ca the bosts
route The privilege to draw on 'he r.mslh-
Ing 3?5 ia sums ~ $500 q tu,Ouu, &c,
cordlag 10 nsossiille,, tbs SUBMERGED
couIh,y is slowly shaking oil the wstsfs,
and the devastation ysr lsg-s dsferiptlon,
The rooilsss houses and plies ~ b'iek anc
Timber tsll the tale in all dli,oloas, re
sions arc Isd 20 be plellilul'y snpphsi,
-. ps.p'e ere tnli~itg com ., eo,a
Dek. tas houses LING gulsd and d.
molishsd OF tho s,rtels Ihsl. are no
ipbabiI ants except in tbs second stories
and not many OF them. PsrEsrsnurs " y!
be abl. o. assi,t ils own sniI'rers. hut
the destitute 10 the smaller ,s,'ietn"h,s
Is intense. Bel Pre- IL q wreck snd rs pfln-
cipAl street hiss entirely disappeared with
on fospl . OF brick 10 mark It's loca,
ton. A tow boat with = tOr Bsgog abfstst
OF the town OF Ravens wood sud heid toe
houses from being swept nwsy llh sAnt-
day; otherwise the town aud III u, inhAol-
tAnls would have been engnllti, Toe w'res
are dows 10 eli directions. Siockdsie !stye'
ten tors Of fr. yht here 10 be dis rlouts Dy
the relief committee at th's point To- INC
suffering below Business 10 entirely sns'
pended. The loss at ParkerseurS IA 81
100000.
The people at ParkersburE arc In . good
financial condition. and though the losses
are heavy, the city will take care 81 LIS own
Suffering. The Tracsweli corner has fallen
In. The homeless nre In the ohurchls ara
schools. The town OF B'l Pre-, Opposite,
Psrkersourg Ia 0 mssJ OF d. Jola alton. Us
principal stfest, with stoas 4 Htoley
flour mill aud numerous brick building,
has t,tslly disappeared. The Losses a.
Psrkersburg ere fuzzy estimsted, TO dAls, a.
81, 900 900, With more returns - ons. Ine
Parkersbury Mil Co. lo0ie $50 CO OF TINS
amount. The Siockdels VIII prnestd from
here direct to Irontop, 325 IN | = west OF
Pittsburs, md turning there clming up
stream aud deliver TO ina suhersrs on
the route. Thu government has notihsu
towns needing fnsncial Did TO rriw moon
Colonel l.. Rose in Gums Of IRON $500
80 COO. according to necessities. Tho river
las falle. Lwrtty feet from the high WAFER
mark, hat Ii is now stationary. VITA the
pres mt cold weather no more Hood ~ ex'
pected. River men stste that it viii oe
ab0Bt Ten days before the rvyr regMn'
its rormpl condition. A family named iics
elt red their residence on Pest street
Maist .fnd Wednesday ui.ht the bnlld
ing f3u. .Ch6y we're all rescued but Injured
A 'sdv naiGgG Futon was coniaed IN
boat a. % ersb1rg, while being convey eo
twrel p4rker,burg and E;beeh1g %:
on ne IS AID. The deserted distr'ci IS be
ing but siogly ysntured into. The Stoci-
dale leaves VIA provisions here 10 nn d!,s
tritrt ~ the Palkersbu-g Ttiiei cnmmi'
reached Tbs side OF Pout Pleasant. Tot
Western Union telegraph company have
only que wfe nov Ia operator
here. The river is stationary at 81 feet.
chlcAGo's QUOTA.
CHICAGO Fen l6.-rhe tota' subs criptior
tothe lood sufferers reeblsd in 'n M, c,ty VI
10 THE PRESENT time are iutly so w o
WhiDrrn~>hasrd IF trade raised ~ COO: n,
6S4liwsrs Mena ~, cGv; t'i jewelers., S',4oo
miscellaneous sun cripuohr,:~,l,. hbg con
certs yesterday, 500
NOVEL RELIEF METHOD.
CISoINNAT' Feb. l6 - fne town OF Cali
fornis, eight miles above hero. has taker
actttn with reference to the distribution Q
feliei that must commend itself to a.
" placeu suffering in similar way. IN,
village had not recovered from last year
d disaster r Esen va %sny th biss 'q ha
happened now. At meeting Of citizen
held to-day committee was appointed u
make fu / assessment OF dam ages ON eaci
person from the Miami river 10 Four MI
l. creek. not only counting losses, out consld
eripg the ability of each TO bear his los
and then Gintribute the permanent relief
whatever the whole amount may he, II
proportion 80 the assessed amount OF dam
ages. The 9','a'tAee makes sis,e
ment d thc condition, shown
l. ln-rn
flooded airasdv, eigl, houses have beef
entirely demolished and score OF other
badIv DAMAGED Fifty families will b.
homeless til ,heir houses can be repaired
or rebuilt. Those whose houses nave peel
carried avav are least able to re
cially that 10 et ia asked. The comml Z
Assures she pupiG that mt one dollar sinai
bs paid ont until thorough examination o
losses and circumstances of the losers sH
made, and reported to Henry j. Osque
chairman OF the relief committee, Y. zen "a
Aof the town and people of the immediat
heighborhood have NIT the current want
of the needy.
90 far Two men, Thomas Lynch an
Michael Stephens, have been drowned, a
the foot of Sycamore street r. Fay by BEN
thrown from skiff under the lecl OF tn
steamer r, r. Spring
crL:po's WHILE.
ToLF DO Fec. 1G.--pUrs1ant to Cs'l mee
inc az citizens .-as ns.d OF no city hs'
this eyening tn organize Work Tor the n
lief of sufferers by the food. A committe
was appointed to solicit contrib ntions, r.
ceive and for ward supplies, the shipmen'
Of which will be commenced immediately
n AT EVANSVILLE.
Eve NEVILLE Feo. 16.-rne river is risin
.kll5Eh,, and III now ~ feet. inches, on th
Gauge. This lacks four and half inches
AT ,year's rise. Captain MacGowan he
trriysd and chart sred the steamer Carr
Caldwell. loaded with $4,000 la'ions q
NJ qtribution between here and Cairo 10 W
needy. She will leave in the morning.
THE BEE ,IrHis ENTERPRISE.
CLEVELAND, Feb. l6 The Bee Lin
mana cement has estGb isbed regular In
of boats from Lndlov 81 a.icr 70 Cincinnati
eight miles, sn6 sGiodsh passengers or
tIlnsferred both ways without delay IN til
peduie.
RRERsBURa, W. Va, Feb. l6.-Th
asa States LEI boat Katie Stocsdol'
Brisarge OF Co enel Thomas Rose OF III
FSnstesnth infantry, conveying provision
to. Che flood sutferers arrived here ct
Io,cl1ck this evening". The S.ockdsle lay
Sferietta, Ohio, from midngh til morniui
inhabitants OF that city arc supnlie
In provisions but are In bad necessity ft
eluthipr and bedding. They are etli
rohooIs. churches and barns on b gh grount
The wa ar, has receded twenty feet an
q utood at 6 a. m. SO fee, 3 inches. The bani
~ are coming out of the water on both SIDES
the river end as the full destruction is O.
posed it I.araiy zes GosCri ton.
FRISCO TO THE FRONT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, l6 Tho gran
lodge Of Masous reports SllJOo sent TO al