The bee., 1884-02-23
South and West

A GANG of nine counterfeiters were ar
rested by United States Secret service Off
GERS at Louisville, KY
ABOUT $4,000 persons in Cincinnati and
the adjacent towns of Coviugtou and New
port were rendered homeless by the food.
In a dispatch from the mayor Of Cali
polls, Ohio, to the mayor of New York, tell
ing of the deStitution which prevails in the
submerged region, and asking for relief, the
sender SAYS: "At least 2,010 houses have
been swept away or damaged to such an ex-
tent as TO be uninha abitable after the food
has sub ided. 1t is for those unfortunate
people that we appeal for help The farmers
have lost largely of their horses and cattle
and nearly all their grain and feed, and all
their fencing; the merchants ami mauufac-
turerS their stocks; the mechanics are thrown
out of employment; coal mines and salt
works are flooded, and everything is desc
late indeed. 1t will be weeks, IN Jnths be-
fore business can be resumed, and help will
be needed long after the waters have gone
down."
GOVERNOR KNOTT has issued procama-
ton TO the people of Kentucky calling upon
them 70 aid the flood sufferers by plivatesub
Ecriptions, contributions and otherwise The
Kentucky legislature appropriated S25, 600
for the relief of the sufferers.
A FRIGHTFUL catastrophe, the result of
the food, occurred at Cincinnati. About 4
o'clock A. NJ. a terrible crash was heard at
the corner of Pearl and Ludlow streets in
the flooded district 1t was found that the
rear parts of four brick buildings, VIII 'ch had
been undermined by the waters, had fallen.
Tho scene which followed the crash was one
of horror. Men were shouting and women
and children were screaming for help. Soon
several boats arrived, and the boatmen, with
the aid of lanterns, began TO rescue the in.
mates of the houses About fifty people were
taken cut of the wrecked buildings. Ten
persons were crushed to death in the ruins
STEAMERS with supplies of food and cloth.
ing have been sent by the government along
the Ohio and tributaries to relieve the ne
cessities of the sufferers by the floods.
COLONEL HUNT, a milliona re lumberman
of Michigan, has just died, and being lover
of humorists and humorous books, of which
he had accumulated large number, he has
left s., 600 each TO the mother of Artemus
Ward, TO Eli Perkins and to josh Billings.
GEORGE p. CURRY, a banker and cotton
manufacturer of Augusta, Ga, has failed
for about 100000.
= INDIANS at the Poplar Greek and Wolf
Point agencies in Dakota are diving OF
hunger owing TO the scarcity Of game and
the insufficiency of the government ratiOns.
OF 5000 dogs. owned by the Wolf Point In
dians q year ago all have been eaten, as well
as many of their horse and a similar state
of affairs exists at the other agency. Several
deaths from 'arvati0n have occurred.
The Red and the White rivers in Arkansas
overhowed their banks, and the country was
turned into a va t sea. Hundreds of fami-
lies were driven from their homes many
houses were washed away, and thousands of
cattle were drowned.
DURING the floods in the Ohio valley many
towns were completely sub merged. From
the relief boats moving along the Ohio an |
its tributaries, to relieve the necessities of
the people. nothing but water on either side
as far as the eye could reach was to be- seen.