New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-09
V0L.XLIII...No' o'13,6OO.
THE WESTERN FLOODS
,vv1ors SUSPENSE AT CINCINNATI

TIRE RIVER SLOWLY RlslNG-pl9OU
VICES FROM UP STREAM
,,,~r>..r, reb s-To-day has been one OF any
,ous suspense and constant speculation 90 "
Continuance of the rise of the water. Inc aNei@N0
- d,,inc the day has been slightly more lhah an
;ncb ON hour. The weather has been CLOUDY WIN
occasional drizzlng showers. All eyes are 'u'neu
toward up river points. IAelo' uo P09
meet is not encouraging 1rue' lho ian
is pronounced az Pittsburg, aud ac'uai' al
tbouCh slow at Wheeling From there downward no
narrs can he had until Galpohs is reached, 200
niles above Cincinnati. Still no communication
can he had with Parkersburg OF Marietta News
from Zauesyille however, is to the elect thau aV
Mnskinrum the river was at an unprecedented
height and was still rising showing that the chance
Cor fall at Marietta would be small, Tor the MUS
kinrum enters the Ohio at that point. Al Oain-
polls at 80 D. III. the river had risen tehihcheS
above the high water mark of last year, and was
still rising at the rate of about four inches an hour'
THE FEEDERS STEADILY GROWING,
D,snatehes to The Commercial GG-ette, received
,o-night show that at Hinton, w. VA the rlVei 10
still rising The weather is warm and IL Is raining
This is a branch of the Kanawha KAN Is also
reuortcd to-day at Charleston, W. Na' anu tno
Kanawha is nsing at that point
This c,ves another feeder to the Ohio at Point
Pleasant WV
rain has fallen against the west side of the noun
tains as Chattanooga reports a 1ouf lncH I"irA""
in the last thirtysix hours in East Tennessee COM
inc further down the river, Catlettsburg KY" at
noon reports heavy rain, saying the storm was gen.
oral This makes the Big Sandy another 1eeder
Of the Ohio at that point. The facts indicate tna9
the fall canuOt be rapid. and at BEST nat Oh9 IAN
cannot reach Cincinnati before Monu3S " - | tLo
dav With the present rate that VIII Dilhe 'He
water above last years Hood. Tins estimate ls
based on a continuance of the present wealher.
The prospect for cold weather has gone ana InoA0
is greater probability OF more ram.
TIE PROVISIONS POURING IN.
The relief work continues TO be pushed with
promptness. Large subscriptions are made daily
on Change. A large vacant storeToom at Front
and Race sts is used headquarters, but the sup
plies are distributed Systematically through various
branch depots located near the submerged district.
To-day 1000 hams and 2000 pounds Of
corned beef cooked and five or six thousand lOaYeS
of bread were distributed besides free meals gwen
al the market house TO all who applied. Two thCn-
sand persons are sleeping tonight III Ile schoo,1
houses Relief boats, ten in number, Under cOhtIoi
Of the associated charities, ply through the HoGued
districts and distribute food ard bedding where
necessary to occupants OF houses.
Colonel Lewis Wilson, Chairman Of tho knights
of Honor has sent the following dispatch to
Thomas +. Richards, of GAINESVILLE, Grand Dictator
OF Ohio =
"Our Central Relief Committee are engaged III
the work of aiding suffering humanity without re-
gard to creed color. We make no appeal Tor ald,
but will gratefully receive such assistance as may
be rendered by sister lodges"
QUARTER OF AN INCH AN HOUR.
The river at p. m. was sixty-two feet ten and
half inches, and at o'clock sixty-twO feet having
risen one-half inch an hour. Between 8 and 10
o'clock it rose only One-quaTter lnch