The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-02-19

are safe. The Katie Stockdale passe
Marietta at noon to-day. She left Gin
; cinnati Wednesday evening, and wa
compelled to cut away the eliot hous
TO 60 under the Baltimore Il Ohio bridg
, here. The channel span ia ninety fec
above low water. and Captain Calaha
told me if the liver had been two fee
higher he could not have gone through
One Of the men counted $50 buil.ing
having chinneys going down the river
Parkersburg is
SUFFERING AS BADLY AS MARIETTA.
One-third has been flooded. Th
mark OF 1882 was 491 feet. On Satur
day II was 5a4. Business men have sui
tered great loss. The city will be com
PEELED TO call Tor all. Judge Chamber
laln here from Marietta yesterday t,
Telegraph 10 Columbus for help. Mari
eta has had no papers or telegraph com
mupicaton since Wednesday afternoon
and no circuit vet An old banker ant
man of vide river knowledges believe
the damages from heai-waters to Csir,
will be from $4,000 600 to SIC, 600 600
1t is thought Sl,00O.O0O will be required
to alleviate the suffering in the Obi,
Valley.
CINCINNATI. Feb IL 2-The river OF ter
O'Clock this morning reached sixty-eigh
feet and three quarter inches, and con
tinues to rise an inch an hour. Th'
news from all points is not so much al
to the number Of houses submerged a!
to the number being moved from then
foundations or overturned. Walls thor.
oughlv soaked are crumbling under The
terrible strain put upon the n by the rush
ing currents, while buildings OF lighter
structure are falling q ready prey. A
house passed Middleport this morning
with woman sitting on the gable end
parties rowed out and appealed to bel
to gel in the skiff, but she refused, say.
ing she had four babies below. A glass
was broken aud the children found float
| ing dead.
BeIlaire to Parkersburg.
On Sunday morning party of Bell
aire gentlemen left there and went to
Parkersburg in skiff. What they saw
was written up for both the evening pa
pers and that of the Tribune is append
ed:
Leaving Bellaire in a skiff at noon, on
the 10Th inst, We made the run to Mata-
moras, Ohio, distance of nearly go
miles, in 6 hours, which surpasses the
time made by the ordinary Ohio River
steamboat. The scenes all along the
river we're certainly OF most distressing
nature. Bsllaire's condition was bad
enough, but the suffering in some of the
smaller towns was far worse. Mounds.
vile was almost completely out of sight,
but the comfortable cottages on the
Camp Ground loomed up in the dim dis
lance, and majority of the populace
were enjoying the novelty Of winter
camp meeting.
PowHATTAN
was badly drenched, but from all reports
the families who had been driven from
their homes were kindly cared for by
their more fortunate country cousins
who lived on the mountain peaks near
where "Old Monroe" locks land with
Belmont County.
CLARINGToN
presented very picturesque scene, with
steamboats,, Courier, Diurnal and Tele
gram clear up in the streets with their
guy lines caught on the church steeples.
BAREsvILIE
looked much like floating city, and re.
minded one very much of the City of
Venice on small scale. Qate num-
ber Of houses were washed out here but
no lives were lost.
NEW MARTINsvILLE
situated on the West Virginia shore, was
in fearful plight, the water reaching
back 10 the interior as far as the eye
could zee. In this little city vigilance
committee had been organized. They
stationed themselves on the roof Of a
house, and had fair sized cannon with
them which they loaded with stones,
nails aud other missiles. This apparatus
was used to protect the town by prevent
ing steamboats, from passing, and it is
said that it had Very marked effect 10
several cases. Several lives we're lost in
this place.
sIsTERsvILLE
presented the appearance OF floating
drift pile, hut one of the ex-inhabitants
fof the drift pile informed the reporter
that the folks we're all up town, just as
happy as spring chickens after sunset.
70 course we don't know how chickens
feel at that hour
The most woe begone, in fact house
begone, place along the whole river is
EVANSVILLE.
There were formerly 40 houses, Q stores
and q church there, but now only the
church and two houses remain, the bal.
ance of the structures having been press.
ed out into the resstless stream. Amos
Bros. store, filed with miscellaneous
stock, was swept away. Miss Amos
was staying with her aunt, Mrs. Carson,
below town, and when she saw the store
passing exclaimed:
"MY GOD. THERE GOES OUR HOUSE."
The words had no more than passed her
lips when her aunt lay corpse at her
side, she having died from fright.
MArAMoRAs.
is tie "banner town" along the Ohio.
She was high and dry. The inhabitants
had raised provisions and we're looking
after the sufferers in the neighborhood'
John Shrake and son, formerly of Bell
aire, we're the leaders in the good work
at this point.
After leaving Matamorss night set in,
and
TIE sCENE BY MOONLIGHT
simply beggars description. The idea
of being out in the midst of this mass OF
rapid flowing water, (some places four
miles from bank to bank) was bad
enough, but when the eve wandered of
and would discover light in house
seemingly in the middle of the stream
lit was horrible. The water rushing
against the willows and trees made 8