The semi-weekly miner., 1884-02-09
NIGHT "CHES.
The Greatest Flood Of the
Century.
congressman Afflicted With
Pleuro Pasuan onla.
Last Honors Paid to the
Dead Orator.
Attempted Stage Robbery in
Texas.
M1sOHLLANnoUs. ETC., ETC.
MISCELLANEOUS. ETC., ETC.
The Floods.

CAlkO. LII, T oO' '
been heavy rain since 4 p: m
Yesterday. The OHIO river is rising
fast, Iii. now 81 feet 8 inches 20 I'M
gauge, having risen over three teet
during the last u hours. The Mis-
sis-iopi /. also rising slowly.
Plrr-BURa, Feb 6.-The river Il
81 feet aud rising s inches an hour
at II \. m.
CLEVELAND, O, Feb. 6.-The rail
way. centeriug here report very hlGh
water at various points, and consid-
erable damage Ia some places.
CINCINNATI, Fec. 6.-With last
years experience, mercha"ts and
manufacturers will lose much less
than then. No time Is wasted ~
pumping water from cellars. Every
available man Is employed. where
the water may increase, In placing
the gM,ds on higher f'mrs or in
removing them to higher ground
Business is completely suspended
throughout all thu lower pant Of the
city. The Grand Central IA lroai
depot /. abAndsned. The warehouse
of D,mkw"rth's di+tfllery was under
mined and fell in the wa e.: causing
a large loss. Soon after the cattle
pens, capable of feeling a Thousand
cattle, were swept away. The cattle
han been removed yesterday. Loss
heavy.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 6.-The river Ia
rising three inches an hour. 1t
rained hard all night. and 1t Is still
raining. No business; boats lying
up; very little wharf room above
Third street: great excitement and
people lnnvinx. Agrrater flood than
any heretofore il predicted.
P1rTsBuRG, Feb. 6. - Specisls
from Washington, Pennsylvania,
say that the Gran ersvllle railroad
bridge ut Ridg-vil e, Is washed ou,.
No serious accidents are reported.
The Beaver river rose suddenly yes
t-rday aid ca, ri-d away about $l5,-
OOO worth of lumber.
L,UIsvILLE. Feb. 6 1T looks rs
thou ia the f Od of last year would be
repeated. The river vt noon was "a
f. in the canal aud rising ut the
rate Of four Inches an hour. ship
ingvort and Portland are q Wded
already and S'M people have been
driven out of their hQmes. TIE
government building IS the only
house not submerged in Shipping
port. Four feet more Of water Will
bring the floods over the cut III
ab"ve the ci,y, and the point will bs.
hm,d-d with gle,t loss Of property,
perhaps lives. 1t has teen raining
steady nearly all day. The Ken
tucky river il still ri>ing rapidly ut
Frankfnrt. There Is sMns,d ~rable
excit.:usut prevailing and the river
banks are thronged with people. N"
loss ofl'f. Is reported yet.
WHEEL1NG. w. Va, Feb. 4.-The
river here Is 40 feet, and still rising
at the rate of ten inches per hour.
Many low streets ON the island III
Sou'h Wheeling are already sub
merged, many houses being sur
rounded, aud q few invaded by
water. THREE mills have been
stopped by water reaching their fires;
the gas Is already shut off from the
island. and the gas works will NO
doubt be interferrd with. The sup
ply will be shut off by tonight; most
mills will he stopped by the water by
this evening. Bridges and trestIts
are loaded down with heavy trains
to prevent their being washed away
Communication with the suburbs Is
seriously interfered with.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 6 The Cham
ber uf Commerce transacted but
little business to day. Measures
We're taken to provide relief fund
tor the destitute. A committee Of
fifteen wa@ appointed and the secre
tary kept busy for some time rtceiv-
Ing subscriptions, mostly Of $lOO
each. The Chamber itself apprOprl-
at+d 81, 900 to the fund.
Tue health officials announced
they would place fifteen men of the
sanitary force at the disposal of the
relief committee. Rain Is sill
falling; wind from the south; tenn
pe'ature not falling.
At 2:N n. m. the river was fifty
nine feet seven and q half inches,
and rising TOUR inches per hour aud
still raining.
PITrsBURa, Feb. 8.-At 2 p. m.
the AIl-g laney river wa. thirty feet
two inches and the MuuOngahala
thirty-twe feet four inches, and ris-
Ing at the rate Of about six inches al
hour.