Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-16
Yesterdays Work Shows No Re.
Taxation OF Coed Deeds.
The Ladies' NimbIe Fingers Fly
About as BriskIy as at First
And All Want is Relieved by the
Unvarying Vigilance
Of the Members Of the Food and
Shelter Committees.

pended in relieving the distress OF the flood
sufferers in this city, makes it $4,000
While this is matter OF news, it is also
printed to assure those who have contribu.
ted it that their benevoence was not ill.,
timed, and to convince others and all OF
the stern necessity OF seeing that the fund
is kept up. The number OF sufferers has
increased since the first, and it is no small
task to clothe, warm and keep in provisions
an army Of nearly $500 persons. Only by
the closest management can We keep actual
suffering from the doors Of our own people,
and we can only do it by the aid of our out
side friends.
This great calamity that has befallen us
has served, at least, the one purpose OF
showing the great heart of people. The
gloom OF the occasion is relieved by the
brightness Of thousand acts OF benevolence
that may be seen every day about the city.
Ladies and gentlemen have neglected their
household affairs and their business mat
ters and given both their days and nights
to the relief of the suffering. 1t is said
that not one member of the several COM
mittees has shown any sign OF giving up
or resigning, and while this may be said OF
all, there are single instances Of devotion
among them that appeal to the warmest
feelings Of praise and gratitude that a
people can feel. No words of the recipients
OF this devotion can ever express their
thanks, and no lines in a newspaper can
adequately reward the service which has
been rendered in several cases.
In the common struggle to do the most
good, everything else has been lost and
forgotten and there seems to be but this
one thing in all the city-the sufierers and
how they can be best relieved.
The towboat Iron City, sent out from
Pittsburgh by the newspaper and business
men of that city, arrived al our wharf
shortly after one o'clock yesterday after
noon. The boat is in charge OF Rev. f. r.
Donahoo, was commanded by Captain
Joseph Graham, and had on board the fol.
lowing representatives Of the Pittsburgh
press: Post, Robert Herbert; Dispatch,
Charlie jain; Commercial Gazette, WILL
ism Davis; Chronicle-Telegraph, p. l.
Walter; Leader, Charlie Wakefield, and
Times Marion Ogden. Z. l.. Walter was
secretary cf the expedition. aud Messrs.
mittee; the Others Of the party acting as
general advisory committee or engaging in
the work Of relief Independently and in
Discriminatory.
In barge in tow were provisions and
clothing to the value Of s., 800, while $500
in cash was taken along, to be bestowed
where money would do the most good.
The original in tention Of those in charge
OF the boat was to 60 to Pdrkersburg and
distribute up stream from that point, but
so much distress and suffering was met
with at the small towns mp stream that the
first project was abandoned and the work
OF relief went on wherever needed.
To REGISTER reporter Mr.. Walter said:
Eve left Pittsburg at Q O'Clock last night.
Some difficulty was experienced In getting
a boat. but finally Mr.. w. II. Riddle, OF the
PEOPLES Bank, the owner OF the Iron
City, sgreed to give his boat for the bare
cost OF running her, pay OF crew, etc. We
ran down stream as far rs Philleras island,
90 miles below Pittsburgh, reaching that
point al midnight. There We tied up and
laid by until Daylight, in order TO give the
crew q rest and to arrange our cargo, con
sisting of flour, bacon, beans, hams, sugar
salt, coffee, onions, clothing, mattresses.
bedding, crockery, corn meal, broo ms,
soap, and other articles, so the articles
could be easily got at. Our idea was TO
-, IL ha ri
gsnized relief committees in every town
touched at, but also TO hunt up and relieve
the wants OF isolated cases and that large
class oi deserving persons who are reluc-
taut to make their wants known. We also
inte nd TO make a speciality OF running up
the creeks on both sides Of the river, and
relieving those who might otherwise be
overlooked.
"After getting under way the first stop
was at New Cumberland. The tirst man re
lieved was John T. idy. We gave him food
for his family and brought bin down to
LeasuTville, whe he had heard his house
had lodged. The fi-st attempt at relief on
a large scale vas ut Wellsburg. Here WE
met Mr.. 6. W. Cslixeli, who said the Re
lief Committee had received 5000 from
the ger eral government, but that sum was
insufficient We left in his charge the fol.
lowing articles - sacks OF 1our, 9 sacks OF
corn mesl, IL Drooms, IL pals, large box
OF roasted coffee. a barrel OF herring, kits
OF mackeral. and one barrel OF sugar.
Warren, Jefferson County, Ohio, was
the next place stopped at. This little town
has suffered terribly. and the inhabitants
were in utter destitution. We found ten
or twelve men who bad no food whatever
for their families. We left there, in charge
OF John Taylor and William Jackson, OF
the local Relief Committee. seven mat
tresses and bedding, shoes and clothing for
men, women and children, Q number OF
bones OF crackers and bread and liberal
supply of rice and sugar, . barrel Of salt,
another OF onions, another OF cornmeal and
some buckets and tubs. We next landed
at Burlington. Here twenty families were
entirely washed out, but the local commit
tee reported that they were able 10 relieve
oil distress. We notified the government
boat to stop there and then came on to
Wheeling"
Represen tatives Of the Wheeling press
boarded the boat here, and st O'Clock the
party cast off and continued on their er-
rand Of mercy. II the supply OF provisions
holds out the boa. will 20 up the Kanawha
vsllsv hefoya yeturning