The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-15

days. The full moons gentle rays,
thinly filtered through the clouds, is
the only source of light at night. Away
from the struggling beams of coal-oil
lamps and scattered electric lights the
gloom that has settled as pail over
the people is in full keeping with the
adness Of natures self. n prominent
business man said few minutes since
that never in all his life had he felt as
gloomy. and disheartened at the pros
| poets of the future outlook as tonight.
The direct loss in Cincinnati alone of
over 81 ,OOO. 900 last year will be multi
piled several fold before Saturday night
next. Cincinnati lies in a wide recess,
along the banks of the Ohio, where the
high hills have been pushed back for
half mile to afford magnificent site
! for city. The first bottoms. or river
bank proper, extend for half dozen
! squares back; then comes the second
beach, fifty or sixty feet above high
water, which has encroached TO its very
foot.
WHEELING, w. VA, Feb. 12.-The
| river is thirty-One feet nine inches, and
falling. The steamers Princess and Alb
ner ONeal are running in their trades.
The weather is f0ggy, and it is raining.
A steady rain fell all day. 1t has caused
alarm which is increased by the news of
a rise at the headwaters. The subscrip-
tions in cash here reach $4,000. but all
has been spent and supplies sent in from
elsewhere are consumed as fast as re-
ceiyed. The homeless are on short al
lowance owing to insufficient supplies.
The committee is powerless to help
them. Many, themselves sufferers from
the flood, contribute to help others. The
state of affairs is heartrending.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 12.-The river
here has attained thirty-two feet 8
inches, which is less than two feet be-
low the danger line. 1t continues ris-
ing at the rate of nine inches daily. 1t
has gone over the banks both above
and below here in low places, butso far
no damage has been done. 1t will take
two feet additional rise before trouble
in the bottoms begins. The general
impression prevails among steamboat
men that the Mississippi valley will not
be subjected to serious foundations
from the water now in sight. st. Fran
els basin is filling up from breaks be-
low Cairo, which will check the rise at
this point, but which must again find
it's way into the Mississippi at Helena,
Ark, where the st. Francis river emp
ties into the Mississippi.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 12.-This city
is filled with alarm at the encroach-
ments of the flood. The river has been
rising half an inch an hour for eighteen
hours, and the signal service depart
ment predicts that the flood will exceed
the mark of 1888 all along the Ohio.
At this point that height has almost
been reached, and a great deal of wa
ter is reported coming.
At OTHER PLACES.
At California it is terrible beyond de-
scriptiOn. The entire town is COM
pletely submerged, and many of the
houses on front street are nearly out of
sight. Many are on the verge of COM
plete destruction. Not a solitary light
is to be seen, and not a voice is to be
heard.
Tusculum is at present under water.
Columbia is very badly submerged,
both above and below. One third of
the town is under the flood. There is
no gas. Much suffering prevails.
Delta, Tusculum, Columbia and East
Columbia are deserted and tenantless.
. PendletOn is in the same condition as
committee has been busy for the past
five days ameliOrating the condition of
the sufferers. The public buildings are
all turned into marine hospitals.
The people of Austinburg and Sand
Yorktown are in deplorable condition.
/ CovingtOn stands apparently high
and dry, but gas has been shut off, and
| the citizens may look for cut off of
the water supply. .ts
At Newport the situation is proving
worse hourly. Many families in the
extreme lower portion of the flooded
district were forced out Of the second
stories to-day.
The situation in East Newport is ter
rible. The houses in that locality are
all threatened with destruction. Four
thousand people were fed by the COM
mittee at noon, and as many more were
turned away dinnerless in the rain be-
cause all supplies had given out. There
was nothing for supper.
Advices from POmeroy, 245 miles up
the river, say the town and its sur
rOundings are almost entirely sub
merged. and the damage has been ter
rible. The water was eight feet higher
than ever before. The town has had
no telegraph or railroad communication
for four days. Provisions are almost
exhausted, and appeals to the country
at large were made for aid. The special
was sent to Athens, thirty miles, by
messenger.
At Gallipolis, 200 miles up the river,
the water came to stand 81 feet above
last year mark, and raining.
Point Pleasant, w. Va, four miles
above, telegraphs for immediate aid.
BY collision of sleighs at Ithaca, N.
Y, III. V. Bostwick, wife and son, and
Charles Dresser were seriously injured.
st. Louis claims to have manufac-
tured last year %, co., 90 pounds Of to-
bacco, which beats the re cord.
The county Jail at Wausau, Wiscon-
sin, was burned Monday morning, and
two prisoners persisted in the flames.
Elizabeth Betz, a revolutionary pen
sioner, residing at Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania, the widow of drummer, is
S3 years Of age and in excellent health.
| Advices from Arizona are to the eff
feet that Geronimo's band surrendered
at San Bernardino, and are now on the
way to San Carlos reservation.
An open winter In the arctic circle is
indicated by the vast fields of ice en-
countered by steamers crossing the At