The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-14
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The stage of the Ohio River at Gin
cinnat, on the morning of the 18th inst, was
sxty-fve feet five inches, still rising, and
still raining. Wheeling dispatch of the
18th reports the calamity there rs general
and appalling. Dwelling houses many of
them formerly costly and handsome resi-
dences, have been carried away, overturned,
or battered to pieces by leo and drift,
the debris filling the streets, alleys
and yards being piled in many
places twenty feet high. When the
Relief Committee took food and clothing TO
them they almost ha their clothing torn from
them by the starving inhabitants, everybody
crying for the first supply. Several steamers
arriving ut Wheeling were fred upon, the
inhabitants fearing that the waves created
by the boats would complete the work of de-
struction. An unknown women was drowned
by falling from second-story window into
the river. A baby of a family named
Lash, on the island, also fell into the water
and disappeared from sight. Neither body
has been recovered. Many narrow escapes
are reported, AMI doubtless several hives have
been lost not yet discovered. Tim McCarty,
on the island, lost 81, 800 in gold IN his house,
which was swept away. Many other large
sums of money have been lost. The estimate
of the total loss in this vicinity on both sides
of the river is $4,000, 900. Miss Clara Barton,
President of the American National Associa-
ton of the Red Cross, accompanied by DR..
Hubbel, Special Field Agent Of the associa-
ton, left Washington on the 18th inst. for the
scenes of the floods She will go first TO
Pittsburgh and follow the Ohio River down,
visiting such places as have suffered Miss
Barton requests that Red Cross societies
North will, until further notice, forward sup
plies 20 Cincinnati as the central point of dis
tribution. The Governor of West Virginia
has photographed the Congressional delegation
from that State that the work OF relief for
the sufferers by the floods will require
$1,000, 900.
Detective Giles Brown, who was shot
near Horton, Mich, is positive that Judd
Crouch was the assassin, and Crouch and his
hired man, named McCulum, were taken
from their residence and lodged in Jail at
Jackson, but were soon released. Crouch
claims that he can establish an alibi. The
A band of 800 Indians recently at
tackled and muir Tered most of the principal
inhabitants of Omitlan, in one of the south
ernmost provinces of Mexico. The stores
and dwellings were plundered and the
women and children subjected 10 brutal out
RACES. A large force of Mexican soldiers
has been dispatched to quell the eutrages.
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revolutionary mob was defeated with loss
of twenty-five men killed.
A Chinaman who has resided in New
York for several years, received an English
education, and joined IN evangelical church,
was refused naturalization papers on ac-
count of the Federal restriction law.
1t is reported that Gen. Grant is
suffering from kidney and liver troubles
owing 10 the confinement forced on him
through the injury TO his hip and thigh. His
physicians seem to regard the complications
as rather serious.
Cetewayo is again reported dead
this time from heart disease.
The Parnellitcs are making a poor
show in the House of Commons. Parnell, so
far, has been able TO count only twenty-five
followers.
James O'Kelly, the Egyptian CORE
spondent OF the London Daily Nelos, for whose
safety fears have been expressed, has been
heard from in letter dated at Assioot, Jan. 3
Bradlaugh has been defeated in his
appeal TO the Court of Queens Bench against
the Sergeantat-Arms of the House of Com
mons. That officer, in obeying the orders OF
the House, removed the atheist leader from
the floor and Bradlaugh brought Intellectual
suit.