, 1884-02-08

Allegheny council this morning ar
Y pointed a committee tn receive sui
scriptions and take such other action a
may be found necessary to relieve tb
n present wants of the needy. This al
t~ernoon public meeting will be held il
this city for the same purpose. Dona
lions are already pouring in from tn,
citizens, n 1t is thought that n,
difficulty will be experienced in raising
any amount needed.
Pittsburg. February Z, 2 p. M TIL,
M~onongahela fell one foot and the ALE
gheny twenty inches since IL O'Clock
The marks show thirty-one feet in the
former and t~hirty-two feet In the lat.
ter. No rain since daylight, weather
raw.
Memphis, February Floods oil
water are pouring out Of the upper
rivers, causing great concern. The
people in this section Of the country
cannot see any possibility of avoiding
one OF the most serious foods that ever
devastated that part of the country.
Warming has been sent to the planters
below here advising them to move to
a place of safety. IL this warning is
needed 1t will save them thousands of
dollars. 1t has been raining steadily
the past thirty-six hours, which will
swell the interior streams and add to
the disaster which is almost upon the
people below this city. 3
Wheeling, W. ", February THE
river has reached ffty-six feet and is
still rising. There was great distress
during the night. The steamer Belle
Prince has been engaged all morning in
taking families off the island, where,
however, many still remain. Skiffs
are also doing good work. Many
casualties are reported, but lnvestiga-
lions shows slight foundation for most
of them. Many heartrending in
stances Of sick people being imprisoned
all night in the waste of waters came
to light this morning.
Bellaire, Ohio, February T. The
goblet works caught fire this morning
from lime stacking in water, but the
damage was slight. The scenes about
the city are unprecedented within a
century. There is four feet more of
water than in the famous food OF 1888.
Two or three feet more are expected.
1t Is impossible at this hour to give
any estimate of the loss. Business is
nearly suspended.
Cleveland, February THE rain has
ceased and the water Is falling. In
northern Ohio the lowlands were sub.
merged eight inches deeper ut 7 O'Clock
this morning than previously known.
At noon the water had fallen two inches
and was receding.
At Akron the water has fallen three
feet and no further damage is expected.
Inc --- .Ss.utnE Upefatiuns
In the vicinity of Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia.
Louisville, February THE situa-
ton has not materially changed here
since yesterday. 1t rained steadily all
night bat turned at daybreak and has
only been drizzling since. The river is
rising from two to -four inches an hour.
At DON the canal guage registered
thirty feet one inch, and rising two
inches an hour. The food will not be
attended with SO much suffering as last
years..
Evansville, Ind, February THE
river is still rising two inches an hour,
and is now forty-two feet four inches
on the guage. Boats are busy saving
stock, grain and families. No change
in the weather. The news from the
Wabash and White rivers is very dark
and gloomy.
Jacksonville and New Albany are
waiting patiently for their inundation,
but have suffered nothing as yet from
the water. s-CIT-
Cincinnati, February So a. NJ
The river is now sixty-two feet. 1t has
risen IN inch and a quarter since mid
night, and now lacks but M foot and
seven inches of the dood of 1S47, two
feet and three inches Of the flood of
1882, and four feet and four inches of
the food Of last year. The weather is
cloudy and warmer.