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Ok the strength of its special commits
sioner the New Orleans Times Democrat
stated some time ago that the everglades
OF Florida are irreclaimable. This is
contradicted by the Okechobee Land Com
it has permanently redeemed 100000
acres and is still pushing the work, having
unlimited capital at its command for that
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The Friends OF the Mississippi River
Jubilant Over the Result of the
Convention.
How Candidate for Congress i'm North
Alabama Raised Funds to Carry
ON His Campaign.
Citizens Forced to Walk Barefoot to the
Courts and Their Families Beg
CARED to
Pay Court Costs in Cases that Could Not
Result i'm COnyietiOn-Debate Over
Negro Porter.

Special to the Appeal.J
WASHINGTON, february THE friends
OF the Mississippi river are enthusiastic
over the results of the convention, which
adjourned to-day. The impression upon
Congressman is undoubtedly most favora-
bic, and liberal treatment of the great
waterway may be confidently expected.
Two of the most effective addresses during
the convention were made to-day, by
Judge Houk and Gen. G. P. NJ. Turner, of
Tennessee. Judge Houk addressed the
convention, by request, after the adoption
of the report. He was gratifed, he said,
to see the unanimity of opinion on the
great question of improving the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries. He believed
that every navigable stream should be i'm
proved so as to float the commerce of the
land. 1t had always been his pleasure to
vote for the river and harbor bill in Con-
gress. He was
MORE THAN PLEASED
with the tenor OF the resolutions, as he had
expected, from reading some of the news
papers, that the convention was local in
its character, and that it had assembled
simply in the interest of the Mississippi
river He was glad that the scope of the
resolutions was SO wide as to take in other
streams than the Father OF Waters.
GEN. TURNER,
of Memphis, made a .half-hour speech
replete with eloquent sentiments. He
congratulated the American government
on the presence at its capital of a body
of men so intelligent and represent
ative, and he congratulated the members
of the convention on the excellence of the
work performed. He saw, as the effect
this convention and its proceedings would
have on Congress, the approach OF the
rainbow of hope. He said that the time
was rapidly approaching when sectional
issues would be obliterated from the land,
and
TRULY NATIONAL SENTIMENT
prevail in its stead. Whatever may have
been the differences heretofore existing
between the people of the different por-
tions of the country, they had been recon-
ciled, and now the American people, in
truth as in theory, worshiped one God
under the folds of their star-spangled
flag. Gen. Turner paid handsome trib-
ute to the people of the various parts of
the country, and invited everybody to pay
a visit to the city of Memphis, where he
assured them hospitable reception from
the business men and citizens generally,
who were noted for their Gberality and
cleverness.
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CATLETTSBURG, KY.


Front and Main Streets Under Water.
CATLETTsBURG, February Heavy rains
in the past twenty-four hours. All hopes
of an early abatement of the flood are
gone. The Algier House closed its doors
this evening. Front street is invaded by
water. The water on Main street cuts off
large portion of the town except by
skiffs. Big Sandy river is rising at Rich
ardson. The Ohio :'er is rising three
inches an hour.
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"THE mills must come to the cotton
fields" says the Atlanta Constitution, COM
menting on the fact that 100000 idle
workmen in the New England manufac-
turing centers shows that Southern COM
petition has struck vital part. Let the
capitalists move further South with their
-
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away. Another bad washout is at Mingo
Junction. The east-bound Panhandle
trains are side-tracked here, and probably,
will not get out tonight. The damage
caused by the flood in Eastern Ohio will
be incalculable The rivers are still rising
four inches per hour. Below GAINESVILLE
number of bridges are reported gone.
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YINCENNES, IND.
Great Floods Feared in the White and
Wabash Rivers.

NNcENNEs, February THE Wabash
and White rivers are rising rapidly. Farm
ers are moving stock and household goods
from the bottoms to bi@her lands, in an
ticipation of great flood. Much corn is
still in the bottoms, which, ii not moved,
will be destroyed. The levees along the
Wabash broken last year have not been
repaired, and great fear prevails that dis
astrous loss cannot be averted.
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COSHOCTON, OHIO.
The Muskingum, Tuscarawas and Wal
bonding Rivers Higher Than Ever
known.

CosHocToN, February The Muskin-
gum, Tuscarawas and Walhonding rivers
are higher than for twenty-five years. The
adjacent valleys are flooded and the lower
part of the city is submerged, the water
rising to the second floors OF houses on
Water street. A bad washout at Navarro
and Bedford on the Carrolton Valley rail-
read, and the long bridge at Bartlett has
threatened tine trains OF this road since
Monday. At Trenton the Panhandle
tracks are under water for half mile.
One hundred yards OF the track is washed
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LOUISVILLE.
no Change In the General Situation
Relief Measures.

LOUISVILLE, February THE situation
has not materially changed here since yes
terday. 1t rained steadily all night, but
turned at daybreak, and has been driz-
zling sinGe. The river has been rising
from two TO four inches aa hog-. Up to
noon the canal registered thirty-eight feet
tsn inches, and rising two inches an hour.
The flood will not be attended with so
much suffering as last year. The people
in the dangerous localities have nearly all
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WE BEAT THE CUT.

TICKETS TO LITTLE ROCK TO-DAY
ONLY SO So.
4. SAMELsOE d. CO.,
Ticket Brokers, 80 Main Street.
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senator Gibson and the River.
JOE BLACKBURN,S
Election TO the Senate Celebrated by a
Banquet.

LEXINGTON, KY, February IA BAN
quet has been given tonight at the Phe-
nix Hotel in honor of the newly-elected
Senator, the Hon. J. C. S. Blackburn. The
members OF the Legislature, and num-
Der of invited guests from Louisville ard
other places, are in attendance
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JACKSON, MISS.
Proceedings of the Legislature Yester
dsy-ImpOrtant Bills Passed.

Special to the Appeal
JACKSON, February 7.-Sendte.-There
was nothing done by the Senate to-day
except the discussion of the special order,
being a bill to amend the election laws.
The bill to create an Exposition Bureau
was reported on favorably by the commit
tee and the same was made the special
order for tomorrow.
House.-Bills introduced and referred:
For the relief of w. w. Davis and G. B.
Glenn; to prohibit certain banks from
charging fifteen per cent. on their loans
to amend the act dividing the State into
Congressional districts; for the relief of
Drs Began and Claiborne; authorizing the
Gulf and Ship Island road to purchase
certain swamp and overfowed lands; re-
specting weights and measures; to make
an appropriation for public buildings
of the University of Mississippi;
to facilitate the assessment of taxes;
to incorporate Walnut Grove; to
enforce contracts between employer and
employee; to amend the law relative to
druggists and the Sabbath day; for the re-
lief of Rocket and Green; to punish per
sons for giving false alarms or for improp-
erly starting or stopping or attempting to
of the profession of dentistry to facilitate
the business of chancery courts; to amend
the charter of Vicksburg; to prevent in
competent and unauthorized persons from
engaging in the practice of pharmacy; to
promote the agricultural interests of
Washington county; to authorize the su-
perintendent of education in Washington
county to provide certain additional
schools; to adopt a tax-collector's receipt.
Bills passed: To change the time of
holding court in Lawrence; to authorize
Monroe county to sell the present poor
'house and purchase other property to erect
a poorhouse.
The discussion on the temperance bill
closed to-day. The bill provided for cleo
tions in the various counties as to whether
or not Intoxicating liquors should be sold.
The bill was defeated by large majority.
This action is regarded as the defeat of the
prohibitionists.
There was
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WHAT FINK SAYS,

the meeting of the presidents Of the
trunk lines and their principal connec-
tions to-day, it was agreed to restore at
once the tariff rates both East and West. l
was directed to request all roads repre-
sented on the Joint Executive Committee,
and all roads working in connection with
them, to strictly maintain the tariff. The
presidents have pledged themselves to be
personally responsible for carrying out
this agreement"
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JACKSONVILLE, o.
The South and Southwest End of the
Town Under Water.

JACKSONVILLE, February THE entire
southwest and south end OF town is under
water. Many houses are swept from their
foundations. The bridge on the Columbus
and Hooking Valley road, with fifteen
coal cars, was carried away last night. The
county lost bridge over the Hooking
river
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PORT DEPOSIT. MD.
Threatened with Destruction by an Ice
Gorge Twenty Feet High.

PoRT DEPosIT, February "A large
number of men have been engaged by the
railway company tonight, TO be called
upon for Immediate action in case of neces-
sity. The headquarters of the railway and
Western Union Telegraph and ticket Of
fees have been moved to secure
quarters. Merchants have moved their
goods to the second floors Every
thing is in an uproar and everybody re-
tires tonight expecting to be called out
before morning. An immense gorge twenty
feet high, and from shore to shore, formed
tonight at McCall's Ferry, twenty miles
north. 1t is admitted by all that the safe
ty of Port Deposit depends upon the sta
bility of the McCall's Ferry gorge.
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DIED.

C0VINGT0N-At his residence, in Crittenden
county. Ark, February 4, 1884. DR.. THOMAS IL.
CovISeroS. Murray and Mayfeld (Ky.> papers
please eopy.l
LEAvENwoRTH-At Greentille, Miss, Feb
ruary 5, 1884, of pneumonia, Captain NOAH IL.
LEAvESwoRrH, aged ffty-eight years
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CAIRO.
The River Forty Feet Six Inches. and
Rising an Inch an Hour.

Rising an Inch an Hour.
CAIRO, February THE river at noon
was forty feet six inches, and rising an inch
an hour. Weather colder. A light rain
continues.
Night.-The river at 6 o'clock was forty
one feet five inches, and rising nearly two
inches per hour. The weather is cloudy
and cool. No alarm is felt here as to the
overflow. 1t is thought That the river will
not reach over fifty feet unless more heavy
rains occur above.
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A 1910.

THE Hon. VIM. Evarts, OF New York,
does not seem to favor the nomination of
Mr. Arthur for the Presidency. He thinks
the Republicans can select a stronger
stance
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CAPITAL POINTS.
Left for Home.



WASHINGTON, February THE mem-
bers of the Illinois Press Club left this
city this morning.
The McGarrahan Claim.
The House Committee on Judiciary to-
day heard argument in favor of the cele-
brated McGarrahan claim.
A Defaulting Postmaster.
Inspector Thomas, of the Postoffice De-
partment, has been ordered to place the
postmaster of Abilene, Tex, under arrest
A defalcation of $500 has been discovered
in his accounts.
Evarts and the Telegraph.
VIM. NJ. Evarts, representing West
ern Union Telegraph Company, made an
argument before the Senate Committee on
Postoffices and Postroads to-day in opposi-
ton to the establishment of postal tele-
graph system.
Ways and Means.
The Committee on Wavs and Means
agreed to grant hearings to the representa-
tives of the various interests as follows:
Cotton, Wednesday, 18th instant; wool,
Thursday, 18th; metals, Saturday, 10th !;
earthenware and glassware, Monday, 18th.
Riddleberger's Bill.
Senator Conger reported favorably to-
day from the Committee on Commerce
berger to bring the port of Newport News
under the operation of the law providing
for the immediate transportation to GER
tain specified ports dutiable goods upon
arrival at any port of entry.
American Shipping.
The Senate Committee on Commerce to-
day authorized Senator Frye to report to
the Senate a new bill for the relief of
American shipping. This measure has
been prepared by the committee from the
various bills heretofore referred to it on
the same general subject, and will be Of
fered as substitute for them.
Gen. Sherman's Retfracy.
Gen. William T. Sherman will be placed
on the retired list of the army tomorrow.
Under the provisions OF the act of Con-
gress making retirement in the army COM
pulsory in the case of all officers sixty-five
years of age, a general order will be issued
tomorrow morning announcing Gen. Sher-
mans retirement. The only changes re-
sulting from the retirement will be that of
Col. John +. Tourtellotte, of the Seventh
Cavalry, and Col. John NJ. Bacon, of the
Fifth Cavalry, now acting aid-de-camp to
Gen. Sherman, will be ordered to rejoin
their regiments.
Senator Gibson and the River.
The bill introduced in the Senate to-day
by Senator Gibson to amend the act which
created the Mississippi River Commission
provides for the extension of the work of
the commission to all navigable tributaries
of the Mississippi river; for an increase of
membership of the commission from seven
to nine, the additional members to be Sc
lected from the engineer corps of the
army, and increase the compensation of
civilian members of the commission from
$4,000 to $500 per annum. 1t also pro-
vides that the commission shall report to
the chief of engineers and Secretary of
War, instead OF directly to the Secretary
mel, dyke and trainingwall" system, as
well as upon the outlet, jetty and levee
systems.
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A BLIZZARD,
The Worst of the Season, Prevails at Du
Iuth,

MINNEAPOLIS, February THE Tribun,
specials announced the prevalence OF g
snow-storm all over the State. The blizzard
at Duluth is the worst OF the season
Huron, Oak, reports eight inches of snow
and moderating. Snow has been falling
here all day, but is not deep on the
ground
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LAMRENCERURG. IND.
Much Fright. but Very Little Real
Danger.

Much Fright. but Very Little Real
CINCINNATI, February THE news
from Lawrenceburg indicates much fright
but not much danger, and when the levee
broke this morning the water from the
Ohio had already entered, so that when
the Miami water came in it was not such
a current as had been feared The chief
danger now is in crumbling foundations,
and in high winds. Many small frame
houses will be moved from their founda-
tions The people are well provisioned
and cheerful
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Evarss and the Telegraph.

VIM. NJ. Eyarts, representingthe West
ern Union Telegraph Company, made an
argument before the Senate Committee on
Postoffices and Postroads to-day in opposi-
ton to the establishment of postal tele-
oraph system
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ployes of the Senate from dismissal In
presenting the resolution the morning
hour expired and the bill went over, when
the Chair Senator Hawley) laid before
the Senate unfinished business, being the
Mexican land grant titles bill. 1t was de-
bated during the remainder of the dav.
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THE TRUNK LINES
Intent ON Enectua1Iy Controlling
Freight Rates.

New YORK, February There was an
important meeting of the managers of the
trunk lines and principal Western connec-
tions, this afternoon, at the office of Com
missioner Fink. The object of the meet
ing was to devise some means by which
rates on freight can be effectually con-
trolled,
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PHILADELPHIA.
An Ice-Gorge In the SchuyIkill Break
and Carries Ruin to MiIIers.

PHILADELPHIA, February IA dispatch
from Manayunck says that the ice-gorge
in the Schuylkill river commenced NOV
ing shortly before u o'clock, and carried
away a trestle-work bridge on the Penn
sylvania railway at Green Lane. Several
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Inspector Thomas, OF the Postoffice De-
partment, has been ordered to place the
A defalcation of $500 has been discovered
in his accounts.
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The Senate.

Senator Call offered resolution request
ing the President of the United States to
prevent the delivery of Sen. Carlos
Aguero, a Cuban patriot. now in prison at
Key West, Fla, ON the demand of the
Spanish government, upon the pretended
charge of highway robbery. Senator Call
had read the proceedings of a meeting of
American citizens at Key West, denounc-
ing the demand of Spain as actuated by
purely political reasons, and defending
Gen. Aguero from the imputations against
him. Referred to the Committee on For
eign Relations.
Senator Beck offered resolution, which
went over till tomorrow, directing the
Committee on Civil Service to inquire
into the cause of the removal OF John
Dudley, the colored porter, heretofore ON
the rolls OF the Senate, and directing the
committee to reduce to writing the evi-
dence it may take on the subject and lay
such evidence before the Senate. The
resolution further directs the committee
to report what changes in the rules of the
Senate are necessary to protect the em-
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EX-SENATOR COOPER,s BODY
Being Prepared for Transportation TO
ShelbyviIIe. Tenn.

Special TO the AppeaI.I
NASHVILLE, February IA dispatch
was received to-day from A. Warren that
the body of Ex-senator Cooper, who was
killed at Culiacan, Mexico, is being pre-
pared for shipment. 1t will be sent here,
and transferred to the family burying
ground at Shelbyville, Tenn.
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WASHINGTON, February THE mem-
bers of the Illinois Press Club left this
city this morning
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The Committee on Wavs and Means
agreed to grant hearings to the representa-
tives of the various interests as follows
Cotton, Wednesday, 18th instant; wool,
Thursday, 14th; metals, Saturday, 10th
earthenware and glassware, Monday, 18th.
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"DIEp OF ammonia, poor fellow" said
the renowned Mrs. Partingtnn, on learning
DIR. Bulls Cough Stirrup. 1t stirred up
my cold and drove it away" DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup she meant, of course.
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A Railroad Bridge Damaged-Trains
Ev-nu for

FosToRIA, February THE Nickel-Plate
railroad bridge at Fort Seneca is so dam
aged that it is unsafe for trains to cross.
All trains are transferred oyer the Lake
Erie and Western to Fremont, thence to
the Lake Shore road.
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AURORA, IND.

Gas Works StOpped-wafer on Second
street.
AURORA, February River at a stand.
Water up TO Second street. Gas works
| stopped.
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American shipping.

The Senate Committee on Commerce to-
day authorized Senator Frye to report to
the Senate a new bill for the relief of
American shipping. This measure has
been prepared by the committee from the
various bills heretofore referred to it on
the same general subject, and will be Of
Tered as a substitute for them.
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LOGAN, o.
No Gas-RaiIroad Bridge GOne-Greatest
Flood Ever Seen.

LOGAN, February This is the great
est flood ever seen in Hooking Valley.
The fine bridge of the Hooking Valley
road is gone and the railroad machine
shop ruined. There is no gas tonight.
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yANESVILLE, q,
The Muskingum Higher Than Ever
known Before.

ZANEsvILLE, February THE Muskin-
gum is rising an inch every half hour. 1t
is now higher than ever before. Trains
have been withdrawn on the Muskingum
Valley road.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

FAZZI-The friends and acquaintances of John
and Mary FaEzi are invited to attend the funeral
of their daughter. MAY AsGELISE PERroLl, from
the residence, on Randolph road, at Wolf river
bridge, this FRIDAYl afternoon at 2 o clock.
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mails are also abandoned. Delays have
occurred on nearly all through mails with
the East and West. A washout on the
Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore
road east of Hamdon makes serious delay.
The Panhandle has been submerged be-
tween here and Xenia at various points.
Beginning tomorrow st. Louis express
trains OF the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st.
Louis and Chicago road will run over the
track of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton road between Indianapolis and
Cincinnati.
2 O'Clock A.M-The river is sixty-two
feet-a rise of an inch and quarter since
midnight. 1t now lacks one foot seven
inches of the flood of 1S47, two feet three
inches of the flood of 1882, and four feet
four inches OF last year. Weather cloudy
and growing warmer.
Atdnight-River sixty-one feet ten and
three-quarter inches-a rise of quarter
of an inch in ths last hour. Instead of a
cold wave coming, as predicted, the
weather is milder than during the day,
and there are prospects of more rain.
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A Defaulting Postmaster.

The House Committee on Judiciary to-
day heard argument in favor of the cele-
brated McGarrahan claim.
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o.
Mad River observation-disclosures Badly

SPRINGFIELD, February Mad river is
receding rapidly. No trains on the Ohio
Southern road. The track is badly washed
near Bainbridge, and it will require ten
days to get trains running.
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Senator Conger reported favorabIy to-
day from the Committee on Commerce
the bill introduced by Senator Riddle
berger to bring the port of Newport News
under the operation of the law providing
for the immediate transportation to GER
tain specified ports dutiable goods upon
arrival at any port of entry.
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THE CUMBERLAND
Rising Rapidly and Carrying Destruction
to the People Along Its Banks, is
Pouring Out
A FlOed Which the Ohio Partly Forces
Back and Thus Increases the Ter
rors of the Situation.
The People Of Little Rock Apprehensive
and the Memphis Railroad Company
Preparing a Line Of Boats.

A Flood Of the Lower Mississippi Valley
Believed to be Imminent-Planters
SHOULD Prepare for 1t.
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PORTSMOUTH, o.

River Rising at The Rate OF Four Inches
an Hour
PORTSMOUTH, February River fifty
five feet nine inches, and rising four inches
an hour-an increase of an inch an hour
since noon. The houses on Front street
will be submerged by morning.
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EoRr STEVENSON, d. THE Rev. James
MeCarty SAYS: Browns Iron Bittens
cured me Of severe dyspepsia"