The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21

perilous. Nearly the whole town Ia foodef,
and people have moved into the second stories
OF their houses.
AURORA, IND.
The dismal predictions made yesterday In re-
gard to affairs ut Lawrenceburg have been veri-
fed. The water has been rising rapidly and
with II comes destruction. Upward OF forty
residences now are more or lees wrec IN 10. .,
several squares. People all over the town are
leaving their houses, but they are compelled TO
leave their goods, as there IL no place TO take
them, and even II there were place TO put
them, they could not be moved, so strong Is the
current through the town. PROVISIONS are
scarce, and there Is much suffering In prospect.
LOUISVILLE AND LOWER RIVER POINTS
This city Is filled with alarm at the encroach-
ments Of the food. The river has been rising
half inch an hour for eighteen hours, and the
signal service department predicts that the HOOD
will exceed the mark of 1888 all along the Ohio.
At this point that height has almost been
reached, and a great deal OF water Is reported
coming. So far as Louisville Is concerned, there
rs a need for immediate subscriptions TO the
flood relief fund, but no outside aid Is necessary
yet.
From points down the river terrible accounts
come of destruction OF property and distress Of
people The steamer Ariadne arrived from the
lower Ohio this evening. the first boat up In
morning. AT Uniontown the water was within
two feet Of being over the bank, which at the
town ia some three feet higher than further up
the river; The water must by tins time have
Above Uniontown the country has been Hooded
for days, and farms are much damaged. Mount
Vernon. Ind, Is stih above water as at Hender-
son, Evansville, and Owensboro. The
water is In all the stores of Newburg,
Ind. and business Is entirely suspended. AT
Rockport the railroad depot is under water. and
the eastern end OF the town IA Hooded, but the
main business portion is above water. AT Grand
View the shipping warehouses and the lower end
Of the town are under water. Many people have
deserted their houses and there Is some distress
The busfnees section is still above water. Lewis
port was three teet above water night before
last. rise OF three feet would have flooded all
the houses. Troy IL all under water and no
business Is transacted Every house In Tell
City is in the water. The people there have
become navigators, and every house has its
boat. At least 500 skiffs may be seen moving
about the streets. At Cannelton the water ex-
tends back for three blocks. Cloverport east OF
Glover Creek, was submerged, and steamboats,
cannot land at the regular landing. Tobinsport
and Rome. both in Indiana, are entirely mum
dated. Stevensport also IL all under water, and
there is no landing for boats. Concordia is all
under water, and the people have taken refuge
in the hills back from the river. At Alton, Ind.
the water covers many houses entirely, and Is mp
to the caves OF all OF them, even those In the rear
part of the place. The people have all deserted.
At Leavenworth, Ind, the water reaches to the
hills, and covers the entire town, washing away
the awnings In front Of stores Even that Sec
ton nearest the hills is submerged, the back
water having come in through a creek that runs
by the place. The river in front OF Amsterdam
is flooded. One-half OF the business is on
the river and IL flooded. At Mauckport the water
has flooded everything. The place has a num-
Der OF saw-mills and -four mills which have
suspended operations. West Point Is Hooded
and business il suspended Capt Mccoy, of the
Ariadne, says of the flooded country: The peo-
pie were generally prepared for the flood before
the water caught them, and the damage Will not
be nearly so great as 1t was last year. II the
flood does not go down soon, however. nhere
will be great want or provisions, though think
there is as yet no suffering.