Daily Republican., 1890-02-28

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which continued during the entire day,
put Tonight u stopped raining. The
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern flor
mtrly The Cincinnatti, Washinaton and
Baltimore and tho Bee line have their
tracks covered with water to the depth
Of three or foar ieet near the stock e,rds
Tie rainfall here during the twelve
hours eHding at 8 O'Clock tonight. was
l-16 Of m inch, and Il was the same At
Louisville. II has been rising here since
z O'Clock at The rate Of AN inch an hour.
aud at 10 o'cock tonight Il vas 90 fset
and inches, and st II rising steadily.
The storm reported central about Nash
Vile, Tenn, at this writing, II o'clock,
u causing grave apprehension here
among meu who have river interests and
among men who have property and busi-
mesa interssts In the iowisnds Of the
city.
LANDsLrDEs And wAsHoUrs.
LouIsyrLLE, Ky, Feb 27.-1hs Ohio
river has reached flooded stage. Ono
Of the elevated road stations on the city
front has beeu cut of. A scare wns star
ted tonight and number 0f families 10
distficts submerged 10 1883 moved out,
but there 10 little fear OF auch o deluge
~ then. The river is etill rising about
an inch an hour. The Ohio and Mississip.
pi Railroad between here and Ciucinnst-
Il u closed.
REPoRTED LOSS or LIFE.
HAMILTON, o., Feb. 27.-The Big NIs-
mi river reached ito highest point 1t 3. 30
o'clock yesterday. Great damage waa
done to property along i,s course
through th.s city. Az Seven Mile, Q snall
stream north Of here, one life 10 known
to have been lost In the nocd, and II ID
reported that whole family wss drown.
cd while trying to cross Four Nile, a
ANAL stream north Of the city. The
weather bas turned much colder and the
rain has ceased and the indications nov
are that the flood will shortly reccde.
| EVANSVILLE. Ind. Feb. 27.--The riv
or at this point registered 40.5 at p,
NJ, and was rising At the rate OF an irct
an hour. Rsined nearly all day.
A BLIZZARD IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS
KANSAS CifY, Feb. N.-Despatchss
blizzard from the northwest prevailed
throughout these States to-day. The
blizzard was preceded late last night BY
. snow storm. during which snow fell t(
. depth oi three or four iuches, covering
the winter wheat aud sheliering II frOtI
tho severe cold. About 10 o'clock thi,
morning the blizzard set In. Tho wind
blew at - high rate Of velocity aud th,
thermometer fell to Zero. The fall o.
snow during the day was light and occa
stoned no serious delay to railway traffic
Snow ceased falling about 1 o'clock thii
afternoon, but the wind is still high and
tho Thermometer is low.
DAMAGK NY WIND AND nAyw
Memphis. Tenn, Feb. 27.-A spec'a
70 tho Appeal from Torrarce. Miss. says
Al s o'clock yesterday afternoon heavy
wind aud rain storm struck this placA
doing immense damage. The front Of d
L. Jones s. Sons store was torn AVA
aud landed across the Illinois Ceptrs
tracks. Tho roof was blown more thai
Zoo yards. Vau Hooser's dry goods stor
was wrecked aud blown acros the rsil
road. Fences and barns were leveled h
the ground in many places. Heavy rail-
ID still falling and the streets are flooded
! SNOW IN IOWA.
DAvENPoRr, Iowa, Feb. 27.-A heav.
tnow storm has beea raging here all da
to-day and street car traffic hns been im
psded on account OF the snow. Bstweel
aud 10 inches Of snow 10 on the groun
and the storm continues. It is the frs
genuine snow storm that has occurred 4
this section for Two years.
TELEGRAPH CONNECTION CUT OFF.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.--Hssyy rain
continue to prevail In Arizona. Las
night the hoods washed out q large por
tion Of Prescott Arizona Railway. Tsle
graph communication has also been Gu
oil from Prescott, so that the exact nat
ure OF the damage is not known.