The Mena star., 1899-03-08

Charleston. w. Va, March S.-The night was one of discomfort and acA tual suffering. The slow falling of the water added to the low tempera- ture made the situation gloomy one. Many business men were compelled to use boats to seek provisions and fuel. Even the governor was forced to use boat to go from the executive man. sion to his office in the statehouse. Much drunkenness and disorder pre- vailed. The loss to the tim Der men up Elk river will be heavy. That river traverses the heaviest logging district of the state. Immense rafts are torn loose and rushed down into the Kanawha, sometimes doing heavy damage to the coal docks, barges and tipples. The Winifrede coal docks are gone with several barges and an ex- pensive tipple between Eastbank and Belmont has been swept away.
 Many Families Quit Their Houses.
 Cincinnati, March s. .--Notwithstand- ing the low temperature and high winds last night the Ohio river con- tinued steadily rising at the rate of two-tenths of a foot per hour and at nine a m. reached 55 5-10 Newport is the worst sufferer from high water and already considerable portion of her territory is flooded and families compelled to go out of their houses or flee to the upper stories. Street car traffic will not be stopped until 5s feet is reached. At that stage the towns of Dayton and Bellevue, up the river, are cut off. 1t requires still more to sever connection between Newport and Cincinnati.
 Destruction of Crops.
 Atlanta, Ga, March S.-Heavy rain and a cold wave have been followed by high winds and snow in many parts of the state. At Monroe the depot was unroofcd and quantities of goods blown away. The roofing on the buildings of the Monroe Oil company was torn off, damaging the machinery. number of smaller dwelling houses were blown down. Rome and Quit man, Ga., were visited by heavy snows and farmers report the complete de- struction of crops. Live stock was killed near Opelika, Ala, and all fruit. which was not killed by the cold wave three weeks ago was lost last night.
 heavy Loss in Log.
 Lexington, Ky. March s An almost unprecedented loss follows the break ing of booms in the Kentucky river. It is estimated that fully s. GOO, ,o00 worth of logs have been lost in this. way at Jackson, Beattyville, Valley View and other points. The Lexing- ton & Eastern railway has been q heavy loser. Above Clay Center it's tracks were submerged in some places to the depth of five feet, while in some places the track was washed away. Great Damage Being Done in Kentucky.
 Louisville, Ky, March s. The Ohio river is rising here at the rate of two inches an hour and reports from above are that all the tributaries are pour ing an undiminished volume into it. The danger point has been reached here and houses on the levee have been entered by the waters. All the streams in the state are swelling and most of them are beyond their banks. Great damage is being done to crop and farm buildings.
 A Heavy snowstorm.
 Cleveland, O., March 6.-One of the heaviest snowstorms of the winter has prevailed in this vicinity for the past two days. It has showed almost con tinuously since early Sunday morning. A fierce northwesterly gale has drifted the snow to the depth of three and four feet in many places During the early hours to-day the electric street car service in this city was almost completely paralyzed.
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