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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
What of the College Girl?

What becomes of the ever increasing
army Of graduates which the colleges
for women are turning out annually?
DO they all marry? And if not do
those who play the lone hand find Oc-
.cupatiOn that is cOngenial, remunera-
dional outfit which has been acquired?
There seems to be a generally preva-
dent belief that the college girl who
doesn't marry Enthusiastically
But for a fact graduates from the
colleges for women are finding a cali
in many useful and ornamental Occu-
Dations. At a recent symposium held
at the Woman's University club in
New York city there were talks by
college women, one of whom is now a
jeweIer, another an actress, another a
welfare director in a department store,
another who keeps tea room and an
other who is a farmer on Long Island.
The woman farmer was apparently the
most enthusiastic of all those who
gave advice and encouragement to
prospective graduates.
She admonished her learned sisters,
sect out into the country, you wo-
Emen who are trapped in the lower lev
.eeIs Of business where you can never
reach the top" She told of her own
success and said: Il employ women
rfarmhands, too, as / find them more
satisfactory than men. They don't
need to be watched, as men must be"
While the girl graduate who has gone
into farming was enthusiastic in adj
vising the 1918 class to do likewise,
the actress graduate told them that
''acting is a poorly paid business un-
less one is STAR
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

Glva Field, Angela M. Jansen, Edna
BAKER, Tillie Sphinx, Mrs. Ella
Winner, Hazel Bryhan, Jennie Bay.
ley, Jennette Griswold, Ben Basing,
Mabelle Monroe, Isabelle Gokel Miss
Farrell, Urban Smith, Florence Nc
Namara, Ida Rutherford, Grace And
erson, Mabel Johnsrud, Lavina Els
camp, Emma Brechler, Mabel Girls
void, Kathryn Munson, Jennie Jones,
Gretta Thomas, Sabina Stockert,
Barbara Klein, Nellie Keitlinger,
Bessie Rogers, Ella ckemeier, A.
Faud, Mabel Rowdon, Elma Ball,
Viola Bow ers, Cora Anderson, Mabel
Holzinger, Isabel Manning, Eliza beth
Hessling, Nellie Martin, Lena Block,
Nettie Parrey, Clara Wieland Eliza
beth Grimm, Mabel Duncalf, Dona
Iverson, Miss Dull, May Boyle, Miss
E. Conner, Anna Kress, Emma Braun,
Miss Plourde, Anna Brandon, Freda
Smalbury, Eva Gundlach, Belvs
Lewis, Dorothy Lisherness, Marie
Meyers and Florence Burr.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
Z Per Cent Farm Loans.

We can furnish you with loans in
sums of $500 to $40, running FIVE years
at Z per cent secured by first mortgages
on selected quarter sections of Corso n
county, South Dakota lands
These loans are placed By abstractor
of the county, abstracts with perfect
title furnished with each loan. and
you can have security personally APP
proved by Thos. A. Finnegan, clerk
of court, of Corson county and Cutler
j. Borah, both formerly from Lancas-
ter, but now residents of Mcintosh,
Corson county, South Dakota.
Lathrop & Borah,
5tfc. Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
The Minimum Wage Question.

The question of a minimum wage for
girl workers is one THAI is just now
perpleXing the country Social re-
formers are declaring that the low
wages of women are the primary cause
of immortality and that the first step
in checking it must come in bringing
economic independence to the girls in
business emplOyments.
The difficulty is in ascertaining just
what wage will bring about this much
qto be desired condition of affairs. One
student of sociology has it that on a
wage of SO a week girl may live de-
Gently and honestly. Others put the
figure as high as $12 But, whatever
the truth may be, in it's last analysis
at must resolve itself into a question of
individual character.
Two or three years ago there was
published a book entitled zone Way
Out by an anonymous author. which
Durported to give the experiences of
young married man, a clerk, who lost
his position and, being unable to Sc
cure another, decided to start at the
bottom as day labOrer and work his
way up if possible.
The interesting part of the story lies
in the fact that in the work he found
he received SO a week, and the book
goes into great detail to show how on
these wages he supported his wife and
young son in comfort, but not in lux
Jury. The wife is represented as a
paragon of prudence and economy, and
specimen menus are given. with the
price paid for the food, to show how
;she accomplished this feat in house
keeping. The young man was intell'-
gent and ambitious and before long
succeeded in earning better wages, but
7the point is emphasized that if one is
willing to fOregO much that we are ac-
@custOmed to look upon as necessary,
but that is really unessential, any
healthy young American can forge his
way ahead by manual work, just as
millions of immigrants are doing.
If the book is a veritable leaf from
life, as it claims to be, it is an interest
ing commentary on the question of
minimum wage on which a young wO-
man can live and be assured of respect
ability. Here were three who found
life good even upon their meager SO
weekly, and, while, of course, it would
Zoe a gratifying condition of affairs if
every self supporting woman could re-
sceive this amount or more, it is ride
culous to assert that her morality is
threatened If she mas to live on less
Poverty cannot break down charac-
ter in a resolute person, and if women
who must sustain themselves look to
some other means than those nearest at
hand they can find a way out, just as
this young man did.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

5, Bloomington, Mrs. Ella Winner,
teacher,
9th prize-Addie Kreul, No. 5,
Hickory Grove Viola Bowers, teacher.
18th prize-Bessie Cliff, No. 2 Little
Grant, Elma Ball, teacher.
Sth prize-Clarence Mutt, No. s,
Glen Haven, Lillian Barnum, teacher.
9th prize-Lizzie Gutweiler, it.
No 2, Fennimore, Urban Smith,
teacher.
10th interchangeable Mason, No.
l, Glen Haven, Florence Mcnamara,
teacher.
18th prize-Ernest Brindley, No. 4,
Mt Ida, Clara Wieland, teacher,
18th prize-Mildred Ryan, No. 4,
Glen Haven, Emma Braun, teacher.
18th prize Mildred Riege, No. l.,
Smelser, Emily Corlett, teacher.
18th prize-Lawrence Peacock, No.
2, Smelser, Tillie Sphinx, teacher.
10Th prize-Leta Baumgartner, it..
No. 2, Fennimore, Urban Smith,
teacher.
The following IS exercises were
submitted to the contestants in
arithmetic. Willie Wieland com
pleted the task in the phenomenal
time of minutes so seconds with 10
errors. Lizzie Meisenberg of No. 5,
Bloomington, worked every exercise
without an error but took minutes
longer than Willie.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
Gasoline Engine For Sale.

We have for sale 2O-horse power
Lambert Gasoline Engine. with fric-
tion clutch. 1t is in excellent condi.
tion-having only been run about
three monrhs-just enough to smooth
up the bearings nicely. Can be seen
at our farm and will be sold reasona-
bly,. Inquire of John Flesch & Son
4 miles southwest of Lancaser, route
No. 2. Farmers phone. Scott.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
Not Annoyed.

The man had opened small fac.
tory in residence neighborhood. He
wanted to stand we'll with his neigh.
bors, and after he had been there a
few weeks he called on the nearest
one.
II hope my steam whistle doesn't
annoy you"
"Hey?"
II say 1 hope my factory whistle
doesn't disturb you. 1 suppose you
have noticed the noise"
"Why, yes; I have noticed the
noise" responded his neighbor. "But
I'm a tritie deaf, and I supposed it
was the early robins"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

Again call is sent out for the pro
lection of Niagara falls. If this great
natural wonder of grandeur and beau
ty is destroyed for commercial pur-
poses it will be a lasting disgrace to
the country to whom it really belongs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

You may talk about these newfan-
gled serums the highbrow doctors
squirt into you nowadays. but we don't
believe there will ever be invented any
thing in the same class with sulphur
and mOlaSSeS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOR SALE Scotch and Scotch-topp-
ed Bulls, of the low-down, bIocky
type, reds and roans; good growth;
a promising lot. Frank Smith. route
No, 2, Lancaster, Wis. One mile
west of Court House. 3tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

No Infectious Disease in Greenland.
Owing to the dry, cold atmosphere
not a single infectious disease is
known in Greenland.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOR SALE-My residence property in
Lancaster; nine room house, fur
mace, bath electric lights, city water,
hardwood floors etc; good barn; 3
lots; quantity of fruit trees and
small fruits. Also cottage and two
lots, east Of electric light plant.
Will be sold cheap if taken soon as
| think of moving away. Mrs. c..
Lisherness. 9tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
Seed Corn

Wisconsin No. Z prize winning
seed corn for sale. Plant corn with
reputation. Fred Henkel,
Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOR SALE. Single Comb, White
Orpington, eggs for sale. 81 so per Is.
Mrs. John Mcmahon, Lancaster,
Wis. Box I'll. Farmers phone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOR SALE: Residence one-half
block north of RyIand Park, in this
city. Modern in every respect. A
bargain. inquire of w. B. Carter or
Union State Bank. life
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOR SALE-Two yearlings, one
shorthOrn steer. one Hereford
heifer. Also Indian Runner duck
eggs-65c for Is. f. O. Barstow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

ROOMS TO RENT-Furnisn ned or not,
as desired; near S. School. Inquire
at this Office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOR SALE-Piano, formerly owned
by the late Ben Bass Jr. Can be seen
at Groenier's Music House, Lancas-
ter. Will be sold at bargain. 9w2*
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOR SALE-Pure Bred Buff WAN
dotte eggs, 80 cents per setting. Also
40 bu. good seed potatoes. inonire
of Albert Brinkman. 6tfo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOUND-Pair of mems gloves. one
with fingers shortened for crippled
hand. Owner can get same at this
office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
T.
DIVIDE
CONTESTANTS IN ARITHMETIC.

The contestants in Arithmetic were
Marie Hanley, Hazel Reynolds, Esther
johnson, Leila Rech, Otto Knutsou,
Lizzie Hoadley, Marcella Gard, Grace
Lickel, Leila Louthain, Gladys
Griswold Anna Kretschmanr, Edna
Gratz, Joseph Jensik, Elsie Osten-
dcrff, Annie Schneider, Orpha Guuder-
man, Grace Dobson, Nancy Lewis,
Nellie Ward, Charlotte Ackermann,
Elmer Ostendorff, Joseph Hanley,
Eddie Willis, Belva Duncan Walter
Joyce, Anna Rauch, Elmer Black
bourn, Lawrence Hockhausen Herbert
Schwantes, Edwin Briel, Cecil1
Bryan, Florence Finnegan, Gertrude
Brandt, Lloyd Wilson, Joe Atchison,
Earl Blackburn, Conrad Petry,
Herbert Henkel, Joseph Uppenda,
Isabel Ward, Evelyn Schaal, Allen
Crowther, Alice Statler, Lisle Black
bourn, Bertha Wieland, Walter
Macke, Lillian Wall, Mabel Gehrke,
Gladys Hickin, Ada L. Harris.
Esther Childress, Opal Hodoval, Rosa
Bendorf, Alice Oates, Jennie Thomas.
Helen Pendleton, Rosa Wieland.
Hazel Bartholomew, Lydia Smith.
Grace Orion, Charles Rouse, Oscar
Kreul, Florence Magee, Mildred
Gutweiler, Will Gardner, Manda
Nelson, Dove Coils, Edith Cliff.
Martha Olsen, Leila Wagner, Edna
Wolfe, Leona Blackburn, Tavern II.
McReynolds, Teresa Paczynski and
Joie Nodolf.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

DUCKS AND EGGS-I wish to dis
pose of my bunch of Indian Runner
Ducks and will sell them at a bar
gain. l also have Rhode Island Red
eggs for Matching at SOC per setting.
Alto Maurice Murphy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOR SALE. 40 acres of good pasture
land close to town. Address Post
Office Box 123.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07

FOUND-Plush driving robe on Bee
town road Sunday. Call at this
office for particulars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
WANT ADS.

LOST Girls garnet necklace. Reward
if left at Herald office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
CONTEST JUDGES,

Prof. F. W. Trainer was assisted by
the following fourteen high school
pupils in judging the papers of the
contestants: Misses Lille Walker.
Naoma Tanner Myrtle Burgess,
Lorraine Wilson, Marie Hoffman.
Minnie Levins, Leila Bennett, May
Brockert, Selma Wagner, Jennie
Jerrett, Ruby Benedict, Elva Maiben,
Tillie Day, and Alta Banks.
The following teachers were present
at the contest on Friday: Hilda
Hirsh, Clotilda, Uppena, Severa
Bentz, Sadie Johnson, Zada Day,
Sarah Pendleton, Emily Corlett,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-07
FIFTH ANNUAL CONTEST
WAS GREAT SUCCESS

continued from First ] age.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27
DELAWARE, OHIO.

Delaware, Ohio, March 26.-Rescue
work continues this morning in the
flooded districts and the list of those
believed dead was changed from time
to time. Several reported dead were
found after daylight and others
thought to have been saved were re-
ported dead. However the list of dead
will probably reach 40 or SO.
Because of meagre reports from the
main business section of Delaware, the
exact number of dead is unknown.
Mrs. Quirk and Mrs. Sam Jones, who
were reported dead last night are said
to have been saved. Others of their
families are still unaccounted for. A
family by the name of Milligan is re-
ported drowned, the husband, his wife
and two children were washed down
the river, but only one child reported
saved.
Jerry McAuliff reported dead last
night was saved. The relief crew ex-
pected to arrive early today has been
delayed by washouts and probably will
be unable to reach here. Scores Of per-
sons VINO were marooned on house
roofs and in the tree tops early yester-
day morning, are still alive, although
many of them have had no food for %
to 35 hours. Walter Raines, who was
washed into the river when the Big
Four bridge went out at $50 yester-
day morning, is still cIinging to a tree
in the middle of the river. He has
tied himself to the tree with his belt
and is waving his arms in an effort to
keep warm
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27

were threatened with drowning. Tele-
phone communication had been opened
with points in the residence and BUSH
ness districts and from those maroon
ed in buildings, it was learned that
many persons, including some women
who hold their children in their arms,
had been on roofs exposed to an al
most freeing temperature all night.
One man telephoned he had seen
several persons fall from exhaustion
into the water.
1t was the purpose Of the rescuers
first to- reach those in greatest danger.
Hundreds of others huddled together
at the courthouse, although in want of
food and water, were to be taken later.
A telephone message from Logans-
port, where the streets also were flood
ed to depths varying from five to ten
feet, stated that there had been loss Of
life there. Many houses in the west
ern part of the city was swept away.
ut is impossible that all the people
could have gotten away" the Logans-
port telephone operator said. when
boats go over the city it is almost GER
tain there will be found some who
were drowned, If not many. Reports
are that towns along the Wabash are
inundated"
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fContinued From First Page.)
sought refuge from the food, which
last night swept In from the over
flown banks of the Wabash river,
drowning within q few minutes prob
ably sixty persons.
The prospect at daylight was dis
tressing. Currents OF muddy water
from ten to twenty-five feet deep were
racing through the main streets at 20
miles an hour. The water. however,
was then believed to be receding
slightly.
Among those marooned was Mayor
John ]. Krutzer. He was sick at his
home when the flood rushed in on the
city and was unable to escape before
the water surrounded his home to a
great depth. He delegated the func-
tiong of the mayoralty to Thomas
Kreuger, superintendent of lighting
plant.
Food and clothing for Ave thousand
persons, sent from nearby towns dur
ing the night, had arrived at points
within two and three miles of the
downtown district, but at daylight the
swift currents of the water in the
streets precluded navigation in row
boats.
Three rnotarboats had been brought
on interurban trains from Winona
Lake. fifty miles away and with these
it was thought the survivors might be
rescued and supplies taken into the
city.
All night, while the city was in
darkness because of the cutting off of
the gas and electric light supply, men,
women and children lay fiat, where
they had crawled to the roofs of their
homes, waiting for daylight to bring
relief
Hundreds of others were damned in
the courthouse and lodge buildings,
located in the only four blocks of the
city not under water.
The first thought of rescue parties
at daylight was to send into the town
boats to carry to safety those who
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27
MIAMIsRuRe. OHIO.

Phoneton, Ohio. March ga report
reached here that Miamisburg was
practically wiped out. No further de-
tails have come through as to Piqua
and Troy. No telephone circuits are
working to those towns. Two men
penned up in the Office are intermit-
tent communication with this station
one test set. The telephone company
is attempting to get a man to Frank
lin, Ohio, from which point he may be
able to work toward Dayton to as
certain conditions in that city.
A rumor was received from Troy
yesterday that % bodies had been seen
floating past that town. There is no
verification of this report.
Late news from Dayton said that st.
Elizabeth's hospital was probably car
ried away, although the Dayton in
formant was unable to verify this re-
port.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27
MIppIEroWN. OHIO.

Middletown, Ohio, March 26.-A
night of peril broke with a cold, cloudy
dawn and a hopeful feeling among the
residents Of this city. The river about
3 o'clock this morning began to fail
slowly. The situation early this morn
ing was still dangerous and unless
prompt rescue work is done the total
viii run into big figures. There was
no way of estimating what toll had
already been claimed by the raging
waters. Just how many lost thei-
lives will not be known until the wa
tiers recede and the many marooned
honses are examined.
The work of relief for the homeless
was started today. However, supplies
are rapidly running out, and unless
trains can be gotten into the city
within twenty-four hours, a food
famine will add to the misery of the
flood sufferers.
Mayor Jacob Heer today ordered all
saloons closed until the flood is over.
A citizens vigilance committee,
headed by Davis Bundy, of this city,
and DR.. Otto P. GER, of Cincinnati,
will see that the order is enforced.
The police in the first two hours OF
their work, rescued 103 persons. The
water is two miles wide and has a
speed estimated at rs miles an hour.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27
THE KNOW HOW
To Feed Children and Get Good Results

There are more nervous persons
made so by undigested food .ying in
the stomach than the average indi-
dividuaI would suppose.
II food remains undigested in the
stomach, it begins to ferment, set up
gas and a large portion is thus con-
verted into poison.
That's why dmperfectly digested food
may, and often does, cause irritation OF
the nerves and stupor of the mind
brain and nerves are really poisoned.
my daughter had complained for
some time OF a distressed feeling in the
stomach, after eating, which set me
thinking that her diet was not right"
writes an anxious and intelligent
mother.
.She had been fond of cereals, but
had never tried Grape-Nuts- From
reading the account of this predigested
food, it seemed reasonable to try
Grape-Nuts for her case.
s-The results were really wonderful
The little balm that seemed at times
unable to do its work. took on new life
and vigor. Every morning, now, be-
fore going to school, she eats the crisp
little naorsels and is now completely
and entirely well, she seems to have q
new lease on lhfe-no more distress in
the stomach, nor headache, but sound
and well every way" Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Greek, Mich. Read
the book, THE Road to WelIyille," in
pkgs.
There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27

any or all of them drowned Is merest
conjecture
It is thought that most of the fatali-
ties occurred on the west and north
sides Of the river where the wall OF
water rushed in suddenly with the
breaking of the levee.
The breaking of the Ievee will keep
the loss of life in the commercial Sec
ton less than at first expected.
The immediate pressing need today
is for food and medicine. The great
demand for food exhausted the emer-
gency supplies in the outskirts OF the
city and survivors are depending en-
tirely upon what may be brought in
during the day.
The breaking of the Tarleton reser-
voir immediately shut off the supply
Of filtered water.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27
COLUMBUS. OHIO.

At least $50 persons were drowned
in Columbus as q result of the flood in
the Scioto river. Reports to this effect
came, as a result of a partial restora-
ton OF telephone communication with
the west side. News of the drowning
of twenty-five persons is confirmed ap-
parently and the list of missing and
believed to be drowned numbers all
most score.
Reported dead:
william A. Sexton, probation officer.
Edwin d. Daniel.
Albert Gore, mail carrier.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Hayes.
: Mrs. George Cook and baby.
Mrs. L. H. Mack and three children.
Mr. and Mrs George Eckert and
seven children.
Numerous persons, considered con-
sentative, assert they saw scores of
bodies floating down stream and doz-
ems of persons carried away in their
houses.
Militiamen are taking people off the
housetops on Second street in the ex-
elusive portion Of the residential por-
ton. From 90 to rs are reported
drowned irs Riverdale, a northwest
suburb. Not house is left standing
on Linwood avenue in Riverdale.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27
LOSS AT PERU WILL
BE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED

Peru, Ind, March 29.-Estimates of
the number OF drowned in the flood
here f1uctuate from fifty to one hum
bred and fifty. 1t is impossible to
learn exactly because many bodies are
hidden in houses wholly submerged.
Seventy five hundred are homeless.
The property loss is two million and a
half Citizens organized g. vigilance
committee to shoot hooters at sight.
Tonight several thousands are ma
rooned on high buildings with no
lights, no drinking water and little
food.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27

from GAINESVILLE at 10 o'clock this af-
ternoon, that town Is being swept
away. The 'FY'' dam is reported to
have been blown up.
Frank Durbin, Baltimore and Ohio
railroad man of GAINESVILLE, who is in
Columbus, after a telephone communi-
cation with his wife in GAINESVILLE, told
Gov. Cox of the reported catastrophe.
Durbin said his wife reported that
people are being drowned like rats
in a trap
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-27
GAINESVILLE. OHIO.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, March 25.-.A num-
Der of boatmen at 4 O'Clock this morn
ing refused to remove persons from
imperiLed houses in the flooded dis
trict, unless paid, but a squad of
militiamen, which had been ordered
out, forced the boatmen, at the point
of guns, to assist in the work of rescue
The water stage at I o'clock was IS
feet. a new record, with the prospect
Of going considerably beyond 40 feet.