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THE 'WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 19.1884* ; TWELVE PAGES. >
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ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
THE NEWS OP TIXE WEEK IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES,
What the Southern Folks are Doing—The
Latest News by Mall and Wire
to The Constitution.
The week lias been an eventful one in the
south.
The floods which are sweeping along the
bed of the Ohio have not yet made them
selves felt in the Mississippi valley, but there
is fear that the next twenty days will bring
tronble.
Southern legislatures have done but little.
In Virginia the democrats are forming such
laws as protect the polls against Mahone's
officials. In Texas tbo legislature bss put the
responsibility of stopping the fence-cutting
on the governor and he is hsndling It as best
he may. In Kentucky Mr. Wood, of Bow
ling Green, has been elected public printer
vice Mr. Major. The legislature of Mississip
pi passed a railroad commission bill but the
governor vetoed it.
In industrial matters, a new railroad from
Sheffield, a new city at the headwaters o! the
Tennessee to Birmingham has been started,
piercing new coal and iron fields. A party of
kereral hundred northwestern dairymen has
been inspecting Tennessee lands. The New
Orleans exposition ia booming. Raleigh, N.
C. has determined to have an exposition of
its own, and Georgia has agreed on a state
fair at Macon this fall. In trade and manti-
faciurea things are prosperous, the only heavy
failure of the week being that of Geo. P.
Curry at Angnsta, Ga.
The farmers are active and hopeful in all
the statea and pushing on rapidly with their
spring work. The cold snap has been benefi'
cialby retarding the too early growth brought
about by the too warm weather of early Feb
ruary.
Two Urge parties of Mormons have left
North Carolina and Tennessee respectively
for Utah, which is about ail (list Dixie has to
regret since the lost visit of Tna CoHamo
tiok. The news of the states condensed and
classified will be found below.
Mississippi.
Jack-os, FebruaryGovernor Lowry has ve
toed the railroad commission bill. His decision
was not looked for so early, aod It has caused con
siderable commotion In political circles.
Texas.
From the TVtco, Texas. Day.
Tbe spy, "Belle Boyd "who at tbo breaking out
of the rebellion, was fifteen yean of age, ia the
matronly wife of Colonel John Hammond, o{ Tex
as. who dwells on a ranch near San Antonio.
North Carolina.
From the Flttiboro, N. C'., Record.
Levi Gunter, Francis 11. Guntorand L. B. Gun
ter publish the following card: "Inasmuch as It
has come to our call that a report is circulated,
more or lets widely, that wo bellove our brother,
Alabama.
MoaTGOKxar, February 1L—Tho state demo
cratic executive committee, presided over by Col
onel McLeroy, met at the Excbang. hotel aud
selected the fourth orJunefor the meeting of the
•tale convention, when stale officers will be nom
inated. Major t-'atnplo, of Montgomery, waselected
a member of the national democratic executive
committee, for Alabama, in place of General Low
l0 'i'ho*Walkc’r county coal land ayndleato la busy
to-dsy. They were In consultation with Major
McCracken, of the Sheffield and Kency syndicate,
as to iocatlrg tho railroad thronah their land*.
BtunsoiisH, F,-binary H—ThU city is lntcsted
with burglars. Nearly every night some bouse is
bioken iota Lss: night at twelve o'clock Isaac
(daughter, onrnterlnghls store, discovered a burg
lar. The burglar ran up stain and out through
JdeMulbatton, tho celebrated newspaper liar of
Louisville. I« In ihe clly.
Hfsisvil.l.i:, February 11—The train from Kan-
rasClty brought among it* pewenger* tho notorious
Frank Jam* ►, who f> to ataud Ilia trial for the Mue-
clo Shoal* robbery. On arriving he repaint! to the
barber shop snd was shaved, after which he par
took o! a heatty supper. During hla stay at the
hotel he waa the ecu ter of attraction and many
ware disappointed in not getting to see more of
him. In a or nvtTist on ho stated that be had no
fears of proving his lnnocouce of any complicity iu
the robbery. The federal court meeta in April,
and be does not know If he will be arraigned at
once and permitted toglvo bond or be held iu cus*
tody until the trial .. lt
From the Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser.
A night or two since, we believe It was, a young
A DISH Or ISU »l«w. wo wiwi. .* » -
lady. Miaa Mollle Nafiel, living somewhere near, or
in the tear of ihe capttol. while alttiog ucar a win
dow at her home, some lime utter dark, waa abot at
three tlmefl by a conned man. Themau was ar rested
and locked up. He clalma that Ibe ‘booting waa
accidental, notwlthilandliig there were threw .hot.
fired. Tbe young lady waa unhurt, but very much
frightened.
Birmingham. Ala., February H —The nomination
of Samuel Thompson as postmaster at thia place
created quite a aiir, aa the office under the manage
ment of Miss Alice Green, postmistress, ba< given
almost perfect aatlsfsctlon.
It is now understood that another large Iron fur
nace will be established one mile below thaeity by
Ur. Debardelben. The o«parity will be 200 tous
^Montgomery, Ala., February 16.—Judge Bruce
rendered an able opinion at the federal circuit
court to-day, dtimlssiug Oibon’a motion for rein
statement as marshal, holding that under the ex
istlog law Htrobach is the bona tide marshal until
the president appoints and the senate
confirms another.
Juoge Maktouen, of Newport, K/., aent a commu
nication to our mayor appealing in behalf of over
eleven thousand Newport citizens made hcmelma
by the floods. Alderman Hannon and .Recorder
Alloa promptly celled for coutiibutlou* thU
evening and alresdr received a good ameuut to bo
itoureuaed next week. , . . . .
Ihe Walker county coal land syndicato have
united wl«h the Shtfileld-fieuey syndicate. Ihe
k latter filed wilh the secretary of state article* of
1 incorporation, naming Samuel Thomas, Jew Rax-
ter. McCracken, Sample. Brice. Terrell and A. O.
aToee, capital stock fi.OOd. Work has already
becu commenced
Virginia.
KlcoxovD, Va., February 12.-The senate to-day
pawed tho bill redistricting the state for reprtsen-,
Utlves in congress. It was immediately commu
nicated to the house of delegates, when, after two
hours fllUbusterlng on the part of the coalitionists,
itwas pawed by a strict part? veto, the coalition
fin voUugin tne negative. The till wax immedl
ately enrolled *nd signed by the presiding officers
of iwib houses, aud sent to the governor. In the
event of IU return with the executive's disapproval,
the vote to pass It over his vetowill be very close
Taking the vote of last November as the basis the
reduirtcling show* eight districts democrauand
two republican or coalitionists
MAMCHBrrzx, February 14-In an£14 kook writ
ten by Rev. Robert bernpie. of King William, In
1810, entitled "A History of the Rise and Froftrcs*
of tie Bapti-ts in Virginia," mention ia made of
certain Baptist minister* whe figured conspicu
ously in the early daya of the repuollc, and of sev
eral who lived In Chesterfield aud were Jailed and
whipped for preaching the Gospel In opwjsUloa to
tX established doctrine of the church of England.
In those days the BaptDt* were Just beginning
tnat march which iu after yesra proved so sue
cokfcful. aud which placed that denomination in
the front rank, a position it now maintains. The
old book told of me labor* of tb* mlnfetera lathe
last century, and mention wo* made of the pow
erful preaebi: g of Eider E. Clay. ThU reverend
man oiUod labored King and succewf ally in Che*-
terfield, and died aiwo.t la the shadow of the
church. In wbicn he was wont to preach. Parson
clay, aa he waa oftentimes called, waa buried at
the old Brooks farm, onca
Brook*, wtfbformt rly represented this district in
SJegeneral smmbly. Tne strangest thing of all
Is Jut to into day hU body baa not undergone
any change save that whlcL cornea with petrl-
UctlonVAi though thU fact U hardly knows out
■Ida of the county ; many persons have vLtted the
vault aud gazed with awe aud wonder Upon tho
apparent animate form of tbe dead preacher. Tho
features are all distinct, even to mo formation of
the teeth; and tbe subject, while it affoids pecu
liar' luterest to geologic*, men of scleuco will find
in it something to make them pause aud ponder.
Arkansas.
Lrrrut Rock, Februa ry 11 —The denial of Sheriff
Bankston, of Desha county, that ho had married
Mltsouri Bradford, a black woman of loose charac
ter, and hla threat to tuo the papers publishing the
rumor for libel, has brought out a statetnen from
Rev. J. E. Roberts, the colored preacher, who ofll -
elated at the ceremony. "The way of It was this,"
he says. "My wife aud I were boarding at Mr*.
Winston's, on Mouroe street, lb Memphis, Isaac
Bankston aud Missouri Bradford were also board
ing there, as man aud wife. I thought he was a
colored mau. He baa a dtirk complexion. Two
or three days before the m-niage, I was talking
to Missouri Bradford. She asked me how long!
had bteu married, and I told her about fifteen
Tears. Her little boy was standing there, aud I
asked ht;r how long she had been married: She
said threo year*. But her couxclence, I thiuk,
smoto her, for after awhile she said she was not
married, but bad been Uvtcg with Bankston for
three years. She was gettlug tired of it. He hsd
premised and promised to marry her until ►he
could stand it no longer, After this. Bankston
rented a house ou Rayburn avenue, beUw t-outh
street, aud movt-d there with the woman. Ho
camo to me and asked me to marry him. I agreed
to do it. and on the28th, with my wife as witness,
I solemni« d the marriage. He strid bo had tried to
get some minister to marry him, but had been un
able to find ttUjone to do it before this."
Hgthprinos, Ark., February 15.—A shooting
Tray occurred tat night between M. Harrh an t
< haries and Tom Hhauou, growing out oi tbe b*mw-
tluation last Saturday. Harris is the editor of the
Morning Horseshoe, and bitterly deuouueia :he
a>as>iuatiou and all connected with It. Watson
was i specially denounced yesterday, the Ilon*-
indlcnunt for murder, arsou and burglary under
bi« tight name of Charlri Faulks. Last night
while Harris tru in a saloou, Wattnu,accompanied
by tfbanon. entered through the back door. The
Instant they appeared, Harris drew a re
volver aud ordered them to throw up
their hands, aud at the savne time, back
ing toward tho doo'. psu-cd out and
started for his ofllce. He had gone hut a few rtepa
when Watson rushed to tbe middle of tbe street
and opened fire ou him. At tbe same time Shannon
rau and also fired Harris begau firing at Shan
non. who retreated Into the ratoon. Harris started
to his ofllce aud procured a Winchester rille. but
before he could me U officers Interfiled and placed
him under arrest.
South Caroling.
Columbia, February 13—The immigration
question Is exciting unusual atterilou just
now. Colonel James N. Lipscomb, secretary
of tho state, has received a letter from Mr.
C. F. J. Moller, of Milwaukee, Wls., in which the
writer states that bis- attention has been directed
recently to South Carolina as an lnvitiug field for
foreign immigration. He proposes to turn the tide
in this direction. Ho has had long experience in
handling; Scandinavian immigrants for the north
west, and during a seven mouth’s sojourn at Co
peuhsfgn as agent, he had frequent etiollcatloas
for data pertaining to our resources sell, climate,
eto. Ho thinks that these sturdy immigrants, who
sncced ever where they settle, might !lud the south
more fitted to thiir wishes than the rigid climes of
the west and northwest. .
He secs no reason why there people cannot bo
induced to come to South Csrollua. Ho proposes
to act for the state in procuring them, llisservlce*
will probably be accepted, out people now real-
THE VALLEY OF DANGER.
THOUAAXDft OF PEOPLE IN WANT
OP BELIEF.
The Progress of the Oreat Floods Down
the Ohio River—Wholesale De
struction of Houses, Etc., Etc.
effort be successful, it is altogether probable that
Colonel Boykin, who made so useful and efficient
au officer, will be again placed at tho boad of the
immigration department. South Carolina is sorely
In need of immigrants. The question is, how can
she get them? ... . . .
The warm weather of the post week has caused
fruit trees to bud and some are In full bloom. L ri
les* their development Is retarded by an early cold
snap, they will be killed by the late March frost*,
which never falls to ruin such fruit as Is formed on
tho tree*.
Notwithstanding the protests of the press, the
pulpit aud the moral parts of tbe community, the
notorious "city hall cock pit" continues iu full
blast.
Marion. S. C.. February 13 -It Is now scarcely
one mouth since this town was transformed from
• wot" to "dry " Ills now theoretically aud prac
finally a sober community. Not a drink of any
kind of lntoxlcailug liquor can be had openly
although a dram Is no infre quently obtained sur
reptitiously. But the Illicit dealers are to be
brought to Jutt.ce and prosecuted relentlessly H
they can bo caught in the sot of dealing out the
vile stuff. Two private detectives, employed by
tbe prohibitionist*; are working up some cases
which will probably bo very Interesting. The
best classes of ou riel tJzeus are heartily in accord
with tbe temperance movement, and will co oper
ate with the prohibitionists iu enforcing the laws
i the subject.
Chester, February 13 —The republicans hsvo al
ready begun to work .secretly. Last Saturday
night a club waa formed iu this town and named
the Arthur republican club, la la composed prin
cipally of uegroes. About elgQty names were
enrolled, it ia understood that other clubs are to
bo organized ill tho county. ....
Pronlbltlou in this city has worked well. Now
wo have a sober community. Wo seldom sees
drunken mau. Formerly Chester had the roputa
tlou of being a disorderly aud noisy town. Now all
is changed, aud we have one of tho best behaved
communities In South Carolina. It Jssafe to say
that our people will uever consent to Itceuso liquor
shops again. Business Is picking un aud the towr
aud county are in a prosperous condiUou. .
Charleston, February 14—me firm of L. D.
Mowry A dou, cotton factors of this city, suspended
payment to-day. Liabilities 1100,000, assets nomin
ally 8225 000. The suspoaslou is due to the bad
erop aud unfortunate Investments.
Tennessee.
Chattanooga, February 11.—List Saturday C. C.
Lewis, of the firm of Thatcher A Lewis, attempted
to crews the Chlckamauga creek in returning from
Lookout mountain, when the horse attached to tbe
buggy became frightened and pluuged luto thirty
feet of water. A gentleman who happeued to be
near plunged In aLd cut the harness fiom thehorso
loose last night on a heavy grade
between Emory Gap and Dakdslu Junction, and
was run into by the second section, wulcb was fol
lowing. William Burk, brakeman, ou the wild por
tion of tho train, used every effort to stop It before
meeting the advancing train, but the shock came
and the engine—a Mosul—crashed its way over tbe
cars iu a most recxlon manner, scattering the frag
ments iu every direction, killing Burk in
stantly. Burk's head was cut ofT. his
body ►eveied In tbe middle and otherwise
mangled. About Ilf turn cam wrecked aud the eugiue
badly damaged. , t *
One of the fluost iooklug pri«onern who has been
».i our jail fur several mouth* is Dr. Mattnews, who
waa brought fiom Jasper yesterday. He U chanted
with bigamy, and come here to proKcute a writ of
habeas corpus before Judge Trewhlu.
Several years .ago Mathews untried »
daughter of Judgo Hmith, of Minamri
aud five children were born to them. She died tu
a short time. Tbe doctor married again, this time
a widow, aud two children was the result, iu the
meantime a sister of the second wife vraa token
luto the household as one of the family, aud in
let* than a year became a mother. He wosarrested
for the offense and placed in Jail. He gave straw
bond aud left the country, iu 1882 ho came to
Jasper as a large laud speculator, made the ac-
quotat*nce of Mb* Foyne, wou her heart and car
ried iu May, 1883 He engaged in the drug
business, but the fsetssoon began to develop that
be had auethtr wile living. Ibis news urarly
broke tbe heart of hi* wife, uee Miss I’.yue, and In
vestigation revealed the truth of tho suspicion, fie
was arrested for bigamy, aud other charges and
placed in Jail new. HU attorney* are attempting
to have him released ou a writ of babes* corpus.
The best taleut of the state is employed. Matthews
Is about flfiy year* eld, elegauily dreracd, luteiU-
spteudldaddresaand very neb.
From the Chattanooga, Tenu., Times.
The evidcuce against Minerva Johnson and her
husbaud for the murder of their adopted sou, El
bertThomas, developed fact* almost loo horrible
for oerief. For s*v*ral month- past they began to
riowiy starve their poor victim, giving him only a
small mom! each day, harelv enough to keep
him alive. A few days before the murder the boy
mumbled and le’.l from aheer exhau* iou, but
tDiw seemed to infuriate the womau; she struck
him a U-rrlble blow ou the head and be fell to the
door with a heavy thud. On one occarion in her
fury, the Mixed a handful of excrements aud
rubbed it into the child's face, He grew weaker
t-sch day, and his body was almost nutrified from
starvation sod exposure, and lull of dreadful scars
from the terrible Lea'ings. Oa the day of the mur
der she repeated the horrible performance men
tioned above and struck him ou tbe bead witn
•omeobjtc’, from which he died. It was shown
■ bat her hutband Was a party to her crime. Tbe
coroner state* that me poor child was » maw of
tears, and the remain* were well nlgb putrtfied.
CHatiaNNooga, February 14,—A carload ®f Mor
mon emigrants, in charge of Elder Roberts, left
for Utah and Colorado. Tne ou verts began to
arrive on the cany morning trains, and continued
coming in smstl parties all day. They are from
North aod South Carolina and Georgia, but there
ero mauy Tennewee families among them- They
went over the Cincinnati HicUtbera railroad. This
1* the regular sprit gexodws, but take* place ear
her thia year than heretofore as they anticipate a
severe spring in the northwest, and they want to
secure hosocs before the cold wtsdher begins.
Cincinnati, February it.—Marietta and Par
kersburg have been entirely cut off by the rail
road aud telegraph Hues from Wednesday until
yesterday afternoon, when a single railroad wire
was opened to Belpre, Ohio, opposite Parkers-
burg. From this source It was ascertained that
the Hood has been terrible at that point, and at
7:30 p. m. the river wasstlll rising. It hasal ready
gone niuo feet hlgner than last year’s flood. No de
tails of the losses could be given, but It is cleat
that both Parkersburg and Marietta must
sustain an immense loss. At Gallipoli*. Ohio, at
6:30 o'clock last ulght the river was five feet eight
Inches higher than last year, and rising at a rate of
au inch an hour. During the dsy a large number
of houses and other property floated by. At U.-lpre
two thousand persons are homeless.
Marietta and Uarmar hundreds
bouses are off their foundations.
The upper Muskingum bridges aro all gone, and
tbe bridge at the mouth of Duck creek is wrecked.
Harman hill is covered with people iu teat* or In
the open air.
The flood of 1832 wu surpassed at one o’clock
Sunday morning, and the river has becu rising al
most constaatly all day.
A dispatch from Portsmouth, Ohio, says: This
city is almost entirely uudsr water, aud all com
munication with other poiuts is eutirely shut off
Oue-half of those who moved luto their second
stories are moving from their houses altogether,
aud all frame houses aro deserted. Many houses
are floating away. Great suffering has already been
experienced, and worse is oxpec'.ed. At daylight
this morulng a Are broke out in Greene's feed
store, iu the business portion of the city, caused by
the slacking of limo submerged In tlo rising water.
A fiat boat was towed to sixth street, where
the fire engine was loaded ou it, when it was towed
by men in a skiff to the corner of Sjcoud and
Market streets, in the vicinity of tbo flro. The
firemen worked iu the boats and ou house
tops, and succeeded iu confluiug the fire
to six buildings. These were
burned to ibe water's edge, and all the walls fell
in. The churches aro all under water.
Rations are being Dimed dal'y, and families are
supplied by provisions belugtaktu in skiffs to their
second story windows.
At Wheeling, West Virginia, the river has re
ceded more slowly thau was expected, and por
tions of the city aud country above aud below are
still uuder water, though tbe inhabited portion,
for tbe most part, l« clear.
Huge rocks, trees, drift wool and small
shauuvs cover parts of the many streets, aud
clothed, from Wellsburg to MouudsvlUo.
Washington, February 11.—Miss Clara Barton.
S resldeutof tho American National association of
te Red CriM. accompanied by Dr. Hubbell,
special field agent of the association, will start to
morrow morniug for tho sceues of the flood*. Mbs
goesfirst tul’lttsmirg aud wilt follow the Ohio down
from W heeling, visttiug such places oa h*v« su ffered.
Mira Barton requests that the Red Cross societies
north will, until further notice, forward supplies to
Cincinnati as the central point of distrlbutlun.
Cincinnati, February 13.—The News Jour
nal hus received n special from Portsmouth,
Ohio, dated yesterday, and forwarded from
Hcateville, the nearest telegraph station, sav
ing that there is not an acre of dry ground in
thucity, and not a hundred houses that are
not under water. In a fire on Sunday
Spry’s block, Green’s feed store, and the Ar
cade were burned. One hundred sacks of
mail matter were also burned. The tele
phone exchange was destroyed. Many
nouscs have floated off, and the postoflice
and banks are closed. Tho corn and hay
crops in Sclote valley are ruined.
At Jeffersonville all the stores arr closed
aud many persons are without provisions,Lav
ing failed *o lay in a supply. Business is en
tireiy suspended. A dispatch from Lawrence
butg says tbe winfl last night was very de
structive. Many houses were upset and great
damage done. Full re|>orts are not yet re
ceived. A special to tne Tiiues-titar from
Aurora, Ind , says: Up to tun o’clock this
morniug no news had been received here
from Lawrenceburg. Many houses were soon
floating down the river this morning, and
anxiety is great. The water here is now ris
ing an inch an hour, and more dwellings aro
*°f f Umestimated that 30,000 persons along the
river, within a distance of twenty-five miles
from Gallipolis, will have to be fed by charity
tor two weeks.
A heavy current from Licking river this
morning washed away twenty or more houses
in Newport, Ky. They were huddled to
gether and thrown into all sorts of shapes.
Three streets are completely blocked by
bouses which have been removed from their
foundations.
A lino residence built last year at an expense
of $10,000, toppled over, aud is completely a
mats of ruins. Fortunately, the family had
removed. Many more buildings are in dan
ger, and it is feared that to night may bring a
calamity of the wont nature. Many people
are in their bouses, unable to get away, and
niut-t be lost if tbe bouses fall.
The relief committee sent to Pomeroy re
turned last evening to Galliopolis. Five
thousand persons there are camped on the
hills and are terribly in want of food aud
shelter. One hundred and fifty houses hive
floated away. Tbe boats land at the court
house steps. The people are hazard and
worn out from want of sleep, food
and shelter. Nearly every business man
is bankrupt. The coal miners at Syracuse
are flooded. A house went by Middeport
yesterday with a woman sitting on tbe gable
end. Men rowed out ro tbe house and ap<
l»ealed to her to get oil, but she refused, say-
ng that she had four babies below which
were all dead.
Boston, February 13 —The following dis
patch has been received at the office of tbe
mayor: Portsmouth O , February 13 —To the
Mayor of Boston: Our city of over 12,000 souls
is entirely under water. Our people have
been ferrying live stock to tbe hills for the
past twenty hours. Over oue half of our city
will be washed away. The water stands two
and, in many houses, four feet deep on the
Lecoud floors. Already over one hundred
houses have floated away, and over oue hun
dred others have turned and twisted, end l
should say that two hundred frame
houses are anchored with heavy
ropes tied to trees and telegrapn
poles. When 1 say that the ends of the tele
graph poles are uuder the water in some
parts of our city, you cau then form an idea
of the volume of water. The current has
come through the streets, doing much dam
age. We have not seen a paper nor had a
mail since Thursday, tiunday and Monday
we got a man to go in a skiff seven raiUa
above here and send despatches. The nver
continues to rise, and we have telegraphed
to Columbus to the secretary of state, New
man, for tents. Our people will have to
esmp out on hills in Kentucky and hack in
Ohio to-morrow night. Hurely our people
will be grateful lor aid. Bigned by tt. M.
Jobusoo, chairman ot the finance commit
tee. A heavy wind basbeen blow
ing for the past twelve hours, causing tbe
wav--s to do considerable damage to property.
Tnere is little suffering here but the news
from Jeffersonville is of the most deplorable
character. Of a population of 11,000 at that
p'ace, about oue-half have been compelled to
leave their homes and seek higher grounds.
Four-fifths of the city is underwater. Tne
people are suffering and are begging contri
butions of food. Tbe Kentucky river is fall
ing at bis holdwaters, but is still rising an
inchan hour at Frankfort.
Wheeling, February 13.—The river here
baa risen six inches, and is going up an inch
per hour. Nothing serious is feared. Since
tbe flood receded a peculiar phenomenon is
noticed at Powhetton. Tbe send nod water
were thrown to t con.Edcf.blc b.fnbt non
thmb7lhrc.rcnuUr5.jitn formed. They
attract many aiRbt-efere. William Derry,
aged 45, stumbled ou a package on tbe lower
deck of tbe Abuer O'Neal, en route up Ihe
river, and fell into tbe water, a short tin-
tance above town. Hla body woe not recov
ered. An Immense land slide on tile hill in
tbe aecond ward, reaulting from Ilia re.
cent rain*, threatens four or five houses.
CLaviLAKD, O., February lfi —A carload of
clothing and food waa shipped to Ilelvire to
day. At a citizens' meeting today snub-
acriptiou list was circulated, and Senator-
elect Payne headed with its 1,000, and iu u
abort time $-100 was raised for ihe relief of the
sufferers in Ibe Hooded district. Subscription
lists have been placed in every bank. The
bakera are publicly catted upon to contribute
bread. A depot of supplies has been opened
and prepared food, clothing and
other necessities are forwarded aa
often as practicable to the Ohio valley.
At seven p. in,, the river had receded three
fourths of au inch, and the good news of the
actual beginning of the decline spread quick
ly, giving a profound feeling of relief wher
ever it reached. The first notice of the check
came during the afternoon, and the posting
of it on 'change, caused an outburst of ap
plause from the people in waiting for the
river bulletins.
The Commercial Gazette's steamer, Kate
Waters, returned at 1 o'clock this morning
from a trip to ltipley with relief supplies,
Messrs. Bishop and Collins, who went with
the steamer, say that the hills on the opposite
sides of the river now form its banks. The
people asked first for news, next for ropes
with which to anchor their houses, and
lastly for cooked provisions. None
want clothing. Tne bouses • ure every
where swept away or lloating
on tbeir corners.
The waves did much damage to properly
last night. Two feet more of water
will fluod the penitentiary, and there are GOO
convicts to he cared for. 105 families of lime
hornets at Utica, It! miles above here, are
atill huddled together in one church, and
are sadly in need of relief. Tbe town
of Clarksville, Indiana, is almost
washed away.
PittsauBO, February 11 —The citizens press
reliel boat for the assistance of the Hoou suf
ferers in the towns along tbe Ohio, left this
afternoon and is laden with supplies of all
kinds.
Cmcmrati, February 15 — At 3:40 o’clock
this morning an alarm of fire was
sounded from tbe box at Ludlow and Pearl
creels,where tbe watersurrounded ibe bouses.
When the engine reached tbe place, it was
discovered that the rear portion of two brick
buildings on the south side of Pearl alreel,
near Ludlow, bad fallen in, and ten persona
were buried In tlie ruins or drowned. The
occupant, of the front portion bad given llie
alarm, and before relief bad been obtained
the tire alarm sounded. The firemen, in con
junction with the police, made superhuman
ellorts lo rescue the living and recover the bod-
iea of tbe dead. Tbe buildings were used as
boardisg bouses and had twenty to thirty occu-
pants living In them, and wero soon taken out,
nut four members of tbe family named llurke,
Mr. and Mrs. Caulter, Maudo Kills, Lydia
Ellis, Willie Kyle and another wbuae name
ia unknown; all supposed to havo been
crushed or drowned. Mrs. Webb, occupant
of the room In the part that fell, was
awakened by the cracking oi walla. Blie tried
to urousa others, but fell with the building,
and vet escaped wilbout injury. The build-
LAWazNcsnoita, Ind., February 15 —A fear
ful wind atorm Wednesday added further
desolation to this place by upturning more
bouses. The losa.to property can be safely
placed at not less than $400,000. The cold
weather, although welcome in stopping tbe
rise of Ihe water, brings much suffering to
those living in tbe cars and other places
where fires cannot be made.
Galveston, Februsry 10.—A apreial from
Dallas eaya: -‘Trinity river has overflowed its
banka. Tho only dry apot In the bottom ia
on the pike leading from the city to the bills.
Kim' Fork, between Dallas and Denton, has
inundated tbe surrounding country for miles.
Five miles oi trrallingon the Missouri Pa
cifio railroad have been washed away,
l'ABKtaant'BO.' February IC-The United Slates
relief steamer, Kate stockdate, arrived here tins
morning leaded to the guards with thirty torn of
relief supplies and ICO tons of coal. The submetaed
country » slowly shaking off tho waters, aud die
devasutdous surpass description. Provisions ero
A GERMAN INSULT
FLUNG INTO THE FACE OF THE
UNlTHD STATES GOVERNMENT.
Frlno* Bismsrok Return* ibe Herr Luker Reiolu-
tlon* Fuaed by Congr m-An Uobear-1 of A«t
of Diplomatic Diacourtear-Indignation
In Was blue to-a Owor tbs Matter.
London, Fcbnrary 16 —The Bdriln correspondent
of the Time* i«x* that Prluca Burn trek baa return
ed to Herr Von Elsendcchcr, German minister at
Washington, the resolution of coidoleuco on
Ifefr Lasker'a death,: prased by eongreai, with »
counter request to return tho resolution to tho
house of representatives, aa tho position of Herr
Lasker in Germany was not such as too Justify the
resolution. The Times adds that although tho
above appears Incredible, the fact l* that the rela
tions betwoeu Washington and Berlin aro In a stato
of great tension, chiefly owing to tho pigtlesh
question. Tho Times concludes: "One thlug Is
certain, we have not heard tho last of the Lasker
incident Tho American* aro much too proud, too
sensitive, and too Independent for that"
‘TOR GERMAN MINUTER KNOWS NOTHING OV
Washington, February 16.—Tno German minis
ter rays ho has received no Information concerning
the alleged action of Prluoe Bismarck in regard to
tho home resolution of condolence on Herr La*k-
er’a death, cablod by tho news association ef Lou
don. The Times Berlin correspondence Is sup
posed to bo wholly Benratlonal, In f»ct, a mere
••c*tiard." Tho itRto department i* also without
any confirmation of the story that tho resolution
has been returned to tho German minister with a
request to return it to tho houso of representatives,
etc.
THRSCN4ATTON CREATED.
There Is a conriderablo souratlou hero over tho
repott that Bismarck has returned tho houso
lutlon of sympathy from Germany on tbo death
of Herr Lasker. Tho resolution wm offered by
Tom Ochiltree, who is a friend of Lasker's brother,
a prominent merchant of Galveston. It waa
not noticed In the rush of bills and resolutions,
and received only ten or twelve viva voco vote*.
Nobody thought of Lasker's politic* or Intended
anything but an expreralon of sympathy
with the German people in their regrot at tbo death
of au Illustrious citizen. Whlio some unplea
nesa has arisen between tho United State* and
Germany over American pork, promluent congrera-
men are loth to believe that Bismarck ha* deliber
ately Insulted congress. Nothing official {Is known
at tho state department, or at tho German legation.
Senator Mlllor, chairman of tho committee of for
eign affairs* when he read tho cablegram, said:
Old Bismarck mustjhavo beau drunker than
usual." .
Senator Morgan «U bis action waa barbarous
and outside hi* legitimate prerogative- Mr. Clem
ent*. who U on tbo house committee of foreign
affairs, s*ld that tho houso would undoubtedly
take some action If Bismarck has been correctly
reported.
TIIR MEANINO or THE ACT.
Home members favor the passage of another res*
olulion, declaring Bismarck incapable of Judging
of Hen Lasker’s character or tttlo to respect. The
Kveulug Htar rays King William and Blimarck
havo been trvlng to consolidate the European
monarchies In league against popular rlghl*, and
they cherish no gc.Nl will for tho republic whoso
Rui'ces* ha* made despotism iimocuro tho world
over. If tho current report of Bismarck’s conduct
bo tiae, a correspondence will undoubtedly
onsuo between tno United State* and Germany.
DURING THE WEEK.
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wreck, tbe houso* being demolbhed on all the
street*. There are no inhabitant* tb— —* *"
tbo second stories, aud but
Parkersburg will be able --
her own *uflVrere, but tbo destitution
In the»tnslle*tsettlements will bo lnleu*e. Bel-
pre la a wreck, and H* principal street has eutirely
disappeared, only a few piles of bricks marking
where It waa located. A tow boat with a tow swung
abreast the town of Rorerawtod and held ihu
house* from being swept away last Haturday, sav
ing ibe town and all Its inhabitant* Iron beinc en
gulfed. The telegraph wire* are dowu in all dlrec
tlon*. New* from here goes to Baltimore, and it
transferred.from there. The steamer Htockdalo has
left ton tons of freight here <o bcgdtetrlbuted by the
relief committee to tbo sufferer* below. Buriuo*
I* i-ntlri-lv suspended. Parkersburg's loss amounts
to lino out.
Hkawmeetown, III., IFebruary M-tA* 7 o' 0 * 00 *
last night the river was rlsiug stead!!/ ono-hal f
inch per bour, and at that hour marked W1 feet II
Itiches. Tbe town D under water to a depth of
from 10 to 80 feet. In mauy places the water is at
the top of tbe windows of the tccond stories,
aud iu somo case* only the chimneys and
roofs mark tho location of the building*. Ihe
bills surrounding the town aro dotted
with tern* occupied by families who have been
driven from their homes. In somo cares there Is
undoubtedly suffering A vDIt made by an asso
ciated press reporter revealed several thinly clad,
barefooted children, shivering about the touts.
Mayor Mills will supply the nee ted with clothing
aud other relief at o'uco. He has wide no formal
appeal for aid, but It I* . plain that
agrest deal will benetded. Many families went
to the hills yesterday, aud more are llsely to follow
to-dav. Neveral houses have been started from
Ud ir fonnda'ion, tut the embarkment* above the
d»y have kept them from floating away. As yet no
loss of ilD has been reported. An effort was made
yesterday to^sscb John Boyd’s pork house.iulwhlcb
a dozen or more families have taken refuge, fmt U
lira Just north of the mouth of the lovoe.over which
tbo current waa so swift that the oarsmen were un
able to stem its force. Tbe Park house Is strongly
built, but its position Is perilous and communica-
ilon with the ouDlde 1* dangerous. The boat
passed over tbe roof# of the brick bul id logs, the
site of which was marked only by >hn chim
ney topi. I’oweil'a five atorr flouring mill 1* ten
anted by seven families. Many houses
are miadng from their.. *ite* , aud
wore are abandoned and falling to pieces.
Four families, comprDtng twenty fire .pervous, are
quartered In a school house. ....
Fulton, Aik , February 16.-Tbo Red riser rose
one foot lu twenty-four houre ended at 11 o clock
last night, aud Is still rising. The whole country
Is a va*i sea. II undre«!*of families are fleeing /rum
tbe raging waters. Dead mule* and cattle are float*
1 g down with the curreut. Herd* of cattle c*n be
■e a standing on small Diands patleuiiy awaiting
their doom.
/.Ntl-DYSPRPaf A DIET.
There Is a girl in Chicago who haa ten fin
gers on each haud. fehe ought to advertise herself
as a remedy for superfluous hair.—Burlington Free
rose.
It ia the energetic, puabing man who auc-
coeds In this world. Young man, if you can't Al4
auy thing else to posh, push a baby coach.—Chica
go Telegram.
An uptown Newton man haa three well-
rlpcued daughters, and he haa to straighten up the
posts r.f his front gate every few week*.-Ken lucky
fitate Journal.
Nature evidently intenda to teach man
that his foothold In thU world Is never secure. Just
as soon as tbe Ice disappears from the sidewalk the
msrket begins lobe flooded with southern banana*.
—Chicago Bun.
Tbe dependence of man upon wheat bread
for bla beat nourishment makes it important . u w
that tb. bread b. light, palatable, .My of dl-,
What ids People al tho «HP «o4 Country Move
IImm liilif.
TarsSay, February 1»-
More than four thousaud five hundred bills
most of them of a private nature, have been Intro
duced iu the house of represonfatives during the,
present sesalou of congress. Tho county Jail a
Wousoa, Wls., was destroyed by fire, and Mlko Me-
Donald and Ed Carey, two desperadoes who were
confined In the Jail, wero burned todoalh. Thomas
Klniella. editor of tho Brooklyn Eagle, died after
an Illness of three month*. There are aeventy-four
cases of yellow fever In Rio Jauoiro. Jerry B. Ar
nold, a telrgraph operator lu Milwaukee, Wia.,
shot Bridget Egan because abo would not marry
him and theu shot himself—both dying Instantly.
There are 7,0W idle weaver* at Fall River, Mrna.
in the city.
Emma Blair, a little whlto girl, waa thrown from
a buagy in which sho waa rldlug aud received »o-
vere injuries, and Eugone Trotter, a white boy,
waa thrown from a liorso and received a fracture
of tbo left hip.
U.J.Md.y, February !«.
Mr. Bradlaugb haa applied for theChlUern bun
dled*, aud bis application was granted. Thia ia
eqnivolent to a resignation of .hla seat iu Ure British
houso of commons. The steamer W. I’. Holliday,
of the New Orleans Anchor Hue, was burned at Bt.
Louis. Matt Brown, the watchman, waa the only
penou on boafd. no was badly burned. The lorn
Is f100.000. A violent earthquake ha* occurred In
Bitils, in Asiatic Turkey, aud a uumber of bulld-
lngi were destroyed.
in Tilt CITY.
neury Lamb, a while boy, accidently shot him
self In lire left hip while loadlug a pistol. Major
Barca, tho Atlanta commissioner to tbe New Or
leans exposition, has returned from hla trip to that
city, aud 1* enthusiastic over his reception there
and tbe prospects of tho AUsnta exhibit. He so
cured space for the AUantacollective exhibit Uia
b admirably located, and so arranged that Ure
machinery requiring power can have it, while the
exhibits that do not require power can be display
ed to the best possible advantage. Every Industry
In AUanta will be represented.
IkaraSay, Fabrssry I I.
A majority of the KugUsh cabinet aro urging
more vigorous action In Egypt. Mr. Oladitone,
Karl Granville aud some other membera of the cab-
iuet are oppoeid to increasing England's responsi
bility. General Gordon baa sent word to Colonel
Du L'ottengon directing him If unable to hold
Khartoum to blow up tbe foits in order to facilitate
tbe recapture e! Ibe city. Tbe president nomi
nated L. II. Bandit to be postmaster at Oxford,
Miss. The following nominations were withdrawn
by the president: Ferry L. Harriett, postmaster
at UuuUriUe, Ala., aud John F. Warwick, post
master at Talladega, Ala., sent to theaenate on tho
4'h It*..
IN THK CITY,
A party #f eight person*—men and women-from
Cleveland county, North Carolina, poised through
AUauia yesterday afternoon ou their way to Utah.
They were uuder the leadership of Elder Davidson,
the- Mormou church. The Germania
Loan and Building association wound
up lb career last Tuesday afier seven years
existence. The books showed that each share was
ojnessod I81.2&, for which each owuer received on
the winding up 1120. Ibe aarociaUon built ninety-
seven bouses, aud uever had a lawsuit.
rviesr, ia.
A train on tbe Boutneru Central railroad of New
York dropped through the bridge Into Aeneca rive 1
at Wee deport, N. Y„ and the engine, fireman and
brakeman were drowned. None of the peisengera
were hart The French chamber of deputies re
sumed consideration of a bill to suppress sedition*
demonstrations In the streets and adopted a clause
prescribing Ure puuishment of persons guilty cf
uttering seditious cries, singing seditious sous or
publishing seditious placards.
IN THE CITY,
At a meeting of the county board of education
yesterday, Mr. Walker F. Inman was elected to flU
tbe vacancy caused by Ure resignation of Mr. Green
T. Dodd. Police Officer Kelly, whose wife and child
weitiost In the CUy of Columbus di-arter, near Boa.
b9 tried upon tbe charge of robbing tbe paymas*
ter of tbo nver government works at Muscle shoal*
of 83.0C0 ou March 1881. Dick Liddell, who was
convicted of Ihe same robbery a year ago, will tes
tify against James. The appearance of James tallica
exactly with that of the robber glvon by the pay
master. While John Beatty was attempting to con
vey hi* wife, three children aud two young ladles
named Weatherford, across tbe back water near
Newburgh, Ky., on the Tennessee river, tbe skiff In
which they wero was dashed against the tree by
the curreut and upset. Mrs Beatty and all of the
children and one of tbe young ladles were drowned.
Abftut 250 of tbe hands employed In the different
tobacco factories in Petersburg, V*., who struck In
consequence of s reduction In their wsges havo
returned to work.
IN THX CITY.
Misses. Mildred and Mary Lee, daughters of
General Robert K. Lee, passed through Atlanta
yesterday on their way to New Orleans to be pres
ent at the unveiling of tho recumbent statue of
Ueuoral L?e, which takes place in that city on the
2M lust. Morel, the bookkeeper, who was arrested
Wednesday last, upon the chaise of forgery, was
yesterday taken before Judge Tanner for a pre
liminary trial and required to gives bond of $1,000
for bis appearance at tbo next term of the supe
rior court. Morel says that be can prove Irimtelf
Innocent, whilo Messrs. Treynham A Ray, by whom
he was employed, declare that they have a good
cate of embezzlement against him. Congressman
N. J. Hammond, reached Atlanta yesterday from
Washington city, lie it looking better than before
congress met ami says that his health has greatly
linp.oicd within the past few weeks. Colonel
lUmtnuud ia oue of couuael (u the noted Southern
Mutual lusursneo cue, which comes up in the
supreme court uoxt Wednesday. Governor McDan
iel has received from tht prealdent and hu for
warded the commissions of Mr. D. C. Bscou, com
missioner, and Mr. C. H. Smith, alternate commis
sioner, to the New Orleaua exposition.
Raidas, Febraari IT.
Wallace Brack nun and Richard Craig, who won
to bed drunk last night at Ashland, Ky«, blew out
the gas aud were suffocated to death. Thadeua
Avery cut his wife's throat last night at Chichester,
N. Y„ aud thon his own. The woman Is dead, but
Avery is alive. He has confessed and is under ar
rest Jealousy was tbe cause. Both are young and
they have been married only about a year.
IN THE CITY.
Mr. W.T. B. Wilson, the new postmaster, took
charge of the office yesterday. Mr. Park Wood
ward, a young man woll *
assistant postmaster. H .
arrested upon a warrsut .
eubosa. of the firm of Gordon A itckeubou. tot-
ton merchants of New Orleans. Thu warrant alleges
that tbe defendant did, on tbo ISih of December,
1883. defraud the complainants out of 8127.18 by
the uie of artful means and deceitful practices.
Biarr was released upon a 1300 bond.
Wof-rKsviixr, N. O.—Dr. I. C. McLaughlin
„jr*: *T used Brown'* Iron Bitters for ver
tigo and I now feel like ft new man.”
Dr. Price's vanilla flavor is extracted from
the vanilla pod, obtained from Mexico. This
topulsr flavor, ns mndo by Dr. Price, embod-
es all of the delicate aroma of this agreeable
fruit, and ia free from the strong, rank taste
of thoee extracts sold as vanilla. If something
nice is wanted, to flavor, get Dr. Price's
special flavoring extracts.
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October 8,1883.
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