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THE 'WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 19.1884* ; TWELVE PAGES. > 5 . 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. ... .... . , Da 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. 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