Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-02

forgotten, telS - tooS ID Suo yoeS 1oSos
great 6oso swspe down ~ BsGhss q Va
tsts. sesA = - nssss bssa vttsssee@
sidcs. r ~ ysaf 1859. ~ waass ssee p
. heighth - twssly - and hs1f Get
above Low water snask, end h 1ooo, the
river again swsllsd to mammoth propor-
tioas. At tbs present tias, tbs river 10 bot
fsot lowef than IN 1859. The damage It
lldsrsat psints slsng the river hes been
tolsrabiy extensive. At Dubuque the va
ter extends almost a. far up - Jackson
street, surrounding Glab's Dielillsgys Fri, .
busg's Hotel. Cumming : naahss's Rscso
~, Rouse's Iros Works, Hsreineosft's .
F.ctory. and mAny sther large 81 Sslua.
BILE sstablishnsals. Warrington strsst i.
beisg nsvigaIed by means Of row boatss-
The shot touss. pail fasessy, sad Mo-
berg's distillssy, sssm ~ though located in
the middle Of ~ river. Steamboats, spnd
b,rses are moviae over many Of ~ font
STREETS. The railroad track lsadias from
she freight depot = ~ leves y sss0segsd.
The ferry boat pliss - the vsry heart sfthe
city, landing itspAsssoesfs q ths essDer Of
Fourth and Whits stsssas, halfa nile iaaids
the lsvse. He lsabsr ysrds havs sa1lssA
ssvsrely. nssA steek hayisg besa swep(
away. Ths aas q Dsliesh ars essraswsf,
but not much danaes hss bess dsoe, be
yond the filling Of fbasemcn,s and the sweep.
ing away Of fencing. Shosld the dixie give
away, and create current, however, the
conse quences would be fearful.
Al Prairie Du Chien. tho lower part Of
the city IL inundated. The water is flowing
over all the street extensions. Lumber yards
are aiioat. Boats load and unload By shov-
Jug their gang planks into warehouses. On
her last trip down, the ltascs landed her
passengers in Piers Saloon. and came uear
pushing the counter over with her bow. It
is the Impression at al upper points that
the aood will soon subsde.
Owing to its excellent location, our city
has 20 far escaped with but little compara>
tive injury. At East Davenport, row boats
are plying between 4ront aud Second street,;
there being depth Of water in many
places, Of ten feet. The water has crossed
Front Street at the corner Of Rock Island
and Por,y, and at the conjunction Of Front
and Third. Our lcvec i. completely sub
n.ervej, aud - it vas built Of brick. and
earth it will probably be mos,l, destroyed
In the cellars OF the Northern Line Co y
Block. formerly known by tho name Of Bur
rows Block, there are five feet ef wAter-
In the basement Of Alyord & Van Patterns
Block there is . loot ard half; u der
Conkli Is Liquor Store. tie sAnc in Nc
lntosh's Block, one f,os and in the base
ment of No,re's Piu"ser Bakery Building,
two feet. In the cngine-rocm Of Burrows
4 ,ur mill, taerc arc fourteen inches of wat
or, on account Of which all operations are
precluded for tho lre.ent. Rsnwick's saw
mill has also been cnmbe!led to stop from
a similar cause. The river raised four in
cl,es last night. A; Ro.k Island, Mr.. Cable
is doing his utmost TO preserve his railroad
track, and keep the water frqn breaking
over and flooding the siuugh. Teams are
also ut work hauling rcck upon the embank
m .nt TO the Island bridge, hut it is doubt
fll whether that structure can be saved.
At Rockingham, much damage has been
deac. In fact. the town is cut OF from the
remainder cf Iowa by Dutch Gap Cana,
which surpasses anything Butler ever "gat
up" in the vicinity Of Richmond. The wa
ter starts in At the mouth Of Black Hawk
Creek. and taking = wide and graceful
curve. returns to the river near the head Of
Horse Island. Tie iqan i aot under wa
/ ter. as taauy SUPP ,ss, bat is in some dan
ger. Our infos.nant stated that if the
water did not stop rising. he would be
forced to remo.e his family, IS depth
of six inches was already on his Hrst
door.
I We also learn that the te.egral h lire ans
the the track Of ,hs Wes.srn Union Rail
road ba,s been destroyed near Meredoci'
slough, bc.ow Albany, and that a. no mes
la.ges can be transmitted eithes way ALI bus
mess ha. been suspended on that real
Fur that reason tho steame . run. lag il
conn, ction with that lice, will be discon
tinued. but Immediate Efforts will be mad
to repair all damages. II such is possible
Exp, rienced river uen state that the waite
lacks but three inches Sf o.iag as high .
O. tn. % Of Nay, isSa.
The Burlington passed down last even
ing, its oancsss report the river to hav
fallen eighteen inot es At lansing. day b
fore yesterday, and y b. % stand I
Dubuque and Clinton. Latest advices fro,
St. Paul state that in one day The Sivsr ha
q AIlsn feet, aud q Rtasis 4
: Chen perceplble decline bad occurre,
Thers Can So ~ doubt but that The aoa
bee very nessly reschsd IL height AZ
I | il, al ihs swsops, sloughs, end bayos
!. sloae the sives have been hlled, and the n
suit eill undoubtedly b. very unhsalth
II
P4ems0aao Conee. =. - Ne aess - II
Oopa0Aep.
RI DAVENPORT, May 1st. 1890.
. viii Mr.. Slrasssr, at bis next Concert
!, vor W With q repetition Of "RlOde's Them
played by him on thursday evening lest q
: | much admired by
Il Ms. E q ODfoRNR,
~ Mrs. ]. e. Bills,