Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-06-28
Violent Rain storms.
The Country Flooded. The Cedar River
Spreading Itself.

The Country Flooded. The Cedar River
Spreading Itself.
Tie year Of 1867 thus far will be re-
membered rs one of the most rcmarka-
BILE for wet weather and violent rain
storms that the people of Northern
Iowa have ever experienced. Scarcely
had the cold backward spring been
succeeded by warm weather and the
croakers ceased heralding their predic-
tions of an entire failure in crops the
present year, than we are called upon
to record some of the most severe and
damaging rain storms that has ever
been our lot to witness. Heavy thun-
der storms accompanied with sharp
lightning and strong driving winds,
have been the order two or three times
week for the past month until the
country at present writing Is complete
ly flooded. The storm of last Sunday
afternoon and night, though accompa-
MED with less sharp lightning than
usual, was even more severe than any
we have had. The rain poured down
in perfect torrents and the strong winds
and hail in the afternoon threatened to
destroy the encouraging prospects for
good crops and an abundant harvest
The damages on Sunday night in this
city were comparatively slight. The
sidewalks were carried'away on Wash
ington and Main Streets and several of
the lots were injured by the water in
the "Dutch Gap Canal" on 5th Street.
The hail and winds did considerable
damage to the shade trees, grape vines
and shrubbery I'm the gardens and
yards. s. g f
The Cedar River began rising last
Sunday evening and on Monday rose
22I inches In twelve hours and has
been increasing In magnitude ever
since. 1t lacked foot Of being up to
the high water mark of this Spring
Bridges on many of the small streams
have been carried away in this vicinity
and damage was done the railroad In
several places. One end of the bridge
at Parkersburg was washed away and
trains on Monday did not run farther
west than this point. At Elk Run, a few
miles east Of Waterloo, the track was
washed away and the train was delay.
ed six hours. .s.-a s ms
Near Arlington culvert Ind beer
carried away, bat the engine and cars
fortunately jumped the space without
injuring any one. Two mon STOOD
near the place where the culvcrt wa
washed and saw the train coming bu
made no exertion to stop the train be
fore the danger was passed. The mills
have oil been compelled to shut down
In some of them the water having ris
en- four and q half feet above the frs
floor. 1t is thought that the water viii
not rise much higher. The streams
above have doubtless ceased rising anc
will soon commence to recede.
The match game of Base Ball be
tween the Marshalltown and Waterloo
Clubs at the latter place yesterday re-
suited in a signal defeat to the Water.
looans.
A FISH SToRY.-Though not very
far advanced in years, 1t has been oul
fortane to meet with some wonderful
fish stories In our time, some we
thought almost incredible, but the one
we have i'm our mind now, Is true ant
we can't deny 1t, for we saw 1t with oul
] own eyes. A. L.. Nichols the wei
known grocer, just south of the Carter
House, caught, at one haul, twelvt
different varieties of fish, weighing In
all just $3.50 pounds by actual weight
Among them we notice dried anC
smoked halibut, cured In q way thai
cannot fail to please the most fastidious
French Goldfish, something new In
this market, and the George Bank cod
fsh, the pollock-fish, No. mackerel
and extra family No. white fish
Labrador herring, preserved In oil, also
the picked and dried herring, beside.
more varieties we might mention,
Now these fish were not caught with
a hook and line, as many might imag.
inc, but came by the "Red Line" from
Boston, direct, aud were caught by q
legal tender, commonly called ''green.
backs" Mr.. N. has this immense
lot,offish forsale which heis disposing OF
at startling low prices having received
them from Boston, with as little cost on
the pound for freight as Is usually paid
from Chicago TO this place, and TIL.
gives him great advantages in selling
which II would do well for the people
to ascertain before purchasing else.
where. BY the way, while speaking
of the numerous varieties of choice
fish lately received by Mr.. Nichols, We
wish to say that there il no better place
to deal In this town, when you wish al
kinds of groceries. We will, say ne
more. We only ask you to call and SEQ
for yourselves. 1t will open your eyes
as 1t did ours, to see his large stock o
| fish.
Died.
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