, 1870-04-19

uctot Auo totchinc-hhors, latk8 but few
inehes ot being submerged, while the wagon
pouring cScF in so.no plAcea two foot deep.
Inc Seyenth street tnad Is in bad condition,
East OF tho bridge, the wateF Is pouring over
tue eznbankment with perfect looseneaa, and
ths rtA and tub factory OF Clark l. Coxlcs c1u
oniy % approached by means Of boats. II the
mcn nil experience loss OF e2,0o0 OF 81, 900.
i - nov within few inches Of Tho engine
noos. Down along tho eoal and lumber yxrda
tha etSH u moist one Some Of ttc yards
arc 1u! but al tho lumber has been secured,
Eoo.1.ao uia. tnets - 20 danger q its going on.
ana hstle bare-legged girls and boys we1o busy
3eAtssuaE bringing it IN out Of tie vet Il
TIC Home Mills, the water is nesslv up to tho
second door. 4 steamboat could sail al around
~ ~1tnout tho least difficulty. Up on the a1tA,
families hare been compelled TO eyacuate their
houaes in bot haste. 4 man, whose name we
could not learn, undertook 70 remove bis fHrn
uy. and vhole litter OF pig1 1t ope load
nv hhsians snaA soT,boas fer that purpose. He
the Prov Of his boat ran sgainst 4 treacheroas
fence-post, and she wEs upset, spil!iny the
whole cargo out in the raging water. The family
we're rescued cold and vet. bu. three OF TIC
p'gs SINK, With heArt-rending %1ncal, 10 rise
no more The wntet Is reported 10 be failing
Rre1s arc full, and tho prospect il not yery
good for an immediate decline here. All paT-
ties xho have property exposed are prep,fine
for The worst, and, unless the waters cotnc to q
Hudden stand, We may expect to.see soms stir
nng scenes on the levee to-day. Yesterday
noon the watcr stood over three feet deep in
the yard surrounding, the 1uaelline-hhop Of
ker City planning MILL The railroad company
Lavo been burily engaged ali the week In efforts
to secure their road and track from the ravaecs
Of the flood, and have brought in ninety-dve
carloads Of stone Tor rsp~zapling."
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=. Tho Eau Clairo Ffsc Press announces tho
discovery Of rich lead mine in the Chippewa
Valley, its information being obtained from
Mr. Louis Nsdo, Chippewa Falls, who hss fol-
lowed hunting and trapping and trading with
tue Indians Tor seventeen years ; known tho
country well from the Columbia River to Lake
superior, aud for twelve years has t,nFerael
the woods OF WISCONSIN and Michigan, ps1tic-
ulsrly that part adjoining Lake Superior.
" soae five FcaFs since, in his traffic with the
INDIANS, he noticed many specimens of lead
orc among them. and also that the bullets
used by them in hunting contained too much
droas TO have ever been melted By any
other tlan an ordinary fire, and yery naturally
concluded that this orc was obtained on ths
huntlng.grnund Of the tzsbe in whose pos
session 1t was. He Immediately Bot to work 70
find ont its location Diligently ho searched
every nook and corner of these hunting
grounds offered tho Indiana large sums Of
money to tell him Of its location but thew,
from some auperstitious dread Or fear of
punishment from the Great Spirit, refused to
gre Any information, and it reemcd IS II all
MI Nado'e labora were to go for uaueht.
discouraged, and about to give up ses1ch
for what might he only chime.a, tho great
secret, an immense lead-nniuo, was suddenly
Ind HDnYnnr4nJf7p I;anrrnvaI l..
the month Of February last, in manne9
which We arc not II liberty to tell at present,
nor it's whereabouts. The mine was opened !
short time since, and proved To be all That VAS
expected Of it. At single blast made,
c11nk Of almost pure lesd' Was thrown out
which, air. Nado thinks, will weigh four tons.
The minet he thinks, will prove tho richest
one ever opened in America This IL no hoax;
he has seen it with his own eyes, and assisted
In opening it and making the blast The reason
alr. Hado does not want the location Of this
mine dissiosed nov is, that he has found sur
lace Indications IN Of siiser, and il aatiahed that
ever, tho matter will be fully tested By about
the 1ss Of May, sna then We shall be at liberty
to make full disclosures"
EIEEEsoTA.
The Minneapolis Tribune OF the 10th says;
" Ihn destruction OF the Summit Mil and
several ether buildings, by tho washing away
~ +A@o o@aA ~ ~ %Ao OAAck III k1t tHQnGl Oh
Hcnnepin 1aland, has caused considerable loss
to the ownerB, and given to Alaruists fresh
cause for despondency. Nc sincerely sytnpa-
thize with the loscrs, ~ will all our citizona
Int We do not regard tho calamity as OF seri-
ous Importance as Affecting tho safety Of tho
Tatcr power dependent upon the falls. It
mas, and probably will, carry on even more
OF 1IeDnepin Island, but can SCARCELY result u
any general calamity SO long as tho washirg
is mainly confined 10 tho outlet OF the
tunnel. and the inlet, as now, cor
tinues to hold its own When tho water
falls, as it probably will in fcv days,
it can be crectually cut OF bT tho dam
now in process Of construction from Nicollct
Island to the st. Anthony shore,-thus admit
ting Of such Thorough work Al will either close
up the canal hermetically or make it safe for
tic use originally intended. Before thepover
Of the falls can bo sc1iouAly threatened, new
channel must Ike cut, Of sufficient capacity and
depth to change the current OF the rivar,-a
result which, SO far as We can learn, ia hardly
anticipated a'y the most dcspoudent. 1t would
certainly require moretimo than will be found
necessary to apply the proper remedy Which
the value Of tho property at stake makes Ger
tain in tho future"
MKssoEnl.
st. Louis took digniiicd possession of the
archives and Treasury Of the recently-annexed
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