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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-04-21
OUR MINEoLA LETTER.
bussness chnpges-8ailroad Matters
startling R"mors-Tbe Herald the
Paper for Fact Texas

AiNaotk. April u, 1871.
To the Editor OF The Herald
will endeavor 10 give you the news
and views Of hackwoods reporter
Harrison, of the firm of Cage d Harri-
son. bankers at this place, informed me
that he is on the eve of leaving here
for Sherman, where he intends going
into the cotton commission business,
which is Sherman's gain and Mineoias
loss for Jim" has been one OF the in
siitutions of this town for several wears.
There are some other firms leaving
here, all going west Molioy Il Edgar,
leave to-day for eathertord, where
they enter into the hardware trade.
The people Of Dallas are doubtless
aware that this is not q very thrifty
country Immediately around Minneola,
yet il is one of the most important
stations on the Texas and Pacific rail
way, on account OF the freight that is
transferred here, and the shipments re-
eeived here for Sulphur Springs.
The Texas and Pacific, aud Interua-
tional roads in connection with the
/ Mallory line of steamers, are making a
/ big effort TO control the New York
shipments TO Dallas. They are shipping
1 treights at greatly reduced rates, aud
with little or no delay here. Freight
arriving here from Galveston in the
morning is placed in Dallas the same
/ night at ten o'clock. and freight through
from New York frequently makes the
| trip in twelve DAYS
There is undoubtedly something big
on ice taking place in railway circles,
! from the crumbs that drop from the
official board We have it here among
/ railroad men, that Colonel George Noble
is to be made general manager of the
/. ST. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern,
and Texas and Pacific railway compa,
MES, and Dir. Hangiin, the master me-
chanie OF the Texas and Pacific to be
! superintendent of motive power for the
same; also, that the Chicago, Burling.
tou and Quincy has leased the Missouri
! Kansas and Texas, and further, that the
new management of the Central have
leased the nine miles of their road from
sherman to Denison, To the Texas and
Pacific.
/ IT all the above be true, there il to be
war between St. Louis and Chicago
and Mr.. Morgan is gong Il
make the Central feeder /,
ms 5ttetAif4S causing ifeiEhL on ina
road 10 90 south, or if north at all, 70
by the Texas and Pacific and Iroi
Mountain, tor you can readily see tha
the Texas and Pacific would max rate,
over the road from Sherman to Denisot
so high, that shippers would prefer til,
Iron mountain route.
! would like to hear your views upoI
the probable effect of such an arrange
ment as the above upon the trade o
Dallas. Don't you think she may b,
pinched little. in ease there is virtu
ally no northern connection 70, tn
) Centfal2
Your agent could do good bushes
here getting subscribers, for yours is tn
paper furnishing the latest news. an,
there is certainly no reason why yoi
should not have as many subscribers a
any paper in the state. II you coul,
, get your papers this way by the morn
ing train, you would be twenty-f ou
hours ahead of any other Think of il
Until you hear from me again. al
Z yours, MJiNGo
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Crazy n 0FsA.

Inter Ocean: Sure enough, Crazy
Herse Is cunning in with his warriors,
and will surrender. The news has lust
reached him that Medal To 20 be made
com N issioner OF Indian affairs, and,
Ike Dayy Croekett's coon, he '.eomes
down" He should Le corraled be fore
the news Of the hitch in the appoint.
nient gets out there. -
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EDUCATIONAL.
To the Patrons OF the Dallas Female

To the Patrons or the Dallas Female
College.
The vacancy caused by the death OF
our beloved president, w. ii. Scales,
has been. filed for the unexpired term,
by the election of Rev. NJ III. Nicely,
President. The board has also added
to the present corps of teachers, w. G..
Steele, graduate OF Washington and
Lee University, Virginia; Mrs. L. NJ.
Hagy, graduate of buckingham Fe.
male Collegiate Institute, Virginia.
The regular exercises will he resumed
on Monday. the 10th. We ask the
patrons of the school to give il their
hearty support. Every effort will be
made on the part OF the trustees tn
make the same d first-eiass college,
and worthy of the patronage of all per.
sons having daughters to educate, hi,
being q chartered institution, with
powers to give diplomas or confer de.
grees. By order of the board of-trustees
A. W.SowLfN, Secretary.
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A prlm Boston editor asks: ISIS il
proper for young married ladies TO Ire
seen on the stage ~ Ges, provided
they SIT close to the driver, and don't
let their feet bangle too much over the
sides.-Puck .ts
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The pioneer bumblebee OF 1877 crept
out of his hole in the ground yesler-
day, and after looking around for an
honr or two FOR boy to sting, found
him. stuDg him, and went back to
clean house.-t Hawkeye.
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II. POINTER vs.. II: u. zAcIIERl. No, AZ
Justice Court, Precinct No. 4. Dallas
Country. The STATE Of TEXAS.
ITO THE SHERRY. or any Cons able OF
Dallas County. greeting Whereas oath
has been made bsfore me ~ N. Pointer thai
H ID. Zachary - q transien; person, 80 thai
the ordin sry process OF Law cannot be served
UPON him. you are hereby c1tnmand-i,
that you. by making publication Of thi.
citation IN soms newspaper printed In aid
county for Tires successive weeks hslors Dc
n turn day hereof, summon the said n ID.
Zachary 10 lie and appear before me a my
otnce. No. D< y ain sirs-:. In the CITY OF I.l-
las, In the county Of Dallas, on The IN aay
OF May, ISL. " answer the com piaiut of ths
<atd -. Pointer, for the sum OF one b1ndr.d
and forty i've dollars and ~ enty i've cent.
dine A. damage for breach Of the warranty
IA convsyng &c made by the a.id ZzcheEY
70 ths sad Pointer. OF . certain hou-e ami
lot In the CITY Of Dallas. situated on the
southeest corner Of Hoes avenue AID Hsr-
wood stre>t-
Herein nan not, and OF this writ make due
return - the law dir~etz.
Given under my hand this the d day Of
April, ls71. 4. 4. hCLURE,
Justice OF the fsssNe,
Preeiaet No. 1. pellaz Coanfy.
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Boston Pests The Bangor Wing il
feking sharp sticks into the sides of its
former associates after this fashion III
: large s.nmser OF republican papers
had only believed last summer what
they sAy they belisve n<Js. they might
bsvs ssvsd thenssclses great deal Of
trouble ~ simply copying editor;al.
from the dsunocsstic osrans. IL uuss
lie confessed that many Of the conver.
sions 10 The deposatic grolirv -.
been remarkable, But we weIcome ~
most incnrrigible into tha fold. tons
ia. brother.
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A Lancaster (Pa taller states that
he recently measured boy not quite
Is years old, whose breast measured
tifty>eight inches. waist sixty inches
and hips seyenty-two inches in circum
ference.
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Centaur
lininentS.
One Kind Tor the Human Family.
The Other fer Eorsas and Animals


These Lniments are simply the wonder OF
the world. Their effects are little less Than
marvellous.
faulty. II Will drive kheuEs atism. Sciatica
and neuralgia from the system, uJU, LGp-
bago, ChtIbiains, Lock Jaw, Palsy, Itgh, and
most Cataneous Eruptions; il extrse's frost
from frozen hands ana feet, and the pp4son
OF bites and stings OF venoTnous Tepiilss; IL
suhduaS swsflIngst ana SLEW Gtes pain OF
every kind. When sprains or bruises occur,
IL - The most potent remedy ever discovered
20 heal the Injured parts The C.ntaur Lin-
imeni Is used with great e'fieacy Tor sore
Throat. ID13haeise, Clkei E5rr,l<fs. E.aracke.
and Weak Back. The following Is bat a SAM
pie OF the numerous testlmOntais.
"IsprASA HOME, Jefi. Co. Ind, LAY =, lssS.
Il think IL my duty to inform you that I
chords. a few bottles OF Centaur Lin lmsut
has done TIE lrDyk for me. / have not been
free from these sweliings ga e,yhS Bears. Now
1 an I'ee!JsellI ire0- Tbs Lihlment ought 70
"BESJAMIN BROWN"
The proof IL in ths trial. II Ia reliable, q
Is handy, IL is cheap, and eVtry family
| should have the White Centaur LinImen Z
The Yellow Centaur Imminent Is
| adapted 10 the tough muscles, cerds and
| tierh of horses and animals. Ii has perform
cd more wonderful eurs In three years oil
SPAWN, StrHin, ~ind-gsils, Scratches
| swoeny, end general L-smepass. than ali
other rsrnsd its In exis:suce. Read what tht
great ExpressmeH say OF 1t:
| INV YORK, January, ls7I.
| EVERY owner of horses should give IN.
| Ceptaur iiniment a "a aI. We consider II
the best article ever osed In onr stables.
al. MARSH,
''Supt. Adams Ex. stables, NY.
| "E. PDLTZ.
"Supt. u. Y. Ex- stables, n. y.
| ALBERT \. oLIS,
.s.4s '.Supt. Nat tx. stables. NY"
The hes: patrons OF this I.inimsntsre Far
| err and Veterinary Surgeons, who are con
| nusliy using some Liniment. II heal
| Calls, Wounds ana Poll-.vil. re moves = well
lDgs, and is worth millions Of doiisrs an
nuaIly TO Farmers, LtycTy-men, stock grow
ers, sheer-ruisers, and those having horse
Whsi Farrier cannot do for 80 the Cen
tsur Eminent Will do 1T ufffing cost
| These Linim.nts are sold By ali dealer
Throughout the country. They are wArrante
by the proprietors, aud a bottle viii De give
TO any Fsrrier or Physician who desirts {
| test them. srf. 81
Laboratory of ]. 3. Rose & Co..
I6 Day ST.. NEw YORK.
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WEuuuid fathsr zee Hampton prssi
dent than ainloe4 any northern demo
crat Ne know 81 Knoxville CErcnicle
BroNnloWs paper.
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9David w. Adams, Attorney Al Law and
arr Public, pays particular attention &
preparing Abstracts OF titles, collection OF
CLAIMS, taxing ack nov Ieigemeuts, render
ing of lands and pay nent of take. thereon.
ONCE Southwest corner of Courthouse.
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All, he'll cant take the State from
us.@ Chamberlain to Honest Zach, in
November
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HOneV.

Pitchers CnstorIs is n complete subSti.
tute for Castor Oh, and Il ss pleasant TO Ia ke
as Honey u Il particularly adapted q
TeetkIng and Irritable children. II Destroy :
worms, IA I'm ulstes the food. regulates IN.
stomach, and eures Wind Collie. Few rem.
edies are efficzcious for FeveTishue-s
Group, Worms and Whooping Cough. Gas.
toria Is a scientific and purely Vegetable
preparation, more effective III an Castor OIL
and neither gags or gripes.
CoLUsBIA, Conn, May 3, ls76.
Aessrs- j. ". Rose & Co, n. Y:
Gents: have a family of eight children
and have used o. much Castoria as any fam
lily in the United States, i thinE. hAy,
never found anything equal TO II. My chill
dren have been saved from n fever seyera
times by the use OF Castoria. Irecomme nc
It's use for children. for many diseses The.
are subject 10, in preference 10 any medlcin,
know of. ] feel IL my duty 10 give this Ger
tfncate on account OF the benefits have de
rived ey the use OF tastoria.
Very truly yours.
eh22 SORbAS T.. LITTLE.
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LIST OF LETTERS


Rem aiming uuelaimsi In the DaiisA Dallas
county, Texas. POSSIBILITIES on Tuesday, April
10 ostAIn any Of these Istt.rs the appli.
cant must SAY (" Advertised y and give the
II not called for within one month. they
A. b. NORTON, Postmaster.
Ladies' Let.
+ a LroRD mrs Clay Anderson mrs Mamie
tDURKE mrs Jennie Beard mrs George
ID Iisnchman miss l. Borsu Annette rt.s
HIrtlwsii miss Hester Bisse FIoranee
fs<rry mrs ssasau N Bradley m Alabama
bradshaw mrs T ~
rAMPBELLmrsM RSarnlay han miss Edn
Chi!drrs mrs Pauline Coleman rniss Mary
Cul.ieT mrs Mary r Coins mrs sarah A
crow 81 miss Mary Criss Christina
IloGLE mrs Maggie
EwiNG mrs Sue
Fox Jennie
4, GOODMAN miss NJ Sieinnarmo miss Jane
NJ Gruion miss Griffin mrs A II
Guillat miss Mary Hutilat mrs n A
hACkMON mrs NJ Hark lns mrs Carrie
IL Hard mrs Jane Haggard mrs Ann
Hawkins mrs Elijah Holman Mary
hawkins mrs T. A Hsurer mrs Mollie
howard Mars Fannie Rowland mrs Ronza
Hustead mrs Prudence
JACKSON miss n ] Jutt prsBT
| d Jones N rs Rutledse Johnson mrs John L
L ENADY mrs Chas Kelly miss Mary
| N Kirby mrs Maya
I ARNES miss NJ I.anies mrs A
IL Leyiene Minerva Lewis mrs Dollie
Lynch Belle AsAA -
| NJ YERS mrs II agEie Malay miss Fannie
| WI Malone miss l. habon mrs Annie
/ Marrow MR. Mat Aagby mrs Ella
Massey mrs Coras Mills mrs Minnie
| Miller miss Emma Moore mis-. Hattie
| Mills Maria Mccormack miss G.
| McCiRrkey mrs VIM
| DARSoSS missKate Pitcher mrs Emma
| ID AW LlNS Marie Rawley ms Marie
| HI Ripley mrsEmina Roberts miss gness
/ Rogers mrs Reynolds Ruth
/ Robinson mrs Bette
- EIEaS mrs Carrie Shipley mrs Kate
l. oShipiand miss simmons mis- J w
smith miss Bette smith miss Mnry
Stutz mrs DIR straw mrs Ma rtha
lTerry mrs h
| " ATKINS Whitley mrs n
w Welsh mrs NJ WeDb mrs Belle II
| Wead mrs SAMANTHA Wells mrs sarah
| White miss Wells mis- Sarah ]
Watts mrs Edy Wood mrs Sue
WARNER miss sailis ta-
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George washington's body servant
hasn't been invited to the ball. He
WIS too Numerous to be accommodate ed
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Herald Reporter ON the wing-fsr
aey Item.
EoRSEY, kaufman Co., Texas,
"a ls--

u Heraid Reporter ON the Wfng-f0r
aey Item.
FoRsxY. kaufman Co. Texas,
April IA, is77.
From I'm, Ray,,ar cor-ss,,s.n.,
Sonr corrosronda,, :. - s,on,,
in Fornev aud ,ningiai VIII, ~ 80 -
ME and those in Ia vie;ni,v 60
rIud..s that vel -, 49,, ,..;a -,
,,a au,iss ' A"'
rh;s Yiace th,,on ,o, ,.i, e<;n
hIocns and ont M s,u s,ra.,a la a,,, ~
s,oos has az an, 30 :, a ~.
"a -, is,i,a 20. -" =, .on1ioI :,
Cot yne.tant;s, ra;,,a ,aon n,a ~a 40
.1'nn.9.a -. US al" ,oau s.s.aon, eur
80 ~ '' pioouo'ife VI
r. sor.rs ,. ~. Lid. d.
400 "a ya, s5rani H.. ,,n uan
..ern alone hsiny ;ninraaH Int ,ber "a
n,t,,rsII,, annr.I,an.ina =, 1900 -, -
~ - H., IT
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Mr.. Gordon Cumming. who ia to
marry Miss Eames, Of Washington, this
month, has a woil-stocked farm near
Sykssyille, Maryland His mother i
one Of the leaders in London society.
Her only daughter is The wife Of Mr.,
wiilosghby the eldest son and heir OF
Lord Middleton, OF England.
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8uelk1ngham's Dye

8uok1nEham's Dye
-. FOR THE WHISPERS.
This elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color Of the
beard from gray or any other IN
desirable shade, to brown or black,
at discretion. 1t is easily applied,
being in one preparation, and quick
y and sftoetually produces a psr-
nansnt color, which viii nsitha
rub nor wash of.
nanufactured by r. P. MALL L co.,
Is NASHUA, u. q
~ y = orassssf I'D sssasa : s54a,sA
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A noTHER's HEART.


A little dreaming, sueh ia mothers know;
little lingering over dainty things;
happy heart, wherein hope all glow
STifs like a bird at dawn that wakes and
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II. POINTER vs.. II. d. zAcnERY. No. s>

Special attention. gwen TO InrfhsfsEc
goods, collections emittaness Hud inv.
msnts- eCf.G4-s-ly
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viii soon move 20 Eastlnnd city The
Hcview also goes 20 Eastland city.
TiDTunR tOiOifg.--Fcrt Worth Il hap.
py In the Possession of a veritable
Egyptian mummy. Paddock has been
iuterviev ing II, and finds 1t IL iuet
three Thousand wears old. Mr.. Hank
smith, prominent cattle man iof
Fort GriiiiD, Is visiting the Fort -
The roboers who went through the
lranhury stage on Tuesday, have not
been heard from yet Street pIeaci-
Ing II n feature at "Pantheryille. -
seven convicis we've recently sent 20
Huntsville.
Hurts CbqRiy.-A gang ofSt. Louis
thieves are operating ia Houston. -
Sgspicioa still rests on tina negro wo-
man At whosehouse he died. She IL
az large hOwever.--The report
that Assistant superintendent Bur-
ton, Of the Central has been
removed, i not credlted.-Ths
dssling Of In, Bryan, owned by Col.
Llksua, WIS destroyed BY fire on We'd
nesglay. The state Fair Association
give the Jockey club $50 90 add TO the
racing interest the next fair.
Els tDspip Major Siddons. Of Wax.
Rhschic. has been very IN. lie i better
---Abundanee OF rain,--r-r Mr. Moore
has grasshopper Machine, which il a
seine made Of domestic. " /. effective
Over SIS 5000 was paid into me
county treasury By the tax coll.cto,
LAST quarter The deht ~ The county
y being rapidly Reduced Sheriff
Rybuiu aud Mr.. Phillips, the tax clerk
are both highly praised ~ Che Enter
,Fise =
hasfaar Cs,Sc. -crnwhshiugawac-
The eainins 81 Lawrcnce.----IheX ssf-
renee and Kaufman tap Is talked Of.
---1he new town board al Lsnrenca
have taken hold Of business. ------J udge
irvine. ~ Terrcii. is going we-t.--1fe
bell OF the ~ &. Church. has bean re-
cri,cd. and isz rlsd clsneor stfnmcns
an no Tsrrcilites 70 worship sunday
n,orsins ----Cclonei D w. Jones. u
asitl Very sick. KEY A. u. johnson.
~ .slslg returned from Washington.
y. q
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS i
EsTRAYs.

Taken mp by William PaSehan and es-
rayed before A. u. I.anier just Ice of the peace,
precinct No -. One brown pony mare
left ear cropped hipped In right hip; about
twelve years Odd, App aissd AT Sas.i ...s
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Laboratory of ]. 3. Rose & Co..
- 40 Day St. NV YORk
The New York herald., 1877-01-22

IT Is A MISTAKE to suppose that the Elec-
toral Commission will adopt any new rule
for deciding the Presidential question.
They are required to administer the law as
it existed on the day the Presidential elec-
tors were chosen-that is to say, as it exists
at present. for the law has not been altered
since. In cases where there are two certifi-
Gates from State they arc to decide which
Of the two is legal on precisely the same
principles that Congress itself should pursue
in such questions. Their superiority to
Congress consists in their higher intelli-
gencs and greater impartiality. They will
have no authority to 60 beyond the law or
against the facts
The New York herald., 1877-01-22

LET Us HAVE PEACE. E.-Everything favors
q vigorous revival of business if we can set
tie our political troubles. Prices are 80 low
that there is little danger of a further de-
cline the small premium on gold shows
that we are within q short step of specie
payments labor is waiting to be employed
and offers it's services for moderate wages !;
the only thing needed to set all the wheels
of enterprise in motion is that confidence
in the future which Congress can at once
impart by passing the pending BILL The
universal aspiration Of the business and in
dustral classes is, let us have peace! 1t is
only pnrtisans and camp-followers that
try to obstruct On immediate settlement.
OF course, all the shoddyites and army con-
tractors Of the late war would be glad Of a
new harvest. ''There will be wars and I
shall sutler be" is the thought nearest the
hearts of these soulless citizens
The New York herald., 1877-01-22
Thinntng the Police.

To put and keep our policeman in proper
physical condition for his duties no day
should pass without at least half an hours
respiratory organs, something equivalent
practically to the Englishman's "constitu-
tional" OF course it can best come out of
his hours off duty. Nothing will better fit
him for quick foot work when criminal is
to be caught than frequent running. Let
any patrolman. divesting himself Of his
heavier clothing, run three or four minutes
daily on any gymnastic track. at the merest
make believe pace, and he will be astonished
at the improvement in his wind and staying
power, even in q week, while, then grad
ually quickening his pace, in less than
month he will find, if he has any stuff
in him fit to make policeman of
at oil, that he can do his mile In
really creditable time. few minutes Of
sharp work each day with dumb bells or the
striking bag, combined with this foot work,
will 90 far toward making these naturally
vigorous and often powerful men handy ard
swift in their movements and awkward Gus
TONERS !ur even the most fOrmluaDie villain
to encounter. while the whole force will
quickly i.c the improved tone and self
respect which active, vigorous condition
brings. Nor would it hurt the patrolmen at
all if good sparring masters were at work
steadily among them, teaching the posi-
bilitics of the fist and skill in warding off
blows when there is not time to reach q
weapon. From the many hundred police in
this city once train off and then keep of fifteen
or twenty tons Of worse than useless adipose
and introduce and insist on IN erect car
rage of the body. even though trace-strap
collar has to be worn while to force them
to hold their heads as they ought Not
only on the next Broadway parade will they
make what they have never yet DONE an
actually imposing spectacle. but in down
right effectiveness the casual observer Will
nt once detect most marked and very
welcome mprovcmcnt-one which VIII
+ augur most encouragngly for the interests
Of life and property in our busy city.
The New York herald., 1877-01-22
The Ohio valley Floods.

II Is fortunate that the area Of heavy pre-
cipitation which caused the floods in the
Ohio and Cumberland rivers has been linn
tied to that of the Ohio Valley region. If it
had extended into the watersheds Of the
Upper Mississippi and the Missouri rivers
we might now be recording the de-
struction Of levees and the inundation OF
the bottom lands along the lower
course Of the Father of Waters.
While the Ohio and its tributaries were
gorged with the floods descending from
their respective watersheds the upper
portion of the Mississippi and the entire
length of the Missouri were 80 unaffected
by the recent heavy storms of rain and
snow as. to add but little beyond the
ordinary dow 70 the volume Of
water entering the Lower Mississippi
at Cairo Hence the latter river below that
city was low and ready to receive the sur
plus from the Ohio Valley without exhibit
ing any remarkable disturbance of its levels.
The damage caused by the hoods was,
therefore, confined to the region in which
they originated. IT, as we stated above, the
immense watersheds of the Mississippi and
Missouri had been proportionately affected
by the storms as was that of the Ohio
Valley, the destruction of property would
have been unparalleled for the united
waters would have continued to be precipi-
tated into reservoir or rather channel, al
ready filled. The "danger line" would
have been overtopped at all points and the
adjacent country inundated. The posslbil-
ity Of this occurring any year should awaken
the State authorities to sense Of their dan
ger, and induce them to exert themselves
to provide against such a contingency by
raising and strengthening the Mississippi
levees