Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-26
On the Mississippi.

The Old Mississippi, the father of all waters.
continues to receive and carry off the great vol.
ume of water pouring into it from the Mime
sofa without much trouble, True, the fats
above the city on this side and opposite the
city on the West side, begin to present rath'
er damp appearance, but the volume of water
now passing the city is in no way alarming.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the govern
ment gauge showed twelve feet of
water above low water mark,
q rise of foot in the preceding twenty-four
hours, being three feet and two inches below
the highest point reached during the June rise
last year, and from nine to twelve feet below
the highest point since the white man took
up his abode here--the great flood of 1857.
Owing to the fact OF change in the meas
urement made by government officials in
1857, we cannot at this time give the exact
figures, but the marks now used shows that a
est recorded point. River men and others
sist aSts that % to 'ns reach the the point then zen
attained there must be rise of at least eleven
feet from its present stage. Such rise Is n OF
to be expected and need not be feared from the
Minnesota. The Minnesota is stream which
empties itself quickly, and though higher yes
terday, as claimed, than ever known before,
reports indicate that it has, if not quite, near
ly reached its highest point, and that from
this on the volume of water discharged from
it into the Mississippi will rapidly decrease.
But with the subsistence Of the food in the
Minnesota, the danger from high water here
and at points below, is not passed by any
means. This danger is to come from the up
per Mississippi, which has only just begun to
feel the effects of the spring rise. In olden
s,,< II, hara h{c
source was not looked for until about the first
of June, but owing to the opening up and set
tlement of the country, it comes earlier now.
1t is probable that this year the Minnesota
rise will not be only about disposed of by
the old father of waters before it will have to
begin to take care of, at this point and below,
of the plethora of fluid from its tributaries,
and then, reasoning from experiences on other
STREAMS, look out for trouble. But sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof.
Capt. John Fl. Reaney, commenting On the
assertion that the Minnesota was higher now
than ever before known, remarked 'that then
there must be large quantity of very wet
land up the valley, as he well remembered
when, in 1868, the father of Hon.
Henry Poehler wanted to sue him for
knocking down his haystacks and fences with
his boat, when making short cut across the
the country on tip from st. Paul to Fort
Ripley.
A rumor, said to have been brought here by
rail passengers from below, was in circulation
yesterday, that the ice had moved out of Lake
Pepln, thus opening navigation from st. aul
to the Gulf AS far as known the only boat
out from ST.. Louis for st. Paul is the Morton
of the Diamond 10 line, which left st. Louis
Saturday, so that O boat can scarcely be ex-
pected before the last of the week
Break in the st. Lomis and Nen.ao!ji Rirers.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.]
DULUTH, Mimi, April 25.-There was some
excitement in lumber circles yesterday on ac-
count of the break up of the st. Louis and
Nemadji rivers, which occurred yesterday.
The boom at Fond du Lac, owned by MIR.
Miller, broke and let 100000 feet of logs
loose in the st. Louis river. Mr.. McEwen
went up to Knife Falls on special engine,
being summoned up by telegraph, as they
feared they would have trouble up there, but
up to this hour nothing has happened. The
Nemadji river broke up yesterday and formed
a gorge causing the river to make new chan
mel and opening the Nemadji boom so as to
let out 250,0 900 feet of logs, but force of men
were Immediately put to the break and re;
paired it. Everything quiet.
LATER-THE BOOM BROKEN.
Have just learned that the boom at Knife
Falls has broke, letting out about 200,0 900 feet
of logs, but some long logs are jammed, hold
ing the other logs in, but a slight rise in the
water will let them all out.