Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-04-30
ITS THIRD EXPERIENCE.
The List Overflow of the Missouri upon
the TO>xnslte of Niobrara.
NiObrara Pioneer I'd


tho Te,svnslte of Niobrara.
Niobrara Pioneer. I'D. i
As Tie muddy houses were being put
to righs again after the first and second
toodsb md the streets were again getting
partial. passable, Niobrara ON Sunday,
Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, began
ovcrtlowng for the thire time this spring.
It reachd its height on the night Of the
Goth, alldhas since been falling as slowly
as it raisd. All the streets, except the
ridges onSecond street and the levee,
have beel under water TO the depth of
from two 'nches to three feet, necessita-
ting theEnvigation of boats to various
points iron the Hubbard house and CITY
hotel. the Jew continuous side walk be.
tween thoe two places, atfording good
pontoon bridge n portion of the way.
The wutergot into the floor Of some Of
the buildings. but not those in the vicin-
ity of the pstotiice. The Junousek store
building, hdish's drug store. the bank,
Hubbard lDuse, the houses below, the
Randa hote aud some of the small build.
ings on tliesouth side of Fourth street
and west size Of Arkansas were slightly
filled with water from half to four
inches. Th' courthouse was surround
ed, but no water came on the first floor.
No goods wae damaged, but business is
dull III consequence aud merchants have
been compelled to abandon the credit
system. Here is considerable silent
suffering annng the poor, and we have
heard of no rlief being given them.
For the iirs time in the recollection
of the "oldestsettler." the Niobrara has
been running, over its banks during the
present week. 1t has overiiowed all the
lowlands in its course. The most serious
damage is dom on the DukeviIle bottom,
where much ofthe best farming land is
overhowed. Beides the great amount of
ice in the Niohara, the river is fed by
many smaller treams. and country
filled with ravins. These have been
ovcr-taxed and pave swept everything
before them. leaching our town the
Niobrara met the Mighty Missouri on an
ordinary rise and al into the slough at
the mouth of the 1ver, thereby gradual.
ly filling the town. The Missouri VI
below its banks ,lltil Wednesday morn
ing. but comparatively little of the grea,
volume came from hat source.
All the creeks il the county are the
highest ever known, and the Verdigrit
iron bridge is theonly one standing
The Bazile mills. den and bridge wen,
out on Saturday nd the mill race il
damaged. Both tt Creighton bridge.
have gone out-in fit all that are on th,
Bazile and its brancles. Those ON tn,
Frankfort creek go Nth the rest. Tn,
new bridges on the ferdigris were un
fortunate with the ret. All the bridge
crossing streams tlo4ng into the Mo
brarn are out. It is Stimated that aite
the scattering timbertare collected tn,
; county will be at Ids of $1,000.
} Mr.. Barclay Jones ad family, of th,
Santee mill on the Basle, fled to the mil
: building on Mondayt.he creek bein,
: over its banks and sllnning into th
: dwelling house. The aill dam went on
with the first flood GATED by back-wate
, from the Missouri.
, The house of Daniel fook. on the Re,
, bird, was washed away and everything
;. went with it. The crek was up so hiel
, that all the farmers aloig the valley r.
8 ceiyed more or less dsn4ge.
, The commissioners othis county hav
ordered that persons wb assist in th
burial Of cattle, &C., lrosned in the foo
t at Frankfort shall be e, Empt from take
$ this year.