Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-25
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]


MANKAro, Mimi, April A.-The Minnesota
is still rising, and has got to be raging food.
It is at the present time above all high water
marks, and there is no telling when it will
stop rising. The rise since last evening at
o'clock to 4 this afternoon is eighteen inches
rapid rise considering that the river is over
mile wide at the place. The railroad track of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road has
commenced washing away. and 1t Is the i'm
preston that 1t will all 60 from the old depot
to Henry street, including the new depot
grounds. 1t is impossible to tell what
the damage will be. The ice-house
of F. Poletow, containing over one thousand
tons of ice, was swept away with all it's con-
tents, and there are thousands of cords of
wood being swept away, and there is no esti-
mating the loss. There are six brick yards in
the city, and all except one are under water,
and that will be submerged by morning, and
their large supply of wood flooded of. The
water is over the road between the business
portion of the city and West Mankato, and
there is no communication only by boat Lee
.Hillyer, across the Blue Earth, Is under water,
and so is the lower portion of West Mankato
The fine iron bridge at this place is all sound
and in good shape yet, and If large trees are
kept away, there will be no danger OF it
moving.
AT STAND At DIES MONIES.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, April 24.-The Missouri
river still booms here, although the highest
point is thought to have been reached. The
river is at standstill to-day. Trains on the
Rock Island & Burlington and Wa
bash railroads cannot get nearer
the city than three miles, where passengers
and baggage is delivered to wagons and
brought in. Northwestern trains are aban-
doned between here and Missouri Valley.
twenty miles north, as the track is along the
river bottom, and is more or less under water.
Several hundred water bound passengers for
the west are here tonight. Union Pacific
trains are only being reached by boats, which
Iun two miles After the water begins to fall
it will take several days to flow off the inun-
dated districts, so great is the volume of wa
ter.
AT OMAHA.
OMAHA, April A-The Missouri river rose
three and one half inches last night and is
now about twenty four feet above low water
mark. L has been stationary all the afternoon.
Considerable alarm was manifested this afters
noon over the current report that the river has
risen one foot at Sioux City. Experienced
railroad and river men here believe the worst
is not yet over, that the present mild weather
melting the snow on the upper Missouri will
give us even higher water than
we now have. Montana men here say
there is much snow yet up there
to come down. Large additional territory
was flooded in Council Bluffs today, COM
pelling occupants to yacate. The only ad-
ditlonal damage to that already done
this side the river is a further
flooding of the packing houses.
Postal officers are doing their utmost to trans
fer mails, but the great difficulty is that rail
roads, especially the Chicago pool lines, are
not able to get within about two miles of
Council Bluffs. No mail whatever has
been received here from the east since
Friday, until the evening, when the Saturday
Chicago papers were received. Supt. Wander
vooerf, Of the mail service, has had boat
built, which will bring over much OF the
Omaha mail tomorrow
A prairie fire tonight threatens property at
Ft. Omaha and the garrison was called out to
check its progress. Heavy rain set in at IL
O'Clock in the evening.