The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-29
MIXTURE.
News Gathered from all
Quarters.
The recent Flood in the Vicin-
ity of Omaha.
THE FLOOD.

| CHICAGO. March 2s.-The later Ocean,
Omaha special states that the water has
been failing along the submerged distric,
on the Union Pacific, and beyond Fremont
has receded from the towns left Yesterday
IN go much danger. General Superiuten.
dent CLARK, who left Fremont this morn
Ing on hand car, was heard from tonight
at Schuyler. He reports serious washouts.
Nearly 300 men are already working, and
| the track will be ia order again within four
or i've days. The Burlington & Missouri
did not attempt to run trains to-day, COM
sequently the Union Pacific was unable to
send its overland train to kearney juno
ton, and had to send it via Council Bluffs,
st. Joe IL Western to Grand Island on
main line, This is a circuit through Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska of 800
miles to get around the washout 100 miles
west OF here, This morning there were
about 1,500 west bound travellers on the
east side of the river Some had arrived
Thursday last, others Friday and Satur-
day, and all were grumbling at the delay
and expense. About 200 men. claiming
to be destitute, formed a procession and
marched to the commodious waiting room
of the depot and demanded that the Union
Pacific. whose tickets they had, either for
ward them or furnish food during their
detention. The company conceded them
q free dinner and promised to feed them
until they began running :rsins west.
Three hundred meals tickets were issued.
There was no violencs. the justice OF the
demand being at once acknowledged.
OMAHA, March 2S-The iuundation in
the Platte valley has nearly subsided. The
bodies Of woman and two children have
been found drowned near Schuyler and no
doubt many others will be recovered in
that portion of the valley. Several bridges
on the Burlington l. Missouri Railroad |
were damaged and the Union Pacific over |
land trains will be run for two or three
days via st. Joe and Hastings.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, March 2S.-OwinR to
the washouts on the Union Pacific at Ere
mont. Neb., and elsewhere, that road is |
placed in serious predicament the end |
of which cannot be foreseen. No Union |
Pacific train has arrived here from San |
Francisco since Saturday. and but two
have been started from here since that |
time. This afternoon a passenger train |
left this city intending to go by way of the |
Council Bluffs, st. Joe i Western to |
Grand Island there to strike the Union |
Pacific road beyond the washout.
The ice 10 the Missouri broke at this
p0luL y6StSEOdya dG0 iOE u Ilu6 lEFSdteUeG
the destruction of the great bridge between
Council Bluffs and Omaha. the structure
being shaken like leaf.
Floods in the West promise to be still
more serious than even now. with great
loss to railroads aud individuals.
THREATENED.
Grown Princess Victoria has received an
letter declaring that Prince
Fredrick William will be murdered dur
ing the ceremonies at St. Petersburg. The
letters bears Berlin postmark.
NEW YORK, March ga telegram
from Geneva says that il Sophia Pleoffsky |
is condemned and executed. the Gear will
perish
STANLEY'S EFFORTS,
A special to the Inter Ocean says
Those who are opposing the confirmation |
of Stanley Matthews for the Supreme |
Bench have announced another point |
against him. They say now that be is |
here endeavoring to secure pledges OF
Democratic Senators. on the ground that |
be was of signal service to that party 10 |
1877, when it was largely through his in |
strumentaiity that President Rayes turned |
over to them the local governments In |
South Carolina ard Louisiana, and con-
sented to adopt the ho0e rule By which |
they made South solid for the Democracy, |
that was not the object at the |
time it was done. But even If the truth |
of the story was established, it could not |
help his case any on the other side Of the |
cha 10 Der, There is a good deal of doubt |
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