, 1881-05-10
Catile.Ratslng Likely to Be Abandoned
After Last Winters e.
porience.
Citizens Indignantly Refuse Food and
Clothing rendered by Govern
ment Officers.
Tho Loss Of Cortlwood a Err Greator
Calamity tLan Is Realized.
Tho River Rising with Great Rapidity
At and Near Dubuque, Ia.


DAKOTA.
Special Dbpatth 10 1hs Chted1o Tribune.
rrE,tnE, Dnk., 3fay g,-poseitnlsts say TINT
cattle- raising, which pronise.l 81 finely In this
suction. will DO uttery nban1onded after this
wlntors uxporsoncc, II inllccd tue whole uountry
In not given up rs unlnhabttAblo by nty Int
ttiliuns, Othnts, taking loss gloomy Wow,
STATE TINT tho seyrrity Of tho suasun hhs novur
boon cqunleL, aud never Il likely 10 ho ngai
As Tlorre ia ncaroA nEnin tho country OH tho
custcrn hnnk particularly improves very much,
md rcspectabIc.louking dwellings OH fcrtle
TURNS appear iii numbers by TO 1noat1s tneoIl-
siderable. Tho wnter rose to tho Chicngo &
Northwestern traok OF tho large bottom itntnc-
dately bulow East Pierre, but did not do any
gruat damage, fow II my Of the residents being
compelled To loave thofr homes.
Slx mites bulow tho town, ut Farm Island, tho
formation Ut u xargo was agntn tho causo OF
1nosr OF tho danngo done. Tho wAtorB rose II,
West Tlerro twelve feut III a few hottts, aud fho
lowif-colntnY torrent tore It's wRy through and
over buildings like fury. In n very fow hours
tho warehouses Of two Iuerchants-
DunRherty & Co. and Frederick H.
Evaus-wor0 swept away. Forttlhatoly;
tttotr contents hnl nearly NIL been rGtH0yOd to
higher ground SO TINT tho buildings are tho only
loss. Georgo lIarris' sture was utterly crushed,
urd nluuh uf ha stock Of gtnernl merchandise
ruined, Frnnk kutChuln wAa hlsp Il cDt1stdcF-
nbiu loser. II, MI nbnut Iifty bulidinga on tho
river front were completely Or partly destroyed,
anu tho buildings renlnlnlnE huvs considerable
pintenu betwrcn thom urd tho river. Tho
tutut loss in West piorro Is estimated ut
s5U,0O which Is probably under tho trilo
figures. Fortunately tho wAtcrs rccutlcd
very rupltliy, tho Enrge going out aoon nftur
its formation, 10 tho long tlrnwh-uut horrors of
tito lower rlvor calamity veto not ral'oatetl.
can Bny c1,lphAtfcatly that mono Ut th0 people
nro suffering, nor hnvo they bcrn. Food, II not
n1lt{rfNhf
ties to Ayold suffering. Tho soaked, boddlng
| sootl dried, and those who hRsl huusps oponad
| thom to those who had none. Lieut.. lluyt+
| Quartasnaster Of tho Eleventh Infantry. c,,Iau
huro from Fort sulIy prepared to issuo tuod or
clothing rs 1t might bu needed, but found
| no calls for oithur, tho rent!o nctunlly spurn-
Ing tho idea ttNt they wore dependent
oil anybody for fool nr nltns: Nono The lcss tho
town il II decidedly donlurstxrll lloktny plAee,
unt mouths n!tAt uapse Gro datElo4es Mrn MI r.
a,ld II considerable quantity of uoodea uroris-
| iuils.
ns En- Il pesse aaG has Viii s
nIl tho lroct 4u,liaHrs. At no tlu,t VIM tho
Water rore taan two teet aad @ hSlf , p i,f ti9
1nore s''' from '' tho snow. boekslss and tl,q
ts1. iroIt, II tho M ,loo Tulesr.ph co,ulnnnlcaton
with tho East bus t,oun pretty constant. but
lhoso havo been 20 Trains for mouths ana thaugh =
s dSsc1 1'u uncofsaa in Malls hava Gooh most raro,
and q so,u art!ees ot provision the st"ck rnn
not esporoausd. No dovorntnent MD Is asked
s;sy : IL t e'ss aG ses sss a1 Vii
l. experience considerable difficulty III coming up
frum Ynnktou. Tho river has plenty ot water.
but it Il Hpruad out to Hroat widtt and the
si,,n Up W tho wfiole inattcr, ind tho lossos hero
nre not 50 overwhelming. and are pot to ne cum.
| fr1 II tunnfnt from 4 funktOu J0Wt