, 1881-04-28
The Steamboats, Then Did Business In
The Streets OF hllon and
KaskaskIa.
Grave Fears Entertained that
East St. Louis Will
Be Inundated.
Estimated Loss Of 81, 900, 900 in Wheat
by tho Break In tho Sny
lovce.
Extremely DlsoouragIng News from Kan
aas 0ity and Many Other River
Towns and Oities.



AN INTERESTING REVIEW.
sptctat Disnateh to 171s Chicago Tribune
YASKrox. Dak., April :1.-Durlng tho Hoods
thare woro cascs Of horulsn. Tho principal |
merchant wA8 htr. Marsh, whose stock r0pfo.
sonted g. valuation OF F.0.o0O. Tho thought Of |
eaving my Of IT seemed not to euter Ills brain.
but for hours he worked llnnfullv saving tho |
llvps Of othSra, md rondosol must effective anl |
ncctlful services. Again tho question risos, |
Why worc there not moro lives lose?" and tho !
nnswcr COMES nllko from tic lltuns AMI thuso to
Whutn religion Ia but a name. Divine MERCY |
md Providence. Capts. Lavender and Noble.
prominent merchants ind citizens OF Yankton,
took ihoir lives III thotr hu,ids, und. us lenders
OF tho ynwl " tlect" OF rrBGucrs
from Yankton, spent . fourtoon days
ntnonR tho tloes nnd Hoods. savH,g
moro than 400 people and bringing them
horc. THOR lives wer0 in peril thn1isatd
times, atll n complete narrative of tho!r nu-
ventures would 10 as thrilling As that OF any
urutIc explorer who ever trod Il 9lac:cr.
Onc OF tho most palpnG!o proofs OF tho power
Of tco and water combined Is Afforded In tho
straniboAts high and dry upon tho hntks ut
0r' nenr this burg. About a milo below tho
city looms tho hugo fartiiof the pen'nnl That
swept through tho loworAtrcets aud lodged TN
tho prairie, or rather on ~ stratum or suld leo
like TINT below. hor co1pganton Vessels. Nnar
tho foot Ut Third Bttcot ID tho handsome Ncllte
Peck, with stocks slightly loadinR toward her
| native clement. Next above and e1tlnroly ou
tho ra l!roAd truck Is tho ferry-bout lila Living
stun, thon In closo proximity tho largo packets
llntto and Biloxi Hills. .Hovcrat .uilos nbo'c.
| DDso tokotbor on tho prn!rio, Hlnnd tho Cotlson
bunts Josephine, Itosebul, and n1ghorn. wh!lo
on tho luvec are tho few roles luft OF ths stately
| Western. Of tho MoAdo and Funtono&to nothing
| ia Visible, though sonu portions wero doubtless
uaved. an Ut tho eight bouts Esrst mentioned
uro tho sccnos OF busy life. und eAoh will sooner
OF later. according to the taEnaGu done md ro-
pulrs necessary, ngatn be lannohaa md ready tor
business. Tho leo wus hlustod from arounl
| thum with dynamite, and wnys Nre now hetng
built leadtnx to tho rlver. Tho TORY and tletoha
| both rarriesi OIL lhnd hnvG bccii launched and
| repNtrud, and nrc IN auryice. Tho ilrst Inns gona
! to Sioux Clty AMI tho second lcnvos for Ilontnn
| on Tuesduy II fucl call bG 0btained Tito inns.
ters, pilota, ind orawa Of tho sovcr0l bouts arc
ult here, and a1ding In placing tlom In condition
| for vDyngtnR ngHtn.
| Now Tor tue ,nuasurcs ht relief. Capt. J. ].
/ Claquo, ComlnIssary United 6tatoa Army, cano
i up en- tho Nipbrnra, md, in rulh1lmrnt Of his
orders FROM Con. Tcrsy, hts koenly and critic
ally observed tho atatus OF effairs, so us to 10
ab!e to report IntclltxoitlY upon tho ntnount of
suffering, destruction, md loss, aud 10 1o1do rs
tu tho quantity nnd kind OF aid and comfort
hooded ut tho hul,ds ut tho Wnr Department.
lie will 20 ZIP fur ~ Fort eully. thu extent Of
tho district most Inflicted, ind then ruturu hero
for aeryleo Iii experimenting tho purchase an1
distribution Of supplies. Col. Andrews, COM"
u,anling ut Fort Randall. and slnI. uart-
lott, at Fors sully. will SEQ tn
tho wants OF sufferers at Whito Earth
md Pierre and adjacent points Respectively. ac-
Horlinx to orders already tssned from Wash'ng'
| ton. Thu bulk.ot tho Gnyornn,Dnt banu!spoce,
iuwovor, has 10 fur falleu Into tho hands of
Capt. u. u. Wheuler, QuMrtormAstor, United
Htn1es Army, Hho bus abIy. conacloAttousy, mud