Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-10

total expenses 70 complete tho track with
steal rails for 1852, including the Kansas
division. will be aocus $500 coo. This will
materially reduce the cost of operating the
road In the future.
The Flood In the Southwest.
MEMPHIS, March 9ih.-The river rose two
inches since yesterday. High winds may de-
stroy the levees at Helena and Frisr's Point.
ALEXANDRIA (Ls J. March 9sh.-The levee
broke here this morning.
APPALLING OUTLOOK IN ARKANSAS.
CHICAGO, March 9th.-The Esni,lg Jour
nails Little Rock correspondent had an in
terview with Governor L. J. Churchill this
morning, regarding the floods which have de-
Nastated certain portions Of the State. The
Governor was found in his private ofice ex-
amining letters which had been received from
sufferers, and debating dispatches in response
to telegrsms for immediate aid.
The extent of the disaster can hardly be
measured, he said. in answer to su inquiry,
and | feel greatly depressed over he situa-
ton. / received this morning a number of
letters from prominent men in the overhowed
districts, who drew gloomy and graphic
picture of dea'h and suffering around then.
l am also in receipt of number Of kilograms
every day. appealing for ais. The situa-
tion is simply appalling"
- w here Is the greatest suffering
I" can hardly say. Ashland county re-
ports 10, 600 people on the verge If starva-
tion. Chicot and Desba have each ss many,
if not more. Cross. Crittenden, Mississippi.
Lee, st. Francis, Monree and Philips coun-
ties have thousands of sufferers i'll destitute
circumstance. | should judge there are
nearly, if not altogether, IS COO persons
needing aid in this State to-day. There are
thousands of farmers Of small means who
have lost their all by the overflow. Houses.
farming implements, stock, everything has
been swallowed up in the fiocd. To them the
outlook is gloomy, for no matter how indus.
trious they may be, they cannot Immediately
get employment, and must therefore board at
the public expense for time at least
sTEANBoATMEN wARNID.
NEw ORLEANS, March 9th.-It is ficiary
requested. owing to the danger Of wheel
waves, that pilots and captains Of steamboats,
pass as far away as possible from the leYees
at exposed and threatened points, and run
slowly and carefully. 1t is also requested
that steamboats, cease running altogether for
the present in Bayou LafouIchc.
TWO BAD BREAKS.
A dispatch from Bayou Sara says that two
bal breaks have occurred in the Pointe
Coupee levee, eudapgering large district of
valuable sugar plantatiors.
Senator liili's Illness.
NEW York, March 9th.-The Posts Wash
ington special says it is generally understood
among Senators that Ben Hills uRlady is
mortal and he cannot live much longer.
Lieutenant Fiipper's Sentence.
WAsHINGToN, March 9th.-It is under
stood that General Swsim's report, submitted
to-day to the Secretary of War, recommends
a mitig alton of Flipper's sentence of dis
nissal.
Philadelphia Detectives.
PHILADELPHIA, March 9tb.-The entire
city detective force has been disbauded, on
account CT charges against its character.
Destructive Fire.
ST. LOUIS, March 9th-Scarrel's furniture
warerooms were burned to-day. The stock
is an entire loss insured.
Died OF HIS Wound.
BATH IN. ", March 9th.-Edwsrd Aver
i'll, agei i6, only son of A. J. Averill, Clerk
of the United STATES Circuit Court OF Utah,
who was accidentally shot by con panion
while hunting last Saturday, died to-day.