The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-23
The Mississippi River and Tributaries
Oh the Rampage--.Naylgation
Dangerous Task, as Land
marks are Gene.
Leyees at Many Points Threatened and
at others Broken ThrOugh by
the Seething Waves.
Great Distress Prevalent Among Deni.
zens of the Shores, md Much
Loss of Stock.
Heroic Efforts Being Made TO Stay
the Ruthless Intruder.
HOpe Cleans on the Crest of the
Cold Wave.
Other Domestic and Foreign News
)ther Domestic and Foreign News.


The Weather and tho Floods.
WASHINGTON, February 22.-Dispatches
received at late hour last night report that
great storm reached Chicago and the
weather turned much colder Telegraphic
communication in all directions was seri
ously interfered with or entirely cut off.
Bridges have been washed away and travel
on several roads suspended, The freeze-up
has checked the flow of water from the |
ground into the little streams and most OF |
the little streams and creeks are falling,
At CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, February - - Reports from |
points throughout the west all tell the same |
story of floods and disasters. The rain has
been general and in many places accom-
panied by wind and sleet, The telegraph
wires last night IN every direction were
down and many railroads badly washed
out. The results, however, except from
river floods, will not be disastrous, and the
most serious inconvenience is from the sus-
pension of traffic along the Mississippi
river, which disastrous effect the floods
seem to be increasing.
At MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, February 22,-Oficers of the
steamer City of Greenville confirm the re-
port published concerning the sad condition
of affairs existing through the Mississippi
valley. Thousands of men are distributed
along the levees and are using all possible
means to strengthen their powers of re-
sistance and elevate crests to prevent the
water from inundating the whole country.
The City of Greenville brought thousand
sacks to be used, filled with earth, to
strengthen the embankment. Two thou
sand five hundred sacks were put OIL ut
Bolivar landing, where the danger of u
| inn min
lsoQucna, Bolivar, Coahoma and Tunica
counties, Mississippi-in fact, the whole
shore line between Memphis and Nicks-
burg, Mississippi-are threatened, and the
eastern shore OF Arkansas is either under
water or threatened with inundation. The
inhabitants OF Il vast scope of country are in
/ great distress, have been forced from their
houses and are resting on RATS; some on
knobs or parts of Old levees. The loss
of live stock is enormous Navigation
of the river itself is regarded by
seamen as dangerous at its present stage
on account of the eXpanse of water in many
localities, and the billowy character of the
waves when the surface is swept by heavy
gusts of wind; also because of the grea
difficulty of getting TO safe ports. Govern
ment lights along the river are maintained
with admirable regularity. These lights
prove of incalculabe benefit to steamboat
| Ileh HOW, SllCt ull uullh nav
disappeared. Arkansas City Is completely
/. submerged. Not n single house II
/ in that city is free from the presence of the
a muddy flood. The water there is reported
= as eight inches higher than in 1876 House
4 were built so as to be above the high tlooC
4 level of that year, but In all OF them ther,
are seven to eight inches of water.
:, Between Cairo and Memphis the follow
7 ing points of land were visible above tn,
hn 1n NJ tnln ,l,.t
Hills, back of Hickman, land ON the Tennes
SEQ side opposite Island No. 10. NeN
u Madrid, Point Pleasant, Tiptonville, Fullc
v Bluffs, Randolph, Richardson's, Islands Nc
5, and Z, Doane Island, above tn
y head # Centennial cutoff, forty mile
IS above Memphis.
y Passengers arriving this afternoon fror
u the St. Francis river report that on MOI
e day, on Tyrons, small bayou, whic
einpties into the st. Francis river abou
twenty miles above Madison, Arkansas, tl
high water had overllowcd lands belongin
10 to Mr.. Jamison, and while engaged IN r,
h. moving his wife and six children to u plaC
M of safety on the high lands, u dug.ou
which contained them capsi1cd, drownin
ne all the children, two of whom were grow
N young ladies, the remaining four bein
aged from to II. Jamison saved his vii
but could render no assistance to the drowr
y ing children.
er AT vICRsnuRC.
= VIcKssuRG. Miss, February 9th
y river has risen two inches. No news w
oil received about the levces either above {
es below The anxiety here is increased h
SO the high rise at st. Louis, and Il is though
that nothing but the hardest freeze of IN
Ohio and Mississippi rivers can save III
country from an overflow.
m The Evening Commercial publish,
Of the following from Colonel ]
VI l.. Pepper, passenger on III
ny this morning; We learn the following di
Mt couragng particulars concerning the d,
vastatioI and widespread ruin caused b
the breaking of levees along the river froI
Memphis TO Greenyille; The latest break
ms In Tunnyca county are ut the Trotter an
n. Gortion places, mile aud u half belo
=, lazoo, and there are also breaks In Cohan
ssee county, at Wards lake, In the opening
~, Luvis swamps large volumes of water a
W going through the Suntlowcr bottom
There was q temporary lcvee at Trott'
Ridge, which Is oil gone. This lev,
a. Joins the main one. on Colon
III Richardson's place above Hushapukan
70. From Hushapukana down to the brca
on above the Mound place In Bolivar count
m. the water is higher than ever known, At
In many places above the main land II
only Kept out by small ridges being throw
upon the outer edges of the lcvecs, vii
dirt taken from inside from portion Of Il
ms levces. The leyee at the Mour
", place gave way Monday night. n
me special weak points are IN the Ro
ow inson levee, short distance abo'
Hushapukana, at Lake Charles and at
point Just below Conoordia and near Bolivl
At all of these points the water has be
running over the levees, but was stopp
iM BY the Use OF sand bags thrown up on /
IL OF the levees. The break at the Msu
ly, place will overflow the Deer creek sctic
re. from officers Of the steamer Kate Dicksc
which arrived at II o'clock to-day, We lss
that q telegram was received at Hay
Landing yesterday evening stating that |
,aj Bolivar levee had also been broken n,
Greenville down. On ths Mississippi Il
SUI the levees are still intact. and II Is hor
a. that they will be able 10 stand the hea
pressure.