The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-04

1'SSAuHN SttScN NHu llAa TAAlTOAU. some
of the places on the DeSiard We're pro-
tected BY fevees on the bayou front. II
some of the fields, the alligator gars
collected IN schools and houndered
Through the flood like .dolphins. We
saw one OF these gars in town, WHICH
was shot In the road ditch, whose head
was over d foot In length. Hardly any
OF the PLACES on the ReSiard. were ems
tifeiy under, but all Were more or less.
1T IS Impossible for Us to fix the, bound
aries OF either water or dry land. 9, . I'D
! i,,. .,..l,, ou.ACHiTA ClrN. r,.u .ns.s,t,tl
|, This place went under, except smaif
Istrip.of ground ON the ri yer front. Ham.
fltpo Landing. opposite, could show no
place for the Garry Owen to landLsn Af
j "'! COURSE OF rlrE rt.,npt'. '.'t ,. = \
i we have watched the rise aud fall, Of
the river and overflow CLOSELY. keeping
Fout three marks, and have, day by day,
consulted others who kept marks., Me.
nave yet to see two men whose.state-
lments exactly ,aorresPopded, Marks
nailed to pbstF, set firmly, int the gleund,
at q square or two distant FROM each
other. could not, according to the OBJ,
servers, be made, to, agree. We don't
think the highest water7mark will ever
he settled to the satisfaction Of all. ,',,.r
While the river rose slowly, the back
water came in rapidly; when the, river
fell half an INCH, the. overflow would
fa&f two inches here, and be rising three
miles below, on Bristle Ridge, during
the same time, four inches, mod 4. l..
~ Trenton, the overflow ram up the
streets parallel with the river, with the
exception Of the street alongiths river
The Ouaehita emptied part Of its
Hood into the bartholomew above Qua
chita City, The levee at the mouth of
isoenf bayou,r on. the. bartholomew
bank, gave, way, and the water came
Through TO- the l.afourche, swelling and,
textepdfpg the overflow, in the colony,
ten miles east .fof. Monroe, at. the mo-
ment the river was falling here. and tho
lovertlow In the rear Of town was recetl-,
ing ,-,,t a.ti i. ri. l,,i. .uI -,
III. .PhAGAs \ ND tpEea'i.n IN
y .g.. TOWN. .4tIl4. ~ ..4i'
MIR. j. l.. Graves has, at our request,
made nn estimate Of the residences in
town where tho land has been over
flowed, and, by actual count, sums up
the number at l54. We put tho mum.
Der of families at 200, and tho number
of people at 1000, in the city, whose
places of habitation have been sub
merged. Our population, white and
black, is something over $500.
nEIow MONROE, '.'
for ~ miles along the river road tC
|cuba, the situation is reported to It's rs
follows:
There is no water on the river front
from Mobiles place, s miles below here,
to Cuba, bat the rear OF all the planta-
tions, is under more or less. From
Mobiles up to Monroe, Morrison's. place,
a large portion of the Lilies bend, in
which there are several plantations,
nearly all of Mrs. Dinkgraves place
and Of the Copely place, a large por-
ton Of the old Downs place (nostly
from the rcar) and nearly all of the
lower portion and rear Of Pargoud's
home place including residence and
quarter-are under water. n long this
front, the old Taylor (now tobb's)
place has the largest area If dry land.
The lower part of the old Downs place
(now DIR. Richardson's) is. pretty well
all out Of water, also.
Below Cuba, we are told that there il
but little land out. The old King place
is all SverfiOwed. .
a large number of cattle in this SOC
ton are represented as starving.
The lcvce across the bayou at Morri
sons, one Of the best ever built along
this river, has been either wholly OF
I partly washed away. The river roat
ran along its summit.
at Columbia, IIarrisonburg and Trim
ity, the water has left no dry land. y
Trinity, and below, the suffering mus
he beyond congestion.
II HRISTLE RIDGE.
This is ridge of high sandy land
lying southwest of Monroe two mile
md a-half. 1t is about four miles Ion
. by one wide, and is thickly settled. a
i. of this ridge is ovcrtlowcd, except a fe'
:. spots here and there. Mrs. f.5sic
u locked her doors and came to tow
. leaving all her furniture in the hous
!, Before she could return the water ha
= risen nearly up TO the top OF the door
and entrance was impossible, exec
through the roof. A large number
Il hogs, cattle and some mules have bee
|; drowned on this ridge. The only ha
:, liable houses, with about thr~e exec
As tions, are the gin houses. In Endom
of clubhouse, chickens, dogs, cats, hol
IN and people live together, in the mid
III of forage, furniture, and all the 9th
! !; effects of Il dwelling. His dWcllIr
IN floor is ID inches under water; his yai
l !; four feet and a half, and hc lives
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