The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-02
rng DALLAS wEEKLY ngnALD THURSDAY, MAR0n 81 1889.

lhe N Fmnos liver report That On Non
| day, on TyfUnq, n qmnV bayou Whlcn
omptiog into tle ~ Francis ever hbo4l
| twenty NILES above Madison, Arkhush7, W
/ hlrh water had 0verilpwcd lands belonging
/ 10 h Mr. Jnmls0n, aud while engaged ~ re-.
/ moving his wife aud six children a. u place
of safety ON the high lands, n durout
which contained thon CnpslZed, drowning
| NIL lhe children, two Of whom were grown
young ladies, the remaining four being
aged from q to n. JamisOn saved his wife
but could render no assistance 10 the drown
Ing children
At yfCHsnURG.
VtcKsnURG, Mss, February 3,-Iho
river has risen two inches. No news was
received about the leyoes either above or
below. The anxiety here is increased by
the high rise at st. Louis, and II is thought
that nothing but the hardest freeze of the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers can save the
country from an overflow. -
The Evening Commercial publishes
the following from Colonel y.
Il. Pepper, passenger on the
Anchor Line stea mer from Helena,
this morning; We learn the following dis
couraging particulars concerning the de-
yastation and widespread ruin caused by
the breaking of levees along the river from
Memphis to Greenville: The latest breaks
in Tunnyca county are at the Irotler ana
Gortion places, Il mile and a hail below
YaZoo, and there are also breaks in Cohama
county, at Wards lake. In the opening at
L.uvis swamps large volumes OF water are
going through the Sunilower bottoms.
There was temporary levee at lroLter
Ridge, which is all gone. This evee
Joins the main one, on Colonel
| Richardson's place above Hushapukana.
| From Hushapukana down to the break
1 u IL, nnli
the water is higher than ever known, ana
| in many places above the main land 1t Is
| only kept out by small ridges being thrown
upon the outer edges OF the levees, with
dirt taken from inside from portion of the
levees. The leyee at the Mound
place gave way Monday night. The
special weak points are, in the Koo-
! inson levee, a short distance above
Hushapukana, at Lake Charles and at a
point Just below Concordia and near Bolivar.
AT all of these points the water has been
running over the levees, but was stopped
| bv the use of sand bags thrown up on top
of the levees. The break at the Mound
place will overflow the Deer creek section
From officers of the steamer Kate Dickson
which arrived at IL o'clock to-day, we learn
that q telegram was received at Hayes
Landin yesterday evening stating that the
Bolivar levee had also been broken from
Greenville down. On the Mississippi SIDE
the levee are still intact, and it is hoped
that they will be able to stand the heavy
pressure.
New ORLEANS, February 2l.-Times-Dem-
ocrat's skipwlth, Mississippi, special says;
w. S. Anderson, who has
been working theoretically for
the last few days repairing worst
places in the levee, reports tonight
the water coming. The weather for
last week has been very favorable
for planting operations and good use is be-
ing made of it. Exaggerated and errone.
Gus reports which are being published
in regard to high water and condition Of
levees in this part of the Mississippi bottom
are unfornded. The Ben Lamman lie.
from the Warren county line to -Egst99n,
Tnear lie northern line of WASH
iugton. The water is running at Eas-
ton. The break runs north
into Lake Bolivar iniuring only small
portion of Washington county. Seven
eighths of the county and all of icceduara
will remain so. Levees from the Easton
break south are constantly guarded,
and all weak points are being strengthened
The rise here is only one inch per day.
An additional rise of SIX
inches is as much as we
expected. The vast area over which the wa
ter has now to spread makes it impossible
for it to get much higher.
The Times-D Democrats Cairo special says:
The condition of the river here to-
day remains unchanged, except
perhaps there is little decrease
in the rise, which now amounts
to but trihe less than two inches
per p hours; from reports from above it
must surely come toa stand by morning, Onr
levees are bearing the unusual strain
nobly, and will, without doubt, carry
the city through the present ordeal
safely. OF course business is at q stand
still and will be until river matters assume
better shape.