The examiner., 1882-03-04

 lars, and to establish the Territory of North Dakota. The postofice appropriation Dln | was passed.
 
 He wy Floods in the South and West
 The following one-day's dispatches from | various points in the South and West will con- vey a vivid idea Of the widespread destruction
 caused by the recent heavy rains and floods:
 From ST. Louis: The river has risen over | five feet since last evening, and is now 27I | feet high, total rise since Sunday of about 17 l feet. The only train from Chicago this morn- l ing arrived over the Vandalia road, and the l only eastern train came in by the same line. The incoming trains on all the other roads were either abandoned or have been in- definitely delayed. At St. Charles, on the | Missouri Pacific, there are several landslides within fifty miles of the city, and considerable river here is said to be unprecedented. No | such amount of water was ever known to come | down so suddenly. The rainfall amounted to within 17-100 of an inch of as much as the ave--
 age fall for the entire winter for the past eleven | years. The telegraph lines west of here are | still prostrated.
 | From Lawrenceburg, Ind: This city is cn- | tircly surrounded by water. All communities | ton with neighboring towns and cities Is cut | of, exc pt by way of water. The Ohio and | Mississippi railroad track has been washed out l for nearly quarter of mile between here and the Miami river. Several hundred peo- | | the courthouse for shelter. | From Cincinnati: The Ohio river is now 1 higher than 1t has been since the great flood of | 1874 At 11:30 o'clock this morning it was I ffty-eight feet SIX inches, and rising half an | inch an hour. High winds prevailed this morn | ing, and colder weather, with light snow. This | will check the rise, though not immediately. | The track of the Cincinnati and Baltimore road
 has been abandoned, owing to injury to the | Gest street bridge. All frelgh. business is | practically suspended. The wind this morning blew down many of the telegraph lines All of
 the coal yards are re'submerged, and are obliged From Marietta, Ohio: The river is rising l rapidly. The lower part Of the town is flooded, | anti it is feared the principal business streets
 will be under water before many hours
 From Chicago: Dispatches from Rock | Island say that part of the great government bridge there, solid stone and iron structure, vas blown down last night Adyices from | Yandalia say the Okaw river has overfowed its l tanks, and the bottom lands, comprising an | area of some three or four square miles, is one ! vast sheet of water. A large amount of live l stock and immense quantities of lumber have | been swept away. At Cal linville, ILL, 1t has | rainesl for forty-eight hours. All the trains ! have been abandoned. Bridges and houses have been swept away, and great damage has l been doi @ to farms. | Frs m louisville, Ky: The Ohio river at this point is higher than it has been since 1847. It \ resembles great lake here now, the entire rIitory covering the falls being submerged, ! making three-mile width of water. The l wind las been blowing terrific gale all day. 1 and navigation is entirely suspended. The | flo d has submerged all the upper and lower 1 part of Louisville on the river front. All the | la, ge manufacturing establishments and the | distiIleries have been compelled to stop work. I In the direct front of the city f: om Second to Tenth street the water has reached the second | stories of the business and dwelling houses.
 Hundreds of families have been forced 1 to abandon their houses and in many | behind dog n frame houses are being tossed | around on the water tonight by the | wind. Skiffs and small f1atboats have been all
 day removing families to places of safety 1 Several brick houses have caved in, and on I Fourth street, 100 feet from Main, this even- I rng one of them injured several persons l III it's fall. n.ii The river is now on 8 stand, 1 aud it is hoped it will be falling by morn ! ing. The reports from below are distress ! ing. All of the bottom lands are sub l merged, miles of fencing and hundreds of
 houses have foated away, and crops are | ruined. Dispatches say that all that part of | O. ittenden and other counties in Arkansas 1 lying on the river is covered with water and l that it's cotton crop is destroyed. In New | patt of the town. Depaum's glass works has
 shut down, and the water will do it great dam | age. The extensive ship yards at Jefferson
 vile are also submerged, and tonight all trains are from three 10 twenty hours late.
 From Jackson, Miss: At meeting of the I.senators and representatives from the river
 district held this evening in the office of Gov
 ernor Lowry active measures were taken for the relief of the sufferers from the flood. The flegislature will be requested to make appro- pFiations The governor was requested to l solicit the aid of the chambers of commerce of New Orleans, Memphis and St. Louis in re- lieying the sufferers and to call for government aid through the Senators and Representatives in Congress. sas.aT-sE r.-.tF -.ae
 From Memphis. Tenn: At many points be-
 tween Memphis and Vicksburg the river Is 1-~1Nr Tso
 fore. This is accounted for by the fact that | the Mississippi river has overdowed it's banks | above OsceoIa, Ark, ninety miles up the river,
 and . large volume Of water pours through that | country into the headquarters of SI. Francis l river, ard again finds its way back into the
 main stream fifteen miles above He-
 lena, Ark, where the St. Francis | river empties into the Mississippi. Every l plantation between Memphis and Friar's Point. I Miss, is submerged, and the water extends 4 back from either shore ff,een miles. The planters are enduring great hardship from the
 loss of mules, cattle, hogs and sheep by drown
 ing In nearly all the overfowed sections | stock is suffering. What were saved are kept
 huddled together on hastily-built platforms. | From Helena, Ark: The disaster caused by | the break in the levee at Williams 1n's place 1 has prevented communication with the outside I world to a considerable extent The Iron l Mountain railroad track was submerged and
 the telegraph lines were broken last l Thursday night. The levee has been
 temporary rebuilt The entire lower DOT l ton of the city ard the main street at
 the corner of Market and Ferry streets are un-
 der water, and the only communication with | West Helena is by means of skiffs. The pros | pect is very gloomy, the mills and foundries | and other industrial establishments are closed. | Many workmen and laborers have been thrown | out of employment. The water is still rising. The officers of every boat arriving at this port
 from above or below bring news of widespread | devastation everywhere. In the bottoms con- | tguous to the Missis-i -ippi river thousands of
 horses, mules and cattle have been drowned miles of fences swept away, houses destroyed
 and corn cribs hoated of with their contents l in many instances leaving the people without | actual necessaries. A sad accident occurred
 on Monday on the Tyronza, small bayou | emptying into the St. Francis river about twenty miles above Madis on, Ark The high
 water had overfowed the lands belonging to a
 Mir. Jamison. and while removing his wife and six children to place of safety on the high l lands the dfg-out capsized, and ali of the
 children were drowned. Two of them were I grown young ladies. and the four others were
 aged from six to fourteen years. MT. Jamison | saved his wife, but could render no assistance to his drowning children.
 | Senator Fair lives in Charles Sum
 ners old quarters at Washington. The senator is the richest man in Oonorass