Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-03
RIVERS RISING
Almost the Whole Distance Prom
Cairo to the Gulf
The People Generally Watching the
Lcvees Hopefully.
Entertainments Above and Below
vicksburg Holding Well.

yicksburg, Miss, February 2G.-f
telegram was received mt the Office o
the Vicksburg a. Meridian railroad to
night stating that trains could not x
through between Delta and Monro'
after.to-morrow The water IL tw,
feet over the track near Tallulah, La
The White arrived from Greenvill'
this evening. From passengers by he
II Is learned that the Iongwood, Eiies
lie and Sklpwith lcvces are still intac
and II Is thought they are now In con
ditioD 10 stand two feet NOR,
water. On the Louisiana sid,
the situation Is still alarming. Every
effort Is being made 20 save ths
new lcyee at Alsatia and 100 men and
large amount of lumber was sent uil
by the steamer Issaqucna tonight for
the use in the protection OF the levee
ut that point and Captain Marshall
had three bargcs brought down from
the government works at Wilson y
Point for the purpose of boating DIRT
from points on the old levec to the new
work. IL this levec should give away
il will let water through 30 a depth OF
ten feet az the levee Is In q
very low place and Is now
entirely surrounded with water
from the break at lllnwara. Assistant
Engineer Mitchell was in the city after
another barge uf lumber and other
material for the protection Of the One
ga levees, and "a plank coiier-dan viii
be put up three feet high on top Of the
base OF the incomplete levce. The
dam will be oue-half mile long IL
will take three days to put the dam
up. The material will be taken up by
the steamer Isquisbinc tonight.
Il. l.. Maxwell Is In the city tonight,
having lust come from the works OF
the Delta leyee. He gays that the nj
ready large force at work nj that point
was Increased to-day and he thinks
there Is no doubt that the leyce viii
hold. Cnpt. w H. Marshall tele-
grapbed to Washington tonight to
Gen. Wright, chief Of engineers, for
authority 10 Increase the force on all
ievecs that are incomplete and danger
Gus and are being put up by the gov
eminent
The steamer T.. Il. Carroll from the
Tallahatchie river came in tonight
and reports the river rising, but fully
eight feet bank at most all points. The
Lower Yazoo Is not yet considered
Dangerous.
The steamer Nntchcz arrived at L.
NJ Capt. Lcathers states the situation
at the Hardscrabble levee IL IA gloomy
one indeed. The work has been aban-
doncd Ivy the contractor aud the entire
section around ID discovered with water.
Capt beathers Is OF the opinion That
II there Is not much more water, then
4 ut.... ,.s..
hold. In the event there should be Il
rise OF two or three feet the lcvces
would give away, The III
borcrs that have heen employed
by J. j. Kennedy were out
on the lcvco waiting for the steamer
Pariso TO go down to the Kemp lcvcc.
some fifty of them came up on the
Natchez To the city. Assistant Ilngi-
ncer Elliot, In charge of the levee
work at Lake Providence and Good
rich, writes that he Thinks that both
Of the above levees can be held. AS
sistnnt Engineer CroZier, In charge of
the Elleslie levces writes by the steam
er Arkansas City that he thinks he
viii be able to hold the levec at that
point. stock Is being moved from
parish to this side of the riv-
er, as the water Is raising rapidly i'm
he western portion of the parish 1t
IL coming In from lllawarn breaks.
CAiRo's CRISIS.
Cairo, III, February 20. Water!
water There seems to be no end.
The How IL surely aud steadily climb
ing inch by inch on the bulk heads
and to ethe top OF the kleves that ARE
not yet under the water, and the
winds still blow, thought this evening
he course of the wind Is almost direct
from the north and dashcs the waves
against the bulkhcads on the Ohio side
which are better prepared to stand the
attack. The river now stands 81
feet inches on tho gauge, having
risen inones In the past "a hours and
we call the latter fast rising ut
this tremendous stage of wa
ter. The river Is 81 Inches
higher than ever before. The general
opinion prevails that Tonight will DO
the critical or turning point, To-
night many of our merchants are re-
moving their stock in order TO be on
the safe side, so they say. The rivers
are reported falling ut nearly every
point above here, At Paducah, iilty
miles above, n decline of one-tenth of
a foot Is reported. From ten to fifteen
thousand sacks filled with dirt have
already been used IN The protection of
the iiavees aud rs many moro now in
readiness. Mound City, which is
bravely struggling against the
element with ten Inches of water
on the hulkheads, tclegraphed here
this afternoon for two thousand sacks
70 be uaed for the same purpose.
Mound City Is entirely cncircied With
bulkheads. The bridge over Cache
river was considerably damaged to-day
by the breaking away OF n raft of logs,
which struck thd bridge with force
SUFFICIENT 10 knock IL nearly two feet
out OF pace. From the Paducah Nc,os
we CLEAN II was proved yesterday that
n skin could be taken entirely around
the city, This is the first time In the
history OF the city that such a thing
was possible, Tho weather this eve
ningis growing colder, the winds stlll
blow and the sky Is clear