The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-07-13

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r.. LOUIS. NO. June N.
The river at this point fell more rapidly
yesterday han on any day since the de-
cline set In. The Government gauge regis.
tered thiity-:hrec feet three Inches above
low water mark, a fall of eight inches with.
n twenty-four hours. The sidewalks all
along the levec are now above water. anu
washing on the flooded floors OF the houses
along the levee. Business along the cen
trail levce will hc fully resumed by Mon
day. and considerable activity was notice
able yesterday.
The iooi.wnfcrs Of Cahokia Creek and
the big sloughs Of East ~. Louis are still
AIRY limits. Some Of tho track across Bow
mans slough arc still under water, but
trains n ON them without difficulty. The
new bridge yards nrc not vet IN q condition
70 he used. but Il il expected that in q day
or two the water will decline sufficiently %
permit ! resumption Of operations. Alithe
railroads nre running ~ usual and most
trains make better time than before the
fiood- The town IL suffering seriously from
the cncroachmcnt Of sicp1re water. and
measures will he taken 10 drain II on 70 tho
natural bodies ~ water. A. yet few Of the
people driven from their homes ~ the IN.
vasion OF the fiond.watcr have been able "a
return. and II will he several weeks before
their domicile~ win b. inhabitntle.
Business IS improving in Venice and II
gives signs Of rcsuming itS wontcd activity
with the opening 81 the railroads. A iele-
cation came down Yesterday rom Chou
teau. Kerr and Gabaret Islands and repre-
scented that there was some ~destiiution.
Supplies of actual necessnricS were / sued.
e~ndduringthe day1f6 persons were relieved.
The river fell three and one hal inches. and
the back water dropped two inches. The
backwater II expected 70 r. down very rap.
idly after tho gap in The Chicago & Alton
track Il closed. brooklyn continues to fur
nish : great deal o. destifution. and ninty.
eight families Were proviSioned yesterday.
The fund will suffice for ono day. after
which seventy five families viii BE- begging
for help.
ne River ~ Helana. An.
HELENA. ARK. Tune -
Col. J. B. Miles furnishes .
correspondent with the following to-Ay
sThe indications are that the water has
about reached H. highest point, and
No may expect : fall In two or there
days. The stage of the river here.
forty feet eight inches. would seem 70
indicate q least forty-one feet six
whereas Il Is only thirty-nine feet three
inches- AZ fortyfwo feet ~ Cairo there
should be some two feet overflow into the
head Of the -. Francis swamp. and we
would expect that ~ amp 70 keep the river
stationary or rising for : week or ten days.
But a. thirty mine feet three inches there
should he bur little water Overlooking below
New Madrid The river 1t Memphis Is
about what it should be In comparison with
Helena. The only way In which we can
account for this + that the great food in
the spring was not out Of the Ohio. which
does not supply much sand. and the clsar
water OF that river secured chi the bed q
che river a. Cairo some two feet. but did
NOT remain high long enough 20 affect the
bed Of the river this low down. Although
the levces were badly broken in this section,
yet there were enough standing 70 prevent
the bed from washing out"
The river during the past twenty-fou
hours ending AZ one p. m. rose 4 quarter of
an inch and stood forty feet eight inches
above Inv water and six feet six inches
below high water, and Is about stationary.
Lessss ~ che Flood q Nebraska.
L1xcoLx. NEs. June %.
Considerable more damage was done ~
the recent floods than was At first supposed.
Now that the water has subsidized tho
able. and i l. clear that Il viii take many
thousand dollars 20 make good the loss.
The hood On che low lands adjacent 70 this
city has gone down. and the damage ~
principally in small houses. gardens de-
stroyed and corn-cribs swept away. ~
sns isfss5 there were ssvera. we,h s.'sa.
ders County there Il scarcely . bridge
standing. The large streams Of the county
Cottonwood. IN Creek, Silver Creek
and Wahoo-for fifteen 70 twenty miles IN
some localities. ere without bridges. Ihe
overflowcd the bottom lands on either side
for : distencc ofhalf : mile. in Richardson
and Johnson Counties many houses were
swept On. 10 xay nothing Of fences. bridges
and such like property. The stcam-mills of
Linn, Cooper y CO., were flooded for forty.
considerable flour and corn. The latter was
In cribs near the mills. Six miles out Of
Humboldt Mrs. Grubb and children were
drowned while attempting 70 cross the
river IN . skin. A family by The name Of
Baker, con~is-ing Of six persons, residing
on Sou.h Fork, : branch Of Che Nemanas
were drowned; also seven others on tne
same streams whose names are unknown.
In all seventeen persons arc supposed ~
have lost their lives BY drowning IN the
Nemaha and il branches duringt the recent
aoods-
y Needing River.
KANSAS CRY. June %.
Rivsr tonight about two inches lower
than twenty -four hours before, and remains
nearly stationary. Trains now more reeu-
lar than at any time since high water. The
first Council Blum, train for several days
came III over the Missouri Pacific. The
| Hannibal, Wabash and Rock Island will BE-
| Obliged % ferry % Randolph for some time
vet. Travel. however, ID rapidly assuming
. normal condition. In this vicinity the
| damage has been almost entirely 20 farm
property and railroads.