Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-27
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cr,ao. June 6.-Last week there
little speck of open war between
vas Gh;csco. hook Island Il Pacific and
tn s LOO Milwaukee d st. Paul railroads
On,o,rd fare tickets to Denver to the
onnnrnent of the Grand Army of
wspnblic. the rebate Of the latter
voc haen met by a straight rate by
is former, Since that occurrence
w ha ye baen no outside evidences of
sarther reduction or anything made
tnovn to the public that othsr roads
~ere taking any steps. IL Is known,
hcveyer, that roads wh1cn nave toe ADJ.
Iy 10 land passengers at Denver are not
;dic bat ara engaged IN quiet enort TO
ssrertaip how many members OF the
ssrsnd Army of the Republic are ex-
s".,ino 10 90 to the Encampment from
sssry Post within a radius Of 200 miles
- Chicago. A belief prevails on the
oOr.s;ds that the rate Of go from Chi
20 viIl be materially reduced before
Iriy isth. the time set for beginning the
az Of tickets, and that a rate Of go
vii possibly be made before the night
ends.
,.,e,essiag Gossip About General
sherman.
CHICAGO, June 8.-General Sherman
IA very unhappy man. A hign army
oficer Who knows him we'll declares be
"a mot what he seems, IN his blum and
hearty interviews. In the first place he
,saIly hates to give up his position at
The head Of the army. II has been his
sois occupation. He is the very life Of
esrtajn Washington circles De has al
vsys been the hero OF every social fes
t;vity All over the country. 1t Is true
thss he il tired of Washington and that
hs IA anxious to 20 to st. Louis. Sol
d;sr. Like he puts o good face on the
matter. bat that bluffness does not con-
sssi from his friends the deep-seated
cbaorin that preys upon him. The dis
nstoh goes on TO say: How disappointed
ths man was when his son joined the
Jesnits. Mrs. Sherman IN woman who
~ most personal ambition for the
Advancement OF her church. Shs u one
of IA most active agents and Is in cor
rsspoudence with the authorities at
Rome. Gen. Sherman made q struggle
n renal in Washington altar his re-
tirement from the army, but Mrs. Sher-
man determined TO go to st. Louis,
where the Catholic church has wide
and powerful field in which she cOuld
have q most influential and leading p0-
eition. Among the last days OF his stay
IN Warrington the General has b en-
seen walking with his hat careleesly
aIouchcd over his eyes. His figure,
which was 80 erect, has within the last
1t months learned to stoop. Those who
have approached him with the idea of
his being gloomy, have always been re-
PEELED with SOME rafting bit OF brilliant
ehaa indicative Of the best spirits.
when he In settled in st. Louis Mrs.
Sherman believes that she will win him
from the frivolities Of this life and In
duce him to find salvation in the Holy
Catholic church. The General Ia grow
ing old and In the dnll. regions Of st.
Louis he NAV fall victim TO his vife's
persistence aud for the sake Of peace
10 through the form OF joining the
church. Up to the present time Sher-
nan has gotten along with no relilion
shatever. He said recently, II don't
think need any priest's crutoh with
which 10 hobble the rest Of my way to
the grave. but ! can't tell what may
happen in tho future" He Is now OF on
bic last free play spell. 1t Is to be hoped
he will have q good time Oh this last
round OF his military posts.
DeyaStasing Tisstls Leaving nsuaes
% the 9aGing Floods.
6r. LOUIS, June G.--Advices from
Chester, ILL.,, says that 81. Mary Levee,
opposite that point, ON the Missouri
river, broke ON Sunday night, and the
81. Mays bottom, large wheat raising
region, ID now nearly all flooded. IL Il
said that 1000 acres Of wheat are under
water on this bottom alone. From
Chester 70 Grandtower southwark on
the Illinois side, distance Of % miles,
with an average width of 10 miles, en-
braoing an area Of go miles, 10 nearly
all sublnergod and the crops DESTROYED,
entailing great loss. To the north Of
Chester, nearly all the way to Sc. Louis,
the bottom has been flooded, except
here and there some high ridges which
cut the water. Information from all
this region Ia Of q general rather than a
special character. but il Is safe TO cay
stated, q thousand families are either
living In flooded houses or have fed to
the hills for safety, and that the loss of
drops and general farm property 10
almost incalculable. The American
bottom extends frem Alton to Cairo,
something over 200 miles, q lalge part
Of which n pretty thickly settled. All
this great tract 70 subject 10 overflow in
freahets like the present, and IL can be
readily imagined that the loss of prop
sgty and the distress and misery
brought upon the inhabitants must be
immense. The town Of st. Mary, on
the Missouri side Of the river, 10 partly
submerged. Kaskaskia. on the Illinois
dds, II TO be abandoned, the people
thsrs having sent TO Chester for Q steam
boat 10 carry them away.
The river 10 falling alowly In East st.
Louis on the Riversids and Chicago and
Alton tack and 10 still rising out ON the
bottom east OF that embankment. Tho
fAll b small bue IL 10 enough 20 create 4
Strong hopeful feeling that the worst Ia
poak In East st. Louis all the l0vlands
~ Inundated 10 q depth varying from
"a 70 twenty feet and q hundred houses
within The city limits have their ilrst
1oors flooded and many Of them their
oeeood stories. South Of tho city the
eatire bottom for an indefinite distance,
Including the village of Oarondolot and
eehef small hAmlosa. arc submerged and
~ the farms for miles down the river
m under water, crops are destroyed
end The families Of The farmers who
ewnod OF rented them are scattered
eloaa the ridges and bluffs seeking shell
~ wherever they can find IL. Many Of
iness poor people are in . destitute oon-
Thsrs 10 hardly doubt but that the
eekfaRats losa In the American bottom,
neeveen Alton and Cairo, will run into
millfoos, and this ID NOT half the story.
re- nearly ~ much bottom land skirts
- river on the Missouri side, most Of
yaieA y subject 10 Overflow. and hun
Gs6 Of Thousands Of azores OF land
eleoa Ne Missouri river and il tribu-
Nssoa bsevsen here and Kansas City
~! nov b under the devastating
ICED and have been swept of their
ooN Loves In the southeastern seo.
70 u g. Charles county, No.. alone
~ ovse $4,000.
Che1erA.
UaAurrA, June g. -Of forty-two
- yesterday, tventy-sight are
"a 70 b nom cholera. The rest, Il
pposed, are from the same mAla-
81 Cenaeleusaeaal.
OseunBus, Ohio, June &.-The So
Court TODAY decided that the