Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-07-06

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STAUNToN, ILL.,, June q.
A newspaper correspondent with q crew
Of seven started from here at two O'Clock
this afternoon for the flooded regions, and
ran to the waters edge, thirty-three and q
half miles on hand-car. At Mitchell the
water has subsidized three and a half inches
since seven O'Clock this morning, with -four
feet as an average. At Nameoki, two miles
south, the water has fallen two inches
From Nameoki the party proceeded to Kin
der, two miles south, and thence
to the water eleven and a halt
miles further on. Here the water
has been measured repeatedly by
the inhabitants, and they claimed at noon
the water had. risen half an inch, but al
four o'clock they say it had fallen two and
one-fourth inches. From the edge Of the
water East st. Louis and st. Louis are
plainly seen above this mighty lake Of
water. Wheat that could not be seen yes.
terday Is now above the water half an inch.
At Kinder fiatboats and skiffs are busy
carrying people to q place of safety, the
stock being left to perish. Hundreds OF
rabbits, coOns and fowls are seen crossing
the track at Nameok. The Chicago &
Alton and Indianapolis g. st. Louis Rail.
way dixie at Mitchell is all that saves the
water from flooding the eastern part OF
the American Bottom.
The Rise at Chester.
CHESTER, ILL, June %.
Both the Mississippi and Okaw Rivers
continue to rise, and each additional inch
OF water is doing hundreds of dollars worth
OF damage, swelling the grand total high
up into the thousands. The water is sew.
eral feet deep in the easements of ware
houses and stores on Water street, and sew
eral houses in Bots Brule Bottom, opposite
chester, are partly under water. Hun
dreds of acres Of fine wheat lands, on which
the grain was ready for harvesting, are
submergedj and the crop will be a
total loss. The water extends from
the. Chester bluffs to the bluffs in
Missouri, d distance Of about five
miles. Only here and there land can be
seen. A rise of six inches more will make
the space between the bluff an unbroken
sheet of water. Families living in Bots
Brule Bottom are seeking safety in places
far from their homes. Flatboats and other
water craft are rescuing families from the
bottom above Chester. The old town of
Kaskaskia, eight miles above here, is en-
tirely submerged, and is in danger of be-
ing swept from existence. The town is in
undated, from one to six feet of water COW
ering the place. All day yesterday boats
were transporting the inhabitants from
hehills on the east side of the Okaw River.
These people, in most cases, will lose near
~ all Of their property.
A Bad Break in the Letee.
CAIRO, ILL.,, June 26.
While the John A. Scudder was lying at
Prices Landing, Mo-, last night, twenty
five miles above here, and during the heavy
storm which prevailed; about $50 yards of
the levee was washed away by the high
waves, and an immense body of water is
now devastating large area of grain coun-
try. An outlet is found at James, Bayou,
forty miles below Cairo. The storm was
very severe. accompanied by high winds
and the widest Of thunder and lightning
Some few trees were blown down, aiid the
Sherlock, moored at the wharfboat, sus-
tanned considerable damage. 1t lasted
about an hour, during which nearly an inch
of rain fell. The river raised three inches
In the hast twenty-four hours, the gauge
reading thirty-nine feet three inches, thir-
teen feet below the high-water mark of
February, 1883. At Birds Point, opposite
Cairo the wind last night assumed the pro-
portions of a tornado, the heaviest oaks
and cottonwoods being twisted and torn
down as though they were pipe stems, but
no lives are reported lost.
The Missouri at Atchison.
ATCHIsON, KAN, Jiine go:
Since last night the river has risen two
and half inches. AT this hour it is sta
tionary, with every indication that it will
recede unless severe local rains fall in the
next twenty-fUur hours. All advices from
points further north-Sioux City, Nebraska
City and Omaha-are to the effect that the
river is on decline. Such streams as the
Nemaha and Platte, which have poured most
of the water into the main river, owing to ex-
cessive rains, are also subsiding, as the
former has lowered four feet in the past
twenty-four hours. Old rivermen here in
cline to the opinion that while the present
waters may recede two feet, still the June
freshet may catch the then high water and
cause disastrous results. This is partially
confirmed by reports to the Government
Engineer that the Yellowstone and Upper
Missouri are rising. How much or how
rapidly is not given, but it proves the
theory that high water may vet be antici-
The high water has at last affected the bot
toms and low lands opposite here in Mis-
souri,, as it has cut through what is denomi-
mated the Sand-Cut, near Rushville, inun-
dating that section.
The Cottner Levee Goes Down.
CARR GIRARDEAU, Mo-, June 20.
The Cottner levee, situated three miles
above this point on the Illinois shore, at
which fifty men have been at work night
and day to keep it from breaking, broke
yesterday evening. The water at that
point is three feet above the highest.point
reached in 1876. The Nc Clure settlement,
which has dixie constructed around the
entire tract, Is two feet under water, and
should the feared and predicted rise of eigh-
teen to twenty inches prove true this entire
settlement will be lost. The farmers in the
bottoms are preparing forth worst, and
are flying to the high lands to save their
lives.
Suffering In Saline County.
WAvERLY, Mo-, June 20.
Waverly is in the center of the
best wheat and corn country in the State,
and the damage done in the river bottoms
by the floods has been fearful. Thousands
of acres have been submerged. Farmers
have lost, In addition to their growing
crops, large amounts of stock, including
sheep, hogs, mules and horses. 1t will be
difficult to reap the wheat located on
the high lands, as the ground
has been completely soaked. Many
Of the people living in the vincinity
of Waveriy found it necessary to escape to
the bluffs without attempting to save any
thing except the clothes ON their backs.
The June Rise Coming.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 20.
At six o'clock yesterday evening the
stage of the Missouri River at this point was
eighteen feet ten and one-half inches, indi.
eating arise Of one and one-halfinche since
eight O'Clock a. m. ID. w. Church, United
States Engineer in charge of river improve
ment in this vicinity, has informal ion of a
fve-inch rise at Bismarck in twenty-four
hours, at one o'clock Sunday afternoon,
indicating that the June rise is coming.