Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-07-06
RRCEDING.


Tho Mississippi 0Fadaally neluFnln
within ils nanks-linsiness neinE NJ
sumed,
sr. lnuis Mo-, Jane A.
The river al this point fell more rApidi
yesterday than on any day since the d.
cline set In. The Government gauge regi'
tered thirty-three' feet three inches abov
low water mark, fall Of eight inches with
In iwenty.four hours. The sidewalks nj
along the lovee are now above water, am
yesterday sfte enoon men were At worl
washing on the flooded noors Of the house
along the levee. business along the cen
trail leyee win be fully resumed by Mon
day, and considerable activity was notice
able yesterday.
The flood.waters Of Cahokia Creek ans
tho big sloughs Of East St. Louis are still
suhslding and fast returning 10 the ofdin
airy limits. Some Of the irackiacross Bow
mans Slough are still under water, hu
trains run on them without difficulty. Thl
new bridge yards are not vet In condition
70 be- used, hut Il Is expected that Ia dal
on 40 the water win decline sufficiently 4
permit resumptionof operations. All TIN
railroads are running ns usual and mos
trains make better ime than before The
flood. The town is ssuife ing seriously from
the cncr0achment Of siepnge water, and
measures will he taken a. drain IL on 70 thu
natural bodies Of water. As yet few Of thu
people driven from their homes hy the In
vasion Of the nood.watcr have been able IA
return, d Il will he several weeks before
their domicilos will be lnhahiiahle.
Business is improving in Venice and II
gives signs OF resuming its wonted activity
with the opening of the railrC0ds. A dele.
cation came down yesterday from Chou.
teau, Kerr and Cabaret Islands and repre-.
sented that there was some destiiutlon.
Supplies Of actual necessarics were issued,
andduring the dayli0person were relieved.
The river fell three aud ono.ha inches, aud
the haekwater dropped two inches. Tue
backwater Is expected TO 50 down very rap.
idlg after the gap in the Chicago & Alton
track is closed. Brooklyn continues TO fur.
nish great deal Of destilution, and ninty.
eight families were provi 'ioned yesterday.
The fund will suffice for one day, after
which seyenty.ilve families will be begging
for help.
The River Mt Hclnnn, Ark.
HELENA, ARK. June %.
Col. ]. b, Miles furnishes Newspaper
correspondent with the following to-day;
"The indications are that the water has
about reached It's highest point, and
we may expect fall in two or there
days. The stage of tho river here,
forty feet eight inches, would seem 30
Indicate at least forty-one feet six
inches or forty.two feet on the Cairo gauge,
whereas II is only thirty.nine feet three
inches. At forty.two feet at Cairo there
should be some two feet overflow into the
head Of the st. Francis swamp, and we
would expect that swamp TO keep the river
stationary or rising for week or ten days,
But at thirty.nine feet three inches there
should be but little water overtlowing below
New Madrid. The river at Memphis is
about what 1t should be in comparison with
Helena. The only way in which we can
account for this Is that the great food in
the spring was not out Of the Ohio, which
does not supply much sand, and the clear
water of that river secured out the bed OF
The river nj Cairo some two feet, but did
not remain high long enough 10 affect the
bed of the river this low down. Although
the levees were badly broken In this section,
yet there were enough standing TO prevent
she bed from washing OUT
The river during the past twenty-four
hours ending at one p. m. rose quarter OF
an inch and stood forty feet eight inches
above low water and six feet six inches
below high water, and is about stationary.
Losses by tho Flood In Nebraska.
LINCOLN, NEn., June 30
Considerable more damage was done by
the recent floods than was at first supposed.
Now that the water has subsidized the
details Of destruction wrought are obtain.
able, and il is clear that it will take many
thousand dollars TO make good the loss.
The flood on the low lands adjacent TO this
,ity has gone down, and the damage is
principally in small houses, gardens de-
stroyed and corn-cribs swept away. OF
The latter there were several well filed,
and worth good deal of money. In Saun.
lers County there is scarcely bridge
The large streams Of the county
cottonwood, Sand Greek, Silver Creek
md Wahoo--for fifteen to twenty miles in
some localities, are without bridges. The
greatest rise was of the Nemaha, which
,verflowed the bottom lands on either side
'or distence ofhalfa mile. In Richardson
md Johnson Counties many houses were
lwept Off, to say nothing of fences, bridges
linn, Cooper Il Co., were flooded for forty.
light hours, The firm suffers the loss Of
considerable -four and corn. The latter was
n cribs near the mills. Six miles out Of
humboldt Mrs. Grubb and children were
lrowned while attempting TO cross the
liver in skif. A family by the name Of
Baker, consisting Of six persons, residing
m South Fork, a branch of the Nemaha, !
we're drowned; also seven others on the
anne streams whose names are unknown.
n all seventeen persons are supposed to
ave lost their lives by drowning in the |
lemaha and its branches during the recent
loods.
A Receding River.
KANSAS CRY, June 20.
River tonight about two inches lower
han twenty-four hours before, and remains
early stationary. Trains now more regu-
ar than at any time since high water. Tho
rst Council Bluffs train for several days |
anne in over the Missouri Pacific. The |
Wabash and Rock Island will be
bliged to ferry TO Randolph for some time
ct. Travel, however, is rapidly resuming
normal condition. In this vicinity the
amage has been almost entirely to farm
and railroads.