The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-06-27
THE FLOOD ABATING,
But the June Rise Comng-Fears as to
the Result-A Startling State
ment Of Damages.

ST. LOUIS, June 26. There Is but III.
tie change to note in the condition Of things
along the levee in front Of the city. The
river came to stand about noon yesterday
and during the early part OF last night rose
one inch. This was lost, however, after
midnight, so that this morning the gauge
marked 34.S feet, precisely the same as
yesterday at 10 q. m. 1t il the prevailing
opinion that fall OF from eight to twelve
inches will take place between now and
Sunday, when the water now coming from
Kansas City and points above there will
reach here. This, it Is claimed, will replace
the water receded by that time, and will
have volume enough 10 shove the score a
foot higher, than il has been this year.
The steps at the jenkins a. Sass steamboat
agency show that the present stage Of the
water is ten inches higher than it was
in 1881. Private advices from Her.
man and Boonylle, on the Missouri give
fall Of six inches the past twenty-four
hours.
THE AMERICAN BOTTOM, ILL.
The water continued to rise steadily In
the American bottom all day yesterday and
last night until one O'Clock this morning,
when the maximum was reached, and
tneN tne sui.oh "aters ueSam W sIo"p
recede; Not fast, for the marks
to-day only showed fall OF a bare
inch. 1t was enough however, for ii show
ed that the worst had passed, and the
morning sun shown on smilo-wreathed
faces. There was, however, a skeleton at
the feast. kilograms from Upper Missouri
points told that the June rise bad set in.
Mail facilities in the flooded
districts are suspended, but
newspapers find their way out
to the water-bouud people, on construc-
ti0n trains, skiffs, or some way. They had
learned from Venice to Mitchell that the
melted snow was coming, that the river
sas City, and with one voice the farmers
said: 1.-THE bottoms will not clear before
the June rise Ia upon us. y
AT EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.
Mayor Winton had the first sound sleep
last night that he has had since the waters
began to rise.
The closing Of two culyerts on the Cairo
Short Line, near Jarrett's Station, caused
considerable excitement In the city thi
morning, owing TO visit from some OF tn
f e, ,,o living E,,,ro on the south sid sid
crops were in danger OF being flooded
They were loud in their defamation
against the city, and were determined t,
remove the stoppsge or sue the city 70
damages. They left the city for the pur
pose OF acquainting Mr.. Hinckly, Super
intendent Of the Cairo Short Line, ant
threatened to have the stop
page removed. A posse OF armed
men was Immediately sent out to protec
the culyerts from being nterfered with, FOL
II water were allowed to flow through these
culverts It would run round the city Il
Louis CROSS, north Of the city, and ther
would finally food the city and by sub
mergi ing hundreds Of acres north OF thai
track would cause loss Of crops and damage
to the city
AT EAST CARONDKLET, ILL.
At East Carondeet, In the vicinity o.
Fish Lake, the ruin wrought by the wa
tiers simply beggars description, There is
hardly dry spot between the river and the
bluff, except ridge known as the
"bench, " lying parallel with the bluff
about two miles from the river
The entire country from East St. Louis Il
Chester is flooded, and the destruction IL
this part Of the bottom Is not much II any
below that reported from the northern por,
ton; Thousands Of acres Of ripening crop
are submerged, and the loss will be hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars, A gres
number Of families have been left absolute
ly homeless.