Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-31

Lodge. No. l, A. F. and A. NJ, to. morrow,
Tuesday evening. Work in NJ. M. de.
gree. HARRY VAN TAssE1, Seo'y.
For Sale.
One house and two lots. Enquire on
corner Of Sd and Lynn streets.
~ THE RIVER.
The river at Yankton has risen two
feet since Saturday and a little ice is
running. The river will probably con.
Time to rise until it fills its banks.
Captain Lyons finished stocking up the
ferry boat Saturday night, and to-day
Milt Brisbine went across the river L, re.
place the rudders, which we're carried
away by the ice. Otherwise the boat is
in excellent condition.
A telegram has been received from In.
dian Agent Lincoln, at Fort Belknap,
Montana, saying the fort is partly under
water and the people camped on the
bills. 1t is probable the agency build.
ings will be swept away. He asks per-
mission to purchase tents.
Mandan telegram, 9th: This morn
ing solid cake of ice twenty acres in ex-
tent, in the Heart river, two miles from
its junction With the Missouri, caused
water and floating ice to back. The
Heart rose several feet, but managed to
keep within banks. All the morning
Superintendent Marlette, of the Mandan
Land and Improvement company. work.
ed with dynamite cartridges on the ice,
and by noon succeeded 10 blowing it ali
up. Solid and drift ice at once moved
off and the river fell. The Missouri ID
clear several miles above Mandan and all
the way below. No further trouble is
anticipated.
Sioux City Journal: The steamer
Behan, mentioned in yesterdays tele-
graphic news as having been sunk by the
ice at Bismarck, was. one OF the two boats
which Fred T. Evans, of this city, and
his associates we're to run between Cham.
berlain and Bismarck this season. As
the company has all its arrangements
made for operating two.boat line, it is
believed that the Behan will be replaced
with another boat. The Behan was not
new boat. She was brought up from
the lower river two years ago by Capt.
Grant Marsh. He ran her between this
city and Bismarck one season, wintered
her at this city. and then took her to Bis.
marck about year ago and traded her
OF.
Vermillion Republican,: The ice broke
here on the night Of the 22d when there
was rise of ten or twelve feet at once,
the ice piling on the banks and sand
bars twelve to sixteen feet high. There
was no stoppage of the ice between here
and the Jim, but slight gorge at Rice's
threw considerable water over the island
opposite the town, but no damage was
done. There was a stoppage at Bur.
bank, and considerable water slooped
over on to the bottom about the county
line. It damned again below Elk Point
and flooded the lower part of the PENN.
suIa between the Missouri and Sioux,
doing considerable damage in Civil Bend
township, report saying mauv cattle and
hogs being drowned. Our ferry boat
was torn from its moorings and the next
day landed in pile of ice on the bar
near Elk Point, where it will be saved, II
was but little damaged. The river il
now running inside OF it's banks as serene
as June morning and the food season
is over.
Bismarck telegram, 9th: The Sibley
island gorge broke this evening and the
ice all ran out. The steamer Behan wus
caught in the ice. had her hull crushed
in, and sank close to tie bank. She lies
careened over until her smokestacke
point at an angle Of forty five degrees
She is being dismantled, and will prove
total loss. The food is coming from
above, and will undoubtedly tear her to
pieces. She was valued at about $4,000
and insured for $1,000 in the Carroll &
Powell agencies. of st. Loais. She was
owned by stock company. The river
here is now OF standstill. The ice
broke up at Washburn at ii o'clock this
morning, since which time the river has
been running banks full of ice and rising
rapidly. At five o'clock 1t had risen si1
feet, and was rising at the rate Of q foot
an hour. The ice is in large cakes, one
cake which passed Washburn being q
mile long and q third of mile vide
The rise will reach here during the night
and the morning will probably see the
low lands inundated, as three foot rise
will overreach the banks. Tie break ol
the Sibley island gorge has awakened
hopes that the flood may pass without
doing any material damage, yet the worst
is feared.
Bismarck telegram, 2sth: A gorge
formed again at Sibley island. The wate,
is covering the low land on both sides Of
the river three feet. A portion Of The
Northern Pacific track is heaped up viii
ice in places. No trains are likely te
pass for several days. The gorge, vhlct
formed here this morning still holds, and
extends several miles above. The low
lands on both sides of the river are sub
merged. Heart river has backed up apG
q repetition Of the food Of 1881 is feared
All communication by rail west is cul
of. Washburn reports the rlver stil
rising and foil Of ice. The ice gorge ex
tends from Sibley Island, 1--WE mile,
below, to as far above the city az can b.
seen with strong glass, probably ter
miles. The ice is very thick, some cake.
containing an acre. There are min,
steamers tied up at the levee, and th,
escape Of any QUE Of them will b,
miraculous. % the ice has showed then
solidly against shore. The ice moves
this morning, increasing the hole in th,
.steamer Black Hills, aud she sank; los,
$4,000. Between the bridge and Man