The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-29


neillou, plfiillu. The Wind was s.fnl NJ 4,
q rgrlInt, HH 10 Otns ~ audtenil uIsi ii.
u maisu ~ the building dli not nave
th4 least wafniun NJ lttHrpfnHc1,
The roor iarm VS. unitr wAIef yes Or
day.
me wheat cron ~pa irl1ud nv the best.
luf hail and aiud which bles 10 down.
Cha m itY riv,r IL on a hlg fisH, Iht
bottom n Hooded rud the river is rapidly
nang. A gord deal Of wood was swrpi
AWAy hV tna tish SHief, The weather con
tlrues cloudy and Taify,
Yrstatiag bufa out the old sRYing that a
calm iollows Atorln. The cloudy, rAiny
~estnar wa. succeeded by n clear, bright,
sunsLiny day that made Que elf'"ht forfei
tre ugly weather al tD1 pat low days.
u .llss 10 slill wH,sr'b0urd, - To epsAk /,
however, ths only ouila. being Wis. tho Tex
~ CsDHal noT'h ~ Tar NJ Denlfoa,
rna trains on the other llnes
Ui railways cantering here are virtual y
| shs gdoned On gcGlunt ot the numerous
washogis, and viii aOt, in all probability,
TesunS shrlF inns before to-morrov. " that
soon, The Trinity river Ia riSing rapidly
A. 'Ne 70 Of tour inches per hour,
since the great oyerA,w OF
1866. Tue stream Is filed with
driitwood, aud the bridge VA. thronget
throughout tho day yesterday by men,
women nnd children watching tue dow oi
tho turbulent stream. II IL thS suppnsitiou
that some stock 10 lost oy tho ovolilov, a.
all tho streams ar. overlooked.
hoss all tn. BRIDGE in the county are re-
ported 40 bs washed away. The flood IN
Ellis county wsohed asay large number
OF bridges.
The crops have bsen seriously Damaged,
aud farmers and business men ara rather
down cast; but rs sn old planter remarked
yesterday, II you will just give crop
planted Ia north TeSss soil just haf q
sho wing, II viii waltz to the front and pan
ont big after all.
The largo number OF workmen now en-
r.gsd on the pub'lc improvements and the
vsriou3 buildings in course u construction,
sNn vera compelled 10 10y on on account
~ rhr ra.ns, will resums work to-day.
rnatnro,d rflaisy continues 10 bro~s
Lsv yesterday afternoon the water was
r.'ng ~ the rate OF an inch per hour, Which,
con,p,->d with the rise in the forenoo' ,
nnnws hist the flood has about spent IT.
forc', npd by this morning IL will no doubt
hAsiu 10 iall. The pike, leading from tins
bid s 3, ths hlaff, IN under six or seven
'-et o. water, and tbs water on the esst
tide o, the river ia hisner
fan IL has bean since 1866,
~, h-lage was ihropgcd with people sll
lr.y iopg Watching the furious flow Of the
,asddsnsd stream. The bottoms were ill.
ed with boats occupied nv pleasure seeker,
and the rrious who rowed by the tops oil
trees. The telephone poles which are along
the pike looked exceedingly shor, In tins
high wstsr. rhe wHter west OF the bridge
was mp among the brancnes Of tho trees
snd brars we're rowed bers and there 10y
hose a 1iouet) explore the buttons.
White Il ,ck creek, DO1et FOR its famous
overhow., has surpassed oil former etiprts
end inundated rre entire cougtry tribu'
, ,nry co it. Tur lie creek, God in ilot, I'll
n,rssuls that bs.r chat digp fled sppellGtlou
are pvtIil wed and IL Is this vast volume o
va er mat has swollen tae tame TIiui'y
: irto mighty Missls ippi rs it were. Al
ter di.igsnt &c srch, ia which they were II
meht, rim-s ana HERALD reporter tonne
Loo famous ''old cisiz sn," swamp Fox, TIT
, veteran fisherman, who has evident
} ly known tae Trinity river FROM it
} Infancy, and from him learned som'
racts concerning iLs conduct for the mum
oer OF years of its existence that are likely
! to bs OF interest to the denizsns of Dallas
the fnny tribe, this is the highes
the water hes been since 1866. An
: other rise in 1874. and still another in 1877
7 we're immense. but the present, save tina
} o, &C. is the biggest tear he eve
i. knew the darling old stream
A. he terms it, to get on
The bridge, he states, was built two fee
the wafer IL twepty feet or more from tn
, bridge now, the reader can readily perceiy
, that the present overh will not mpar
with tbst which flooded Broadway street
! Only few farmers have been able to reach
I the city by other m saDs than BY train o.
boats, but from what was learned by HERALl
reporters the crops which have suffered VI
y. h. n rpAH Erc
supposed. The wheat and corn will com
, ont OF the food in bstter condision than q
nrss supposed, though tho cotton In th
: low-lsnds has boon very much damaged
and Ia some places entirely destroyed. Tn
/. damage done to bridges has not bsei
, ovstsased, w as d pearl yav.,s ~ ,. tn
ones on the public roads rave been swep
, away. A county commissioner REMARKED
Z Yesterday that it would cost several tbou9
I'D dollars to replace these structures. Tn
. Damage to ral fencing is severe. A larg
onAnt,ty OF telled timber and wood cut To-
: uas was carried sway by the flood.
THE WASH OUTS
On tho railrosSe, which are numerous
h've not al yet been Tepaire:a
> though large 10 CO is ut work on the dil
. 'arynt roads Working 10 that end. TIT
, Cult Colorado IL ,anCa Fa road has KEPT
, up communication between this city aDt
Clshu;ne BY transferring eG Cedar crees
: shsrs bridge hos washed away. The frs
passenger rrAtus on tns reSas u Pacific ~.
the past two IA y5 lott here yesterday, ont
} 81 which vent cast in ths morpinG aIar 81
! Marshall and tbs other west st $3.50 y. m
IS lar az Wsa,aerford. Trains are still
runniog regularly ou the Texas Central be
tween here and Denton, md viii to-day
perhaps, resume travel ovsr the 10 ad sousi
OF hsra. The Missouri P4cific is up to 1T
) sars. tigur.tively speaking, in water, @nt
the Texas Trunk cannot bs heard from.