The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-03-15

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ihe effect that general oternow u the
seellan i almost eeflalh The water
whlfh ZONES through The break 10 The
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tlon 10 The water coming through The
Lewis swafnrs already IN the liver, will
canse general overflow TelteFamH
were sent from here yesterday notifying
uovernor Isawry ot The Impending dan.
ger np the sunnower River
aoyfnsarSt AN.
A telegram was received by Captain
Marshall, United stated engineer In
charge 0f this district, from tho Chloi Of
Engineers ~ Washington, asking what
steamers aud bafges belonging to the
Government were In discharge that could
ItAAitl MHHfHAHlit W NhN tftff'H7 VI iANF
district, which extends from the mouth
Of white River TO Warfenton, twelve
miles below this city. The steamers
vidalia and jno. q. Fisher and some
thirty barges arc al Wilson's Point aud
In readiness u II becomes necessary 10
use them for that purpose. MIR rOpplc,
United States Assistant Engineer, goes
up by the Anchor line steamer In the
morning 10 inspect and direct the ncces.
sary repairs TO leyccs In the vicinity Of
Omega, Madison Parish, La.
The State levec nt longwoOd, In, six
miles above Lake Providence, n cavlng
fast and washing badly. The caylng has
reached tho crown Of tho ieyce This
win be,reyetted with plank, also the new
levee at Omega, which II waye.washed
for three hundred feet, viii be protected
The State leyec, between the Government
lcyee In the same vicinity, ls loo low, and
will be raised Immediately. These lcyces
are now safe, bu. Will be made secure
against an anticipated rise OF eighteen
inches, which Is expected from the iazoo
basin In the next three weeks.
TRACKS UNDER WATER.
Information yesterday from tho Gcncr
al Managers Office, IN this city, Of Nh,
Louisville, New Orleans Texas Railway
Is TO the effect that all work on the linz
Of the road from Memphis south IL sus
pended and some eleven miles OF track II
ovcrnowed. Works also suspended fron
the Yazoo River north No track ha
been laid since the twcnty'thlrd Of las
month.
ARKANSAS FARMS FLOODED,
LITTLE Rock, AK, March G.--Rcport
received from Southeast Arkansas repre-
sent sad condition Of affairs In th
counties bordering along the Arkansa
and Mississippi Rivers. Tho water ha
broken the leyccs and large tract Q
country Is inundated. In Lincoln an
Arkansas Counties the loss IL very great
The Arkansas In Arkansas County wa
four inches above the marks OF 1877, IN
highest within eighteen years. II
slowly falling. The loss from crops sti
In the neld Is small, but the loss IN hog
. cattle and mules VIII be considerable
There II an average Of one break In Ill
levee TO every five miles on the north sid
from Swan Lake to the mouth Of the ID
Bayou Meto.
ANXIETY AT HELENA.
HELENA, ARK, March 6.--The rainfs
here In the past thirty-six hours amounte
TO nearly two inches, which has asslsts
: materially the one-Inch rise In the rive
. Reports from Madison yesterday {
dlcate continuation of the RI
1 in 1t. Francis Bottoms which leav'
n no hope Of n decline here for some da,
: 70 come. This prolonged rise In the 1
\ Francis basin after nearly five feet fall
\ Cairo Is unaccouniablc, unless II be a
!, tributcd to rain, and Is another eyldcn
!. Of the mysterious workings Of tliis gre
y river at food tide. This leyees are hol
Ing still by virtue Of unremittIng labor
q tho part Of tho people. A heavy stor
a prevailed Tuesday night which Great
y something Of panic, but the Mig
y passed without disaster. The feeling
% generally better now, though mu'
a anxiety Is still manifested as TO the /
=. suit Of the present high water.