Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-02-26

The mail carrier of the Tongue river
route arriving at four o'clock brought
the welcome intelligence that the lat
Of the ice Was within two or three
miles Of the city, aud ut five o'clock
the river WAS running clear although
still bank full. But having discharged
itself Of all the Ice, the danger WAS
past.
TINE MIGHTY NELIow>To>E
which on SUNDAY afternoon CAV. pro-
mise Of inactivity till March, was un-
able to- Withstand the immense volume
Of water poured upon It's icy b',-om by
Tongue river. aud about eleven o'clock
yesterday morning hr"k. il. icy tond-
and Joined in the wild tumult. From
AN eye witness at old town II was
learned that at 2o'clork it Was bank
full but running freely and a. it,
course il much -traighter than the
Tongue there Is little doubt hut that
il will pursue it, way {" the sea "a
molested, joining hand with odd
Missouri at bufor,i. aud mayhar aid
ing the latter in asserting i'll tradit-
ional mortgage. ou all lands from fluff
trihuti.n Tongue river il CONCERNED
she is welcome to il. aud authorized Ia
make any u.sof il she thinks proper.
J Tongue river has used "a. well this
year. aud far be 1t from III :" -.lti~hly
deny her any pleasure. on her trip L"
the -eal,Dard.
IN,IprNl>.
Probably the most attractive Ini:,i
was the Northern Pacific bridg. acr's-
Tongue rive whicl, WA thronged with
sight seeing visitors all night aud day.
There the force IT water aud ice ~
they rushed along were M.t appreci-
ated and the scene held the crowd
spell hound. The .urging Of the
water and the struggling for -upre-
macy Of each mass Of ice were truly
grand and a. they crashed against the
piers Of the. bridge. which 10 their
force almost implied destruction. were
there ground Ia atoms and went float
ing down to form AN Insignificant Ior'
ton of the foe. The Ice breaker
} aboy. the bridge came In for its share
} Of the labor and did good service
Many visitors t. the bridge went there
thinking that strong and massive as II
!. il must sucrunb to the maddeninp
wnters. hut 1t stood inyulnerable.
} IL must he said that u more severe
! test could not have been applied and
J due credit should he given it, con.
strurtor.
! The flying. for il did fairly hy. 81
, the red, bu; not gaudily, painted boa'
9 Of the government, yesterday morn.
= ing at y O'Clock, used ~ ferr, across
E Tongue river. was "R- feature of the
2 ficod ON the river and drew forth
, uuite an army of scouts VIII" followed
: ON the trail of IL. Their steeds. how
! ever, were not equal Ia the task ant
{ the chase was given up. Ere Thu
!. reache. the public the boat will Proba
bly, bring up against some pier a
other obstacle along the banks of th'
b Missouri.
e The scene around the Inter-t EeaI
i hotel was one of amusement an,
e regret as the second rise came yr>ter
= day morRing. The water had entirel.
n surrounded the building and lacke,
n but an inch or so Of fioaling the iirs
~ floor. The proprietor was summons
a to the rear of the house by the -queal
@ ing and grunting Of his herd q
It swine which he subse,luentlylanded 81
4. Mount Ararat Of ashes where the.
d remained contentsd. The hotel Wa
d thronged with visitors and occupie
I. an important place in the pan"rams
Ia Huge cakes Of ice fioated up To tl'
J. porch and were left there as III
" water receded, temporary reminders {
,e the flood. The hotels l"ss was bt
(. trifiing. consisting Of n small quat
n tity Of charcoal.
n The lumber yard of T. J. Bryan wi
D. swept proniscuously around aud keI
70 all the available boats busy tracin
h. the whereabouts Of the floating lun
Der. which spread over quite mn are
Of water. The loss. II any, will :
=, small.
" The scene ON the south side Of II
r. railroad presented the view Of nm IN
Is menss lake dotted here and there wit
d cottages and stnmps peeping up as
It To see II the rest u the cay was NJ We
Ie supplied with water The brewer
n buildings formed islands In that lal