The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-26

world when there is one rail ana two
cross-tics for Mrk. to run train over
Trains ON the Missouri Pacific were
an late No. l5l. due here at l:2U
Monday morning did not arrive until
3.5O IN the afternoon; 1872 due at DOB,
IN the morning. arrived after day
light and was sidctrackcd here. 1873,
due Mt 700, arrived after I o'ClOck
p. IN; l5l. going north was only a few
minutes late. All the trains are now
on the road, aud win perhaps, he on
time again to-day At dry pond the
track was under water for several
hundred feet and perhaps there are
several small Washout- mt other places,
but they are being fixed rs
rs fast aS men can do the work. Road
muster Mulholland will not do much
sleeping until ms division is put in
good shape. The only danger of II
stoppngc of the traits south of Waco
are the Little River and san Gabriel
bridges; there is some danger of them
bong washed away, rs they are both
below high water mark.
TIE EoSut'E RIVER.
This stream was ~ high rs in May,
1851. and plantations in the low laud.
are all uudcr water. The water came
up ON this side of the river and GOV
cred the beautiful wheat fields in the
valley, and il is thought the whole
crop l. ruined. The lioSquc rise. and
falls very rapidly, and it was the water
from thi- river that caused the rapid
rise yesterday morning in the
HE \IOS E1NlR.
This mighty stream commenced
rising carly in the morning. and
thousands OF pcoplcvicwcd the raging
waters from the suspension bridge
From O'Clock until afternoon the
tlNcr came mp AT the rate of one foot
~ hour. Later in the day few
inches an hour was the noticeable
rise. At & O'Clock the river WAS with
IN five feet aud eleven inches of the
great rise iu May, lSSl;Attcr that hour
the water, began to rcccdc. Thousua
amount of floating legs, etc, which
covers the face of the river. was NOT
noticeable Yesterday, but a great deal
OF sinai driit came down. Tho piers
under the Texas n -. Louis aud Mis-
souri Pacific bridges stood rs
firmly as if there had only
been -mal red rise, and up to dark
no log. or drift had caught against
them. These bridges are safe. When
the waters were coming up so rap
idly m the morning many prOphcsicd
that the rise would be higher than
last year, but they were disappointed
when the waters began to fall. If
there had been another heavy rain
last night no doubt the river would
have come up higher, but at this writ.
ING the danger is certainly over. A.
II Is, several farms are ovcrlluWed. bat
ii is back water, aud hit goes dow Il
today crops will not be seriously
damaged
NEWS FROM THE COt'NTRY.
The ENANuNtR reporter talked TO
many farmers who came in from the |
country, aud some of them seemed TO .
d. very blue ovtrthc outlook. Others. !
However, were cheerful. and said if .
Inc sun came ont for II few DAYS har
tcstlng would bc"n ana the loss
y Guild only be nominal In many
leldS wheat, barley, rye and oats were
'ioWn down, ANA the farmers said il
ooEcd n though II roller had been
an over it, ! lis was in the carly
morning. Later in the dav ii did not
ooh so bad, and was STRENGTHENING M
Up again. The heavy rains made
many bad Washout, in farms. and
orn and cotton were swept away.
lnly few farmers came into the
n.y. and It there are amy heavy losses
au-cd 10y Washouls they are vet to be
armed or Mr.. Mark Bird, who re-
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