The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-03-19

WATER SPOUT.
CArRo. H.. March ia water spout at
UlIin, III. submerged the tracks Of the Illi-
nois Central Railroad TO a depth of about
five feet No trains have come in on that
road since yesterday af ernoon. The rain
fall at Dpngola was also very heavy. The
Ohio River continues to rise here. The
gauge marks A. 5 -, rise Of three-tenths
since Yesterday. Weather is cloudy and
warm. The river is falling at PAlacah, and
it is thought II there is no more rain the
river will not g over hf,y feet here
At vioksburg the stage of the river is
A. 40 feet. II has risen 40 of foo, in
the past twenty f1uT hours. 1t will proba-
oily rise to 40 feet.
There has been an extensive break in the
main levee at Alsatia, thirty nine miles
above Yicksburg, on the west bank of the
river
The Arkansas, at Little Rock, has risen
six and half feet in the past twenty four
hours.
The present prospects are that the stage Of
the river from Cairo to Yicksburg snl bslow
will be one of the highest known.
wArER PLAYS havoc,
MEMPHIS, Tgxx.. March II The destruc-
ton TO property at Black Il ,ck will be heavy.
The water is six feet deep in the hotels and
business places.
Orders to remove all the cars from the
Mountain yards at Newport h Ave been given,
No trains have reached there since Tuesday
night.
special from Little Il 'ck says the news
from the interior towns. is that all streams
are high aud that q large number OF bridges
have been washed away, M trains have
reached there from Fort Smith since Mon
day, and all the roads traii is badly delay
ed
The Arkansas river Is rising rapidly at
Pine Bluff, and there is danger of the Gov
ernment dykes being destroyed The siiua-
ton between that p ,int aud the Mississippi
nyer is said to be alarming.
TIE SITUATION At cNIRo.
CAIRO. ILL-. Mlrch l3.-rhe river fell one
tenth Of foot last night AMI is nov 4s feet
and eight-tenth-. TIE olio is falling fast at
Shawneetown, and it is thought now that
the rise reported above there will not cause
much, ifany further rise, here The first
train for the past two days arrivei via the
Illinois Central this morning the track at
Ullin having been repaired. No trains ar
rived to-day on the Mobile and Ohio or on
the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago AMI St
Louis from the North. or on the Iron Noun
tain and s. Louis and ST. L ,uis. Arkansas
and Little Rock from the South The wealth
er is cloudy, and the situation is much more
encouraging here.
IL THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. VALLEY.
ST. Louis, March Is Rims still continue
in many parts of the lower Mississippi Val
ley, and ali the streams, particularly those
flowing from the west and north, are rising
rapidly and pouring their Fl )ois into the
big river The Arkansas and tributaries are
at food height and doing much damage To
farm aud railroad property
The Arkansas river rose over 20 feet at
the mouth fthe Mulberry, Tuesday, aud
railroad bridge crossing the latter stream
was carried away. The Iron Mountain Rail-
road north of Little r ,ck and the cotton belt
north OF Pine Bluff have suffered severely
fror washoqts and lost brids and trains
are temporarily abandoned. The White
river has risen 81 feet qt Bltesyille aud near
ly the entire valley Of that river is inundat
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