Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-03
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NEW ORLEANS, Aurll Ia Greeuville.
Miss, speotal says: The situation mas been
very wot here for tho past "a hours. The
h'aFy rains OF lAst night and nll OF to-day
nave made things very daagrseahle IN
addition 10 the encfOArhmpnt at the hapk
water in the northern portion Of the city,
InN wnitr hns not spread much since last
night. In the centre Of the town Ia high
rdIe, which was formAF!y the bank of
Rtltlesnaks bayou, Thls ridge runs east
ami west for II distance, when II takes n
snnth'ehslefly course, untl the bayou up-
pStc- hhd makes good dlRin for the water
2 the eastern part Of ths town. II ls now
ll1wing over the tracks OF the Louisville,
Ns~ Orleans Texas railway, thereby pre-.
venting the water from spreading very
'nueh ~ inc town, auI II is quite doubtful
whether 4 will rlse any more ia tho already
Inundated district, az at one place above
~ town Il is higher 90 the inside than the
lsVee, aud the water Is running over the
leY5s Into tho river.
AZ MiilaI's Bend and at the Offutt break.
ne water from thu Huntington break nus
Risen above the food level below and IL
now passing back into the river through
the Ofutt broak, Thereby relieving ina
waters At the hack considerably. Tina Ra..
toii break Is, however, letting ont great
4 ithtlly OF water, which is fast spreading
over inc western portion OF the county and
~ some places ID quite deep,
ny condition here Is not ns bad as Il
Weuld seem to be- to the outside world,
Shouii the Hood pass of 10 80 DAYS "A pooii
coop can ue made which has been the case
Ia learlY an years OF overflow.
=, owing to the breag OF the levee at Austin.
MISE, Helena, ArG., has received gpme "a
~, Owing 10 The present rain the river
WI not ihll much here snon as the rl.e
rom Cairo will reach us before The Effects
y me ram cease, The stock that has been
'hVsi from the n1ndg are having RaHTfuI
'ilnh6 standing the attacks of hs buir tlo
Shhte lhai swarm In myrais. The rapDrt
tuht mo lcvass ahour Helena mad hnen
swept away 70 untrue.
~ LaeoniH Circle. between Helene. Ark
M htkauras City, the aOod Is Wtdasnregd
w ulshsFoas. The waters ross so ruDidly
Llu Ern'IAiy alter the lgvBe broke tnat
ptoplt uiw to ths lufts Of soma OF tho Inv,
houses, and when these ctresned NAV
coa q only escape by kn1nking hole4 I'm ina
rngts' several pappla ware blown into the
wafer ANA swan 10 tTe4s, where thev ra.
mAipe1 al Of last Thureday night.
oA ttiily men went over tho whole
~ y sNlHt hli transferred people from
trea' ana rOlta 70 the gin-hOuee4. which n 4
sensrail7 large ami slD4tnntiat n'ittnps
A. thess houses are now packed win
peop'e, ZUO pslsoh5 being Ia some Of than
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counsel ior u. Frank Cregson OF Consho-
n,2eErh' Ia has placed on record In Nor.
,r.s,, - ~ lower o. attorney TO Cresson
laultihR cashier Of the praderl, ms Ma.
lloaal Bank OF uonshohockan. nus tnstrn,
bsr h, 1881. ~ D'oetn-
Michael NJ. Coleman, cabin passenpey
On ~, ne steamer Normandie, which arrival
~ NEW YORK IRON France Oh NJ ,nday. WIS
arrested yesterday bg customs ofliesrs f6r
nmuggiilg. Concealed IN Ma h,,tt iot
were found costly gold Wafchs4 ana Xxx
Del sttnpted aronnd his waist were "A O0o