The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-11
1AE SOUTHERN FLOODS.

49,. Situntlon N the Great Tensa< Easin
Drcisicdly Dubious - a Contingency
which. Under Exl~sing Conditions, u
Likely 90 he Experienced a 1''mr~e 40
Anair~ Along the Mississippi water
Evcrywhcrc and the I-cvce~ Melting
Away.
NicNsnvno. Miss. April 3. The situa-
ton hctwecn Memphis and the mouths %
the Red River to-day Is just this; On tho
Arkansas and Louisiana side are six
cresasscs- Sappngton. Arkansas City.
4 Columbia. l.aconia. Luna. Ark. and
\ Raleigh. Ia. Tho water below Arkan-
\ sas CITY 10 Luna flows haci. 70 the head
waters OF Bayou Macon and Bocun river.
I but il divides on the point % the Macon
4 hills. in Louisiana. near the Arkansas
! line. and part flowed down In the rear
\ Of East Carroll and Madison parishes 10
the Icnsas river until few years ago.
4 when the lcvec system was made COM
\ p.ctc.
The breaks at all these points over
flow all plantations in q direct line be-
tween the river front where the break
occurs and the basin TO the rear. but be-
tween these breaks there are many
places yet dry. SO the d amage Is not
universal nor is the food general.
Back Of Raleigh. La, the condition
is the same. save that tie now is in
creased by additions from the upper
breaks, and that the flood spreads over
the rear Of Madison Parish. now being
in part Of one town eighteen miles
west Of -Tallulah. Here il again
collects. and is carried down the Tcnsas
basin by the network OF streams. but II
the whole basin fills the river and
bayou fronts will remain dry
The worst effects are still days. pc
haps weeks of. or until the great has
is thoroughly filled II this flood pass
ing down the Tcnsas basin meets high
stage Of water at the mouth OF Red
River the whole volume will back up.
and then. indeed. will the real damage
be done on that side. The people have
had long experience in floods. and don't
mind IL rs much as sensational reports
would infer In Tcnsas and Concordia
parishes. even with the water creeping
down. the people are planting crops as
usual. On the Mississippi side there
are now four breaks Austin. the latest.
and Huntington. ohutts and Skipwith.
The break at Austin at once filled M
Beaver Dam lake. lying between ii and
the Louisville. New Orleans & Nash.
Vile railroad. four miles cast, and tho
lake has poured against the road-bcd,
but as this is basin or swamp. crossed
by long trcstlc. the water does not in
jurc the road. but goes through 70 the
Tallahatchic basin, at the head Of the
Tallahatchic river.
II will take fifteen days for the basin
to be full enough to make the river get
out OF its banks. so there Is no immc
diate damage to be feared. as this dis
trict is sparsely settled.
Along the Mississippi.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. April s.-Thc lcves
at Millcrs Bend Is expected to break al
, any moment. At Grecnville the watel
is rising in the town and is up to thu
doors Of the Bank Of Greenville
1t rained all day yesterday and tn
river Is still rising. When the breal
occurred in the protection lcvee thu
negroes in the lower part Of town be
+ came demoralized, but were all taken :.
/ places OF safety. without the loss OF /
single life. About 200 were housed il
1 the courthouse.
Some idea OF the food can be formed
) from the fact that large steamboats, cal
. navigate the overflow up to the town o
/ Concordia. Miss. which is four mile
from the river bank. Terrenc. Miss. i
50 completely submerged that only tn
I chimneys are visible.
4 Near Hcnricc.a colorcd Baptist Churcl
1 hoated away while services Were II
progress. but the worshipers all 90
away in skifIs the same way they went
a without loss Of life. Relief has reached
all the sufferers. who are in reach iron
4 the river, by this time. but to reach al
!. those hack Of the river is impossible
except in skiiYs. and their condition an
: the loss OF life and stock will probabl
!. not be ascertained till the waters sui
side.
\ The river here Is $500 and stationary
!. Heavy local rains fell yesterday. but !
Is clearing this morning. The Ioui.
!. Vile. New Orleans ~ Texas. an
!. Georgia Pacific railroad bridges owe
Bayon Phalia were washed away Las
night and the mail and tclcgrap
! service IS interfcrcd with.
= At Easton. Miss. the break in tn
\ levee. severe al first. i now trcmendou.
4 and large volume OF water is pourin
7 in on the lower lands.
At Friars Point. Miss. the river
! falling. and has already gone dow
: thrcc-fourths Of an inch. The lcyce
/" are intact but are being closet
i watched.
\, At Arkansas City. Ark. the river
N falling: thought to he from breaks /
other side. 1t has been raining for tw
days. No such floods ever recalled
Trains on the Valley road stop at Tillal
: nineteen miles away. Mail and EXPIRE.
= matter Is sent over in boats.
Laconia. Ark. is completely Owe
y flowed. Only one house is not IN III
water
I A telegram from A.cola to vicksbur,
y Miss. for fifty tents for flood suffered
2 could not be filed.
4 At Clayton, Miss. the Louisville
Y New Orleans a. Texas road was washe