, 1890-05-01
GREAT DESTRUCTION.
The Texas and Mississippi
Valley Floods.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
A Very Disastrous Tornado in
Arkansas, and O Cloud Burst
in Indiana

ST. louIs. April Additional ad.
vices from Texas show that the great
tain-stOrm which has prevailed during
tho week has covered nearly all the
northern and western sections ot the
state, reaching out rs far US Big Springs,
on the Texas x Pacific, and almost into
thc panhandle IN the northwest. Near
~ "a foot Of water has fallen since last
Monday, and all the rivers aud streams
are at flood heights and the country l.
pructicallv inundated Five frcirht,
and ,,no ,,,.s,,,,,,,,r rain orc loiI mn n,
-, ''3,' ,'"'' t..,,,
'o'o'a a'u on hctouhV u, M",,o"''' ~
part ol Abilene Is Hooded, anu Tue 'IteN
running through the town has risen over
twenty feet, and the people living in tho
low bottoms have been rescued with
difficulty.
Trinity river has risen wcnty-scyon
feet, and is flooding large sections Oi
country. The Brazos river has also
oycruowed and is doing great damage.
An tb.. r,,Ig H, tho norlh.rr n,rts of
.,,N,, -. -, -. a., -,
.'' ''"'' n''e su"'rcu i'O'i, w
ing OUT OF tracks, cu'Ner's' ptl"ses' en-
bAnkments, etc. IL Will taEu several
days to repair the damages. The rain
has been the heaviest ever known in
Northern and Western Texas.
warm tNv.ntNn mn. sTurprs
-. -, ~, nj.
N"" .NN9' ann ~
democrats Morgan Guy spee'al say 81
The water in the Atchatalaya river Is
now nearly two feet above It's usual
IeveI and il has h.gun IN inyad. tho
s,,oo,s In ,a,.no., hair,, ,un inches
'''V'' !" '"t "os'' po'"s W.
aooVo tho marx ol YESTERDAY. lhc het'
Grants Mr itmorihs lhelr fuous 10
'vvs u' s1'tly int uoou WI vl'N" u
tSvat tSa s utVm Ite peup,u ,,''nS ,.,r,i,rn uu
A aren't many ui then Will DC compcllcd
to leave their homes to the mercy oi the
water, sacrificing their crops and prop
urty, and ia some cases their cattle.
\ GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
WFsr MELVILLE, La, April 20. Every.
thing looks gloomy. There is now from
one to six feet of water in our town lin
It's. and not a sign OF land anywhere oV-
cept u small strip of lcVce in front THE
water is now withip two inches ot tire
top OF the levee, ana no more material Is
obtainunle, the earth hcreabouts being
ToN,r'u -oi' WIN ,nr. Wat'r; T., ~ n"s , '9G sin
river and a. berL Wnter ar1 ii.i',, no Wv
tnssor ,ryr r~ Tur txrsp,,p
u,.r,. p,r,, ArriI og II NJ For.
rusou arrived here to-uipht from uorr
PolnIc Coupce parish. lie substnn-
t,ated the rumor oi loss OF lie iu the
back country, and states that family
ot five negroes named Watson were
swept out oi existence. Ferguson came
In skIh and saw the body OF an I'm
knoMn nero mum .'y'.ihN M 81. swamp
a,,' ,%'''i'r ,h, s,ari, ~, s ,osriin ,h ,'
tcrior.
THE WATER FALLING.
VtcEsnuRG, Miss, April 2G.-The Mis-
sissippi Valley railroad reports the water
falling OF stationary along It's line from
here TO Boguc Rawavp. Ii has 200
wards of track washed out below Carey.
sryry NpaRors prnysrn
rh, y,,,, ,,,iiI ,,,i ,,i,, ,,l,,,.,.. ~, ,,,,,i.
'"' 80" '.''i' N''' N'" ''Ou'' VI "'''
Lawrence situated nearly hoillhE FORK
sharkcy county, were burned last night.
liny or more negroes having taken
rriuE' 'hete ltotu tle ho"ua, seven We're
I,oH,,fS ,ho ~ "''''"P''"s !" '''"pe iV'''
T,,, c,,,,ss, ,.,,r,,yo
No.. 10 ~ 60 y" '-, oo ,r,
hN'"t oN"N, ,"'i NPi" he
water ol the rINer Is oniN ABOUT loot
below the crown OF tho lcyec here, which
is twUnty.siN feet high. The break in
the Morganya creypsse is now 500 G,ot