Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-04-04
SEEKING IT'S OWN LEVEL
The Water at Greenville. Miss. is
Gradually ReCeeding.
The Situation Not as Serious as Was
at First Supposed.
The Health officer at Louisville Fears
Serious Epidemic.

The Health officer at Louisville Fears
a Serious Epidemic.
ST. LOUIS. April information from
what Is known as the 'Laconia circle, "
a section of the country between Helena
and Arkansas City. which is practically
surrounded by the Mississippi and
White rivers, is to the effect that the
people there are in bad condition and
suffering. Water poured over the levees
on all sides and in three hours the circle
was filled even with the surface of the
rivers and IN some places was eight feet
| deep. This occurred 50 suddenly that
the people had no time to DO any thing.
| Their houses. stock and everything
else they owned was in the
water and in some eases
swept away before they knew what had
! happened. \ steamer from Helena
| brought out $50 people and a large amount
of stock, Friday. and the steamer Tit n
| with bargeS, will bring out all the remain
ing stock and as many of the people rs de-
| sire to get away Before the steamers ar
rived many of the people took refuge in
| trees and on the tops of houses, to escape
being drowned. Many of the planters are
utterly ruined: the remainder have no seed
to plant. even should the waters subSide
IN time to put in crop. Suffering has
been and will be great Aid of all kinds
viii be necessary to carry the people
through.
HELENA, Ark, Apr. loving to
break In the leVee at Austin, Miss, Helena
has received some relief, the river falling
slightly here. The cattle saved from the
flood are having fearful time. standing
the attacks of the buffalo gnat that Swarms
IN myriads.
GREENvuLE, Miss, April 1.-The
situation has been very wet here for the
past n hours. The heavy rains of last
night and to-day made things disagree
able, in addition to the CncrOachment of
the back water in the northern portion of
the city. The water, which has not spread
much since last night, is now flowing over
the tracks of the Louisville, New Orleans
Texas railroad, thereby preventing the
water from spreading very much in town
The water from the Huntington break is
now passing back into the river, relieving
the water at our back. The EaStom break
Is, however, letting out Il great quantity
OF water which Is fast spreading over the
eastern portion of the county. and in some
places Ii Is quite deep. Today the mavOr
appointed Il committee to look after and
care for those in distress in the OveriiOwed
portions of the city. The cotton exchange
today sent a report to the Associated Press
saying the condition here is not as bad us
it would seem to be to the outside world
Should the food pass off in thirty days
a good crop can be made, which has been
the case in nearly all cases of overflow.
LOUISVILLE, April 1.-The sun came
out bright this morning and has been
shining all day The ruins dried off rap
idly and the work of repairing the damage
by the tornado has gone forward euerget
lcally. Walls are going up and roofs re-
appearing ON every hand. The clearing
of streets of wreckage was begun today.
Temporary mechanism has been construct
ol ~ which = top5heGtto the wator reser-
vOir can be supplied.
The health officer fears a great increase
of disease as IA result of the lack of water to
flush out the sewer connections in case
there should be a water famine. Out of
about eighty houses destroyed by the
tornado in Jacksonville, the owners of
four-hfths of them were poor people,
whose little homes were their whole pos
sessions.
GLASGOW, Ky, April In the lower
prrt of this and Allen counties Thursdays
tornado did immence damage. For ten
miles beyond Barren river and five miles
on this side the storm swept everything
before it, and did not leave p house or tree
standing in It's course. Seventeen lives in
all are said to have been lost in Allen
county. Dwellings, barns, timber and
fences were destroyed and the money loss
will be heavy
LITCHFIELD, Ky, April News of the
damage done in tie northwestern part of
this county and in the southern part of
Breckenridge county, by the recent tornado
has just reached here. At McDonalds eight
or ten houses were damaged and the wife
of John Jarbee was killed Two children
of John Tucker are reported killed and
several other persons more or less IN
jured.
ST. LOUIS. April Information from
tho tornado which swept over the region
of southern Illinois and Kentucky, is to
the effect that fifteen families in Bay
Bottoms, near GoIcOnda, His, were
rendered homeless and most Of the mem
bers injured. The storm literally swept
the growing wheat from the ground. Ten
dwelling were utterly wrecked and all
barns and OuthOuseS destroyed. Several
hundred head of cattle are scattered and
most of them killed In Livingstone
county, Ky, directly across the Ohio river
from GOlcOnda, one man was killed and
about a dozen injured, besides houses, etc,
being demolished.