The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-15
a SOUTHERN STORM.


MENms- Tenn. April Serious
damage 70 property and delay 10 rail-
wsy trains has been caused hy thc nm
prccc~ientesi. " heavy rain storms in Mis-
sis.ippi during the past few days.
AZ Duck Hill. Miss. the rain has been
the heaviest ever known. 1sI< inches Of
water having fallcp daring the past
two days Much damage tocrops Is ~
portcsi.
Carrollton Il isolated from the sur
rDunding country The Big sandy
river. which runs through the town. Is
higher than for ten years An iron
bridge. costing SIS. 200. has been swept
away cutting on communication with
The outside world except BY racans Of
IontS
The Peiuska creek bridge on the
Georgia Pacific near Carrollton. Is gone.
as also are those nj McSairy and Big
sandy. Near Big sandy 200 yards Of
truck is under WAGER,
The los ~ carrollton and vicinity
from the destruction 81 bridges alone il
estimated at $4,000. Reports from tbs.
Rig Sandy washout. sixty miles from
Grrcnvilir. say the hrcak has widrne,l
during the night 10 nearly halfa mileand
Is still spreading No mail has been
carricsl over the Georgia Pacific for two
days AT Greenwood no trains have
entered the town over the Georgia Pa
cific Tor two days
The Illinois Central track near Yazoo
City Is covered with water 10 the depth
Of several inches
4 special from Columbus. Miss. savS-
''One ~ the heaviest rains in years fell
here Yesterday ard last night. The
Tomhighce l. On big boon IL Is two
feet higher than was ever known he
fore and i still rising az the rate Of SIX
inches an hour. The river rose very
rapidly and scverh negroes were
dross ned before they could be rescued
The city has been sending out relief
brats all day. and hundreds have been
hrouyht here who otherwise would
haFe been drowned. 4 negro woman.
her child and negro man have been
drowned at the wharf here by the up-
setting Of slsiff- The hundreds Of
destitute il the city are being fed and
shriterrl by the authorities Business
Is entirely suspended
a special from Grenada says: after
weeks Tain the streams hereabouts
arr bank-full- The Yallobusha river is
higher than ever before Numbers Of
families have been compelled To leave
their homeS- Southville. little village
one mile from Grenada is almost sub
merged. Fifty bales Of cotton arc
lodged against the Illinois Central track.
The rack just across the river from
Grenada gave way this morning. ard
now the break i BOG feet wide and rap
idly widening. Fifty car loads Of
bananas are sidetracked here waiting
Tor the water 10 fall
Another washout between here and
SGinonn leaves Grenada entirely cut or.
No mails can reach or leave the town.
The water reached its maximum
height to-day about noon and j. now
falling slowly. The farming interests
in this section are badly damaged
reports from other places in the
stale RIM much in the same manner. as
the great rainfall has been general 50 /
far mo ioss Of life has been reported. al /
lhongh in some localities few head If y
stock have been lost BY drowning"
Great Havoc IN North Georgia and Ala \
hama.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. April S--The /
river has risen over twenty feet in the \
last forty-eir 1T hours. aad Is still rising 4
six inches an hour. The rain has 4
wrought great havoc in north Georgia
and Alabama The water Is in Broad I
street the principal thoroughfarc Of \
Rome Ga. and . public meeting there
yesterday took steps in the matter Of 4
some protection. The country between !
Alabama City and Alfalfa. Ala is in
and in the last-named town
The Frseman house i surrounded
rv<nsy Dwellings Demolished and Tity
Persons Injured
LITTLE Rock. Ark. April s.--A
cyclone struck the northwestern por-
ton Of Faulkner county Tuesday night.
The storm swept the county for miles
The house Of John Hale. near Quitman. i
WIS blown to pieces and the chimney
fell upon and crushed Hale to death
Twenty dwellings were demolished and
over nifty persons were IN ured, some Of
whom will probably die.
4 Wlnd storm Cresses usvoe IN the viein-
fsy Of Alliance. q.
ALLIANCE o.. April s.--A wind storm
passed few miles south Of this city.
yesterday. and did considerable dam
agc- Several dwellings were entirely
demolished. valuable harms were nm
rooted. whole orchards Of fine fruit were
destroyed and fences blown DOWN The
storm lasted but few minutes. but
that sufiiced 20 do immense damage.
A Long~hor~ mems strike to b. Ordered In
Chicago.
CHICAGO. April sit is practically
srttls~i that general strike Of long
0orcrnen will b. ordered AZ a mass
meeting u b. held in Scamens hall to-
night An attempt has been made to
cut Last years scale ~ twenty-five cents
IN hour to twenty cents.and the menarc
unanimous in their determination 10 re-
xist : reduction. From 900 70 500 men
will be affected They have the sup
port Of the marine trades and the gen
er-sl council az ths. American Fr<i - rat;nu