Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-12
THE STORM-KING.
His Power Felt in Various Por-
tons of the Country.
The Great Morganza Levee in Louisiana
Breaks-Sad Disaster In kansas-Farm-
IN Illinois and Iowa Are
Discouraged.
A LEyEE GIVES WAY.

NEW ORLEANS. May l0.--Ts is learned
from Capt. de Lahoussaye, who passed
there Monday afternoon, that the great
Morganza levee in Pointe Coupee par
ish-the biggest levee in Louisiana
broke during the rainstorm, in conse-
quence of the great pressure of the
swollen river against it. The levee is
25 feet high, from GO to 1850 feet
wide and mile ong. 1t is one
of the most important levees
along the lower Mississippi
and parted at point where break
will cause the greatest possible amount
of damage, since it will let the water
down on Pointe Coupee, Iberville, West
Baton Rouge, Assumption, Ascension,
La Fourche, iberia, ST. Mary and st.
Martin parishes, and may ilood all the
country between it and the gulf.
This levee broke in 1854 and caused
$40, 600 600 Of damage, cutting down the
sugar crop of the state materially. 1t
was partially broken in 1890, but
enough of it was held then to reduce
the amount of damage. The United
States government assisted in re build-
ing il both times.
At midnight the crevasse was 400
depth, was rushing through with APP
palling force.
FIVE CHILDREN KILLED.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May l0.-C. II.
Wilkins, colored farmer, lived at An
thony, Kan, in dugout, together with
his wife and five children. The heavy
rain of the last few days loosened the
earth so that it caved in, killing all five
of the children and fatally woundlng
Mrs. wilkins. The husband escaped
with broken leg and sprained back.
FARMS UNDER WATER.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la. May lot has
been raining here almost continuously
for the last thirty-six hours. Farmers,
who were already far behind with their
work, are almost discouraged, There
has been not less than IL or II inches
Of rain in the last two weeks and the
ground is soaking The roads are in
an almost impossible condition and the
city is threatened with wood famine,
as farmers cannot get into town.
No CORN PLANTED.
DIES MONIES, Ia. May 10. lit has been
raining in central Iowa since Sunday
afternoon. A large amount of water
has fallen and the farming prospects
are correspondingly gloomy. Not an
acre of corn has been planted and hard
~ any blowing has been done. The only
crop that is succeeding is grass and
that is doing remarkably we'll Wheat
and oats, what little were planted be-
gin to look yellow on all the lower
lands. Reports all agree that farmers
are losing courage and urless there is
sudden change in the weather great
deal of the land viii remain implanted
this year
HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
LINCOLN, Neb. May 10 1T has been
raining for thirty-six hours and the
bottoms are flooded Between 200 and
800 families have been driven out OF
their homes. The suffering and desola-
ton win be great, as most of the peo-
pie are poor.
CORN LANDS RUINED.
GENEsEo, H., May lot has rained
here for many hours and farmers are
greatly discouraged The most valu-
able corn lands along Rock and Green
rivers are from to 3 feet under water
The 4.000-acre farm II miles east of
here, owned by Samuel w. Allerton, of
Chicago, is all under water. Eighty
five acres Of corn on this farm are from
10 feet under water No corn can
be raised on the river bottoms this year
and thousands Of acres Of fine hay lands
have been ruined. Farmers on these
bottoms are in worse luck than they
have been in twenty years.