Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-14
DISASTER IN KANSAS.


Farmers Dugour and Five OF His Chill
dren Arc Nilled-Furtber Reports from
watcr-Sonlted Districts In Various States
Farmers Greatly Discouraged.
KANSAS Crry, Mo-, May 1o.-.C. Fl.
Wilkins, a colored farmer, lived at An
thony, Kan, in a 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 wounding
Mrs. Wilkins The husband escaped
with "a broken leg and sprained back.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, May 10.-It 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 Ia inches
of rain in the last two weeks and the
an almost impossible condition and the
city is threatened with wood famine,
as farmers cannot get into town.
Dies MONIES, Ia, May lot 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
ly any blowing has been done. The only
crop that is succeeding is grass and
that is doing remarkably well. 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 unless there is
sd ,,1,n ,,x
deal of the land will remain implanted
this year.
BURLINGTON, Ia, May 10.-There is
little change for the better in the flood
situation here. The river fell about s
inches Monday and enabled the St.
Louis, Keolsuk Ss Northwestern trains
to run through from st. Louis via Keo,-
kuk as usual. The trains are all late,
however, and trainmen report that
they had to plow through .
feet of water at Alexandria, Mo.
Word from that modern Venice says the
situation is no better and not much
worse. People are still lowering about
on highlands, filed with sad forbodings
of a summer of yellow ague. 1t rained
off and on all Monday, and the pros
poets in the country are still of the
gloomiest aspect. The situation is be-
coming alarming to both farmers and
business men.
LINCOLN, Neb., May lot 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 will be great, as most of the peo-
pie are poor.
GENEsEo, ILL.,, 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 5 to 5 feet under water.
The 4,000-acre farm IL 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
to s 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.
ST.. LOUIS, May 10.-"Old Missip' is a
boomin'" here and has reached the
danger line even at this point, where
the bank rises rapidly away from the
stream. Much movable property along
the shore from the northern end of the
city to the south has whirled away and
lumber and rails from the north are
being tied down and otherwise secured
to prevent their sudden disappearance
before they can be taken apart and
placed on shore.
The greatest havoc has been created
in the ''squatter" settlement called
"Olilahoma,' half Il mile below the
Merchants bridge. Here dozens OF
house boats and cabins formerly on the
shore are either half under water Oh
floating down the river The lumber
yards along the river front are in danger
| of changing owners, while the steamer
| lines centering here find no room on the
| leyee to store their surplus freight wher
| their wharfboats overflow. No scriou;
damage has yet been reported. bu
| the river is at the danger line, 2S feet
and what another days rise may do tt
the cotton stored in some of the leve,
cellars is yet to be told.