Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-25

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yssrs many vood working facsosts: and
torn Up every wooden psvsmsns claim.
ing that tks snns hsd been she ceose o.
great deal a ssckne~k especially dur.
ing the cholers and yellow tsvsr
spileuicn
Fort Pleksring Tennessee. Star Ledge.
Mia. and Psess's Ledge. ARK. are
located below and IN sight a Asnpnlss
Ne hope 70 oo@piste ths loves Ms
sissippi river trip from Nsnphis TO New
Orleans. thence into the gulf ss some
future day.
One Who he's never dsscendsd the
Ohio or Nississsppi rivers can gam clear
and adsqusfe idcas a it, grandeur. and
the amount u water the latter carries
into the ocean.
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The rivers wers very Aigh On our trip
down. and somewhat excsting- steam
ers could run anywhere out Of their
usual channel; they would run cut-ons
whenever they could 80 IN open pas
sagc between the islands and through
the woods foe the purpnse of shortening
distances. they would run where the
plantations ought to be. load and un-
load freights Ga some Temporary scat
folds built into the water. or into little
boats which would tic 10 the steamer,
because the regular ievces were out OF
tlghf.
On our return trip the water had
fallen some eighteen or twenty feet aud
the boat had 10 be very careful AZ 10
where IL navigated The New South
attempted 20 run over the banks at
hales Point to unload two barrels u
potatoes taken on at Memphis The
distance was 100 and freight 10 cents
barrel. total 81 90 The boat rested on the
top Of the Ievee while the water was fas;
lowering. They worked for nearly four
hours and she broke her starboard
wheel. Taking the bseakage. use OF coal
and time the loss sustained was about
800. as informed BY the clerk. Boats
are obliged To run anywhere To take on
passengers and freight in high water.
We passed over many, miles where
everything was deluged and people had
moved into the highlands At tunes we
would pass a place where there seemed
10 rise above the level Of the water lit
tie island AZ IL were. upon which stood
a little house. The family was numer
Gus. the cattle. horses mules. chickens.
pigs. cats and dogs were all associated:
Just ground enough for them TO stand
on and ia danger Ut being swept away at
any moment We saw cattle driven
sximing with men or women rowing
after them in boats In some cases the
houses were entirely under water. in
other cases partly %. With boards raised
above the floor high enough TO admit of
their remaining. The whole country
seemed like succession Of rivers. lakes.
bays and islands. and the sight was one
long 10 be remembered.
Miles OF River Bank.
The state Of Pennsylvania has eighty
miles Of Ohio river bank. forty on the
north. from Pittsburg to Glasgo, the
state line between Pennsylvania and
Ohio. and forty miles on the south. from
I Pif.sburg To- Georgetown, the state line
between Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia-
From the Pennsylvania and Ohio
state line along the north bank OF the
| Ohio river. a little southwest, to the
great Miami river. and about twenty
miles below Cincinnati. following the
| river bends from line to line. gives the
state OF Ohio river bank OF about $50
miles. From the state line OF Pennsyl-
vania aud West Virginia. following the
bend of the river along the south shore
/ 10 the Big Sandy river. which is the
line between West Virginia and Ken
lucky. gives Virginia about 30 miles OF
Ohio river shore. From the great. or
| Big Miami. the state line between Ohio
and Indiana along the north bank to
the Wabash river. which IL the state
/ line north aud south between Indiana
and Illinois, gives Indiana about 4l0
miles 81 Ohio river bank that il follow
ing the river channel. From the Wa
bash the line OF Indiana and Illinois
following channel Of Ohio river To
/ Cairo. gives Illinois about 40 miles Of
1 Ohio river north shore bank. from the
junction II the Ohio and Mississippi the
state II Illinois has the east shore of the
MississipEs river bank up to the state
! line II Wisconsin,, which distance we
have given IN previous Mississippi
river letter. We will now return To the
south shore II the Ohio river. commenc-
ing az the line Of Virginia and Kentucky
al the Big Sandy river. following the
channel down To the mouth u the Ten
nessce river. or Paducah. the state line
/ % Tennessee and Kentucky. Kentucky
has a south Ohio river hank ~ about 90
l miles Then from Paducah 10 Cairo,
Tennessee. has an Ohio river bank Of
about fifty miles- From this point down
II bounds the Mississippi on the east
aud then joins the state % Mississippi.
which touches the gulf 81 Mexico be.
tween the states Of Alabama and T>ousi.
ana Missouri lies on the weet side ~
the Mississippi river and joins Arkan
sas near Nc~ Madrid. Arkansas joins
louisiana. which bounds the gulf 81
Nexico.
Length OF Rivera
Below We give the length ~ the main
rivers II the world az furnished us by
the officials IL the New south Length
of the Amazon. 3tpo miles. the Nile 900
miles. the Missouri. TO tie junction with
the Mississippi. 900. the Mississippi.
proper. $50. the Missouri. from its head
90 the SEA. sioa forming the longest IN
the world: the Lena. ao miles. Niger. or
Tohils. 2sS0 miles: the Ole. 2..sU miles,
the Nssieira. 20s0 miles
the Nolgs 1000 miles. the Danube gro.
the Rhine so miles. the Thames 81
miles. the -. Lawrence 100 miles. the
Arkansas Loo niles. the Rio Grande
i.suo miles. the San Francisco lra
miles. the Columbia l.oo miles. Ne.
hrssks - miles. the Red river 30
miles. the Colorado IN California lioc
miles. the yellow Stone loo miles. the
ohfo loo niles. the Kansas go miles.
the tennessee 80 mics. the Cumber
land sss miles. the Red River ~ the
North go msl-s. the Alabama 60 miles
the Ss-saehsns 90 miles the Potomac
go mlie~. the James 90 miles. the Con