Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-03-18

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Lse~~- steamer " sra~~t oa Heavy is-~-
81 live >ss~k an the N.iir-ss. s-, o.s
s~h~srxss.
NEwrHis. Tenn. March tA-The
Mississippi river - - nigat higher
than resssrslsd ~ the weather hur~aa
since IL cs.ablishzn-n, h~rc - year
axo The rs~r to-day ws~ ah.,ut sis
snch<-. Nun-roas small diks> cr priv
ate levc~s arvaasl towns AMI plsat.r
ti1ns have given way unstsr the prs
sure frnn the trvm~nioas volsm~ "
water. but M r~p-srts of any br~sks in
govern mat isv~~s have h<~n revived
Arm-.i m-n r.tr.si ,Asm tA~ entire dis-
iane~. however. prepared to give warn
tE< hy the asr % th,-ir suas N ease 10
. br~sk
Tn. sssaner hias City was warned
b. several shots from the>- quarts .
few mii~~ h-low IA. city to-day. he
caasr she sPprs<h-si t,-c near the .u-
bankmsntS IL was fearvsi the wash
frvn her wcald ~ over the top of tn.
lsvc~ an.i. >oft-ainx IL make the way
easy FOE a crevaS>e. The river AZ this
tending inland On the Arkansas nd.
About two miles
There was "a, ics~s Of life or live stock
| in the low-lying Arkansas di>tric, opp-c-
site. owing - the fact that the over
fiDw II 81 yearly occurrence. The in
hahitants. accustomed t. moving out
at this ~saSnn every spring. had their
effects In Shsps,. sad when the water
began - ri>-r came asross the river to
tine city. where they will r-main until
the fios-i subsidies
On IN. islands in the river below
here. however. the people were not ~
fortunate. The riss was ~ sudden and
the height ~ far above all previous
oyeriiows that the residents were total
" unPrcpar.rd- Al Presidents island
nearly all the live stock wAs destroyed,
but the inhabitants managed Ia r,,aeh
the Tennessee shore in safety. Al Hen
and Chickens island the loss % live
sis'rk il equally great. and the few pso-
pie engaged in farming there were
brought, to Memphis by passing boat.
Two boats were sent to thess islands
yesterday Ia gather up all the live
stock which had es.cap-sd the food and
returned 10 this city las. night.
The big Neeley plantation. ~ish,
miles below this city i a vast expsnsc
Of water and the cabins occupied by
the negroes arr washed away. The It
Francis basin Is one grcs, lake and all
previous ticn.is witnessed by the r,Si-
tents of this SECTION have been out
done
The railroads are feeling the effects
Il the big overflow, and tonight the
Iron Mountain ruad j. the only one
which can eume into the city with any
iegrce ot safety 20 it, trains. The
Little Rock 4 Memphis managed t. get
it, morning train in. but no attempt has
been made 10 scnd out trains to-day.
The Kansas City. Fort scott 4
Memphis. which has not been touched
by the high water for several years.
was compelled last night to use the
iron Mountain tracks 1t turned its
trains over to that rad at Nettleton,
Ark. and in that way reache, Mem
phi> IL suffered serious washuut
near Gilmore, and >uPt- sullivan sent
a large force Ia. make repairs. The
approach to the big bridge aeross the
Mississippi owned by this road il
nearly a mile in lcngtn- Ever since
the bridge was opened six years ago
the trestle has been frIncd up by fil-
ing. but owing To the enormity of the |
work IL has no, yet been completed.
The water i tonight within few
inches Of the top of this filed work and |
some fear is Expressed that it will wash |
it away where the pressure is greatest.
The Iron Mountain tracks arr still u
few inches above water, but IL the rise
continues. it. ton. will be compelled to
abandon traffic.
The Iazoo division Of the Illinois
Central i also menseed by high wa
ter. and in some places in upper Mis-
,isippi the water Is rapidly nearing the
tracks IL rained here nearly all of
yesterday. bu, to-day has been clear
and much colder and frvexe is pre-
iicted-