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Show I PAY VOL. GLO PAYSOX, UTAH, SATURDAY, V. A PHIL 17, 1S)7. XO. Half hundred towns stand in six feet of water uuj the yellow stream is creeping up slowly but surely. at Ark., lli-lra- bits m-eivt- ABSOLUTELY PURE BOARD di-a- ' - lf e; 1 ; u Tasoo-MIsslRsip- pl . I. ,, 'It. lf r r r!r !J irvU .it.g. NEWSPAPER . Sa- Al I. 'M. , . . CORRESPONDENT .. NEAR GREENVILLE. at-tc- five-inc- 15,-0- 00 i. e. e rd . s i Yazoo-Misslssip- pl Flood In niniuwH. Ortonvll'e, Minn., has been completely cut off from communication with the uut-id- e world. A train cannot go 20 mill's from this city in any direction. Ixn'.'Qui Parle lake. Minnesota river, Big Stone lake and Lake Traverse form one vast sea. The lake and river are merged lute one, rising at the rate of half an inch an hour. A heavy northwot gale is driving the Ice.wblch is yet a coni pact and solid mass, out of lilg Slone lake Into the overflowed bottoms of the Minnesota river, where Owurt lenf-hitiu- g fi-e- : litiitrutMtl utl r IMs-slssi- ht Hi . " Post-Dispat- fur The floribUuf Salt Lake city will hold flower show in November next. The Flail slate iMiird of horticulture, of Ogden The lioneer Dam it a niceliug help in Suit laike last ' lias aiiked Salt Lakecompany fur a city wreck, adopted regulations for the gov- eruuient of fruit tnn iubjieetors anil j A band of gypsies who have been in owners iu t la earn and debtruetiou of week have lufiH'ieil trees. They also inveighed vailing Logun fur the past lu fever scarlet ramp. a aguiiiht the purchase of pulent reiuc-dieAn effort will be made to get the for Ilia extermination of pests when cheHir and r preparations next meeting of the National Ld aca thin wmociatiun for Salt Luke. cao lie niiidi!. and udopted formula1 Fruuk Robertson of Toole county hns for treat incut of various infectious: were udoptcil ub follows: struck Rules small body of ore nsaaying ANOKA, MINNESOT nr decayed branches $iT in gold and six ounces silver. Rule 1 W. U Webatcr of Franklin, was linrlHiring ihMvtK shall lie destroyed is still solid. Hidwi- -n tl p;o slid Fishby burn in;.; decay cil fruit shall lie re- hic'feul in the sto.nach by a horse er a loi.g '.natlc i.n the i: vat Northorii moved fiii'ii on lum!. once a week. nnd died from tlie injuries received. went u'lt S liu'uy. Ii will nip. lie a 2 Trcit i Ill: with cod dip i. T'resh'ciit Woodruff was able to week t..1ir the wal.-- b..s gt ae ihiwu rui th. tei.t cH'e p'.'lcr or any other 1 to npulr this line. TucM.'.ay'a Mchii.iii of ton ft veiiue, Inst "'tsliiill be sprayed with though show iug the effect of hia reNo. 1. fiiriiiiihu cent illness. Kallwr.y Wlnllna I Inailnff Ammf. Rule 3 -- TnvH effected with fungus A siHvl.il dhp.iLi-The school bonds issued from School from Treiiiou, Mo., says: Grand river Is h. ill coining up growth or blight shall be disinfected district No. 1, Grand county, having and the bun unis arc cmuplctt ly under hy spraying with formalin 2. been found defective, a vote on their Rule 4 Tn-einfected with any form reissue 1 called fur water, chusIiik much damage. WelApril S2iL don bridge, four miles north, was of Hiietoriul inseets, wouly aphis, Brin-Johnson, n leading colored washed uut, and cnnsiilcralilc limber red spider, etc., ahull he treated with mu ii of Halt Lake, luw organized a of the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas Oily furmulu1 No. 3. nine to play the Fort Douglas railway extension him been lust. The Rule 5 Trees Infested with scale picked base bull park Is completely sub- insect ahull be trvuled with furuaulw Browns in the near future. Mr. Winslow, manager of No. 4. A strike in the Home Rule. Tintic merged. the water works, has received a tele- j Rule H -h has ncen made, a district, I in Any roes, nursery or phone message from the power station infested with. peach yellow or vein assaying forty ounces ailver and that the water was running In through 30 per cent of leud. the walls, and that ti the lluud was any peaeh rosette, sliull be hurued. The West Union Canal company, roiiMi'i.:. higher tinnurrow the men would have Utah county, liu filed articlea of into vacate, leaving the illy wkliuiit any The formula- - uImivo referred to are corporation with the secretary of state. water supply. Six young men on horse- as follows: The capital stock ia 140, two, in $3 back attempted to cross the bottoms No. 1. 1iirln green Mix 1 pound of share. west of the town today and were swept Paris green with ati equal amount of from their snituuls. Three got safely A reward i offered for the capture flour; ailil tuniclent water to form to land; the other three floated down conviction of Joe Walker, who raand all are thick until paste, lumps stirring stream and were rescued ftum the tree mixed; dilute to 200 gallons of water; ce illy shot Sheriff Tuttle of Kmerj top. add 4 pounds of lime, sliteked ton thin co nty. Tuttle is recovering from hi wo and. paste; stir thoroughly aud strain beTil Flood Khbsh In low. fore The vacancies in the quorum of the using. A dispatch from Sioux City, Ia., caused by the death of say; Resident of the Floyd river No. 3. 8Bordeauxof mixture Finely twelve apostles, Lottoma here are again flying to higher pulverise pounds copper sulphate Abraham 11. Cannon and tli deposiground. At Merrill, Janice and Hinton, slid dissolve St In 3 gallons of hot water; tion of Moses Thatcher were not filled t the laU; session uf conference. points above Sioux City, the stream ia add to this 14 gallons of watrr. Klake out of it hank and flooding the val- 4 pound of fresh Bine into a thin J. W. Kanlb'y, n lninlicr dealer, who ley. Here the hunk is higher and a paste; stir until cool and then thor- left Salt Lake sndilculy about a year three foot rise will he necessary before oughly mix the copper sulphate solusum of money, haa the flood of a fortnight ago ean b tion' with the lime; to tlie mixture add go, owing large Be say he will adjust matreturned. rcieted. The rise still progresses, water to make 40 gallons. Strain the ter and business. however, at the rale uf two or three mixture carefully. Double the above the Inches an hour. Frink, Boy boy who was savageof tills solution may be used A huge strength and severely wounded hy attacked Hiirlington, la., telegram: ly to the foliage, aud the landslide fell from the water soukud without injury an Italian section foreman on the bluff between Burlington and Fort mixture of copper and lime In the form Southern leiflc a few day ago, hue aneffective wash Madison, covering the Burlington rail- of thin paste mukr reached Ogden on hia way eastward. trees. old of trunks for tlie road track ten feet deep with clay, Emery county haa had more snow No. 3. Kerosene emulsion Dissolve rock and trees. All traflic was stalled tlie past winter thau the oldest inhabfor several hour until a big gang of one-hapound of hard soup (do not use workers could clear thu track. There resin soap) in one gallon of hot water; itant ean remember. For three months have been a dozen hud landslides In while still hot add 3 gallon of kero-acn- until the end of March nearly two feet this vicinity the past week on account stir vhdcntly until the mixture of snow lay n;ion the ground on the of hravy rains. takes on the appearance of whipped level, a record unprecedented. Alton, III., telegram: Two feet more cream. Dilute with ten times ss much The Muminoth, in Tintic, having a of water will stop trains on the water. Skimmed milk may be used as new hoist put in. It la the intention Dluff Line, St. Louis, Chicago and SL a substitute for the soap in luuking of the eonqsmy In increase tlie output . , . I'aul, but if the weather remains clear ... of tlie. mine as warn m the machinery 1 It may not go that high. Several ex- is started and to push the abaft down of k:ro"?n ,tirrln M,ilk lullwu, tra crows of men were busy today pll- level as rapidly as is used; add to the S,5U0-foHie suine when soup weak rock hold to in the in places ing above. a possible. water the cmliankment, where the waves The lloliluway Coal company, reNo. 4, renin wash Resin, 30 pounds; threatened to warh out the track. $ soda cent!! caustic crude Incorporated, in working what cently (Ti The r river per relDubuque, la., special: ate! c twelve feet ubuve luw water pounds; fiah oil, S pound, water to U uiioM!il to lie an anthracite coal vein near Sunnyside. Surface mark, a rise of half a foul today. The make 100 gallon. coal Is marketed at $7.50 from a nine water is now within three teut of the A VUfvrr Hwlndhm and onc-liafoot vein. The quality danger line. Special telegrams from point In lo improve with depth. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 10. Iowa and Nebraska South Dakota, like Anderson, OS year of age, who Jun Kiti-- of Suit Lake is in trouble bring word of increased floods in all 111 original methods of making a liv- lived at Nniilhileld, was killed while Infallen the river. Rain has almost is one cause, uud another is ill al- removing potatoes from a pit, hy the hours over ing cessantly for scvmty-tw- o connection with an ugly bomb falling of till frozen earth upon him. leged an area of more than 00 mil In radiin his brother-in-law'- s yard, He had evidently relied upon it frozen us from Omaha, the fall being fully found wolf sculps Lu l.'tuh and condition to sustain it. He had been liought Fitcr for that time. Thin ha four Inches llicm to Montana, where be dead some time wlicn found by hie greatly increased the volume of water fchlpMil obtained $3 apiece for them, realizing, wife. Thouia the already swollen sands of acre of farm himl an; uu-d- it is said, from 82.0o(i to $.1,000 thereby H. S. Desn A Co., bankers and from four lo nix frol of running He i indicted and Montana officer brokers, of New York, who maintainwater, and nu.ny families lain; moved arc only waiting requisition paperii to ed brandies in Salt Lake and elsefrf)m humes In boats, take him back. He denies ail know- where, li leaving many pers ledge of ti e Ixi iib, but tlie of.w ra are sons pruivr. Salt Lake parlies cun-:Of the inb:;0 of orarq-1L with him It ccur.'i't inteii rdw.iit fbi.O K) of tl j JM.i'JO, ') that will I1 Mark' eil in Calio n'.i inclined to lb will hi na cl. w.is iiiinb: of gt s i ip a u : con'. allied the cun 'em is .uj p td U have pock-i-had of i.tieknof (drill, half u hi u:k iiivdcr, dynu nile laps, a pl Southern Utah should he tills year , anil some pallor of one of the best of entile and sheep To the wood. mu telle studded in the Grand Valley Timra. wood was fastened a strong coni, tlie ranges, says The great amount of snow and rain tlie of to door fastened cord being has insured frail. With cattle, sheep James linc, Fitzcrs brother-in-law- . and wool in demand and at advancing Tin-- ! expectation was that tlie string priii's it ought to indicate prosperity matches the would of tbc door Ignite (Lrf and the friction against by BrownM. John bomb. explode the ing unpacked the bomb and stated it ' would have blown up tbo entire Notary Public ncighWIiood. 1 frau-chin- j ! UTAH NEWS. OP HORTICULTURE HffubilltHW Avliipii' of Fruit Trifl blreaui, rescuing people from perilous pad! lima. The suffering along the St. wes gress calmly smoking a pipe on' Krancla River ia appalling. The waTrrlbl (offering nl Man Point, The floods of the MlMiaglppl valley the roof of a log cabin, while a stream ter throughout the entire neighboring ' and lu tributaries continues to grow of water was running through the country la from six to fifteen feet deep. of hut doors her worth of Millions of dollars apace. nearly up to the eaves The relief boat had on board the body property have been oyed and mil- of the roof. of Mra. MtMaln of Raggio City. Tbc What are you doing there, aunty V body was found at Raggio and it was lions more must be swept away before the waters recede. Hundreds of lives we halloed. taken to Mariauna tor burial, there Iae watered in, ' came the response. being no land at the former place ou have been sacrlflced and at least three - 11 Would you like us to take you in? which to give it interment. The Bt. hundred thousand people have been rendered homeless. The governors of we offered. Francis ia rising from three to five A STREET SCENE AT No, sah; Ill be skilled out terect-ly.- inches daily. Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mlsaourl, Plaintive bowlings of dogs, cackAt points below Vicksburg the river it is likely to do groat damage. Bridges Kansas, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Minnesota are receiving funds for the ling of poultry and squealing of pigs hi rising. It is the general opinion of are gone In many places and boats are keep the woods alive, and graphic cld river men bere If the levees below in demand In the vicluily of the dipnt unfortunates in distress. scenes and Incidents crowd upon the Virkshuig hold the great volume of and the rah road yards. Rain ha Secretary of War Alger has forwarded all the available tents in the de- sight at every turn. There are dead water In its regular channel it will be fulling steadily for n week, maUn? floating In the water, frag- little short of a miracle. country roads Impassable aad keeping partment to the flooded districts, but carcasses and articles of househouses of ments Gov. Mclsiuriii, of Mississippi, confarmer off tbelr field. these will be Inadequate. He has also tinues to make, diligent inquiry touchordered ths expenditure of $ 50,000 cash hold furniture of every kind. Every record since that of IS 19 has P. B. A later dispatch says that ing destitute flood sufferers. He will to relieve the sufferings of homeless been broken by the Mississippi at been swept away. perhaps be compelled to state to Sec- Anoka, Minn. citizens and their families. This is the Greenville has Fireman's grove is retary of War Alger that the amount filled with water and the Rum river first time that the war department has Riff Break at Flower Lake. of $10,000 mentioned in his telegram dam is ever felt called upon to spend cssh to expected to go out. Millions of Another disastrous break in the will be wholly Inadequate to alleviate t of logs are floating down tbs river. relieve want outside of the regular arlevee occurred Sunday mornthe want and suffering, lion. J. W. North of Anoka millions uf acres of my. ing at 8 oclock at Flower Lake, six Cutrer of Coahoma, a member of the farms are under from two to six feet levee district, states miles below Tunica, Miss. The creof water and there are grave doubts Oraenvlll, Miss Being Swept Away. vasse, while not yet of great width, is that he does not expect the waters to as to whether or not it can be seeded of Greenville, Miss., Is a fully fifteen feet deep and the water abate before May 15. River men tonight say this spring. desert of water, a scene of desolation is pouring through the opening with he a further rise be:e will there that to describe. The water la fearful velocity. impossible This will probably Mlddlesboro, Ky., Is again flooded. in nearly 200 houses and is kept out be the most destructive break that haa The water is four inches higher than in of at least six feut. of the stores In the heart of the town occurred in the delta. The most fertile the flood five weeks ago. Most of the Thu Jla Him Orurflov so timely farm lands of Mlsaihslppl, lying in Coastores in Cumberland avenue are floodonly by the protection thrown up by the citisens to stop its homa, La Flore, Quitman and Tails-- ed. Sixty-fiv- e The Jim river is creating general families have been destructive progress. Mall goes and comes in skiffs, doctors visit their patients in skiffs, social visits are made in skiffs, and skiff's are property equal almost in value to what the mule was a few days ago. The water is deepest in the extreme northern limits, where it has reached a depth seven feet. From this point It shows s gradual decline. New Town, Miss., a very thickly built district, peopled almost entirely by negroes, is under water, the depth ranging from a few Inches to live feet The Belle Air, which contains many, pretty homes and was beautiful with green lawns and blooming shrubs, is a Venice, and the only means the people have of leaving or returning to their homes is by boats, which are numerous and various The water is not as high as in 1890, hut will soon reach and pass that mark. Greenville Itself is a city of refugees of from to 20,000 souls. Relief boats from the interior are bringing in nearly every hour loads of destitute flood sufferers suddenly caught by the waters and driven from their homes. Hundreds and thousands of head of stock are being driven In from every direction. The back water from four crevices Is pouring in fearful floods every hour, and the situation is growing rapidly worse. At Helena, Miss, the river is still rising; at St. Louis, Miss, it is rising, and the Arkansas ia threatening to rise in a few days Business men are blue, but try to keep cheerful. The worst haa not yet reached the Delta, and the half of its tale of woe has not been told. As soon as the different towns and cities alLEAVING THE OLD HOME TO TAKE REFUGE IN THE HlbLS. ready submerged are reached by boat parties from Greenville and as soon hatchle Counties, In the northern part washed out Three hundred people are havoc with railroads in the valley east as the remote districts and plantaof the state are lnundnted, and the fed by the city. Boats are plying on of Yankton, S. D. The water is a foot tions can be heard from, there will be planted corn crops will be laid the principal streets. At Plneville the higher and threatens to take out newly enough to sadden the hearts of those In waste. Cumberland river Is rising three feet bridges and tracks, as the approaches far away who are now eagerly waitNo loss of life Is reported, the In- per hour. West Plneville is under wa- at both ends of the bridges are cuting for news and hoping against hope. habitants of this stricken section hav- ter. The Clinch and Powell Rivers are ting badly. Three mile and over of m track of the Great Northern, Milwauing made preparations for Just such a flooding ths entire country. kee and Northwestern railroads is now Reporter Gathering Xewa. catastrophe as exists there. The conThe correspondent dition of the poorer classes throughout On tlie ppsr Mississippi. completely disabled.thus cutting Yankwent by skiff from here to all points the flooded ares la indeed critical. The upper Mississippi continues to ton off from the outside world. Farmpossible by water In a radius of fifteen Thousands of refugees are huddled ou boom, the gauge showing eighteen feet ers In the bottoms are muving out Word was received askmiles in every direction from this city, levees and spots of land waiting for re- above low water mark. It has been with boats. says a telegram from Greenville, Mlsz. lief. The towns of Rose dale and Tun- raining constantly for twelve hours. ing for Immediate assistance, and men It was a common sight to see rabbits ica report that everything possible Is Dispatches from Aitkin, Sauk Rapids, and boats are departing for the flooded or domestic fowls floating on drift- being done for these poor people, but St. Cloud and Little Falls Indicate that district.- The water still continues to The Icc is broken at wood, deer on little Islands here and that funds and provisions arc fast be- the river is still rising rapidly and that rise at Yankton. there above the water, and the starv- coming exhausted. In the lliile city of all records are likely to he broken at Grand Forks, N. D., and trouble Is ex- Basemen's pected ftoin that source. ing creatures do not now fear the ap- Rcscdaie alone 1.2M re fasces are being St. Paul within the next forty-eight.urs. The levee at James street, that In Third street stores are clnared of proach of man. In one Instance a ne- - cared for hy the citizens. ':ty, broke at 3 o'clock Sunday after- all goods. Above Grand Forks the l:c noon, sending the water all over that ;art of the city with a rush. The flood encroached into the frelghthouse of the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul road. The Diamond Jo passenger station is lu danger of floating away, and a force of meu are busy tying it to the bank. Several of the manufacturing concerns ou the west side have been obliged to shut down because water put their Arcs out. The relief societies of BL Taul are busy extending succor to the suffering. The number of people who have been forced to lea re their homes ia about 1,200. The water east of Slate street has become so deep that several houses have floated from their foundations. Logs to the value of about $60,000 floated down the river Sunday. One-thi- Latest V. & Gov't Report. Way. tell of a break in the luee two miles south of Helena, Ark. This la the levee fur which tbs people of Southeastern Arkansas have made such a desperale flubt. The waters from thin ln ak flood a great area and back up into the streets of Helena. The relief steamer Ora Lee haa arrived at Marianna. Ark., having made an expedition up the St. Frauds River. There weie on board 1G0 refugee and 200 head of cattle. The steamer went up the St. Francis River as far as Cut Off, and then worked her way down AilvliCa Highest of nil in Leavening rowers li,ii 11 stn-am- er j cai-b'a- s ri d. c hanil-pujN-r- sand-pape- ! S. wlmmer Tlie West Union Cunul company, Utah county, lias filed articles of incorporation with tlie secretary of state. The capital stock la $10,000, iu $5 shares. i ; The stale of Utah lina loaned $10,000 to the Iicur Iliver Laud ami Slock com-- ! pany of Rich county. The money Is from the University land fund, and the bain wus made by the state laiard of land commissioners. The loan runs for ten years sad draws i BREAK IN T11E LEVEE NEAR MEUI'1113. r, ' 7 per ceut It in-- j is payable secured by first mortgage on the ex-- I tensive real rstate possession of the company iu Rich county. teresl, ifflce In Bank J. H. - - Parson City EVANS DENTIST. Over Dougltts hardware store Every hlng pertaining to hlgti art dentistry lladly decayed treth made serviceable lor life bv tne adjustment of Gold Aluminum or Porcelain Cruwr. ni:sT sets uf T:tii At price within reach of all. |