Show The Floors NEOSHO FALLS Kans July 3The I river las risen steadily for the past I I twentyfour hoursand is still rising It now flows in a steady current through the main street All of theeast part of the city is underwater In the bottoms crops are all gone and most of the stock drowned So far as known no lives are lost although many families have been driven to the second story of their dwellings and the floors of business houses on Main street are covered from one to five inches The wter is about twenty inches in Main street front of the ppstofflcev All d elhrsm he northeast north-east quarter of the citv moved out during the night fhe firing of guns an i ringing bells have been heard up the river and fears are entertained for the safety of some families All boats are out rescuing them but tbe rise was so sudden that nearly all boats escaped on the morning ofthe 2d |