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Show THE MISSOUKI llipEiT At a llingfrotitly In,, tge t Ktn.li ( II. ni.i.'u, Hood IVtrnl. THE WATtn moths 6,t. )NCH AN HOUH High Water anil Intnlnu, ,f yln. able Ijtn.l Ilr-pirlta rjJ neural Hun. Uf TtltaratalelbaWwa. ' fill. niamil'HIRiturj. The TTaltr Ihe llll,.. ,, u Blnee lkl IvAMlAB ClTV,Julle .l.-X,g Mil. tviiil rlvtr at thla julnt iittmaugir. ou. y high ,i.ke. Tb. ,UrU, ,!, ulghtut It haa ln line tie gnat flood of ISM, bul II Mill Ivttnvenl feet of that yeit'a recorj, NaTerllir-ln, NaTerllir-ln, much daioagu baa leeu tnm K, much more feared, at Hit cluVa nliove report a higher ilago ol wMf than here. At 0 o'clock Hill evening tte water rrglalered three foil alortli'rt water innrk and tneuly.llintfutt tovolho nandard low water muk. Tlevraler It rlalDuj iteadlly an Inch an Umt, and will prubably rlta two or Urea frit morn in lha next darnrtea. i-.tiar ....... ... .,, ,, u.i io. rail" oi I Inrlem, a hamlet Jutt aci in lb river, are tuurairgrd. About tw,Ltt.nve famllletlrft their lionua, Ukltg their houtvliold guodt, and ara caapltigou Hio high ground. All tb, fannt along the river aro iiilimirrnl and rroaro ruined. 1 he i nitttiitaient ul the lltnullol nud Ht. Joe nad ai-pruaclna ai-pruaclna the liver at right angle acroaa from thli city. Thlt embank ment haa acted aa n aort of latee nnd broleclnla vaitrxMnte frltuMtom It low It from flood. Kmie Iran ale clprreM dibit the rml.tukmnt may liotlxiablo to w IthtUud Hie rnaajre. Hhould It giro way rauih tiluabte laud will I iiibmerged, Inrlodlng the iraca ui uie Jiantaa (,'liy lUcllig at oclatloii. lu view of thla tintrgmty the liorre which hava l-ru tUblt-d there havo been removed to placra ol aafely on thli ilJe of thi river. The huh water liaa backed up the water of the Kate, which emi-tlta Into tho Mltaourl at Ihla pi tie. rbe back wnlerahatv tubnicrgnl much of the lowlandi, nnd ISO or morn tuattrra living there have Ueu obliged to abandon aban-don tin Irliomc. The water haa alao backed up lu tho tcwert lu Kun.nt city, Kaima, and run out of the inauliolie, flooillnr varloui itrla of the town, A illtpatcli from Ht. Jotcpli lj-! The river hat iIkii ttiadlly ilncn Htlurlay morning. Al nooutixjay It wat within ilxteen luchea of thn hlgliett iwlnt readied ten yeara ago. Itrtldenta cf Kieiicli lettom., licit n of thlt city, aro lu n elate of alarm, and many aro pre-pirlngtj pre-pirlngtj move. If the river tliould uvrrltow the I'rencli lottoma II la ex. Icteil a new chauuel would lu cut, leaving many farrua on lalandt land dlvcrtlnrs the main ttreim from Ihu Kantatihora two inlleawetl. If thu l'rieeut rlto inntlnnua twenty. four liuuralheitocbyarda and huudreda of hoimt InHoutliHt. Joteph wlllU In. uudated. I'lieilluttloulitrrlmit totliencklng Inti leilt at well oa to linudreil of inuill firmer! on the lowlauda. The Hurling-ton Hurling-ton track ou Hie river front uf the city hat been tlrenglhenetl by piling and rock to prevent tcrloui without!. A ul'l'atch fr mi Atrhlaon, ICaniu, ayti The Mlttouil river li now two feet higher here Uian It hat Inn thli teuton. Karmt on the Mluourl ilde w rro inbuiergid lit! night. The wheat flelila will l a total loa. The water It alao louring acmea Donlpli-.ii I'ulnt, a neck of land epjotlle Douaphan, Kaiuat. Thla neck itMl the flood of itantat. Thlt neck ttud Hie flood of 111, when the river wax iduafcel lilghtr than now. No fiarli enter, tallied Hint It will cut through thla time. Houlli of i:.t Atrhlun Hie land la falling Into the itream by the aire. lavivenwoillialao re twrlt very high wadr and tho Inundation of laucli valualu farm I mil and the detlmctlon ofcru. No damage haa been done In the city. |