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Show IXaiu Floods in New Orleans. New Orleans, September 20. It has been raining here almost incessantly since Friday. Fri-day. The rainfall to-day, from 9 o'clock to j 1 o'clock to-night, as reported by the Signal ! Service, was 1.63-100 inches. About noon the 1 rainfall was very heavy, many streets and i sidewalks were overflowed, and the west end of Clairbone street is still under water. At ! this hour, 11 p. ni., rain is falling in torrents. ' Telegrams'from Yazoo, Oucheta, Red and j Mississippi' river valleys, report excessive rains and much damage to the cotton crop, : rtearding maturity and preventing picking. The rice crop throughout Louisiana has been I more or less damaged by rain, which retards ' harvesting. - it |