, 1869-07-02
sTORMS.
RnTugcs Mt Various Points.
From tbs Puntid- Stnt1t1sL


resided In Fontlac for thirty years that SO Eeverc
rain and 50 disastrous 1ood has been known
When daylight broke Saturday morning, al the
flonEhs and low places WeIe fu11, and ~ actaa1
ueasnsrnens the taia had fallen 1ron ten 10 NJ
town. which had never been known 10 Ill up with
Tafcr 70 as 70 1un out OF the stoyeptpe hole, bad
dqt Ss =; Ta 81 foosJ rsssz spon the
tails OF saiu came dorm, increasing the Prospect
and low placea had become 50 high that rsilruaa
IaSs1 vas eonadefcd sd aa1ggooa and ~ freight
night e1pre<s did not rrarh here until o'c,oek p
n. On Saturday the uyer MRS flsiu9 rapidly, and
r1sd On the eoath stdc os The brtdge. Dr1!ng lie
night the river rose to IN unprecedented height,
and In the morning The sight was most terrifying.
Of a lew on the hill, Wna surrounded By wafer, and
In BONE nelr the river the water nearly reached
o ia oT 1oe nos az 81 .n aS
northwest Of the new school house On this side Of
the nyer, werr surrounded By watef, many Of them
The north slough running from the Dafr farm at
tae east across the Town and a1ons the p4st1
o I'd e hsa erca u
considered exempt heretofore now paid tribute to
Interrupted sheet Of water TO the timber, where
boats might haTe Piled The distance.
The damage to fences, gardens and crops must
neEe eSeEy bridge Was swept OF the slough. YIt
along the rlrer tne damage YES most severe. We
Shi a not lsa.n ast any weEs s
houses, fences, sheds, dc, were snept away IN
great numbe1A
al Tic Ls taLir laud tu the extrrine limits Of the
town, the fair grounds, the cemetery, and extend
ed @ Up considerable distance on to Aots Collins
All day SUNDAY bouts werc IN rcquIsitIou, helr-
tug inost out Of their houses who WeEa IN danger
sn 81 es Is
b1ea were circulating around to nnd dry ground
As1hc bridge, Street Commissioner Fci7y was at
Wheeler, Pusllttm and Others, succeeded after an
almost superhnnlan effort. In saving the bridge
NJ The railroad bridge, a larEe number OF laboTers
Ia i:as through, AMI warning ID noodwood tnat
Nj: L :. ken,s cattle s6eda were inundated
md We learn that several Of hts hogs were
It is Impossible get to ascertain With any degree
OF certainty what tho damage has hccn, but nc
hore that o. the Wutcr rectxts 1ateh Of tho prop
eIts which now seems to be ruined OK lost viii be
eayed.
Tha most serious and sadde1t part Of our sum-
Der nood, Ia the death OF our es;tmable citizen,
nc Nas seen at woEk appafenily enaeavurins %
sase hts fence, and asked one of bis ht'e children
70 go TO the house and get ch1tn for hts use
told him 10 tell his father TO come nwa5 from
ta+rr, for she feared he was ID danger: The child
running GU: % curry bis mothers message In time
10 see his father sinking tn the river, gare the
alarm. bot before help could be Got he was past
recovery. An hour passed before his bostY was
recovered and whca found It Was near the place
where he fell.
WISCONSIN,
From Ire SA<tougdH County Herald.
The long cold vet weather OF the last few weeks
eliminated In The heas lest frcshet ever knoFn In
this county, On saturuay and Sunday last, raising
the river nearly one foot higher than IN 1s64, and
1of:r considerable damage to bridges, mills, fences
a.a kiu.aA44 elulA We have not ret learned the
full particulars ID different parts Of the county, as
II has made the reals SO bud In u2ny places as to
ID bTeaftns is boom and a1ioTisS aious ': s.s5 u
feet Of logs to escape, Is considerable hnl and
Will be great expense to the owner "a get them
b: sawed. The water forced n channei a the bank
Al the east end Of Fray i Koblnson's dam at tue
Rock mills, also at both ends Of the 1owe7 t::-:-
completely undermining the Old si :i.ti E4ii.-
Cole. =,
1SpIAHA.
From Tie South Eend {1yi.t.r, JnlJ1.
TIE recent raIDs surpassed In duration any thing
memory OF that mythical individual; "the Oldest
inhabiiant," and The damage done ID different
higher than Il has becu for two yeara, and Within
four inches Of the point reached hy the spring
freshct Of 1851 Tha mills md factories, with ons
- T." ~" y u:.e-was.. thc hIga water
Iota tie wagon md tas Sso.a hsssa
orer the Baubaugo were carried away. In
Eucoln Township. Dr. C.. n Richmond
informs us shst the irssnes WAS the eseatest ever
It ii estih,bted, sorue twenty inches the laTei
Almost all the bridges whereabouts ara destroyea
Railroad As rendered for lime imr4s4ah1c on
account OF thcuood. The nuI-dau At North Lib
Tow nsar aud sevsfG otnsrs IN ddsreni Il pas1s 1s oi
the county. In Give Township. we learn that
many cf the wheat and coru-relas we're overflow
heals Of tho wheas. OF course the danase done
cannot ut present be estimated, hut 1t I'LL reach
many thousands Of dollatA
MICHIGAN. :
.CoTrtspaneenee ct the pshph fest.
JACKSON, June 35.
This city has been visited d1nag the
ren Eto1rns remembered BY the "oEdsst tnhzbitalt"
The cellars Or most OF the business niocEs are we'll
,sa ~a nv wa1eI eaqe eaS M %sfs
cellars. Tle JaekAoa Lansing ! sagtnaw Raj. s
= =, ny IT, - ,s2 saqnos Enn ~
in several places, and ethat two bridges arc gone
but nothing can be ascertatned a, The coDpany's
once regarding the matter.
River Valley Isailtod, stared cut this morning at
daylight to zee Whist couditivn tn-.r track was H.
lie sent hack fron onoldasa for sone men, say
Ing that the track WAS wished little. Nothing
KALAaAzoo, June 81
have placed the railroads III hazardous cnnu-
ttpn. The :ra!n going east on the Central ran on
" nsek % satnsday afternoon ,ust vest o. tas
eral places the trock has Since g1Ten way, and the
trans haye been delayed
3-:e 5,--z= E,;l.i Is higher at ihis plaee taan |,
YES ever kcown to be nj this eeasou Of the yes-,
cr - any tinar for eleven years AT O'Clock SAT.
'''-:-et, = s'"E, while the clouds were gathering
rE - go lisa tl,lnl, the darkness was equal
e :tat ol u1ght, gas was turned On full head IN
Gca.tc1 Of aa houl, Whue the sun WAS hsgS shove
r.
-....... A1B1oS, June e.
l:-e-l.i-. L. -: vicinity for the length Of llcls
continuance and the y1ss nnuunE OF Ha.er tnat
has tallcn- have wrought soue zlsghs pamases., 4
and pals thts morning TO re,teee them Of toetz
eaHf az q Nj. s. :. rvina em6anfmeats, 5uiIt 70
he m' pond, gave wy Isl night, and 10. i s!n,
night, IN the l.dst Of ineessans nsn, TO
d1e Michigan Central Railroad also sust1iued
some damage from the rain. At 9. potn1 about
shFss-f0a11ns 1 .. ma.e Msss 10 81 k tss aspos.
bound esst, was thrown t1om the u.e1 u cnnse-
quence Of its weakened condition No one WAS
Wsaf spot safely. and the psnenseGs sercHnns-
Ie1red 10 It. ant were not dsiaytd q great while,
From ths Eohnozoa Ttaa11ph
a11noet constantly. day and night So great las |
bssn the fall aI water thst the Ka.a&nazoo River J
hxs ratsed nett1F tp1he bEtdEc On Main sstnef and
water came down .1o1a the hills near the asJlum,
surpassed anythtng that even Ae '.oldes: tnhaat-
tani has any recollection o. 4 patton Of The |
two niles above the raalro.d depot, was washed |
Awny, and the eastern expires, on Saturday After
seugerB we're slightly injured, ald the trains from
10th cast and west delayed ser &rA hours.