, 1869-07-24
STORMS AND FLOODS.
fn Illinois, Nan~.as and Trxns.

" 1hix frRiol, wn4 sItitd IN Monday and Mon- |
tlny Light ~ thr Ut snr hrAslcat rlLnh thpt sny.
,clmlt IN thu lhust hents1,ct,yn frrshut ryrr
lnuun In IlrnhessrN cfrck lopc Greek
sFfrAa oit eyer tnn Il. cons!E5 . n"1th w T., eas
Of hsnnhluy ~kter alsr4d, cuteflnR thn COUNTY,,
uNd &ett1hE MMh att1naE cnErrpt hDslthHaf1. MI
III II epnharnrc ~ha fnrmcd with TIC oss!now
fItm JttI1rthUll, Mlirn the Ilriist noAs OF HAtcr1
hrn1r Through the hAis, Fiisr luso ths Cowah !tpi-
low, through ~h'rh f'sruln poured Hlth tuFi.
Wr,jpct tnr = ~ uvrr two hundred feet vida nnd
funs feet t1rrp! NAy fatalities f,n the upper cfeex
were euh} }tlIctt 70 move out On Tucsany. ~ me
fa,1as nndcr l;ud EluH urc Hooded. 10 Phers'
pe!s thc corn IL cut III sight Hcll'4 !Atm u *n1.t
.iet1, In 1nn1y places, and hs wheat att covered.
General Iio.t'a fafm h hooded. The sauG y tue
Of ult TIE tar1nk NIuw-nbnc escaped. RlcIefts
Iutl ait Ills xhent IhbsuAA had 80 Acres covered
The Turns lower down The cTceH I'LL suffered more
or less. Every farmer aonE the creek nas na su!.
IN eJ,t away. The water htotai saH INCHES deep IN
the yelling leuse al Jucks Mill, On HednesdaJ,
Wien me 1go ~, Tn' f11 nj H. aa oreped pqdrc III
appeared to bt oil taie- On Wednesday morning
wurd Wns brought to town that gans were nrinY
Lt ut1 we're ut once hauled from tu~n 10 ilefentrs
10 20 to the Teecue. Whcn The citizens reached
The house they found two OF three families there,
water fifteen inches deep Ia the house, and the In
mates xn1erlng !rom hunger, as they were nos
aIle to cook anything. TheE we're relieved at
once from theli uncouaioftalle stuauon. lag
fenclug, len ala1g Henderson valley. in TIE county
alone, Ii ,artously estimated Ut from ste1.oOo 70
Tuesday n'Ehs tne cEsee ,hs meaow '-,1 re-
lteuw town, and ut daylight on wednesday inc
water Was pouring into the river al me loot ot
Flke ttreet, and al every depressIon IN the BANK
below 4 ios1rnt swept TITO the nyss, meadows
and fields teiow town .rinE oil inundated'
FIRM. Tie tunt"n ErJi'tfr. July p.
This section Of the State Eaa vis1ted ty heavy
Inj OF rain on Sa1un.ay nfternoon last 4 lcw
nleR nor,h OF us The watE 1airiE poured from the
clouds, and tho streams 10 that vtcnty rose lgher
than ever before known. Big CrrcI, running
through tie western suburbs Of this city, aud has
uc IL rise north OF ", nnur or two utter the
rsis came roaring along, and IN nftecn minutes
bEdge on tue Fairsiew rou'l "as eWept on anu
several fcLccs went down stream and few ont-
t1.,ery were DISTURBED. Joseph Kr!schkc lost
few floga, and Mr. Werner IL also reported as has-
ing lost u few. Three cows belonging to J. II:
stream. The creek tut's!deti II Q few hours A
Sas vathei on', delaying tie evening
bridges between E!;nwood and Peoria were
washed away, prere1iing trims from Ieachiog
Peoria TINT night The brtdge over co7ret1s
Creek mile or two east o Breeds station VI the
r. +. 4 ". Hail n!, WIS injured. delaying thc
Sunday morning train west at,ont ten aouts. The
1.tn DID considerable damage to crops ~ Faisyiew
and Pennington Townships. Many acres O! com
which had Wthstood tht vet season were COM
plticly drowned OIL; hy This min. In the western
part Of fll13 township We 1i5c AtaF ol sonc 00n
lce, lsaac e. JohnFons farm Was had!y wished: :
aso far1ue nt j. /. Miller, Sathanic1 Flftnu, and
otiIrr. We have had no snn SINCE Saturday, aud
we trust that the "Ltst = pas-
FitM til Ldtrrt3ift Journal, jH!J q. .
Hn'y Eu'lenr, Who returned yratsn'ay from
| tune very Interesting Items tn regard to 'he
heavy raIi,f, high wattE au destruction generals
| IN HAT portion u our STATE lie went down with
Hon. 1tIetuas Mnrphr, some two Months ago. aud
EaJB 3lat It has tAinc almost all the time during
Ills airrnce. Tic streams have been very nigh.
| md travel, to those who could not awtN almost
! IurOkstAr ut TINES. lie took stock OF goods 10
| a trading post. known down there aa Thbmp%ot-
,i,lr, SUMO seventy i've miles west OF Chetap1-
Fourth, and extended over large SCOPE Of coun,
| TT. The Nontay befnFc tue Fourth he ntarte'l
,or tnesoEa: but fund ,,n the streams yf's
10 rwtm every at,ra,n. lie WIS LrIpx,nx lis
reot,s lack with '1', I'M, , to take tttrtn across
srt., iiiis Ind quite m nascnture. iIc 70, Int,
The raut+ nl'i waE swimming hs PONY, ltailng II
ns 's .ftnlr, When thc i"ny sot loose aud swaa'
| Icing Ncll ~ IL tlIc iona OF souc VI the tfccs,
| Thu rcn5, N attempting, to Swim between the
to t1ukatc ltstl. whs IN danger Of bctng lost.
Seeing the tliu1toa af lila fasor'ie, Mr. Bulenc
| plunged into tic stream 10 EAEc the aiiinu-
| swimming 10 the trtt, he climbed It. ca1Eht the
trIc. ard. giving ealdcn putt, threw t.ie pnry
OF, u the crotch Of inc tree, when !. hsa.n out
und Nas sa'ed, nltuun:s. nearly exhausted. Billy
cot out uy uItals Of the cahut:- This wna Oh tho
I'd Of July. After crossing the tcfdigr1a he rearh.
| ri ChttGrn, inter running the gauntlet ol high
water gil around. Al the ttrcams N th3s portion
oI the state hutc fArn very high, and the loss nf
4 property !. great. Mr.: {. j. llutchlnEh. trothcl
.f .tri1, 1!utch!nEa, Es1, Of this city. has lnst
| tc.L sal hLE,irra head oT SHEEP Delaware In
uan r!r nl,out II >rass oil. attempted tn rcarh
| The tTnulhr pct tse succeeded IN crossing iitc
creek near hy In Fafes*, t''.f the rnn came down
| 70 rand mud tlrrr" tint ehr waa surrounded an
a tItics t.s LIZ wA,eI ,a saRan to c4'seE tho fiat
ground. II fobc ~ r4risily taat +ht stuoi waist
iser in Sar,: she s wv 1rscu"n y While Ias-
hUi 80 msch !n)at+", that fhr i,cl In
| m hnnr afsrrtaArn to p!arr of safety. AL
uiun9 the Irrhefl4 ttr Can, KiycT, Is tho Indians
rn IL tnr erops wh!rh w,Ir i,rlng cultivated by
thc delaware ltHllAns, hayr hr.n entirely de-
t1sr,ed, their f.necs wished nwaS, aud other
ind property washed nway 0s alt h1dts. ttHc H.
,i.n 80 r*ttn li~ in!rc acFost ,hc river
ncal ttc post mud Y ~ drowned.
! fif III fhf IAtrrHct Trt5pEf, 4!u{r IL.
The tiofm Fr1a! hight WaS ninch more than
| We anticipated il covered f1rac scope Of terrt-
,ory II sreMs Io have '"s,n ;,a far ~, 70 thc nor:n
| iar houth a. tnHwa. and probably murh farther.
Ih.nsh VI hAsr no reports tsnn t'cyond TINT
Na* yrry ,:'lls wa@'ri AL aoag the route, md
In tprnr places immediate uni extensive rrpstrn
VIII hasr to t1s made !afurr HslAesa ran be A1te-
| The -prsh II rn,irriy wahhcl away frum beneath
tue trAek n, each rnd Of the culycH: anu nnnscr.
ou* ttthtr hscaAr ha'u occurred.
brcn terribly tlDtrI.t, ut that Hrrat damage wa
!nn'citd u1t'n ihr country rcnelasty td kcsuerl
mon tnal aud NHukarusn Crtrka AAy tnat NC
ruth Fturl1s-taIHC1ally II The fIac OF urc W0EA1-
l.An lsst AEHrI hI1lcc l.SsA
LA7xN-i', pI.ass wtSicct Eo learn thnt II.
the kaI-ns Valley to u distance U! at least u,
mlts ~rtt Ut iaWrrncr. Lad how 1as east II
tmi1s sLs'lt 10 sar. 1hc "nes aEr down for Ions
Distance Gust ef ka.1saH lily, and We had 4o tclc
grurhc communication With tito Lit lau ntRht
4 tcE1'tl:r fAlu fell at iutIctioa tnE. about y
trcs., isnc.x. - s &C Thr se:u;osa;y ra!oaI nfds;
orc7 t'har.nunr Cftek was wished out nnA othc
| srtosls stln nEe wiz done 10 the soAd-how nuc!
irum thr est yrs;c.,l,v. All thr STRAINS wer
| r,s.pr rapiut. and further GaEaEc Eaa expected
| The Itsrr at Ills pont "a s"o!!tn, AID 81 ~
EoEr a5kt night vas st III rising. From all The dat
in prr rrs6esstnn We have no doubt that the siofr
nust LArc psr. a.led over NJ least so4osl niles o
Ffp,,. lI< 1yf1d EAcord. Jaye 90.
| TIE Fort Scntt Fat Of lie 18th says: tn
| food down south has bcen ruore dlsastrous 1ha
arrived @ dc scsterlay morning TON lhe Miss,on, y
| p0rls the Net,sho liver to oe almost mile vide
ana Geld atirs neld 1nunaatt.l oue farmer sost
! .Cpc rock of TWO hunIrrd sheep II Tatncl Sun
| liay and Sunday night there WAS perfect deluce
The eIrre:k. SAllat afternoon, we're solid sas.e
.! water. Tac s4E-spou'!nG, in eone pisces, yer
hrpycn down by the weight aad Inc gutteE1ns
| wafer, md weFe ovcr1oRra. The Aa!sa2to
River came out Of LIS hanks during tae nlgaL r!
! lpr nearly Ep 70 tho fouT Of the hfiISe, aud t
within lew inches Of highest high Waterman
! known TO ihe oldeAt inhuhitn1ts The occupant
| OF The shanfles 1nicr the hill were al reused U
| IN The night, the xltcr coMluH In several rec
| decp IN lhe!r houses md tho roor Africans M
to .g!r,t sad enonGh TO get away alive, aud aea,
| Ipc their household rootls 10 take care OF then
1 eelycs- in lhe faytne running through iowa u
! wntet Was nearly Thrift feet deep, running INT
I the houHes on low ground.
! The Erie iai4te4 also giseS An account Of n
rushing Of The water noouf that place Sunday
| The min fell 1or si1 hours in torrents, and q.
| paper thai the EaTtDe on the eastern botuc[ {
town, which en- DC usually Jumped Across 81 n
Place, N1s large cnoGXh 10 noas MISSISSIPPI
Steamboat In Two bo1ts after It commenced faal
Ing. Mt. Huditturg, living neaI inc mlu on Y
water cAme tn 30 Is to be 80 fect deep on "
: lower 1oot. uofses picketed On the opposils 80
o. The f1v!ne stood, lust ocforc dark belly-uecp
nc watslt and eti1l sained, 1nd 9tl ths s!feAl
!. one mile and half from Enc, hsd been avs
T. ,Eom Aonc, md was cangtt II the storn,- =
Wa u tWo-aprso wagon together With t6
{ 5oonF men, 1nembess Of the family He dnoE
! nsa s,a towaIn hts house, and, IN attempting
aIpSned' ana the Nhoe party prrciptta1ed INTO II
Cufttn3 atom Which thcJ Hucceeded Ia gayIu
1nsa,Gs rin CIV e o9l{ Y sreat e!eztion Nj. s. Beci
:, caIe from his dwelling, Wheu It vi sarted 1 ara
= furniture and M Tie took bis family to hls eti
ble. NF. AcCaz1y LOST lso hexd al slteys and osi
: CT also LOST more os Leg stock
Bzsn4s, Jul, ia-lt ~ reported her. :, ct.
Z day that Two hundred pefsons II Bastrop hid be
e / ithed n tho HaterA That, hoHeycr. b ni
c founded a citizen Of this place vas IN that t1N
! | last Thurtday; the water was then over most
. the town, but the citizens had III escaped 70 u
Tae Color4aa River ts htx3.r saau cret 6:to