The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-06
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THE FLOODS.
Great Destruotion Of Crops
along the Ohio and Low
er Mississippi Rivers.
The Ohio 54 feet above low
water, and rising.
Damage by Hail in Wash
80 ington Co.. Neb.
Terrible Explosion OF a
Steam Thresher.
A Republican Thief escapes
from Jail
Other Items of Interest.

CINCINNATI, July 5.-The Gazette's
special from Bluffton, Ind, says the ru-
NOR of the breaking of q large reservoir
at Celina, Ohio, is confirmed BY heavy
rise Of the Wabash river. The railroad
bridge is still standing. John Thomas, a
farmer living two miles east of this place,
had twenty. five acres of wheat washed
away and carried down the river. While
in boat with his son to save parts of his
fence the boat capsized, throwing both oc-
cupants into the water. Mr.. Thomas was
drowned, but his son succeeded in making
way to some willows. where he hung on
the limbs for three hours, when he was
rescued. The body of Mr.. Thomas has
not yet been recovered,
Dan Gilbert sailed way up the river in a
boat last night. This morning the boat
came back without Gilbert, who must have
been drowned.
The river at 10 AN was 81 feet and ris-
ing one inch per hour.
Wheat, it is believed, is hopelessly lost.
The remaining crop is partially damaged
The acreage lost was much larger than
last year, and the return yield will be fifty
per cent less than last year. Corn in the
river bottom is total loss. That planted
on high ground suffered severely from be-
ing broken down. The acreage was much
larger than last year and the prospects be-
fore the food were favorable for an unusu-
ally large crop, 1t is now believed that
the crop will come up to last years yield.
The cat crop, has suffered more severely
than either wheat or corn, being beaten
fat and so badly damaged that it will be
impossible to harvest it. The per cent.
saved will be very small. Barley suffered
severely from the cold weather and but
little was growing Of this grain. The
quantity saved in condition for mailing
will be comparatively insignificant. Hay
promises a partial crop, but of inferior
quality, should unfavorable weather follow
Much had been left out uncut and was rem
dered worthless by the rain.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 5.-There was a
heavy rain storm this morning. Reports
from above state that the plantations or
Islands Nos. 10 and IS are being submerged
and at New Madrid the overflow is running
through the sunken lands to st. Franci.
valley. The water here is rising steadily
and slowly encroaehing on the exposed plan
tatiens below. The crevasse at DeSots
front has been repaired. The planters be
tween here and Helena are working hare
to protect their lands.
i A private dispatch from Pine Bluff
Ark. says the river rose six inches thi,
morning and is within four feet of higl
water.
A telegram from Little Rock report
another rise with 25 feet on the guage
Signal service tables show that 25 feet Of
that guage floods the lower Arkansas val
ley.
| Between this point and Osceola the lam
is chiefly planted with corn, which is great
;; ly damaged or totally lost, and fully one
fifth Of the cotton crop is destroyed. Tn
water is steadily increasing.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. 5.-The rive
j which has flooded the country for som
| days past, is now subsiding, and nearly a
"" trains are running on time. An estimat
& of the losses can scarcely be made unit
. the water subsidies and reveals the flu
damage to the crops. The loss 10 thi
e (Sangamon) county will not fall short {
y 81, 100000. Great damage has been dor
' to bridges and other property. The dan
e age done by the foods in Central Illino
e is estimated at 81, 100000 or $4,000, ,0O(
l. INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 5.-No very reli;
BILE estimate Of the aggregate loss I
e wheat, corn and other crops in the sta
can be made at present. In some section
f. the estimated damage is so per cent,
= others much greater per centage, and
y many localities the entire crop is destroye
!, FROM the most reliable information tt
!, !. loss in the central and southern portion
- the state will aggregate so to 60 per c,l
e of the entire crops. In the lowlant
along the Wabash river 1t has been EST
,r mated that 200, 700 acres of corn ha,
a been entirely destroyed by the foo
le which at SIS per acre would aggrega
d. 81, 100000
,ret CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Aug. 5.-On
c, third of crop is considered liberal est
n mate now, provided we. have favorab
We weather hereafter.
is MUNcIE, Ind. Aug Sin Delawa
= county many thousand acres of wheat a
swept away and the corn destroyed on d
bottoms of the Wabash and White river
Wheat in stack is covered with sprou
six inches long, but it will be better than
n first thought, Oats is totally lost al
nearly all the hay and fax. Corn "
makea crop. Other grain will yield abo
one third.
GEW ALnaNAf Au0sS mug ~ 10 IL
!, possible to give even a general estimate
NJ present, from the fact of the Ohio riv
rising here at the rate of an inch an hol
= and oyerHowing all the bottom lands bell
n the city since morning. The loss to t
~ farmers in that section will be total OF
} The loss on wheat in total; oats, tot
4 corn on the highlands no estimate, as raj
may ruin the prospects, Potatoes g
rotting in the ground. If 1t continr
7 clear there will be small portion of t
II crop saved,
= CAIRO, Ill, Aug. 5.-To correct an
= roneous impression which seems to prev
= abroad as to the danger Of this city fr
= linundation. tits only necessary to say q
D the levees are considered safe at the hil
est high water mark, and the rives is 5
six feet below. No uneasiness is felt be
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Aug. 5.-The
train from the east since Saturday arri'
eS. last night. The Logansport and TIE
,re- Haute cannot run through trains for
81! !. weeks yet. Trains will probably
ms through to Dauyille by Monday, The