The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-05
BY TELEG
TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER.
Associated Press Report. by Western
Union Line, Office Northwest cor.
of Main and 18th SITS.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Situation Along the Lower Mis-
sissippi.

The Situation Along the Lower Mis-
sissippi.
MEMPHIS, August 4.-The latest re-
ports from the river below here state that
II plantation of nine hundred acres at
Fort Peny, opposite Friar's Point, is sub
merged A crevasse WAS made at Desoto
Front, twenty seven miles below here, on
the Mississippi side, but the planters are
endeavorng 10 stop it, The planters are
all at work strengthening the levCe {
The water is pouring through the old
town crcvhsse. The stencil from the sub
merged cornticlds is said to be terrible
owing to the corn souring.
The river at this point is rising slowly,
having risen foot and half since the
last report and is now within II inches
of the danger line, which covers the
country westward to Madison, Arkansas
distance 40 miles. This feeling this
evening among those Interested, is more
hopeful, IN consequence of the decline ut
st. Louis, but reports from the Ohio river
cause gloomy torebodings.
4 ATrcmendous and Disastrous Storm.
OMAHA, August I.-This morning be-
tween , and 4 o'clock most disastrous
storm of wind, hail and rain accompanied
by remarkable thunder and lightning,
passed over this city doing immense
damage to street foliage and the stand
ing crops. Thousands of paneS of glass
are shattered, plate glass iye.eighths Of
an inch thich was shivered to atoms.
The hail stones were of large size and
weighed pound and half. The storm
was confined principally to the Missouri
river valley from Sioux City, Iowa to
Brownsville, Nebraska, where it passed
in southcasterly direction.
Case off, j. Kinds.
WASHINGTON, b. g., August ITO
day W. \. Cooke and Charles Pelham,
II, counsel Tor jerome J. Hinds, who was
some months ago tried and acquitted on
charges In connection with the alleged
Texas mail contract frauds, filed bill in
the equity side of the the Supreme Court
Of the District to restrain the payment
of certain monies on account of
carrying the mails to John Altman and
Brother. He reiterates that he has no
interest in said contract and was illegally
dcharrcd from executing it. The respon-
dents are the Postmaster General, the
Sixth Auditor and Altman and Brother.
Judge Humphreys made "A preliminary
restraining order rcturnablc September
10Th, next.
90 "siitutional Convention Carried.
MONTGOMERY, August i.-lsrturnS are
coming in slowly but enough is known
to render it reasonably certain that the
constitutional Convention is called by
ten thousand majority. Datus +. Coon,
who issued an address to the people
iavoring Congressman Whites force bill,
received but seven votes in his own city
out of >, 100 polIrd, | 500 Of which were
Republican. Many leading Republicans
supported the call, and ,cvcra Rcpubi-
can counties have given majoritics tor
the Couvehtion.
The Convention has carried the State
by $4,000 majoaity.
The Brainard Disastcr-ThcOry ~ TO
its Cansc.
ST. PAUL, August "A committee of
railroad experts, consisting of +. K.
Deland, c. a. F. Morris, j. 5. Sewall
and j. W. Bishop, all civil engineers
and railroad and bridge builders after
an examination of the wreck of the
Northern Pacific Railroad bridge ut
Brainard, have cometo an entirely differ.
cnt conclusion from that of the Coroner's
jury, which, after hearing the evidence of
several parties familiar with the bridge,
severely condemn the company.
The committee say we ird nothing IN
the appearance of the debris of the
wrecked span to justify us in attributing
the wreck to detection or improper mate
r>als or workmanship or design in the
original construction, to want OF proper
attention and repairs since it WIS built,
and We find the east truss yet IN place
and in good and safe condition. This
truss..was constructed at the same time
as the other was, and we are informed
that it has received the same care and at
tention from the officers of the road. If
we may Judge Of the condition of the
other truss by our examination of this
one, they could not have been broken by
the weight of any ordinary tram. While
we find ourselves unable to definitely de-
scribe the manner of the
wreck, we are unanimously
of the opinion that it was caused by
some accident to one of the fiat cars
loaded with rails, crossing the bridge at
the time, by which Il part of the car or
rail became entangled in the truck, there
by dispacing some OF the timber>, near
ly, or Immediately over the west chan
mel pier.
National Educational Association
MINEAPoLIs, MINI, August 1.-The
second days session o.thc National Ed
ucational Association, to-day, was attend
ed by nearly one thousand persons
After the formal opening of the scs-
sion, DR.. Tappan, Of Ohio, read an essay,
Families Past and Present" by Profes-
sor Fillmore, Of the Kiausenburg
University, Austria y paper
upon Castcin Education, prepared !
by Professor A. p. Marble, of /
Massachusetts was also read by Professor /
Kessel. of Chicsgo. Miss Grace
c. Bibb, of The st. Louis Normal School, /
was then introduced, ard for an hour she /
held the audience spelbound by the essay /,