Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-05
The Rivers Continue TO SWeI-The
Ohio, Mississippi, Arkansas and
their Tributaries Booming.
Immense Destruction Of Property in The
Sates Of Indiana, Ohio ard MIS-
sOUri-What JEFF. ThORp-
son Locks for.
Railroads b irg Repaired and TTalEs
Beginning TO Run on Time
What the Papers have 70
Say Of the Prospect,

Say Of the Prospect.
THE FIRST TRAIN.
EVANSVILLE, IND August 1.-THE
! Evansville and Columbus railroad sent
/ the first through train since Sstur-
/ day, north to-day. Ii will only reach
| TsrTe Haute,
THE ARKANSAS RIVER.
LITTLE Rock, August 4.-The river
| continues to rise, tweuty-one feet by the
/ gauge. Another rise is reported above
here. Cloudy and rainy.
FIRST FAIR DAY.
LOUISVILLE, August TO. day is tie
/ first fair day IN this vicinity for six
/ weeks. Great damsge has been done
( to the crops all through the State by
/ continuous rains.
SNOW AT NASHVILLE ON MONDAY.
! Courier-JouTnal.l
NASHVILLE, August 1.-The weather
! here is Un8CCOultsby COld-unprece-
/ dented. There was q small snowfall at
/ two O'Clock this morning. 1t has been
| dTizzling during the day.
FLOODS COMING.
WASHINGTON, August f-phe signal
| service bureau reports The Ohio risen four
! feet at PittsbuTg and Louisville, and five
/ feet at Cincinnati, where it has reached
! the danger line. The MOpOngaheia has
/ risen rapidly at MOrgaHtOwn aud New
! Geneva but is now falling. The Mis-
| sissippi has rjgen nine inches at st.
| Louis aud one foot ct Cairo, where it is
( three and one-h2lf feet above the dam
ger line.
TEN MILLIONS LOST.
CINCINNATI, August 4 The GGzette'S
| TerTe Haute special reports the Wabash
river as steadily falling, The railways
are again tIausferriI g passengers and
/ mails. They can get through tO-mOr-
/ row. At Seymour, the Ohio and Mis-
/ sissippi bridge is gone, and there are
| several WashOuts besides. This city Sp-
| pesred to be the center OF the storm, ex-
! teudipg about one hundred miles in each
| direction. The total damage to rail-
roads, crops and private property in this
| congressional district Is estimated at
/ ten million dollars.
WHAT NEW ORLEANS EXPECTS.
New ORLEANS, August 2.-Indica-
| tiUns tonight point to the partial over
| flow of the lower Mississippi valley.
| General Thompson, chief state engineer,
! dOes not anticipate much damage until
| the water reaches hight of forty feet as
Nicksburg, when he says there viii be
considerable damage along the bByous.
! With the volume OF water now coming
| down it is probable that it exceeds the
/ hight mentioned by several feet, The
| lovees, he says, are all il good condition,
much better than during the food last
| April.
/ TERRIFIC STORM IN NEBRASKA.
/ OMAHA, August 4-This morning,
| between three and four o'clock, most
/ terrible stOlm Of wind, nail and rain,
. accompanied by remarkable thunder
| ana lightning, passed over the city, do
| ing immense damage to the streets, fOli-
! age and crops standing. Thousands of
| psnes Of glass were shattered; ate glass
Hye-eighths OF an inch thick shivered TO
! atoms. The hail was OF q large size,
/ weighing one pound and 3 half. The
storm was confined principally to the
/ Missouri river valley, from Sioux City,
| Iowa, to Brownsville, Nebraska, where
! it passed in a sOutheasterly direction.
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.
CHICAGO, August "A Tribune spe-
| ciaI from Mscomb, Illinois, says most
/ disastrous tornado, accompanied by
! heavy rain, visited that town and the
country surrounding at half-past five
/ o'clock this evening, passing from north
west to southeast. IL destroyed and up
| rooted trees in its course; carried away
sidewalks, barns and small buildings;
! unrOOfed the large Methodist church and
carried away the steeple and the west
| ha'f Of that structure. Fisher Bros
foundry had the roof carried fifty yards.
| 4 two story brick block, just completed
and owned by David Scott, was nearly
destroyed. The total loss is from fifteen
to twenty thousand dollars.
THE sANGAMON RIVER.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, August I'm
mense damage has been done by the de-
! lUgs in this immediate vicinity, even
greater than was supposed. The Sanga-
mon river is higher than it has been for
many years, and still rising rapidly. 1t
now covers all the bottom laDds, and is
from three to five miles wide. Thou
sands of acres Of corn, which escaped
former floods and promised good yield,
have been submerged, many fields being
! covered with water the depth OF eight
D L
and hay have been swept away, and
| come Losses have been sustained by the
/ drowning Of live stock. Nearly all the
| crops on the lOwisuds are almost, II not
quite, totally destroyed.
CINCINNATI INUNDATED.
CINCINNATI, August THE water
/ from the river is invading the cellars on
Broadway, Sycamore, Main, Walnut
/ snd Vine streets, the depth varying
/ from few inches 60 four or five feet.
/ Nearly all the cellars on the streets
mentioned. up as far as Second street,
are ii0Gded-.he water reaching them
] through the sewers. The greatest dam
/ age i reported CT Vine street, where
/ the water was not expected. In Mill
/ creek valley the food hsa taken
/ away q portion Of the ill Of the Dayton
| Snort Line railroad, but trains are still
running regularly. At the lower pOr-
/ ton Of siYth street and near tho mouth
/ Of Mill creek, a number OF houses have
from two to four feet 6i water in the
first floors. The water is also flowing
into the bed OF Old White Water canal,
B bow occupied by the Indianapolis, Gin
. cinneG and Lafayette railroad track,
and their Plum, street depot has several
inches Of water or the first floor. The
/ river at six O'Clock, had ffty-two feet
and a half wafer in the channel and was
still rising. Ii Is thought the highest
/ point will be reached tomorrow.
THE MISSOURI AND AERAAIEO RIVERS.
, WASHINGTON, Mo, August 2.-The
. Missouri river is higher here tonight
than has been known since 1874. There
/ are thousands OF acrez Of corn under
water between here and st. Louis, on
the line Of the Atlantic and Pacific rail-
road. The MeTaneG river is out Of its
banks also Mr.. 4. LankeGlper, Of this
city, who owned an island Of 0na thou
sand scTes one mile below Washington,
had six hundred acres y it in promising
en-. Tonight only the ts.ssals Of corn
in tho highest places on the island can
be seen. abe occupants Of two Of MS
houses bsd TO move Oat to-day. The
inmense fields OF bottom lands immedi-
areIy north Of this city are all under
water. and people and stores are moving