Arizona weekly miner., 1875-08-13
BY TELEGRAPH.
Special to the Miner by D. 8. Military and " D. Lines
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 Omaha, August 4.-This forenoon terri
 ble storm of rain passed over this city doin
 immense damage. Plate glass, s-inch thick
 was shivered to atoms. Some hail stone
 weighed pound and half The storm va
 confined principally to Missouri River valle,
 from Sioux City to Brownsville, Nebraska.
 New York, August 5.-Brookiyn has talk
 en the lead in celebrating the centennial o Daniel O'Connell's birth. An address wa
 delivered by Richard O'Gorman last nigh
 to 2 large and enthusiastic audience, and tn, ! stirring events in the life of the great agita
 tor were vividly portrayed.
 St. Louis, August 3.--Returns from tht Cherokee election indicate that Colonel Ros.
 now holding the office of principal chief o
 that nation, has been defeated by Rev. Chas
 Thompson. Thompson has been very popu
 lar with the Cherokees.
 New York, August 5.-The Herald de. nounces the proposition for new trial in the BeecherT Hilton case. It advises Tilton's friends to keep him out of the courtroom.
 Terra Haute, Ind, August 6.-River is slowly rising. The Express this morning es- inmates the loss of crops and other property in fourteen counties tributary to this city vt not less than twelve millions of dollars Pro- found Encouragement
 Indianapolis, August 5.-No very reliable estimate of aggregate wheat, corn and other crops in this State can be made now. Some sections put the damage at 50 per cent, oth- CTS much higher. In many places the entire crop is destroyed. Most reliable information shows the loss in the central and southern parts of the State aggregates from 50 to 60 per cent. In low lands, on the Wabash riv- CT, it has been put at S5OO,OOO. Corn has been wholly destroyed by floods which at Sl5 per acre would amount to S3,OOO,OOO.
 Lafayette, Ind, Aug 5.-Loss to the crops in this county will amount to S5OO,OO0; in Carroll, Warren and Fountain Counties s25OOOO.
 Chicago, August GA St. Louis special says the railroads centering there have all made good headway in repairing breaks oc- ,asioned by the late rains, and some have established through connections. It will be several days before things will be back to ormer connections. The Ohio and Missis- ippi route remains closed to through passen- ger travel. It will be three or four days be- ore the necessary repairs are made. The irst regular train on the Vandalia line will cave on time to-day, as through transfers ave been made at wash-out between Terra iaute and Indianapolis. The St. Louis. 'hicago and Alton is now running through n main line, the Sangamon bridge having cen repaired.
 PACIFIC SLOPE.
 Beaver, Utah, August 3.-In the Lee trial, he Judge charged the jury to-day. The lbstance of the charge, in addition to the sual instructions, was that the jury should etermine whether combination had been lade to perform the massacre, and if Lee ad been party thereto, without regard to ne fact whether or not he with his own ands assisted in the massacre. If they be- eyed the Indians were greatly incensed ,ainst the emigrants, that was no excuse r the whites. If they were cooperating ith the Mormons, it only made the offence 10 more heineous. At the close of the large District Attorney Carey opened re- ewing the testimony and Sutherland fol- wed for the defence. In the attempt to 'eak down Klinginsmith's testimony some cts have come to light concerning the urse of the defence which look as though ,
 attempt was being made to clear the ads of the Mormon hierarchy by sacrifc- :. E Lee. Oroville, August 3.-About o'clock this ternoon the stage from Laporte was stop- d three miles this side of Forbestown by masked men, who broke open and robbed els, Fargo & Co.'s treasure box of over 1900. Los Angeles, August 3.-The Southern a cific company have graded forty miles be- nd San Gorgonia, on the desert, but have nporarly suspended work on account of n ense heat. San Francisco, August 3.-Yesterday there E 8 filed in the recorders office a document easing the mortgage of Danniels and P. c. u lhoun, of New York, on Southern Pacific si lroad as trustees to secure the bondhold- u , and to make it a new mortgage st the road to $40, QUO 900, payable in thirty m years, at six per cent, to secure mort al ;e bonds which the road is about to raise nt ds to complete the road to the terminus co the Texas-Pacific at Yuma. The mort ees are Daniels and Lloyd, trustees.
 an Francisco, August 4.-Mining stocks a little of again to-day. Ophir dropped Pl rn to 63. in