, 1875-08-02
The Western Part Of Hamilton, O.,
Throe Feet under Water.
Accident on tho Hannibal & ST. Joseph
Railroad from Floods.
General Immersion Of Everything
Not Previously Submerged
ut Quincy.
d Bitter Prospect for the Agricultural
Victims Of tho Aqueous Curse.

GENERAL REPORTS RECEIVED At CINCINNATI.
ClsciHNATi, Ang. 1.-Allothor heavy rain fell
thia morning, doing Ho,no damage to streeta a1.d
sidewalks Oh tho lilIBidoB. aad flooding collars 10
5omo oxlcns.
A landslide is reported on tho little Miami
na,lroad, boLwcon reud.eLou and Loyolaud, pre-
venting trainH from passing.
Tho Signal Onlco reports tho total fall Of rain
for july, as observed at this station. as G:-10Q
inchoa. Rain fell on twonty.shroa days during
tho month.
Hpccialg to the Commercial tonight gvo kc-
eounta Of heavy r.ius during tho past sW snty-
four loura In Indiana and Illinois, and further
:lA,naga to crops. Danvillc Ill. reports ali the
luttonl lhuas along tho Vsr1nifion Ntvcr over.
Lowed, and that tho alrenm Ia full Of floating
wheat shocks ZtonsvlIle, Ind, reports tho
t1ost damaging raln Of tho soason. Streams
tto flooding tie country. Bevcral hundred
fact Of the Indianapolis l. Lafayette Railroad
~ero washed out, and two bridges over CrooIed
Creek moyed ont Of limo. Tho waters ato rcced-
Ing tonight. On tito Louihvi!o, New Albany 4
Chicago NAilroad, cu!yorts and track wero report
el gono In several rlncos north aud south. Tho
Cfeoncastlo, indianapolis i St. Louis Railroad
tBreportod washed out east aud west Of Green
c$etlo. The YAndAlia Road also have lost d
bridge over tho West White Crock. near Carters-
bng Ind. Tho indianapolis, Bloomington l.
Western Railroad aro reported washed out near
Csasfordsyilte4 and It " thouglt trains will not
Est through before Tuesday.
Tho Comntrciars Bonorsot (O.) special 70.
rorta tosrilo hai!-storm this afternoon. Tho
stones sero tho Hiza Of largo hioxory-nut, fol-
luwsd BY hcavy rain. Considerable damage
vls done to tho Hooking Valley 1lal1road.
I'm nj frN, lis n
II porls tho scloto River worry high and still ris-
hg. Tho bottom lauds arc all uudor vasor aud
c>'nadorablo wheat has tloa.od OF.
Aapee,al to tho samo paper from Urbsna, O.,
s;ya tho creeks aro Bwoon to rivers, and all tut
lAuta woso inundated lilo rs1p Ia still falling,
aaa slrcamg rising. Whoat las alroady bcen
destroyed by tho rain. and the atmy-worn iH
cutting graas and oata,
special from Lima, O., reports sc1!oua usm-
a,e to cropa In that vicinity from ram mud tho
army-wos1n, Corn Ia reported as buddy boato.,
down by H4ter.
Tho Enqui'tr's Oxford, O., special ssys: " Tho
t'oat sOyere rain of tho aeason foil fur TWO hours
to-day, Crooks aro rcportod higher than for
many years, and covered With fcaclug, timbor.
Wheat, oats, aud barley. Tho Cincinnati, uam-
tton Dayton nailroaa lima ran no tralna TO-
ulght owing to q landslide and washos."
report reaahed here tonight f,om Hanil-
ton O., that tho Miami 1liycr Ia out OF lta banks,
sod tho Western part OF that city partially sub,
taer8ed to depth Of . to feot. No trans aro
cut tonight on tho ran-Htndls or Cinclnnatlt
Hamilton 4 Dayton Railroads.
NEWS RECEIVED At ST. LOUIS
sr LOUIS, Aug. 1.-Tho rain continued mont
tt Last night, hnl dr1zxlo fell up I'LL uoon To-
tsay. The mercury hss fallen To about 60 do
taeee, aud the Wind Ia from northwest but
LtIu vosy cloudy aud threatening.
-Four Of tho principal railroads run
ming oaBt from hsro a1e either flooded In
plaoos or damaged 10 that trains cannot run,
aod most OF the roAds Of this BtAte arc similarly
ntuaaad. Tho river has risen here 8 fsot aiuca
'ass night and u now Eaing u the
rata Of lnchas pr hour. 40.
counts from tha Upper Aisaiaalppl
n1asoan and Illinois sAy they all ara rising rap.
WY aoa al tributaries within 200 miles
Of hero arc greatly swo1len, Many Of them are
pouring out great aoods Of wnter.
dispatches from various pssts OF this Hste A,
immense damage has besp done to Ito corn ezpp
aoa o1aos fa1m property. In spring River Dot.
toa Aone tia damage 10 tho farmors In est,.
mated million, and halt. Tha Osago
nsmane, and Dssokxstar Myess 40 hieGe,
aoan sTaf befose, aud tn fact al tht
strsams In tho State arc =. nood
holshs and causing great destruction e
properly Railroads Ase also aufyadno
greatly from wssh-oats. loss Of bndras
Aad oyardowa. Tfsins are badly DELAYED q,
stopped sntirelJ. Turnpl4e roals sre
also ho'ng washed away in plaeos, brida.. da
ktroyed Land travel !mpsded. Thar h.s nsoh.1,i,
aaTss bsoa 10 widely e1t&nd.a damAas Ia II.
Asata before.
lLLlNOf8,
6pteta Dttpaseh 70 2'hs cA&eoat 7rt14,nA
Qnaez, ILL.,, Aug. 1.-The Eain-atosm. uhIob
commenced In this section Ut O'Clock hi,
ano1ninK, WAS OF about twanty-{ou1 honra
dllratioo- An immsuse quantity OF wstar fall
cAuaing great damage to railroads. On tbt
Carthage Division Of tho Chicago, Burlington
4 Quincy Railroad, bridge wont cut batveeu
Nssa aud Mendon, and On the main line b.
esean Plymouth aud Colmas, = deep ali ~,
undermined Two q three culyens wef,
Mashad out bstwssn this aity and Eubanis
about u miles distant, aud ia mau,
6laoss H. Fosd-bed II hadl7 gu
tn1medlatsl5 q work, sna trains VIII prohabl,