Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-03
VOL 30 no 181

bottom alone the damage to the farmers
Is estimated at one million and hall Of
/ dollars. The Osage, LSmiue and Black
water riverF are higher thsn ever before,
and in fact, al the streams in the State
are at Hood hight, causing great destrUc-
tiOn Of property. The railroads are also
suffering greatly from WsshOuts, loss Of
bTidges, and OveIflOWs. Trains sre badly
delayeu or stopped entirely. Turnpike
roads are also being washed swsy in
places, bridges destroyed, and travel
impedsd. There has probably never
been so widely extended damsse done
in the State before.
FROM CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, August 2-Specials this
morning report that heavy and dam
aging rains have prevailed in central
ami northern Illinois and portions Of
Iowa during the past forty eight hours.
Crops have been almost entirely des-
troysd in some Of the IOw-Iand sections,
and even the Highlands have suffered
TO d great extent. The railroads have
been washed out at some points, but no
very serious accidents are reported yet.
THE ARKANSAS RISING.
LITTLE Rock, August 2.-The wealth
or - cloudy, with indications Cf rain.
The river is stationary here, but is re-
ported rising rapidly above. Great fears
are entertained Of an overflow below.
THE NEW MADRID COUNTRY FLOODED.
Special Correspondence Appeal
CAIRO, August /, y m.-The water st
James's bayou, New Madrid county,
fiity-tWO miles below Cairo, has flooded
that entire country. Great is tic loss in
cattle, hogs, horses, etc. The water Is
now over the entire farming l. lhs OF
New Madrid and PemmascOtt counties,
Missouri. Week before last The river
there receded fifteen inches; but up TO
Saturday the rise WAS twenty-seven
inches. TIE damage to stock is i'm
uense, while the entire corn and cotton
crops in the above counties are destroy
ed. Rise here Saturday, thirteen and
tLree-quar.er inches; rise here since
Saturday morning, four and 8 half
inches. NH.
BETWEEN MEMPHIS AND HICKMAN.
Special Correspondence Appeal
STEAMER JAMES d. PARKEB, OFF
HICKMAN-August l, l a.m.-Tne
river hence to Memphis has
been rising slowly since Fri
day midnight, and has already done
much damage. Between here and Mem
phis many places are submerged, and
even two inches additional rise will de-
strOy q large amount Oi cotton and corn.
At CarutheTsvilis, On the Missouri shore,
Que hundred and thirty miles fTOu
Memphis, the water Is running over the
bank, and will doubtless inundste much
Of the country back OF that town. At 9TH
er points on the Missouri above CaFuth-
10 h. OF hnL IL
meDts upon the banks and whole fields
Of cotton and c)rn will be ruired. At
TiptOnville no damage has BEEN done,
although few miles below there plant
ers on the Tennessee shore are being
partially OverfOwed. The country
around HaIle's Point also sustains dam
age. Friday, the st. Genevieve ran
against and tore away section Of Tan
ner & Mitchelps warehouse, and during
the night the remaining portion sided
into the river. Mr.. Mitchell was rudeiy
awakened from his dreams and rushed
! out the back door. As the st. Genevieve
left, the waves caused by the boat broke
through the levee addition, recently put
up, and the consequence is. near two
hundred acres OF cotton is now under
water. Mr.. Smith IOOses about one hun
| dred and fifty acres, and Mr.. Tanner
about fifteen acres Of cotton and seven
Of corn.
OHIO DYKES BROKEN.
Evansville Courier, 3Oth uJt.l
Beginning at the point below Evans
vile, on the Indiana side or the river, is
largo tietd OF corn, the creator PaFI Of
which, by the last rain and the giving
way Of the temporary levees, is ruiz
Ously submerged. On the Kentucky
side, just opposite, beginning at the Bar
rett laTm, and coming on down and in
Guiding the Dixon and Stanley planta-
tions, the damage is also terrible, and
several large breaks have occurred in
tbs levees. But there are large spaces
still cut of reach, and being still more
secure by temporary dykes. But should
the expected rise of two more feet ceT-
tainly come, this work will, and indeed
any more they could now do would
prove altOgetheS Intellectual, aud the en-
tire front suffer alike and very greatly.
Tha great break on the Indiana side Oc-
Curs at LOckhsrt's Point. From there
on down to nearly opposite Henderson,
there are fields in front of all the farms,
Of about two hundred yards and more,
in corn in the tsssRl. These are quite
destroyed; and the danger to the back
fields from slOUghs leading back to the
main ones in front, already full, increase
with the rising river. The sufferers on
| this line, as far as 1 could learn them,
sr5 the Sanders, Buffers, Bar
kers, Meals, Martins, Kings and
| HoWarGs. The dam which broke at
! L0ckhaTt's has been watched night and
| day to prevent such disaster, and il at
last gave way through the force Of the
/ current. In the lower bend, below
/ Henderson, where corn was principally
raised, the damage is incaiculafie Mr..
| Henry Dixon mas three hUEdTal acres
| under water, and all the surrounding
| farms are In the same lameutable con-
/ titiOn. Wherever the water is upon the
! tobacco that crop may at once be con-
| sidered total loss, while the length of
| time that il must necessarily stand upon
! the corn Is hopeless for that staple. The
| Ismage along the entire route between
| this city and Henderson was already
| very great. Night before q last great
| dyke, reaching from L0ckhsrt's Point,
/ on the Indiana side, down to the Hen
/ dersOn ferry, broke under the heavy
! force Of the stream, and the waters were
| let in on at least two hundred acres OF
| fine corn. a few inches more Of rise
and three hundred more will be covered.
FROM WISCONSIN.
/ CiCciDnsu Enquirsr
Advices from southwest Wisconsin
say very heavy rain storms have Oc-
cured in that section in the past two or
three days. At VernOna large part Of
the town IS inundated. Considerable
damage Is done. The Atlantic and Pa
cific railroad bridge over Spring river
was swept away, and several hundred
yards OF track was washed out. Pretty
serious wash oIts have occurred in vari-
Gus other places, and trains will not be
able to pass for several days. Crops are
very seriously injured or wholly de
strUyed in the bottoms along Spring
river and other streams, and much other
property swept away.
There Is a Freedman, on his travels
through England, who writes home