Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-04


TIE CALUMET RIVER OVERLOOKED.
CHICAGO, August 3.-The floods in
this county have done damage to the
amount Of about one hundred thousand
dollars. The chief injury is from the
overflow of the Calumet river, which has
inundated the meadow lands and de-
strOyed large crops Ofhay.
STORMS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
JOHNsONvILLE, August 3-The re-
cent storms in Central Illinois have
done immense damage to crops, bridges
and railroads. The loss is estimated to
amount TO a million dollars. That of
Morgan county alone is nearly quarter
OF million.
THE ARKANSAS LEvEE.
NEW ORLEANS, August 3.-General
Thompson, chief State engineer Of LOU
isiana, says the Arkansas levee near the
Louisiana line is low and in bad cOndi-
ton, and Raleigh, Millikin's, Omega
and Waterproof levees are caving, In
about ten days the floods nom above
will arrive at Red river, and should the
upper levees give way the whole conn
try around Bayou Macon will be over
flowed.
THE MISSOURI RAILROADS.
SEDALIA, Mo, August 3.-Damsges
by the late storm to the railroads run
Mug through this place have been re-
paired. The Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad completed repairs yester-
day, having had very large force at
work. Trains are now running from
Texas and Kansas promptly on time,
and special trains of stock and merchan-
disc are passing night and day.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO.
DAYTON, August 80 p.m.-The
Miami and tributaries have receded
over four feet and are running out rap
idly. The weather is still dismal and
drizzly. Small grains are badly dam
aged; tobacco used up; potatoes rOttipg,
and narrow belt of corn considerably
damaged. Part OF the big bridge across
the MAMA, eight miles south OF Day
ton, was washed away last night; loss
five thousand dollars. The total DANA
ges in Montgomery county to crops and
other property is estimated at half
million dollars.
THE FLOOD AT WHEELING.
WHEELING, w. VA, August s.
Wheeling creek was higher yesterday
than ever known. The abutments Of
the bridge two miles east Of the city
were moved over foot. At all points
along the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
between this city and Grafton, there is
great destruction of property and loss Of
grain. The town OF Pennington is al
most completely submerged, the water
being on the first floor of nearly all the
house,. A-Gumber Of heavy lardslides
have occurred or the railroad, and four
bridges were carried away on the Par
ker5burg branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. The loss in slaves,
dressed headings, logs and barrels car
ried away from the vicinity Of New
MaTtinsTille, in this State, Will amount
to over one hundred thousand dollars.
All the iowlands in this section are SUBJ
merged. The river is now rising slow
ly, but will not reach over about twen-
ty-eight feet, But little rain O-day.
THE INUNDATIoN IN OHIO.
CINCINNATI, August 8 "A Times
special from Chillicothe says that the
rain continues and the flood gains in
strength. The canal broke below the
city, and swept five thousand bushels of
wheat into the river. People living IL
the bottom lands are removing their
families, fearing al inundatiOn. At
IrOHtOn the Ohio is rising five inches
per hour, and is also rising rapidly at
Cincinnati, where it has already invaded
the lower stories OF houses on Water
street, and bids fair to go as high as ever
known before.
A special to the same paper from New
Albany, Indiana, says that trains on
the New Albany and Chicago railroad
fob Aff Iavy ,NFr q
track is covered by the flood from White
river distance of three miles. A heavy
force of men is at work trying to prevent
the large railroad bridge from floating
away. The White river, at this point,
is twelve feeS higher than ever known
before. Trains south from Lafayette go
no further than Charlottesville, as the
track is washed out in many places.
A dispatch to the same paper from
Athens, Ohio, says that at midnight the
river attained hight OF eight inches
over the create st waters ever known be-
fore. The g8swOrks are flooded, and
PEOPLE have to return to candles. The
people of the asylum, across the valley,
have built 8 boat, and ferry provisions
over, ali other modes of communication
being destroyed. No trains are running
on any of the roads, and no mails have
arrived since last Saturday.
THE OVERFLOW OF THE WABASH.
LAFAYETTE, IND, August 3.-The
flood ia the Wabash is more than foot
above the high-water mark OF 1858, and
several inches higher than ever before
since the settlement of the country. All
the tributaries have been running out
and the low ground is all overlooked.
In many places the river il from three
TO five miles wide. The damage is i'll
calculable. Great suffering must result
to the tenants on the loWlsnds, whose
all is swept away. The Wabash bot
toms for an average of one mile and
half and the whole length Of the river,
are submerged and the crops, both haT-
vested and growing, have been swept
sway. Our city is located on high
ground and but slight damage has been
experienced, except to manufactures
and mills. The destruction Of the Wa
bash and Erie canal, between here and
Fort Wayne, is complete. 1t is broken
In 8 hundred places. The canal and
river have been on level for fOrty-ejght
hours. The water Of the river is rushing
through the latter and running over the
banks from one to the other at all the
low places. This will be terrible blow
to the people of the State. It is impOssi-
bic to estimate any more accurately the
acreage submerged. The Louisville,
New Albany and Chicago railroad is
much damaged between here and the
Battle Ground. The other railroads are
all right. The portion Of this city locs-
ted on the west bank Of the Wabash has
been cut off for two days by the water
overlooking the bridge ana levees, al d
communication is only kept open by
skiff5. The river has fallen about two
inches and 8 half since seven o'clock
this morning and is still very slowly re-
ceding.
WESTERN TOBACCO CROPS.
Louisville Courier-Journal.l
The rains have continued without the
intermissiOn of u day, and the situation
is beginning to be viewed with grave
forebOdings. The State can i'll afford to
fail again in so important crop so soon
after the disastrous year OF 1874, but the
rains OF the last six or eight weeks are
proving almost as damaging as a pro-
tracted drouth, and il Of much longer
duration will doubtless prove quite as
much so. The submersiOn Of low lands,
which in many sections has worked
great individual Injury, is Of less i'm
pOrtance, as we have previously pointed
out, than the prevention OF tillage
throughout tine State, in lands Of all de-