The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-06
WET WEATHER ALL
AROUND.
Great ID1 Jury 20 CrOPi In Many
states.

Great IDja ry 10 CrOPi in Many
states.
The following kilograms show
that other States have suffered more
than Kansas this seaeon with excess
siVe rains:
Memphis, Jnly 29.-The outlook
in regard to the overflow is gloomy.
The river here rose an inch to-day.
In the afternoon heavy rain swept
over the city and adjacent country,
while the news OF heavy rains and
freshets in the Missouri and Ohio
valleys indicate a still further ad-
vance, with little prospect of a
speedy decline.
St. Louis, JVly 30.-AdVices from
Southwest Missouri say very heavy
rains have occurred in that section
tor the past two or three days. At
Verona a large part of the town is
inundated. and considerable damage
is done. The Atlantic s. Pacific
railroad bridge over Spring river,
is swept away and several hundred
yards of track are washed out. Pref
ty serious washouts occurred at va
rious other places, and trains will
not he able to pass for several days.
The crops are very seriously in
jured or wholly destroyed in the
bottoms along spring river and 9TH
or streams, and other property
swept away.
Louisville, July 30.-The crop
situation in this State, as well as in
large portions of the adjacent States.
10 becoming very alarming. There
is heavy rainfall every day and in
the intermission q hot sunshine,
which aggraVates the evil. This
kind of weather has'been for about
six weeks, and is believed TO be
without a parallel. In the last day
or two the rainfall has increased,
aud gloomy approximations are felt
in all sections. The corn crop has
not been damaged seriously as yet.
but it is believed that the wheat,
oats, barley and hay have been in
ljured fifty per cent. in quality and
quantity. The tobacco crop is great
ly injured. The situation is exceed
inglV precariOus and if the weather
does not improve within the next
ten days, the yields will ne reduced
as low as in IVA, in which year the
product was not more than 20 per
cent. of an average crop.
Cincinnati, July 30. = Reports
from all portions of Southern Ohio
tonight give gloomy accounts o.
the continued rains and damage tC
crops. The Big Miami river to-
night at Cleves is rising at the rate
of six inches per hour, and the bot
toms are all under water. Three
thousand acres of corn, betWeeI
CleVes and LaWrencebRrgsa are food
ed. At Morrow, Ohio, a terrible
rainfall occurred this afternoon, an(
the Little Miami river is reported
to be flooding the towns in the vi
: cinity of Marietta railroad.
The damage done by the storm
was immense to wheat and oats
Crops are reported entirely washed
, away, and the Muskingum river i
full of boating grain. At all point
, rain is reported still falling, ant
great damage now is apprehende,
from further overflow of the rive
} and smaller streams. The crop
D are considered entirely lost.
D The kilograms OF August I'd, In relatiO
to floods, occupy u column and half o
space, and we eondense as follows:
Memphis, Tenn. All hope Of avertin
" an overflow gone. Cotton on the uplanC
suffering from inceSsant rain and going
: weeds.
Y The Hooking valley, Ohio, submeTge,
1 and crops total loss. The Marietta
Q Cincinnati railroad trains stopped. He av
! loss at the Saline salt mines.
Cincinnati, Ohio, reports from all par
OF Ohio south OF the Pittsburg, TT. WayI
& Chicago road, confirm the gloomy a
. counts of Hoods. t
+ Irv'g, Mo. Much damage to farm crop
Q and many cattle drowned. Converse cree
t two miles wide.
o Chicago, Ill. HeaSy and damagiu
3. rains in central and northern Illinois, an
81 a portion OF Iowa. Crops gone ON son
o low lands, and damaged On uplands.
Wheeling, West Va. Very heavy rain
c and floods.
u Columbus, Ohio. Some wheat fields
a this section covered again. SciOtA FIy
l. higher than ever for years. BowliE
Il Green reports heavy foods. At IL p. !
\. the Seiota broke over its banks, and 70
10 the upper story OF some houses soul
of town.
~ Indianapolis, Ind. The river as high
y in 1SiS. West indianapolis ahOat. lmmen
W damage to property on west side Of q
B. city, and the bottom land on White rive
l. Miles OF railroad track submergee b
\. tween MartinsVille aud GaspOrt. Va
dalia road lost 4 new iron bridge. The
," C. l. st. L., and the 5. r. Il c., roads al
damaged.
st. Louis, Mo. No. rain for "a hOul
~ aud looks like a dry spell. River 30 fe
er above low low water mark.
r. Terre HAuta. Ind. Hood In this raj,