The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-11
THE GOLD STANDARD.
Heavy Rain storms.

or LOUls, JuneD.-DISpatche IRON lie
West say that very heavy rains fell in
WeStern Missouri and in Kansas the past
lew days, and that great damage has been
done to railroads, crops and other prnp.
erty. The Kansas City, st. Joseph Il
Council Bluffs railroad was under water
between Kansas City and Winthrope, and
stopped the trains.
A break in the Missouri Pacific road
at Pomeroy, Kansas, and deep water on
the track at other points, stopped traffic
on that road.
No trains left yesterday on the Atche.
son, Topeka & Santa Fe road,
On the Kansas Pacific there il a wash
out OF several hundred yards on the
Smoky Hill Division.
About hundred feet OF the st. Louis,
Kansas City & Northern road is washed
away at Harlem, near Kansas City, and
trains are delayed.
The Hannibal & ST. Joseph trains are
detained at Liberty, Missouri.
The Kansas Central road is also dam.
aged so trains can not run.
The bottom lands between Kansas City
and Wyandotte, whero the railroad de-
pots, elevators, &c, are situated, are in
great danger Of being submerged.
The Missouri river, below Kansas City,
has overlowed its banks, on both sides,
for some distance, and the destruction OF
crops is very great.
The railroad companies are actively
engaged repairing the tracks, and trains
will be running again to-day or to.mor.
row.
A heavy rain fell here nearly all last
night, and has continued this morning,
with aprospect Of lasting all day.
DAMAGE ny FLOOD.
OMAHA, NEE, June O.-The Missouri
continues to rise. II is now l6 feet 8
inches and rising, doing much damage
along the banks. 1t is expected that the
st. Joe road has been compelled to aban.
don to.day's train on account Of the high
water and the track destroyed. Weather
cold; Thermometer CO...
The river has risen l2 inches to-day and
is still rising. There is now 1G feet 3 in
ches Of water. The bottoms on both sides
are overilowed and considerable damage
is apprehended unless it soon subsidies.
1t is reported as falling at Yankton.
RAIN FALL AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, June 9.-During the forty.
eight hours ending'at 6 O'Clock this morn.
ing, IS! inches OF rain fell, and the bay.
GUS, crceks and rivers are flooded. Trains
are delayed; it is feared that the crops,
in the upIands, are badly damaged by the
unprecedented rainfall. Wolf River is
higher than was ever known before.
The damage TO the saw.mill interest on
Wolf River, in this city by the flood, this
morningsis estimated at $4,000 in loss
OF logs and lumber alone. Bayou Gayoso
was higher than ever known, and numer.
Gus buildings along ia banks we're badly
damaged. Trains are now running regu.
larly on the Memphis and Louisville
Railroad, but on the Memphis and
Charleston, and Mississippi and Tennes-
see and Memphis and Little Rock roads
travel is suspended, owing 10 wash-outs,
but no serious damage is reported.
ST. LOUIS, May 0.-Latest accounts
from the West say the Missouri river be-
low Kansas City is still rising and doing
great damage. The water is higher than
at any time since the flood Of 1874. The
town Of Harlem, opposite Kansas City, Is
about six feet under water and likely to
be entirely destroyed. All the railroads
in the vicinity are greatly damaged by
washoutS. The people living on the bot.
toms along the Missouri river are moving
to the bluffs and taking what property
they can with them. Tho Missouri Press
Association are water.bound at Hot
Springs, Arkansas, there being an impass.
able break on the narrow gauge road be-
tween the Springs and Malvern on the
3rnn MnnnInin road.