The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-09-09
More OF the Drought.
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In Portland, Maine, the beautiful elms, the
ornaments of our city and the pride of the citi-
zens, are dying for want of nourishnent.-
There is great scarcity of water, and seven
ty-fve cents is the price paid for barrel of
drinking water, and nearly all the soft water
for washing has to be carted from the canal
In the whole White Mountain region, the
streams are remarkably low, the roads dry, and
the uplands bare of verdure. -
The Cleveland Herald says the drought
there is so severe that it is making sad havoc
among the shade trees all over the city many
noble ems are already leaAess, and others are
dying. The fine naples too are thinning out,
and the borer has done, or is doing, his work
of death upon the locust.
The Warsaw Democrat fMo.) of the 18th,
says: Never since the settlement of this
county has the prospect of the corn crop been
so discouraging as the present. The whole of
Southwest Missouri, and to some extent the
whole State, with part of Arkansas and
Texas is within the range of this dreadful
drought. Many of the trees are dying on the
ridges
Superadded to the calamity Of the drought,
and Occasioned by it, fires are extensive in
many districts, and thousands of acres of valu-
able wood lands have been laid waste by the
devOuring element.
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINs.-The Blooming
burgh Wing, Sullivan county, IN. Ill., says
the woods on the western side of the Shawa1-
gunk mountains were fired on Saturday last,
by some unknown person. Over one thousand
acres have been burnt over and greatly DANA
ged.
FIRES IN OHIo.-The "dry-timc" they arc
having in Portage county, is productive of
some unpleasant expensive, and dangerous re-
suits. In RootstOwn, 1000 rails were burnt
by fire which originated from locomotive
spark. The lightning started another fire in
Edinburgh township, in the above county,
which required the united and energetic efforts
of the whole neighborhood to master. A fire
occurred in Charleston, which lasted several
days. A fire in a swamp, south of Ravenna,
has been burning two months, and several other
swamps are now on fire.-Cm. GaS.
We have heard of fires in the woods in the
vicinity of Perry's Neck, and along the line of
the Railroad in FreetOwn, that have been rag
ing during the last few days. The forests in
all directions and in all sections of the country
are on fire, and immense damages must have
been done to the growing wood and timber
New Bedford Standard, 18th.
The Portland Advertiser of the Goth says
"By letters from opposite sections of Franklin
county, it appears that that whole region is on
fire. Fire is raging in the pine woods of Ches-
tcrville, and has burned up house and barn.
Further north famous blucberry section,
between Dead River and Saddleback noun
tain, is all blaze, and the picking of the ber-
ries stopped people being unable to get upon
the ground. The Chronicle says I'VE hear of
fires in the woods in various directions, which
occasions much anxiety and alarm"
A MOUNTAIN ON FIRE IN NERMONT.-EX-
tract from letter dated Sunderland, Vermont,
August Odd "The large mountain on the east
of us is on fire. 1t has been burning about five
weeks and has burnt over about 400 acres of
valuable timber land, and will be very great
loss to the owners. The sight from my win
dow of the tall and thick forests wrapped in
light blaze, is one of grandeur never before
beheld."
FIRE IN BRADFORD, CoNN-The New Ha-
ven Palladium says We learn that a fire,
originating from the burning of brush, is pre-
vailing in the town of Branford, in the woods
mile or two north of Stoney Creek When
the cars passed last evening, the light of the
flames indicated cOnfagratiOn of cOnsidera-
BILE extent, and it was still raging this morn
ing. We do not know that any buildings have
been destroyed.