New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-24
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS

Rain was falling at New-Orleans last even
ing. with the Thermometer at 90 The crop reports are
favorable.
Yesterday was another clear, dry and burning
day st. Ions The mercury stood at lO -Four ueaths
from sunstroko are reported
The weather at Wilmington, n. c., was
cloudy yesterday and heavy showers fell during the daI
with the thermometer at b
The weather at Cleveland has been extreme
y hot for the last few days There was shower OF ran
on Saturday but enough to be Of any benefit TO the
crops
In Seymour, Ind, the thermometer. at
o'clock yesterday afternoon, stood at Of IN the shade
OF men sunstruck but no fatal cases are
reported.
Heavy showers fell along the streams in
Ohio on Sunday, but the rain not general The re
lief afforded the corn crop only partial ana more rain
Is needed.
In North Carolina it rained on Saturday and
uuday but the corn crop is too lar gone m some sec
lions 10 be benefited The cropof cotton Is also serious
y injured.
At Savannah the weather has been quite
warm and reports from the IN that section. aud
There WAS sight shower on saturday The cotton crop
Is too far advanced to be injured by drouh or worms.
Accounts from different sections Of Southern
represent the crops suffering much from
drontb The temperature was much cooler last night
and there were some indications OF rain suohg east
wind is blowing, aud II Is cloudy 70 the southwark
At Montgomery, Ala, tOT the past three days
thermometer At O'Clock yesterday afternoon stood at
slight shower last night The crops have Titie
injured by drouth In that section.
At Louisville the intense heat continues with
out abatement The rains that have fallen have been
but partial IN the State and not sufficient 10 mitigate the
drouth Accounts from tobacco growing regions state
that but onehai the crop produced last year VIII DE
raised this year The almost shrtveled for want OF
moisture.
At Bangor, Me-, since the shower of Friday
pornng the weather has been clear and dry. Tie nay
crop may be down at from twothrds to one haif,
potatoes will be light oats and wheat VIII De unusually
IfftI acprr ugaa NIL
very light Fall feed will be st lighter and much STOCK
must be sold
At Portland, Me-, the weather during the
mast three days has been warm which with the plentiful
rains last week has given decided impetus 70 yegeta-
ton The corn crop backward the potato crop Is very
the hay crop fair and OF excellent quality but the apple
crop Is short
The weather in Georgia is hot and dry.
There has been no rain OF any consequence for
weeks in the Of South Carolina and Georgia Dor
derng on the Savannah River The corn has been cut
counts from Central Georgia represent
that rust Is running the cotton.
The weather in Massachusetts, during the
past few days has been temporarily warm except on
Friday when the thermometer reached 9O In the shade
Fine rains fell during Saturday night Sunday and yes
Ia backward but that and all other crops Massachu
sets promise about the average yield There has been
unusual scarcity OF rain.
The weather is intensely hot at Nashville
Tenn and the thermometer at o'clock yesterday after
stood at 900 No rain has fallen there since the 9th
badly injured. In many counties Of Middle Tennessee
the same state prevails though timely e ram may yei
though may continue, 1t s believed average crops will
be made
A Washington dispatch says that although the
clouds promised all day yesterday only few drops
have fallen. The atmosphere Is several degrees cooler
than during the wopreyous days but stu oppressive
Reports from adjacent counties within circle OF about
twenty miles Of this city represent that the late crops
and tobacco have been seriously injured by the
long drouth Many farmers do not expect to make half
crop OF either
The weather at Pittsburgh, Pa, for the past
few days has been extremely warm, inc thermometer
Saturday afternoon, lasting two hours ana occasional
G" sS 90 ben n sstnrasd The crops geper
ally the western part OF the state nave not been eI
will snher somewhat from rot caused by drouth, but
everything else, including fruit abundant and good
Accounts from all sections Of Maryland
represent the drOuth prevailing 20 alarming extent
No rain has fallen for weeks and IN some counties farm
despair Of making even half OF crop OF corn The
potato vines have become parched and dried up before
maturity The tobacco crop suffering In the vicinity
OF Baltimore the sky has been frequently overcast
past few days, but rain worthy OF note has fallen,
weather has been the most oppressive this season
The drouth in South Carolina continues,
though showers have fallen IN some sectons The corn
crop will be light and the State must buy large supplies
next Winter and Spring. The hot weather and drOuth
have caused the cotton rust and shed IN several OF the
middle counties but the crop still looks well IN some
tons Picking has begun and the staple Is opening
rapidly. The receipts next month promise to be good
The Sea Island crop looks very hne but there reports
OF Caterplars.
kilograms from all quarters of Virginia last
night the drOuht has been general for about days
and weather hot During the past three
the thermometer has stood at l05 ia Richmond, 100
Norfolk % ~ Danvle l0 ia Lynchburg and 81 In the
mountains Rain has fallen the same time IN those
lions, but heavy general enough 10 alter the
suits All reports that the crop Is reduced by
onehalf and the tobacco crop by OnethTd The
beyond saving, but a continued rain might alter the
suit In tobacco.
Not drop of rain has fallen at Philadelphia
since Aug the night OF the great whisky fire. have
any accounts OF ram been received from the interior
cept short thunder storm Saturday, about 80 miles
up the Schuylk All the reports agree as 10 the great
damage from the drOuth In this State special
meeting the City Councils held to-day consider
the water famine. Twenty nye thousand dollars were
appropriated for the families Of the destitute Power
has given the ChiefEngneer 10 take any measures
he may deem proper 10 water into the basins at
Paramount The experiment tried this afternoon OF
raising water by means OF steam hreengines The hill
Paramount % feet high, and u Is doubtful whether
the will stand the pressure The result has vet
been announced.
The Michigan Car Company of Detroit has
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