The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-25

count Of the drouth. Wabash. Ind. greater
p ppessni month than ,or '' he month 'e II
before ps ysf s ~
ereateaL scarcity Of water prevails in eli see.
t'nns Of the. country remote from the. river.
before" Emharfas. Wis, atst, brooks md
rivers worry low and mnny wells dry. Fort
Pro-" 4nbaa 4 ar2p 9s Weas sa ssrvae ns
ports u the dryest Ontnhf In 40 years he
nreaof smaest raln'nl extending from. Mt.
Louis t. the northwest It's Western boundary
lratuaga systetus of the Missouri and Nisss-
.,JH rnn,h rivers y Chattanooga Tenn = I'd
Miss, 9iat vegetation scptched aud water very
scarce Ilarksrille. Tex 'moath has been
, VERY d,y, and The earh ls palched TINT but
ende,,. anlphor apr'ngs. Tax auth, tie long
ysty ar 1 ts fsa SsITe w Hs 1e
ca Nev. 22l.. Humboldt river is repor,ed
very ow and ears Are e o. aar
In Huasian river dry.
Hail has been generally reported during the
New England. in The Northwest, The middle pls.
team and on Pixies Peak. On the Torn. ball fell
q Augusta. Go. The only wide read ,fall 90.
gepe reilly along Lake Erie and In the Middle
Atlantic States; No storm Of unusual severity
mas been reported.
SNOW
From the like region and Ohio valley east-
ward 70 New England aud as far south IA M
rylahh lloht snnw was reported on the 2sth In
tha plateau districts II appeared 40 early as the
MN, anu ON the eastern slope OF the Rocky
mountains from the 18th.
DErfH OF Snow or GROUND At END Or MONTH
Fort ColIna. Dol, IN inches. Pixies Peak. c to
10 in3hes: Nit. Washington, o.b inch.
SAND STORMS.
!, Fort Yuma, GAL. nh, 18th. l.th, ,aSth, nth:
YIeatia, 1lh Los Angeles Gal. atIl Burkta
Ariz., fath 2Gth aud 27th
MISCELLANEOUS rHHoMHNA
finirio md Eprest fires, Eft, Gibson. 1uh
mp lph - 29d oath to aat; e. HlI, 18th. sth.
18th dreasweil. Kan. NH III lptl, 2ath ~ o ,,
Enneld, n, H., 18th 10 nth Ut. dodge. la 2i'
Il 9Th, s,. 'o,h l,,h, ,h, 18th: Gitehaeld
gt lth 9Th; IT. Rardali. Dab, sh 9Th ab 9TH pth
r. Hale, pak rth; MT. yernon, a. 81. al Hai
eeies Cal ,aslh; Virginia 0lty, b. very cry az az
,anslya IN Ruby valley: Yankiop, lst MI. 9Th.
Hanrietta. Tex. 2pth, Bnth Coleman, Tex 10Th
10Th; rembna, ,st. to eth, eth to ieth, d 2rh
mont fatweap CameIs lin - IN sIa a y oat
on lHh forest flras iaatroyad Iarpa
tracts OF valuable timber: also near Plymouth. |
10 h. In mountains Waterbury, vi. 18th i'm. |
Ilsa damage ,, inflicted Bren wood long
Maas., 18th. over 100 acres Of woodland burned |
WellshpronRh. Pa.s during portions " The |
Mouth severe , fnrsst res have raeeh through
Ont. 18th, severe bush fires raging near West
port over ann aores burned other fires svere "a
count les Lebanon, N IT., 18Th On arapthsm
doing great damage to valuable tm
het hundreds Of aeres burned over. North
raetue In the woods north Of that place clurlug
The past two days The whole western part ii |
,he stafs = ), ennaloped p danae SMOKE from
tarfitory.o Of woodland burned over; over two
thousand cords ~ wood destroyed for one 1rn
,embtna, 1st e nh. very extenslye pralre fires,
Tres ragged fearfully. destroying farm houses.
'nrns s. end Iarm ,pro,nunrty come OF the roads
gth,, during past twenty four hours ienas
9lnuds ri smoke. from forest flrea rendered II
necessary to keen the fog bells !!oling from
=, nh, large forest freH raging destroying
valuable timber fences and orchards Mon,
rent, Gan, nth. ,deuse smoke on the river
banded aweelwater Valley San Deen. o..
jail, 2Rth, one Of The greates confagratlnns
eyer known r. y, tho odes, lnhahtan,, from %
H'fers hava been seen IN nonsiderehle mum
,afs throughout the country east Of the Mssls.
porting them as visible on the 12th and tath.
None of particular Importance were observed.
'xnapt ct Indanpla on the l7th 1920 T. m A |
,etF brilliant meteor started In he vicinity Of |
suuaIius, about 90 deg. above tho horizon and
n"yed southwark, Appateut sIze ono fourth
# the full moon. color white. When about 10
leg. above tho horizon II eyplo led into asven
~ though tbs full moon Ind been present -
Hnrhqfakea. June 3. p:aa n, M on Atka
slaud Alaska eiEht sharp shocks la rapid sue
'eaalon, lasting about two seconds enel, move
',ent from ssE. to NNW October o. q sharp
hook Of earthquake was felt at Gao y. M nj
oakland md other places around San Francisco |
NY marlborough, g. g.. 18th n. M alieh
hook. New Haven Oonn.. oath. G;l2 TO 6:t9 b.
p. two slight shocks ut Intervals Of two or
hree seconds. The shocks were felt Mt Bridge
,ori, fifteen miles distant. at about tho same