The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-09

Reports from Southern Indiana
Counties.


Counties.
Davies County Democrat.
No rain, except shower of half an
hours duration, has fallen ia This locality
since June 80. There Il greaf Acarcity|
of water III some localities The corn,
crop. except Ia tie luw bottoms. j, almost
a failure. Tie potato crop has suffered
seriously and tie pastures have dried up.
During The past thirty year. there has
been no period Of ironth doing A. much
damage a. the dronih Of this season
The ground II vcry dry aud rotten and
breaks an well. aud II rain comes shortly
lt will be in good shape 10 put IA wheat.
Il Southern lnliana has been. since the
above was written. visited by very.
good rain, but can stand 4 great deal
more.
1 Reports from Marion. Union. len
lninxs. Delaware. Dearborn. lfranklin.'
Jefferson. Nigo. Howard White, Benton.
shelby, Tippecanoe, Bartholomew and
Putnam counties are about on par with
reports from Southern Indiana counties
given below:
The wheat and corn crops arc total
failure throughout tie entire county.
Farmers are selling their cattle and hogs
lon account of having no corn % feed
them. Wells and ci~ierns are dried up !;
lhor-eilesh i suffering for want Of food,
and even the small birds succumb 70 the
ldrouth. A sportsman or this city in
forms me that. while ia tile woods 4 few
Ida,s ago. he found dozens Of dead birds, !,
ivicfims of Sfaryafiots
scorr COUNTY.
There Las been no rain for nine weeks
beyond two or three slight showers, in
Sufficient 10 wet the ground half an Inch,
deep. Corn will not be half crop
lmany farmers say not over onc-fourth ~
lcfop. Late potatoes are ~ utter failure.
Peaches and grapes lave been % badly
damaged that ne sielu VIII ne cut on
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CLARKE COUNTY.
! There has been no such drouth as the
lprcsent ia the memory Of the oldest in
haDiiant. Corn will not yield half q
crop except 10 fields along tile borders Of
tlc larger streams. All the small streams
ur'eu uP weeks a8o' ~ ram q account
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FLOYD COUNTY
\ a gentleman who has resided in this
lcounty since 1914, says the equal Of the
lprescut dlouth was never witnessed by
him. Il is impossible % break the land
ltor. wheat sowing, owing 20 ~ BAKED
80 ''a'eeno1 'o''''o"'
wAshiN8IoN COUNTY
The drouth j. che scverest ever known
40 the oldest citizens. Corn will not cx-
cccd onc-third Of crop. Potatoes vii!
mot pay for digging. Turnips can not be
sown, on account ~ the dry and hard
Icned condition of the ground. No rain
~ anoant V 'nucn 'or nine wesks.
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lth.;r s,nci wh;,,3, .hs, a,. sc,i;n. ofr !. !
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"AAhisoN oooSli.
:. a few slight showers IN the latter part
ofJuly aud first week q August but
leyer,thlng dred Up. Scrn VIII no'
yield hslt crop. Potatoes are az aoso-
iu'e iaunre' average wneat y'e'a' ~
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