San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-28
FROM BLAyC0 COUNTY.
A Fearful Mind. Hall aud Rain Storm :
The Country, etc.
CyPEEss sIILLa May II, 1885,


CYPEEss AIILLA May IL, 1885,
Ed FREL PREssi-Last night about
s o'clock We were overtaken by q
fearful storm Of wind, hail and rain
The rising cloud, before il eonld be
told what IL would amount TO, was
fearful 10 behold Tho elements were
one lurid blaze, forked lightnings
and deafening peals OF thunder were
abundant and in quick succession
and finally il burst upon us. The
wind blew perfect gale, and hail
stones fell 80 fast that nothing could
be heard but ono dead, awful roaring,
that made one deaf TO all other sounds;
and all without was one electric blaze.
To nm eyewitness, and one who had
a family around him, such scene,
with all his hopes and fears, anxieties
and fearful forebodings - the whole
thing beggars description.
A great deal OF fencing is blown
down, water.gaps washed away, and
crops badly used up. Oats, I think,
is very near a total loss. 1t cant be
told yet exactly to what extent other
crops are injured, but some Of the
corn was blown of by the wind, or
leaned by the same cause and beaten
off by the hail, or the stalk beaten to
pulp. Cotton in the path of the
storm is probably total loss. Wheat
will probably fare about as the oats.
In fact, nothing has escaped. Fruit
will be nearly or quite n failure. The
mast has suffered greatly. Grass and
weeds are leveled to the ground. The
waters are up, and as write it is be.
ginning to rain again. The clouds
look dark and threatening. There is
no telling what few hours may bring
forth. We have had too much rain
here for the last five or six weeks.
Now, as the fearful aspect of the
clouds has settled down into steady
rain, I will leave off my gloomy fore
bodings, and give slight description
Of the part of the country in which I
have chosen me a home. I am about
two miles from the Perdinalles* river,
and one mile from Cypress. The
Pedronalles is rough, but Cypress is
very different. 1t contains large
bodies of the very best farming lands.
Hundreds of acres may be put into
one solid farm, all of the very best of
handsome black and some sandy. 1t
is high, healthy country. Stock of all
kinds does well, especially hogs. The
people are generally law-abiding, gen
erous and kind. 1 am living ON the
road leading from Austin via Bird
town to Llano. There is store that
carries full stock of general mer-
chandise, good mill for both saw
ing and grinding, good cotton gin
and post-office, all within two.and-a-
half miles of me,
There are few stock buyers here.
Yearlings and two's is the demand, at
IS and S12 and they are quite choice
about it. They count by longs and
shorts: an Is, 20 and 22 months an
imal is only long yearling, and
from 10 to IL months old is mere
calf. There has been no market
opened here yet for stock cattle.
Horses are not much in demand.
There is an occasional arrest made
in these parts for theft and other
crimes. Davis, who killed deputy
sheriff OBanion. of Llano, has been
brought back, and lodged in
Jail. Monied tight are plentiful, and
tight at least occasional.
j. D. G..
notice that the name of this river is
:ound in public print with various spellings.
man who understands the Spanish well
ellis me that the proper spelling is Pedro
,alles