Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-18
DlSCORDANT ELEMENTS
Stock Reports Indicate That tho Loas
Of Cattle and Sheep In Texas
Has Been Great.
The Heavy Snow Storm in tho North Fol.
lowed BY Blizzard The Mis-
aissippi OVERLOOKING,
Southern Spain ASain Shaken BY
Earthquake Great Suffering
Among the People.
FnoM ovan oun srArn.


/ Special to the Gazette
DALLAS Tx, Jan. 1.-THE wealth
er lie inoderating nnd tile snow has al.
most disappeared. A meeting will DO
held at the upeTa.hOuee tomorrow ST.
ternoOn to take steps for the relief Of
the poor There are number Ina the
citv without fuel or food
Fifty huisttd VaterlipCs were re.
ported TO the superintendent OF tile
water-gorks to-uay. The iIc,ge did II.
Reports Of Dying sheep.
/ Special 10 he G-aoile.
BuRNEr, FIX Jan II. Thursday
night about midnight this SEE ton was
visited by one OF the severeet snow
storms known for many years. The
SNOW tell Ia tue depth OF two inches.
| All the streams auj scent u the city
are n zen, aud nO wagons from the
| West have arrived since Monday
last The iots 90 cattle md she, p men
| IL tnid to be very heavy. One man
| living "a few mil,s irum here Is report
ed ln have lost 500 sheep out OF flock
| uf 200 A large number OF stouku en-
vino have been attVhdiug the stock
mems convention az Austin have re-.
turned
AZ wea,hersord.
special 10 the OHaent.
WEATnERFoRD. Tx, Jan. H.
The Wealhtr has been very disagreed,
ble for the last few days. An day
ihursdny II sleeted aud late IN the day
y commenced showing, and yester-
| day morning about two tnches OF en0w
day has brought no change.
At Waco.
specialize the Gazette,
WACO, TEX, Jan l7.-The mercury
his morning registered l0a above zero,
the eoldest weather We have had this
winter. qhis spell will ntctkepfily
kill many cattle ont ON the range.
some heavy losteP are ALREADY report
ed. The anOW melted very little 10
day.
AT sherman.
special TO the Gazette
rHEHMAN, 1Ix. Jau ~ II ls very
cold here, every Thing IL coy eftd with
snow. Travel IL suspan ted Tor the
iimo. a bright sun aud clear sky
Ibis aittrnf on gHyehppes % a speedy
change for The heiter.
Tbs cold spell Is playing havoc
with our Western cattle.
The west bound train WAS delayed
yesterday four hours.
sun.rlng at JsRoraon.
Special to tn Gazette.
JEFFERSON, Tx, Jan. 1.-THE
liver Is booming. The lower grounds
are overt wed.
The firstanow Of the season fell here
yesterday. N Ia now freezing cold.
stock are suffering badly.
Loss Of Cattle IN shacl,e ford County.
CorrospOndenes Of the Gazette
ALBANY, TKX., Jan 10 The out
lock to-day Is anything but encourage
ing to our etockmen. A nue snow,
mixed with aleet, Is falling and Is
made exceedingly dispRttta6le 10y rea-
sons OF strong north wind. H. q.
Jacob g. Bro have lost bel ween eight
aud niue hundred sheep out Of dock
II fifteen hundred Very few other
aheepmtn have reported any severe
losses up 10 date. During the last
cold, wet nOriher, cattle drIfled 10 the
number Of twenty five u fifty tbruB-
and against the line-feDce II j. u.
Mathews q Sous, north OF tie Clear
Fork, near Fort Griiiin Large mum,
bers died aud The probability Is that
he fence will have 10 be- cut during
.'tH
this spell 10 p@yept great Loss.
Heavy Lossss Of sheep Heportod.
Special 70 the oazoite.
San ANroEio, Tx, Jan. Ire
ports are constantly reaching this city
relative to ios .es Of cattle and sheep by
the cold. The alher Is alill very se-
we're A Coleman county Il ckmaster
reports having lost 1900 head Of sheep.
At Gainesville.
Special 10 ihe Gazette.
GAINHsvILLE, Tx, Jan. i7.-Snow
fell to the depth OF two inches Thurs.
day night, and q cold noFther has pro-
vailed since.
ID ID. 5wearinRin OF Hardeman
county, manager OF he Chicago, Colo
RADIO n Texas Laud, Cattle and Inveat-
ment eofl. pAuy Is visiting this city ON
business he reports that tue stock in
his section Of country are IN fine con-
dition, aud have suffered from neither
cold, hunger nor THIRST.
A. Denton.
Special 70 the Gazette.
DENTON, Tx, Jan. l7---A light
snew fell Thurday night Buslness
Is almost entirely suspended on ac-
y hih Va hHF ffAy hNiA anu VAohHtHtA-
bic state oftbe weather
At MarshalI.
correapondenea Of the 0axelte
MARSHALL, Tex Jan i6.--Eow If
the winter Of our disoonfent. nade 10
by the cold uorlher that struck ua lat
night, aud the binding snoS-atorm
that IL prevailing this morning, mak
Ing It by FAR the coldeat weather ~ the
SEASON.
IN DTHER Stairs.
The mprnlug Ballslln fram ths Aortt4.
CHICAGO IT., Jau. l7.-Af f6r