Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-13

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is still hot and dry. The cotton yield
consequence.
Fails County.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
PERRY, TEX, Aug. ll.-Cotton is doing
well as yet, although farmers report that
II rain does not come soon the plant viii
begin shedding, but an abundant crop of
the grains is secured.
Young County.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.
GRAHAM, TEX, Aug. / Farmers say
that If it does not rain within five days
the cotton crop Will be entirely destroyed.
Washington County.
Special to the Gazette.
BRENNAN, Ten, Aug. l2.--Brenham
has received over twenty bales OF new
cotton this season and is receiving sew
cral bales every day.
special to the Gazette.
BRENNAN, TEN, Aug. IA rain of
twenty minutes fell yesterday afternoon
at o'clock. 1t was not enough to do
cotton much good. Reports of cotton
shedding continue TO come, and many
predict that the crop win be cut short
considerably from estimates heretofore,
while u few think there will be more cot
ton made than can be gathered.
Palo Pinto County.
special to the Gazette.
MINERAL WELLS, TEX, Aug. l2.-The
weather still remains dry and warm and
cotton is beginning to shed its forms.
There are some indications of rain this
evening and should it come the cotton
crop OF this section will be unprecc-
denied
Wheat is being threshed and is averag-
ing from twenty to thirty-ive bushels per
acre.
Rusk County.
Special to the Gazette.
HENDERSON, Ten, Aug. l2.--The first
bale of new cotton was brought to town
to-day. 1t was raised by John r. Bailey
of Lone Star, Cherokee, and was sold to
the firm of Blunton & Nunnally for IS &c
per pound. There was lively bidding for
it. 1t is extremely dry and hot Farmers
report cotton suffering terribly from the
drought.
Ellis County.
Special to the Gazette
WAXAHACHT, Ten, Aug. l2.--Cotton-
picking has opened up with Il vengeance.
Milan County.
Special to the Gazette.
CAMERON, TEX, Aug l2.-Thc weather
is very warm and rain is badly needed,
Two first bales of cotton were brought
into town to-day, one weighing $50
pounds, raised by c. A. Blasienz and
the other weighed 500 pounds,
raised by j. NJ. Fields. They
were both sold to Il. j. McIvcr for l0ic
per pound and shipped to Skinner x
Stone of Galveston. The merchants and
citizens made up purse and presented
to Mr. Blasienz Sl4 80 and to Mr.. Fields
S7.25 as premiums, and the Milan County
Democrat presented to each of these gen
tlemen one years subscription free to
that paper.
Williamson County.
special to the Gazette.
TAYLOR, Ten, Aug. l2.-The weather
is rcd-hot. Contemplating has com
mcnced.
Fannm County.
Special to the Gazette
lloNEY GROVE, Ten, Aug. l2.-The
weather here is exceedingly hot and dry.
Harrison County.
special to the Gazette.
MARSHALL, Ten, Aug. IL. 49, The
weather is hot and dry, but there is some
prospect of rain, which will he very well
come to all, city and country folk alike.
Fort Bend County.
/ Special to the Gazette.
4 RICnMoND, Ten, Aug. l2.-The crop
prospects in this county are not quite as
I iattering as they We're few weeks ago.
Then there was no prospect of worms;
but now the worms have made their APP
z pearancc In most of the bottom lands
/ should they continue their rayages, by the
I LIST of September there will not be over
Il third of crop
! During the month of June and the first
of July we had plenty of rain, cotton
( grew rapidly, and during the latter part
/ OF July and up to this time cotton has
been iruiting rapidly, and with the con-
tlnuation OF the present favorable wealth
Ell, from one To two bales of cotton Is MS.
sured, but the worms may prove disas
trous. The large planters are poisoning
and H'ay succeed in checking their raw,
ages and thus secure an average crop.
johnson County.
+ special to the Gazette
JOSHUA TENp Aug, l2.-Crops are
suffering considerably from dry weather
through this portion of the county.
/ The grain is most all threshed and the
sales are pretty large. The yield is very
I good.
Another First Bale.
/ special To the Gazette.
! Tyler, TEN, Aug, l2.--Some of Pal
eStine's merchants, hearing that our
board of trade had offered premium of
$500 for the first bale of cotton, shipped
IN one this morning by express, but when
the party in charge arrived on our public