Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-04

NpDnucnt mas lnNtINNN'N i'' iNihNsIN WIZ
trade at this point Ia regard TO their coz
ton and corn crops. Nincty-thrcc Of
these arc well satisfied and expec Ct II lib
cnil Yield, live complained OF either too
much rain or other causes aud. do not am
tlclpaic a very good crop, and two stated
that little worm Is Appearing, which
may ,io sore damage 10 their Gotten, sill
N,rey expect u fair crop.
Montague CowSty.
s@Yccinl 10 she Gazette
BowEE, TN, aug. 8.-A deoidrd
s,hauRc in the tcmpcratm'c took place last
s,lglt, md fora fcw hours tbs morning
1hc n5r felt more like autumn than mid
summer.
Administrations Of rain hive vanished
droIn human vision, H;id the probable or
Gwen possible duration oi this dry spell
IN q question oohurd for mortal ken.
NrLennnn uouBay.
special to the Gazette.
waco, TN, Aug. a.-Ncry Zine rains
foll IN the western and northern portions
1.sAhis oou,uy last night, Cotton is suf-
icring some for rain.
Correspondence of the Gmcuc
MoGRBGoR, tx, Aug. 8.-t very re-
frcshing shower fell lcTc this afternoon.
cotton IS needing rain, and we
hope this shower i preface 10 Il
good soaking rain From appearances
OF clouds, n fine rain fell north and east
al here.
Grain h. still coming in. The Gulf,
Colorado & Santa De railway has hauled
illty-fuur car-londs from here IN the past
month and the Texas & ST. Louis railway
about the same quantity.
Grnyssn County.
Spccinl 10 the Gazette
POrrsBoRo, TN, Ang. - The
weather continues very bot aud dry Corn
j. suffering for want Of rain.
Csss County.
Correspondence Of the Gazette
QruN CITY, Tx, Aug There
MAS heavy rainfall last night, accompn-
MED by considerable lightning. An oak
Tree was struck aud torn 10 atoms within
twenty feet Of the residence of S. j.
Hood, Mr.. Hoods family was badly
frightened but not Injured. There Is
Solio complaint Of rusi in cotton, caused
by too much rain II is thought, how
ever, that the damage from this cause
hAlA NV w El'hla IhllbNlNf uN ~ NlNNNs
are not easily frightened, and "ncvcr are,
hut always TO be blcst.n
WatcrmelonS are more numerous this
year than ever before In this part of the
state, aud In consequence are selling Mt
: cents for the best. Have some fine
ones al 30 cents per dozen,
nusk County.
special to the Gazcttc.
IiENDEnsoN, TEN, Aug. IA splcu-
did rain fell here last night same por-
tions of the coun,y.arc yet suffering from
dry weather.
Denton County.
special to the Gazette.
DENroN, TIN, Aug. 3.--Raln is badly
needed In this county.
Cntcrpilnrs In south Carolina.
CoLUMntA, s. C,Aug. S.--Catcrpillars
1iavc appeared in the cotton fields In sew
cral counties, aud the bolliworm In one or
two, Unless their rlVngcs are great the
crop Willie the largest for years.
A Cloud Hurst.
READlNG, Pa Aug. A,-rhc rain this
morning was very heavy and appeared
Ike II Clond-burst. Many streets were
iOlcd with water from curb Ia curb. The
cellars OF many houses were flooded. The
workmen were driven out of many ioun-
dries by water running into the working
rooms. Great damage was done to or
chards and the tobacco crop.
Floods In Maryland.
BALTIMORE, Nh, Aug. SIT has been
raining here all day. Jones Falls have
ovcrfowed. All the adjacent streets and
The center market space are inundated to
the depth of two feet. The cellars are
Hooded In the western section OF the city
At Frederick City Carroll creek over.
flowed It's banks and the residents In the
depressed portions OF the city were all
driven from their homes
An Unprecedented Rainfall.
CnIcAdo, hI.., Aug, 8.--Thc great rain.
storm stopped at midnight. The total
rainfall In the preceding twelve hours was
Dos inches, m Inch more than the entire
minfal during the month of August In
either of the last three years aud the
greatest fall within the time specified on
record, The fall was SO great aud rapid
that the sewers were unable to carry off
tho volume of water. The damage by
wv hNNNlAHE W. UhNtlhNHlN WIS DNuNA.
Early In the afternoon Easements and eel
lars moro than ten feet In depth soon con
tanned two and three feet of water. Num-
hcrless families were forced to leave the
Easements In which they resided and seek
temporary lodging in apartments above
The level OF the streets, OF the residence
streets Huron was conspicuous IN this
respect, the tenants of many of the base
ment buildings being compelled To leave
their homes, The easements and cellars
throughout that portion OF the south
side whore the Wholesale houses
are situated were filed with
water TO depth of several feet.
The loss through this district is very
heavy though no estimate Of the damage
can be made. The water from the sewers
aud the overlooking cutters flooded the
Palmer house basement last evening,
putting out the fires under the boiler of