Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-29
THE WEATHER.
IN JONES COUNTY

ANsON, Tex, July 2G.-Jones county
was blessed this morning with the best
rain that has fallen in over twelve months
and the prospects are fine for more.
GOOD RAINS AROUND cisco.
Cisco, TEX, July 27.-This county was
favored with good rains Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, ana it is thought that the
drought is over Farmers say they will
make at leasua half crop Of cotton and
probably eight to fifteen bushels Of corn
to the acre. The situation in this county
Is not nearly 80 dark as 1t has been
painted
The heat yesterday afternoon was very
oppressive; the mercury stood at los at
4 O'clock.
GOOD RAINS IN LIMESTONE.
MEXlA, TEX, July 27.-This section
was visited by fine rain this evening.
The prospect for the cotton crop is
immense Corn will not average over
fifteen bushels to the acre in this county
The weather is oppressively warm.
GENERAL RAINS ~ HOOD.
Correspondence of the Gazette
THoRr SPRINGS, Tex. July 2G.-This
section of country, after long and
destructive drought, has been visited
with general rains. While the wheat,
oat and corn crop was almost a com
plete failure, the prospects for cotton
are good. Should the rains be more
frequent we will be blessed with good
crop of cotton.
The largest emigration from the West
has been passing through to the East
that has ever been Witnessed by our
oldest citizens. They all seem to be
centering for the cotton region of the
eastern part OF the state.
EASTERN TEXAS CROPS,
Correspondence of the Gazette,
NAcoGDoCHEs, TEX, July 24.-In
Shelby, Nacogdoches, Angelina, Polk and
Tyler counties the corn and cotton crops
are simply immense. The oldest farmers
fail to remember more luXurlant yields.
NOT Ar SHERMAN.
SHERMAN, TEX, July 27.-The mercu-
ny was 100 AT 10 a. M, and everybody
signs for soaking rain.
OVERCOME BY HEAT.
MARSHALL, TEX, July 27,--Mr, Sulll.
van arrived on the O'Clock afternoon east
bound train with recommendations to the
official of the Texas & Pacific railroad al
this place. lie was 80 overcome with
heat when the train arrived ut Marshall
that he was unconscious for while. He
was visited by DR.. Eads, who says he viii
recover.
DAMAGE BY THE PfTTsBURG sToRM.
PITTsBUBG, Pa, July 27.--rhe damage
by yesterdays storm will probably reach
$500 The storm was the most Sc
we're known for many years.
TEMPLE GIFTS RAIN,
TEMPLE, TEX, July 27-Fine rains fell
here last evening, dong cotton immense
benefit. Cotton was falling rapidly on
account OF myriads of lice that have In
iected 1t for two weeks, and the dry
weather.
IN sHACKELFoRD COUNTY.
Special TO the Gazette.
ALBANY, TEX, July 2s.--"The glad
tldings OF great joy" rain, rain, rain,
have come at last IN the dry pastures and
parched fields.
Great injustice has been done this
county by false representations, in letters
describing restitution and starvation.
Some OF these have appeared in New
York, Plttsourg and Boston papers.
As dry as II has been this season Judge
j. c. Lynch has raised on his ranch, eight
miles southeast OF town, sorghum, millet,
Johnston and about ten bushels of corn
pcl hSlts
IN EASTERN TEXAS.
Correspondence OF the Gazette
CRooKErT, Tx, July 2G.-It has been
raining In this city every week since the
goth OF June, aud now every section OF
the county has been visited with good
rains. The outlook for good crops is bet
ter than at any time for the past six or
eight years, and II there is no disaster In
future to the cotton crop, there win not
be sufficient labor to gather the same,
which Is estimated by good judges at not
less than twenty to twenty-five thousand
bales. The corn crop is good, with a
line prospect for potatoes and other full
crops.
Crops have not been so good In East
ern Texas In many years, and homes can
be found here for all who arenleaving the
Western part OF the state II they win
tarn their heads towards this part of the
state.