Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-03
TRUTH ABOUT DROUGHT
Along the Line of the Texas 4 Pacific
There is No Staryation--Cattle and
Cotton Doing Well.
Palestine Gets Good Rain, ms Does
Rusk County and Other Sections
Very Bo, at Waco.
IN COLLIN COUNTY.

IN COLLIN COUNTY.
Special to the Gazette.
PLANO, TEX, Aug. PA light rain fell
here this afternoon.
ANOTHER GOOD RAIN.
Special to the Gazette
PALESTINE, TEX, Aug. PA fine rain
fell here this evening, one week since the
last one.
RUsK COUNTY GETS GOOD RAIN.
Special to the Gazette.
JACKSONVILLE, Tex Aug. This en-
tire county was visited to-day by one of
the best rains we have had for weeks.
Much material benefit to cotton crops
and range for stock
UNUSUALLY HOT AT WACO.
Special TO the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, Aug. 2.-Such continued
hot weather was never before known here
Crops are beginning to show the need OF
rain, and to add to the discomfort in the
city, dengue, the plague Of last fall, has
appeared.
THE SITUATION AROUND RIG SPRINGS.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
BIG SPRINGS, TEX, Aug. Cattle and
sheep men ia this vicinity all report their
stock in very fair condition and make no
complaints. However, should no more
rain fall for the next thirty days 1t is
feared that some severe losses will be felt.
There are no agricultural interests in
this particular locality as the soil is not
adopted to the purpose, but reports from
the German settlements twenty 20 thirty
miles west of here show their crops to be
a failure,
GOOD REPORTS FROM ABILENE.
Special to the Gazette.
ABILENE, TEX, Aug. 2.-The drought
which has prevailed throughout this ard
surrounding counties has been broken by
frequent rains during the past month.
Small grain and corn is a failure, but the
prospects for partial crop of cotton are
good. There is larger acreage OF that
staple planted here this year than ever
before. Notwithstanding the scarcity Of
rain during the early part Of the summer
stock have, comparatively speaking, suf
fered very little for grass or water. The
range is better now than IL has been at
any time in the past four months
and the cattle that have been
driven west from here this year
were moved more on account of agricul-
tural encroachments than the drought
The agricultural prospects for the next
year are encouraging from the fact that
the total acreage OF crops planted will be
much larger than this year.
The people here are very indignant
over the false reports that have been cir
culated about the condition of this coun-
try, ard assert that the droughts are not
more frequent here Than in countries east
of here.
DROUGHT REPORTS EXAGGERATED.
Special to the Gazette.
Cisco, Tex, Aug. 2.--As the 1aancial
condition of West Texas, caused by the
recent drought, is Il subject OF general
interest to the people of both Texas and
the other states, and as there have been
many false Impressions made on the
minds Of the people abroad by exagger-
ated reports OF this portion OF the state,
1t Is desired to give as near as can be
q true statement OF the condition of this
section. It is true that the corn, wheat
and oat crops are failure. The cotton
crop Is cut snort at least half, though
some OF our farmers from different por-
lions of the county where they have had
occasional showers tell us their cotton
crop is Just as fns as heart could wish.
For the past ten days this county has
been wonderfully blessed with good rains
which will bring out the cotton crop
wonderfully, make plenty of millet, late
turnips and like truck Notwithstanding
grass has not been as good as usual, II
IS quite evident now that grass will be
lne and ought to winter the stock.
During the past week your CORE
spondent visited East Texas, and 10 his
surprise, the people there are OF the
opinion that all of West Texas is upon
the verge OF starvation and all that
are able are moving away. II is not
thus. Although times are very hard and
will be for some time. Not yet have l
seen family reduced TO suffering on ac-
count OF the drought, though many have to
sacrifice some OF their property. as 10
everybody leaving this country 10 Is IKE
this: Everyone knows that in ali countries
there is class Of people who rent ianu
and work on shares, hire by the month OF
by the day to work on the farm ana are
never permanently settled anywhere and
| certain amount Of them move In ana
! out of country every year, This Is me
? class mostly that are moving IRON our
, country aud not actual settlers except
now and then, and OF course none OF this
doating population are moving into THIS
, section, Tor there is nothing for them 70
do here until time TO plant another crop
The people are holding camp.meetihEsi
giving big barbecues, ETC., Just IKE umes
, were as good as they ever were. This Is
a good Indication that the people are no'