Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-01

and Of the finest quality, can be raised
here, and ie sure crop IN the dryest sea-
sons. From the best information attain
able at present the acreage planted this
year Is es:imeted to be ten times thst OF
last year; but the exact figures csnnoi
now be given, rs the county assessor has
not flished compiling his statistics. The
condition OF the plant Is good, and where
q stand has been obtained It Is remei ka-
bly, strong and healthy. Too much
rain and the cool spring, however,
have tended 10 make late planting
Farmers as rule are up with their work.
Realizing that this il the time to retrieve
the Ieversee Of the past they are bending
all their energies TO the task. Not alone
cotton will be raised, but long before 1t
is on the market magnificent yield OF
wheat, cats, corn and forage crops will
be harvested. The Abilene country will
20 Its full share to help Texas "bs lion"
this year.
SAX ANTONIO, TEX, Msy 2s.-Exceed-
ingly heavy rains have been falling
through this section Of the state for the
pas. two days and for the lasttwenty-four
aours the signal eflce in this city has
registered the. total rainfall st one inch.
II is feared the continuous down pour has
injured cats and other small grain.
STEpHKNvILLE. TEX, May 26.-ThIs
section of the country has been visited
recently with heavy, and In some in
Stances, disastrous rains, amounting al
most to foods, which have done consider
able damsge to growing crops. A few
nights SGD hail storm passed over
portion Of this county, which almost de.
stroyed many crops snd much fruit. and
did much damage to houses in some
places.
The rust has damaged materially some
wheat sad oats, but outside Of the Cam
age done by excessive rains and the rust,
crops ere very fine amt promising. Cot
ton, however, is young and backward,
and IN many instances hiss had to be re-
painted.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, May 29.-Scorss
OF delegates from all parts OF the south
west arrived In this city TO. day to be
present tomorrow night at the meeting
called by representative stocEmsn OF this
section to protest sgainst the passage by
Congress OF the Mills tariff bill and
particularly against thst clause Of the bill
rels.ing to the reduction Of the duty on
wool. I. is understood thst one Of the
acts OF to- morrow nights meetlpg Will
be the selection Of strong delegation OF
snti.iree traders to accompany the
regularly elected Texas delegation to the
st, Louis convention and lobby In that
national platform.
HILLsBoRo, TEX, May 27,-A destruc-
tive cyclone, accompanied by very hard
rsin, visited us this morning at O'Clock
a funnel shsped cloud was seen comiug
from the south snd like shspsd cloud
from the northwest, which met and fol-
lowed 9 northwesterly course. The fol
lowing is partial list Of casualties and
loss OF property: ". s. McF.dden's
child had 81 arm broker, his residence
blown from its foundation; Captain West,
proprietor of the Gould hotel,
two dagers GLADLY byuised;sMr. Heard,
telegraph operator, p ,iDfully hurt by .
brick failing on his hes6; Alvin Booth,
colored, psiufully bruised by part Of g
brick wall falling Oh MIN; the wife and
child Of Mr. McGehee, living one and g
half miles south Of town, seriously hurt,
and not expected to live, residence blown
to pieces and everything blown
away. leaving nothing except the
clothing the family had On suoscrip
tiou is being circulated for their benefit;
Haynes & Files, store house and dry
goods IL iuted to the extent Of $500;
c. M. Dunhsm's handsome resi-
dence, In course of construction,
damaged $500; large portion of the
'front.' wall of the poss1 flee, Ystes' drug
store, Mittenthsll's grocery store ana
Pate, Turk & Co.'s grocery store was
blown down, damage several thousand
dollars; Esrpold Bros barn was blown
down, one horse seriously injured and two
buggies completely demolished, loss sew
eral hundred dollars; Newt Moore's resi-
dence was blown from its foundation and
badly damaged; T. P. Hord's residence
was BLOWN from its foundation and set
on FIRE by broken lamp. bu. happily ex
tineuished before any damage was done;
Mrs. N. A. Hsley's large mlll ana
west of town, was almost entirely
lars; Mrs. G, a. Paschel's millinery stock
very much damaged by the falling OF the
psrspet wall Of the Masonic lodge on the
the Missouri Pacific Railway blown
OA tDC 1OOA Va VAC OpcIo noa5O OAOWh
OF; A. T. E oss's barn blown down; W.
a. McDonald's store house wrecked; G.
J. Sorrell's barn blown down; W. W
Sturgis' wind mill GO implicitly destroyed;
Tom Bsl's barn completely wrecked;
Methodist church blown from its
foundation and very bsdiy
damaged; Cumberland Presbyterian
church, blown from its foundation and
very BADLY damaged; Professor Petitt's
school building, blown from its founds-
aon and very much damaged; Congress
man AbDott9s wind mill, destroyed;
Simcns & Kavaneugh's photograph GAL
lery, wrecked3 Mrs. Msuvis' art studio, q
frame building completely blown TO
pieces, heavy loss; DR.. Reddltt's house,
5nnoccupied ct the time) blown to pieces |;
roof of the prison cars, blown on; Mrs
Sallie Booths Largo two. story residence,
blown eight feet from its foundation, sne
fiery bsely damaged; part. OF the brick
wall of the Alliance Restaurant, blown
down; TIP Poster's barn blown to pieces,
Q heavy loss. And great many minor
casualties The loss will not fall fsr
short of eI00. 600.
WATERFORD, TEX May 2s-Mr. C..
W. Turner, who is travelling in The inter-
est Of harvesting machinery company,
came in Saturday from the western por
tion o! this county, and through Jack,
Young and Palo Pinto counties, and says
that he never saw prospects as good for &
3na vuhaSt and nst cron he gtesad that