The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-22
loneer seemed on dcstrnction bent.

towed the logs back to their proper GUAR
tiers.
The railway trains all came in very close
20 schedule time yesterday and no bad
washouts were reported. The Chesapeake
4 Ohio, the Bald Knob, the Kansas City,
Little Rock and other roads were in good
shape, while the early train from New
Orleans on the Valley road was two hours
behind. II was down along the river val
ley where the rain flood was the worst.
A lot OF damage was done 20 the grow
ing crops. Cotton was twisted about and
torn up in localities by tbs violence Of the
wind, aud corn was laid flat In many fields.
The latter will straightcn up again in most
cases, but cotton will remain tangled TO u
greater or less extent The blooms on cot
ton which open in the daytime are ruined
when they are filed with rain water, rs ii
causes them 10 collapse and either fall OF
or blight, 80 that no fruit Is returned. At
night cotton blooms close up and are not
hurt 10y rain. The blooms, IL is generally
known, fall of on the third day after they
first open, after which the squares are
formed.
A large number Of shade tccs were
blown down or more or less denudcd Of
their limbs, and more leaves were stripped
oil and sent flying away than has been
seen abroad since the last crop.
The telephone circuit, broken hy the
storm night before last, was in good shape
yesterday, except where the wires had
been severed, and force was busy all day
repairing the damaged lines.
The telegraph wires were down yes,cr-
day between here and New Orleans ~ well
N eastward In the track taken by the
storm. Communication with New York
mud elsewhere was kept up by way Of
kansas City, but no dispatches were re-
cciycd from or sent to New Orleans. The
Little Rock circuit was all right. aud Hell
cna WIS connected with this city by that
line.
Tho greatest velocity OF the wind during
the gale here was forty five miles an hour.
A gale Of sixty miles an hour is not un-
common, but such blows do damage, aud
when between fifty and eighty miles an
hour break things The most powerful
blow ON record was on Mt Washington
few years ago, whom $50 miles an hour
was recorded. II the buildings thcrc had
notbccn chained Ia the mountain side they
would have been demolished Such
blows occur out ut the signal station on
Pixies Peak now and then in the gale sea-
son. A good many hcrcabout thought |
the cquinoclunnls hnd struck hero u
little ahead Of their usual season.
The storm, which includes the rain, the |
wind and the extremely low hlrumctrc /
pressure, ~ marked in its effects here, |
had It's origin IN the gulf moved directly |
up the Mississippi valley from u south.
westerly direction, gathered force rs II
went aud Yesterday ut sunrise WIS central
over Louisville. At noon its center was
over Ohio, and last night IL passed out into
the Atlantic ocean near the Gull OF ~.
Lawrence. To the west II wis not very
severe in its effects, nor either tn the east
moro than 200 miles. IL was quite cncr-
gctic over a space from $50 to 400 miles
wide.
An incident connected with this storm
comes from Shaw's station in the Sun
flower valley, from whence note was re-
cc,Vcd Yesterday ut the weather Office
here. II ayH thc heavy rainfall set in at
y O'Clock T. m. and continued twelve hours,
when water buckct eight inches In diam.
cicr WIS found With twelve inches of water
In Il, aud nj ChWinw, tour miles further
south, several lcaky barrels were found IN
have tighioncd and the water WIS fourteen
inches deep IN them. Up un the top NJ
the Ozark range ot mountains, /. zoo feet
above this level, hlty miles this side
Of Springfield, Mo, depth 1T four inches
Of uin fell one day laft week, and South.
crn Missouri had the heaviest rain known
10 have occurred within the present gem
Grafton. The rain up there aud further
south was needed, aud several country.
men declare the good ursulis arr highly
q IA.
lew isolated spots, aud two weeks hence
the country will hc rrldy 30 enjoy another
Just like the one uulcf discussion. Thcrr
b. no question bul thig rain has been the
NCrN thing iur the iull ufupg, such ~ late
potatoes, tuuips und the like. People
can nov plant ns large an area ~ they
please, with reasonable. anticipation NJ a
successful yield. The plfchcl aud dried
up state ol the country had Withcrcl all
kinds ut vegetation. The supply OF grass
was about exhausted, aud the market
stalls showed nothing but fcw slunlcd
vegetables, except the cabbage. the potl.
toes and tho onions sent here from the
north.
The rainfall 20 tho westward Of Little
| Rock and over the Indian nation was not
| excessive and q duuth Of nearly a
I months duration made the visitation u
most welcome one. The crops we're much
Ia need Of the moisture which came In the
nick Of time and was not enough 60 swell
the riycu very much though ii gave tilla.
bic fields q good soaking.
There Wvic some curious scientific feat.
urs connected with the storm here. Tor
| example, the temperature az noon Mon
Jay marked 20. the cooling rain sent II
/ down Ia short time a. az. whcrc Il stood
steadily until 10 o'clock pm, when Ii rose
slowly until yesterday near . i5 O'Clock
| p.m., when u marked So and the highest
OF the day A thcrmuu1ph, aud one Of
I the most delicate OF the instruments OF the
/ signal oilicc. serves to register the yora.
ton Of thc temperature and Il does II au.
| tumaticaly
Another peculiar feature Of tho big
storm WIS the satumtlou or humidity OF
| thC atmosphere. The barometer recorded
/ The lowest pressure ut New Orleans NJ
/ 2N.Al, while hcrc Il went.loNn to 2p7i, n
very low rcCud, The cVaporating power
OF the atmosphere o. relative humidity
was Ia cubic Ccutimottca, while shortly
afternoon yesterday the driver air indicated
| 30. Tho normal ia from TO q ccntime-
tres, and the humidity varies between 81
| and pS per cent.
Tho liver opposite this city has been ris.
| ing on an average Of eight inches per day
Tor the past four DAYS The recent navy
rains viii place The Ohio in good eating
order, and lull resumption oi steamboat
packet movements las already taken
| place.
An average rainfall Of two inches was
reported yesterday hon Grand Junction