The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-29
LAST WEEKS WEATHER.
COLDER THAN USUAL EXCERPT
HERE AT HOME

Killing Frosts in the Tobacco Belt
Favorable Weather for Farm Work
IN the Northwest-The Conditions Of
the Week in the Cotton Region all
Favorable.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2s.-The weather
crop bulletin for the past week is as follows:
The week ending Sept. 2S has been colder
than usual in all the districts east Of the
Rocky mountains, except in Southern
Georgia and Eastern Florida. The daily
temperature for the week was but slightly
below the normal over the cotton region
east OF Texas, but it was decidedly
cold generally throughout the northern
states and IN Texas, the daily temperature
ranging from s. to TO- below the average
for the week. There has been an excess of
rainfall during the week from New York
southwark to Florida, and over Georgia,
Alabama and che southern portions of Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas Local
excesses are also reported in Arkansas,
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin. Northern Dakota
and Western Nebraska.
WELL DISTRIBUTED SHOWERS.
Well distributed showers occurred over
New England, New York, Pennsylvania
and the upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys, while very light rains are reported
from the Ohio valley. Western Tennessee.
Western Ohio aud Southeastern Michigan,
but no rain occurred in Northern Louisiana.
KILLING FRosTs.
Killing frosts have occurred generally,,
throughout the northwest as far south as
Southern Kansas, Northern Missouri, North
ern Illinois, and Eastern Michigan; aud
light frosts as far south as Arkansas, Ten
nessee and North Carolina, aed in the Mid
die Allan ic and New England states.
FAVORABLE FOR FARM WORK.
The weather during the week was.
generally favorable for farm work through-l
out the central valleys and northwest.
Flowing and seeding IN this section are we'll
advanced. Fall wheat is in good condition.
although slight damage from frost Is req
ported in Northern Iii ois and Kansas, and
more rain Is needed in Michigan.
CUTTING TOBACCO.
Kentucky reports that tobacco is being
cut rapidly, aud that the frosts on Friday
caused very slight dam &c. Warming of
this frost was communicated from this
Office Wednesday, accompanied by a stats
ment that tobacco should be cue by Thurs.
day night.
GO1lOF flChlN9s
The weather conditions throughout the
cotton region during the week were geneF-
ally favorable for contemplating, but 1t was
too cool in half the states for the late CROP
Frost in Arkansas did no damage, and
worms are disappearing from that state,
while in Mississippi the crop has been re-
Gently damaged by worms. In Alabama
the crop is reported as slightly stained, aud
the conditions for the potato crop are exoel-
lent.
OPENING SLOWLY.
Owing to cool weather cotton is opening
slowly In North Carolina, while a good
crop below the averageis reported in South
Carolina. where all other crops were Inn
proved and are in fine condition. Recent
rains have greatly improved the cane crop
In l. uistana. TIE weather was generallyy
favorable in New England, New York, aad
Pennsylvania, and tho frosts In those sec
tiohs did little damage.
Corn, bIckwheat aRd wheat are reporteds
good in New York, while the grape crop Isl
poor.
In New England the white bean crop is
good. maize Is well started.
In New Jersey the weather was unfavora-
bic, cranberry bogs flooded, berries rotting.
little seeding, and potatoes rotting in the
ground.
General rains occurred in Oregon Sum
day, whore blowing and seeding are pro-
crossing, and grapes are beiag gathered for
wine.