St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18
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The Weather Is just Right for
Minnesotans and DakOtans.

MlnneSOtanS ana DakOtanS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE follow
ing is the weather crop bulletin issued
by the signal Office for the week ending
Aug. II:
Temperature-The week ending Aug.
II has been cooler than usual through
out the Northern states. Kentucky, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina and Tennessee,
while it has been slightly warmer than
the average temperature in the Gulf
states, and from Texas northward to
Dakota and on the Pacific coast. Over
the principal corn states, and from the
Mississippi valley eastward to the New
England coast, the weather was
relatively cool, the daily temperature
ranging from three degrees to six de-
greeS below the normal. The average
daily temperature of the season from
January to August II differs less than
one degree from the normal throughout
the central valleys, the middle Atlantic
states. and the Northern portion of the
gulf states. The season is about one
week late along the South Atlantic and
gulf coasts; it is retarded slightly in
the states of the Ohio valley and it is
from one to two weeks in advance in
New England and Dakota. Precipita-
tion.-There has been more rain than
usual generally throughout the South
ern, middle Atlantic and New England
states, and in portions of Mis-
excuses ia rainfall have also been
reported in Northern Michigan. In
Southern New England and over the
greater portions of South Carolina and
Georgia the rain fall of the week ranges
from two to four inches. In the princi-
pal corn states, extending from Ohio
and Michigan westward to the Missouri
valley,
ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS OCCURRED,
and the weather was especially favora-
BILE for farm work. The rain fall for the
season continues in excess from New
York southwark to Florida and from
Texas northward to Dakota. In the
states of the Mississippi valley, from
the gulf coast northward to Minnesota,
the rainfall for the season gener-
ally exceeds SIS per cent of the normal
From Central Tennessee nOrthWard
to Lake Erie from 60 to 20 per cent of
the nominal rainfall has occurred, and
in the northern portions of Minnesota
and Dakota, and in Oregon and Wash
ington territory but little more than
half the usual rainfall is reported.
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been very favorable for harvest work in
Dakota and Minnesota. The spring
wheat has been practically secured,
with a good yield reported; but more
rain is needed in Dakota for late crops.
In the states of the Ohio valley, includ-
ing Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky.
Iowa and Kansas, the crops
are greatly improved by the favor
able weather of the past week. In
these states the corn crop is IN
excellent condition, and maturing rap
idly. A large crop of oats has been har-
vested, and the hay crop much heavier
than was expected at the first of the
month. In Michigan, the cool nights
were unfavorable 10 corn, and some
damage resulted to the crop in Missouri
from local storms and drouth. The
good tobacco crop of Ohio, Indiana and
Virginia was improved by favorable
weather. More rain is needed for this
crop in Kentucky, While excessive rains
in Tennessee have left this crop in an
unthrifty condition. In the cotton re-
giOn extending from Georgia to Texas,
the weather was favorable. and the cot
ton crop improved, although cotton
WORMS ARE ON THE INCREASE
from Alabama westward 70 Arkansas
and have caused some damage to tie
crop. Mississippi reports caterpillars
in thirteen counties in the east portion
OF the cotton region; the crop has been
somewhat damaged by rain, but farmers
are vet hopeful. In New England, New
York and New Jersey the weather was
generally unfavorable. Potatoes are
rotting from excessive rain, and it has
been too cool for corn north of Pennsyl-
vania. Hay. oats and barley have been
damaged in New York, the fruit crop
injured in New Jersey by heavy rains
and thunderstorms. In Pennsylvania
the corn crop is in fine condition. and
large second crop of hay is being bar
vested Rain has interrupted the
threshing of wheat in the western por-
ton of Oregon, but these rains will
doubtless prove beneficial TO fruit.
Window Fayors a Hswkeye.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE secre-
tary of the treasury has awarded the
contract for furnishing tower clock
for the Minneapolis public building to
Joseph Baborka, OF Iowa City, To-, for
81 ,075.
Prizes in ClarksOn's Lottery.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 17.-Com-
stock and Dunnell drew two postOffice