Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-08
rLoops IN LAKELAND.


Continued Damage 10 Drops
streams Overlooking and Roads
Badly Washed.
Baltimore Sun special.
EAsroN, Md, July 31.-There were
hopes to-day that the rainy season was
over when Just before noon after raining
all last night and much Of the forenoon
tho wind came TO north, west and clear
sky appeared. The hopes were dissi-
pated by heavy thunderstorm and hard
rain, making the seventh successive
rainy day. Thus far Talbot has suffered
less perhaps than any other OF the PENN
suls counties from unprecedented rains,
IS no heavy damage is yet done to mill
ponds, roads or bridges, but hundreds OF
tons Of hay have been lost and thousands
of bushels OF wheat are being damaged,
and the outlook is that Talbot may not
raise corn enough for home consump-
ton. There is large acreage in toma-
toes and tine loss OF that crop is now
feared, as we'll as the destruction of
other crops OF vegetables. All business
ia dull. People are buying economically
and spending money sparingly. Canning
peaches has commenced up the Delaware
4 Chesapeake railway in Caroline county,
as it is necessary to can the early fruit
before It natures 10 save it. Peaches,
canning stock, are rs cents basket; the
best, for table use, bring 80 cents basket
In Easton. The rains have caused sus-
pension OF work on the Baltimore u
Eastern Shore railroad.
ELLIooTr CRY, July 31.-The heavy
rains of yesterday and last night caused
q considerable rise In the Patapsco river
and ocoasionsd considerable alarm for
the safety OF the new b. Il o. railroad
bridge over the Patapsco to the Touring
mills of the O. A. Cambria Manufacturing
Company. Considerable damage was
done to the dam OF the o. A. Gambrill
%. at the mills at Orange Grove, which
was washed ont during the flood Of May
3lst and was in course of repair. All the
new work has been washed away and q
portion of the old dam which survived
the former flood.
The damage to roads and bridges
throughout the county was heavy.
Lightning struck the stone barn Of Mr.,
O. W. D. Ligon and tore out several feet
of wall of one end and shivered several
heavy posts. There was no stock in the
barn.
WESTMINSTER, Nd, July 3l.-Rair
commenced falling about o'clock Tues
day afternoon and has kept it up eve
since, sometimes pouring down. Tn,
streams throughout Carroll county hav'
been very high, and in some places tht
county roads and fields are badl
washed. The Pstapsco falls, at Carroll
ton, were over the track Of the Western
Maryland railroad. The water OF BIZ
Pipe creek, at Trevanion, is over tn
bridge, making travel impossible. Tn
meadows along Pipe creek from NeI
Windsor to Union Bridge are all unde
water. No serious damage has been re
ported. The water Ia subsiding.
BELAIR, MD, July 31.-Last night
rain has done q vast amount of damag
to Hartford county. The rain was accom-
panied with very vivid lightning an
strong wind. The oornfelds are badl
washed, and streams that were neve
known to get beyond their banks thi
morning were good-sized rivers. Winter
run at Archer and Howard's mill, nea
Belair, was IA iuehes from the bfiog
floor. All the fields along the streal
were flooded, and Lake Fanny was ra(
ing torrent. Bynum's run was over II
banks four or Eve hundred yards, On
was about ~ inches from the bridp
floor. The stream usually is about
feet wide and two feet deep, but today
was about Is feet deep. Deer creek hi
not been as high as it was this mornin
for years. No loss of life has been r
ported. The county roads are wrshed
some places.
CHEsTEBrowN MD, July 3i.-The IA
of rain last night and to-day has been n
precedented. The corn crop in Re
county will be cut short one half by Il
extreme wet weather. Many farmers W
not make enough corn TO serve thei
much less to make amends for damag
Rheat crop and no peaches.