Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

cnufcn OH the docks and almost ruined
it. Mesquite seemed to be in the center
of its path No one was hurt. The
damage is estimated to be about $1,000
The storm also blew down L. w. Ebret 8
lumber shed, exposing all the dry lum-
Der to the rain.
AT EDGEwooD.
Special to the Gazette.
EDGEwooD, TEX. May "a severe
wind storm, accompanied by heavy rain
and hail has just passed over this vicinity
leaving destruction to be seen in every
direction. Not a fence and scarcely a
tree is left standing. number of out
houses and sheds are blown down, but
no serious damage to dwellings has been
reported except that W. B. Cheatham 8
dwelling was blown off the blocks. Have
not heard from the surrounding country
yet.
AT MINEoLA.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
MINEoLA, Tex, May at has been
raining here most every day for the last
three weeks, and this evening the heav-
lest rain of all fell. 1t began to hail
at l:l5 p. M, and continued to hail
thick and fast for seventeen minutes.
Several hailstones were picked up that
measured four inches in circumference.
This is undoubtedly the heaviest hail that
has fallen here in several years.
AT ELMO.
Special to the Gazette.
ELMO, TEX, May 3.-At o'clock p.
NJ. to-day Elmo was visited by the most
damaging storm of wind, hail and ram
ever experienced here. A dark, ugly
cloud came rapidly up from the north
west, accompanied by gale that blew
for half hour, wrecking the new Bap-
tist church, new addition of the school
house aud an unoccupled business house,
and partially wrecking several others,
including DR.. Fry 8 Office. He is in the
wreck, experimenting the removal of
the debris, and will rebuild at once. No
casualties. Crops are almost total loss.
AT SHERMAN.
Special to the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX, May 3.-We are
having occasional rains and the weather
is unsettled. Great fears are enter
tanned in regard to crops.
Special to the Gazette
LEwIsvILLE, TEX, May 3.-we are
still having too much rain. There has
been no blowing done here in ten days.
To-day we have had one of the heaviest.
rains of the season. Ii came down in
torrents for an hour.
AT sALADo.
Special to the Gazette.
SALADo, TEX, Nav 8.-We had
heavy rain again last night, which puts
the farm work back for two or three
days, if no more comes. The few fair
days there have been this week have been
we'll utilized by the farmers. There is a
large per cent. of the cotton crop that
will have to be planted over. In some
cases the seed have rotted in the ground,
and in others the weeds and grass
have got such start on the
crop, that it cannot be cleaned out and
save a stand. The rain continued so
long that all the farmers are behind, and
farm hands are in much demand. II
there is any person that is not at work
when the weather is good it is because
they don t want to work. The range is
very fine, and stock of all kinds is doing
well; plenty of water and grass.
AT CARRoLLToN.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
CARRoLLToN, TEX. May S.-We had a
big rain to-day. Everything is again
flooded. Corn and cotton are getting
badly in the weeds.
The late inundation did much damage.
Farms were overfiowed, fences washed
away and stock drowned. The water
lacked about eighteen inches Of coming
up to 1866