Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08

damaged, and in many localities the
crops ruined.
wAsHoUr NEAR coRs1cASA.
Special to the Gazette.
CoRsIcANA. Tex, May 2.-on the Cot
ton Belt railroad, trains from the West
are delayed, on account of about 500
yards of the road being washed away by
the storm yesterday, near Waters Sta
ton, in this county. The washout will
be repaired by Tomorrow morning.
GRIMES COUNTY.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
ANDERSON, TEX, April 9O.-Farmers
are now happy and have gone to work
in earnest.
BEE CoUNTY's PROSPECTS.
Special to the Gazette, q
BEEvILLE, TEX, May Awhile psf
and North Texas have suffered SIS
spring from too much rain, we in Ia
county have had 1t just as though sent to
order. Consequently crop prospects
were never better at this season. Thu
acreage in cotton has been more thans
doubled since last year, and there will be
at least 5000 acres in cultivation this
year. Our black sandy loan prairies
are so easily cultivated in cotton, aud the
experience of last year was SO favorable,
that many pastures are being divided up
into cotton farms.
BRAzos RIVER RISE.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.
BRYAN, TEX, May 1.-Your CORES
pondent has just returned from the
Brazos bottom farms of Judge Jbhn N.
Henderson and Maj. ] W. JohH gon, on3
the banks of the Brazos rivef, and
noticed red rise of one inch shough
some thought more. 45&
AT CoMANCHE. p
Correspondence of the Gazette. @
CoNIMANCHE, Tex, April s29.-
The crop prospects vera never more
fettering, notwit hstanding the recent
heavy rains. While some farms were
considerably washed the damage is by no
means general or extensive. Both farm
ers and merchants are cheerful and
happy.
Work on the grading was temporarily
stopped on account of the heavy rains
and high water. The streams have an
been higher than for years before, and
several bridges have been washed away
in the county.
IN M'CULLoCH COUNTY.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
BRADY, TEX. April 29.-AIl this coun-
try has enjoyed the fine rains that have
recently fallen. We have now the best
season in the ground we have had since
last July. Farmers are jubilant over the
present outlook for a good crop this
year.
The Colorado river has been on q big
boom for the past week, and in conse-
quence we have been cut off from the
outside world. Tonight is the first mail
for six days.
wATERBoUND FOR OVER WEEK.
Special TO the Gazette.
WHTTEwRIGHT, TEX, May 2.-The
fishing party who left here two weeks
ago for Red.river composed of the fol-
lowing prominent citizens of this county;
H. E. Ray, liveryman; J. ID. Hoard,
clerk; N. F. Stubbe, deputy sheriff, and
j. A. Hardway, merchant, returned to-
day. They have been waterbound north
of Rod river for over week and as
soon as Red river water fell so they
could cross on ferry at Colbert station
their arrival here to-day they were met
by the WhItewright cornet band and
given a rousing reception. This was the
party reported from Bonham being in
trees, etc.. near Eagle Lake, L. T. They
killed i've deer and two wild cats but Z
caught no fish after the first day. There's
is general rejoicing here for the reason til
was feared some of them had beeH
drowned or lost their lives otherwise.
AT LANCASTER.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
LANCASTER, TEX, May I've have
had no mails here from the north since
Saturday, and as the mail from the south
brings nothing scarcely, the people are
very much inconvenienced, receiving no
daily papers whatever. It is now rain |
Ing, in fact has been all day, and we |
fear the cotton crop will all have TO be |
planted over, as it 10 rottening In the |
ground now on account of wet weather. /
The force of men that was at work.
laying track on the Hutchins tap of the |
central railroad, have been Withdrawn |
to lay track and fix up damages on the !
man line of the Central. caused by the |
Hutehins aud Dallas.
IN JOHNSON COUNTY
Special to the Gazette.
CLEBURNE, Tex, May 2.-The farm |
ers in from the country to-day say the
rain of Yesterday did considerable dam |
age, and report that crops will necessa-
rily be late. Mr.. Shropshire of Barnes
Vile was in the city to-day and reports q
heavy hail storm yesterday afternoon |
about o. clock at GAINESVILLE.
AT EICo.
Special to the Gazette.
HIco, TEX, May "A destructive |
hail storm passed four miles northeast Of
his place last evening, com pleteIy de-
stroying everything in Its tracks. Wheat,
corn. oats and cotton are entirely ruined. |
We cannot as ye. ascertain the extent of |
The damage. Wheat is reported as
HEdly injured by rust. Farmers are de-
gpondent to some extent. The land was
barely in condition to WORK yesterday
when another heavy rain fell that will
tetard farming operations for sometime.
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