The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-21
HOT WEATHER.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 19.-The intensely hot
weather of the past few days continued
yesterday, the thermometer registering
ffom 100 to 102 The heat is accompanied
by strong wind and prairie fires are re-
ported from many localities. About Lis
bon, n. D, $4,000 bushels of wheat have
been destroyed. 1t is feared that Will
iamsport is burned, as the fire was spread
ing in that direction, and no mail having
been received from there since Wednesday
gives credence to the fear. A strip about
thirty miles wide and forty miles long has
been burned over.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 19-The secretary of
the state board of agriculture furnishes
the Associated Press with the following
weather crop bulletin for the week ending
Sept. 10: Except for light showers in the
river counties, there was an absence of
rainfall for the week. The temperature
was above the normal and the sunshine
excessive. The absence of rain, the high
temperature and the excessive sunshine
fastened the ripening of the corn, which,
for the most part is maturing well and IS
now all practically beyond danger of frost
Wheat seeding is progressing in the north
ern counties, where the area will be greatly
increased, but in the central and southern
counties blowing and planting is suspended
on account of the drouth. Pastures are
drying up, water is getting scarce, and
stock is being reduced in condition. The
drouth is affecting late potatoes and winter
apples.
JAMESTOWN, N D., Sept 19-The ter
rible heat of the past few days has
scorched every stubble field and hay range
in the state, until the faintest spark is suf-
ficient to start an almost unquenchable
fire Intense anxiety exists throughout
the state at this time over the danger to
crops and lives as we'll In this county
nj ovar { mn mn xu0rth Of wheat lies
exposed TO fire, which may be ignited now
from the slightest cause. From Emmons
county comes the report of disastrous fires,
but the mails have been delayed from
Williamsport and the exact amount OF the
damage is not known. Wiliiamsport was
saved from destruction by sudden
change in the wind. Near Lisbon thouS-
ands of acres of wheat were destroyed.
Sioux FALLS, S. D., Sept. 19.-From all
over the state come reports of unusual
heat for this season of the year. Near the
North Dakota state line many prairie fires
are reported, but the details as TO losses
are not known. Thus far no loss of life Is
reported. So intense has been the heat In
some sections that work IN the harvest
fields during the day is impossible. Many
persons were prostrated, and the farmers
are taking advantage of the clear nights to
thresh their grain by moonlight. Unless
immediate relief come, the destruction OF
wheat by fire will be enOrmus.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Sept. 19.-The Iowa
weather crop bulletin says that the tenn
perature for the past week was over de-
grees above the normal, making the hottest
week ever recorded for the middle of Sep
tember. In the state at large fully 15 per
cent of the corn is secure and more than
the usual proportion is being cut and
shocked The prospect is that the state
will produce IS per cent of full crop of
sound corn.
VALLEY CITY, n. D., Sept. 16.-A large
percentage of the large crop which was
raised this year is still standing in stacks
awaiting the arrival of the threshers. The
threshing crews are all working short
handed, and unless more harvest hands
can be secured the work will be seriously
delayed. The stubble fields are so dry
that a spark would ignite them, and great
danger Is experienced from prairie fires.