The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
MORE RAIN MAKING.
HE DRENCHED CHEYENNE,
Tho Rainmaker Operates Through a
Hole in Roof and Chey-
enne Has Showers.

CHEYENNE, Wy. Especial. IF Frank
Hoetson ala not produce rain here this
AFTERNOON 1T must be be conceded that he
mas private and accurate advices from the
Ialn-maklpg regions. He operated with
MS secret process, and there were two
| showers, amounting to nearly half an
inch of precipitation.
Every condition favored a continuation
OF the fair wea her of the past four days.
MSne l9styYRsnts G Of the local signal
ing corns. Capt Ravenscroft, the wealth
er bureau agent here, went out on the
roof r, peatedly, watched his barometer
closely, for the tool for registering hun
bly, inactive, and declared on his rcputa-
ton and without prejudice that if it
ralned oday he was no prophet.
AT 2:3O p. m. this was the exact con-
dltion, with the streets crowded. In lif
teen minutes, and with all the weather
indicators lying, rain set ir. Clouds
gathered over the shops of the doctor.
lightning flashed, and tho thunder sound
ed hollow like counterfeit.
In twenty minutes the ugc showed
elcven-hundredths of an inch OF prccipi-
tatio,. The clouds then tloatcd awav
and 1t seemed rs though the weather had
settled for the rest of the day: but IL
two hours Albertspn had stated his mill
again, and the sharpest shower of the
season came up, making the total fall
very near the promised half inch
Capt. Ravenscroft, a student, who has
been five years in the service. is firmly of
Mas aa aae aost whhov h bq b arep GHjs
Eve'y appearance and indication WAS
against the visi alton
The heavy rain was local. Cheyenne
being the storm centre of a ninety mile
circumference. Melbourne and his back
ers are simply elatcd. The wizard and
his brother will bet a"ything and go any
where. The experiments will be contin-
ucd. If conclusions are reached, Mel
bourne will be engaged to furnish show
ers for large areas in this State
He keeps his secret well He works in
barn and loafs very little. There i, a
hole in the roof for his use but its util.
ty has not been ascertained. Opinions
are divided as to whether he uses chemi-
cal gas or electricity. The two storms
came from different directions.
MORE TEXAS RAIN EXPERIMENTS COMING.
MIDLAND. TEX, Tsp cial John T.
Ellis, who has charge of the Government
rain making theories Is fh ssbs. absence
The s-Ifj I,ss.aS71 a7-ft- 60 to Il fss7 as
the guests of the city, and the munici-
pality will bear larg, part of the ex-
penses. The small appropriation under
which the men have been working is not
sufficient for all the experiments which
they would like t. make but the citizens
of Texas are sufficiently interested TO fur
nish the necessary funds A delegation
from the large ranch owners of southern
and southwestern Texas has Just had a
conference with Mr. Ellis regarding ex-
perimcnts which they wish to have made
on the great King ranch of nearly one
million acres, near Corpus Chri,G.
Mr.. Ellis, in behalf of Gen. Dyren-
forth, has agraed to go to that part of
the State after the experiments are made
at Ell Paso. Prominent Government Off
cials from Mexico have signitied their in
tention OF being present at the Ell Paso
demonstration, and hundreds of people
from various parts of the State will be
| present.