Telegram-herald., 1891-08-13
THEY PRODUCED RAIN
The Texas Drourh Broken by the
Uss OF Expiosises-
lHE DRY SPELL ENDED BY DYylAIIE
Heavy showers Extsastag over a Large
Area kssaIt kfosa the Experiment.
Mere tisIlEss OF the nsaE
a. Sss Yea A2ty.


fall expedition sent oat By the uaited
states department. OF agriculture un-
der the charge Of T. q. Dyrcnforth ar
rived AZ Midland last week and on
Monday scored It's hrst success Last
week was spent IN conveying the sup
plies 20 the ranch OF Nelson Morris, OF
Chicago. which is located zS miles north
of this place. saturday aud Monday part
OF the apparatus was yet up aud a test
OF il was made in which number Of
blasts were fired The explosions of
~rsekaroek" bombs caused great con-
eussions, and wera heard and felt dis
tinetly az a considerable distance from
the held of operationS The ex-
plosiges were all Sred from the
ground by means of electric bat
teriea The trial was made pri-
Iaarily 20 test the apparatus, and was
not calculated u b. on q scale exten-
sivs enough 20 secure rain. However.
IN about ten hours after the explosions
clouds began 10 form and gather over
the Morris ranch and surrounding
country. and about seventeen hours af
ter the operations the rain began ID
fall ia eopious quantities The storm
seemed 10 gather directly over
the ranch and the fail of rain
The storm extended over space
OF 1. coo square miles and at the ranch
the rain continued 10 fall tor a space of
six hours About 2 inches fell at
that point This storm breaks
drought of long duration IN this local
ity aud Is the best rain ti.at has fallen
on the Morris ranch for more than a
year. All the apparatus will be in po-
stion in a few days when iull trial will
be made. which viii DO watched with
greatest interest
The theory OF producing rain by the
use OF explosives was taken up by ex-
senator Farwell, OF Illinois, some time
ago Ills idea was 10 blast the upper
atmosphere with charges of explosives
seat up in balloons. Congress was
asked for an appropriation, and finally
the senator was awarded $4,000 Mr.
Dyrenfortn was engaged to conduct the
experiments. and about August 1. with a
eo.ps of assistants. he lett Washington
for Texas To test the senator's theory.
sAyED TUE CORN.
EsfPoRIA. Kan, Aug. i2--Three and
three-tenths inches of rain fell here
Tuesday morning in y little over an
hour. A Rne shower also fell in the
evening previous. which gives as
surance of an abundant corn crop, as
the rain was general throughout the
state.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. 12.-This Sec
tiOn of Nebraska has had abundance of
rain and crops would not seriously srf-
fer IL not another drop fell for two
weeks The rains have been more fire.
queut than during any summer for six
years past, and they have been accom-
panied with cool weather. This has
given weeds a great start on one hand
aud delayed the growth of corn on the
other Four days OF uninterruptedly
hot weather has improved ccrn won-
derfully. IL Is believed rain cannot
further damage IT,
ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug. 12.-Rain fell
over most of Minnesota and por-
tions Of North Dakota Monday night.
Harvesting IS proceeding in all the CEN
trail counties OF Minnesota. and the
yield will average twenty bushels TO
the acre. Farmers in southern Min
nesota are thrashing, and the yield
runs all the way from eighteen
20 forty-four bushels To the acre.
the average beiag about twenty
two Northern Minnesota farmers
will not begin reaping until next week.
Grain there is heavy, though damaged
TO som. extent by blight and rust
The heat has injured the color of the
grain somewhat, and the grade of
great deal of il viii DC No. ? Northern.
great hai.storm prevailed during the
night around Springfield. Mimi, but
the grain was mostly in shock and saf-
fered but little.
nor IN TTrx EAST
NEW YORK, Aug i2.-Duriny the
twenty-four hours ending at midnight
there have been forty eases OF heat
prostratiou in this city, eleven of which
have proved fatal At 5 o'clock Tues
day morning the temperature was 70
degrees At 10 o'clock il was IS de-
grees and half an hour later the mer-
curry had net crep. any higher. The
thermometer az O'Clock IN the after
noon registered D, degrees Tken thuu-
der clouds loomed in the sky and a
heavy rain followed. which greatly
cooled the atmosphere
PLkrSFIEID. Conn. Aug. f2--The
thermometer registered l0i in the
shade at noon Tuesday and farm hands
were compelled 20 stop work.
WArRzeAN. Conn, Aug. Il. Tues
day was the hottest day in over twenty
years The mercury registered los in
the shade. Cases OF farm hands over
come by the heat are reported from
Brooklyn. and a French girl became
FRUSTRATED in the cotton milL Crops
are burning up.
JEwKrr err. Conn. Aug 1a-Tues-
dav was the hottest dsv in years. mills
being compelled 90 stop by the drought.
Farm hands and other outdoor labcrers
have been obliged 20 seek shaaY places
or MELT in the sun.
pkNAGsn ny rfsBrSfSS.
DrcArua III. Aug. II a hurricane
rsssed over Decatur Tuesday. aoisg
considerable damage % shade trees aud
weak buildings. Lightning destroyed
1T. Clark's barn az Mantle. The widow
Eizer'~ barn also was burned In De
eafur the homes 81 William Tel and
Mrs louise kemper were struck BY
lightning. but not seriously damaged
Part a the steeple on Stapp's chapel
near the Methodist church. was blown
oH The Wood q Corabs elevator at
Latham was blown down
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