The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-24
WEATHER AND cRoP MOVES.

only Isolated Places Report Damages
from Cold
Lexington Texas, March 2l.-Farmers
IVY close shave to escape frost Inst
TINS morning
tlallctsville, Texas, March gs.-A cold
NORTH wind has boon blowing since ves-
teIuay and II Is feared that . frost TO-DAY
ton now up.
Gonzales, Texas, March GA cool
mortimer mas been blowing since yesterday
morning, No damage y2t TO corn or gar
o osea as " is warmer today and we win
Mgldoon. Texas March IA norther
/ nus bcen blowing herc for the last twenty
Jour hours and i is pretty cool this morn
! ing u II gets much colder great deal
/ gardens.
Timpsou Texas, March 23--It has been
! Iap ms steadily since Sun,b,y night, with
/ clear bright sunshmy dav. The creeks
I are higher than they We're ever known to
| be doing sreat dHusse TO fcncine.
/ Cause. Texas, March % The continued
night and was followed bv a cold wave.
! 10 damage has yet been reported. TIE
! bfazoS and Little rivers have been tul very
/ nigh the last two days, but are now fall
/ ing very fast
! Rayner, Texas, March 2i-No rain for
4 n long Time stock water scarce and
grass is coming slowly. anj farmers are
/ getting dcspondeut. Corn IS coming up
/ and the CAT crop Is ncedlHg rain. Some
stock tnat was driven IN late In the sea-
son are dying and u rain does not come
soon the loss VIII be heavy.
West Point. Texas March q. Follow
ing the line growing showers OF the early
part OF the week last night came a cold
north wind, seriously niuring gardens ana
| other field crops. While no frost was vis-
| ihle young beans and other young tender
growth Of the gardens are seriously dam
aged and wilted by the cold raw winds
Wharton Texas March GA stln north
vino continues with the thermometer al
60 degrees, but II Is fast moderaGng. Great
damage was expected to cary gardens
las night bur the thermometer did NOT
SINK below go. Corn is M and We'll adj
vanced for this date. ana should we miss
the freeze, we Will be Two weeks ahead
of last year
Th9maston Texas. March 22.-Thcre was
an abundant rainfall here today, accom-
panied by o Stlh north wind The farms
| are IN splendid condition and farmers are
all wei up with their work. Com is grow
lng nicely and is now being plowcd the
first time. a good stand Of cotton Is as
sured and II no backset to the crop the in
oicauons are that there will be good
Yield this fall.
Nelasco, Texas, March %. Yesterdays
heavy rain That apparently extended over
the county was followed by e strong
norther last night While II Is very die
agreeable, this land wind has faftened
| down the angry sea that WAS running
| beyond the ietties and European Stearf-
shps anchored outside TO finish their car
goes down to their twenty-five and twen-
ty-three foot marks were able to receive
treiehi from lighters today for the first
time since Saturday.
Lovelady. Texas. March 22-The heav-
lest rains Of the season fell hese Monday
and today. Fully four or five inches OF
water zen during the two DAYS. Ii has
been raining here In this county nearly
every week since the 18th Of January. The
ground Is 80 fun OF water It can not hold
any more The streams are all up to
high water mark and the land that has
been plowed up has washed great deal
corn that has been planted some think
VIII not come up but viii rot IN the
ground. Farming rs put back fully thee
weeks a great deal Of corn Is yet to be
planted, but the corn IS safer I'm the crib
than in the ground now.