Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-09-06

Michigan Temperature and sunsh,,.
normal, rainfall below; driest wael =
the season thus far; ground powdasa
and affords no nourishment 10 cro..s
Ing crops. Late corn and potatoes =,
entire failure in many localities, Fos
est fires doing much damage.
Arkansas Cloudiness has preva,,,,
during the entire week, with freouar.
showers which reached all portion.
stimulating and reviving growips
crops and putting the ground In prlma
condition for stumble breaking ana
turnip sowing. AS a rule cotton i
doing well, though some report OF the
rust and shedding. Corn is made
kentucky-Drougth is effectually
broken in most sections and late corn
tobacco, pastures and gardens are I'M
proving rapidly. Some sections sai
need rain. Tobacco and hemp cuttina
still in progress; both these crops have
been materially shortened by the
drought.
Ohio-Local showers have revived
vegetation somewhat in the central
and southern portions; in the northern
counties corn is beyond help and has
been or will be cut for fodder. Cen.
eral frost on the 22d did no serious
damage. Potatoes small and not over
two-third crop. On low lands corn
promises one-half to three-fourth cron
while hill corn is failure.
Temperature The week ending Auo
p was warmer than usual on tho
Pacific coast and in all northern dis
tricts east Of the Rocky mountains or.
cepting portions of New England and
the middle Atlantic states whera
nearly normal conditions prevailed. No
marked excess in temperature oe.
CURED east of the lake region, but to
the westward and on the Pacific coast
the week was decidedly warmer than
usual, the average daily excess amount
ing to from 6 to IA degrees per dsy
from Minnesota westward to the Pa.
citic coast, the maximum excess or
ably high maximum temperatures oc
Cured in northern New England and
in Montana on the oath. and in Cali
foria and southern Oregon on the 26th
and 9th. At Red Bluff, Cal. the TEN.
perature reached ITO degrees on the
Goth, which was 4 degrees higher
than any previous record for the
month of August Except on the i'm
mediate south Atlantic coast and in
Florida, where the temperature was
slightly above the normal. the week
was generally cooler throughout the
southern states, but to the eastward
of the Mississippi the deficiency in
temperature was very slight. In
northern Louisiana, Arkansas and
southern Missouri and thence west.
ward to New Mexico the average daily
deficiency in temperature ranged from
3 to 5 degrees Unusually low tenn
peratures occurred In northern New
England on the morning of the 9th,
reaching the freezing point in northern
Vermont. and killing frost occurred In
the valleys of central Vermont and
New Hampshire. Light frost, causing
slight damage In low lands, was gen
eral in New England on the odd
Precipitation-The rainfall for the
week has been very heavy over the
greater part of the gulf states. except
along the immediate coast. Over por-
tons of Arkansas, Mississippi, Ala
bama and northern Georgia amounts
ranging from two to six inches have
been reported, and in central Ala
bama the last-named figure has been
exceeded. In western Texas, southern
Florida and over portions of the Caro-
llnas, however, but little rain has
fallen and generally throughout all
northern districts, except extreme
northern Minnesota. less than the
usual amount of rain has fallen
Throughout the lake region and from
the upper Mississippi valley west
ward to the Pacific coast no appre-
cable rain mas fallen.
There has been too much rain FOR
cotton in portions of Alabama, Mis-.
sisslppi, Louisiana and Texas, ana
there Is considerable complaint from
ulN stdltc Vi uSt SuCoQih-s
ng, interfered with by excessive rains
s becoming general in the southern
portion of the cotton region, and has
begun in North Carolina and Okla
bona. Late corn has improved ID
Missouri. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio ana
Maryland. The crop will soon be free
from the danger of frosts in the s'ates
named. Drought continues In New
England and in the middle Atianne
states and generally throughout the
lake region and northwest, and ram
is greatly needed in these sections TOT
pasturage and to put the ground inlo
condition for fall blowing. Tobacco
cutting Is progressing in KENTUCKY
Ohio, Pennsylvania and MARYLAND
Late tobacco has been improved "
recent rains in Maryland, and 'ne
crop is curing in excellent condition y
North Carolina. Forest fires are re
ported from Michigan, Wisconsin anu
Montana, and in the last named s'as