New-York tribune., 1895-07-06
COTTON SWINGS LOWER.
WAITING FOR THE BUREAU REPORT

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN THE soUTH-A BEAR
RrJMOR DENIED BY PETER LABoUIssE
The cotton market lost about seven points yeS'e.
day from Wednesdays close. 1t was DAY OF sHah
trading only 10000 bales being sold and the down.
ward trend OF prices was due to lower caoies ITO"
LIVERPOOL a disposition to walt for the Government
report Of July 10 and bear rumor industr'ousiy
circulated Early In the day there was selling Tor
New-Orleans account and the bears said IL was
the bull leader In that city. Peter lapouisse' SELL
ing out telegram from Labousse said that ne
had mot sold solitary bale. He said the New
York bears might have better crop information than
ne did but they had thought the same thing before
Liverpool continues to be the weight on the mar
ket spot sales being 5000 bales yesterday and fut-
3i2 points lower.
Weather reports yesterday were as unfaVoraDe az
ever from the South. the special report OF the New
York Cotton Exchange showing especially heavy
rains in Mississippi and Alabama. In letter 10
Atwood Violet. Local Forecast Offcial +. r. Dunn
said that "a half-inch of rainfall the square
inch would for an OF ground weigh 1l3Wlt
pounds or about five and hve-eighths tons In
LAFAYETTE La on July 4 the rainfall 3.25
inches Precipta ton almost as heavy has been re-
ported daily at many points in the cotton belt for
weeks At Dallas. Tex. nine inches have fallen
since last Friday. and seventeen inches In the last
thirty days The rainfall large portion OF the
cotton belt since July has been an inch or more
These figures Of rainfall seem to justify the crop
accounts daily received from that section. Here are
some OF the advices that came to hand yesterday:
From North Carolina Bureau Report: Elizabeth
City. y. C.-Cotton smallest | ever for the
season. Reelsboro. y. C.-Cotton is very poor;
trouble with lice not half crop for us this year.
Dallas Tex July 4.-Since Friday last nine
inches of rain have fallen. and for the last thirty
days seventeen inches. This Is without precedent
since frs; settlement OF Northern Texas II weather
IS clear for next sixty days one-haf OF last years
cotton crop may be raised. 1t Is time now for
squares and blooms. yet the crop does not average
two inches high throughout Texas. 1t Is the poor
80, looking plant ever seen at this time OF year.
Fort Worth. Tex. July i.-Heayiest rain ever
known during last thirty days.
Mount Vernon. Tex, July 4-Heavest rain IN
twenty years on Wednesday night.
jefferson. Tex. July NO trains for two days.
on account Of high water.
Lafayette La July 4.-Rainfal! to-day 325 inches
vosburg. Miss. July 4-Country roads badly
washed ont and impossible. Cotton very grassy
and In bad condition.
Helena. Ark July 5-Contnued heavy rains do
ing harm Crop very grassy. Cotton boiling badly;
too much rain.
Natchcz. Miss. July Three rains yesterday;
more today crop in very bad shape.
New-Oreans. July Letters from Arkansas ana
Alabama to-day. with very gloomy crop reports.
A weli-informel man jus, finishing a tour Of Mis-
sissippi says that in addition TO acreage decrease
the cotton crop during last thirty days has been
damaged at least ~ per cent.
Ic-svie. Tex. July 5.-Farmers report small boils
being perforated by worms. which cause them TO
far OF They think IT the Mexican weevil. Waxa-
hatchie Tex. SAYS Mexican weeVil reported In cot
ton In that section.
The weather reports Of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany for twenty four hours ending a. m. July ..
say.
Georgla-Amercus. Columbia Macon and Savan-
nah. rain yesterday. -
Alabama-Akron heavy rains Wednesday ana
Thursday. Anniston, rained all Yesterday, Brinlng
ham. heaviest rain OF season Wednes lay hisnt,
Hide rain yesterday. Eutaw. one inch or ram;
Greensboro. heavy rains Welnesl lay and Thurs
day. ,iuin heavy rain yesterday; Jasper light rain
Yesterday: Livingston raining since Saturday morn
ing Mobile heavy rain all day yesterday; Mont
gomery harl rains, Selma, heavy rain all yester-
aay lis hi rain last night; Tuscaloosa. heavy ram
Yesterday: Unlontown. heavy rains yesterday; light
rain this morning.
Mississppl-Amory. rainei yesterday and last
night Holly Springs, heavy rain yesterday JACK
son hard rains Wednesday, and storms near mere
Yesterday: Meridian. some rain yesterday; Natchez.
New Albany and rupelo. heavy rain yesterday.