The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-21
rHE nNMAl.k tnLn DRourn
One of the ssvsrosr, Sio,t Prolonged aud
General In Many Years.

One of the SaTsroat, Must Prolonged anu
General In Many Years.
wAsutSGroS, D. C., Oct 2O.-Reports
received at the weather bureau indicate
that tho present droulh is one Of the
seyorsst, most prolonged aud general
known in the United States since the
the bureau Organization. There are a
few places which show an exception to
thSIsnsraisGgudiiiOus 6us -ftI'HU turEe
section OF the country, ualess perhaps
in the northwest and far west, does there
appear to have been soaking rain tnr
the past two months or more. Where
there has been exceptional precipita'
,ion Il has been confined to small areas
In some parts Of the country the drouth
began in the latter part oil July, but in
most Of the sections II did not become
markedly pronounced until IN August
The entire Atlantic coast with few ex'
ceptions, such az Charleston, 5. C., aud
Augusta, Ga, shows deficiency below
tue normal rainfall since the first ot
August, amounting iu some instances
20 almost half OF the average precipita'
ton. The Ohio aud Mississippi valleys
report similar conditions, as does part
Of tho Pacific coat.
The great lake region upon the whole
has Jared better than other sections Of
tho country east OF the Mississippi In
some parts OF the Rocky mountain re.
gion, rs in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah
aud Nevada, therO have been excessive
rainialls during this period, and along
tho Pacific coas. from Olympia to san
francisco thero were good rains in
September, a. there have BEEN in places
since then in that section. Farther
east, Fort Scott, Ark, Indianapolis, Ind.
and ST. Paul, Mimi, are ;ho centres OF
districts where the drouth was broken
in September. There have beon good
rains also in parti Of Iowa, Nebraska,
Missouri and kan'as.
The greatest complaints come from
WeIt Virginia, Kentucky aud Western
Pennsylvania. Fortunately in most
parts Of tho country tho irauth did not
aut in until after tho principal crops
werc maturOd. consequently tho eIcct
has no, beun 90 disai,rous ai /. would
hayo been IL 1. hal begun earlier In
some places It has had a alight eject on
tho planting OF winior whoa,, and COM
plants come from many quarter, OF the
Inconvenience OF seCurin: water tor dn'
meslic and stock purposes. many small
streams, stock ponds, springs and wells
having become dry. Pastures have
buon injured In many Siatui. 1t is also
noticeable that there has been an In.
crease In typhoid ioyor over tho normal
In many Of tho sections where tue
dronth Ia severe
Tho official figures for tho ontlre
country covering tho period from
March to October II, show n do.
Gccucy. Al Eh,lpott, Maine, moro
than n third OF the normal; at Now
Haven, Conn. almost a thlrd Albany,
n. Y, more than fourth; Harrisburg,
Pa, more than half; Philadelphia,
abon. fourth; Waihinrion about u
nth; Norfolk, Va, almos! a sixth;
Wilmington, \. C., between a fith and
q fourth; Jacksonville, Fla, almost a
fourth. ViCklbuti, Miss. about two.
scventha; Galveston, IuSa', about two
Hilha; Knoxville, Tenn, almost a fourth {;
l.oui,vills, ky., moro than a fourth I;
Indianapolis. Ind, more than a
third: Cincinnati, o., motB than
two.nilhs, with about tito same rata at
Columbus, pAfRorSbutg. Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit nnl In much
OF tho Iako roglnn. The falling oil Ia
tlo uppor Mlutuppi valley nnd Rocky
Mountain states was lsll marked. Tho
cltIei which showan excessive tailtill
for tho snlirl season are. Columbia,
s. O.: Atlanta. Anguiin aud Savannah,
Gai Pensacola, Fla; Fort Smith nni
Little Rock. Ark, Kansas CITY, Mo. I
Pierre, \. u. st Vincent, y. y. Miles
CIV, Mont Choytnuu, Wyn., Dpnyrr
and Pueblo. Oll Ahllrnn, kas Asto'
rln, Dc. Eurckt and Rrl Jlull Cd.