The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-21
RIH TEXAS STORM
Damage Was Done to Tcle-
graph Wires and r0'ss'
lass INTERESTS SUFFERED,
kvo Days Outside communica-
ton Was Difficult.
nrHiNG FOR THE FARMERS
,,,.t Tbcy Wanted and at the
.-CattIe Have suffered
81 I'm some Localities.

as Texas, December 2o.--North
GEOGRAPHICALLY speaking has been
!, from the outside world for prac-
,wo fail days and nights. No such
ao, 81 noIes and wires has ever
haen known since electrical enter
entered the state. There may have
elect storms equal to the one from
Taxas is now suffering commercial
M one can recall when it was. If
storm ever did happen down this
h was before wire systems had been
: through the State. Superintendent
If the Western Union Telegraph
any Who has Deen in Texas nearly
hrter OF a century, says this sleet
eclipses any other IN his memory;
surprised at its scope as much as its
r,etiyeness. The seet belt Is approx
ely 200 miles wide, extending from
ic,na or the south far up into the
In aud oklahoma Territories and
Ihways from Weathertord on the west
Eastward into Arkansas and Louisiana.
the Western Union and the Postal
ms have been knocked out for the
Two DAYS; the Western Unions t'ou-
are principally in Northern, Central
Northeast Texas. and the Postal's in
kusas. Hundreds of men on special
IS and engines have been engaged
} yesterday morning repairing the
1t will require several days time
$st things back in as good order as
we're before the storm. The northern
| Of the State has been as completely
Sted from the Southern half as it has
St. Louis and the East, and messages
|bded for Houston, Galveston and other
thern Texas points have had to journey
Ind circuit taking in Kansas City, st.
s and New Orleans and very few of
4 these dispatches have been able tc
Through over a patched up Rock Island
foad wire up through Oklahoma, Kan
land Missouri. The local and long dis
b telephone systems have suffered pro
fionately with the telegraph systems
tons upon tons of sleet accommodating
|he Telegraph and telephone wires, aided
|the force OF the wind in swaying the
+, has playedh ayoc with poles. which
broken off byhundreds The wire
les by the storm will reach 500 600 and
\ exceed that figure. The loss t,
fmercal interests can not be estimated
1t is a very heavy one. Most Of the
Foad lines have also suffered by wash
and water soaked tracks since thu
4 set in. and trains from the north and
are generally badly off schedule time
|as daily newspapers have felt The in
Fehienee of the storm acutely IN tht
PHlhg OF their press reports and specia
Fice' Their news columns ale scantie
Pp 10 date news than has been the case
many years past. Pool rooms hav
II without race reports and "bucke
Pps without commercial quotations
|NeVer, agricultural interests have bee
|'iy benefited by the storm; grain an
Fon planters declare that it was JUS
~ was needed in their business an
Il at the right time. Cattle interest
r. probably suffered in some sections
Fai business and street railway traffi
Il score or more North Texas cities an
Us have been practically at a standstil
|ause OF the storm. since last Friday.
Ien'on, Denton County, Texas. Decem.
"a cold winter rain has taken TIN
e oi the snow and sleet OF yesterda,
ue weather of today is very mucl
rmtr IMAM that OF the two precedini
4, out much ice is stil hanging on trees
nouses besides the walks being yer.
r.. me Ice is now mslting though
eoh'nlned with the rain makes the
extremely muddy and disagreeable
.sn, 1t Is thought. will greatly ben.
In, wueat that in many parts OF Thu
h, are badly needing II.
FS % Liberty County. Texas. Dacem.
tS-Vne of the most severe spells o
u,rss mas prevailed here since las
NAY morning that has been witnessed
h. uy years. Many Of the farmers ant
The , oil this county are complaining
|lsS 'neessant weather which has pre-
;ls, slee last +ps-sifsday The oat an,
by w is hne In this county, ami this
rro "euther is fine for this crop, and Il
~ 'hat every farmer should raise.
E-.asUa, Grimes County. Texas. De-