The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-12

by the extreme force Of the recent DOWN
pours. Cotton viii alsol. suffer as much
OF it Will soon be ready 10 chop, but ny
that time will be so badly In the weed
that II will be almost worthless.
Grosebccck. Texas. May li.-Three and
one fourth inches Of rain fell last night by
actual measurement Farms aud roads are
badly washed The wind blew down much
oats and corn, especially heavy on fall
sowcd oats. II is again raining and quite
dark. Farmers arceooking little blue
Carmiue, Texas. May g.-Crops are look
ng very nice especially corn, when is
doing very iinc, on account OF GOOD local
showers falling during last week. Young
cotton Is doing we'll. and is getting IN
the lead OF tho first planting, which mad
suffered too much from cold nights. al
though 1t will come out soon.
Trinity, Texas May IA nice light
rain fell here this morning, which VIII
prove beneficial to the growing crops ana
bring UP late cotton. Prospects for boun-
tiful corn crop were never better in TINS
section. and cotton Is doing well, notwith.
standing its growth was slightly retarded
by tho cool nights In April.
Weimar. Texas, May a--Tho heavy
rain and wind storm that swept over this
secnch laat Saturday did considerable
damage TO the crops. In many places blow
and washing away the soil. The rain
was not needed at the time and many crops
/ viii be tho worse for II.
Loyelady, Texas, May l0.--A nice rain
! fell here this morning which will 10 much
toward continuing the growth OF ali plants
Crops are in fine condition and the pros
| pect for II heavy yield was never known
better. The laying by of corn has been
near finished, and the cotton is being rap
| idly cut to stand.
BRENNAN. Texas, May a-Thcre was IA
J rain in many sections of Washington coun-
| ty Friday, and in the western part OF the
| county II was accompanied by high
wind that did considerable damage, blow
| ing down trees. etc, and wearing corn
out against the ground in some places.
| Granger. Texas. May 9.--Durug the
past two or three days fine rains have
fallen through this section. The rains
and the warm weather of the past week
have materially changed the appearance
! of cotton. In many places the cotton was
dying from the cold weather.
Sugarland Texas, May ll.-Thcre was a
splendid rain this morning. which is AL
that Is needed. hut indications are FOR
more. The cold nights have been againit
crops and the growth has been slow. but
| this rain no doubt will give vegetation n
good start
Missouri city, Texas May IN slow
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o'clock and continued until in the after
noon, 1t was highly appreciated. as the
recent rain did not quite reach mere Crops
are good and most of them IN a splendid
| condition.
Angleton Texas. May Ii, A good rain
commenced falling this morning and has
continued all day. This rain will benefit
the growing corn and cotton very much.
as we'll as other crops, and is the first good
rain in this locality since the LIST of April
Kennedy. Texas. May ll-Splendid rain
fell here this morning. II viii save the
| young corn. hu, all old corn is too far
gone for rain to do any good Cotton
has suffered hut very little with the ex-
ccption Of the web worm in some fields
bonita Texas. May "A steady down
rour of rain for four hours and at present
Farmers creek is on boom. Wheat and
oats fine: corn looking well some has been
ulowed the second time, Cotton that is up
is looking we'll.
Gddirgs. Texas. May IA slow rain
fell here last night The corn crop is In
fine condition and the warm weather the
pnst few days has brought the cotton crop
out wonderfully.
Cedar Bayou. Texas, May 10.Notwith-
standing the good rain at this place. some
corn is beginning to tassel being only
knee high. Rain is again needed very
much
Terrell Texas May ll-IIeayy rains are
falling again this morning. II has been
almost continuous now for twelve or four
teen hours and no prospect of clearing
up.
Thomastcn. Texas, May 9.-The last
two bales of 1896 cotton in this section
were sold by j. A. Mcdonald to Breeder
Bros. Of cuero yesterday. General
jefferson, Texas, May lo.-A nice shower
Of rain fell here this morning. Whilo 1t
was not badly needed, 1t will do gardens
good and push corn and cotton in growth.
Wharton. Texas. May lo.--A heavy rain
| fell last night, which will be of much bene-
| nj to crops In this section. It is still
| cloudy and indicates more rain.
rains throughout this country tho
! past few days have materially benefited
crops and pastures Cotton blooms are re-
| ported on several plantations.
! Floresvilc Texas May ll-This town
and surrounding country WAS visited by
Il good rain this morning at 3 O'Clock. This
| insures some corn.
Corpus Christi. Texas. May IA gor-
ious rain fell here today which is of in
oalculablc benefit To farmers and stock
men.
| Henderson. Texas. May s-Splendid
rains have visited this section this week
and crops of all kinds are growing rapidly
| Rockdaic, Texas. May 9.Splendid rains
have fallen in this vicinity and growing
| crops are In excellent condition.
Rock Island. Texas May IA good
soaking rain fell this forenoon, wet,ing the
earth thoroughly
Sandy Point Texas. May IA splendid
rain fell hero today. IL had begun to get
very dry.
Alvin. Texas May 10 The weather Is
dry and hot and rain is needed badly,
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