The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-23
RAINS IN SOUTH TEXAS.
They Extended from the Gulf 10 Sixty
Miles West of San Antonio.
REPORTsON THE GROWING COTTON CROP
ono" that II Is Doing We'll and that
There VIII Sc Good Yield
in Southern Section.

"estefh Union ofhcc IN 10 p, M:
Naelaer Heavy rain this evening
IaSior- Cloudy and threatening
brookshire. Light rain this morning
Kyle. Light rain
ttatonia Raining hard this evening.
columbus Heavy rain today.
segnin- Cloudy and warm.
ms s.artaria.--cloudy; good rain this norm
Victoria. Cloudy; threatening
nnvasotn, Good rain this cycnlnp
Triierce, Raining since 1880 a. m.
trinlpsos Clear and hot.
Ign Heavy rain this evening
Bremond- Partly cloudy and hot.
hampstead. Loudly and hot.
h1rehnam :, Cloudy and hot showery
iLnlkln- Cloudy and hot
shreveport CLOUDY and hot
LYgansnoW Clear and wnrm
TIladlngs Threatening and very warm.
Joaquin. Clear and hot
SShappel Hill. Light rain today.
Nueogdochts.- Showery.
:. Decatur Wise County. Texas. July 2t.
ltsiNFuay evening good rain fell az Al
,Uru' anout eleven miles north OF here, In
this county. The water stood in puddies
g a,,Hudt we streets There was also rain at
Nluco' ten miles northwest Of Decatur
Only light shower fell here. The farm,
els consider the corn crop on the upianls
q AKA failure, H. There Is much good corn, how
- va NV 'lNNNS anu Ill tue hNllrNS. Inc
,ut.9h, especially on the sandy land. IS
looking well considering the long dronth.
and II rain falls sonn there will bp good
NiCld. The prairie hay Is about an cut anil
ha'ed and II is OF finer quality than has
been known for wears Nearly nll the
sandy land farms have patches aud mead
oNS OF johnson grass aud the owners gen,
orally have got enough hay from them for
home consumption.
Mullen, Mills County Texas. July H.
u II rains in a few days there viii b.
something near half crop OF cotton
made. II Is wonderful how cotton has
leld out through the excessive hot nn0
dry weather mp to now, md with rain
u VIII take on second growth and have
plentN OF time to mature half crop Yet.
Except n few fields that were on tho bank
anu rises and were overlooked last year
no crop VIII he made in this section.
For a week local showers have fallen
gil around this place but no rain has
fallen here vet. Nearly all vegetation Ii
burned up. no sorghum made ami stock
oil small creeks have ceased to run. Fit.
teen or twenty miles east Of here crops
made.
Caldwell, Burleson Comfy Texas. july
% The weather Is stil very warm and
sultrr, extremely SO this evening. Partial
showers have fallen in different parts "
the county and the atmosphere has heon
cooled to some extent, hut there Inns not
beer general rain and Il Is badly nePde
There have been some showers TO-DAY and
me lnulPallonS Tor rain are gO0l, GOsi0Q
Is doing fairly we'll considering The dry
weather and from all Indications onc-hulf
OF an average crop viii be made, In some
parts of the county the yield will he
glenter, but this will be fair nvorag,.
Watermelons continue to come In In moler-
ate quantities, but all kinds Of garden
vegetables are very scarce good gem
eral rain will make an Improvement In
everything.
SmIthville. Bnstrop County, Texas, July
IA hne rain teli here and throughout
this adjacent territory this afternoon. The
rain came down slowly and nearly every
drop soaked into the ground. Good show
ers have fallen for the past six weeks In
this locality, coming Just ~ the proper
will be madc-in some places thirty 1--we
bushels to the acre. Cotton Is doing finely
The Post correspondent is informed the
yield win greatly exceed that ot last year.
Both farmer and merchant feel clated over
the bright outlook for q splendid yield Of
the heecy staple this fall
Granger. Williamson County. Texas, July
PA good shower fell here and east OF
crops, hut IL settles the dust and cools the
atmosphere Cotton is putting on good
deal of fruit for the size of the stalks. but
the hollis are small and poorly developed
jury to the crop, but heavy rain would
likely make more and better holls that
II would cause to drop of Too late for
rain TO help corn except June corn.
A nice shower OF rain yesterday starts
everything off fresh and vigorous again.
There have been tine rains through this
section for the last fcw days. though II
has rninod but little right In town There
has been but little suffering for rain so
far. The greatest damage was caused ny
the hot Winds few DAYS ago. The crop
prospects are good Corn Is cnt Short
some, but the :otton prospect is HatterinG.
Farmers are well mp with their work.
Taylor, Williamson County Texas July
pa light shower fell yesterday evening.
The sky was densrly ovcrspread with clouds
attended with vivid elect,cal display, IN.
dlcatlng good ranfalls near by. Rain just
now would not affect the corn crop, rs
that Is practically made, ard IN the terri
tory tributary 10 TAYLOR Will range from
thirty TO forty bushels per acre, Cotton
generally looks well and Is fruting heavily.
hut eds rain, and the Yield VIII be ma
ternlly abridged II not soon relieved.
Mineral Wells Palo Pinto Comfy, Texas
July 20.A good rain is reportod TO have
fallen 10 different parts OF this comfy
yesterday, and medium shower Tell heie
y esterday evening, hut not enopght 20 do
much good as there has been no rain here
since the 9th Of June. and : general
water famine has prevailed all over Pl,o
Ilnto county for the past few weeks,
miles for water
Cameron. Milan County. Texas. July
GA splendid shower fell bore last even
ing bet ween and o'clock. The IA
was very heavy ia the east; thar section
got splendid downpour. The crop prns
pect is stll fair as 10 cotton though the
dry weather is beginning to iniure IT, The
corn crop will Doubles 80 shorter than
Anticipated The boil weevil has apparent
~ disappeared.
Grapeland. Houston County, Texas. July
"a hne rain foil here Saturday evening
and another yesterday This Is the irst
= ain Of any consequence since about the 1st
of Iune Though some neighbprho0ds
around here have not suffered. corn In the
drv district will not be benefited now, bur
cotton IL all right and promises n good
Weld, provided Il is not damaged by worms.
san Antonio. Bexar County, Texas, July
% This section Of Texas Was visited by
another splendid rain this afternoon. The
prrcIpltanon continued for two hours 10
The city Reports from outlying districts
shcw that the rain extended over sky
miles west and all the way IN the ems 70
tlle coast This has been of lncalculable
benefit 10 crop AMI cattle interests.
Mobectle. wheeler County, Texas. July
10 This mart Of tine Panhandle has been
neeains rain Tor some time A line RAJ
came TODAY. Inly Is In time 10 slyr he
eGrn and melon CROPS. The pros cts inr
a anc corn crop was ueYer more mar err
fcr thIs mart Of the P1nhandle. Stoek
Of every Kind Is fat ON the range
Moscow. Polk County, Texas. July 2l.-
Tho dreadfui drouth Is broken nt last.
,rnso showers fell few days ago AMI TO-
- hard rain which Will do much good.
rtsonsb rorn is injured some, cotton, cane,
ii,nntssSes etc. were only beginning to
need rain when It came and there Is