The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-16
THE BLIZZARD is STILL ON.
A ZERO THERMOMETER is EXPECT
Ed AT DALLAS,
Cattle Losses in the Panhandle Are
Alleged to Be Quite Heavy.
Railroads lnterfered With.

and Central Texas. The mercury Is to
hght expected 90 droP to zero aud is be-
low That mark at many points ia North
| western Texas Cattle losses are reported
1 10 he quite heavy IN the Panhandle randi
,1n o ulslHets; RAILROAD aud Telegraph SEQ
| VIC arc BADLY delayed,
koby, Fisher County. Texas. December
/ lo'~lhe coolest weather Ter this season rs
mere \ northcr blew up about ~ a, M
! Yesterday aud everything is nov covered
/ Win ice which Is caused Uy the me mist
mat accompanies the nUrthcr, aud II Is
| To- Ice feared and In fact Is expected that
| all stock in this part of the country VIII
| hnvc TO be fed and then many may die.
| reed Of all kinds Is scarce aud very high
/ priced. aud there is strong demand TOT
! iced of al kinds from the TACT thai tubs
! county has AcNer before been 50 com
pletely srassFss Wheat prospects, al this
/ Time are very 1ne and there Is plenty OF
/ moisture to keep 81 growing. There Is
| very large acreage in this county, Il having
| been planted for grazing purposes as much
! as anything else, and II Is serving the pnr'
! pose well The cotton crop Is all about
| gathered and marketed. The crop was
very short
wayerly Walker County, Texus, necen,
| Ucr II y esterdGy morning was Neiy
! warm, and ABOUT / O'Clock 1orthor struck
| here, and Ny night the Thermometer dropped
| helcW 80, This morning II IT. standing ~
! ~ Ice Is plentiful aud there Is slcct on
| The trees and rr1unl crops are all gath
| cred ard al farm work fol this year 0Ver
! WITH The boil Necvl cut OF the Niell
geod ' h"to MAY ond Su yildnd enoUgh f op home
! 7ou,uWntion hut ON The DOOR npl5nds he
! yield is poor, aud the farmers who made
| toor corn crop nre iu bad shape. There
! viii be a reduction OF at least one.fourth
| lr the cotton acreage on account Of h0ll
| wcovil another year
Victoria, Victoria County. Texas Deccm
| ,,,,,,S,o, ro,i ,crT az de0r,,,'s. aIout o
| o'clock Brisk norther Struck Victoria,
| and ct q. NJ today 1t stood at 30 degrees
| thrown on the west side of the passenger
depot this morning an o'clock froze In
| fifteen minutes Stock interests will suf
| fer 10 some extent. but not seriously as
] and stoCkmen are well supplied with for
| age and feed stu1fs
Troy. Rel County. Texas. December IA
! This moruin. if il vary Cold Eyervthina
Is frozen, eyen the branches aud creeks
Those who failed IN cut their MIGRANTS off
| last night have their pipes frozen A large
number Of hogs are being Killed today
One good thing about the freeZe--it has
Killed the insects that have been iniurlng
the wheat and IL is hoped II may destroy
! al least some of the boil weeYls
Adine. Harris County. Texas, December
! IA The chilly north winds mar have blown
al different times during the past week
have not hurt Strawberries or vegetables
on the Aldiue fruit farms. Everything 3
| growing nicely Recent rains have nut tn
ground in perfect condition. A few ship
| uents Of Strawberries have hceu made
They were large, high colored and very
handsome heruics
To.l,,,r, -giin.oll County, ,ro,os no
ccmh6r IA The heaviest ana coolest norh,
or Of The winter So far came M Yesterday
about Ia o'clock n m and RACED ali day
and ali las, night hut no rain made II ,
Neironc visitor IN This section. Consid,
er3bla irc Is i'm evidence This morning but
lii is undertaking ana fair, our penple arc
very greatly discouraged bv the want OF
4 rnlr s-.--,
Ia Grange Fayette County. Texas. De.
ccmber 1.-THE norther which Tlew up
YESTERDAY still continues Durlng the night
iightnlnr. acc6mpaniod by some rain and
sicnt rbis bas besp no coidost Ssv az
thc winter, the thermometer registering
thirty degrees M = o'cIoSL a m and II
has only shown two degrees higher during
the day.
ct. Shou,, courtv Toxos Docouohe,
IA Rain fclI bere nil day TSsferday. nnt
iHso III LIS airt t u, ~, I'Y Ty"g ev
Ell i NJ w,bicb Ell Tbis rorSirg /.
tba' coidnst vrootber oT Inc season 4 lfght
snow is falling this morping. Stock Vii
tbn scaTcity of feedstuff among tho fSrm
ers
Ororr,b u,rdcrap Countr ,reyss no
cem i"T"i "a -TSeye are about Two inches o.
snnr, On no erourd rho rro,,nd Il, Ia VI
Sro1cr and ,bis is tho coolest Weather III
the season Storkmep have pretty wei
provided feed for their stock. and grass il
| In good condition, so no loss NJ cattle Il
expected from the spell Of cold weather
Wheat viii he benefited by the snow fall
Rrenban, washington County. Texas De
ceniher IA The VET nortber al Frlda,
night was succeeded saturday nv fal
weather and sunshine, hut the north Wint
was too cold for II TO mitigate 10 az!
great extent the severity Of the porther
The thermometer registered - in Brennan
Frday morning, falling 20 p, drop o
As degrees during the day.
Big Springs Howard County. Texas, Dr.
cemhcr l3.-Ihe winter was usbered In II
earnest here this morning and the ther
mQmcter fell perhaps ms mnch as ~ de
crces before day, Ihls afternoon snow
has heeq falling steadlly Tor several hours
end Indications are that we are III Tor
blizzard Of considerable severity
La Grange Fayette County, Texas, De
{ oember ~. Inc vino, atier pioN!ng, Itr.
strongly from the south for , about thirty
SIX hoArS, ms morning Wulppfd houn
10 the nofth and luis seclloh II now u
the throes OF genuine nlue Wn VIE i n
mercury has dropped ABOUT dp hegFee
since the mortimer siflcR'
Alvin, Brazorls County. Texas: Decembe
l3.-baln mas taltn az intervals mere ~
day, with strong WIND blowing from th
south. At . O'Clock tpr VIVA shulen y
the north and at this writing a sun north
! ma cd