Show tr to TX HT THE STATES I 1 I 1 from I 1 the file N Y trubie ang 22 W we 0 13 continue to receive friall fi arn all 1 parts of the he coun country iry of the kya 0 O q of the most severe drouth in sections section ot missouri sont illinois llois indiana ohio pennsylvania I 1 I 1 I 1 new york vermont Verni ont find and new is destructive to all growing crops and has exhausted feed and water for cattle to such I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 a degree that they have to ba e driven outside of the drouth parched region I 1 for subsistence I 1 we le learn arn from one of t the e employees of the tribune of office fire who has just from iowa by way of st louis and central illinois chicago and Deti detroit olt that th the e appear arice ance 0 things on the illinois prairies is desolate cattle can procure feed but are often 6 troubled to find water cornfields corn fields feeds ore are in the sere and yellow leaf of autumn with the grains on the bob 4 b dry dr y and shriveled and in many fields the crop is is worthless the greatest alarm is felt among the pork raib ran ers eis hogs that will easily make or fes Z fatted batted are freely offered for fruit is withered upon the trees and hyden vegetables are turned to dust V our in informant formant says that he be found on his is return michigan that no rain had bad fallen while lie he was gone an and d the ta drouth t there r d began to be felt severely where all I 1 looked green and on his outward trip the corn col n crop of indiana and illinois n ois is certainly cei very much cut short and that awill seriously serio isly affect other place sand not the least the beef market of this city I 1 I 1 A public meeting ni of farmers has basteen been called in madison county to consult upon the he best beat manner of economizing thear mhd r corn so as to prevent n a scarcity an in that y which I 1 is one 0 of the greatest corn regions jn in the state in jacksonville owing to the drouth potatoes are selling at a bushel a price of before 1 11 unheard 1 4 1 i isala IS DlA 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 4 on the who whole leof fit the wabash bolow below alfa ln fayette Y on both white rivers and gene generally I 1 all the best corn region of the state the drouth is destructive putnam am park paik I 1 green geen and several other central counties 60 enli 68 are are spoken of as not likely to make haf 4 crops of corn 1 1 I 1 particularly in mercer lawrence doun counties ties the drouth seems ta to 0 have came upon ahe he farmers with distressing force in some places we are told by a f friend just from there water cannot be had upon farmer or even in the neighborhood for the ct cattle ittle and they often have to be driven inconvenient distances for a supply I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 we have haie no not heard theard of any ease case of hardship of this kind however quite equal to a story we heard beard an ohio farmer fa iliner tell once of the he bi big g drouth in his county wilim when he be had bad to drive his cattle eighteen ni mues lesto to water waterland wat erand and 1 that want the worst of itar he had to cross two ferries on the road I 1 1 i the shenango She and Ne Nesba nock rivers are dried up and the fiah fi share are gathered into dose close quarters in the puddles of course theres there is no grinding at the mills and more than two I 1 I 1 I 1 women arelee t without bread how long lon this drouth arouth will ill continue says our informant seems ee aps quite VI te uncertain I 1 effle but there i is s 4 nothing bilt a little muddy water left to dry ari up in i that 1 A part of the he Ke keystone kristone istone state accounts from i Lan lancaster easier represent the drouth almost as bad b ad there thol they have bave now and then a little sprinkle of rain but not er enough tough to feed the parched earth corn with without t rain soon soon will be a failure 1 1 KENTUCKY in the vicinity of lexington we learn from front gentlemen recently from there that the hd coi corn coid D I 1 crop 1 is s suffering beyond measure and must fail to a great extent whether rain cames comes soon or riot not and it will seriously affect the fatt batting fatting ing of beef and pork cork in places no rain rain has fallen for f or two months The early prospect of a great crop of corn was never better that is past no hope for a good crop now corn must be scarce and high and port pork 0 o small A good many people have given up all thought of fatting batting their hogs bogs this year the journal louisville Louisi ilfe aug 14 says it is now nearly two mo months n since we had any rain here other localities have however been more fortunate we learn from passengers who came in on the frankfort cars on saturday night I 1 that it a very heavy j rain fell between bagdad and frankfort on that evening I 1 thermometer 97 deg in in the shade the earth parched and dry drying ingin in such heat TENNESSEE TEN nessem at memphis llis there is great suffering for want of good water to drink cisterns are dry and wells nearly so many families have bae no as this it is hauled haule A in casks the effects of such a drouth are very annoying as well as destructive to crops nashville aug 11 at length we have r rain ain after a drouth of many weeks that had well nigh destroyed the crops corn is seriously injured and all garden vegetables quite used up the river would do so as well for a powder house as for steamboat navigation I 1 have never seen the cumberland so I 1 low it has set up a good many bars but teems unable to supply them with drink the franklin beliew says The Ireat weather wr has been si as dry in this neighborhood I 1 for or weeks as a powder horn born ln in some parts of the country however they had I 1 good rains and aad agrenot are not buffe suffering ril as we are in this vicinity this is the be language gu age 0 of f several other papers in this state MARYLAND the drouth Is equally distressing in several ra I 1 of the counties I 1 the howard md gazette says that rain rain sufficient to cef we the ground inches has not fallen io in thai comaty for two months I 1 and oat hat in consequence the corn 9 suffering severely I 1 I 1 I 1 at frederick the corn pot is con considered alast past I 1 recovery and not more than half M abero crop I 1 hoped honed for at farmers dont talk of over oter twi two or three bushels of corn to the acie acre I 1 1 I 1 vim I 1 I 1 t i i i T adjoining maryland is 0 of f course AF e a affected eq in about the same degree nod and will not iii make a n fair crop of corn and potatoes I 1 on the there was waa a fim fin 3 shower at alexandria ex accompanied with lightning cattle cattie in the interior are suffering and only y here fiere and theve will the corn be worth anything tj 4 g thedro the dinuth I 1 uth b has a s leen I 1 very destree destructive in beda bedford ord cou county nty aag A up 11 1 the ai lightning ag ht alg struck tighlman A cobbs cobb barn mad and killed two ne negro gromen men wit who D we were re consumed with the building and crops stored i on the there was a terrific thunderstorm at wilmington tn N acwith heavy rai rain n I 1 11 ouro onto the lake counties most the soil being very el clayey avdyl and bore more easily a affected f fectea b by y dial di uth than sandy ar stony soil in sciota county the ahe grasi grasshoppers grass hoppers have I 1 babu been very ery destructive I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 NEW YORK Thedro the drouth sealis seems to prevail areail the ino d ase verclo in iii those counties affected test year ear and ad year I 1 bear before tb 11 afis latis Chatau que all Alle allemany allegany gany nie jefferson r son a and n A st lawrence avren ce in pUis and yates counties also it has been very severe in yates it lev ailed e early a jy in iii the season destroying 1 spring crops crop sana and we are sorry to see that b buckwheat which was largely sown as a substitute is likely to be measurably cut off 1 stock has been or must be mostly sold off before winter I 1 I 1 in tompkins ii 8 county the dr drouth dutli is ig tit athe ithe war now dow OPI ceiri ti is dying i an abid d P potatoes without it tubers and arg are all drying up and 40 a genera gener lil failure 4 of f fall all anticipated I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 wyoming county is off cattle asfalt as fast as possible bhe before ore they starve there of drouth among them the milk ilk men of orange lre county it seems difficult ow owing U to the scarcity te ity of water vater to tol keep up abe their A ig regular egtill eg tili supply of milk thero the roads nie are dusty almost almo t beyond pre precedent the same complaint pie i vaila U in tile the genesee 3 vill valley W I 1 generally i aitho reva apt as ie severe era as aa ii in th the ie clun ties named i t i L it is is sai w that tile drouth mets th the e spi springs and streams so thai the locomotives qui ves pu an 1 some bf pf the railroads s find jit t difficult to get w water cpr and themi upon bhe are bepp depend i ent upon the abs lake I 1 for the supply of power powei I 1 r i i the fa fah fe feed ed will be almost entirely out cut off hud and early feeding cling have to be resorted to j the crop will be almost I 1 an I 1 entire I 1 I 1 failure I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 r the manchester mirror says all the ho si streams reams hie abit ard are vr v virdi r low the silver cascade doe da not nm delight tile llie eye eyb corthe or the traveler the usino watering places for horses hy by the road sido are wid drouth stores stares you in in tile the fuce wry where te insufferable sufferable iu Wel aare leare dry postures ires ye ove dr j ing up and some same furj formers are obliged to drive elwirt caule cattle look long distances for waler waier T alie 14 drouth aria not aceb d tins this region till a dav as much as some oilier arts of tile stafe fafe i lit in S skowhegan Skow kow hegan began it i TS is very verv severe and all kill bof vegi rot lias also made its appearance this is said haid to be the f driear driest rear since since 1 I 1 f in ali the kofl of muss hie coni is drying up and aad small vegetates vege taMes already ready il dried no moita moisture re baft can be foil aldin in some fields within a foot I 1 of tile the sui face I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 MAINK A letter from me of the alth anit stati states s that tile drouth was felt severely and that the fir fire wua still in the toddy oddo t ALBAN A I 1 1 I 1 I 1 the huntsville advocate of august 9 ardys z tile the liot hot and dry weather still continues continue gy its effects upon tile the crops are mot most we have never seen or known a worse prospect for edrop ackop of corn I 1 A few week sago appearance indicated a most abundant but the hot and dry weather set in and now itow it is is itil im pors ible for even an ail average 5 wd tobe to be he sep secured septine tiNd in I 1 it many parts tile the drouth has been of eight weeks I 1 duration while in other portions tho the rains have been more seasonable and frequent the drouth arms h is affected all of A alabama ind and middle aimle i tennessee rain even i now w would do a g of good to late corn mako make 10 atas pras revive the avis p turis turi s and make water more abundant the drouth is I 1 new york aug ang 19 tle tia wept weather lier rein remains ains hot dry and ald dusty and cerepa ere in 1 begin to suffer for want of baui alli the effert of drouth shows allows most plainly pla in tile the and pi price ice of potatoes they are ale tf 0 selling at fI barrel cleveland i r ollio ohio aug 16 I 1 the farmers aie experiencing a trying time with I 1 routh and grasshoppers tapi erd aroi a ell all but their hay are short too shori short almost in an entire failure they see tile the fruits bior their ti labor in stunted fruit 4 wit withered tiered bats and dried up corn in the midst of this dusty desolation 4 4 ola the farmers farmer has tot got his flour and poth pork to td buy that is certain buethe but the he be liag has got to pay and the MEANS to pay it are quite uncertain I 1 I 1 columbia pa aug 16 corn and potatoes are I 1 dried vip tip to less than half it a crop lawrence co pa aug A ug 1 15 our beorn potatoes and buckwheat are ruined all garden vegetables are re dried up I 1 chicago Chic ajo ill aug 17 J tile the corn crop in ili more than three fourths of this state is more thit it half cut off bv drou drouth th tile the loss of corn in illinois missouri kentucky tennessee Tzi indiana ohio will not be less thun than one olle hundred and fifty millions of bushels Ims hels no amount of rain now can say save 0 the crop in central illinois it is too late I 1 1 I 1 I 1 cincinnati aug ang 17 we have had no raw raia for I 1 dont dent know how many weeks until un t il one shower last saturday you never siw saw the earth so parched resides the ruin luin of crops cisterns wells springs and streams full foil and there is much distress for water Wilkes barre pa paa aug ug 16 I 1 the drouth which usually occurs at this season sie is anus auti nally qually severe corn and potatoes are seriously our ly injured and portions burnt burti tup ap irrigation is easy but no one practises practices it many of our farmers on oil the uplands can call water every field at less expense than the increased crops at one season will return and yet no one pays any attention to the subject I 1 louisville ky aug 16 there never has been so great a failure of crops from drouth in this state cornfields are withered slid and pastures turned brown there will to ie a i 0 great falling failing off in the pork crop we had a fine I 1 rain yesterday but it cornea comes too late the mischief ip done z I 1 1 va aug 16 mu much 1 eh of the Is dead and tile the 0 country ry stiffening fering stif ering beyond measure we have had haa show allow era rs lately but they only erve toay to ay the dust dost j st loul aug 16 I 1 the drout drou hla thin this at ste is past all bief bied dro I 1 vers ere say sa they eau can pel get ther grass nor it or water on oil the rood and the dust is killing corn cora has risen I 1 aas abu illinski are bere buying corn for Jhel heir rown own use tise and those too who usually make thousands of bushels to sell I 1 Y aug ang 18 i I 1 the drouth here re is ui ning potatoes 1 we shall bave lave ho tio aepli apples s crany consequence nai r I 1 I 1 j I 1 I 1 notes note au aug 17 I 1 oil OH all sides s behave melancholy evidence of tle the blighting bligh 1 l gah ing ling effects effect of tile the u unprecedented drouth dk de tation vegetation is brought apa standstill tle the earth is baked trees aye withering and na dying caa hardly satisfy I 1 oarn 1 and 4 potato r crops are ara ae p tod I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 at A bugl I 1 1 tha drouth iles ti nal wui will be M dried up and dalry dairymen meno destroyed dea troyed I 1 i there is great danger of fire I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 seneca con ronaug Co 1 N V A ng 17 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 asta rem tire are OP 0 ari dried ea up and A t th I 1 ip e i aryls cry is now liwa 1 i where aliea shall w wo sell ot pur cattle 44 we a winter them I 1 1 i anra nr A aug d 17 I 1 ig i apps arsa ar 10 wy iry y in enuch itch I 1 hija injured redby in ilias via vicinity lutty the tb 0 e a jtb is excessively parched I bangor me whig A ug 16 v K 1 n the drouth i baem ftera I 1 in n this greetin 1 j alteo the e heat or oattie tile beati deathy bi I 1 has 18 tel relax UX ai ad we have fiad hid one or tb to bersi in ill a week lint auf hat j ta capp compete ri vt wilh twe an fn f kieft 11 s ohp ires fires rn fil he iio bobas wo bas are still causing hiie li damage tarn tarna a ge ts to the t dt rally rally are buffe suffering ring i 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 U ya efe 00 I 1 I 1 k 09 1 6 4 i f 1 1 I 1 i we lavo have 14 4 rain agin here for fv vwe kato d dr nuy any good potatoes laust he be a corn com and lid pasture badly injured thesis Thi friis the eado nearly all over the state e I 1 t s 1 I 1 11 co via this eppi uty will haveth buy corn it Is ii ull all drie djUp a i adi jt it la is no better anywhere on oil the lie northern r 1 ililear liehr also several counties |