Show A FEARFUL DROUGHT I Thou < niiil of Cattle IIJ I Ing Prom Wniit of Mntci nUll Jriw In Tixas Two vVblcrmcn 1 In Ititlicmcnt In MontrcnlSi rhcj Will Not Jleturll to New York at Ircscnt One Thou allli 1hllailclpliln Inimont Callers 1 fTtct n Compiuinlso Iluliioun llrouelit In rcxim CmcAoo May 17A special to tho Tunes from lug KprinRs Texas nas Ileports regarding re-garding the effect of tho long drought aro beginning to como in Tho plains west of JIIRillS hero aro parched and dry and tho carcasses of thousands of cattlo ore to bo seen in every direction In some localities no rain has fallen since last September J M Damson and Colonel W E Hughes returned yesterday from n trip as far westward as Old Mexico Mr Dawson savs that from this nide of Pccos over in Mexico as far north as Arizona it Is I drier lhan il has been in Iwenty years Of 7000000 head of cattlo In lexas one third sro in Ito section visited by drought Cattle are dying by thousands lr for want of water I and grass l roOI iscry little crass anywhero near water and that little is so dry and dead that it I does not con tain enough substance to do the catllo any good Cattlo aro very thin and getting thinner every day and if no rain comes within thirty days the catllo business in West lexas will bo ruined Pcoi lo are very gloomy over tIm outlook Tho drought I extends ex-tends cast as far as KIR Springs No clouds have been seen in months Even if it should rain now tho cattle would not get fat enough for market thin year A rough estimate places the rate of mortality by thirst and starvation at 000 head per day Fully 20000 carcasses cover tho plums The stench as ono passes along tho Texas Pacific west of hero III terrible I |