, 1864-06-28
Sunday. materially improving crop pros
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Sunday. materially, Improving crop pros
pects.-Hattooa Gaz<tk.
- Farmers are getting ready for harvest.
Much Of the wheat Is getting rips, and tho
prospect In this county Ia very fine Corn
IL little late, hut With proper seaaon there
will be 4 good corn crop zaissd.--&heibYs1!le
Unsoa%
Ten WB1ru8R-The summer heats arc
full upon us, the mercury rising in midday
to Q5 deg. and ever.
Most of Bureau county has had very little
rsin for over six weeks. 4 few places got
some about two eeks ago. but al parties
are NOW clamorous for rain. On Friday
night of List week. = shower co nmenced
near Tiskilwa, and Travelled towards Chicago,
favorlng come places with . good supply.
Saturday Tight there was little more in the
southern AID western parts Of the county,
We are informed that there 'as come hail at
Sheffield. The Sheriff tells Us that the south
eastern parts Of the county, from Ar. Ben
sons towards Henry, had good supply
On Monday fine shower showed Itself In
the west, but it spent it, force 10 Henry
as flr eAstward as Wyanet, where there was
just enough to make IN umbrella desirable
for five minutes,
But Tuesday afternoon VIC never saw d
much finer prospect. In the southwest all
the energy. Of Of . grand ouspouring was vis'
ible, but alas! disappointment turks In m my
prize-it Ill vanished into thin air. Not
rilhs1apding so many discouraging defeats,
We still remain candidates for shower
Bureeu Go. -Rttluo'sean.
WISCONSIN,.
TnH DRoUTH.-We have not heretofore
said anything about the drT weather which
the people Of this vicinity have been endur-
irg for the past six weeks, because we did
na{ believe We could improve the weather By
.%5
should be able to 'eayEsomethiDg enconrag-
Ing It gives us pleasure to announce that
our town HaB visited By beautiful shower
on Sunday, which lasted threc-fuurths Of an
hour, and wet the thirsty earth to khe depth
OF three or four inches Since then garden.
proremens, but we fear It has done little
more for grass and grain than to preserve
the life in them till such time Il we shall
hare another Of these <'ange1 visits" Far
nle1s are generally discouraged In this vicin-
iy the %ost .GmlttinE shat there j. no pos;
wheat. The prospect now is thar consumers
in this State will be obliged to pay more for
breadstuGs the ensuing year than they have
done for many years past.-Ao"ros Ser
ti,.4.
JuBnArr-The Lord has favored the Des
Moineians with 8 shower. They haye been
waiting for it q long timc~ Dixun, Of the
R.glster, becomes the spokesman Of the
whole community, and goes off thus:
Ha1lelniah! Let the earth rejoice, aud the
Inhabitants thereofI Blow ye the trumpetst
Let fervtnt gratitude have appropriate ex-
pressiont Yesterday afternoon an old
fashioned thunder storm, such as We knew
WHEN Time was nursing infant. moved on
the Capital with its train OF artillery. We
had = shower large enough to moisten the
earth, and invigorate vegetation. It did us
good. We have never felt better since tho
Judgments OF Heaven and loyn people
were rained on tue Cop:,erhsads vt the polls
on the second Tuesday. OF October last
Dai:y Gatt City.
-Last Saturday night we had heavy rain,
with hail that did tome damage. It rAined
Bgain Sunday night. in some portions Of the
county harder than 1t did Saturday. The
ground is now thoroughly VET, and VIC think
there need be no ft2r OF serious drouth this
year. Crops, on the whole, promise we'll
1:rso" Adsert'ser.
MICHIGAN. -.
A REFRESHING SHowER--On Wednesday
this city was visited with a refreshing show
! er, which Was greatly needed to moisten up
tle dry and dusty earth, and cool the atmoa-
phere. The Waather has been swetterug
hot tor several days. On Tuesday the ther-
mometer registered 90 deg In the shade:
The rain storm continued about IN hour aud
did not exit nd over a very large territory
There was scarcely any rain Ut St. Clnlr
cIty.-Des,ost Tribune.
MINNESOTA.
REPORTS from various portions Of our own
State On tue condition Ut the cr0ps are tn is
far generally fRvorHb1e. The wheat crop Is
looking we'll: II a great majority of the
fields # stands thickly on the ground, and
Is growing finely It is feared, notWith-
standing, That unless rain shall fall very
eoon, the crop may Jet suffer. Al: :appre-
bensions Of this nature may, we think, be
dismissed .;iAh eafety. The wheat crop IN
Minnesota it Will be admitted on all hands,
is In much better condition now than It waa
year ago at this time, and Jet the harvest
1srt year was most abundant one. Expe-
riepce has demonstrated that our soil is ca.
pnhle Of enduring. without aefious injury to
the crops, more arouth than the soil OF any
other Western state.-4Pinot4s Republican,