Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-11-06

AND-Ihe harvest Oh OCoIiauu ID az
cording to the Scotsman, the Wettest
and most disastrous that has been known
since the year 1916, when what were
known as the Meal Riots took place.
The heavy and continued fall of rain
during the second v eek in September
drenched the sheaves Of cut grain
through and through, which is IN many
cases an irreparable mischief. A good
many samples Of oats and wheat as well
as of barley have been shown IN Edln-
burgh Corn Exchange during the first
three weeks but, when compared with
grain of the 1871 crop, they exhibit an
astonishing and deporable deterioration;
but even that does not show tie fuil /
damage done to the crop, because all
the grains that had seriously sprouted
had been taken out of the samples by
means of screens and riddles. The
worst fears regarding the potato crop
have been realized and an Illustration
of the extent of the failure of the crop
given. In ordinary years stout man
with three assistants 1.-TWO women and
a bow could easily raise and weigh
ready for market eight bolls, or thirty
two cwt., potatoes every DAY. For the
last fortnight it has taken very active
man and three assistants to gather one
and half bolls, or six cwt., of diseased
potatoes per day. All that is bad news
for the winter.
THE NEW UNITED STATES SENATE.
Out of twenty-five seats to be vacated
in the Senate on Sd of March next,
seven have already been filed, only
one of which will be occupied by
its present occupant, that OF Mr..
Morrill,, Of Vermont. Messrs. Pat
erson, Cole Harlan and Corbett will
be succeed by Republicans, two of
them new the public life ; while the
others, Messrs. Sargent and Allison,
have served in the House several times.
Messrs. Garrett Davis and Vic6ers will
be succeeded by Democrats, one of
whom, McCreary, has already served in
the Senate. and the other, PinckneJ
Whyte, has served in the House. Of
the fifteen others, it is settled that
Morton will succeed himself, while
Cameron can if be desires to do SO.
North Carolina will, it is probable, send
Democrat here in place of Mr.. Pool,
and Georgia certainly will in Mr.. Hills
place, unless the Senate declines to rec
ogniza the Legislature as one legally
qualified, owing to the character Of
their election.
So far this is Republican loss of
two. Of the other eleven, it is consid-
cred beyond question that Mr.. Howe
will be rejected in Wisconsin, almost
equally so as to Mr.. Pomeroy in Kan
sas, Conkling in New York, Spencer in
Alabama, and Osborn in Florida Mr..
Sawyer will be succeeded from South
Carolina by colored Senator, probably
Representative Elliott while Mr.. Kel-
logg will be elected Governor of Louis
ana and give his seat to Governor
Pinchback, the we'll known colored
leader. Governor Nye will be succeed
ed by Republican, if not reelected,
and there is a fair probability that Mr..
Rice, of Arkansas, Liberal, will be
succeed by Mr.. Nc Dorald, Republican,
while Trumbull is sure of defeat. Mis-
souri, is now counted as sure as to give
her majority for Grant, and elect a
Legislature which will send Mr.. Jewett
or General Loan in Frank 2. Blair s
place. That will leave nominal Re-
publican gain of one out of the nineteen
changes.