, 1874-12-05
DESTiTuTtON.
Sad State Of Affairs In Ar1kan-
sas and Kansas.
Thousands Of People at the Point Of
Starvation.
Pitiab1o Condition Of tho Miners
Mt Scranton, Pa.
Tho Dcstit,1tiota In ArIkNnBMB nnt

Knnans.
LE4vEawonr,t, Kan., Doc. /, 1874.
TO The Editor Of YAs Chicago Yrioune:
ON Iho hewnpa1l .1,as .anous W ~ ~ ~"
.'on aiia sunu.s "au.1t -. . 10y ta arnsaar,ora
try visited by the drouBht ana 1Ao BfasHhoppo1e'
aro not oxaggcrations THO picture
CANNOT nE PAINTED roo DAnK
" ~ ,st,,t,o. oor t,,,,,, uostr,x t,,a urf-
g'1ted III oese',psloa' oau .ui5 pu..a' sro pu
foring, and Utmost hopelcas cohals1on, OF thou-
sands of men. women, and children, in those ,lr-
at wintor havo uot in carly. tho sureriug Of tho
., III, ~ ro..f,,,I,, o,,,n,, ri horcro ~of,,r
Foop'o W.. ~. W ''"''"'' ""''"''SA N'A''o Ao''oA
caH loncl tnoiu.
Having recently trnvoloa ovor portion OF tho
"doomod DISTRICTS" as they arc termed by tho
woho4one nconlo who oecunr them. I am nre
,..d - ~, r,,.t :. .aa.. .,;.h ~, ,1ss r.,
E"1ea ', ~ n"s "aa' : '"" "''n NY os'' "nu
heard "1th my ears ......,
In much of that portion OF ArkauHae watorod
By tho yYlito l,yor evidences OF a foarful
drought pre painfully prcyaleut. Tho corn-or!bs
c,d r;a,,a ora o,nr,v mocl, ~ .ha atoc,t hna
~. 49,. sA, ..,..a !. t. -. ,,.,anrax,st,o1
o'o", n''o "nAs 1o'a'!ne 80 80 =" 'a.p' .as.
eohal1ion ana 1no '"oi! 10 ~ tnu uoof "
many house that horotoforo Ind plenty.
Approaching rospoctablo-iooking farm-houao
41,,t at,, ai,ort d;otoroo frorn Tim 1,oul uf tho
.;,". n.as.., 10 H. -rarr,otnr whom coro.
4'o1' ~ ""s 4 ~ ..su;',o ,.a.o, l..
worn, anxious faco totd OF tne tcFf1oe ofueai 1io
and his famlly wero passing through. I ad-
tIrooscd him;
Aro vo,, tl,o ,,ronric}or 1,nro ,u
~ ~. p."p4 ,'e. ~ ~. s,,e,,. .h., ,~.u,.
"Yes. Sir OF "hat 10 ioie apous taeso PfoH-
fses. am the Bor1y proprletor!"
"Thoro Hecms to bo much doatltutiou and Buf-
forur IN this nart Of Arkanaas,'
H f}oi holm tho noopIy! 4 on3nmity Iiho Tint
,rhsch now rcstH ,inoll IN bae
"+*N-A "@'-H -7>---
in thia State,
"Didn,t YOU mako any corn md cotton this
vonr -
what onv. fonce our poyortv nna t1cspair."
Ara vn,r suJForinrg oul1Bod by tho drought,
or hr tho 'cn, grnsshnnno1a?, manfred.
ustrirt,2 ancnkiru. bv Yoitl1cr," WIS lis rorlY
s4yo,, xon sfI In rnntinuD1 aim to thu 1f)tf If
Aunnpt 1ost nnr proanecta for Subsistence we're
tnlrrnLIy GOOD, TIC drought hurt tho growing
oro1,s materially: but IN to tho t1ato mentioned,
tic iuicat tioua wcro, tbnt we would have at loaet
a ha,f-crop. On Tho morning Of tho 10Th Of Az
f,nat. n warm. tlry wind COMMENCED blowing from
ts to northwcst. ur m py noon tbis wind lad groaty
inoronEel IN forcp mud ut midnight It blsw yiu-
lent lent waIo. For a noriod OF fo1rtoou tnys and
nignts. aud with but littlo or no abatomout, did
this
'''' EsEnyAr1so, WHITENING WIND
blow. on tie th.rd day After its commence, .
o'olnnls IN tI1o r,orninc iii in tho oyoniup, It
unnoryol tho gtronaost, md. to tho fauo and
lands tint wind bnrnoi Ike q b}agt Of hoatpi
~ frnn ~ fnrncca r1mr corn md nthor crona
woro ,ytcii ta tho rron,,ll tho rraas jookod na
though a Ire Lad passed ovor il tic anallor
strr,'na ha1 comnIetn]v dried m F: mauy Of our
crttia ilisI anii heuco the mtsfortuno aud tho
r1oom tSat nnw rent ,,nop ns."
q vtat do vnu thin]t cn,,so1 tbas wind 7n 7
n.7oi tho nenticmnn.
IT dnu,t know air, tt ,ras nm unusua1 tl;nr.
air tf,o 1;f,n was ,ovnr 1snnwn hero hororo. i
- Hi Il cronto ,nnnh alarm a,nonr the nen
~, ~ ~ -'"'''' ' N'"' - 'A O wv
Pe - A rrcnt acn1 a;r Tim ,naro i,norant e1oss-
os ot,1 iiv Tia ronrocu ,si,n ara vorv IN.
nn'rut;tjour tInuoI,t Ihnt an,o rront voicnno
Eot,H1,sst sIf ~ - ..ts.as. = - III, 49,. rr,