Middletown transcript., 1874-12-19
&C = MORNING q.
Result Of tho Grasshopper Plague.
SrAsvArros ON rHs Fsosrrnn

/. Result Of the 6rassnQpp0r flagq!
J SrARvArrOM ON THE FRoNrIRa.
Il Early On the morning Of tie 80th.'
moved down the Medicine scross u
dsvide to 'Ceon Creek and seamped
distance marched twsnty-svo milsI
October 81 proceeded 10 Indianola. "a
} county seat. 80 claimed, Of Red WiIlcl
county. visiting on the way nearl
every cabin or house that had the sp
pearance Of an absence Of stock an
supplies. getting. from ! personal know
ledge aud conversation with hsads 10
familiss. their actual condition. Man,
Of the houses found abapdonedal o.
the morning march I discovered tn
fsmilies only. hovsyer. vishsat at lsas
ten orfftssul ddys' provisions. Tbsss
1.-TWO. one i Mr.. Warmers. his wife iPld
four small children, had Only sops nine
or ten pounds Of aour. not > particle d
any Iothsr breadstuff or meat IL his
house. and no means TO buy with. The
other. J. N. Ferguson, Who was sick.
has wife and two children He had
only ten, pounds Of -four. rennant Of ,
sack received from the aid society and
about two pounds Of fresh pcsk, given
him BY .; neighbor. With quiveeing
lips and aimoistsned sys, be said j be
did not know where he vas to obtsis !
further supply. Both these pariies
have nost, excellent claims. One ovpl WI
= borss. and the other . pair Of o1ss-
TO ssllseitHsr il out 81 the question. iis
there u Title or no' money, and tksh.
Y they stated, they would % viithoqs
the means p hapl ,fuslto their homes
dusisg winter. and in the spring they
weuld' hsvs NJ means Of cultivasi6i
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tkeir cdriosbs.i 2 hlra9e s1tsIi.ss sa' has
81 The remainder Of settlers visited q !
The SsyI to Indiauola | found had ssms |
provisions tor shsItins fbsing, say from |
Isnsto 'shirsy dsyip supply BY sttict
l.e.pnony. Which ~ seemed, disposed y |
pr.etiesl On arriving i Indi.nal.s /
'eut twelty mon 'of the dstachmSht
lbovs tie mouth Of the Red Willow 10
'Srm q temporary camp, With instroc-
'icnP to the sergeant in command 70
'snder ell the. assistance be could to
- settlers, 10 case the buffalo returned
sithin feasonsbls distance and they de-
4 itsd a | Y s bbuPt a t6sna Hss had team.
long foEs that pnEpossi ssse 4sd
II met DR.. Shaw and Major RS
sresswe!l. These two.gsntlemen aud
g. JONI Egan had been appointed I
lpr the distribution of ssp- F
lies sent for the relief Of Red Willow
ointyaa The two former stated that
hey had cdnvassed tie several pre-.
insts Of The count, and had issesrt.insa
55at 6ys lhlnap9dfed NJ and forty-fopr per,
ens. including Children ossIoefa tho
,ssl eight Observation-Disclosures Of The
'aBty. would require aid before tie i
inter months x.stss half ont tbst hii /
'ree handred would need assistance
thin ,tweasy dsys. and that more than
ls hundred were 1t the prsjeht tiEss .
ther entirely without food 81 xoiid 4
] J IL leis th,p Aye days. sems y lo,f ths h !
mili~ have iona ~. tso, eo~s. athsrs I
yoke u exsni ser betssF Macy sof /
sns had worn down shsif tbinsls ID i
20 hunt buaaIo... and thsy d
ID no corn to recuperate them with. I
he few hogs and pigs | saw we're mere 4
sletons, q having, had no grain and Al =
almost entirely On the Wild I
ots they found in the bottoms. ~ i
psaha Herald, Nov. 12. i
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