, 1874-08-18
NEBRASKA.
False Reports iii Regard to tho
8 State.
No Serious Damage Done by Grass1lop-
t,ers, and No Dopredations Com.
nlittel by Inlians.
-Four State Tickets to Be Nominated III
September.

LrsooLs Neb., Aug. IL. 1874.
C"rrespondence Qf Tho Chicago Tribune.
For ao'no days hnvo boon making 1t my bust
nosH to find out how much lamngo l,as boon
doio by tho hot dry weather and graashoppcrs.
| From REPORTS Hont abroad BY telegraph and
| otherwise, Eastern people aro led to believe that
the oropn Of all klndn arc entirely destroyed.
This, am happy to aaN
IL NOT TRUE.
I In tho frat place. there was n much larger
nmonnt Of graiu OF all kint1s plnntoI this ycar
than ever boforo, and tho yield Of small grain,
especially wheat, will not DO mucI. more thnn 20
per cent below the average Of previous yesrn .;
aud, taking into consideration the largor num-
bar Of aoroY planted, wo tind that wo hnvo moro
wheat In tho Stale this year than ever boforo,
and not only that, bnt II Is Of a finer quality.
Tho grain is large and plump. Ths is tito caso
all over Tho stuts.
As for tho corn-crop find as follows: Taking
tho Missouri River counties, OIL fur down AZ
Nunahn,
THE nnA8enorrEnH
only touched thu extremo western edge, and in
Komo coufltios missed entirely. III the couutios
west Of tiloro the plaguo ca1no III clouds, at
times almost filling tho whole hoavens, and
making 1t for short time as dark as on q rainy
day. They would aligbt aud commence tfioir
ravagcs; hut, for some causo, In many instances
dfd not stay long, aud would riso and pasa away.
Tho far1ncr would 90 out to hfB corn-fiold, and
see the stalks completely trimmed OF leaves and
the tassel eaten of Of tho forming corn and he
would st onco send word OF, or tell some ono
Tint Ills corn was ontiroly destroyed. In the course
OF q day or 60 he would 60 through his tleld,
and tlnd that, aftor ho got in q short dstauco
Ills corn lad not beou touched, and, nttcr all,
ho would hayo fair crop. Iu Bome places tho
fields ara not touched at oil = thou again, In
Romo instances, ull would be destroyed.
TtH NEW-BErTLERB
arc Affected The wurst, for they came In late In
tho season, aud did not have timo to got III any-
thing but a crop of aod-oorn, and woro topend-
lug entirely On it for tue winter; and il, losing
that. 1t 1oayea them almost in destitute dircuni.
stances, aud they will havo to bo helped during
the writer, but these caAes will bo few. The
crop of corn III tbs State will bo nearfy two-
thirds the average OF previous years, 50 that
this State but what will be relieved promptly by
our citizouB.
Tho reports That havo gone abroad about 20
many lowing our State
A1sE ALSO uHTnuE.
Worry fow hnye gone away, aud they intend ro-
turning In tho spring. Nono Of tllem are very
willing to sell their 1armB; mud, II they du 10, It
ia At !spocnators prices. 4 fow t1mid oncs
probably will return to their Eastorn homes and
not como baoa
This State has not boon as badly Affected Us
Minnosota, Western Iowa, or Kansas, this yenr.
and 1t Ii tho fiFBt time since 1t Inns becu stale
that it las ever had even g partial failure
anu wy sach ~ alaeouraglng reports should DO
this State IL hard to understand.
roLiTlUA1 MATTERS
arc getting pretty lively. Up to this time, four
stato Consent!ona hayo beon called to put iu
n&SF1t4F F&l1f str+
lican on tho ID, Independent OH the 8th Tenn
perance on tho 8th, and Democratic on tho 10th
of Sentenber. A Unitod Statos Senator In to bo
elected this winter, aud gentlemen who are will
ing to sacrifice themselves as Senators, for tho
good OF rle people, arc as thick Oh flies.
A groat many reports havo also beon sent
East that tho Indiana wero overrunning thiH
State.
THESE ARE rA1sB,
aB hostile Indian han nut tuen known to be in
tho State since tue tight OF laBt fall oetwoen the
sioux nnd pa'Yneea, aud that was on the outer
border Of the State. There las not been a man,
woman. or child. killed by a hostile Indian III
the State for the last two yonrs. Settlers as far
arc perfectly ss ssfs and ts9
have no fears. Wo hops our friends in tho
East will stop these falso reports, and
give uB credit for having tue licheBt aud moBt
ontorprising State west Of tho Mississippi River.
Our people are good. substantial, enterprising
class. and aro determined to make this Me State
Of The West. Our products arc mostly tnken to
your market, aud We receive large amount OF
ollr 6uppl,es from there 80 thai it IL to tho nd
vantage Of your people to keep friendly with our
State, and mako al effort to break up tue hlgll-
tariffs that nre put upon goulB between here aud
yonr city. Freight Is ohoap from St. Louis, and
many Of our merchants will SOCK that market il
you do not do something In this direction.
YOU CANNOT AFFORD
to loose our trade, for there is 10 State in tho
Uulon that Ia developing moro rapidly; and
faw yoars hence no will stand up ns one Of tho
great grain-raising States Of rho Union, and wo
will count our people BY hundreds Of THOUSANDS.
GEN UIcK.