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!: II 7-DE6TR UCTION OF CROPS IN An
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Saturday afternoon l.st the gr,a,4sshop ,,4
pers settled; down in considerable num-
bers In various parts Of the county
They came from the northeast, and as
they are hardly full grown 1t is thought
they belong to tile Mipnesota Valley
hatch. il Sunday, morning they, began
eating ina few. fields Of wheat and bar
ley, b 1T the most Of them waited until
Monday before they tested the merits of
our growing grain. Ransom and Bige-
low townships were also invaded from
the southwest on Sunday, and several
fine stands Of grain In each town are
reported as badly damaged. Tuesday
the greater part Of them took their de-
parture, flying in a northwesterly d.
rection, and at the present writing but
few il any remain, we have made a
narrow escape. TO, the east, 'of us, IN
Jackson county, they were very numer-
Gus and damaged the crops to q very
great extent, so We are informed by a
citizen of Jackson. A gentleman who
passed through Martin county tells US
that Oh Monday, In the vicinity of Fair.
mount, they were making Fear I'll havoc
of small gram, and in some instances
gardens were entirely ruined.
by the Window Reporter we sec that
they did not leave Cottonwood county
Tuesday, as reported by Gov. Miller in
his special dispatches, as published by
the st. Paul papers. The Reporter says:
They alighted on Saturday in some To-
About ten O'Clock of Tuesday morning
they began their flight from here, i
Rrlsk southeast wind carrying them to
the northwest, until about two O'Clock
III the afternoon'when the wind subsi-
ded. and great many returned to the
fields they had just left, and others
altghted on fields where none had ap-
peared before, though not in such great
numbers: = \ Many fields of grain
are completely ruined; Others partially,
SOME may yield half Il crop, and others
will not pay for, harvesting.,: Then
there are whole townships where no
grasshoppers have appeared at all, and
other places where ore mans oats are
nearly destroyed and his wheat uninjur-
ed. Their devastation is limited to
patches here and there, all through the
county, with extent about as described
above, but they exist in numbers be-
yond comprehension, and seem to he
spreading In area. Large numbers left
on Tuesday, but new fields were attack
ed on that day, SO that it is impossible
to tell whether those that few really
left the country. When the fight took
place they made a loud, roaring sound
like the approach of Il whirlwindr and
almost obscured the sun from view.-
NOTE hopper was to be seen, and 1.-THE
people began to rejoice, but as they re.
appeared i'll the afternoon depression
seemed to prevail, and at the present
writing wv dnesday) there seems to be
no encouraging reports. Advices indi'
cate that farms unmolested Tuesday
are now literally alive with them, an(
devastation is rapidly becoming gener
al. Should the grasshoppers leave at
once, of which there is no prospect
there would be fair crop harvested,
but ii they stay 4 few days more t}lirt
year of devastation will be completed
In this county the injury is slight
probably not over one hundred acre:
being seriously damaged, while in NJ
case have we heard Of tn q total destruc
ton Of crops. If we have no genera
invasion during the next three weeks
most of the small grain will be out O
the reach of these ravenous pests, ant
the fondest hope of our unfortunat,
people will be realized. The next twent,
days will I've days of anxiety to nearl!
everybody in the county, and while i
is never safe to whistle until one i.
entirely out of the woods, we have ou
mouth packered for one loud, long ant
unearthly ''screech' just as soon as til,
''good time coming" has come.
AS we so to press FRIDAY morning
we have reliable information to the ef
feet that the 'hoppers have left tn,
State; gone to their native haunts t.
die. Peace to their ashesl
The Worthington ADVANCE i!
tickled because our base ball boys go
whipped in their 4th of July engage
ments. by the Graham Lakes boys, an(
says Mobiles county is still ahead.''-
We will admit the base ball victory
but the material prosperity is altogetk
er another thing. Mobiles county ha.
only 2,738 inhabitants, while Cotton
wood goes over hundred better. Yo,
may have the base ball, neighbor, but
we shall claim the babies.-Windon
Reporter.
Not at all, Sir! When it is knowr
that the Window boys were the cl,al
longing parties, and that they mad,
such strenuous efforts to entertain tn,
Graham Lakes club, it takes thu
s'tickle" out of the whole business
We mean the game of ball, not the ba
bies.
GRAND ARlfY OF THE REPUBLIC
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