, 1875-06-18

SptctA Correspondence n 1hs ChLupo TFtbtsns.
DnowHnvIIAE- Nob., June 1G.-ioetesiay your
correspondent passed. through ro.tawatomie,
Mills, and Fremont Counties, Iowa, aud Atchison
County, Missouri. Soon after learing Council
Diuns ws begkn to run through Rrasshoppars.
and they booams thicker the further No travelled
down tie Misoour Along the Missouri River,
in Milis aEd Fremont, tho crops appear 10 hAvs
beeu almost entirely destroyed, and In Atchison
County, Missouri waa told all tbs grain and
most Of tho graas was eatou. Along tho river
tlers will certainly be no small grain raised.
Millionl Of 'hoppors rose on either side OF tho
the destruction il not yot complete It uudoubs-
edjy will b. in = day or two. unless Tho posta
leaTs and no mnro aotno. At sevezal
piaces On The railroad tho farmera were
gathered At tie stations. aod = geueral feeling
Of dependency prevailed. ous' gentleman
who came into tho cars sadhe had bcen 1t \ IT.
tie town back from the road about 10 miles, and
In tho morning everything looked bright and
gteen aud tho people rero iii good spirits.
About II o'clock the 'hoppers began to pss over
the town ou northwest Wind In countless
few minutes = Blssht cAstorly treezo began
tho ground. They hlIod tho alsssts and
housen and completely covorod tho ground. Tho
A6kU3 AtIG ilkEkAA3 lAbl8IG4 HltA kQELus Au4 al
1t onee began eating voraeiously. At :! o'clock
the destruction wAs complete, tho ga1dons, corn.
aud potatoes having disappeared. 4 farmer Who
cnma IL from 10 miles down tho valley sa!d they
through them for miles, and that by night
not \ spear OF anything would bo leis.
The genslctnAn who gave me- tho above report is
= lumber merchant from Ut. Joseph. and lad
iug he had made = uusnbcz Of sales, but before
I'D lefk town aoversl Of lis uAsrons cana to him
and asked him to cancel their orders. aud others
Faid they would have to recall otdcrs or have
timo. ~ the farmers to whom theY e1peotsd to
sell were roiued tor this year.
At another station man who bad boen out
looking after cattle said 10 would hare 10 re-
move his herd. as there was not enough grasa
left tn the vicinity to feed thom. This man, :
most iptellgant person and wealthy, said the
condition Of the farmers va. n,oas pitl.blo. Ho
had Htopped for dinner 1t = farmhouse and
found tue farmer 1t home and very de-
spoudcnt. On asklpg II ho could hare
| so,no dinner, tho man said he did
room whore woman was aobbtng. and asked
| her It Bho could Ges dinner Tor = stranger who
was hungry. sLo rep!ted., "Ycst John, we will
giro him something to eas, and God only knova
months." The farmer said he i.vod Oh : 1ented
Of tho land. Ao bad pc!a *2oo. I'll
,ns money hsa he hhas;hos hss nd doods aez @
balance Of tia root. The 'hoppsra had taken I'll
| his crops. and no would not bAvo Adol!At's worth
| Of tnsthiue In tho world. La waa afraid the
| landlord would tRke hla a:ock and goods for ths
| rcpt lie lad uo 1nouey to buy any more seed,
! md did not know what ho shouldlo. Theso peopla
| wero young, had two little children, and tut
lady Was bright, 4rniable, and Intelligent woman.
| Ihoy had come West to batter tAeir condition,
| and had got fair start when tho terrible hop
pera struck thom And ruined oysrythiug. No
| doubt thers are hundreds OF such casos u tho
country, aud tue peopls 40 certainly greatly 10
| 10 p,tted.
NosrIy nj ths country along ths Als-
souri River from Ut. Joseph 70 within \
few mies OF Council Bluffs Is badly dam
aged, aud much Of 1t entirely eaten up:
Tbs blow Ia = ssvere onr. aud slil
10 extensive enough to affect busneas 10 ths
western portions Of Iowa. Millions Of KrsssLop-
psrs are sull pAaatng in nottlxessesly dlseo,
| ton, aud It Il feared ~ hava not socu the sud
! yet, TAaY are liabla to drop 1t any moment aud
eat rp what little IL loft The fasmotn say moAs
Of tho 6rAashoppets In Iowa aud Nobrssks
along tho Missouri I..ses, vera hatched theta and
/ could easiiy have bosn destroyed month Or ME
weeks ago it tho farmers hAd combined and gons
| to work On thcuL Ihey arc now too largo, snd
| ny into the A!f when any 4ttompt u made 70
| catch them. At first the farmers wers stunned
aud discouceEtod BY tho extent and severity Of
| tho disaster that had fallen upon thsm, but they
bare rallied, and III who can ges seed &rs now
| foplantiug. A. 4.