, 1875-06-19

lUE tuG pluub nQ4f
leateR Apd the a. M".' lite Aa u
boEo. Not nsI .:s Ia Aug
Of tho 5Rrdb, u ~ ID 10 be
sacn anywhere. tuto tho
very earth, and " "n a od asif
dried by tire. '..1;f!o l. j tho:n-
Boiycs On theis II,,tt: -la!a I'd wo-
Aapt grounds, unc frv ae.is ~ 10 yards
wero Krco" ~ al emerald a!J sta II, coverd
with lu1nrlant foli'cc. l re ht;sE ed overs-
where. and tho hot l.c ! AZ ocr ,ho groen
trreB. All IL nova. :. @.s:r. .lousandB
on thoutahts Of KrassnoppcrB crA"ae. tbout tne
BtreetB, covered the fences and lined tho a,tle-
walks. 6omo Of them wcro " Ama'l aud young
crushed to doatI beneath tue foct OF tho pssacrs-
by aud Under tho wheels Of wagons and car
ragoB. OthosB woro urge and strong, aud flew
AMY BY. hundreds. only to 10 replaced by new
hundreds h, apparently descending from tho nky.
became 80 great tho peop!o feared diaoase and
cleaned tho town Of their carcaaes. Thoy
crawlcd cvcrswlera lighted op my clothes, and
oyon IN my face. II tue pla9ues, Of Eeypt ~ere
yot to be remembered With pity mud sympathy
by all civilized nRtious. It is usooss
for mo to attempt to deacrihe 1t to
you-it must be seet nnd endured to bo under.
uutll today wllat the grasshoprer- plague ~ah
Countieas millions have boen puSafng overhead
all day hiall iu tho nir, hut the people seem to
caro- very llt:lo whether thcy desccnd or not. III
IL LHAEuf &uQ tp4I1h lu0 "DuH1 E4[lGr
delight to see the disappointment of the mi1liuns
who could come down only to lind tiictr saseuous
predacoasora had aaten up nll thaEe was fur oven
a graashoppcr = supper.
To-day rode out to Gov. Furna'a place about
2 nllIeH from tho city. I1o bud beau.i-
fn1 farm. veil stocked, hedgcd, aud tho
best nursery in tho county Of 160
acrea in fruit, and not tree escaped.
Twcnty acres Of peach-orchnrd on which a
few days ago hung 500 bushels Of peaches, is
rnn0tCknIF tut{leH. Nat BAHrh rfnnjnH &nt
ths trees arc lca1esB rs Il in mid-wintor. Many
of them are badly eaten. and Will die. Tho ar'-
pie.orctiai ds aro still worae, the soft wood Of
st spea .o ito bs Sae Tep ooe sIH NSts ss *
picked bones, aud u,apy OF them are alroady dy-
ing. Tho nl1sery plhnts arc cGton down to tic
gsonnd Tho Governors loAs is over eco, 900,
md 4 will tsko him fye 1r ten years TO replace
woro still at work on tho trees eating tho Dark
aud soft wood. They roso in Bwarms around us
at overv stcp. OF the horses, aud we could dis
tinctly hear tho wairrng uoso Of their wings. I
Thousands commenced going lip 1uto Tho air and
ci.clluR about, l could liksu It to nothing but
bees sWhr1ning. TlcY filled the mir IN countless
millions aud thon struck Oh northwest. In tho
be seen above tho earsh. but on going 10 the
htlla found them sticking In tho ground eatiuy
the roota. Some had burTowed oyeF an inch
deep In search Of the green plAnss. rode over
m''es and saw not living groom thing tut
little mi1kweed and somo sumach bushes. and
here aud there ratol OF prairla-graBs. All the
tame RIaas seanaed to bo takeu. Que farmer
was at work Ecplantlng. but most OF them wero
q. home waiting results, aud those I spoke to
Beemel greatly discouraged.
and due northwest. Just bow many have pass.
ed over this point 1t would 70 Impossible To nay.
Int they could only DO nan,bored by the thou
sAnd millions. A gentleman SAYS moro havo
0nHHnI tEt3 rHtHk fd-fjnY tfhu dAv vat
ihe Digit began, and ho balovos, II they had
Ailehiod, thoy would have covered the entire
county one graAahoppor deep.
A good tnapy farmers are tn town. dscussfuR
the situation. They ray they will replant 1t they
to 10 an ths1 41ound sss ap
urging the merchants to give sheln lib
nit ria ' At tho couft TeiRs iiaase TO .a.n'gSs s
to deviso waya and 1neaus for getting
sone precincts the farmers arc clubbing soqcth-
or aud sgulug 1oiut noto, which H ihlorsed by
rich farmers, and then discounted fu bank, the
proceeds to 30 1T ouco invested !u seed. A. Il.
!s,<c1ai bs<sateh u 1As ch.eaao Ttionne.
OEDAh HAprD8. H.. June 1S.-A re1,able gen-
tlenau, who arrived hero this morning, IN an
extended Trip to the Elkhona Valley Of Nebraska,
reports HAT, up 70 yesterday, tho damage dono
by 81 asHhoppers to cropH iu tlas part'of ths
State % was refy slight only aa 1ccsaoual held b:- r
tho air we're still living to tho northwest. Crop
prospects nro excellent.
spectat insoateh 10 The chteaoo 7rioum.
LINCOLN, Nub., juno 1B.-0tasshoppers by
for several daYu. Thousands ars falling dead
from the effects or tho paTasiteB fcoding OIL
thou. Advices from the country around report
little damage doue, aud that tue loeusts aro
leaving tn tho direction Ut the Northwest. It is
supposed that they arc Missouri 'hoppsss on
fttuht