The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-12-14


to 60 eggs. The warm sun in the spring
causes the eggs to hatch and the fields
are covered with millions Of young hop
pers' not as large as a kernel OF wheat
just as the tender shoots Of grain begin
to show themselves above the ground
They get their wings generally about the
first days in july. and ale ready for their
departure, but they make a clean sweep
as they 90, as well as destroying every
thing adjoining their Matching grounds.
and to get right definition Of the word
awful" no one can get it IN better way
tqan to be a witness Of their fight. The
sky as far as the eye can penetrate, and
as low as the ground, is iull, and it is al
most impossible for man or beast to trav-
el against them. And then a dull noise
can DC heard like the sound OF a distant
storm, and this does not happen in
day, but for weeks. Last summer il was
a daily scene Fields of tasseled corn
would be stripped OF every leaf in a short
afternoon. Fields Of waving wheat al
most ready for the sickle, would be in
one day headless. There is no kind OF
vegetables that will escape their ravages,
and strange as it may be, tobacco is a
great favorite with them. have thrown
them a large plug of navy tobacco, and
soon all the grasshoppers that could get
on to it would be chewing and fight Tor
it.
The great question which agitates the
public mind here is, whether it would be
practicable to make war with the pests,
and be successful in destroying them
Some hold that such thing can be done,
while others hold that it would be just
as well to undertake to dry the sea
through a gun barrel. as to destroy the
pests. and am inclined to the latter be
lIef; Tor as ! must acknowledge that it is
the will Of Proyidence that this great
pest is among Us, and l. am in strong
hopes that in some way or another we
will be delivered from them by the same
will. and il will certainly teach the West
cru people a lesson which they will not
forget very soon. If | were TO point out
what sin has tn West been guilty OF to
bring punishment from the Almighty on
them. if the great pest is a punishment
from him for any particular sin, | would
point out extravagance as the one. On
the other hand, if it is only a freak OF
nature, that the "hoppers' migrate from
their country. and will soon return, &c,
will let your readers draw conclusions,
and believe as they may, for this is a Tree
country yet, at least.
Perhaps all OF your readers have not
heard about the Mortified robbers;
hence will give you a brief sketch Of
their raid and their capture, the most Of
them. Mortified is a village Of some
1000 inhabitants, in Rice county, in this
State, has bank. On the 7th day OF
September a party OF eight mounted
men entered the village, rode through
the street and halted at the bank, and
three Of them entered, while the others
eulrded outside. This was in daytime.
They were armed each with two seven
shooter navy revolyers, and glittering
knives. While the three were in the
bank the others kept firing their revol
vers at all people that dared to look at
them through the windows and other
places in the vicinity. and shouting, "Git
in, you sons OF b." During this time
,ome Of the citizens were getting their
guns ready, and commenced firing at the
bandits, killing two of them. by the
n ime Of Clell Miller and Bill Caldwell.
and wounding another in the arm, when
they yelled to the three inside to hurry
up, the game was up, and it was too hot
They that were inside OF the bank de-
manded the keys of the vault to which
Mr.. Haywood, the cashier. replied that
il was a time lock and could not be open
ed at that time. An assistant cashier
ran out through the back door, but was
shot in the back. and died OF his wounds
soon thereafter. When those outside
yelled to hurry up, they left, and as the
last one sprang over the counter he turn
ed around. and shot the cashier through
the head, killing him instantly. Then
they mounted their horses and left in
westerly direction. A large party was
soon organized in pursuit, and gave them
such close pursuit that they. the rob
bers, had to abandon their horses and
hide in the big woods. BY this time the
whole country was under arms, hunting
the robbers A whole army of MsjD-
Generals and no privates. The hunt was
KEEP up for a week or more. but OF no
success, when all trace of them was lost
and the pursuit given up. About week
more had elapsed, when a man CAM
pom them in an ambush. near South
Bend. Minnesota, As miles from North
field Again the whole country was ia
arms, hunted the woods high aud low,
from daylight till dark, and again they
e u ted their pursuers. The next ever
ing two oi the robbers stole each horse
near Garden City, miles from where
they had been seen. and escaped, follow
ed the next morning by a large squad Of
cavalry, who followed them TO Sioux
= ty, Iowa, 200 miles distant, and the
il preston is that they are at preseLt