Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
Gr.8 Ssaa ne.te- ana other matters

oreB prospects, and other Matters.
EbfT6Rs COURIER IL have had an
opportunity within ten days to take
note of crop prospects, ETC., in Ne
braska, Iowa, and Minnesota. In
eastern Nebraska, (this means nearly
all the State that is settled to any ex-
tent,) the wheat and oat crop is fair !;
the barley good the corn crop prom
Using, equal to any adjective you may
apply to it. The prospects in Nebras-
ka are SO fiattering this year, that A..
E. Touzalin, ESQ.,, the popular and
efficient Commissioner Of b. & M.
land in Iowa and Nebraska, has, with
his usual sagacity and enterprise, or
ganized several excursions this spring
and summer into Nebraska, to show
the land to buyers.
In Iowa and in Minnesota there
seems to be less uniformity in some
localities the promise being fair, in
others nothing but failure. Some
thing of this is doubtless due to poor
farming, something to the overflow
of land, something to poor soil in
some limited areas. Some fields of
wheat in northern Iowa and SOUTH
ern Minnesota, will scarcely pay ex-
pensc of harvesting, and from others
q yield will be had far above the
average.
The same is true of corn. Some
fields look well, good color, good
height, even ON the ground; in too
many others the aspect is decidedly
"sicklied DER" with the ur promising
yellow hue, the corn maintaining un-
equal warfare with vigorous and
abundant growth of weeds, with the
certainty that the latter will win the
field.
should like to mention the great
ly improved condition of the Central
Railroad of Iowa, under the man
agement Of Receiver Grinnell, and of
the fine run we made last Friday
from Minneapolis to Ottumwa. COM
ing nearly all the way by daylight,
stopping at no point longer than need
ed for dinner and supper, and arriv-
ing here promptly on the minute in
time for the passengers to connect
with other routes.
In Minneapolis / enjoyed very
pleasant visit with Ed. White and
family, formerly of Ottumwa. The
growth and progress of Minneapolis
in the six years since was last there
is surprising. 1t has outstripped its
rival, st. Paul, by about 5000 popu-
lation. The Improvement of the wa
ter power at the famous st. Anthony's
Falls is marvel of engineering skill.
OF personal notes in Nebraska, the
fol lowing may be of some interestot
some Of your readers. D. w. Steb-
bins is maintaining the reputation Of
the Ogden House in Crete James r..
Shreve, travelling through Iowa and
Nebraska in the interests of Bur-
lington house, furnished the tenor
for the choir of the Congregational
Church of Crete two weeks ago yes
terday ncighbors of mine who stayed
few days since at the house of cx-
Sheriff Derby, near Seward, about IS
miles from Crete, reported them
we'll and anxious to see Ottumwa
friends. have been here and there
through Nebraska not a little for the
last three years, and find every now
and then copies of the Weekly CouR-
TER in families who have come from
this part of Iowa, and it is esteemed,
as it has right to be, one of the best
papers in the country. Among other
WapellO county men whose face is
frequently seen in Crete, is James G.
johnson, who has fine farm on the
the West Blue. For those contempla-
ting going further west, no better
time could be found for securing
homes than now. Yours. III. b.
OTTrMWA. July 81.