The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-09
THE GRASSHoPPERs' RAID.

Marching Through Minnesota. Millions O
| Them-D0vastatiOn in Their Track-Eatin;
Every Green Thing-The Farmers in Despair
| jackson, Mimi, Letter to Pioneer Press ant
Tribune.
| The grasshoppers came here las
week-mllIiOns OF them. they came
from the north and completely covered
the ground. We had iair prospect fol
u good crop in the southern part of the
county, but i'll tWenty-iOur hours our
prospect was blighted. They covered
the ground completely, and are devour.
ing every green thing. They extend
from near Paramount, Martin County, tC
| The west line of the State, aud how
much turther is uncertain, and from the
Northern Pacific to Sioux Ciy. Tney
are eating every green JnIng-wheat,
| oats, corn, potatoes, garden truck, etc.
Farmers are busy cutting rythlng
that Will do to cut-Oats and wheaC-but
in this vicinity will not get half, no, not
a quarter crop. They are depositing
their eggs. What is to become of us the
Lord only knows. Yours,
NJ. A. STRONG.
FARMERS PULLING UP STAKES AND FLY.
ING FROM THE PLAGUE.
lHersey. Noble County, Letter to Samel
They have nearly cleaned out every.
thing, and filled the ground full of eggs.
MI. UmbersOn, a Scandinavian, one OF
our most wealthy men in town, was here
this morning. He says he has lost $500
in grain since last Sunday, and that lie
counted twelve 'hoppers on four inches
OF ground, all laying eggs. So you see
:hey are filling the ground like sieve,
forty times worse than ever known be-
fore. " e have lost 81 900 since last Sun
day in small grain.
The people are losing all their cour-
age. AS l sit here writing l see TWO
covered wagons going along. A great
many are leaving, but some are situated d
like ourselves. We have good buildings,
quite "a stock of cattle, and situated so
IL is quite impossible to pull up and
leave without sacrificing great zeal,
think there are some situated as we are
who viii stay and try stock raIsing-go
into raising sheep. We can not raise
hogs, for we can not raise enough to feed
them.
IL is very discouraging, but where are
all these people to go and find work and
raise enough to keep them through the
winter? We are now afraid that there
| is such numerous deposit of eggs i'll The
ground that The 'hOppers VIII be so many
as to take all of lhe grass next year.
| The prospect ahead is very dark, look at
| il rs you may. At present | can not tell
what we shall 90. This is dark for a
the State of Minnesota, for it reaches
over such large scope OF country.
1t is a subject for wiser heads than
mine to ponder on, where these grass.
hopper troubles are to end. am under
"a cloud of them in the air, ten or fifteen
feet deep. They shade the sun, and
millions OF billions ON the grOund-count-
less numbers.
A GREAT SWARM MOVING OVER THE
EARTH.
From the Window (Alinn.) Reporter, July n. !
About half-past 8 O'Clock Saturday
afternoon the greatest army Of 'hoppers
ever seen here passed over in direction
"A little south of west. They were ap-
iparently half a mile above the earth, eX-
| lending from the western to the eastern
horizon, from north 10 south, in almost a
solid mass. The sun was shining bril-
liantly, and a few floating clouds
were favorable to reveal the ter.
rible numbers of the scourge. Di.
rectly overhead the seething mass was
almost impenetrable to the eye, and
while most painfully visible under a
small, dark cloud, their extent could
only be appreciated as they merged past
the edge of the cloud. The extent of
this swarm may be somewhat under
stood by remembering that in our great
est flights, when between us and the
sun, they represent terrific snow
storm, and fairly whiten the sky for
some distance around it, gradually be-
coming invisible as the eye moves away
from a direct locus with the SUMS rays,
and keep up this scene from about 10 in
the morning till 8 in the afternoon,
sight OF them being dependent upon the
sun, when in this case they not only had
more dense appearance around the sun
but so far as the eye could reach in every
direction, and especially overhead, they
were many times more dense than in one
of the greatest flights Immediately be-
tween us and the sun, and gave forth a
noise resembling an approaching gale.
Mr.. burlington, the mall-carrier from
here TO Walnut Grove, tells us that on
his way home Saturday afternoon he
could see the hoppers raise in the dis
lance ahead OF him resembling dense and
| impenelrable smoke, which he at first
thought they We're, but soon discovered
! that the columns were dense clouds OF
grasshoppers that had litsince he passed
over the road Friday morning.
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Sixty.three babies reported for dufv
at the Battle creek baby party. The
Ireless reporters assertthat Mrs. b