The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-08-07
IOWA INKLINGS.
Crops, Business, Politics, Etc.. I'm the
'Hawkeye" State.

present Is the crops. From nearly
every portion OF the State comes the
gratifying Intelligence of bountiful
harvest. The exception is in the
north west corner, around Sioux City,
where the grasshoppers took posses
sion in the spring. The wheat in
Northern Iowa, along the Chicago &
Milwaukee, railroad. Is said to be thin,
but the quality is good and the yield
up to the average.
In Central Iowa the chintz bug en-
deavored 10 get up boom for the
Greenbackers.. but the damage was
not alarming and the boom was no
CO." Iowa doesn't claim to be the
boss wheat growing State, yet she
can do well. md last year raised over
100000 bushels-20 100000 more
than Minnesota. The corn crop will
be immense-and you can as safely
bet on that as on big Republican
majority this fall. In this county, in
Southeastern Iowa. we are needing
rain, bur the counties around US have
been favored Ia that respect recently.
so we expect our time soon. An old
farmer says "It is the dry weather
that scares the people, but the wet
weather that starves them" Accept
ing this as a fact We won't CON-
plain.
Speaking OF dry weather. the fol.
lowing good one" comes from a
farmer living in, the northeastern
part Of the State. He says the dry
weather OF 1879 is not TO be compared
70 that in 1851. "In that year /
planted corn in the bed OF the Maquo-
keta river and it was 50 diy l had to
irrigate.' "But, IL so dry, where
did you get the water to irrigate
witb,' asked a bystander. "Oh. 1
caught the tears Of the weeping viii.
lows along the banks" was the ready
reply. We pass.
Busint IS is revivine all over the
State. Every one Is looking forward
hopefully, excepting the Greenback-
ers. They feel blue" They know
the return Of good times will knock
the "stufiin' "Uus OF their party. They
are disappointed that resumption did
not bring about some dire calamity
as they prophesied, but 1t aidn't and
the people are leaving them and they
feel bad. Their leader In the State
is Con- ressman Weaver, he who in a
speech at Washington said heller
calves year old were selling for two
dollars per head ia Iowa and the
roads were lined with poor tramps
seeking honest toll. Yet farmers
found IL difficult to get sufficient
hands with which to harvest. This
same man Processes to believe the
Greenbackers will elect a successor
to the late Rush Clarke, in the Fifth
Congressional District this fall, (5.O00
Republican, and that the Greenbuck-
ers will cast $1,000 votes ia the State
We pity Weaver. Don't know whether
he was born so, or got kicked in the
head by "a male, but it is too bad, any
way.
One OF the most significant signs
OF returning prosperity is the large
amount OF ra lroad building goiug on.
Hardly town ia Iowa, but has "a
railroad coming" This building is
largely by Old established lines.
although there are many new lines
being pushed through rapidly. The
only draw back seems TO be the lack
OF iron. The companies report all
tho rolling mills running to their ut
most capacity and those who have
sent in their orders late must wait
for them TO be filed. The Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul israpidly push
ing their line towards Sioux City and
Yankton; they also contemplate ex-
tending their line from Dubuque TO
Cedar Rapids to Des Moines, capitol
OF the State. The G, b. & Q, c., II.
/. & p. and the Northwestern are
building feeders" at several points.
There are also several narrow guage
projects being carried on. This rail
road building gives large number
OF men and teams employment aud
also brings much money into circula-
tiOn.
Politics are quiet. There are four
tickets In the field, but the RepubIl-
cans expect to carry the State by an
old-fashioned majority. They mean
business and you will hear good re-
port from Iowa in October. The
Democrats first met In convention,
but their ticket doesn't boom worth a
cent. Judge Noble, for Supreme
Judge. the strongest candidate on
the ticket, has positively declined the
nomination. Besides, the platform
declares against free whisky, and that
is enough to knock the enthusiasm
out OF any Democrat. The Republi.
cans renominated their old ticket.
The opposition expected a fight in
the convention, but with the excep-
tion OF candidate for Supreme Judge,
the nominations were made by accla-
nation. The Greenbackers nomi-
mated a ticket and adopted plat
form similar to the Democrats on