The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-08-13


PRoF. RILEY, in an address before
the Mobile Cotton Exchange. said he had
found the worm in most cotton fields
throughout . large extent Of territory visited
by him. He says II the planters poison the
worm and the weather Il good, however,
there may be 4 very good crop.
A MOST disastrous hail storm occurred
in the vicinity Of Stevens Point, in Central
Wisconsin, recently. by which strip Of
country four miles wide and ten long was
almost entirely denuded Of vegetation The
damage l. estimated At so. COO.
VIM. II. CUsHMAN, President of the
defunct First National Bank, Georgetown,
Colo, indicted for embezzling upwardso
500. 900 Of funds Of the bank, has been ar
rested in New York City and will be sarren-
dered TO the Colorado authorities.
THE Joint track of the Denver and
South Park and Denver and Rio Grande
Railroads was completed into Leadville on
the 1st, when both companies began running
regular through trains Their track l. also
completed and opened to Hortenze, twelve
miles from Buena vista,on the Gunnison ex-
tension.
THE war Of rates between the Louis
vile and Nashville and the Chicago, ST.
Louis and New Orleans Railroads has re-
duced passenger fares from New Orleans TO
Memphis to 500, and to St. Louis and Chi
cago, $500
THE Bank Of Colorado 1T Leadville
has suspended. the Cashier, G. Thornton
Lee. naying absconded with all the available
funds. 1t was always considered q weak
institution and had but small amount Of
deposits.
THE public debt statement issued
Aug. shows decrease In the debt during
July OF S., 5-6, 053; cash in Treasury, $685.
$40, 405; gold certificates, s7.sSi,Goo; silver
certificates, So osa. 30; certificates Of deposit
outstanding, SIS, 81, 900; legal tenders, S345,
cs1,0ll; fractional currency, 81 10; re-
funding certificates, Sl,1Gs, 30; debt ies'
cash in Treasury, 81 ,o3s, 3d. al.
A THOROUGH canvass Of the wheat
section from Central Illinois northward q
the Dakota frontier and westward through
Nebraska shows that spring wheat in I'LL
noiz was considerably damaged BY rust and
chinch-bugs, and the yield will scarcely b
over IL bushels per acre. Along the Missis-
sippi. IN Iowa. farmers are harvesting u
bushels, and the berry i reported plump
Nebraska II cutting from II 70 Il
bushels Of good wheat, and corn prospects
were never better, although rain Is consid-
erably needed. Wisconsin figures on mol
over Is. 900 900 bushels Of wheat, against
a0.50O,0oo last year. Minnesota shows an in.
creased acreage Of $4,000 acres, which
Il estimated q eighteen bushels, gisini
the state crop Of 44,000,0o0 bushels. leay
ing 100000 for export In the older por
ton Of the State the yield will be about i
bushels 70 the acre, Of fine quality. South
ern Dakota never harvested such crop .
the present, averaging 20 bushels. There 1
an enormous yield In the Red River Valley
IS to Is bushels 70 the acre.
THE State Board Of Agriculture 0
Kansas has issued its annual report, fror
which Il appears there are under white
wheat this year 2,1lo,as7 acres, which b .
increase over last year Of GO, sOe acres II
acreage under spring wheat - one
third less this year than lat, being cnl
22s,21s acres. Under corn there are 81, "a
acres more than Ia l5.0, the acreage thl
year being asa, "A. The number Of fvu
trees IN bearing are . follows: Apple treea
2,38o,231; pear trees, e4,sl3; peach trees
s,O9l,525: plum trees, 20l ,553; and cher
trees, 0o6,lD. There were erected durin
the year II, $40 farm buildings, q : cost I
over 100000.