Litchfield enquirer., 1880-06-24
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 l EDITOR ENQuKER.-It is not certain that
 Iowa or Ohio will ever become the Father l Cor Mother of Presidents, bat lest it may l have escaped your notice 1 take this occasion to mention the fact, that we also have Pres
 idential candidate in the field. His name is
 Weaver, and make record of it here and | now, as you may never hear of him again. | He was nominated by convention called
 "Gresnbackers A Western paper has this to say of him "rHe knows just enough to l to think he knows it all, and not enough mod | esty to prevent him from always adopting that l conclusion"-There is fright smart chance,' if he does not succeed in reaching the White
 House, of his retiring into private life as 1t IS claimed that Kasson Oate minister to Spain) h as his eye on the place in congress that
 Weaver has been recently ''rattling around in"
 Kasson is one of Iowa's strong men, and as he
 has served some time in Congress his pres snce would be immediately felt there. There
 is little doubt but that he will be returned.
 There is every indication of 8 flood here. The Father of Waters is said to be on a ran.- page up north, rising in his strength and
 spreading himself immensely. It is claimed
 that he is carrying off and sporting on his broad bosom over six million feet of logs: and the damage on the River and tributaries is
 reckoned by millions of dollars. A foot more water than we had in 1870 would set more than half of Clinton afoat, and do immense damage iD many of the River towns and cities. The flood of 1870 was the highest rise ever else have been graded to that but it is claimed that water from McGregor to St. Paul has reached that point andis stillrising But there is this in our favor: when water reaches that height, it spreads oyer great extent of coun- try. and in flowing SO far loses in height It lacks three or four feet of high water mark here, but is rising at the rate of an inch ali hour heard one of our largest sawmil nen say this morning that foot more of water would compel them to shut down. Our saw mill men have already lost heavily in the log ging regions They made all haste with their raft boats and all the ropes and appliances tuoy Couiu SCt"toSCtAcI Iol lHO up ilfCI Couh- try, to catch the logs and secure as many as possible. A great many have floated over the bottom lands and some of them will be left five miles from the stream as the water re- cedes.
 -Tornadoes are still too frequent for pleas ant contemplation. One last week in Vest e-n Iowa destroyed large extent of country, and killed a score or more persons. Another has just been reported in Indiana, killing a number of persons and destroying many build ings A young lady was taken out of a sec ond story window, carried over an orchard and let down gently the other side without a scratch or bruise, while second woman was taken up and carried over the tops of trees, every article of clothing stripped from her body and much injured, but it is thought she will recover. One family in Iowa saw the tornado coming and hastily dropped ladder into the we'll, on which all the family descend ed, and the tornado passed over them sweep
 ing everything before it, and left them safe. They are certainly to be commended for their judgement and presence of mind.
 ID. K. Jones the inventor and first man. ufacturer of friction matches, died last month in Chillicothe, Ohio. Persons who can recall the days of the old flint lock and cotton or punk, will feel disposed to award him a monument above the regulation size. A. B.