The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-07-06
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glad to Know of her success, f,r Miss Anna Is
pincky little lady, and deserves it..
Sammy Morfca1 met with quite serious acct
dent last week. He was at work in Full-r's tie
camp on the Red Eye, and while engaged in.scor-
Ing, bis sx struck a leaning tree, aAl glancing,
hit his right foot Oh the instep, making ugly
wound. He was faken to camp the cut ,scscd
up, and then brought to the home Of his brother,
~. s. Morical. He is doing we'll.
Quite number Of the boys came down from
the camps to celebrate the Fourth
II any one wishes to enter the abode of the
biessed, have 4 harp, and wings, etc., let him
, start from the gallows! Every rcd-handcd mur-
dcrcr every cDwardly assassu,- every fenish
devil ho5Is, has pass for the heavenly shore.
lmaginc Jesse James, Gi:itcau McManus and such
ilk tuning thcfr instruments for al overture,
Bah! If such spirits popt.1stc the golden shore
Mr.. Editor VIC will take in the lake any SIMMER
resort. MoSsBAcK.
On fhc Pelican ka pids Line.
Shortly after the completion Of its line to Fergus
Falls last winter, the Northern Pacific projected
line to Pelican Rapids, distance Of twenty-onu
miles from Fergus, dcpositinx with the State
Treasurer bonds to the amount Of sa0OO0O as a
Igtlarantee that the road would be completed by
July I, 1881. The Tine was finished some time
since, anf the treasurer invited to inspect the
lie Of ro before delivering up to the road their
deposit. Accompanying the treasurer was All ill.,
vitcd purity consisting Of Charles Kettelson daugl-
ter/an<p Miss Hanson, deputy stas. auditor wife
and daughter, Sam II: Nichols 4: L. Johns, Evrl-
cit -Allersoal5 G. f.. Chaple, ". T. prcn,lergas,,
Will Nichols and 0. g. jackson, The party was
in charge Cf Col. W. y. Clough. attorney Of tie
| road, who accompanied the train throughout the
whole excefskr4: Prom st. Paul to Brain.rd tho
! party went by regular rfdin, and thence to Fargo
and Pelican Rapids by special At Wadena tho
party was augmented by ]. H. Austin, H. Crock.r
and 9. H. Gray, commissioners Of Otter Tail coul
ty, F. ". Rurnhani county auditor, md George
4. Whitney, editor of the NORTHERN PACIFIC
FARNEk. The line OF road was fully il,sI..ctc,,
and found to be in condition guaranteed by sf;c
| company. The party arrived home ~: 7:sU II. m
yesterday. Mr kittclsDsris now really to hanu
! over to the company the bonds held by hin
From Pelican Rapids to Brcckinridge is about 10
| miles, and the road will soon be extended as the
grading is nearly completed and iron is now in
| the yard at Fergus Falls. Tr.cklayns will begin
| in about two weeks From Fergus to Pelican
Rapids il a distance Of y mih>. The contract
for the road was let in May ISL and was finished
in June, 1882, at cost of about =27,ooo lcr mile
I The state Treasurer will hold st,uou Of the
100000 bonds OF the railway company until the.
| road is completed to BreckMr:dgc.
TIE CROP pH4,sPfsT.
! Farmers and others generally unite in express
ing great satisfaction at the present condition VI
! the crops. Wheat is not heavy far advanced,
, but stands we'll and bids fair to make more than
all average crop. The season is considered back,
| ward, but the warm weather and abundant show
ers OF the past few days have had gnol effect OH
the crops. Corn is we'll up and in healthy condi-
ton, and growing very fast under thu, sun
Rye, oats and barley equally fluurishng while
grass was never in better condition. No COM
plants Of any sort arc heard, and the presence Of
| hOppcrs is enphatically denied. The country
generally seems to be Oh the BONN, while Fergus
il having remarkable growth and many i'm
proven,ents are being ma1e in the f,s1e us
buildings and street grading. Press
The wheat harvest all through the South an,l
California is over. The crop was unusually large
and Of excellent quality, far better iii yield and
grade than that Of last year. Though Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio and thence On w.st the harvest is
In progress and the crop is equally - fine Is that
lin lower latitudes. spring wheat looks xea AMI
there is good reason to expect yicsl fully up to
that Of last year.
The Iowa TOrnaCO
On Friday and Saturday, June IL
l8. Il severa storm swept over the Cen
trail West. and Il number of violent
whirlwinds were developed in belt
of country four hundred miles wide,
stretching from Dakota to Lake Mich,
igan. The greatest havoc was wrought
Saturday night in Iowa. beginning 1T
Jefferson. ninety, miles west of Grim
nell, and trentling eastward and south
erly past GrinneH to Iron Ridge and
Mount Pleasant. {; distance of 200
miles For Il distance Of $50 miles
across a thickly settled portion Of the
State, the tornado swept path half
mile wide. wrecking in it's course
parts of Grinnell, Malcolm, Mount
Pleasant. and smaller settlements. be-
sides Il vast number Of detached farm
houses. The Des Moincs Register
had learned (June oo) the names of
sixty-nine killed and FIVE hundred
wounded. perhaps one hundred of tlrenr
fatally. Over three hundred families
had their homes entirely wrecked.
Iowa college had all its buildings de-
stroyed.
One remarkable feature Of the storm
was the late hour Of the occurrence of
the severe whirlS. The fiercrness of
the tornado near Grinnell Was first felt
about seven miles northwest, where
at clock in the evening, buildings
were blown down in the track Of two
waterspouts, causing five deaths. I'm
mediately northwest Of Grinnell the
two water tunnels merged into ens,
and struck the west live of the town.
where the most lives were lost. The
buildings were smaller, and the most
of them without CELLARS. In the
northern part of the city, where the
h0nscs were largSr. and with more
cellars, there WAS less fatality. A.
ter wrecking the large college build
ing>-a three-story brick and 4 four
SlOIS SlOHc Ell (IuCINlV~-NtIV NlVA III
ed to narrow and take on more Of the
whirlins character, twisting build
ings in all conceivable directions.
Professor Macomber, Of the Agricul-
tural college. gives the width Of tho
storm tunnel there as 500 feet.
Trenches were torn Ivy it in the ground
from one to three feet deep and fifty
feet Jong, probably plowedhy wrecks
of houses. It is estimated THAT fif-
teen hundred. persons in Iowa were
left. homeless and Impoverished by
the storm. The general storm of the
18th was exceptionally severe
throughout Kansas, Missouri and H.
linois. Many buildings and vessels
were wrecked at St. Lonis and across
the river at East st. Louis. Much
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