The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-23
ALL SORTS.
Heavy Prosts Prevail in the
West.
Their Effects on Crops.
Guiteau's Last Chance Gone.
A Wise Decision as to Tender
of Grain.
Foreign Affairs Unsettled.
The Members will Oppose the
Repression Bill.
Criminal, Sporting, Wash
irgton News, General.
CROP PROSPECTS.


ST.. LOUIS May 81 Reports from over
200 points of the STAGE were received by
Cne of the leading commission houses
showing that the prospects of crops are
very favorable. Farmers are we'll up with
work and generally jubilant. Kansas and
Arkansas send similar reports.
WEST
Sioux CrTY, May 22.-The weather
which is Geld with occasional showers, is
very favorable for wheat which was never
looking better. The acreage of corn is
fully twenty-five per cent. more than last
wear. About two-thirds of the corn is
planted. The ground is good for corn but
is too cold to bring it along rapidly.
Such corn as was planted early came up
early.
DEs MONIES. May 22.-Specials to the
State Register from Jasper county report a
white frost last night resulting in geat
injury to the fruit crop. At Fort Dodge
Webster county the thermometer was
twenty-ei eight degrees above zero. Grapes
and strawberries are all gone. In Story
county the frost was most severe of any
ever known at this season. Tomatoes
were destroyed, corn seriously injured and
even the foliage of the trees were turned
brown.
? BURLNaToN, May ga heavy hoar
frost fell in this locality last night and was
plainly visible after sunrise this morning.
Reports from this and adjoining counties
would indicate that it was quite general in
the southeastern part of Iowa. The dam
age to the fruit crop will be considerable.
Late apples, pears, early corn, raspberies,
cereals and fruit injured by previous late
frosts win suffer the most, although it is
as yet too early to make anything like an
accurate estimate.
Sioux CITY. May Weather cool,
with occasional showers, very favorable for
wheat, which was never looking better
Acreage of corn fully 25 per cent. more
than last year. About two thirds of corn
planted ground in good condition for corn,
but too cool to bring it along rapidly,
Such corn as was planted early is coming
up evenly.
IN THE NORTH.
WNoNA, Mimi, May pa heavy frost
appeared last night and all the early frui
is damaged. The growing grain was bu
little damaged as it was hardly through
the ground. Reports all along the line
of the Winona 81 St. Paul are to the same
general effect that fruit blossoms were
generally killed Specials from Red Rive
valley show that snow has fallen to the
average depth of one and one-haf inches
from Fargo to Winnipeg and the whole
width of the valley with remarkably low
temperature and no damage to grain but
bad for fruit.
ST. PAUL, May 22.-The cold weather
of the last few days checked wheat seeding
in North Dakota, where it was not com
pleted. In Minnesota the wheat was al
in the ground before the rain, and is nov
coming up. 1t looks well. To-day was
cold and cloudy, and with furry of snow
in some parts of this state and Dakota
AAC dC1Oet5C VI WAACot 1AtAS yGtsA 10 AA1NASeNo~e
from 80 to 100 per cent in new lands
north of Minnesota and Dakota. In ths
southern part of the state, however, thel
is large falling off, farmers turning at
tention to corn and oats and other crops
Corn planting is very backward on &C
count of cold weather, and has not been
finished in any localities and is but fairl,
begun in some localities. Unless there il
aspeedy change, corn will be comparative
failure, as it cannot be got into the grount
IN time to mature before the fall frosts
DAKOTA.
YANKToN, May 22.-J. ID. Cameron, o
Santa Fe, of script fame, who was taker
to st. Louis, is back here in his old quar-
ters at the jail T. e. Carpenter, Of Be
lott, Iowa. indicted in the same connection
arrived to-day and delivered himself VI
and gave &5, 900 bail.
A surveying party under charge of Sur
veyor General Fessenden started out to-da.
to survey railroad line from Yankton {,
Lemars, Iowa, to connect with the Illinoi
Central.
Heavy frost last night, weather cold
damn and cloudy