St. Paul daily globe., 1889-08-07
THE FLAP OF THE FLAIL


road offices of st. Paul,
THE FLAP OF THE FLAIL
Is Heard in the Land-Rich FAR
vests Being Garnered.
Harvesting is about finished. and from
the elevation of the GLOBE tower might
be heard the distant hum of the thresher
were it not for the perpetual ding dong
and rattle of the big clock across the
street, than which, since it was set
a-gOing, nothing else can be heard for
blocks around. From all the towns of
Southern Minnesota, with the single eY-
deption of Jordan, come reports of an
immense yield of all kinds of small
grain, and especially wheat, which aver
ages twenty bushels to the acre all
pund. From Butterfeld the report of
the yield says wheat will go nineteen
bushels, oats forty, barley thirty, flax
fifteen and corn fifty. The reports from
points along the Omaha are equally
good, and the crop is the largest har
vested in the state for many years. In
Dakota things are equally promising,
| though for corn the weather could be
wished trifie warmer. Spencer re-
ports corn badly in need of rain,
/ while from Mitchell the most
enthusiastic report is sent re-
garding the condition of corn,
and the heavineSs of the small grains
now being stacked. In Dakota stacking
| is about half completed, and the gen.
eral report shows that there will be
much more than an average crop OF all
kinds of grains and corn. From Iowa
and Nebraska the reports are univer-
sally good, there being not a single eX-
ception to the rule of good crops every
where in the two states. In Nebraska,
corn is a tremendous crop, and will
average sixty bushels easily. Samples
af wheat are at hand furnished the
GLOBE by George P. CARED, of the
Wahpeton Times, showing that although
this is supposed to be an off year for
wheat in Dakota. the yield in that cOun-
ty is the largest ever produced there,
and larger than it was supposed could
be raised in the state. The samples are
long and we'll filled heads, and the ber-
ries shell out plump and hard; A No. l
hard wheat, and no monkey work
about it,
Taking things altogether, it seems
pretty we'll assured that despite the
croaking that has been indulged in by
some, and the dire predictions of the
people who knew there wouldn't be
half CROP" the farmers of Minnesota,
Dakota, Iowa and all the cereal states
will have no cause for other than re-
+ joicing when the last fail has tapped.
LAST OF THE VETERANS.
The Kriegerverein Elects Officers
and Names Davenport for the
Next Meeting.
The German kriegerverein Is over
and many of the old soldiers are al
ready on their way hOmeward. The
session was concluded yesterday after
noon, by the election of officers and the
selection of Davenport as the next
place for meeting. The officers elected
were as follows: President, Carl
Schmidt, of Cleveland; vice president,
{ Carl Schmuck, of Davenport, To-; sec
Tetary, Christ Albrecht, of st. Louis;
I treasurer, Joseph Spiegel, Batesville,
Ind; society attorney, Herman Pftzen-
reiter, Cincinnati; trustees, Henry Lib
bert, Cincinnati; Herman Hohenhalz,
Fort Wayne, Ind; DR.. Schader,, st.
ler, Detroit, Mich; banner-bearer,
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In the evening the delegates
were driven out to Fort Smelling
in carriages, where Gen. Lee met
them and delivered speech of
welcome, which was responded to by
President Schmidt The fort band
played that patriotic air so dear to the
German heart, "Wacht am Rhein,"
and no sooner had the last note died
away than the visiting veterans Of for
/ eign, wars awoke the echoes with their
shouts of approval. After witnessing
battalion drill, and commenting on and
admiriug the manner in which the
American soldier handled himself
while on dress parade, the party re-
turned to the eity. A number of them
will leave for home to-day, while others
wilt remain and further take in the
sights of the Northwest metropolis.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Seven births. seven deaths and one mar
rage were recorded at the health Office yes
terday.
Mai Edwards, collector of customs, has
appointed j. G. Brinkerhoff, Of Stephen, to
ha f1enuty collector at Neche Oak.