The state capital., 1892-07-02
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS.
The Corn Crop.

The following was CLEANED from the
recent report of the state board of agri-
culture:
With many adverse circumstances corn will
have hard struggle to make even FAIR crop,
hut the quality of the seed corn, which was ex-
cellant over the entire state, will be strong
factor in it's favor and with a late fall farmers
may find their gloomy fcrebodings happily dis
appearing
In the Northern division of the state the
area devoted to corn is Is per cent less than N
1891 wht n 2S2, SIS acres were planted Ihe con-
dition Of the crop in this section IS more un
favorable than in either central or southern
Illinois. being but 65 per cent. of a seasonaole
acreage In but four counties in this DIVISION
Carroll. Durage, McHenry and Warren-ls
the June condition better than three fourths OF
an average The quality of the seed corn USED
was 81 per cent of an average.
In the Central division there is decrease IN
the area from that of 1891 of l6 per cent, leav-
ing liz. ia acres. The condition is per cent
more than in the Northern division, or 81 per
| cent. of an average. The seed corn was but
| per cent below an average.
The area in corn in southern Illinois Is 80 per
| cent. as compared with the area of last year
| when s0305i acres We're in corn In HARDING
! Perry and Randolph counties the area planted
| is as large as last year, and i'll Hardin the CON
| ition of the crop is seasonable average Inc
| condition of the crop th1 oughout this division
| is three fourths Of a seasonable average, or !
to 10 per cent. above the condition in the north
| etn and central divisions respectively.
Reunited After Forty Years.
A scene was enacted in Champaign
the other dav. the like of which Will
probably not be seen again soon.
A gentleman. who one would Judge from his
appearance has passed the meridian of lifc'
called uron one Elisha Pennington, business l,
man and engaged him in conversation: Inc
stranger remarked that Mr.. pennington 8 1ace
appeared familiar to him Mr.. Pennington rec
ogniz,d the stranger as his brother Robert;
whom he had not seen for more than forty
wears 1t appears that forty y-thrae years
ago Robert, then n young man LIVING
with his parents, brothers and sisters
| in their Ohio home, was attacked with the golo
fever and left for the mines in California,
where it was then thought money was growing
On the trees. His relatives heard nothing OF
him for twenty years, when they received
| letter saving he would soon start on d viSl
east They waited and waited but he did moi
appear. Later they received letter from
California saving that he had died and beer
buried This put an end to their long waiting
and the relatives gave mp, of course, all hopes
of ever seeing him again. Now after he mac
been supposed to be dead for twenty three
years he turns up live and hearty man,
German Evangelical Synod
, The German Evangelical synod vii
meet next year at Ontarioville, Du Pag
, county At the recent Frecport session
. the following officers were elected:
4 President, Rev Fl. Wolff; Chicago; vice pres
ident, Rev. C. Schaub, Mokena; secretary, ROY
Henry Schmidt Lincoln; treasurer. Rev W.
Jungck, Elgin. Home Mission Boart-kevS
: w Hattendorff and X. Freitag. Chicago; Rev
G G. Koch Beecher. Delegates to General Con
| ference to be held at Indianapo!is-h9v {
Schaub Mokena; Raw. G. Schmidt, Lincoln
G Prof f. Otto and Prof. Lue1er. Elmhurst
l. Revs. G. Goehel, Peotone City; " Hatteadorf
= Chicago: G. Koch Baechar; a. k"a t, Chicago
N Starner Chicago n S9vering, Freepoft;
. Schwartz Elroy; K Frietag and J. g. klrche
l. Chicago; c. Sheer, La Sale.
- The following congregations were selecte
II | to choose lay delegates to represent the syho
at the general conference: Pakn, Eimhurs
ST. Pau: of Chicago, E,-nn of Chicago al
McKenna.
Illinois state Fair.
4 The follow ing has been sent out fro
" Springfield:
The state board of ag iculture has decided
award S6 500 in prizos for the displays OF tarl
. orchard aud garden products at the state ia
l. to be held at Peoria, September26-H. Cor
a. petition is open to boards or as as'oclatiohs
# we'll as to individuals. The articles must
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