Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1895 — CROP CONDITIONS. [ARTICLE]

CROP CONDITIONS.

General Outlook for Corn la Flattering:—Much Rain in Places. The reports as to the conditions of the crops throughout the country and the general influence of the weather on growth, cultivation and harvest, made by the directors of the different State weather services, say that the general outlook for an exceptionally fine corn crop continues flattering. Except in the Dakotas and Minnesota where it is somewhat late and in Indiana where it is maturing slowly, the crop is generally in advance of the season and early corn is now practically made over the southern portion of the corn belt. Kansas and Missouri report much of the crop made, and in Missouri the largest crop ever raised in that State is promised. Six hundred lowa reports, all counties being represented, show the condition of corn as much above the average in sixty-one counties, above average in eight counties, while thirty counties promise a crop below the average. In Nebraska corn is in excellent condition in the southwestern part of the State and in the counties along the Missouri liiver; but has been much injured in the southeastern section, except in the river counties. In Indiana, while corn is maturing slowly, it is in good condition. In Ohio the outlook is less favorable, being poor in the uplands and on clay soils. Kentucky reports corn prospects unprecedented. No unfavorable reports respecting corn are received from the Southern States except from portions of Texas and the Carolinas, where iu some counties drought is proving injurious. In Texas cotton is needing rain on upland; and the southwest portion of the State, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana report improvement in the condition of cotton over the previous week, while the outlook in South Carolina is less favorable. In Missouri there has been too much rain for cotton and the crop is grassy and the outlook unfavorable in Arkansas. Spring wheat harvest has begun in North Dakota and continues elite-' where in the spring wheat region. Tobacco is in good condition in Virginia and growing rapidly in Kentucky and continues in excellent condition in Maryland, but in Ohio it is not doing well. Light local frosts occurred in Northern Indiana and in Northern Maryland and in the mountains of West Virginia. No damage reported except slight injury to corn in Maryland. Drought continues in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Southern Texas and in portions of Maryland anti the Carolinas, where crops are being injuriously affected.

Philip Kauffman and Michael Snyder were arrested at Coney Island, New York, charged with running an illicit still at Neptune avenue. The men rented the house one year ago, since which time they have lived in it and carried on their work. The whisky was stored in a cellar under the rear extension of the house. Sir T. F. Wade died at Cambridge. He was born about 1820 and entered the army in 1838, serving afterward in China and elsewhere. He was advanced to the rank of K. C. B. iu 1875 for his exertions in negotiating important treaties with the Chinese Government and obtaining treating facilities in that empire. Louis Stern, of New York, was sentenced at Kissengen, Germany, to two weeks' imprisonment for insulting a public official and to pay a fine of 600 mark* for resistance to the authority of the state.