Show mile of crops burned bakey owing to ibe dry weather ot the past two weeks prairie alrea have been springing up in all lire clione but the aeri one one far reported occurred inthe neighborhood of grinnell ic which acres after were aumai l over men lomeii and children were forced into the voluntary fire brigades and by superhuman most nf the farm aud were saved but for miles all tho esy nud grain ia stacks ere burned in beveral those back the flames were quite burned A close estimate places the loss at |