Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-30
WRESTLING. Va. Aug. a, 1855.
GAZETTE CORRESPONDENCE,


GAZETTE CORRESPONDENCE.
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You will no doub, be
surprised 20 receive : letter from one who
you supposed was Flooding on daily pas,
your Office. but strange things happen some
times, Thinking few items might be &C :
ceptable TO you send them along, knowing
they will meet one OF two fates, an insertion
in the paper or the rubbish box.
After a pieasan, trip over the R. !. Road,
and nights rest in Chicago, we left on
the Southern Michigan Road for Cleveland
at u TO s A. NJ. These cars are pleasant and
freed tromdust by encouragement ofpass'ng
the air over water contained in the bottom
of the cars, and il would ali be very nice
If they would change the water, which from
long service has the odor of bilge water or
something worse. The country on this road
is, as you are aware, very uninteresting and
you puzzle in vain to imagine why people
live there. The corn crop is now in its
prime being from. s inches 10 2 feet high
and a yellowish sickly color. and looks as il
FIRE had passed over il; the grass and oats
are being put up and If as poor as they look
starvation must follow; this will apply with
but few exceptions TO all the routes toCieve-
land. The next item of importance and
with many the first, is the eating aud stop
ping places; the only place we had
chance to try was White Pigeon where we
had an excellent dinner.
We arrived in Cleveland ct 9's +. M.
and put up at the American House. The
meaning of the word in this case being ev
eryihing that is excellent in the Hotel line.
IT'S not our first trial OF the House and II
like wine is improving by age. Passengers
going East can stop here over night and
take the cars at u to s in the morning and
be as fresh as when they started.
Cleveland is a large and beautiful place,
the wide streets and side walks, give it an air
of lightness, while its elevation above the
lake gives it drainage. The houses are
TASTY and not, in the dwelling part of the
city, crowded, each having lot of one
or Two acres around it. These lots rate high;
friend has just bought LOT one mile from
the business portion of the city. one aud
quarter acres, for $4,000. When shall
these things be with US In 1910 nearly all
The land about Cleveland could have been
had for that sum. Large blocks of fine
stores are going up and everything shows
that this place is no! dead. In the after
noon we visited one of the three water cure
establishments established about two miles
on, OF the city. Every thing abou, the es-
"a blishment was neat and comfortable. the
grounds large and inviting, the gymnasium
and ten.pin alley being to Us the most in
vi,ing part. We were shown through the
gents. bathing rooms where all the appli- |
ances for no, and cold baths are perfect; /
we enyied those who were INDUCING in |
cold plunge bath, while We Pitied one poor
mortal shut up in closet, undergoing
s,eaming process TO end with having cold |
water poured over him. The doctor assured !
US that the most OF the cold water cure con-
sisted in the diet and exercise ofthe patients.
The number OF patients a. the one we visit
ed was 10, some few of them staying there 1
merely as a pleasant summer retreat; the |
.oads around the city are very fine and are
crowded with teams and buggies, the ladies
'eem much given to driving and riding on |
horseback. We saw many fair face out
before breakfas, thus exercising and adding l
10 life and health. /
This morning we left Cleveland forWells- |
vile and Wheeling, by the c. and Pitts
burgh road, to Wellsville, thence by steam I
boat down 10 Wheeling, where We arrived |
at So. The question that arises to q west
ern man, passing through this State is, why
do these people waste so much time and tim
Der in fencing in such small fields, and these
fields so full OF stumps that the wonder is
how they plow them; why do these people
ay on this barron soil while so ma ny acres
Of the best land in the world lies untitled
west of the Mississippi Everything has
worn out look the inuumerable towns
through which we pass have tumble-down
air, and the article of white paint seems to
be scarce. The crops OF corn and hay are
such only in name and unless other parts Of
Ohio can boast better land the people will
have TO subsis, this fall and winter on ap-
pies. Of (which they have great abundance.
Our experience thus far Of Wheeling is
agreeable, we find the Mcclure House num-
Der one among hotels and would cordially
CONNIE nd il to our friends passing this way
We have visited the wire bridge as a curios-
ty, and thought how easy itwould be to put
one over our noble river above East Dayen-
port. YcURs D.
CiScIxsATI ITEMs.-From the Cincin-
natl Times Of the 9th inst, We take the fol-
lowing items. .F
The river is about stationary, with ten.
dency to fall. There is between eight and
nine feet on the shoalest places from the