The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-08-16

will prove interesting to his many friends
hereabouts. We are glad to find that be
is gradually settling down in his new
home, and heartily wish him God-speed.
Confident we are that his qualities Of
head and heart will make him a welcome
resident to any community in which he
may locate.
Fr. DEs MoNEs, To-, July 81, '65.
FRIENDS BRuNNER d Powell:
have at length succeeded in procur.
ing temporary home in this city. 1t is
filled to overfowing, every tenement and
boarding house being full, apparently,
from basement to attic. Everything is
still at war prices, and living exceedingly
dear. How the members Of the Legisla-
ture are to be accommodated with board
is question to be solved. Yet there is
life in business here. Builders are &C.
lively employed, and every week turns
out new structures. Room is thus being
created for the hundreds that are Aocking
to the capital, either for temporary or
permanent residence. All the neighbor-
ing towns are thronged in like manner
with those who are seeking homes in this
part of the world, either in town or
country.
1t is in the wet season, which occurs
every seventh year, according to Iowa
tradition, and the floods have been fire..
quent and destructive. The roads have
something of the appearance Of those in
Ohio thirty years ago, except those on
prairie ridges. where the mud never is
deep, The plow is seldom obstructed
more than a day after heavy rain upon
the upland, and notwithstanding the large
amount of rain that has fallen, much Of
the corn is in very promising condition;
that planted upon low ground only ap.
pearing weedy and sickIy. l never saw
oats look better. There is some com
plant that wheat is growing in the head,
yet think there will be fair yield Of
sound berty.
Fort Des Moines is. to-day, as good
market for farm products, generally, as
Upper Sandusky. There is home and
westward demand that renders farmers,
to large extent, independent of Eastern
markets. Farming is doubtless the most
profitable business in this vicinity. Corn
is now retailing in the city for 80 cents.
oats so, flour "a per hundred lbs., butter
and eggs 2O@30 cts, beef from S cts.
downward, hams 1890, and other edi
bles in proportion; and the supply, until
after harvest, it is thought will hardly
equal the demand, without importation.
There is some, but not an insane, Oil
excitement here. One well is being sunk,
and is now 400 feet deep. II it proves
paying business, we may have as much
excitement here as has been witnessed in
other oieaginous regions, and Iowa may
be he source of light to more benighted
Iocallties. While speaking of light, !
must not omit to mention that Des Moines
Is now Illuminated by genuine gas, man
ufactured from coal taken from pits near
the city.
Two railroads are pushing their way
westward from the Mississippi river to
this city. The N. d M. is completed to-
within AZ miles, and the Valley road is
within 35 miles. 1t is only about 35
miles 10 the Nevada Station on the north.
ern road. Des Moines is destined to be
come great railroad centre; and, as it
is on the main .thoroughfare from New
York to the Pacific, is the capital of the
young, but gigantic, State OF Iowa, the
seal of justice of Polk county, and the
centre of a rich valley, what is to binder
it from becoming Almighty inland city?
There is good water power both on the
Des Moines and Coon rivers, which unite
at the southern extremity of the city.
Manufacturing establishments are already
in operation and others in embryo. The
only obstacle, which l can think of, to
the growth and prosperity Of the city is
the high prices at which real estate is
held within its limits, and in its vicinity,
except the unsavory price ($3 per day
which is charged at the Savory House
for boarding.
] have purchased team, with which
George is at work, in the city, at remu-
neraling wages. We are pleasantly To-.
Gated, in a small but new house. on 5th
street, near the Courthouse, Of which
we. have an unobstructed view OF both
fronts, and where we shall be happy to
see any of our friends who may be wan.
dering westward. during our sojourn
here, which may continue until we can
buy or build cabin.
Sheep have not dore as well as usual
in Iowa this season, especially those
which were exposed to the rain storms
Immediately after shearing. Yet, with
proper care and shelter, all admit that
they are profitable stock. Cattle may be
until suitable shelters can be
erected for sheep, as they will endure
more exposure, and subsist upon coarser
fare. The raising of mules is quite a