The Montana post., 1868-09-18
JOURNEY JOTTNGS.
NUMBER SEVEN.


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North West Transportation Company
Quick Trips in Prospect-I-nproyements sir
the Missouri River.
George Francis Train is failure, as
politician and fnancier. His appeal foI
the support of Irishmen as Fenian can
didate for the Presidency or Vice PTesi-
dency, paled to insignifcance before the
effectual fires of Frank Blair, and George
Francis fisuratively rots in loathsome
British dungeon, playing the pathetic
role Of The Prisoner for Debt, after
wasting his substance for the Fenians
while General Francis takes his ease
and his regular FIVE minute drinks at
the expense of the u. p. X. r. in the
pleasant little town OF Laramie, and
complacently reflects on his advice
to the "Finnegans" to make a raid on
Ireland and stay there. Even the Credit
F0ncier would not keep the head OF
George Francis above water, while with
the faActer credit of the Democratic
nomination General Francis floats
As idly a. a painted ship upon painted ocean.
In only one respect, and that not very
respectable, are they alike-they have
both gene into liquidation, and they are
both gone in"
Marry past all surgery"
One might almost believe from the
prominence of the name that this is a
Franciscan period, but the Tanner"
Boys declare "Francis-cdRt' and they
will put '.full stop" at the end Of their
sentence.
Whatever may have befallen that per
ipatetic, selfadj djusting, gas generator,
q. F. T., one thing is certain, Omaha,
the ideal inter-continental metropolis,
the object of his solicitude and prayers,
and which he puffed enough TO utterly
ruin, is developing into a city, perhaps
not as important and pretentious as he
predicted, yet giving signs and good
promise of wholesome and rapid growth
into a great and prosperous city. Three
years ago il was busy little town, just
at the hesitating point. Ii appeared
as though its people were in doubt
whether il would survive and develop
into vigorous health or dwindle and die,
or what is worse, become a confirmed
invalid, as many towns do. But the L.
=. r. r. was the balm in Gilead for its
threatened distemper, and the shrill
of the iron horse the morning
tonic that gave il vitality, growth and
a commercial appetite that devours
greedily esch year millions of trade.
The town has grown wonderfully the
business center has swept back from the
little patch of substantial buildings on
Farnham street, near the old HerndOn
House on the river bank, west and north,
covering the extent of city, with
streets running parallel
with the river, all well improved, and
stretching from Traintown full two miles
Il,
shaky little wooden buildings have CIV
en- way to fine, substantial, three or four
story brick blocks, in which merchants
with stocks of goods rivalling their New
York and Chicago neighbors DO a heavy
trade with the west, and handsome
suburban residences show their cheer
ful presence where hundreds of emf
grants who have scarce become citizen
ized in Montana, parked their wagons
and grazed the boyines that, the alkai
toiled across the eleven
hundred miles on the short cut to Gala
tin Valley. This is speaking in general
terms, but here are the figures: The
population is 17.0O6, of which 6,647 are
females and 10,359 are males. There
are IL churches. and IL clergymen D
banks and 15 bankers 10 hotels and
l3j bar keepers , schools, a Theatre,
and 2 newspapers. These latter are am
Ditious institutions of bed quilt proclivi-
les / cannot give the exact size of the
Herald, as the Surveyor General was
1ut of town, but believe il is the same
is the ST.. Louis Democrat. DR.. Miller,
rs editor, is an energetic working man,
md publishes a Rets paper in every
sense of the word. but unfortunately is
OF that devil modern democ-
-acy," and shares the mental abbera- |
ion with which, like Z dire contagion.
Seymour has injected nearly one.third !
IF the voters of the country. The Re
1Wblic0R. of which st. a. ID. Balcombe is !
.ditor ard proprietor, is less Falstaffian |
n proportions but is built from the !
,round up" and, we are happy TO add, |
Is able Chief has, with its prosper |
". grown rich IN this worlds goods, |
md while he breaks with generous ]
land TO those of the true faith !
he bread of Republicanism has enough !;
md To spare of character better adapt
ID for the inner man, and counts his hor-
es and lands with figures for which the 1
est of the fraternity are not reputed TO
ind frequent use, May he have added 4
INTO him. Nor does Omaha appear TO !
AVE reached the zenith of her prOsperi- 4
v On every hand. plane. hammer and 4
aw sing cheerily the busy chorus of in y
lustry. The item, that a short time /
ince went the round OF the papers, that 4
)maha merchants were breaking at the /
ate of sixteen a week. is wholly untrue.
md prosperity is visible in every quarter.
among the Montarese we met in The
'urgh. there is none better known than
Or. John Creighton, nee bachelor OF /
lapPy memory, now a benedict. he
will make Or.laha his home, and while
ve will miss him IN the moun;ains, il is
erumb of comfort we che1rfully throw
o the bachelors cluii, that his expert
nee has proven that
While the lamp haids ent TO eusa
The oidesi sf them may roiuru
With q fair possibility OF being made
lappy for life.
Council Buff, opposite Omaha, is also