Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-27
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LACso,ss, Wis. Aug. 25, 'es. I


thing, plsasanser than the up trip, ~ the
boats make much faster time going dswn
stream Our ten days skirmish among the
nsh and fowl of Lake Minnstenka vas de.
sided success We have the evidence to
show-sunburnt hands and face, and about
ten pounds avoirdupois additional to our
fighting weight. In company with friend
Lyt.r. Of Davenport, We spent the last day
10 dshing for p,cksrsl aod bass. and brought
in as nice . string ~ one could wish TO see
full ffty pounds-large. handsome fellows.
The heslthful exercise Of pulling thsm in,
aud . basket dinner on ons Of the islands
made the las. day Of our stay particularly
delightful The weather 50 charmingly
plsassnt, csol and invigorating, the lake %
calm and beautiful, seemed to tempt US Il
sarry longer, but after several closely con.
tssssd votes, it was decided TO leave on Sat
usday msrning. Farewell, old Lake. Coed
BY picksrsl, bass and sunhsh, we would
gladly have thrown you the tempting bait
for weeks longer, but il is ours to only tas's
| the pleasures Of summer life in the wooes.
and then return to duty. A six mile ride
on the Lake, and We were whirlirg over
the prairiss 10 st. Paul, whore ws arrived
Just in time for the down boat.
HfNsEsorA POLITICS.
Political matters 10 Minnesota are terribly
mixed. The Press aud Dispstch ct d.
Paul, both "loil Sheets are throwing very
dirty dirt at each other in every issue,
much to the disguat Of the public, and ths
discontinue Of the party shey rsprssent.-
Beth are nuchly Rsdieal, aad claim - b
the very embodiment of loyalty. morality.
end ssrfw aud each calls The other By such
pet names % 'lias," "Balasm's hesse," and
the like The Pioneer, the leading Demo
cratic paper 10 the State, published u che
same place. 10 the only paper the Rspubli-
cans oan rely upon for the truth. ~ it 10 net
interested in their Dsnnslly Washbusns
6ght-bat stands beck and says: "Prsss
EN-, Prsss: despatch 'sm, Dispstch. The
whole trouble 10 that The Hon. I. Donnelly
wants 10 have The "M. O." that % branded
On ths broadsst part Of the washburns fam
lily transfsrrsd to the Donnslly family. 4
few Of the moro hopeful Rspublicans hope
to carry shs State BY small majority u the
ceming election, but tho more candid, think
ing men Of the party consider it extremely
doubtful, in view Of the great and growing
diesatisfaction among the people, and the
quarrsls between the different factions Of
their own party Of each which has it, lead
er. srasping after rome paying once, ss any
sacrifice.
RRD VINO.
Sunday morning found the undsSsigas cd
At Red Wing, . place Of betwse en- three and
four thousand inhabitants. pleasantly Site
ted, just above one OF the most magnificent
blufs on the river, called Ls0rapgs or
Barns Bluff, from the names Of former
owners. II rises almost psrpsudiculaSly,
nearly fOar hundred feet from the watsvs'
edge, and is entirely detached from the ad-
jseent bluffs. 1t is the grand observatory
OF the place. the favorite rssort Of pleasure
parties and oil visitors, who can climb sos .
good half hour to reach its summit. On
Monday ws tried il. Talk about the hill Of
science, or any other hill; old Barn Bluff on
a warm August day is not thing to be sur
mounted without considerable ssrious Of
fort. But when once on the top, = magnia-
cent view Of the river is had for miles above
and far down, almost across Lake P0pin
On. sess the rivers winding devious cenrss,
its shady bluffs aud i.lands. rocky points and
hc.llsnds-,h sand beach and lswlands
aud far away over the bluffs, the broad
stretches Of sweeping prairie, covered with
groves and harvest fields, the homes Of the
hard working farmers, who are eoining
wealth from their own rich Minnesota soil
Tbs dsacent-is was trying to boot sslss
and christian patience, and sometimes more
rsp!d than graceful. At such times, The
sitting posture, with hands thrust into the
ssnd, 10 considered safest. They say there
is sn easy path from base to summit Ol
this We do affirm, because We know it, there
IS path in some places down that bluf
which rppaars to have been made By som.
one with back just abolt the sizs Of ours
and whoever made it got started to come
down .. the wrong place, and TO amount o.
percussion could induce him to step xhsr
once started.
LA cR0ss..
Another nights ride brought us 10 Il
Crosse. which. a. every body knows, 10 beau
tifully situated on sandy prairie. extending
along The river some three miles, and baci
some distance to the bluffs. The city de-
rivss il name from the game Of bell offer
played o. this prairie by the Ipdisna III,
prairie itself was held IS neutral ground
and vas used by tho tiiif.ren. tribes fol
plays and pastimss.
The city is laid out with due regard to or
der end regularity ane boasts many tin'
buildings. 10 esnmercial impertancs j
rsnks second - st. Pasl.on the sppss rivse
and coamsnds the entire lumber business
Of the Black river. II, already, for : plac'
Of ten thousand Inhabitants, has . larg,
and extensive jobbing trade.
Among the fnsst buildings 10 the Il
Crosse Dsmscrat building, . description o
Ahich Vas gives in the DsnocRAr sonl
monshs ago; and, ~i,hout repeating, VI
may here state that that description did j
no more than simple justice, even II il di,
that much. Il 10 uuquestionsbly the Anss
establishment Of the kind in Tie west. Nj
John Symes, superintendent, young man
but enc whe nsvsrthelsss thoreuehly Nm
dsrstands his business, kindly showed .
through the sstablishmsnt and sxplaias,
the workings Of the different departments
The bssinsss u indeed immense. The bon
ida weekly circulation 10 so0,0O0 Th
branch once in New York distributes 100,
90. and she slsss here the other half. r
do this, fosr pasee are printed here, and th
slectrotype plates sent to New York, an
The saus 10 done At New York. The plsts
from New York arrive here on the Sane d.