The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-14

ming ana Inc ~ terminus at Denver, !
"s some 5000 inhabitants. con
= -?;5,,erablv more than q hundred mlIes
5I Cheyenne, the Magic
o." generally referred to as the
!. nv IF the Past" is well worth see
9otwitbstanding the sluggishness
onnarent in commercial circles and
oTTitdent backward tendency Of It's
:, oToTth y After q delay of ten min
nfes here. we darted from the depot
st real express time, and during the
of the day continued
onr observation. On the morning OF
the third day, we awoke in Nebraska,
and It was impossible to avoid MOTTO |
ing the change of scenery from the |
amorphous, the wildly weird and I'M
usual, into the happiest valley world |
the poets can imagine. Almost every |
foot Of land is felieitously adapted for
the comfort, the pleasure and the
sustenauce of man and beast. ga
grassy plats and gorges, the labor OF
the settler is apparent. There IS one
drawback, however, to these lands.
and that is the almost entire absence
Of timber. Nebraska has the land,
the air and tbs water, but lacks the
coal, timber and rock. though IN Ger
tain localities the latter abound.
The people, however, are eDer-
getIc and are fast ina1guTatirg a
new state of things: Near the towns
beautiful groves are planted and
growing finely. [ know OF several OF
| these groves containing from
10000 to 10000 newly planted trees,
mostly Of the cottonwood and soft
maple, both Of which grow rapidly.
Tt Is said that this timber grows
twice as fast by setting the trees out
In rows aud planting corn among
| them for at least the two first years.
! [ learned too that while the upiands
are better for wheat, corn grows much
better In the valleys, and also that a
good crop of both is almost certain.
This seems little strange when We
| take into consideration the fact that
the summers are very dry and hot.
I am assured by old residents that
not half as much rain falls during q
season as in the driest portion OF In
1 diana, and this seems to be the eX-
PLANTATION. After continued hard
freeze of several months In Winter,
with no thaws, the ground pulveriz .
finely in Summer, 1t is never water
soaked, and pulveriZes early in the
season; and during this time it is
always light and loose, and never
breaks or clods. Thus the ne
ccssiiy of blowing up the land
in the Spring for planting wheat
is avoided when it has twice been
loosened. Ga the slopes and in the
valleys the soil Is continuous and oil
the same quality for dozen feet be
/ meath the surface. Immediately IN
der this lies a bed Of soft, rather vel
sand, which probably causes thu
ground to remain moist so long. But
Nebraska is no less noted for It's fine
: grazing. and while looking at the eX-
ternal features of it-from the expires:
carriage, | was inclined to be envious
1t was in a happy mood looked fortl
as we were whirled over creeks anC
rivers, through pleasant garden Xix,
, tracts, between classical hills, pas
! villages, churches, hamlets. farms
! cabins; through a new world to the
T eanuied city gentleman; pleasing {
! the eye and heart Of any man. [
was an interesting study to look int
the faces of my fellow travellers anC
/, , read the emotions there expressed a.
each mile was run. There were amonl
them the worn oat co1sumptive, thu
dyspeptic, the rotund stomached, viii
his atrabilarious complexion and vel
, low eyes; the corpulent man, with hi
, painful breathing; the literary reeluse
, the physician, sick at heart and tireC
with being among fever stricken
, patients; the banker, with his yellow
parchment face-and al were ready
; and DrofUse in their praise OF tn,
wonders Of tho new land.
At last, near noon, We sped lot,
Omaha, In good health and spirits
| and after shaking eff the disagreeablt
effects Of the long ride looked abou
+ for the hours amusement. But Oma
/ ha is dead Other cities may be dull
, and the citizens may complain, bu
, Omaha is worse, and the wonder j.
, that the citizens survive. Business
| has unaccountably taken a walk,
to use Western phrase, and public
? amusements are few and far between
} Elaborate descriptions and Favorable
anticipations ofOmaha and its future
. have already appeared In the Jour
| | NAL, and l will not tarry with %,
| notes" At the hotel, | Learned
that our friends, Miss Fanny 3. Prize
0 | and Mr.. ID. Hanchett were playing
= successful engagement at the Aeade
f my ofMusio, the only legitimate plact
: in the city. Remember US to Mr.
: Silverthorn, was their last command
2 as l babe them a9isu, after a yer,
: pleasant call. Miss Fanny has jus
| returned from a fourteen weeks alb
/, sence to Montana, where an unprec
t edented success attended her. TIL
{ Helenaites were little less enthusiasts
f tic than the Evansvillians have shown
Z | themselves upon one or two occasions
5 and the little lady was loaded down
r with costly presents. But | digress
{ At four o'clock, | crossed the Mis-
souri, River, and saw, as we steamed
; along, the work that has already beer
) done on the big bridge, which vii
. unite Iowa and Nebraska at thi
point. A single pier upon the low
! shore marks the place. The bridg
: will be half mile In length, con
/ strueted entirely of iron 1t will b,
q fifty feet above high water mark, an,
!, seventy above low. There will b,
5 eleven spans of two hundred and fit,
}, feet each. The piers will be hollow
f iron cylinders, filed in with bowl
e ders, rough stones and concrete
!, The cylinder is composed of massiy,
! iron rings ten feet IN hight and min
E and one half IN diameter. These ar
e fitted upon one another IN such :
! manner as to form a solid column t
/ the hight required. The process ma,
5 be interesting to the reader. Th,
f first Of the rings is placed in position
upon the sand, tightly capped. TIL
air is then pumped out, when tn
E pressure drives it down to the level
then it is uncapped, the sand throws
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