The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-10-21
KENosHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1869.


four hundred feet high, from the crown
and side of which high rocks hang over,
threatening to fall and crush the houses
beneath them. Lake Pepin, Is very
beautiful sheet of water, twenty-five miles
hong and three wide 1t is situated between
hills on either side, that here are steep
and rugged, and there slope gradually
from the water, from two to four hundred
feet high Maiden's Rock, on this lake,
is four hundred and nine feet high. From
tenac, also on this lake, is one of the most
pretty places I ever saw. tits becoming
noted summer resort for invalids and
tourists. The buildings look well and
the grounds are tastefully laid out, the
| bank is low and the country beyond, level
and studded with little groves of oak.
Lake City, Reeds Landing, and several
| other towns which we passed inthe night
are all shipping points OF wheat and
| ff0ur, and contain steam mills &c. La
Cross is growing place, with an increas
ing business of all kinds, the heaviest of
which is -four and wheat, our steamer
leaving nine hundred sacks, and a large
load of the latter [ counted nine steam
ers at the levee. The city, like most all
on the river-is situated at the base of a
number of bluffs Prairie du Chen is
next in Importance to LaCross IN a busI
mess point of consideration, and like it is
connected with Milwaukee by railroad.
Il has some good buildings, and its streets
look tastev and pleasant Nearly opposite
is McGregor, where passengers take the
cars for ST. Paul, while little south is
South McGregor, it has a good landing,
and several steam mills, many fine build
ings mostly brick, conspicuous among
which is " Masonic Block" The river
here is full of islands, and the Telegraph
crosses here, as at several other places.
During the present high stage Of water
many of the wires have been torn down
by the smoke stacks of the passing steam
ers. Dubuque contains populations of
twenty-five thousand inhabitants, it's
streets are paved with stone, and the side
walks are rnostlyliof the same material.
Has many beautiful buildings, and large
lstores which are piled full of merchandise
and other wares. The Ill., Cent ER.9IR.
crosses the river on an iron bridge that
is q most magnificent structure, 2and en-
ters q long tunnel through the blnff as it
reaches the shore 1t is claimed by river
lmenahat the bridge is. an obstruction TO
navigation, however true it may be, [ can
i caly say that the evening | came through,
! the steamer Nellie McPike struck one OF
the piers, her guards and spars were car
4 ried away by the shock, and she was 9th
erwise badly damaged. The draw to the
! bridge is worked by an engine of twenty
\ horse power. The country from Dubuque
4 to Rockford was beautiful. The pastures
and sides of the railroad were green with
red clover and other grass, presenting
quite contrast to the frost .whitened
fields of Minnesota Corn all along the
road was small, and in most cases the
weeds even with the tops. From the
river to Rockford there are not only
pleasant but thrifty villages, chief among
which is Freeport, that in 1885 contained
not one white inhabitant. Galena is also
a pleasant place, but looks old and not
very thrifty. President Grants house
was pointed out upon little eminence
4 clad in beautiful green. 1t is little two
story brick, surmoanted by a cupola. It
has been described too often to need fur
Their notice. At Galena the railroad eros
ses Beaver river, and while onthe bridge
the forward trucks of the hind Car leaped
from the track, giving the passengers a
severe fright and a terrible shaking up,
as it ran several feet on the ties ~ 1 OBJ
served but'little change in Rockford in
FIVE years. The east side of the city
seems growing the most. Wheat was sell
ling for eighty cents per bushel, rating
between first and second grade. From
Rockford to Harvard the only town that
hes improved peceptibly is Capron, while
Harvard is reaching out on every side,
two new hotels having been built,
and many business blocks since / was
there. Judge Aver still dispenses
good cheer to the travelling. public
at the Harvard Hotel" He still
retains his colossal proportions, and as
usual makes his customers feel at home
His son gave an exhibition-by request
of his. skill in riding the Velocipede,
managing very sklllfully with a child
on his back, one seated behind and one
his lap. Our fellow toWnsman, j. 81.
Lealand is doing business here.
The FEE QUESTION. suit of Har-
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