The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-01-18

Grand Forks aad Pembina delighledly dis
count as with six feet on : level. How
thigh down" is that ?.........B Bob. Lord,
Express Messenger on the N. W. Com
pany's stage, had his feet badly |froze
last week, on his return trip from Fort
Garry. He is now at Fort Abercrombis in
charge Of the Post Surgeon. Il is feared
both feet viii have to be smputated.-
| Post.
WYOMING TERRITORY.
The Trip-snow Boand-About Lar
| sa1eo-St0ek Raislng.
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LARAMIE. Wxoxuo T1Rl1rolY:
December 20,; 1871.
EDI7oH 1ou1HAI.-ln eompliAnoe with
many requests made Of me before leaving
st. Cloud, I win give Jon some aesount
my TRIP, and Of Laramie itself. 1t Is Gen.
orally presumed that ticket agents viii give
| correct information to travellers in refer
enee to tho various roads for which
| they sell tickets but have learned that
at times, 1t least, there is occasion to be-
ware Of them. At Minneapolis the agent
endeavored to persuade me that in going to
Omaha, it were better to 60 by Chicago,
rather than dewn through Iowa; that by
this latter route, there would DO six or
seven changes to be made, and it might
take four or five days. This later could
scarcely think; and as by Chiosgo tho fsrs
would be 1856, and by the other only $3.50,
concluded to risk the latter.
At Austin We changed cars and took the
train for Mason City, which We reached
about six P. n. Here We fouLa nice ho-
tel, the Allen House. and spent . comfort
able night. We left ON Wednesday A. N.
for Grinneli, whore we connected with the
G. l. R. I. R. R., and reached Omaha be-
| fore twelve that night.
The change was great after leaving your
| sow-covered streets and prsiriss and ice-
bound river, to get down into lows whore
no snow was to be seen. As wheat Ia tho
great staple Of Minnesota, corn is that Of
Iowa, and Of Nebraska. Instead Of cribs,
they build immense pens in which to store
their corn. When these are filled, they are
sometimes covered over, and sometimes left
open. saw places where after the pen
was filled, the corn was heaped on the
| ground beside it. Corn was selling at
Grinnell at % cents per bushsl. DcsMoiaes
was by far the most handsome town saw,
giving unmistakable evidence Of thrift and
elegance: f. ri - i T. >
At 1850 A. M. on Thursday, We left Oma-
ha on the q. P. r. R. Ali went we'll ntil
Friday forenoon, when at Pine Blaff, 100
miles east Of this place, our train was Or
dered to stop and wait, as the road was
| blocked by snow between that and SChy-
enne, and other trains were before us. Up
to this point We had seen little snow along
the road. Anxiously did We wait during
the day hoping for orders to proceed, but
| those orders did not come. As the evening
closed IN, the wind blew heavily attended
With light snow. Saturday morning
| dawned clear and calm. but ve va !. d..,s
tined TO spend the most Of another day at
| this uninyitine station It wal, fortunate
that some Of our. fellow travellers we're pro-
| vided with lunch baskets we'll flied. vhich.
they generously shared with those not o.
fortuna to. a. there was little onnortnn;,v
Of getting meals otharvi... III ~.
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can 80 distinctly seen On !. el,,r d.v : "a
These are covered with snow ali IN. .v..,.
90 We are in view, Of pernstu., NOV. 4 n.
population Of n. town !, fron, ! noo ).
! 200. There is !. l.r.. AZ. bot.l III,
k.nt. beside. .,n.,,.r 3. h,;.h,,.... NJ
railroad ccmp.nv ha. IT,. ,han. -.
while sv.rys spps.r.n i. svo,,a ,n,,;..,. J.
"a Sc 4 new town. they ara :. m. ..,,.
nice, substantial baildinss. Tb.v s.. inst
completing court house. contain;nr ea.,n.
y Offices, and jail ID the basement. III
very complste ID their arrangement. COST q, !,
ing $4,000. There is an ex.snsiy.. ,uarrv
Of tine red sand stone about %. mils and |.
half from the town. This Win s. doubt !,
IS extenslvely ussd for building 81 PURPOSES. I
/ - it can is worked Il comparatively III.
tie cost. The Episoo palialns. thodi.t.