The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-09-18

the same deep rlcn SOIL on the west sue
Bismarck is located two miles east of The
Missouri, the high water overfowing the
low lands intervening. Having hereto
fore spoken Of our arrival at Bismarck
our foot journey to the Missouri, sleeping
on the railroad boat on the Missouri, and
return to Bismarck, We shall not repeat
what was then said. Bismarck had a
very rough appearance in treatments, il
there was anything could be- called tena-
ments, and rougher still III inhab ,tants, il
fifty or rixsy ronghs aud few others,
congregated at the stopping placelof the
cars on their arrival, could be called in
habitants We shall not however charac-
terize the place as severely as some Of our
party and others have done. Bismarck.
situated at the crossing of the river and
surrounded by IN extensive ~cou ntry of
deep rich sol, ualess better location can
be Obtained on the west side Of and
nearer to it the river. is destined to be-
come large and flouriseing city.
OF things Of interest ON the excursion
from Duluth to Bismarck and return we
weuld mention con versstlon on the first
part of the journey between Canadian
and Texan, each fair representative OF
his country. The Cansdisn. left at or
~
about Brainerd-the Texan with his
chained deg continued on TO Bismarck
At Brainerd. Mr.. n G. Russell, editor and
publisher of the Bralnerd Tribune. came
oA the cars and accompanied us part of
the way to Bismarck. The Brainerd
Tribune is well. conducted, we'll proper
tianed ssyen column folio. Mr.. Russell
furnished as copy at the time. Before ar
irving at Bismarck we became acquainted
with Mr.. Moffat, Government agent o!
the Interior Department, who had waited
at ST. Louis for boat up the river till he
had got tired and concluded to try it
around by way of st. Paul and the North.
ern Pacific. We lett him on the Northern
Pacific Railroad boat on the Missouri at
Bismarck waiting for boat down the
riYer-We passed through Glyndon
without fully realizing that We were ex
changing with the Red River Gazette
Glyndon, Minnesota. Recently the Gu.
sstte has failed to arrive, but whether it
has failed to come to US only or been sus
pended we do not know. Here we noticed
railroad crossing, the crossing of tn
Northern Pacific by its main baanch, the
st Paul and Pacific road, running from
st. Paul to Pembins. Here IS or is to be
machine shops round house and pas
senger and freight depots. Glyndon is
one of the Red River Colony towns of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company and
is destined to become place of some i'm
portance. On our arrival at Fargo about
1880 P. III. a clergyman with his family
was leaving for his diving" as he called
it, at the Red River settlement in Mani
toba
From their experience at Ashland fear
of mosquitoes prevented a considerable
number of the editorial party from TAXI ne
the excursion on the Northern Pacific
During tho first day we neither saw, heard
nor felt mosquito, nor did we till the
middle of the afternoon of the second
day. From that time they increased till
night and during the night they were
considerably numerous ard ravenors
Some of our party suffered severely dup
ing the night but we suffered but little
From morning they decreased till by the
middle of the forenoon they had entirel
disappeared or we had left them behind
ard that was the last we knew of mosqui-
toes on the Northern Pacific. Il woulc
seem from what we learned at she time
and since thai the mosquitoes there otter
make attacks in full force and aS otter
retreat precipitatelY without apparent
any good reason for it,.
Col. Louneberry sad another ge2tlemar
Of Bismarck accompanied oar party to the
Missouri River and were of the numbel
who lodged on the boat in employment
of the Railroad Go. Col. Lounsberzy ha d
the week before our arrival, taken press
10 Bismarck, had erected p build ing arc
had his press in it, and intended to issue
the first namber Of the Bismarck Tr5bun,
on the ID. of JuN. In consequence oI