The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-07-10

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to be carried into effect without, first
. vigorous effort to obtain . second
trial, and different verdict
From Colorado Springs.
From enr Colorado Correspondent
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the 25th alt, and after . weary day
and night OF travel across the PLAINS
arrived st Cheyenne. OF course The
ususl novelty OF the antelope and
prairie dog served to interest
the weary traveller, and to . certain
| extent destroy the dull and gloomy
monotonY Of the plans; and IS the
| novelty OF the antelope and prairie
dog becomes wearysome, and the
traveller begins to look around for
something new to interest him, be is
suddenly startled into interest by
the announcement, JOINING from one
familiar with the route -" Yonder
are the mountains F" "Where ?" he
exclaims, and as his eyes run quick.
Iy over the sea.like plains, and ex.
pectantly searches round and round
the western horizon, for the first
sight Of tho Rocky Mountains, a.
men at sea look forth At the welcome
cry OF land. But in vain. Not the
faintest shadow makes its bolt against
the blue sky, just fecked with quiet
clouds, and the eye gives up its quest
in disappointment. But yonder, see!
And at length the traveller discovers
q brighter patch OF blue, which now
mingles with, now stands out dimly,
against the heavenly azure. At first
he can scarcely decide whether he is
deceived by his imagination, but as
he looks, and looks steadily and ear.
nestly, the little blue cloud upon the
horizon is seen to retain its shape and
to grow lees inl,stinct; and as the
delicate white crown which rests up
on its summit, and the faint streaks
which linger on Its sides assure him
hat at last he is gazing upon one OF
the snowy peaks of the Mother Of
Mountains, more, however, like what
we imagine an iceberg to be than o
mountain, SO delicate is it, 50 trans
parent SO exquisitely blue. Even when
one is assured that 1t Is something
permanently substantial. and not q
mere airy nothing, it is difficult to
realize that it IS built Of solid rock,
and SCARED with frowning cliffs,
black precipices and chasms. What is
it that invests tho mountain mass
with such q charming delicacy, and
paints it with such . lovely color ?
Long leagues Of clearest air, filled to
overlooking with the brightest sun
shine. Yonder mountain Is . hun.
dred and fifty miles away-a distance
which would inevitably hide it from
vision in any atmosphere less dry and
clear. Here, on the great plateau,
which leads upwards to the crown.
ing ridge of the American continent,
the air contains 90 little moisture,
that objects are visible ct almost in
credible distances, frequently putting
the traveller far ont in his calcula
lations. as 1t has me many times
since I arrived here. l have not nm.
frequently been asked how far I
thought certain object was away,
and l have never yet been abb to
guess halt the actual distance the oh.
ject was from me.
CHEYENNE CITY.
This is the largest town between
Omaha and Ogden. Trains stop here
30 minutes, it being one OF the rcgu-
lar stations whore passengers streng-
then the inner man at the rate of one
dollar per meal. The elevation,
I'm told, is goal feet. Distance from
Omaha, SIG miles; from Sacramento
l.26O miles; from Denver City, ITO
miles. Cheyenne City Is situated,
properly speaking, on broad, open
plain, the Crow Greek Il think they
all the stream) small stream, wind.
ng around two sides of the town.
The land slopes alightly to the west.
yard. To the east it stretches away
or miles and apparently level. I
hould think that Cheyenne was at
sast fifty miles from the base Of the
Mountains. The soil Is composed Of
gravellY formation with an average
,am deposit. The subsoil shows
,sslls in large quantities. The streets
70 broad, and laid out at right an.
les with the railroad. The census !
1870 gives Cheyenne q population I
5000 inhabitants. The streets Z
resent lively business appearance, 3