Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-10-09
The West.

In many parts of Nebraska wood Il
very scarce and has to be hauled greai
distance. 1t must therefore, of necessi-
ty be dear. 4 substitute is found how
ever which is cheaper and more con-
venient to be had. We mean corn
4 Hundreds and thousands of bushels OF
IS it are used every winter. When it gets
well dried, it makes quite hot fire, but
e is not so desirable as wood or coal. We
think from the appearance of the corn
: this fall, that even this substitute for
fuel will be scarce in that cold region.
d The grasshoppers there, as in Iowa, al
most destroyed the corn. Aperson soon
: gets tired and weary travelling over
these wide, outstretehed prairies, there
4 being so much sameness. We take din
y ner at Lincoln, and arrive in sight of
4 the Missouri river about two O'Clock.
An hour later we arrive at Omaha. Not
having time to stop over here, we take
the transfer cars and an hour..after finds
us in Council Bluffs, on board the train
for Chicago, by way of the Burlington
and Missouri River road. The bridge
across the Missouri river is very
large, and must have cost an immense
amount of money. Passengers on all
the roads are transferred across the
bride by these transfer cars, which it
seems belong to separate company.
For the privilege of riding across this
bridge and to Council Bluffs. distance
of three miles, each passenger pays fif-
ty cents, provided he has not TIN ough
tickets. At Omaha we bid good bye to
our courteous conductor, Mr.. w. n.
Morse, with whom we travelled from
Plattsmouth to Kearncy- Junction and
back to Omaha. He will please accept
our hearty thanks for attentions shown
us. As we leave Council Bluffs, for
twenty-five miles We travel down the
river through rich prairie between
the river and the bluffs. These bluffs |
have most peculiar appearance when
the sun is shining upon them. They |
ook like huge snow drifts, except in
color. As the sun falls angling upon |
them, the shadows formed on their |
sides give thenra look of grandeur from
distance. After leaving Pacific juno
ton wegradualIy ascend small stream,
until we finally reach the level or roll
ing land. We here meet with Mr.. Pc
ter Redick Of Wooster, who had been
on visit TO his brother in Omaha, and |
was now on his way home. His broth
er is one of the wealthiest meh in
Omaha, having gone there several years
ago, and bought large tracts of land in
and around the city. By trading and
speculating, he has amassed an i'm
mense fortune. Night comes ON, and
about ten o'clock we arrive at Alton, in
Union county, Iowa, where we stop off
to spend day with some relatives
which we had not seen for twelve years
and some of which we had never seen
before. Alton is a town of about q
thousand inhabitants, and is the county
seat OF Union county. The county is
not thickly settled, is rather rough, or
considered so there, although compare
lively smooth, compared to the greater
portion of Holmes county. We spent
the day very pleasantly, and in the
evening start for home direct. The
sleeping cars being all full we were
compelled to doze away the night as
best we could. Daylight finds us at
Burlington. This is a lar ge town or 6
city, situated on the hills and in the val
leys. There is great deal of business
done here. We halt few minutes, and .
then pass over the Mississippi and on to
where we take breakfast. .
This is the best eating house we have ,
ever seen at any railroad station. ; 1t {
has the reputation of being that, and
that justly. We enjoyed our breakfast
exceedingly. Galesburgh is quite
railroad town. The shops of the Chica-
go, Burlington & Quincy road are To- !
Gated there. Several roads branch off $
from there to Peoria, Quincy, &c. That
afternoon at four O'Clock we find our I
selves again in Chicago, and just have 1
time to go from one depot to another
before starting for Orryille. AZ half
past five we leave the city, but before
we get outside the city limits, we stop :
suddenly, and we find that our train has
run into herd of cattle that were at r
to cross the track. Six In all t
had been knocked from the track, four :,
of which were killed, one of which was d
cut in two. The tender was thrown T
from the track. Nearly half an hour C
elapsed before we moved on. Thanks =
to aeomfortable sleeping berth we. got .
a good nights rest, and at halt past six
morning we took breakfasta at
the Hurd House in Orrville.i Half past J
twelve found us once more at home in
after an absence of nearly il
twelve days, and having passed over !.
nearly twenty-five hundred miles, a. q
cost of less than twenty-five dollars
each, all told.
And now "a few words in conclusion .
the lands owned by this rail v
road the Burlington & Missouri river n
railroad Co. As We have said before
these lands lying along the route are
fertile and attractive, having advantages E.
of locality and soil, which are essential II
in thsestimatIon of farmers. They are v
settling up rapidly, and trade, manufac- >
lures, arts, science and all the attend h
ants of refinement and luxury, which o
enterprise can introduce and thrift b
are rapidly following the !
march of settlement. Millions of acres, I
many of the best prairie D
lands of Iowa and Nebraska, are for
sale by this company on ten years cred !. =
it, at six per cent interest. The prices q
Of these lands range generally in Iowa t
from $S to SIG per acre, and in Nebras- K
ka, from 81 to $12 per acre, with some
less and some more. The terms of sale
are easy. The purchaser pays at the j
outset one years interest at six per cent
on the value of the land. At the COM S
of each of the second, third f
and fourth years, he makes another
similar payment of six per cent only. Il
At the commencement of the fifth 1
year he makes payment of one-seventh
part of the principal of the purchase