The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-14
LErTERFROM MINNESOTA.
a WheeIin.itc on His Travels-Dcy-
IFS Lake - Minneapolis - National
Teachers AssOciation-Lake Min
-WnYerIy Lakes---A Float
Ing Is!and---The Crops, dc.

the smoky old city of Wheeling with
its clang and chatter, and
daily allowance of rain, entrusting my
self to the tender mercics OF the 3. X
Q. Il. r., which deposited me safe III the
Luke C.tn at y A. NJ, 70 hours, frou
Benwood. | was informed by prominent
business men of Chicago, that the direct
trade between that city and Wheeling
has been much increased since the com
pletjon of the 3. X o. through line
About 10 o'clock A. 81. we took the cars
for Minneapolis, via. Madison, Elroy,
Euclarc, aud st. Paul, arriving ut on,
destination in - hours from Chicago
viz Al about AN. One of the most
notable features OF natural scenery on
the line mentioned i Devils Lake, stu
ated about $50 miles northwest OF Chica-
90. 1t is beautiful sheet of water of
two miles in circuit, with walls OF granite
more than 200 feet high euclrchug 1t;
in many places nearly perpendicular,
but for most the distance round, huge
masses of rock are heaped IN Wild con-
fusion, rs steep rs they can be piled
without tumbing down on the railroad
track between the base of the cliff and
the waters of the lake. The rocks,
At short distance oil, have delicate
pinkish tinge, and impress one with the
notion that they are soft, but the best
tempered steel only leaves metallic
mark on them. Numerous plraSur"
seekers ARE domincilcd at the rustic hotc!
nesting against the side of the cllh, and
hundreds Of travellers every day gaze
with admiration, not unmiNcd with awe.
at tins grand freak Of nature, Il tn
train thuuders down the harrow gorge
To- the lake, makes srmi.clrcUt Of H.
unry pied waters, and dives into another
yrauItc-wallcd detile that leads t. the
outer world of plain and lake that make
up the salient features OF Wisconsin
landscape. st. Paul the capital Of Min
nesota, situated ut the head of Miss
l,,ippi navigation, j. too we'll known 10
your readers 10 rcquir" description; but
Minneapolis, situated ut 81. Anthony
Falls, l. miles up the river has the fol-
lowing history:
/ The Falls OF st Anthony wee d!snDV
cred by Father Henucpcn IN 1850. The
Ur>t cdbln WIS oulIt. 'H '"' Nlt' -. ~
The first mill was built in 1878. Mime.
apolis proper, was surveyed III 1871.
The first bridge that ever spanned the
Mississippi was built there IN 1879.
The State university was located nj NJ.
Anthony least side) in 1919. The pop
ulation in 1870, was $4,000, in 1870.
50 600. There are now i'll this city -
Anur mills. producing annually 1000
600 barrels twenty .uim moe, oon mus pro-
duclng "hAuaI'y nv ,-,1 't h.a,,'
lumber Ne', &C II' a. - o. -
OF the tails Is almost Who!'y o Ggo 81
rather DESTROYER, D! S"e ."' Ill '" IS
condultsi ana cHuIeS' a"" '">'
>heetlnS to give easy Si",iS'' 80 ~"
ial,S 10 "n"' lt',g Is ,',. " J ~" - h;,r
OF "'cF' ",1!. '''u me-, H., o.. ,'n.h;nnr,
hectSSar! 20 ul',v az ca Va N;,,nnannii,c.
on Us o"nhS' = s" ST. ,ha rranJnnr
ARE great Nai',s''s nh .l,a,, -, roy
'' mature '''''' ~ ,LaII pnot lao .pr
''"'i't'''' =; Ga 49,, roxt visit tn the his
P",eu' T." -" ,,.,,,d E.IIs If Mime
,"'''' "a hona.dnst factory located
.,''."' " - a,.an ,hot excavations have
.'''''' '"U =, '.oarcb of the bones of
~! -, .,J ,bn dp.kv maiden that
49, - "a " I'r"I '' Wv wall Npropos: The
To,;o,,l Teachers Association closed its
tcsY;,n bcrr ON the 9Th inst Between
sud six hundred educators were
nr,scnt representing over thirty states.
hsd the Measure. at this convention, of
-, ,, ,narvo If my old friends from
M, md other States among whom
,. ,,o,,io,.d Prof 4 ID. Viii
S,nnrin.coJrn.o Of schools of ".
, VA ,,,G ,,,r ,,,.nJ rcirLior. Mr.. W. II
1.',';,' ,,d .;.f.r of Wbcclinr. 4 train
,.,.,,,, c,rs ,,Gl, the members of the
1910, ~, free cX-
:, The immorta' fed
,I;,n,b.ba on "Wednesday afternoon,
49, ay,Iomo,i,n. of drli-h', 90,
49,. ,,,,.,,, ,varn the very natural
'gI" ,S,Indav Tho stream lust above
r.n. ! ai,nt 5o feet wide, the perp,n-
'i; ',,I Je.cert is over sixty fee. Tee
hanl. ,re very PERCEPTIONS, but half way
J"un il - narrow ledge, not broad
nrnr,h fnr two to walk abreast, 10y
1T .,a slyrn,prnus Measure seekers
,,a,, Nuke tbe circuit between the de-
-, and the rocky back.
,,.n,,"J ,TI ,,rt inst sufficiently Sprnk-
.,.''' -. 49,: ,bg,, that one false step
,,I, ,'''.., ,bn,, All 70 feet To the
"yT.' Pt..' II, rh.lJr,n below.
~ "a, ", Wv - 3nn,,cr however
80 ''t',,. ".Ie - omr rartv ran the
'".,'., ~; ",..,,,. a,, hooked for
S""" I,,.. =" -, U,,ua-d "a mile. north west
~ :, Pa,J On Tho Psrifr r Il. The
VI ~. i,,I ra,nrol f.a,n-e on the route
me- ~ I,n,o,n,to a,d Surroundings,
Is. IS :'N' ,.or IA ,,i. lone with con