Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-07
PAUL BAGLEY.
From -. Louis 20 MabeIvale, ON the
Cairo and Fulton Railroad
Notes BY the Way.
the Appel

For the Ape. 1'i
Ar,RrTvAfE. STATION, ARK, Novem-
barg--WhiIe IN ST. Louis we stayed
one night SO BsnIum 8 hoIel, Wnlch Is
strictly a Il .clsfs hoUbei Out NOT go e1-
relsivs or 81 splendid - Tue LluueI''
where we spent tIc last nlBul " ouI 50
iHurn ia the city. Inis housS - 3" az
~ Griswuld, Cemebt', Scuu1eI & So''
ar SENDER bein q brother Of the pres
5ge,t IN ne Ancbog.line Of boats. Mr.
clements informed me that II cost ABOUT
a million dollar, T. run at an expense OF
gbout nine hundred dollars per day, &C,
comniCd stss five hundred guests, is PAID
for aud il paving. 10 addition ID otheI
things temntiug, they had raw oysters
., s-,. Is dalieiCus a. when frst taken
f-o-, the ovs. er. beds. Taking 3 tram
of tine great 81. Louis, Iron moun-
tain aud Southern rsilrosd, we were
f.urried along the hanks OF
No1r mai-stic river past the Unlted
STATES military p)st, and the suburban
residences Of the great city through Ihe
vr,odlsurs. farms and towns OF southern
Nssopri. On the train was gentle
=. from Jefferson county, Arkansas
~ Brown, returning from the ssn
!" -er miEes Of Colorado. be says
uAn silN - fer men to go without cap.
800, 20 - worth twelve dollars ana
"a. az. a. l'ul q Ssdred pounds, and eV-
e-yybing BE IN Vtoporlon. he sa AZ
the ArrGpahoes audi = L'r,,,-,1,t In to-
war-psth, aud that tn, ,-itb fbsn, !.
dead soldiers on the ira -. of
gives the ch sfacler 'stic bad s.,'l--'.,,t
iha Indians, and thinks the g - a,,
deals 90 lcuieuuy with them; s.. 80 =.
are all armed vito b-ezch-iOaO. -
Is. and that ore OF them Is = y
match f1r any cavalrymau. Al >
Lruis We bought some wallpaper from
Rosruths! & Co, aud stove from hor-
Ton & Co, which were shipped with Us
bv Adams express, q Arkansas. Al
Bimsrck one train passed on scu-h-
ward 10 connect attn the Msmphis and
ONO road. at Columbus, Kentucky,
while We pul "a UUL for the southwest.
Al Iron Mountain are large iron mines,
aud miGistuIe mountain Of coal piled
no f5r use iu working them. AT Pilot
Knob q u5alifui valley stretches away
10 the gts., VIII range az mountains
Or either side. a. Arcadia IL college
Building, but not in very successful op-
Grafton. At Ozark the country il Still
mountainous. Here we passed two or
three freight trains aud counted twenty
We fat carloads u cotton containing
a5-uta luusaud bales, besides perhaps
4 thUu-ali more Iu the bJX'carH. -
d9-z the great staple Of the southwest
find az o.lle. tir luqa this great COM
mtr ial ~ e-y. Gals Hill is an elevated
region q country surrounded by forests
HAT extend Along our rack for miles
There sre only two or thrte
houses there and the train
al moi stop. PeimOnt, a. it, nam
French la.c tes, j. - TIE foot 81 tlls
rarrg of bills, and there WAS great
rock % iron ore Gsar the platform, from
whicH I got a couple OF loose pieces for
specimens. At Mil Springs, and vsr-
ou- other places further on, We noticed
saV-nil l. and, a'gs quantities Of lumber.
At PJ-isr Bluff train belonging 10 the
same company brought in passengers
from Cairo. At MoarE, abbreviated
from names ~ the Two : .ales, We passed
into ArE.u-as A. Walnut Ridge We
yta good supper. For miles and miles
We mad been travelling down along the
hsuks or iu tue vicinity OF Black river,
md Il Wa u'caaaut To b0Gce lie Increase
from the riI 20 the river. The country
al through tuis region Ia diversified
uyifb mountains, hills aud wales, and
81 Daf thicklv sstied: but where the
lands are oDcned 40 here Is much EVIL
deuce OF fertility, especially In low lands
Perhaps one reason why this country Is
not uors th ckly settled is found in the
fact that the rGilrOsG has only been
opened some Tires years, and as rspidly
v the mighty Yves. is filling up, il takes
:, re time than this TO convert the
mid. -rness intD the fruitful field and
by;Ig prosperous towns along railroad
line. No toubl plenty Of desirable ia %
could be ob.s, qed either from the gov
eminent or tie rsiiroai company any ny,
where along the line OF their road, oul
the man would have 10 have capital q
. good amount Of industry, muscuIal
ability and economy before he could ex
poet to make himself h8ppy non
anywhere Many persons suppose ina
II they leave tue spot where they nap
Teoed to be bra and their relatives
thai the reward must be a home Sll pre-
pared to meet Them, and II they do , o
find II 50 become dissatisfied and lay 81
the common ils Of life 10 their emigTa
lion. All along the railroad in ID