The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-16

OF worship and education are pllZ6d any
more, because somewhat difficult of &C.
cess.
The country appears to improve as you
go Westward The Missouri slope" ex-
tends much further East, here, than on
the line of the Northwestern Railway,
being reached in Clark county. There
was little of special interest outside, and
I beguiled the afternoon hours with
glancing over the mornings "Hawkeye,
skimming lightly the pages of "Scribner
and talking with low-passengers. Two
ladies from near Council Bluffs had just
been under Paul Casters remedial treat
ment, and gave several instances of his
remarkable powers-sending his patients
off into all sorts of antics by simply point
ing his finger at them, &c.
Creston, where the Machine Shops of
the Burlington and Missouri division of
the railroad are located, and from which
DIVORCES the branch road to St. Joseph,
was reached just after dark. My desli-
nation for the night, Red Oak, lay 30
miles further on and the same distance
short of Council Bluffs. The crescent
moon was too minute to permit view
of towns or country for that distance.
At Corning and Villisca we learned of the
recent presence of Francis Murphy, the
apostle of Temperance. In each of
these places a good report was heard of
his work. learned afterward that he
had been at Red Oak but short time
before, where some 800 had signed the
pledge, including about 80 Of the most
promising young men of that city.
From almost nothing, in 1859, Red Oak
has grown to city of the second class,
having $500 to 5000 inhabitants. A little
West runs the Nishnabotna river, skirted
by thin belt of timber, and on the sec
ond level and the hillside just above it
the city is built. There are considerable
evidences of prosperity and wealth, in
crowded streets and fine substantial bus
mess blocks about the public square,
one rising quite rapidly during the mild
Nlutel "edtuei. "A SoOo oAeu oiiSh
school house, forms quite prominent
and ornamental feature in the place; and
the school has the reputation of being
we'll conducted The NJ. E. Church is
the prevailing religious element, with
membership of about 300. They have
inclosed brick house of worship, which
with its lofty steeple is one of the finest
buildings in the town. They now wor-
ship in the basement, but they hope to
have it finished-which they can hardly
do for less than $25, 0O0-in time for the
meeting of Dcs Moines conference with
them this fall.
The prosperity of Red Oak rests on the
wide reach of farming country tributary
to it. Besides Montgomery County, the
adjacent parts Of Pottawattamie, Cass,
and Page counties find here their most
natural center.
On cool sunny morning I set out
Westward. Our way lay through beauti
full rolling prairie, cultivated the most. OF
the way, to the Missouri valley, which
is reached at Plattsmouth, Is miles below
'the Bluffs" There are several towns
along the way, Glenwood being the most
important, which, with its growth of
young trees partially concealing it from
the view of the passer by rail, seems to
make good its name, without leaving a
very pleasant impression for all that.
This may be due to the low ground about
the depot, which seems lower than the
town.
The Missouri valley, level as floor,
appears like beautiful farming land, but
I fancy it would not be desirable as
residence. Others seem to think the
same; for the dwellings are not very nu-
merous.
Some five Or six miles short of Council
Bluffs we pass the Asylum for the Deaf
and Dumb located under the bluff, rather
higher than the valley, strolled about
Council Bluffs somewhat during the day
Of my stay there, climbing the steep as
cen. just back CT the business part of the
city on which the lin more than one sense)
High School is located, getting fine
view of the Missouri valley, and Omaha,
but plying those young aspirants who !
must daily climb, with painful steps, the
steep and rugged "Hill of Science" Very |
likely the restoration of the grand unfin- |
shed ogden House" will be pushed to
now that the Supreme Court
COATES the terminus of the U. P. Railroad |
IN Iowa soil.
can testify after spending little time
ylancing through it, that the Y. NJ. c. A.
has valuable Reading Room.
Taking q train on the Northwestern
1 went up the Missouri Valley
about 90 miles to the junction of that
lame where town of considerable d.
nensions has grown up. Thence rs miles
~ the Sioux City & Pacific, through
pleasant looking prairie country, with
)nawa as the only considerable place, we
anne to Sioux City. / was to. stop at
SO miles further on, and
Lelayed train enabled me to 60 on that
light instead of staying, as intended, at
'ionx City or LcMars IS miles on the