Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-04-12
LETTER FROM fHB EAST.


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The following letter from Major Z. A.
Sherman. ofacial Surveyor Of Gold Hill.
who left for The East few days ince.
viii b red With interest By his many
friends In this section:
MorsD fazx Near Brimheld),)
Peoria County, IL.
April z. 1876.
PusLrHxa GoLD HILL NEws-DKAn
Farxxp: Agreeable TO promise i
drop you . short correspondence con-
cemins my "Trip. which may b useful to
others Who also contemplate a trip from
Nevada to The East during the present
year.
In the first place nothing should be
taken for granted. not even BY tho pos
tive assurances Of s~ubordinates in the
employ Of either the Central or Union
Pacific Railroad Companies in regard to
securing bsrths in the sleeping cars.
Upon purchasing . ticket ct Reno for
the East. ID should be procured at least
one day OF more In advance Of starting.
and ~telegraphing at the same to the
| Ticket Agent q San Francisco for o
berth or section; Otherwise there IL no
certainty Whatever Of getting one. and
the chances are that vertical snooxing
will BE- the somniferous posture to DO
taken during the entire trip TO Ohicago.
with frequent interruptions by the Som
ductairs. who'll demand your ticket and
punch, punch with care" and leave you
with your perforated folded Prescriptions
which are abbreviated m fAst a. the
various dispsnsaries N reached along
The route.
To insure gastronomicL satisfaction
and prevent intestinal murmurings by
| the inner man, travellers should provide
themselves with good sized baskets, well
nllsd with eatablss. TO last q least a full
week. for should they Be 90 fortunate a.
not TO b delayed on the route aud not
| require u all themselves, there are al
ways some Who are improident and TO
| auire q little at the hands of their fell
l~ow-travelers 70 help them through; and
there are famished ones In the second
! class cars whose thanks for even q little
| bread, will be wet with tears 81. graft
tude for Kindness shown. There are
many who return from California who
have sought its shores for the restoration
Of their health, that was hopelsnly
shattered before attempting the trip 10
the Pacific Coast, but Who started from
the East too lats. and having saved bare
ly enough 10 pay . sscond-class fare to
return home and die, ind themselves
actually pinched for food before reach
ing their destination. So, traveller. pro-
vide even . little more than you think
You may want, for Jour fellow voyo9er
Who may MOI b 70 vsll provided for ss
yourself. Jl
All over 100 pounds Of baggage from
Reno to Omaha has " be paid for ct the
rate Of fifteen csnts apoand. Bohemi-
ans are not allowed anything for lack OF
weight Of baggage, nor "knights OF the
quill" permitted 10 travel a. oaputo Nor
iem; only the chiefs Of these railroad
companies have the dead thing" and
they possess ID clear through 70 the
graveyard and return; but there n a
conductor Who punches surely. II not
with care. who'll punch and punch.
and none will spare" and call for them
- wen ~ Others. and perhaps they may
not be among the last '.p~assenjares."
So much has been written about the
overland railroad route that Il would b
idle for me 10 add anything 70 the store
otypyed descriptions already ''too num-
erous 10 mention" while Crofaa's
Tosria has completely photographed all
that 10 worthy OF notice. saying nothing
Of the illustrated railroad circulars,
which are suficient 10 paper the entire
road-bed ACROSS the country. were they
10 be spread out.
At the present time Of the year there
II an almost unbroken and continuous
bed Of SNOW from Weber Canyon 10
Cheyenne. We were detained between
wahsatch and Evanston about fifteen
hours, and stuck fast In the snov. and
whom IL melts I apprehsnd that there
viii 30 considerable delay on account Of
damage to the road. At Omaha. bag
gage II re-checked 20 any point east. =
passengers desire. and have tickets nc
cordingly. This Il much better than
when everything had TO be re-weighed
and rs-ehscked Il Ogden.
The late decision Of the u. 8. So
preme Court. making Council Bluffs the
initial point Of the Union Pacific Rail-
road. instead Of Omaha, will cause loss
10 the value Of tho real estate Of George
Train. and the Big Indian Presidential
candidate froa Nebraska will and his
blastsd hopes q . landholder. among the
aahss Of the fires long Eince gone out at
the foot Of Council Bluffs. where the
calumet passed from the lips Of the e.
tsnsivs family Of "Lo" 10 those Of the
agents Of Uncle Sam who were success
full in promulgaiing the principles Of
Horsos Greeley In his advice 70 young
men-"Go wsstr' The "Lo" family
have met the tide Of the Chinese immi-
grafton flowing eastward, and 10 hold
their own OF Be driven back, there IL no
alternative for them but TO shave thar
heads. wear . cue. and become natural
izsd Cinnamon. II they want TO remain
stationary. or visit tho lands Of their
fathers.
Council Bluffs has Q population Of
1900 Inhabitants, and Is rapidly i'm
proving. A municipal election was GO
ing on. and I only saw one person Who
wsa under the influence Of "tanele-lsg."
On account Of the recent snov.s storms
the whole country is cold and vet. and
the roads almost impossible for mud.
"Siippsry Gulch." in it, most fluent
condition. would have 10 yield the palm
10 the highways OF sncksrdom for mire
and Obstruction TO travel n the present
tune.
I reached my destination in siz days
from the time Of starting. TO hnd my
presence here positively necessary at the
bedside Of my better hall. Sickness il
q great depresser Of hopes and courage.
bat I and that even the bare mention Of
the land Of sagebush and alkali. but
with grand and lofty mountains. with
the purest air Of heaven. has q charm TO
bring n smile upon the face Of an in