Daily globe., 1878-04-23

over Washburn, and who becomes easily
confused when searching for sleeping car
berth during the wee sma' hours of night;
Deputy Sheriff Harrison, of Ramsey county,
who, seeking to repair his impaired health,
is now rusticating at the Merchants, this
city; your correspondent, with note book
and pencils, Black Hillwards bound, in
search of items for the delectation of the
GLOBES many readers; and, Gas Dan. Dough-
erty would say,) "many Others" little
gl,rowl occurred when the party found that in
making up the train, the usual order had
been reversed, first class coaches being
placed in advance of the second, and the
former full of emigrants. It was but a
short, although unanimous growl, however,
and was soon displaced by general good
feeling.
THE RAILROAD.
A trip from st. Paul to Bismarck is posi-
tive pleasure, seldom marred by accident,
or an unfortunate incident of
any kind, and when made
with congenial companions it becomes
luxury. The rolling stock is good, albeit
sleeping OF drawing room coaches are not
run east of Fargo; the speed attained is all
that due regard for safety will permit the
road is evenly laid, we'll balasted and under
the surveillance of efficient men, and runs
over the finest agricultural land in America,
while many natural beauties Of prairies,
forests, streams, lakes, ETC., continuously
charm the eye.
ALONG THE ROUTE.
From st. Paul the road makes a gradual,
ascending detour for three OF four miles
until an upper plateau is reached, across
which it leads to Minneapolis. the first sta.
ton. From thence it runs along the east
ern bank Of the Mississippi, passing through
pretty villages, in plain view Of venerable
Fort Ripley (now garrisoned by sergeant
and two men, and which is to be sold under
the hammer in June); through cosy pine
forest, and into the once famous
but now very quiet village of
Brainerd, where dinner fit
for the gods awaits the traveller, huneered by
his eight hours abstinence. Beyond Brain
erd, the road penetrates a milder and more
unbroken. and less productive country, the
soil being light--or, to be more correct, the
land having no soil at all, but consisting of
vast expanse of sand, dotted at frequent
intervals by pretty lakes of purest water,
having no visible inlet or outlet, and which
abound with fish, principally pickerel of
astonishing weight and excellent quality.
For fifty miles these characteristics
prevail, and then give place to
unmistakable sigrs of fertile soil,
advancing civilization and agricultural thrift,
which increases in number and force until
they culminate in the large and prosperous
cities of Moorhead and Fargo at the crossing
of Red river. Here we supped, and at the
most poorly spread tables upon any railroad
over which it has ever been my duty or
pleasure to travel. The present manage
ment of the hotel Headquarters will abdi-
cate the first of the mouth in favor of Mr..
Witt, formerly caterer for the Michigan Cen
tral company, and none too soon for the well
fare of the Northern Pacific people.
Fargo is one of the goals of the great
immigration that now blesses the
Northwest. Thither nine tenths of
the land hunters proceed, and, making
the city their headquarters, survey the won
derful regions lying to the north and south.
AS indicative of the importance Of the place,
l insert the report of the receiver OF the
United States land Office, of lands sold and
entered at the Fargo Office for the months of
January, February, and March, last: Janu-
ary, 1926; February, 16,157; March, 36,275;
total, 61,858. Ten miles west, the road
crosses several giant farms, each employing
hundreds of laborers and the most i'm
proved machinery in tilling the
soil and gathering the immense yearly
crops. The production is chiefly
wheat of a quality and quantity best shown
by the statement that from one farm of
5000 acres there were, last season, gathered
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amounted to $4,000. A larger acreage and
an increased yield will be the result Of this
years work. AS we passed over the territory
during last night we were unable to view
this great national wheat field, extending
$50 miles westward, or to the Missouri river
at Bismarck, which place we reached at Z
O'Clock this morning, and where
learned that succession of
storms. both snow and rain, had
washed away all bridges and transformed the
road from here to Deadwood into an impas-
sable slough. No stages have arrived from
Deadwood III three days, and none will be
dispatched from here until the terrible storm
now raging abates, and the delayed vehicles
appear,
Bismarck is true type of frontier town,
with It's log CABINS, squatty, one story frame
buildings, nearly all of which are devoted to
liquor traffic, sporting, and questionable
pursuits. True, there are houses of
legitimate business, and few carrying
large and excellent stocks of goods,
but they are as drop in the bucket when
compared with the number of those first
above mentioned. The railroad buildings.
including the (Sheridan) hotel, have cred
liable appearance, and to an extent mitigate
the squaler 80 apparent on every hand. The
present population numbers about 1900,
whose business interests are railroading,
freighting, steamboating, contracting, mer-
camille pursuits, liquor selling, and gambling
with preponderance decidedly in favor Of
the two last named. That there is a small
faction, who have code of morals of a
praiseworthy character, is denominated
by the presence of three neat
little churches, schools, courts, and
institutions for the nunishmant of crin