The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-12


Letter from an ohio county Resi-.
dent o. Nebrasltn-HtS Bxpe-
rienees OF Five Years In that
state.
LEK1ux, HA1mIox couSIT, Mn,
ra,s.4 s.su.ss... '1n @
With the beginning Of the new year,
We send you another greeting from ne
far West. With the dose Of the Ahh
year Of residenee here 1 an glad 70 say
that ny good opinion Of this country =
impresivsIy eoa6fned By eIperisnee and
lapse Of time. The past year has truly
been . golden ono 70 the Inhabitants Of
this beautiful prairie country. NotA
EHopper''or drouth prevented the reali-
Eation Of far more thai cor strongest
hopes, for, With the severe trial., prtya-
lions and disappointmenls attending u
annually heretofore, We bad not hoped
his lime without fear and distrust. Bat
nov he past l. nearly all torgotten. We
haJebeen blessed With an abundant har.
vest Of all cereals. No one not aequsint-
ed with prairie county, where no hills
or woods are present 10 hide IRON view
the largest portion Of the husbandmans
rich reward, and where the naked eye
can scan the country for many miles In
every direction and behold the true
worth and richness Of the soil. Gao appre.
eiite The sights that lave eladdened our
eyes. What the plague for years did for
this country Is being rapidly undone, and
the Eastern journals, the great eontroll-
ing power Of the country, should DOW
help undo the great misfortune that has
for years kept the poor bnt Industrious
man from procuring 8 cheap home for
himself and family.
OBSERVATIONS At WHEELING.
While Al Wheeling and vicinity last
winter / could not avoid wondering Il 20
many young married men, my friends in
youth, who we're struggling mantnlly
10 geta start among those hills, and fail.
Ing, when the same pluck and snergT
would soon secure for them = good home
and competency In the West, with les
than o~ne.tourth the labor. There isyet
some railroad land belonging 70 the Union
Railroad near me not purchased, but
every day makes 1t les. A number Of
psrsons from near Philadelphia have
inst purchased large tract near NE al
{ per acre, and Win The great influence
thai The crop Of 1877, and no yisitahonot
the plague, L exercising on the poor man
as we'll a. neaofeapiihl, the inalx o temi-
grafton i and viii Be wonderful Scarcely
Gdaybut some eEhoueissee springing
up in the distance. No man scarcely,
thoOxhe ever o poor = mechanic who, II
he will lay aide the amount Of his earn
ings that he eIpeDds in useless habits,
bat an purchase forty acres oil land on
ten years time for 500. he need only
pay one.tenth down and the second year
only the Interest, and thereafter the prr-
eipsl and interest until paid, or 20 per
cent for cash deducted.
The cRoRs-IHEc CHANGES RETvE YEARS.
Oar vbe.t in thi. county averaged 22l
bushels per acre, and l. nov worth 81
cents per bushel. Barley sells for SOaSS
per 6asheL Oats averaged about IS
bushels per acre. and are worth % cents
per bGshsL. Corn i yariously estimated
Iron 50 TO IS bushels per acre, and worth
only 90 cents bow. Potatoes are 40 cents
per bushel. All at the Burlington &
Missouri River Railroad, IL miles south
The Union Paei6e Railroad Is IS miles
north, ST Joe & Denver Railroad At
Hastines, 20 miles southwest, and the
Nebraska Railway Q miles east. A
pretty good prospect in the way Of rail-
roads for new country. Five years ago,
when / settled here, the wild game roam
ed at viii, and the Pasnee Indians we're
hunting all over the country. Nov all
have disappeared, and with them our
hrst rude homes are rapidly vanishing and
snug frame ones taking their place. A
Court House il Just finished n our county
seat, costing over $4,000 (all paid for)
that Eouldbe an ornamenti in any county
Of West Virginia. All building mate
rial Is very reasonable here. !
have Just completed = house 2xSa,
tEostories, for $1,000. The want
OIL. fuel Is no longer felt here, IS coal can
Be had Al either Of the railroads from
; to $ per too, cheaper than 10 grow
wood and cut It. and much pleGsanter.
The richness Of our lGn1s-h3ye dee
erib<d through your columns heretofore.
4uErcErIEscr OF me COUNTRY.
have seen all portion, Of the State,
even TO the very western and northern
trontier, and pronoupeet the portion lying
Just south OF The Platte river, consisting
Of this county, York, Clay and Adams 10
be the be.t Tor all purposes Of sgrient
ture, 1sd especially for grazing. The
world cannot excel them. Many men
are making rapid fortunes At this business
who possessed capital 10 start 90.
We are IS miles due vest ofLineoln,
the State capital. The routefr IRON Wheel
ing Is via. Baltimore q 0hio Railrosi TO
Chicago, thence either the O. B so.