Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-09-06
Letter from the Far West.
>uGLAs, CARBrN COUNTY,
WYOMING TERRITORY,
Au|uSt Is. 1870.


! WYOMING TERRITORY,
August 25, 1870.
Leaving Chicago we travelled all
night, arriving at Burlington, Iowa,
next morning. Here we crossed the
Mississippi F er before en- ring the
city. The fret thing that aStfsoted
our attention hen the train stopped
was he Le~.shoys so-ting "hers is
your burlington huw egg - ,nly S
CENTS This city lies On IT,. 4ids of
a IL ard is said to be very fine
place.
After leav ag this point We came
upol vast .rairie. It gee,Aed to be
as a"al as floor almost as far as the
eve could reach, and splendid graz
ing and farming eount,,. W. psssed
by 8 certain section si.sre they were
mshly ! a NV railroad 4u niles in
length, which was to have the cars
1unnl7g upon It in nirsty days after
its construction began. When we
canle ,a;thll bout so 4uiles of Coun-
Gil R'utfs some farmers came in the
tram Wit! whom we convers.d in re-
gard 10 th@ 'syelrp .aeat of tins part
OF IN iou ~. 6. rom Pennsyl-
va-j 'olo ,1e that about eieot years
age saer, espi1 only be seen al: ig
the lire Of tuis road lore, an OCCASION
al homestead tak.l u, by some C.: ehe
ear; settla~s. But now it looks as
il 2ad been developed for many
J@t-. INN nse crops of corn and
wheat a., raised here now. Where
fences axe u ed thsE are chiefly con-
strr- ! of wire. We noticed the ma
jorl-y # the cattle are herded. The
son ,razes on the prarie grass and
al If taen rolling fat. asked this
gentleman f he preferred this country
to lis former home in Pennsylvania.
He replied that t. did. A tt.ou-and
dcIlar, l.ere, he claimed, We; lace
mo 'e.y conf ably sit"n,3>' in
fey ..n, where il would not Va:y
far it tl,.t direction y. his -uA.e in
fennsylea.iia. b. said that the very
best Of land oo,4jt.. oe purchased cheap
right on the ice cf the railroad.
The 'ahor of fsrraing here was light,
and (. market for all you produe ed
right at home. ,'srmers pay tAsir
laboring hanSs s'e " $50 per month
and board.
We next 6. ..3 At. Council Bluffs
about 10 o'clock 2. 10. Here is the
western terminus of the Chicago,
Burr. aton and Quincy railroad, over
VIII. : rs had come from Chicago.
At THIS point weatrike the Union f.-
ci6o railroad, We were fifty four
hours coming from Piedmont, W. Va,
to Ornaha--a distance Of over thirteen
hundred mllf As our ba. age was
checked to o. Ia, wa steppel along
side Of the - ;age CTR ana watched
the al ca1ins u: bag acc 20 sac if our
trunk had properly Te@u. a.i i'a desti-
nation. There were sever hands
unlr ding baggage, aud such rough
usage I never before saw baggage get,
sspe ,ially iAo , large t,unHs beloug-
iag drum 1ara. 1t really seemed
as if Fey were making n extra effort
to break the trunks to pieces, each
one giving vent to a catalogue of
oatf = l 60 not thin the railroad
CON-, lies w~4rant any such ,,roc sed-
ings, If the do, it is Certainly a
destructive policy. It may be that
the baggage officials 70 taking ad-
want b of T., latenasb # TIE hour.
The Union Pacific company has a
larss depot and hotel here---a grand
building s,soiea in 1877. They also
haT" "A rant uyr, constructed
fo- - ne IL Of emlseants Meals
are - .aif'.ei ior twenty-five cte., . 1
lodging a. sAe scr price. If you
are stopping at e. migrant house
you viii DC entirely protected. Your
lussa.,s is perfectly safe anywhere, as
Ia '.yss are permitted on the prem
ises. If YOU wisL to purcha, provis-
ions, or any hing pscessary to take
| with Won. tu.v will Ia sold to Won at