, 1879-06-21

IA vol hnhdiea4 ho ttRcX hah oeea fepa""nnt
10 prosperous condition.
PasatnG oYer thirty mflea moro Of the ssMe
kind OF country, we reach s'sr5ssitte' On tMs
banks Of The Blue Rvera @ p.asc: anos
days said, tint he a" did not think there was
family in The place which mss mt 10 comfortable
clecuipat&ncca." It Is tho county-town OF Mar
shall County. The county was natned from
dEs. MARSHALL,
who WIS a pioneer Of Tie early DAYS, md WHO
founded tic tonu, and named It, in honor Of hts
mlfe, Marysvillc. 1ie Is now an honorsd and
still actiYs resident OF Colorado. 1hcrs hs vent
tnsny years aoo. They tell aatorv Of him: that,
trails passed through MarysyiIla, md crossed
the Bluc 1t this point; that Con. Marshall }tht
swinging scow-ftrry. for the servlcc of which
be charged each team crossing the modest Zee
all protesting patrons that The charge was most
reasonable by the persuasive cl9aucBce OF tl'c
navy.reyolveFs. In t.etr belts. hut this "a
story Of tho oldcn times, and may have been
There is ono Of the finest 0our1ng.mtlls In
Northern Kansas on The Dlus at this place.
which grinds tin exccllcn. wheat Of the region,
md sl1lps tue -four 1argoly to European markets.
From here au hours ride brlllgs uR to
HANOVER,
close to tho Ncbrasks line, and named In honor
Of Tho FatherlAsu1 by Its German residents.
This Is thrifty village, almost purely German,
and looks rs II It iln,l been transported In 1te
entsrcsy by sonla "0enit Of the Wonderful
The signs oyer tie Doors The shons, the saloons,
where the beverage Of old Gasnhstnus is freely
sesvcd,-and the 1rcss and carriage Ut the pcu-
pic, al reveal their race The country alao, for
some d'stancs around, 10 settled BY tho same
c1aat.
Some distance to the northeast Of this Il dis
trlct which seems to aayn been settled aone
years ago hy ciass OF impceunious immigrants
improyidoneo or lnck OF facilities, wore not able
to meet their paYulcntst-tnanY not even max
Ing single one,-ai,l 80 their lnnds we're for
fclted. Lately, many newcomers. finding that
tilcae lsnIs wcro of first-c1ass quality, and the
titles from Government not perfected, made
their entries At tho Land-O Office, md endcayored
to take posscsson. A largo tnoctluE Of the
older residents was recently held, p which reso-
lutfous were adopted by which they agreed to
band together to prevent by lorce,
EVEN TO BLOOD,
the newcomers from taking their lands from
them. Ia several casca 0pcn collisions have
taken place; md In one case. ] hellevs, the In
trudor was shot dead.
From Hanover our conrse bends to The NORTH.
wcst and traverses the Ine and fcrt!le plains of
Nebraska.7psssng through FalrburY, .Asc1an.
dr,a, BelYtdcrc, and other thriving places Of
which have no tfme now to spenk at length,
but which ehnll refer TO ugain more fully. The
inent part Of that splendid agricultural region
Nhtcn has given Nebraska so fnyoraolo rcpusa-
s'oh t ar1s s trl nror thfs -noT wsnt >, A+,h,.
non % to mnte mn M e1en1s,on @ @ % oycr tho ~ 3>'e''
CENTRAL BnANcu Of TIN UNION rAotr1u RAIL-
loAD,
which had Just been opened to Cawker Clty.
This ID not {W!lat its nlme would seem to i'm
p1y} branch Of tho Union Pacific Railroad, nur
is Il connected With that road II, .ny way what;
ever. It. wns, believe, chartered BY tho United
States Government as q part Of the Union
| Pacific Railroad syslcul, but Is independent ID
loeation md interest, With It's own corps ot
| officers. 11ld has a land-grant extending meat,
ward from AtcE[son, Its initial point, for 100
miles, OF about tllb locality Of Watcrvllfc, on
tllu Blue. It a Utmost parallel ilae for this
| diatanye NTH thu It, 10 s. Denver City Rail-
road, appfoachilE II AZ onc point WITHIN zen
mGs, an9 ~, ts !a,.nt ro,, o. sole 1' e'osseS
u Tie na COUNTY, tfsvsrssd !, this line i. very
au.na' TIN auts ,st.I. ~ t, a'oSt .ae a
11. m.sn sesy ssa sss,w ~ ".,i,
~ sn!s , uuu "tu H. pcis5 5I1a ~ ~ H.
ivls ont, aD of fbs III Blue i Riyar pn settled uulte
n VIZ = ugoian1 W,n egfo.a msssoa neo- H.
anu NeW EnEsahu neh rnssGu Txs1 i;t' LII
1'oc on'J suo1t 'ale heo, lucy 'ooReo "Ae
| i Old NHW-ENoLAND VILLAGES,
with their no,l-paiuted cottages buried In shade
and their streets lined With trees, Arl presented
quite sontrult TO. tho raw nc~ness OF nos
Kausas towns. Since then the deadly toruado
IlkG gigantic 8C} LhG, A&A 9WGpG through LllCul
and In a moment trees were upruotcd, house.
prostrated, and many q home desolated b.
quick death; and mourning pcrvadrs the bea1
tiful valley.
At Blue Rapids there Is one Of the lnes
watcr-powcrs ID tho State, occupied By SOM
large hour1n, a1l other mills: MD near bv nrl
i splendid beds Of gypsum, such ~ might furnish
unlimited liabilities Tor TIE constFuc!iun
naInns @ pTsh5t9sS g.a41tso 4n m, Ihe R9',roat
COMPANY still holds about loD,uu acrcs OF tles'
hno lnntts 10 tt1s MARKET ut low rates: The Com
rany hos been rapidly exscndin1 its Lines dnrlni
tho past ysas, passing the fast'Ero4inE towns o
Clyde al'd Concofula nna 1ass lall reaeilc'
beloit, tAS 1, metropolis q t!ie famous s9lomo,
Val.ey. Ilcy nave NO" lIst cotnp!utcd INC rqai
twcuty miles further to ca"keE c'ty,-maklni
their eo'nole1ea ROAD
Under lie oblo mnuacemeut Of thcir sunertu
tepdcnk Maj. Downs, theY hnyc secured loca
I'D from ths townships adjoining their u rvcye
strurtion Of 100 mlles farther west. paasiII
tiironcn The northern tier Of e,untes. MI
ooenin,r ur a gratsl agricultural rerion, 4!
rast,y t3,ey herin tn sncns nf trhen fhrv shai