, 1879-05-21

There arc over twenty towns on the Burlington
g. Missouri Hatlruan, varying In population IRON
moutl,, Ncbsaska CITY, tsu! lsrowusvtlte.
Ashland, now a city Of considerable !npor-
tance, contained, ttu years ago, only It post-
office, au,l tlult wns iu II dng-out.
louisville was tlten unknown to fame; now
It ia nsstnsE proii'ttittite Oh Hveositt ot all sx-
tc,,slvc llottery !ocatad hers. ...,...
Lincoln, tbs Capital Is quite a rival to Omnhu.
II llas sumo heavy wholesale ll1llscs. Thu le,''
plr nre cIlturcd, ntl tue nopnlasian tilertnsftIs
rap,,tty, unuaes arc almost in.,n,ssiblc to get
West OF this p[aca are Seward uuJ York, sttll-
ntrd Iii vary fertile purt!uIt VI tlr Statr, c0tl-
,,ecseu with Lincoln hy 'tle allllasd P4e,lc
Railroad, now operascd by tho burlington &
CIty noe.h through BroWnBvil!e nHl Nebraska
Citf both OF Which arr on thu Missouri River
thctico west through Syracuse, l'af'1'Yrl nId
l.lnso!u.-a ltuo at roau ncnrly ~ Jules long.
At Seward, 8. K. Ma'st''' of Chicago, l'as II
lumbtr.yara.
Southwest ot Lincoln aoo,. twenty mllos Is
Crrta, with d population ot .,tN0. IL !a situated
ull tke HUI River, thAt gives It's nAtne tu it!c
#diuccnt wiley, one VI The luost ftrtlIe In thu
Ffum bore Is built branch foaa down the
valley sou1l1 by cast for u tltstance of thirty
miles, whun II terminates at Heatrce. which Is
beautiful alal prosue!t'as p'aee, "ttts popl',
overlooking a hu.nlsoMc eSpanse oi country.
.Near here nro located 4 coluny VI prusslAIis,
WIN bought mostly Improved lartna, 4'tl uro
doing well. This Ii ol'u Of uae towu. thai
travelling sn0n itke to reuell OIL salurdny a1l.l
hotels iu lilu NtAte, kept by Mr. Randall, for
mcrly Of Chicago. Al Heatrlc0 IL u iinc quarry,
from whicll celnent ts tnaua; htld It IL Thought
that, in tlmc, ths "llole State WILL ba supplied
trHn tlts puint.
West from trata IL Frtcmtvillo, claiming about
EJu uepplr, II IL not u Quaker sutte!nG1tt Us
tbs llau,u might i.nply,--beflls nsflcd Attcr
':ic ihca 's comes Far,nont, with 1,ouo pvop's.-
wllirn Is quite business point, Will, good
country uhout u. Here q aaewspapnT-nAau has
Eecclyct! his reward, which sometimes coMes
Graltou cuu1os NEXT. This Is a Very sn'a''. but
growing placu; and was the scene, y taw weeks
Agu, Ut quarrel lll4t catlie Mear beli1s ts,tsf-
der. L. =. issa1, llls lumbertlratcr eot''e tlIno
ago bought q cIatln VI a hos1soteadsr, paying
500 for II; but anotslcr merchant, tak!ng nj"
yautagu Vi sons tcrhnIrasty, wcnt u Llucnlt
uni "iumpea j" ti,e ciatm, al 1t Is called out
here, ~ which Mr. Real lnst MS !a''ss, a.9 eo''.
seauently lila money. lAs cnEsnussea oal
titao ago, tley 4unrrelstl, aud, each attsckini.
Ills otiirr NTH pocket.knlves, both Hrra butlI}
cut, mud Il was Thought ut QUO tI,nu tllAt hfr,
Reals autagulllst would nut live.
Sutton Is . torn Of about bo people. It has
four lun,bur.yurds. two Ut which ary ropsescut-
atiyu. Of Chicaso lrsns,-Sawyer, G1oItnun d
Co uEtl i. u. Howell & Co. $500.
Tl!eu W. CONE TO Harvard, OF about tic SAND
s!za. ....
Then to Hastings, which Is note.l as ulo sceno
OF tbs Oiye trial, Of which wrote In previous
letter. This place tasa population Vi 3,sN': ,tt"l
last year did ycryt larxe business. Tcu 'ntlllosi
feet Of Iumber wtru sold here, but tilt lruds
from Tue south bus been cut oil BY tic building;