The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-10-22
interesting Letter Prem Ed " weaz
ouAuA. EEu.. ser;. e7sa. Iss5.

weeks ago, promisel Go drop Iac Bow and then 10 various lf.eaa. e.sag them s- item or two of events on ti.e oute- l-c Iihs
 wheel from tbc hul. but owia- t8 tse fact
 tha, for iLe ls,t fsu days Layg been hakiae
 Of snow, dolgiBg raia storms and w4di81
 through mud, ! haru't had tune fr mulh
 e.se, so I'll buach tac thing and ia'-ade up-
 ol your good nature Ly boring rag aud
 them in a sort of glrs Eaa.rtaria. man,
 her. Please understand taat d8 aat as-
 sume the dignity of a ueaspaFe- letter
 writer. or crave the distinction and em0.u-
 ments of Q regular "peany liner No
 more do ask tle extreme pleasure ot
 sharing thc grave psr .D-..,.ls t5 society.
 or the moral bart of tha word. as ,aa. per-
 souage must Possi9.v dn. nor l1 ! rsrat lhe right Go eat ais band f4eE. a.- .5 lunch ol has intellectual .9-. r..a.. .. sss ..s pro-
 tlae ildu'ei-g ia ria1.ia- e-la. forbidden fruit; and aai.a may i.t sa priv "a e-
 ,hat .s.i. is al b.ir. endured. a.se f.e ! coai1es-. as 3 I-e.,fi ....a ta t..s lae. to
 suggest tie a.t ol n..s.m -.a.. tIs greater ! ibe a0l.e..aa ;h- .tsr 4s... .a .a5ml-
 ling Co it.
 Some eighteen years ae,I paced tlr3u-E | ! this 'Prosras.rs l,rr O. tlr Wes." and.
 wiiA h1adrea- cto,a.rs. t.i.eIuptac a.nl- . .rs baak- af s.s noted Platte. T...e aerc
 tas good o.I "a..a, l-E.~ days. when
 swearing was virtue aa nee. -.ty aad c.elHt.nes- wee. aa.a :-e b.4s-h.a pop
 pers and iLa lu.l-ra4ckc.a explosives were the motive Vaaer g..ea was wheeling tbo Star oi Empire vc~.aslI. All nss saa ms
 to be changed. Th. '-al.,.aa.. .t.r was fgeighted through and located, the promi-
 Bent land marks which guided and piIotcd
 the em'granL freiCatsr and weary traveller
 OCT ihe trackless Tr--.c ocean, nave been
 cut away snd charged by that persistent 1 destroyer Man Pragres and as ;he tray ] eler j, now 50Guc In comfort and ease, ! swiftly along, he uow Lad then catches a ! glimpse or the .Hile-stoass n5 that westward
 march, in t;.e s,iape of ioac grave. marked | by rude head board, and if be will spare
 few moments hc might decipler the old
 ani time stained hicToglypLic- carved there 1 ou, from which lac ail. learn that it marks | the last resting place Of the maG of nerve,
 who, leading in lhc van the train of the
 mighty empire, overcome with sickness or despair, laid himself down to die, or as of.eue1 was the case, poured out hIs iIfe's
 blood while deicnding his wife an little ones from the. savage Indian Who attacked
 the train in the gray dawn or darker night.
 Omaha has changed beyond all recog-
 hilton from fcW hundred inhabitants 20 years ago 10 near 5j,l00 now, and still going upward. Although her people are active. stirring and caers .ic, yet there is that air oi iucomPlgioacss about most ali things which negative, so.iiity, aai looks as If the people were he.e temporarily, and as the city, to-day, lies ia her mud, with her badly kept yards and grounds, Der beauty is not csaeHy g ;h.us of Jog lar ever. However Che rp'F ls made t7 gs, that the Nelslskaas are la. .. ag-s- parade. an3 ii wc care i0 kua" something ef t.e.r Eorth aal fsuc-s ,5 rEtma. into ta..- ra source-, c0mmerua. a1j a,.er adraa.a-as. The country iu general surely warrants the challenge
 Omaha j, very pr5uio' boz free -ghao. record, ami in fact she should be. Think of town of her sig. and a.e lav.a- nearly Sj00o00 invested ia free .choa. .a.-l.a-. exclusively her own. besides o..er agd Isi- va,c schools rating very h-a. The r gil School is the iuc-t ln.l.-ga ,t- hajv.t of the Ni,si-siPp'. !, stands ra G.9.... Hul, the highest point il tae ci.r. el i- the first ob.ea, which attracts ateau.a ar- preaching from al. points. A. -ao..- up by the imposing ..i Ere.a-. aa5 ,.s the hundreds of e.a.a..a s...als- ir aal out and ro.iiag over tae e..ea saa-i under the elms aui maple, wa.s. s-.aa .a- wa..e grounds, u.g g weHt ua.a ta.a., and how | wlsa. ] coal. ... .-- ...s e..a Ni.h such a.r-aa.. I.t.. a.r. .s ... U.-l ~.aa.. ra.a.- t ~-. ...a te.rra pris... Institution. A l.-.. Creighton, widow. ..-... s- us a s..- C. $i0f.N. and 4 r. t..t uae. more SD e... . a....- .- 8. y.lr cOu......- .-.... .-..... .. .--. ..raa- . dating -sa-- 5" .H.-. nM.aa, Iae other great towns, l.- a e..r.r-e- ialo.at- ing back to some es..uu...lg which she de- . srcs printed aa.l ..e r.;..... brain of . the young of 1-rt t..e. l..cagl tells ther first settler, who oR.el i.. t.1a-s.,c, and . lost fortune hy ,5.sa. oE lAe choice lar, . Of bis land t.i -u I.5-a pony, and ccar at . that Denver refers .a ,aa ns.ryaa day, ei '5g and Uo. .al Cr.- to t.- dark deeds committed yaea a.a t-e.. .ai sings pean to her vigilantes while tbe Hassay-mper drank freely of the sluggish waters of Gran ite Creek threw ,iT oa poor rot ana cheap clothes, and lad Ainse,f up,u the elevated peaks of the Sierra psie,,-. and-sveat, lha, Prescott nHebt become @ star iu the constellation ot hricht orls. And now comes Omaha. Nno claims that the frs, postmaster used h.s Lat fer 8 psstoticc. ard many time- when tAa postmaster was on the prairie. hunting buffalo, some auxous fellow would chase him for miles until he run down the postotiice and captured his letter.
 If there is pleasure in anything within reason, it Is surely so to unexpectedly meet with friend in a land where all are strangers. Such were our feelings ycster- .inr nn rrnrinr rirlt ....L-.. i..,t L IA