Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-22
Illinois.

Among the Clouds-Prof. Kings Experf- ence on His Balloon Trip.
 CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-The balloonist Prof. King and Signal Sergeant Hasnager, who left this city last Thursday and were first heard
 from to-day at Chippewa Falls, relate their experience as follows:
 Before five minutes after leaving terra dyqna we
 reached altitude of 000 feet moving southwest.
 few minutes later we reached an upper current, moving slowly westward, so slowly that we barely moved We were soon shut out by night. We re-
 bn neTs pn M neither rising or falling for
 west, changing before morning to west and north
 west. While going southwest remained becamed
 three hours, swinging in circle a small city
 that from it's location judged to be Peoria At 5:15
 the natives by dragging a drag rope over theft
 roofs and one ambitious fellow probably thinking
 It failed to do any injury. Afterward we passed
 over Platte M Junts at 7.15 8. These mounts are
 1,2s1 feet above level They colors
 and fantastic forms which with the bright colors
 surrounding the foliage gives picturesque appear
 to ths surface u1equalled by anything but the
 most vivid imagination The bali ioon circulated
 along these mounts though drawn by the force of
 inspiration and particularly 10th to part
 pany. They kept us just one half hour dancing in
 this circular attendance when compelled to
 ballast escape this apparent attraction.
 Of there nothing but currents of cold air
 in the valley, which it to rise above
 to escape. At a. passed over Pullon some similarly named place. Being in a hurry we could not accept many invitations to descend. At $40 passed Tomah. At $50 among the clouds and lost sight of mother earth few hours
 The wind increasing carried at rapid rate proba
 bly, forty fifty miles hour, and not being able to discern stationary objects could not tell where we were or what course VIC were pursuing. In passing Little Falls Monroe county, Wis, came near the ground that came in contact with the trees and were compelled to take large portion of along 8 souvenir. When we resched the ground I greeted with beautiful view of verdure in every variety of form As though dissatisfied with her late action and wishing to give us heavenly view our balloon took upward turn, carrying four thousand feet above the strata Of the clouds and literally burying us in milk for h Meanwhile the rain poured in torrents, col lecting on the outside of the balloon in a steady stream At I2:45 p. the highest known elevation ned, being 9,6G0 feet from the last person spoken. We found forty miles from St. taul, and when we descended at 2:30 on the west bank of the riye- half mile inland concluded that in the State of Minnesota prob ably forty miles north of St. Paul the Mississippi river With this in mind stepped out of our car into about eighteen inches of water and found that were il cranberry bog. To recite our experience after that for the succeeding five days is horrible However, we walked five days up to knees through boggy swamps without food except 8 half pint of berries How the wolves and bears snarled | around us at night, how slept on the wet ground night through heavy frosts only to start again he morning through swamps with it's ice water and alling muddy logs at every step, cannot put in words As last resort built raft, expecting to 70 St. Anthony's Falls. At o'clock in the ng of the fifth day reached P1umbeau river and | were carried across by Cleramere Be trand and Mi ;hael Minor, two woodmen and here we are We | cave tonight or in the morning for Chicago