Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-16
letter From Niagara Falls.
NIAGARA FALLS, August II, 1881.

Mr.. EDITOR: Your correspondent left
the now torrid city of Cincinnati, famous
for its beer and bologna sausage, on the 9th
inst. at 9 Is p. IN. and arrived here at 8
o'clock a. NJ the next day, by way of the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad.
Among other points passed [ will mention
Warren, Ohio, where the great Republican
meeting was held last fall, the largest polit-
cal gathering ever known in the State. l
had the pleasure of travelling with Mr.
Cappeller, auditor of Hamilton County, Ohio,
and member of the Republican State
central committee, who is well posted in
Ohio politics. He gave me an interesting
| account of the campaign in the State last
fall. AS to the campaign this fall, he says
the Republicans have a strong ticket, and
are sure to win. He thinks Fosters ma
| jority will be fully 10000. The Repubi-
cans will open the campaign soon and make
it red-hot all along the line. The Demo-
Gratis have adopted the still hunt policy.
On the evening of our arrival at Niagara
we visited Prospect Point, from which We
obtained, by the aid of the electric light
magnificent view of the falls on the
American side The spectacle was
one of dazzling beauty, present
! ing the appearance of many
rainbows-red, white, blue and green. In
the afternoon, when the sky is clear, the
spectator may behold a marvellous picture,
by natures own skilled hand, but the cleo
trio light man is doing his best to sur
pass it.
To-day we have put in our time in visit
ing points of interest on both the Canadian
and American side. We crossed to the
Canadian side on the new suspension bridge
! H. tod, tt,n
falls from the Canadian side known as the
rapids. It is rapid" in fact, the waters
dashing forward at the rate of forty-two
miles per hour. The water here, by actual
measurement is $50 feet deep. We next
visited the whirlpool rapids. This immense
mass of seething, tumbling, whirling
water covers a space of 60 acres, and it is
said to be 400 feet deep. The next point of
interest was Table Rock. From this point
the whole of the falls is seen. on both the
) American and Canadian side, and presents
a picture of sublimity and grandeur which
J beggars description. Just think of it, 100,
900, 900 gallons of water falling every hour,
over precipice 164 feet high, To be ap-
preclated it must be seen.
We afterwards visited several points of
interest that | will not attempt to describe,
among them Goat Island, Hugs Back,
Luna ioidhu, DldCues STARS, Ieffapll
Bridge, Cave of the Winds and Horse
Shoe Falls. The Cave of the Winds
deserves special mention Here the water
falls a distance of 1914 feet in such volume
and force that when it strikes below the
reaction is such as to keep up a constant
breeze. and for this reason it is called Cave
. of the Winds.
The weather is delightful here, cool
enough to sleep under blanket. The pop
ulation of Niagara is only about $500, butt
has several large hotels, all crowded and
doing paying business, Judging from the
way they charge.
1 l failed to mention that c. w. DePew and
S. P. Angel left Cincinnati with us, but
they got lost somewhere on the route