, 1881-03-09

nrulis d Otnnlan HALLWAY and tin Eii-
raGn Il Northwestern ftnl1yvmy-tncl-
denis or, ttIe Ito.ifc-A DnY AIMING tho
yFIsconslll I4rEs*intork Mt 11ntff*0n.
~ III Editor Of Tie Chicago Tribune.
C,ltcAdo, 1tarch :.
unwarmcl BY any sunset llgbt,
Tim gray day dnrkot,r's intD night
AMI whiri-.lAnc nt the Dndng storm.
~ ziKkhE. warning tn and trt'
Crossed md rnctossad tho winged snow.
st'uIi night long tho st,,r,n ronre'l on;
Tho instrntng hrnkn wiihtilt = sun;
In tiny sp,oru!u traceh With lines |
!lE SatEn.n Feotnetrin slHns,
In starry lake Hnsl rcIltet..,
al tlny the ha,asy mGt"Ur fell:
A,rl. whst tho Hccnnt morning sh0nc,
We Eookcd upon world UNKNOWN.
Universe nf sky a,,,l snow!
Ctul,1 nnythtnr lriter tlescr'lm tho late storm
tun.t thoso lines from wh'ttlcr's "Snow-
1ht,nh'?
'rh,,rs,lay Mt noon wo left st. Paul BY tho por-
uinr rn,ltn for Chicago. Tho sun Atlonc brightly.
and, though ,ve henri rnors of trouble farther
i:nAt, there WINS nothing III tho eky 10 wnrn us of
tho approaching atpr.n. Quickly wo reachc''
Hudson: then stupped Il few moments ut ]nhl-
win, to pnrtaka of mn excellent lunch. y little
after r. ILL., nrrved ut Emu Claire. sitlthtc'I
ut tho jlncti0u ol thu Eau Claire mud Chippewa
ftIvers,-one Of tho l4rgcst luybcr- -nlnnufaetur-
iug ttwns III tho Stnto Of Wisconsin. We had
auuper Mt Merrl.lnt!, whcre tito Grccn ltAy i
Minnesota Itallroad crosscs tho ChicaRo. st. Paul,
Minneapolis l. Omaha NalIroad. Soun nftur we
encountered tho at0rm Tint was working from
tho East. md then we l'tRA!t tn travcl slowly:
| the further East VIC pspccetlcl. tho hcnricF tho
| fnt! Of srow. Seur C1mp DouYtas wo overlook
frc9ht.trAln thAt WIS unable to tsitsvt. Our
| train hnltcd mud tho en9iAo went to its relief.
! and, after much 'nbor, tho two locomotives
moved tho frclKht-trafn Iorwart and side
tracked II 50 that VIII couirl pass. 1t WITS mlI-
1rnx ns1i1 hHr0
wcre received to hold tho trim.
Our party In tho Pullman sleeper was a rttns-
ant one. We hull polite aud accommodating
conductor In Mr.. Van l,usktTk. and George. tho
rortcr, was ever really to obey tho slightest wish
| OF any OF tho pnssoilxers. fright anG early we
nwoke Friday nlorntnX. to lind !" n 1lhiftrsc OF
| Aky utd Tnow." We breakfnsted With nline
host iiosfor,l. nt the ncppt llpnse. and
! then begun looking about to see whht
could he t!uno to l,nss nway the tlinc.-somc rc-
| rend their newspapers: some smoked: snfne
| p!nycd cards: otl.ers vhnttcd4 mud. becoming
better acquainted. found they l1tf many mutual
acq,tn3ntances: some of The gentlemen t,lu'4csl
| through tho snow to II barucr-shpp anlt wcro
| shaved l.-nnfthing tn lNss Awhy tho tt1ne. III
our ear were ". J. YnlnY. tho gseut lumber
manufacturer of Clinton, Iowa; Cn!. llNker, now
living ut st. Paul. hit formerly IL resident nj
| Cincinnati nnd New Ynrk. who during tho War
| wins tho 1Ight- hand innn of Gov. Tod of 0hio,
md 10 whom Is lAtgely duo tho credit Of oEgun-
izlI,s tho Sunitary Commission: Judgu Dtmrick,
of YMukton, y. r., WIN wAs n stntl-nltcer
nr Gen. Grunt until vtrkstttrg surrendered;
iur1ncrly nf fIostuf, yfns@.: Mr. lohrbncjs. u
\ saltwater. Mimi, on his why IT, Ehcax0 to plIr-
~ ns .stS 81 ks a % tneel trivia wo
lid a benn s,ow -ts,t,,ll twcnty:two days On tho
st. Paul Sioux city !taisso:.tl. Ant nad r!ca4-
Nnrttertt Minncsntn, who wns sol,Y 10 some
town Il, Illinois T. he narrlsd, hut wi.nSc aanss
,Si1scs wcre ~, constantly occupicd IL rtroaI
busiscss rs 10 preclude tcir fur .'rlvatc dis
ayr a. s"1, % Il, ri cspair ' at his noappcars
asicc.
M psSe.a, n.eopte E! 'as he ;ltaon Hsasery a,
tlid Us 1,art iowasI n,skinx tho trn ~ p!as,ut
~ VI, iro i%1fs n our re crMoe uf tI!e cati
to the hc,lslde q dyina s,',. 4 s!"nGss mr.: oi,
wt sF sas and a .y
Friday nasstsl. aid W. har1ty know h,,w.
Might e..uu, and Htiil we wesp III Elr,y. After
@ of our ,Faln anG tic I,orser ai Our CIR IT,
M '1,E tto stars Of tho cyenlng; u,sl. ly tho way
i snnv viii grent cxrrossn atl feelnY stief
. souss n Tly tio!'icn sIirpt'r,",, The Enpt,
n,,I,snr st1rlps were ts,l,j; Mark TwMtns u latcs
sne"cn snS on x ttessurknb!c Eoincs.ense.' wa'
rs:l; ,o9. @nd: after charming evening" We s010
. Thc ncxt morning thorc wcro rumors OF NJ
!. atvnnce movement, and, sura enough, ub9't /
i we wtro l,rrsfrrres. IL tw" nthcr socpcrs tha
. wvre only partin!ly oct,lpic'',--!,rc!klns u "N
sn!r in1,pr ''i x HIT aIs aes aa .s ii t f,"r
,s n,it' "' pr"cecse. I" Msdiso. Whcrc ,noer ca,
,hFow, uuts twesty fst hsh, % whrrc ct to sos
M;,r!. rnxIus ad tio s,w worEins nInht an, a
q eicar tho tTaek i"r r. ~ Ma,'lsc,, ". t' r.
V;fna iin,,sn e,hnrn Mt cnrrvusnrlrs ue,trur tll