The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01
THROUGH KANgAs,

There are two lines across the State OF
Kansas 10 Colorado, the Kansas Pacific
direct TO Denver) and the AtChison,
Topeka & Santa Fe 10 Pueblo, q point on
the DEM ger 4 Rio Grande, 120 miles south
OF Denver. The fare 10 Denver BY either
route from Kansas City 10 S27-but the
distance is shorter by the K. P. The A.
I. &S. F., however, offers the advantage
Of q better country along lie line, and also
the additional advantage OF o ride along
the base OF the Rocky mountains from
Pueblo up 10 Denver. The distance from
Kansas City 10 Pueblo 10 6l9 miles. We
lett the former place Saturday at 10 A. ~,
having one sleeper and Ave other coaches
In our train. At Topeka, where We took
dinner (the Capitol Of the State) we took
on another sleeper. All the cars were
full. | noticed that pork and beans were
a feature oil the dinner At Topeka. This
reminded me that New England prevailed
In the great Kansas contest, and that New
England ideas and dishes are dominant on
the soil. BY this sign (pork and beans)
shall ye know them.
Ills a good plan 10 make your peace
early In a long journey with the conductor
and porter oil the sleeping car. They
have both information and iavors, includ
ing creature comforts, 10 dispense. ! found
Mr.. George +. Speaker, the Pullman con.
duCtor, q good man TO cultivate. He 10 A
character and hes q history worth listen.
ing 10. He is a handsome fellow oil thirty
and ran away from his birth place when q
lad. He has had a vast amount OF exper.
fence, and paid for 1t. He had q taste for
adventure and has prospected for mines
over every mile ol territory ffom the Brit.
ish possessions down 10 Mexico. He has
made his thousands and sunk them In new
mines, and although he is now running q
Pullman Ut $40 per month be Is bound 10
'stfike II rich" before he dies. And,
speaking OF dying, he has had some very
''Close calls" III that direction. Said he,
"Dc YOU ieal that bullet In my hand near
the thumb joint" | felt Il and taid | did,
"Well," said he, ~ got that and three
other wotinds Of the fight on Sitting Bull
creek when we invaded Desdwood ID 1916.
There we're thirteen Of us brought 10 bay
on a ledge, and attacked by several times
that number Of Indiana. We had Win.
chester rides, and we lay on the ledge and
bought them ca all day. They Killed
eleven Of us and wounded The other two,
myself and Billy May, and I buried Billy
underneath a pile Of stones and walked
and craWled to DeadFood, As miles,
before one Of my wounds wAsdfessed.
talked with him about the recent a..
tempt 10 rob one OF the trains on the road.
Said i "Don't you feel aitaid that your
time will come al last on this road" "Aato
that, " said he, " will do "a l always have
done! / will chance II, What else can q
fellow do7 There's no use 10 being aifEid
Aboutit." "Atey you prepared iof q rush on
the train some Of theQe nights? ''said /.
",Yes,". said he, I'VE are all armed, and I
think the boys on this train would make
II lively Tor q gang Of robbers. These
boys Of ours are Western boys and have
been through the mill. They don't acAfe
worth a cent. We have an express mess.
ebger On lhlA train that is an ugly man
With Q revolver. l don't think he knows
what lear is."
l could all a letter With my talks IN
vAtious subjects with this Pullman con.
ductot. He was q true type Of 4 Western
%advenluFer who had had oil his teeth cut,
Like Jim Bludsoe, be VA 4 quiet man,
put l will venture that he would be found
IKE Jim, "a nasty mSn Ia o row"
Travelled With him 10 Jueblo, and he told
me about the sheep ranches In New Me1.
leo. He thinks 4 sheep fanche preiefablA
to 4 mine. Bat Of all this | NAV meal A.
another time. For the present my letter
long enough. 4, n, 8.