The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-22
AERIAL V0YAGERS.
THE "sALLooNATIcs" HEARD FROM.
Elny aAd His Companions, Amer a. ETSntfSl TOy.
age Above the ClOudS, Drop Ia Cranberry
Bog, and AMER PlVs Days Of Hanger aHd
Distress Reach Civilization.

Chicago, October 2l.-The Daily Ner
has the following from j. G, Hashegan
the Signal Service employe who went up in
Kings balloon. The dispatch is dated Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, and says: The voyagen
who took such u hasty flight last Thursday
from civilization feel no such disposition
to-day, II you should sec US now-dragged
torn, water-soaked and exposed-you
would surely say we loved civilization,
Before five minutes after reaching terra
firma, We reached an altitude Of 1890 feet
moving southwest. A few minutes later
we reached an upper current moving slowly
westward--so slowly that We barely moved
But what prospect beneath US We were
soon shut out by night, and had nothing
but myriads OF lights twinkling in the dis
tanCe.. We remained there suspended,
neither raising nor falling forsevenl hours.
But ut last puff Of mir sent US southwest,
changing before morning to the west
and northwest. While going southwest
we remained beCalmed for about two hours
swinging in circle over small city, that
from its location, judged to be Peoria, III.
At b:l5 on Friday we passed over Spring
Valley, Wis, startling the natives by drag
ging our drag rope over their roofs, and
and one ambitious fellow sent shot after
us. We passed over the Platte Mounds ut
7:l5 A. NJ. We remained for Il long time
swinging round these picturesque mounds,
when the balloon, as though anxious to
give us Il heavenly view took an upward
turn carrying us 1000 feet above the strata
Of the clouds and literally burying us in
milk for an hour
In passing Little Falls, Monroe county,
Wis, we came 80 near the ground that we
came in contact with the trees and were
compelled to take largo portion OF
one along a. souvenier. When
we were near the ground we were greeted
with beautiful view Of vertlure in every
variety OF form. The children were
hushed, the dogs called of, horse.whips
put up, and old matrons stood In their
doors with arms akimbo and with most
surprised and ComiCal attitude. Ats A. NJ.
We passed over PutlNn, or some similarly
named place. At 0:4O we passed TOmal,
Wisconsin. At $50 we arose among the
clouds and lost sight OF Mother Earth for
u few hours. The wind, increasing, cur.
ried us ut rapid rate, probably forty or
fifty miles per hour, and not being able to
discern stationary objects we could not tell
where We were or what course wG were
pursuing. Meanwhile tho rain poured
down in torrents Collecting on the
outside of the balloon, It poured
down to the mouth OF the
bag into tho basket in steady stream,
compelling us to put away our instru.
ments; but i was useless, AZ there was not
a dry spot the size Of pin head among
them. At l2;45 p, NJ. the highest known
elevation was reached, being 5000 feet.
From the last person spoken to, VIC found
that we were forty miles from st. Paul;
and when VIC descended at $50 p. NJ. on
the west bank Of tho river, half mile
inland, we concluded that we were In the
State OF Minnesota, probably forty miles
from st. Paul, on the Mississippi river.
With this suppostion in mind, we stepped
out OF our car into about eighteen inches
of Ice water, We found that we
were in cranberry bog and had
" bNL put' ~ IcCllS UNT tNptIltIlCG ulttT
that for the succeeding five days Is too hor.
riblc. How We walked five days up to our
knees through boggy swamps without food,
except half pint Of berries; how the
wolves and bears snarlcd around us at
night; how we slept on wet ground at night
through heavy frosts only 10 start again In
the morning through the swamp with It's Ice
water, and falling over muddy logs at every
step ] cannot put in words. As last resort
we built u raft, expecting to go over 81.
Anthony falls. OF our subsequent disap.
pointment and our subsequent tramp
will tell later, but oh, our Joy, when at
4 o'clock in the evening OF the 9th day we
reached Flanbeau River and were carried
across by Cleramere and Michael Winer,
w0odmen, and here We are enjoying the
good things once more.
CnpPEwA FALLS, Wis, October 2l.-
Prof. King remarks that water Is n very fair
diet for five days after man gets used to
It. At four o'clock on tho fifth day they
discovered two men in boat on the Flan.
beau river, who came to their rescue and
guided them TO Bruno Vinettes, their stop.
ping place. They then organized force
and started for the balloon, but found II too
heavy to move, so they left 1t until next
winter when they viii remove II. They
left for Chicago today.