The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-08

Inspired by a sabbath Days Journey
Through Nebraska,



CHICAGO, April 4.
The U. p. railway from Cheyenne to
Omaha can't with any degree of GER
tainty be dubbed the ''scenic line of
America There isn't hat succession
of hills, dales, trees, mosquitoes, bar
rem rocks and frogs which go to make
up the popular ideal Of scenery. The
aesthetic suniower and willowy lilly
don't add any Wilde attraction to the
outlook. The sky line is as monotonOus
as a treatise on political economy, and
the foreground is entirely surrendered at
this season OF the year to hungry eyed
cattle earnestly prospecting for some
thing green to take in. Such being the
| case, our ride Of last Saturday was not
married by any Incident to add an at
tractive charm to the ker-chunk, kerr
chunk of the car wheels as they rolled
eastward. To add TO this uninteresting
state OF affairs, there was a very small
invoice of passengers consigned To Oma-
la, and the market, overrun with time,
was exceedingly dull.
The ranges along the line In south.
eastern Wyoming and western NebIas-
ka showed very plainly the lack of mols-
ture for want OF snows during the past
winter and absence of storms this
spring. The green VAS merely a tint
Lhruugh the russell brown OF dried grass,
| "a. a.. l.t ul.,ttf Dina Rlnffa 1I.
color was bright, aud the cattle appeared
ia bright spirits, also, but away from
The strea MS the small buuches Of win
ter-shI uuK cattle appeared to be hold
ing little Indignation meetings to re-
nuust, ate against the unreasonable
slAckness of Old Prob in doing his duty
TO the stuck interests Of the west.
The telegraph poles acquire a queer
growth in this country-a native polish
which we are told the children of nature
sometimes have without going to board
ing school and studying French. For
four or live feet from the ground these
poles have been rubbed as smooth as a
commercial travrier's tongue, by the
cattle winch we are imagine to be re-
peatimg n variation of the Scottish gag,
God bless the w. U. telegraph, for IL
has given us our (h)itching posts"
At Sidney we ate a hurried supper,
hurried by the cooks, walters aud
guests, while Conductor Eustice 81 ter
tanned us with characteristic stories of
the evil tendencies Of this notorious
town.
Grand Island is n growing little town
and is spreading out, especially on the
north side of the track. Here we took
our Sunday morning breakfast, which
by the way was a good one, and COM
menced a Sabbath days journey toward
the east, from which, according to the
good book, all the wise men came long
years age. And may not that fact ex
plain in a measure the benighted con-
dition of the eXcursionists who come
from that section every summer, In
these latter years, to drop hooks in run.
ning brooks, read wonders from Nc.
Nalley's tones and no good in every
thingp
A fellow passenger On u train was
II Mr.. Price from Montana, and a so
ciable fine gentleman-a fat contradlc
ton to the old saw, "a thing OF Butte
is a jaw forever" In conversation
with him, we found him to be we'll nc
quainted with a number Of our Wyom
lug friends. He WAS an old townsman
of Marshal Schnitger and his on. This
gentleman is largely interested in cattle
IN the Judith Basin, Montana, and has
also a store at Sulphur Springs. He
was on his way a . for machinery for II
saw mill to put in operation in that sec
ton Of the country.
The emigration to Montana this sea
son is very heavy, very heavy indeed
A large portion of 1t sets toward Butte
and the lands about Helena. Theot
sections offer but little inducement
however, as there are no arabic lands
about Butte at all, and the mining ell
terprises are more than amply supplied
with labor. About Helena the very
small amount of farming land Wa
taken up long ago.
The sheep and cattle interests Of
Montana are large and growing. sheep
are invested in extensively. Mr.. Price
knows our townsman, Jno. Cameron.
WHO went into the sheep business IN
the Judith Basin about two years 3
He suffered a heavy loss Il year ago this
and has n partner in the business. They
were obliged to move their range this
spring on account of the range being
burned over.
Speaking of Butte, as nearly as We
can find out from inquiries made of
gentlemen who knew of what they were
talking, this mining camp has seen Its
palmiest days. There is estimated to be
at least 1900 idle me. in the camp to-
day. The output during the past year
been small compared with the
population. 1t Is a mountain fastness
and outside Of the luines and Industries
directly connected with it there is
nothing for Il working man to do. The
railroad is now hauling coal into the
city for the mills and this takes away
the occupation of wood choppers and
charcoal burners, and very evidently
the town has reached its zenith.
But to come back to Nebraska: Ere