Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-04
1orruxI xuA Cauriss.
Tuesday. September 4, 1888.
CORRESPONDENCE.


 Homeward Bound From San Francis
 cO-scenes and Incidents of the Jour
 ney to Salt Lake City.
 E SALT LAKE orrx, Utah, Aug. 2S. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND ooUe1ER.
 An uneventful two days journey through the Sierra Nevadas brings us to the City of saints2 We left the hub of California on Saturday night amid much hand-shaking and noise of brass bands, passing Sacramento in the night. Our train halts at Cape Horn Sunday morning, to give all chance to see the much advertised'spot. confess to some of many the scene beyond is grand CT and more enchanting. We see snow on the mountains and other won ders, so often and fully described. We breakfast at Blue Canon, a station only in name, but quite important to hungry trav- eler, and largely so to the railroad company as here is the fire alarm for the snow sheds nearly forty miles of which we pass through Near this station we witnessed the beauty, or rather utility, of the air brake. As the train, drawn by two engines, was near the summit on up grade our train broke in the center, and confusion and fear took possession of the passengers in the three Pullmans that got left Two of us brave Knights went in heavy on the handbrake, but the train came to an almost immediate stop and the conductor coolly informed us that our ef- forts did not amount to row of pins.
 The view of Donner Lake, where part perished so miserably one winter in the long ago, was fine, and we have all agreed to visit it again, as fishermen in the leisure days. which all hope to see later. It is claim. ed that this lake is full of trout and other fresh water beauties The min ing towns are curiously huddled to- gether many of them showing decay, and few prosperity. All through this section the hag-men have guns strapped to their backs, the moral of which IS ob- vious to any one who has visited the Pacific coast. At Truckee we find quite a vigorous growing town The railroad company have large and fine looking round house here, and a heavy business is done in lumber and wood. Our ladies are here quite exercised over papoose which the squaw has strapped to the usual board, and so covered up with clares the dear thing will die from suffocation, and Mrs Lo then and there re- ceived lecture on ventilation. After much motioning the Indian baby was shown the light of day for 8 moment only, and the Anglo-Saxon was happy.
 We follow the Truckee river for many miles through gorges and canons,- our eyes never growing weary, for it's dark-oolored water is the first we have seen for many a day and reminds one of home. This stream is quite like the Blackberry in Norfolk, Litch field county, but it's object and surroundings quite different. It is the outlet of Lake Tahoe and coursing along one hundred miles or SO to the delight of all beholders it is lost in Pyramid lake, sheet of water with no outlet. The precipitous mountains along this river remind one of the Palisades on the Hudson. sure sign of homesickness, We say, when drawing such comparisons. We dine at Reno, where Sir Knight SimoDs and wife leave us to visit friends in the mining districts Plenty of Washoe and Piute In dians all through at every station about here, and John Chinaman's bland counte- nance is seen at every nook. We sup at Humboldt, and as the night was warm the pleasantest memory of the place is re- freshiDg fountain in front of the hotel.
 Monday, the 27th, we wake up at Wells, 8 God-forsaken looking place and country, and sit down at 10 a. m. for breakfast at Ter race, Utah. All have down in my note book here is 'hot as -; mercury 104 in the shade" The trip across the American desert is unpleasant in the highest degree and a sigh of relief escapes when we first sight great Salt Lake, and the verdure and which place we reached at 3:3O p. m. and partook of 8 good dinner. We embark for Salt Lake City at 4:30 p. m. |, thankful to get of from the Central Pacific and away from their dirty eating houses We arrive here at 6:3O and find the city in excitement over a murder and lynching af- fair of Saturday last. As the murdered man was the city marshal and high up in the Mormon church, the funeral services will be held in the Tabernacle tomorrow morning, the 29th, and promise myself to be there, and as it is expected that many of the church dignitaries will participate, full house is anticiDated J. ID. D.