The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-27
SALT LAKE TO FRISCO.
rAE IGNORANCE oF'TAE MoRMoNs

In Regard to thsNature OF Their IastitstiOns-A
Scramble for . Sis.psr-shoshoas Indiaus.
Au ObxrIsnt Tourlst-DoMn the west
srn slops-A sharp CAlaluap, &e.
Correspondence Of he Iatelliotnov.
NoRpHoFF, Cal, September l4.-At the
close Of my last letter was still at Salt
Lake City. had intended while in Salt
Lake City to call on Col. McCook, who has
charge Of the Fort near the city but didn't
have time. l understand that the
"Brethren" don't have any great amount
Of love for this GENTLE general, as he has
his guns pointed toward the sainted city,
and II things are not carried on properly 1t
may be part OF his duty to give EN- some
grape. Twas much surprised TO tiud how
little, each Mormon questioned, really
knew Of the "Institution." l tackled an
Engl'shman with the questioa, "How are
the marriages ordered" SLOW does q Nor:
mon proceed to take another wife?' He
replied: "Well, I can 'ardly tell you"
Over the sign OF the Y on's Cooperative
Institution Sore were the words, "Holi-
nees to the Lord" in semi-circular shape.
They make rather an indiscrimiuate use OF
this Inscriptions quite a number OF the
saloons used 1t also. B. Young, Esq ap-
pears TO have purchased large quantity Of
land and built number Of houses. In
fact he leit Mrs. Young well provided for.
Early on the morning OF the l0!h Of Au-
gust we boarded the cars aud tried to shake
off the' dust Of the city, but 1t wouldn't
shake. The ride to Ogden was very pleas.
ant, as our eyes were greeted with the titst
green things we had seen since leaving
Denver.
At Ogden alter regular squabble for o
section in sleeper, in which, thefquabble
not the sleeper, we came near having part
OF our clothing torn of. and had smaller
contest for cup OF coffee and sludwich,
we started for San Franclsco. Far and
wide there was nothing but dreary deserf
in view. and bad not the company been
pleasant the journey would have been
lonesome one. Nine sleepers full OF Sir
Knights and their wives, cousins and aunts,
however, were a jolly crew.
"woN'T YOU IRRleArE"
We were met generally with Sir Knights,
"I would like to exchange cards With
you." Ah! from Wheeling, W. Va!
By The way, Do you know 80 and sc.
"Yes, very well, see him nearly every
day." In this way we made some very
pleasant acquaintance. While sauntering
through the cars met relative Of Col.
Benjamin Fisher, who begged to be re-
mem bered to him, also relative OF Col.
David Wagner, who appeared quite glad to
see us, from the remark he made; won't
you irrigate?" In one Of the cars the wife
OF Sir knight DeLepos Of Charleston,
South Carolina, hsd 1" ,tibitiona beauti-
ful banner made OF Comlnandery badges,
the red badges forming red cross In the
center, while the other colored ones formed
shield around the crofs. Mis. De Leno
|appeared qnite proud OF her work, and her
face, q very pleasant one, lit up with smiles,
as we praised It. We liked her. She was
an Episcopalian, and were pleased to find
SO many Of our own church among the Sir
knights, as the church furnished never
ending source Of conversation. -
A wAKFFuL TOURIST.
Two or three Of our party had "Bowman's
Pacific Tourist" which they consulted very
studiously. At times the motion Of the cala
and the uninteresting character oil the
scenery, however, almost invariably pre-
duced soporiic effect on the reader, and
their eyes would involuntarily close and
the head fall to one side in peaceful slum.
ber, only to be suddenly aroused with o
nudge from some OF the party, with shout
OF "rickets"
Sir knight Darrah was about the most
wakeiui one Of the party, ss he seemed de.
termined not to miss anything that wa, to
be seen, and periodically out would come
that little black memorandum book ant
down would 90 mention OF something
seen.
At Reno we took breakfast, aud had q
pretty good one, too. The front OF the
hotel here was profusely decorated with
Masonic emblems, as the proprietor is 9
Sir knight. omitted TO mention in the
proper place thata discount Of l'25 per cent
had been made to the craft on meals at thu
stations, except at Ogden, where we paid
full fare. While at Reno we saw Sho
shone cradle with an infant strapped to 1t
Tho was quite q curiosity'to the ladies O
the party who crowded around the mother
piled her with questions, admired the baby
and made contributions for the support ol
its hard working father, who rat at somi
little distance taking in the situation, anC
also took In the contributions from th'
tmother. Before we had landed at tn,
station we could see the Indian clans wend
ing their way to the cara from their huts
They are very energetic folk, at least VI
inferred 90 from the hasly manner IL
which they came to welcome us.
INDIAN AceuAISTAScEs.
Numerous offers were made for babies
but saw no takelS. AT one Of the point
at which we stopped a large shoahone hail
ed your correspondent with Take sho
shone boy to Frisco" l asked why HI
wanted 10 go2 "No work; nothing to d.
here." These indians appear TO have cart
aanche to travel ON the Central Pacific whel
. they please without pay. We had seyera
I on the train and the Chief had on his stor
! clothes, paint and feathers. He was reg
: ular beauty. Shortly after leaving Trucke,
7 we betan the ascent OF the Sierra Nevad
Mountaips and for forty miles we had n
almost unbroken line OF snow sheds
through the sides OF which now and thei
we cihght glimpses OF Donner Lake,
pretty placid sheet OF water quietly nee
e lied down on the top Of the mountain. Th
glimpses were not at all satisfactory. w
could have taken fifteen minutes lool
J, and ther hardly been satisfied. From
Q Bonner Like we began the descent Of th
J. Western slope Of the mountains and had
:, peepat hydraulic mining, and gazed II