The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-08
The Daily Bulletin.
Western Ramblings
CONCLUDED FROM FOURTH PAGE.


Gabriel Mission church 10 still standing
and is used by the Catholic for worship.
1t Is built of sundried brick and covered
with roof tileing brought from Mexico
three large bells hang open to view under
the roof Of one department of the church
where they have done duty, in calling the
devoted worshlppsrs to mass for over hun
dred years. Great changes have taken
place since the sound of those old bells
drst echoed in the valley, yet their chimes
are the same to-day they ever have been.
Just north Of San Gabriel four miles in the
Sierra Madre Villa, beautiful summer
and winter resort. Pomona some miles
further east is fine settlement where ex.
tsnsive Improvements are gong on in way
OF settling lup the country, planting Or
chards and vineyards and getting water on
to the lands. Ontario some thirty-fve
miles east of Los Angeles bids fair to be
model settlement; the land is good and
lies we'll and there is already quite a settle
ment there, though comparatively but q
new place. From the depot up through
the town there is laid out an avenue several
hundred feet wide extending to the base
of the mountain seven miles On each side
OF the avenue, and through the centre rows
of palm and other trspic trees are planted.
1t is proposed to put cable line of street
cars on the avenue.
Cotton is 90 miles east Of Los Angeles
and the junction Of the Southern California
R. R. lading to San Diego 1870 miles to
the coast and north to this place three miles
from Cotton.
Ban Beruardino is the county seat of tie
county Of the Same name, and the largest
county in the state, If not In the United
States; it is half s large Is the state of
New York. The town 10 located in the
San Bernardlno valley one of the finest
agricultural regions to be found anywhere
In 1851 the title to the lands ofthis section
was transferred to the Mormons who settled
here under the leadership Of Lyman Reid
and Hanks. 1t was sub-divided Into farms
and sold to actual settlers. The town site
was laid out one mile square and like most
OF Mormon towns, the streets run at right
angles and are wide, the blocks and lots
large, or were 90 when first laid out. 1t 10
said that it was the intention of Brig.
ham Young to make this the
leading city of the Mormons
and seat of government. But the Mormon
war Of 1857 caused him to change his
mind, and to centrallze his strength in
Utah, hence all his loyal subjects were Or
dered to leave here and move to Utah,
which they did as soon as they could ar.
range for the journey. The Josephites who
disbelsve in polygamy and were not very
strong in the friendship Of Young, mostly
remained here. When the Morhions were
preparing to leave here, lands and houses
could be bought for . song. The settle
nlsnt being isolated from other settlements,
rough class of people gathered in, and for
time state of affairs bordering on bar
barism prevailed. The advent Of the s. P.
r. r. brought in better class of citizens;
the old leaven Of wlckedness has been to
. large extent washed out, so that at this
present writing the town is going ahead
with rapid strides towards prosperity aud
state of society equal to any in the state.
There are yet few semi-civilized Indians
here, with . smart sprinkling of Mexicans
and old fogy settlers, who have not an idea
for enterprise above hovel to live in, q
few coarse rations and . dram of miserable
whisky to subsist on. But they are being
crowded out at q rapid rate before the rush
of human wave that is rolling over this
coast, bringing industry and higher clvil-
cation with it. This town is coming out of
her grave clothes Of must and rust and put
ting on the brightness OF busy, thriving
city. Business blocks are going up here
and there, and many fine residences grace
the town, with a number of church spires
pointing beavenward- most convincing
proof of oil else as to the state of society.
A number Of select schools are in session
in the town. A fnetcourt house and ele.
giant opera building ornament the town. A
few Of the old time sun.dried brick build.
ngs yet remain, but are giving place one
after the other to elegant buildings after
he modern style Of architecture. Groves
If cotton wood grow throughout the sur
ounding country it is the principal timber
lining the streets; however, there are numer-
Jus evergreen trees, suce as the cypress, Or
Inge, olive and other ornamental trees of a
ropical nature. There is plenty of excel |
ent surface water, and artesian wells are
ound all through the town. Artesian |
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