The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-13
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X OMAHA, NRn,, June 7.-West Of Chicago
there Is r monotonons absence Of htumps,
and yet politics thrives. = ~
The train on the Chicago, Rock Island L
Pacific Railroad thai LEFT. Chicago at noon
on June 0, contained small section Of the
National Convention at least Of its spirits
and not bottled either. AT every station
there WAS a grand rush for tho telegraph
Office to Oct tho latest returns from the
Convention. The excitement increased as
the news Of each ballot was received.
When we learned that Blaine was nomi.
GATED a broad Bhouldered fellow that had
never seen before, with a "Hurrah for
elaine !" gave me a pound on the back
that left me breath enough only to whis.
per "ior Blaine'' as l Egtruck ont straight
rom the shoulder against bis chest, caus.
ing an involuntary wave Of the hand as he
gave On echoing gasp, blaine" *t21aa5if.
For the first twenty or thirty miles out Of
Chicago the country Ia as level 90 Q floor,
except Mt one little station called "Wash.
ington Heights" which Is elevated about
IA IN uch az the lower button on the vest OF
certain Wheeling hardware merchant
when he is lying on bis back. rs Y Pc
}HW nat ID surpriaing about that particular
pra rio IL tba. aB far as the eye can see there
Is scarcely an acre OF cultivated ground.
Bu. through 1t the railroads take arrow
lines toward the west. The Chicago, Rock
Island 4 Pacific Railroad ia one Of the b, st
constructed aud equipped roads that kind
late hss ever taken me over. The road bed
- largely stone, and through the quarry
regions the Ills are perpendicular walls.
Al Joliet most Of tho buildings and even
hs chicken coops arc OF stone. I did not
see the chickens, and cannot youch for 1t
that they lsy stone china eggs. !, rs
In gliding along the Rock leland road
ono never feels as II lie had just smoked
his first cigar, as he invariably does on
some other roads, and he can take his
meals in the elegant dining cars as com.
iortably as under his own vine and fg tree.
Northern Illinois IL very much like
Northern Indiana and the cleared por.
tons Of Northwestern Ohio. III general
there is rather wet soil, which makes OK.
cellent farming land wheu drained, with
here and there outcroppings Of rock. At
seven in the evening We came In sight Of
the King of Rivers, ard half an hour later
crossed It from Rock Island to Davenport,
where we stayed all night in order to travel
through to Omaha by daylight. While
approaching the beauty and granduer OF
the Mississippi, could not help observing
the absence OF any evidences OF it's Deiut
such an artery Of trade as Is our Ohio. al.
though the two last named clties have to-
ge her population Of over 10000, yet the
only steamboat in sight Of either was
small lerryboat. Davenport is a very
pretty city, and the sight Of lis fine resi-.
dences makes resident OF The "Nail City"
leRl hat comparisons are 0derous."
Wet)ok a frcsh start at IN early hour
this morninr, W hen presto pass the scene
changes. l had supposed that Iowa was
special domioion OF Old Boreas, where
there WAS nothing to modest or disturb him.
Great was my surprise, therefore, to find 1t
H beautiful rolling country, somewhat sim.
liar to the famous Western Reserve Of
Ohio. There are trees in nearly every
mile across the State. It's true that most
OF them have been planted by man, bu.
that Tact detrects very little from the a,.
thetic edect, aud probably not at all from
their practical value-eyery farmer has his
trees just where he wants them. The hills
are not 30 high as the Ohio river hills and
the farmers do not burn cord wood or
make unsightly, wasteful and primitive
rail ienees { saw only one such fence be /
tween Chicago and Omaha), but the land
lsrolling enough and the timber sufficient.
iy abundant to make Iowa well protected
and beautiful farming country.
That portion OF Iowa through which the
ChiCago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad
passes is as far ahead Of Northern Illinois
~ Central OHIO is Of Northwestern Ohio.
Ives informed that o few years ago very
considerable portion Of the land in Iowa
was held by Eastern speculators and was
unimproyed, whereas now it is owned by
actual settlers, and tho above mentioned
road now pas,es through a succession OF
we'll cultivated farms. Every villsge has
long lines OF corn cribs and one or more
large grain store.hous.s. at one small
station l counted fye corn cribs, each Of
which was at least one hundred and fifty
f,et long, besides numerous smaller ones,
and three large grain warehouses, all near
the depot. Ia fact Iowa is the finest aRri.
cultural State have ever seen, and I can
not imagine what possible advantage any
other State could have over it. rgss,5,
Dss hoines is one Of the most beautiful
and rapidly growing cities Of the west. In
1850 it had about twenty-five thousand
inhabitants and now claims over forty
thousand. The new stone State Capitol
at Des Moines, with its gilded dome, pre-
sents a slightly more imposing appearance
than the West Virginia Capitol
We crossed the Big Muddy from Coun.
Gil Bluff, to Omaha at eight o'clock this
evening, and here We are, so goodbye!
w ..552s 5 A.
P.s. Hurrah for Blaine and Logan!