Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-13
JUST FROM THE EAST.
The Trip, Views and Experience OF an
Old Salt Laker.
Our Postofllce, the District Attorney
ship and Other Cognate Items.
or Course, Somebody Will Get Ap-
pointed, But 1t Is Fine Guess
work So Far.
Smokers CRiB, G. b. &. q. II. r.,
November Sc n. m.

is not house, and there should be
stationed at the door OF every sleeper an
officer authorized to swear man as TO
his snoring, and dispose OF him according
TO his deserts. Weary and footsore, after
two rainy. muddy, busy days in Chicago,
! tumbled promptly into my berth last
night, an upper one-the lower one was
taken and already occupied. 1 stretched
out for good long, solid night of rest,
when the fellow below fetched IL wrench
that fairly shook the section, and settled
down to sort OF regular tune( p. We
can become accustomed to almost any
thing. l was drifting away when he
made move; he had gotten on his back
and knew it, and oh new translation.
/ parted the curtains and looked down in
the dim light; there he was on his back,
sure enough, and going it. He was huge
and fat. He had gorged himself and gone
to bed before the train left the depot, and
absolutely
THERE WAS a SMILE ON HIS FACE
"Like one who lies down to pleasant
slumber"-I wish lie had)-a sort of All
Sin expression. asked the individual
who expects all the loose change you
have on leaving the Pullman to please
punch him little and help him roll
over. He did, and all was still for
while, but only little while. There was
a movement, another explosion, a tremor
ran through all the timbers of the car, as
q good ship quivers when she meets and
shakes loose from the grapple Of heavy
sea, another change, another tune, and
so on through the weary watches of the
night. II they would but stick to the
same tune; but no, with every twitch or
move they must strike different key
It's not right. And here l am driven
from my roost at this beastly hour to the
smokers crib to coax and smoke myself
as best may into decent mood.
U. p. r. r., Nov. IL, 1885.
1t is three weeks to-day since left Salt
Lake. While the facilities for travelling
are great, there is need OF further i'm
provement, which must and will be met.
1t is safe to prophesy that within two
years the time between Chicago and Salt
Lake will be cut to, say, forty hours. The
u. p. will soon make u change,
DROPPING SOME TWELVE HOURS BETWEEN
OMAHA AND SALT LAKE.
/ would have been pleased to have sent
any items of interest to the DEMOCRAT,
but have been busy every day, and all
but six of the score OF nights have BEEN
passed on wheels. From half to two
days have been passed in the following
places: Omaha, st. Louis, Chicago, Cecil
and Hartford county, Washington, Balti-
more, Philadelphia, and again Chicago
and Omaha on my return. Inquiry
as to business everywhere ELECTED
the same answer. Improved, improving,
and improvement thought to be healthy
and permanent The reduction of the
: surplus in the New York banks to a little
above $25 700, 900 proves the demand fol
. money for business as well for speculation
proposes. Some $40,0O0,O0O have beer
drawn from the bank vaults since mid.
summer for investment. was longest
. in Chicago. II is in truth Il wonderful
city. The way people rush about makes
, one dizzy, and the amount OF hash con
sumed and the places where served il
another wonder. No man in Chicago
goes home to the midday meal all luncl
down town; and the women, dear crea
lures, feeling that it is not good to bt
left alone, just throw on their traps ant
. 60 down town to lunch, too. On,
! restaurant on Clarke street, few day
t since, fed $500, and they run from S0
: to l 900 day the year around. This il
largest in the city.
ANOTHER FEATURE PECULIAR To CHICAGO
And pleasant to note, is the well-dressed
, well-fed, good-natured appearance of id
' working people, with whom the street i
fairly flooded morning and evening, sew
! ing girls, shop girls, factory hands, etc
There certainly is an absence OF the care
worn look of toll noticeable among tn,
| cn al So I'll IL Y
: stormy, the girls wrapped in their Cos
samers dash along, picking up their fee
y with the spring and the snap of Ken
n lucky thoroughbred. 1t must be that thu
homes awaiting them are pleasant homes
The scavenger correspondent OF the New.
Q seems to have missed this agreeable
q feature OF the Garden City, in his persis
" tent search through the slums for fill
with which to bolster his argument in ia,
# vor OF lust.
: was in Washington part OF two days
n but | did not call upon the President
though he was still receiving and | hat
an opportunity. In fact, / said to som,
friends before leaving, and wrote then
EN- route, that unless letters relating /,
certain matters which had been unde
discussion met me there, should no
call on the President or at any of tn,
departments (and beg to state that tn,
papers in question had nothing to do will
the postoffice or any other office. me
several gentlemen in Washington win
were OF the opinion that
!, THE DISTRICT ATToRNEYsHIP WOULD 81
!, OFFERED TO MIR. MARSHALL.
l also saw gentlemen, we'll up in ONT
OF the departments, who asserted lin
Office had been rendered to an able law,
t yer and declined and who further as
y serted it would not be filled from Utah
v and went over the usual threadbare oh
i. jections to local appointments because
!, from our history OF parties, prejudices
Y etc. Such arguments are easily met b,
limiting that possibly honesty, experience
. and some knowledge OF the situation as
4 to the section where the service is to be
n performed is quite as essential as bril-
8 liant poverty and ineNperience from
Y distance, (nexperience, | mean in thi
4 regard).
1t is all guess, however, about tha
or any other office. know no NOR,
d about any Office (postoffice incIuded) OF
Q who is likely TO fill them, than six month,
h ago. i do know considerable about whal
}, is going on, but learned it not in Wash
ington, but by the merest chance. On
leaving Philadelphia for indianapolis.
happened in the same section with ,Jndya
g Roach, friend and former partner of OK.
d Senator Mcdonald, while Senators Cock.
rell and Plum occupied the section oppo.
site. Our long trip gave opportunity to
discuss not only Utah, but political mat