Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-10
NEW ORLEANS AND HOW WE
SAW 1T.

evening on time. The snow became |
lighter as VIC passed southwark. and |
as we reached Arkansas had almost
entirely disappeared. The weather
became warmer and light showers fire.
quent. We saw a great deal of timber
in passing through Missouri, and our
route through Arkansas was timber
nearly all the way, with much swamp
land, especially the last hundred miles
before reaching Memphis. 1t was nee
essary TO use much trestle work IN
building the road, there being in some
places four miles of it together. AT
Memphis we saw our first southern
city, and things became more and more
southern in appearance as we passed
on our way until we reached New Or
leans, at 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
At the depot the gay and festive cab
man was ready to carry US to the no.
tel for the simple sum of one dollar
and a half, but as the streets were very
muddy from the recent rains we did
not wish TO impose upon him-he was
a stranger 10 US, and seemed so lamb
Iike-so we jumped on the street car
and rode town for five cents. and
were left near the City hotel, where
we engaged 4 room and board for a
day for tlree dollars. We now found
ourselves strangers and alone in
the great and wicked city of the
south. Not having the back files of the
EAGLE 10 refer to bought copy of
the morning Picayune and proceeded
to answer in person some of the ad-
refreshments, "Rooms to rent" / re-
returned to the hotel at 2 p. m, and
had seen a good deal of the city, both
in doors and out of doors; lis streets,
its parks, its homes and public build
| ings and had more places on my list
where they were willing to take me in
than could occupy without being
BADLY scattered. Good rooms are
from 81 20 $50 day per person if
taken by the week or two; can be had
cheaper by the month. but | guess
very few stay the month out for the
sake of rebate on rent. We are very
pleasantly located in a private family
and pay S2.5 per day for board and
room for each person. There may be
places where you can get good accom-
modations for much less money but
The subscriber has not found them.
As near as | can figure il they propose
to make hay while the sun shines"
and there has not been much good hay
weather since the exposition opened.
However, II has been very pleasant
since our stay here. Sunday we Wis
tied Jackson Ignore and rested be-
meath orange .rees laden with ripe
fruit: attended church at the St. Louis
cathedral, near by; took peep at the
the French market. which beats any
| thing ever saw; almost every
thing under the sun that a
person wants to eat or drink
: here offered for sale In the after
noon took the street cars for Chal-
melie stopping at the United Stato.
| barracks: from the barracks we walk
| ed mile down the leyee TO the Ma
Iional cemetery where marble stones
mark the resting place of twelve
thousand of our soldiers. Its beau
tiful place and very nicely cared for,
rs it should be. Live oaks, pine,
magnoIias and other trees lend their
shade, while pleas ant walks and
| drives. paved with shells, and suitable
monuments and tablets in various
places, make the surroundings very
attractive. Went TO the French OPP
era house last night. Heard Patti
sing and '.Oh, she is just too sweet"
i believe that is the right word. |
took a steam yacht this morning and
visited the man of war, Tennessee,
living at anchor a short distance from
here, fine ship with twenty-five
heavy guns and four hundred and
fifty men. Fare for round trip twen-
ty-five cents. Went this afternoon by
steam cars to West End, summer re-
sort on the Lake. Stopping at the
cemeteries on Metarie Ridge, three
miles out, we find Il group of ccmeta-
ries called the City of the Dead. where
the sleepers lie in marble tones, in
stead of beneath the sod Water COM
Ing within one or two feet of the sur
face prevents interments in the earth.
Here are tombs costing twelve thous-
and dollars each and monuments of
Confederate soldiers. Orange trees
laden with fruit and other shade and
ornamental trees, with walk paved
with shells, withal a very beautiful
place, with many things of interest to
the visitor. New Orleans is very
queer old town. unlike anything that
we see north at least Some of its
streets are very wide with trees
through the center. Many of the
streets are very narrow. High fences
of wood or iron surround the resi-
dcnccs. The paved streets are quite
clean, the cross streets exceedingly
filthy. The city is fiat and drainage
poor. As | walked along the levee
the water in the river appeared TO be
from two 10 three feet higher than the
street. No building boom here. 1
have been from the barracks To the ex-
position ground and from the river TO
the west end. and | do not think |
have seen half a dozen houses in pro-
cess of erection during my stay. The
exposition i grand am proud of
Kansas, and all states, in fact. are
good: even Arkansas makes SPLEEN
did showing, especially in the line of
fruits. woods Bnd minerals. You find
everything under the light of the sun
within the grounds-except visitors.
The immense live oaks on the grounds