The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-09-14
ror the S ENTINFL.
rpIP NOTES ON THE BEAUTIFUL
OHIO.

The Ohio river with its fourishing
lilies which now command the respect
\ the commercial world, its bright towns
and villages on the border of broad level
r ,ch grain farms, or resting among lofty
bils of solid rock, and with its floating
nalaces and putting tuggs, ladened with
mineral and agricultural wealth gather>
I'd from along its own shores, with many
rharms of busy life and cheering scenes
Of mother nature, is truly the "Hudson
Of the West" The scenery from Cairo
all the way to Louisville increases in
Fssuty and gandure. The tourist will
he interested with the change from cot
ton to tobacco. The two products make
A marked difference in the condition and
General appearance of centers of trade.
Paducah and Evansville are strikingly in
contrast with Memphis. Other forces
make the contrast even greater. At
Cairo you will find the first Of the big
bridges that span the Ohio. This is be>
inc built by the 1llinoise Central folks
and will be in use the first of January
next. The tallest smoke stacks pass un-
der the spans with enough space above
them for another set put on ends at the
top, AT Henderson is the magnificent
Louisville and Nashville Railroad bridge
that cost q million and aquarter dollars.
Then two more bridges Of huge proper
tions JON Kentucky and Indiana at
Louisville, and arrangements are consum.
mated for a third, which will make 1T
much easier for run-aways from Louis
Vile who seek the favor of laxer mars
riace laws of the Heosier State. On an
average half dozen couples of Louis
Williams run over to Jeffersonville to
marry every week.
AS for marriages, they occur nineteen
day in Louisville. The biggest of all
the bridges is to be at Memphis; it is to
cost about seven millions. Hereisa bit OF
bridge, brag by the editor Of a great
Journal. The Courier Journal man says
,he day is not far distant when bridges
across the Ohio will be as thick as tele'
graph wires on Green Street.
About forty miles below Louisville w
came to the famous gas wells. A strong
company was organized about year ag'
whose object was to supply Louisville
with natural gas. Their motto was "ga
hades or china" They sunk severa
wells thousand or more feet and SURF
enough the gas burst forth with terrific
force. These wells were set on fire ant
left to burn nearly twelve months. Thi
esttled the question. And now the street
are torn up all over the city and the ga
now piped along the river forty miles
blows through the pipes here on tn
streets with sufficient force TO set tn
limbs wagging on the trees fifty, fee
away. This is seen when the end of
nine eight inches in diameter Is opene'
at the end in order to blow cut all tn
air and trash. If some of our Grenad
Young bloods are inclined t" gas now.
their time. The stock j. increasln
rapldlv. 1t started ] am told at 6ct
and is now quoted at go Cts on the dol
lar, The natural gas will be used fo
fuel. The fire place i made either lik
a coal CRATE or an old fashion countr
log fire with small apperatues in the sha1
Jumps of coal or logs OF wood, which
course are made of wrought iron re
sembling these fuels. What luxury
lust turn on the gas, throw in ligbte
match and your fire is made No ashe
no smoke, no sparks flying out on tn
Garnet or in your face, no smut-lndee
a red hot log fire that will burn on TO-
ever. And all this cheaper than col
or wood. The cost ofgas generating tn
same amount of heat as can be obtaine
from a ton ofcosl ranges in price frol
s1.25 TO $3.50.
did want to tell you about the min!
ling of the waters of the Ohio and tt
Mississippi at Cairo. The Ohio is cle'
while the Mississippi is mudy. The On
resembles a pure blushing damsel, I'll
Mississippi Is like strong man. Iht
are going to marry, celebrating the
nun :ials with Cairo officiating thoug
now flowing side by side and within tt
same banks, the two rivers are distln
and the dividing line between the muno
and clear waters visible some distance b
low the mouth of the OHIO.
The Ohio thinks herself fresher al
prettier than the giant>like Mississippi
and like tender shrinking maid W
refuses at first to become the 10Th
half' OF her over-grown lover, resis
for while, but finally seeing that 1t
destiny as sure as the law OF gravlt
tion. Yields herself up to the embra
and protection Of her mighty aihanc'
and the two are one forever. How Ike
marriage. What domestic felicity wo;
en- the land if all Joined in wedlo
were as truly agreed as the two rye
Happiness would flow like rlvei'
II was night when we passed Ca'
in-Rock. But the electric head-he
m our boat was turned into 1T as
slowly passed, and all the passengt
about sixty in number gazed into
old retreat of the famous robber, Jo
A. Murrell Thought of the proba
effects upon him and his band OF g
throats. could an electric head Il!
have been thrown in on them some di
rainy night. 1t would doubtless nj
brought into consciousness whatever
served nations there may have been
their creed with regard to the devil
hell-fre.
Our friendly old craft plowed into
docks at Louisville at s o'clock at nie
It is worth the whole trip to see
openings OF these huge watergates VIII
,;fts a steamboat higher ana higher Vi
she floats out in the curving canal uI
Tho wharf boat at the foot OF lou
Abo,t two hours ia the ti