Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-14
JOURNEYING BY RAIL.
A Washingtonian's Trip to the Yellow
stone.


stone.
THROUGH CINCINNATI AND cHIcAeo-THB EMF
GRANTS AT ST. PAUL-AcRoss pAK6TA's FERTILE
PLAINs-oRowINa TOWNS ALONG THE ROAD
FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE REAUTIFUI YELLOWSTONE
Correspondence of TIE EVENING STAR.
LIVINGSTON, Mont, September 2.
After leaving Washington our first stop was
| at Charlottesville, place celebrated for It's
grape culture and beautiful surroundings. 1t
is here that the University of Virginia, founded
| by Jefferson, is located and one II the largest
| and best telescopes is handled Prof. Stone
| in connection with said university. We stopped
| for supper and were joined at our table by
| gentleman and his wife, the man about sixty
| five and the new wife about twenty-fve-De-
cember and May. But in the use Of the wine
| glass May far exceeded December, as che
helped herself to two or three glasses Of wine
after her husband had been supplied and the
waiter ceased to pass the decanter. She drank
| with relish and avidity quite remark
| able. We continued our Journey west
until we struck the Ohio river, whose banks We
| followed up to Cincinnati. As our train was an
| hour late we were Obliged to spend the day
there, which we did with much pleasure, meet
ing an old friend Col. John w. Frazer, form
|
many mysteries Of interest about that city. We
took the cable road and went UP the incline
and had a fine view OF the city in the valley be-
meath. We also visited the geological gardens
| (said by SOME to be the finest in the country,
| and III the size, quality and character of the
animdls it is but in variety and quantity it's
not equal to the Philadelphia garden. The
colonel also pointed out the wet corner"
! where nine saloons are located in nine consect-
tive buildings, six on one street and three on
| ring he of ha lfvpl
| with the nine
ON THE CHICAGO AND ST. PAUL.
Leaving Cincinnati in the evening We arrived
at Chicago the next morning, where We spent
the day by driving up the lake shore, examin-
ing. the water works, where they claim to have
the largest engine in operation in the United
States visiting the Jail and inspecting the cells
| where were confined the anarchists, &c. We
also met our old Washington friend, Prof. Jesse
| Chrlsty, now q professor In one OF the local
| colleges.
| Leaving Chicago in the afternoon we went
| by the way of Milwaukee to ST. Paul Here we
spent the day, and although i'll winter the Their
mometer goes below the fdrties yet the 5iSt
day OF August We found several degrees warmer
than any day We have had in Washington this
season. We visited the many points OF interest
| about the city-their great iron bridge over
| the Mississippi river, which Is the theme of
| their boasting, az well as the place of their
wonderful ice palaces in the winter. The
| grand union depot was thronged with people
OF all ages, colors, nationalities and conditions,
largely being
| MIGRANTS TO THE WEST.
A little woman, with six or eight little children
abouther, some happy some crying and all cling
ing to her, anda great big husband off somewhere
else with a group of men smoking and drink
| ing, was not an, infreqIent sight. All these
people had not only their babies but largely
| haIr hutt nt, IN
| were burdened with great rolls of clothing
| bedclothes, rations, tincups. pots, pans and
kettles, cooking their own meals as they went.
One mother, with pair Of twins, had two
gallon jars filed with milk in a grip bag, which
she carried in addition to her babies while the
| rest OF this children carried the remainder of
the bedding, and, If there was anything left,
the husband carried it, together with his pipe
| and such quantities of beer as he had been
| able to appropriate. 1t Seemed to me that
quite as many left by the Canadian Pacific as
by the Northern Pacific. We started
on OUR RUN WEST
| Of over two thousand miles to Tacoma w T..
| without change Of cars. We passed in quite
quick succession Anoka, Elk River, East ST.
Cloud, st. Cloud Rapids, Little Falls Brainerd
Wadena Junction, Detroit, Winniped Junction
| Fargo, Valley City, jamestown. CRYSTAL Springs
Steele and Bismarck, Nd. AL Of these places
are small settlements, scattered along 43O miles
| mainly through Northern Dakota. The land l.
one vast plain, scarcely a tree to be seen, the
improvements, with very few exceptions. being
small frame structures securely bank ed around
with earth so that no wind can get beneath them
/ saw one small building at jamestown banked
clear up TO the eavess The wind is, and has
beeen all OF the time since We left st. Paul,
blowing very hard-to me a gale, but tothe set
tiers whom meet at the various stations q
| moderate breeze.
| BISMARCK
is located on the east bank Of the Missouri
river and is, judge, quite fourishing town
The Improvements, peculiar to this section OF
the country, suggest haste and want OF
materials and means in their construction,
The Missouri river at this point is as broad as
the Potomac at the Georgetown bridge and
has very rapid and strong current. The
Northern Pacific iron railroad bridge over it is
quite remarkable piece of engineering. II
| crosses the river at an altitude Of about eighty
feet and consists of two spans.
Mandan, on the west side Of the Missouri
| river, Is quite hourishing village. One very
| remarkable feature of this country is that prior
to the construction Of this railroad it was un-
| Inhabited, but now, in the few years that have
passed since its completion, villages and settle
ments are springing up all along the line, and
yet there are
MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF ACRES
OF these vast plains with soil as rich az a
garden that are untouched. Ihave sometimes
| wondered what we would do with our people
in few years, the nation is increasing so
rapidly, but the question is quite satisfactorily
| solved to me by view of these great plains.
for you can COLOMBO the present population of
| the United States in the two Dakotas and have
land to spare. When you ride four days on q
| limited train across vast tract Of county as
rich in its soil as can be and as vet COMPARE
lively unsettled (for the settlements to which 1
have referred are mere specks upon the sur
face OF the county, you will get an idea that
there is plenty Of land and to spare for the
| future great American nation.
| We sped toward the west, passing Dickinson
and Medora, where, at the latter place, we
| crossed the Little Missouri river. Both Of these
places are quite tourishing towns. After
| leaving In the river We encountered a change
OF atmosphere-from q strong hot wind it
changed to q cold damp storm which chilled
everybody through, and the overcoats and
heavy wraps were brought into use The
| thermometer fell to sixty, the clouds were
black and suggested winter weather This
weather continued until We reached Glendiye
Mont, and here we obtained our fist view Of
the Yell owstone river.
| THE BAD LANDS,
Agreat tract Of land in the west Of Dakota
through which we passed is known as the Dad
Lands" OF Dakota, and they are correctly named.
The land is utterly worthless and consists of
gullles, precipices, barren hills, &C. all void
or vegetation. The PASSENGERS and railroad