The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-04
Letter from Missouri.
Il CORRESPONDENCE OF the journal.


sunny South is today carpeted with
about ten inches of pure white snow. Sun
day mornings predictions for weather
were: "Missouri and Kansas, light rain,
colder by Sunday night; variable winds. =
The predictions We're not verified to the
letter Shortly after noon on Sunday,
light snow began to fall, and toward night
began to increase in force, with increas
ing winds from the north, until three
O clock on Monday afternoon The Their
mometer yielded to the outside pressure
below zero during last night. Today
scarcely amy one is upon the streets eX-
cent those who are compelled to be out;
business has been for two days greatly re-
tarded Your correspondent. who has
brayed several Maine WinteI>. has not been
on the street since returning from church
on Sunday night. Two OF his boys, re
tuning from ullege yesterday noon, came
into tine house with frozen ears. AS |
white. three C. clock Tuesday afternoon.
HE sln is Singing brightly, lut as the
" nj is still from the north the prospect
j. GOOD inI "a day al TWO at good sleighin9:
.ut unfortunately we are minus sleighs.
sven tho boys. who have revelled III the
lINuIN eff a Maine winter, with Sleigh rides,
..oustiug. tobboggaling and al the other
ii an
eid,llt to life in Maine. are crippled for
want ot the necessary implements of pleas
ure tol such time as this. One has I'M
de1taken the task OF manufacturing a
sleigh this afternoon.
Springfield as some OF your readers are
aware is situated on the Ozark range OF
mountains. in the south western part OF
the State, 23S miles southwest of st. Lou
is. The population is about twenty-five
thousand. Though a Southern city, and
during the late unpleasantness the scene
II battles. its population has been greatly
modified by the incoming of people from
MANY OF the Northern States. Here are
several Maine people: many from Iowa.
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas
and Indiana, as well as from the Southern
and southern portion, distinguished as
Old Town and New Town. Old Town. as
its name will indicate. is older than the
new. Here stands the Square. the Court
House and many 81 the principal business
houses of the city The building of the
Frisco r. r. one and one half miles
north Of Old Town. led to the furnishing
of hotel accommodations, and gradually
10 the erection of business houses and resi-
dences The more recent location of the
..Friscu' shops north of the Frisco track.
with its 700 employees. has given tremen-
dous impetus to this part of the city,
until today ii has one of the finest bust
ness streets often met with in places of
lis size. The pavement of the street is
brick and is as free from mud III Will
ten as in summer The Studebaker Wagon
Works of South Bend, Indiana. recently
built and opened a magnificent depository
on this street. in addition to several new
buildings erected during the past year.
Considerable rivalry has existed between
the two towns, IN effort was made to
locate the new government building in Old
government officers. An earnest. deter
mined and successful effort was then made
to oct this decision reversed in favor Of {,
location between the two towns. The
result is that the building is in process OF
erection about Il half mile north of the
Square on the principal street between
the two towns. When completed this will
be an ornament 10 the city, as well as a
source OF joy and pride,
Two lines of railroad run through the
city. the ''Frisco; running east and west
and the memphis running Northeast,
cellent system of electric ear line two
parks. cemeteries and numerous churches.
school houses and halls, and two Opera
Houses. one just opened.
\ Mining Convention was held here re-
Gently, in which were many representatives
from the surrounding counties of the State
and northern Arkansas. More than 40C
debates We're present. The whole re-
gion is rich in its mineral deposits of coal,
iron, lead. zinc and onyx. These varied
resources are only in the infancy of thel
development. Fruit culture is yet in it's
infancy, but it is big with promise. AT
some future time, when am in position
to secure the necessary facts, | will give
YOU some details of the fruit industry.
with description of some of the fruit
farms, which yield the proprietors thous-
ands Of dollars profit in one year.
The climate here. with the exception OF
frequent changes. is delightful. Ice was
cut last week for the first time in three
years. In summer, while the sun is hot
the shade is cool and refreshing and witt
scarcely an exception the nights are pleas
ant. AS soon as the sun goes down, q
delightful atmosphere prevails, and You
sleep to awake refreshed and reinvigora-
ted for the labors of the next day. Three
daily newspapers are published here, d
Republican paper in the morning, and a