Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-09
Notes from Stevenson.
Wells, Nevada, March o, 1894.

WELLS, Nevada, March o, 1894.
Editor D,scrtt AcUg
Our party, consisting OF four, find
Ourselves az Wells, on the southern
Pacific railroad, 2j7 miles almost
directly north Of the Salt Lake City
line aud out on the desert northwest uf
the Great Salt Lake. 10 is a;3la M,
Halt Lake time. Tho morning 10 clear,
CJid ami very windy, with three or
four Inches Of snow and some deep
drifts. some little shovr'iug Is being
done. The town h small, with some
wells anu wind.mIlH The elevation
-Ht this place 5,b2s feet above FeA
level and tho whole country looks like
a failure excepting Tor sheep that could
eat sage brush anu lick snow.
Since the cut rate this route IL large.
ly patfoniked; the cars are often too
crowded Tor comfort. There was com
siderable complaining with the passeu'
gers after changing cars for tue West,
many saying that the accommodation
aud class OF ears dil not compare with
the other lines they had been riding
on, My opinion u a change fof the
better would be uTodita0lo 10 the rail.
road company IN many respects. l
ghrtein refusal was maize at Ogden 10
techeck baggage only 10 the end VI the
journey, As Tor Instance with tickets 10
Los Angeles, with etop.Ovet privileges
In California. Those desiring 10 stop
oyerAt San FrRncisco would have 10 lay
over without their luggage OF DO ~
some have had 10 do, tug away AMI en-.
cumber themselves with their grips. |
L.. Ia b HHHNu
should be Immediately romUdled. The
railway also should give better accom-.
mutations 10 passengers.
We are following over the old Call.
fltnia emigTAnt trail AMI soon will be
going down the Humboldt river Gu
our way o. this place and calling at
Pennington 10 enlarge cur company,
our attention was called 10 au old relic
la the form Ul deed maue out aud
dated July 1857, synopsis at which
/ hui quite tufu viii interest many OF
yoIr Iraier-, ~ II pertains ~ nn lnde.
pendence, Jackson county, Mo-, In.
horitence deel from Edward Partridge
county OF Caldwell and state OF
AiitH1url, Tor the consideration Of "unu
hundred aud twUnIy-siX (sl2BU0l dol.
Louis Abbot, Of tue county aud state
aiOresAiJ, DO grant, bargain aud cell uu.
10 the said Louis Abbot anu his heirs
forever tho following described parcel,
II Dring u part VI the nofthW esl quarter
Of section No. thirty three (S8l west,
tOwnthip fOtty.ninu (i0) north, range
thiTty three (SS), aud bounded aH iOl.
lows: Commencing NJ the center OF
said section thlrly.thTou 1887, thence
running west tiguty (5O) TuIs, thence
north lorty-twO (g2) rods, east eighty
tsUl, south foTly'twI (i2l rods 10 the
place OF boginningi tweuty.one acres
VI land. EDWAHD PARTRIDGE.
LYDIA fAKIBiDuE.
Dated 27ih july, 1871, ~ presence OF
w, W. Phelps, Isaac Nor ey.
After the death Of Brother Abbot,
HON | well knew Ia Far West, Mia
souri, tns before mentioned ldeed
paced into several hauus aud finally
- the present pussessJr, Thomas
Abbot. IL WAS recently iUuuI among
lot Of mOth.raton paper, but the
deed was intact Hud VOL preserved,
and may DO Clasrod VI an old relic.
Brother Thomas Abbot HlsO has "a I'M
uuuh, 4 inches square ami B inches In
irugtn, maize Ia 1884, Tor Do. Thomas
II. MaiHh. Sull uuOlnur ltum iutUfest.
ing 10 mt, IL thar wnvn 1 was learning
my tfpuu ln Missouri, 1 mauo the
uu Trunk for "A medicine chest.
j., STEVENSON,