The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-20
WITNESSED fl ROBBERY.
Rev. Henry Beer Saw a Fellow
Held Up at Fort North,
Texas.
United States Soldiers and Apache
Scouts After Apache
MurdererS.

To THE ED1roR:-Many of your
readers will. 1 know, be glad to learn
that we arrived here to-day, without
any mishap.
We spent week in Minneapolis
and a week in Chicago. 1t was my
first visit to the latter city, and l have
not very pleasant memory of it, so
far as weather is concerned. 1t was
foggy nearly all the time, the sun on
ly peeping out about three times dur
ing the whole week. There was also
fall of snow to the depth of foot or
more, and then came the slush on the
streets, and 1 never saw the equal OF
it. To counterbalance the unpleasant
weather, we met with the utmost kind
ness from the people, and had the
privilege of addressing the congrega'
ton of the Church of the Redeemer
and Christ Church on Sunday, Feb.
I'd.
We left Chicago on Thursday, the
sixth, at II a. M, taking the Judson
Excursion car. This costs six dollars
berth or twelve dollars section,
and by carrying your own provisions
you can keep the expenses down to a
somewhat moderate price. AS cler-
gyman I got rates for self and wife
for $37 so each, so that $50 paid for
trip from Chicago to Los Angeles,
that is $75 for fare and $12 for sleep
or. Between Chicago and st. Louis
we had some snow and saw consider
able running water. The country
seemed good from an agricultural
point of view, but after we left St.
Louis until within about four hours of
Los Angeles the country does not
amount to much, and through Texas,
Arizona and the greater part of Cali
fornia, it is nothing but bowling
wilderness.
In Texas, 1 saw, for the first time,
the prairie dog. They appeared near
ly as large as cotton tail rabbit, and
sat up like gophers. They have short
tails and we're more plentiful than I
ever saw gophers at any time. With
the exception of crows and few
small birds, and the prairie dogs there
was no wild animal life to be seen, but
all along at intervals we saw cattle
sometimes in large numbers, and how
they managed to exist is mystery to
me. The number of carcases I saw
scattered all along, plainly proved
that the poor beasts had hard strug
gle for existence, and these carcases
also accounted for the presence of the
crows.
We met with no adventures by thu
way. We we're not held up, but ont
old man was hustled by three fellows
at Fort North. They entered the car
riage next to ours, when all the pas
sengers were out on the platform, ant
began to try to rob the old man, bu
he struggled with them and just thel
a lady and gentleman passenger re
entered the car, and the fellow
thought it best to get out.
! Through Arizona we saw larg
quantities of mistletoe growing on tn
oak trees, and we have sent smal
box full to Mrs. Ward for distribution
hope she will receive it in good con
dition.
| At El Paso yesterday morning vi
saw plenty of Mexican men and wo
men. The men wear felt hats will
tall crowns, like an over-grown thin
ble with broad brim to it. A larg
number of them were also wearing
blanket over their shoulders or YER,
large, gaudy, woolen mufHer. Th'
weather was so warm that we strollet
about without overcoats, and enjoyed
the bright sun and genial air. The,
we're sprinkling the streets and to u
it seemed like bright May day.