Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

and the second IN size in the United
States, Is IN the west part of the city.
and about four miles from the river,
1t Is covered with natural forest.
through which picturesque drives
and walks have been constructed.
with a plentiful supply of artificial
lskes, fo1n. aims, padogas AMI sum-
mer houses There in the park they
have large menagerie, in which ara
animals from all parts of the United
tates.
Tower Grove Park is in the south
western part of the city. Henry
Shaw gave it to the CITY, after n
dornin3 it with the rarest and most
beautiful shrubbery and flowers
constructing walks, grostos, fountains.
ponds, drives etc. Shaws Garden
Just north of Tower Grove and adj.
joining this park contains Specimens
OF all the flowers of the known
world, collected at an enormous ONT
Lafayette is small park. but one
of the finest. This park was alfn1st
completely DESTROYED by the disoss
trous Cyclone of May 1896; but they
ara gradually building it up. The
effects OF the cyclone may still be
seen.
The principal buildings of ST
Louis worthy of special attention are
The Custom Hou e. Post Office. the
New City Hall. Court House the
Museum Of Fine Ar,s Public Schools
Union Trust building and Expos-
ftion building. The Exposition
building IS the largest structure of
It's Kind IN the world. Every wear
for forty daysit is thrown OPEN n
The Public.
The large Eds bridge STRETCHING,
ats massive arch to the Illinois
shore Is an object OF interest. About
a mile further up the liver. the MGR.
chants bridge also connects the two
shores.
Westward from the river for twelve
blocks, lies the bu-iness center of the
city, first comicg the extensive
Wholesale Houses, some beng the
largest Of the hind in the world.
One day thought | would ike To
see one Of the breweries, 50 a friend
of mine and myself started for An
heuser Busch Much as we abhor
the bu mess of these establishments
it must be admitted TINT they ara
interesting places to visit. When
we arrived there we registered. and
waited for the guide There were
about t enty people waiting to 90
through the Enlistment. The
guide first showed us the fine horses
and gold mounted harness and then
the conveying uparatus, for there
zee bu5gles or every description.
We went through a few more build-
mgs including the lee Plant and
then went TO Lemps. he gnide
here said be would not show us fine
stables. harness etc, but som thing
we did Lot see every day and he
kept MS word. He took us in one of
ne buildings, where We put on rub.
Der coats, and then after lighting =
small lantern we started on cur
way to the caves.
We went through eight cellars. one
upon the other and then came to tbe
most int resting place ofail-"a natu.
"a! cave. The guide TOOK Us through
a door about two feet thicx which led
TO the cave. He turned Oh the cleo.
trio lights and here we were standing
on the banks of dirty, sluggish
stream There was u bridge about a
loot and half wide with small
hand rail on one side to steady Won
as you walked across, for the boards
were covered with slime.
lay.
The stream was about a block
long. and then went through a hole
IN the solid roek. The cave was
about twenty five feet high, and went
through hole in the solid rock 10
the other cave We walked in Il is
for about eieht-hundred feet Az
then turned Off and came 60 come
more water. This was called the
'Bottomless Pit"