The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-23

consider them excellent men VIII,
are doing a nice thriving business
called on DIR. c. G. Moyer, a sol
OF Henry Moycr of Jackson town
ship, this county, who has mic,
suite OF rooms and is ENJOYING ;
lucrative practice. Through tn,
kindness Of Squire Gift and Mr.
Leonard | was shown through tn,
capitol, where met Mr.. Wolf, tn,
Commissioner of Public Lands anc
Buildings, in whose office Mr.. Gift
IS employed. ! also had the pleas
ur" OF meeting Governor Povntcr
! consider Llncoln one of the grow
ing towns of the West. | left Lin.
coin Monday evening, July l6, ar.
rived at Omaha and stopped at tn,
Midland.
THE SIGHTS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
81 lett Omaha on the Chicap,
and Northwestern, Tuesday morn.
ing, July II, at 6:5j and went t,
Huron, South Dakota, which had
been the rival town for the capital
Here ! changed ears for Aberdeen
whore ! arrived at 10 o'clock y. m
| stopped at the Ward Hotel and
got a good nights rest. Next morn
ing called OH DR.. ID. +. Swengcl
whom ! took by surprise just as h,
was getting up. The Doctor dis.
pe"scd with his business and cancel
ed all his professional engagements
| took dinner with him at the Aber-
deen where he boards. After din
ner he took me over to his farm 7
miles distant and showed me around
the place. lie has $50 tons of hay.
He bought up all the grass he could
which he was enabled to do at ten
cents an acre. He has so head of
cattle, 40 of which are cows, 80
horses and a large number OF other
stock. There is no grain in South
Dakota this year. 1t was frozen
out. There was plenty OF rain ev-
erywhcre visited except in South
Dakota. We then returned to Abb
erdcen and he showed me the town.
This is a distributing point and has
Il population OF 5000 people. They
have department stores and whole
sale houses.
"Thursday, July 10, ! left Abcr-
dcen Tor Huron, then took the G. ~
\. W. for Pierre. On the latter trip
our train ran into herd of cattle
lying on the track at Dramhall at
ten p. m. Fourteen head of cattle
were killed and the engine was
thrown from the track. The wreck
occurred about ten o'clock ut night
aud at 1890 we drove to Highmore,
a place Of 500 people, arriving
there about 2 Il. N. Next day !
reached Pierre, the capital of South
Dakota and stopped at the Locke
Hotel, which has a swimming pool
supplied by hot water spring with
water claimed to have medicinal vir-
tues. 1t is a booming town sup
piled with natural gas. There are
124 miles from Huron to Pierre and
it is great cattle country. 1t is
good for nothing but raising cattle.
Every few miles on both sides of the
railroad Tor the entire distance herds
of cattle consisting of 800 to 400
head could be seen. Pierre is situ-
atcd on the banks of the Missouri.
Saturday, July q, left for Huron,
took dinner at the Il. Il. House
changed cars and travelled to Alton,
then changed cars tor Des Moines,
Iowa.
A SHORT STAY IN DES MOINES.
81 arrived at Des Moines Sunday
morning, July %, at 4 A. M. I
stopped with Cousin Luther Ruhl,
general agent of the Emerson Manu-
featuring Co. of Rockford, Ills.
This is about the incest town there
is in the West. They certainly have
the incest capital buildings 1 ever
saw. They have 144 miles of paved
streets. Grant Avenue is the finest
| ever saw. l was hunting Capt.
Joseph Orwig, but learned he was
the postmaster of a town in Missouri.
| met his brother, Capt. Thomas
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