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Show MORE NOTES BY THE WAY. (KlvlTOKUL coftanscosotf Omvjfa, Oct. i, We letl Ogden on Tups' lay morning morn-ing with the sun shining brightly and m balmy an atmosphere reigning that the terrible storm of the week previous previ-ous seemed but a disagreeable dream. Away up the canons was the same overhanging cloudless sky, o'erlap-ping o'erlap-ping the "everlasting hilLs" with their snow -crow tied dumiliits; but when Kvanston w;is reachcxl the cold was suilicicntly intense to make heavy wraps and overcoats a necessity. It reminded me somewhat of a statement state-ment which I read when a boy, of two parliea meeting near Quito, South America; tho dwellers on tlie plains covering themselves with ex- tremely warm clothing, while those ! from the higher lands were reducing the weight of their wearing -apparel, leing oppressed with the hetit. Here at JEvanaton, it seemed as if "poortith winter" had indeed taken up ita alxjde for the scasfm; but, then, we hadn't reached Green river! As the train sped on, we found that the ground was snow-covered for hundreds hund-reds of miles, thedreury sage , plains being decked hi the same spotless mantle that just now covers the Wasatch Wa-satch peaks; and blushes, as the last glories of descending , day , fall upon it, . to eeo .. how the judicial ermine in Utah, which should emulate its . purity, -is bedraggled in the filth of politics rind' corrupt partisanship by petty epleen, il-gnverned vanity, and bitter fanaticism, fanati-cism, in tlie persona of men .making high pretensions to lofty morality and enlightened rectitude, who would fain convert tho benighted Mormons by bayonet and bullet, sh-rp indictments and swift convictions for any and all imaginary crimes, and with , whom confiscation is an object never' to be loat sight of. . . , , But through these reflections, for ihey assume that shape, every glance from the car windows reveals the interminable in-terminable snow, and, if the car door is opened, a gust of wind - penetrates as cold as the breath of the northern Ice Witch.. ; : 1 On Wednesday night, as we passed Julesburg, the train hurried, through large numbers of buftalo7" and antelope, ante-lope, and, when the hunters and high-mettled high-mettled men on board heard of it tlie next morning, there were various hasty has-ty plans formed to have "sport" in bringing down the behemoth of. tlie plains and his fleet: footed, limpid-eyed associate. Ex-Marshal Patrick proposed pro-posed a scheme in a short time, which bkls fair to work, as it is understood that he, and a few more from Omaha, will, start' back immediately, : fullv equipped and well-mounted, putting their horses in a box car, and themselves them-selves traveling by train until tljey reach the neighborhood where the slaughter is to begin. Buffalo meat at North Platte is selling for some three cents a pound. Why couldn't Salt Lake have a little of it, 1 even cheaper than beef is1 now sold? Less than a hundred and fifty per cent, proiit, nowever, wouia nave to be taken. Thursday moruing found us east of the snow line, east of the Wyoming Line, ami .traveling swiftly over ; the champagne country which forms the valley of the Platte, with its rich soil and 'boundless gra&i lands. Soon after noon the train reached Fremont, where mine host Sahlcr, of the sta-' tion dining hall, who had been a genial companion for many miles, doffed the guise of traveler, donned that of host, and ' extended his hospitality hos-pitality to his guests with gentlemanly courtesy. Fremont is a pleasant looking look-ing place, and the eating station is one of the best on the road. When crossing Loup Fork, Elk-horn, Elk-horn, and Papillion, a host of old-time old-time memories came trouping up, but the demands of this work-a-day ife of ours put them quickly to rout. Omaha does not seem to be changed -o greatly during the last, five years as I expected, which may, perhaps, be accounted for by. mentally measuring it with the growth of Salt Lake City in the same time. I visited the theatre at night, and like somoof those gentle journalists who visit Utah for information inform-ation and master "the situation" in eight hours, I gazed upon the faces of the assembled audience, "to see if I could note any evidence Qf the heartaches heart-aches which must be felt by such a people'" I saw among tlie women the same "introspective eyes," and "sorrowful countenances'' which Anna Dickenson saw among the women wo-men of .Utah, ''as if sumo' heavyweight heavy-weight of anguish pressed upon their hearts;" and among tlie men were the "coarse features, heavy jaws, and sensual appearance which denote the degradation of their system." This is simply bosh when applied- to Salt Luke City and I'laJT, for il is applicable all over the world', mid so far as I have travehd lus, taking the average population, a. lower per cunt-age cunt-age in the valleys of tho Wasaioh than in any one of the score of proniU ncnt places, in America, that could be readily named. Omaha is a thriving town, although it has had numerous difficulties to contend with in tho Last few years. Dr. Miller, the irrepressible and talented tal-ented editor of the Herald, informs me that more brick have been laid here this year, including those on public improvements, than in , any previou yir. Work it buing pushed on the lirge depot, for theU-'nion Pacific railroad, up or. tho 1.D1 tvhere the preC!i. terminus is, clove j the large brewery, and other proven:c::Ls are progressing. But in one-tiling one-tiling Otnaliii stands preeminent: Between Chicago and San Frj.tiico there is no such hotel as the Grand Central of tliis city. It is a msgruii-ccnt msgruii-ccnt structure, with an enterprising proprietor who ovidontly knows how to "ran a hotel," wide-awake, courteous cour-teous clerks, and attentive waiters. It has a capacity for two hundred and sixfy gucsls, with large, roomy apartments, apart-ments, handsome suites of rooms elegantly ele-gantly furnished, and is supplied with all the modern conveniences to be f-xi:d in lirst-cLtss hvtcls. Mr. Thrall, ihc proprietor, has a oml in the Hi:i:-ali Hi:i:-ali ami wiih i'uLs notice of Omaha's really magnificent hotel, J. will bid anii 1 1 to the bank-) of the "Big Muddy. Mud-dy. ' ' E. L. S. |