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Show NOTES FItOM THE EAST. Troipcrlly In Ytliioiuln. Tho Taper. inaklug Industry. Tli HI. Louti, Mo., Hoods. IXUor Vetcrtt Acitf: This part of Wisconsin la now seen at Its best, the trees now being In bloom aud thn tilUt and valleys oov-ertd oov-ertd with luxuriant verdure. It It a very productive region and tho Inhabitants In-habitants appear to bn generally pros perous. Tho Fox river, which courses through Appleton,-Is ononf the finest streams In America for furnishing water power, and 11 Is being very gen. erally utilised by the establishment of paper mills, grist tulllt and other raanu faclurss along Its banks. The great number of paper mills locattd liithlt region consumed such large quantities nf spruce and poplar that Ihoacciselblo supply within a reasonable reason-able radius, which was thought ten or a dozen years ago to be exiiHustless, seemed likely to give out, but now a new eourctt of supply hasbeeu opened up lu Canada, wliero It exists In large quantities, aud from which point it It Iloatrd over tbo lakes on rafts and then down the river and canal on bariitts. Tho toper making Inuluci, nf which this Is one of the chlul centres, has un-dtrcmo un-dtrcmo in almost complete revolution In the pot fifteen years, wood having very largely taken tha plaoo of tho rag-fibre, lormerlr used, and notwithstanding notwith-standing the prices of paper have to greatly deprelcatcd, the machinery for the manufacture of the rame haa been correepoaJlngly improved, eo that the manufacturers have In many Instances become Immensely rich. This It a great grain producing pro-ducing region, too, and not subject tilhedrawhackt In theway of floods that Ibe Mississippi valley Is, where the suflerlug haa been very groat during the past few weeks from this came, I visited Ht. Louis day before yetter-dsy yetter-dsy and found almost everything ou the east sldo of Ibe river lu that region afloat. For tinny miles out from Hie river the houses were surrounded by water and very generally abnndoned by the Inhabitants, many of whom were to be aen addllug about In Itu-1 Itu-1 rovlH-d canoet or boats, fishing out cfletts that were Indaugerof floating away. Tho railway tracks, too, were submerged to tuclt an extent at to render ren-der tratel thereon very slow and hal-ardour. hal-ardour. The cro In luiny part of Illinois, so far aa I wat able to observe ob-serve from traveling through by train, teemed to la very greatly damaged, and, In a few localities, ap)reutly totally destroyed by tho flood. One good result that Is likely to accrue ac-crue from the prereut high wator la the elevation of the railway tracks thai extend for long distances along Ihe riven which overflow, aud Iho consequent conse-quent protection from Inundation of the adjoining farms and villages. The Inhabitant of Last HI. Louis atoes-!eclally atoes-!eclally counting on this. The dlslnes resulting from the Hoods has appealnd lolbe charitable, and 111 Is encouraging to observe Hie response which Is being made thereto, me milk or human klndataa It not all dried up In the brcaitt of Ihe eop!o of this nation, and Iboro Is no lack of inch iubllo enterprise-! at Hie VjiLWs. riafcA ol Ht. IjouIs to remind Ihe charitable chari-table of tbelr duty and hi a J tho list with a handsome contribution. (1. C. L. Aft 1 fcTO.v, Wis., JuneS, 1801. |
