Show EASTWARD BOUND omaha through Iowa Cedar rapids clinton we reached omaha at pm and lifter a brief delay crossed the river upon the celebrated new bridge to council is indeed a fine place upon a succession of rolling hills receding from the river it at presents a very fine appearance viewed from any position where the entire town can be teen the principal eminences are crowned either with palatial residences or imposing public edifices the slate house the finest building in the city to all appearances occupies the most prominent of these and can be seen from a distance of many miles this edifice I am told has been used for a public high school since the removal f the capitol to lincoln at council we behold one of the finest depot buildings in the west here we change cars taking either the C B Q C R I A P or the chicago northwestern just as ones fancy inclines they all leave the depot at the same hour and arrive jn chicago simultaneously as time bos the advantage concluded to take the chicago fe northwestern and thus far upon my journey find it all that could be desired the country through which it passes is very picturesque at this season of tho year the road is in an excellent condition and the cars are dimply superb the inter national dining room and sleeping car in which I traveled is very fine indeed the bill of fare is all thu the most fastidious taste of an epicurean could desire the waiters are polite and courteous the conductors approachable and all hands sociable to the extreme after leaving tho plains of nebraska which principally occupy the western part of the state we traverse a rolling hilly country towards the missouri the grass becomes more luxuriant and trees and shrubs more numerous as we proceed but nowhere do we fiill timber of any considerable size from omaha for a considerable distance toward the interior of iowa the country presents the same characteristic feas but is more thickly populated and in a higher stale of cultivation on reaching missouri valley junction a portion of our thain switched off for sioux city and the remaining cars go direct to chicago leaving he river up which we have traveled to this point we immediately enter a country of hills and glens beautifully variegated with growing crops grass and timber and dotted heie anil with fine farm houses garden aud orchards the sun is now fal receding behind the wast a radiant lustre kh M krew of nature ih rounding landscape ant nights est in our moving palace and the morning un greets us at celar aw y down in I a chis city contains about inhabitants and eem to be a of samo commercial importance aiom this point on we pass alir ugh a succession of and livni lov ni some lar largene geme small but all remarks bla rr niia generally occupying the crest of soilo kroml nent hill and su rounded upon all sides with beautiful green fields and groves of timber clinton in reached at am the town contains abou inhabitants and ia ft great depot tor lumber ten arge gleam saw mills re located along the river at this point each of which is capable of turning out from to trot of lumber per day the iron bridge on which wa the at clinton is a mile in length ad though not equal in character of construction to the mis liga ippi bridge at omaha it is a very fine structure large steamer he roo red here and either side of tha river ia lined with saw logs sent down from the celebrated pine nin ve goon meet the western mil train I must cl SP in he KI write to you not from chicago at which point we will arrive ai pm X |