Show k arr I ii JI Z I I a artur rr tur at town iowa pili foll ak I e 14 I arif r ra g f i bev tile iI eiith Z itH D A irta e a n d n I TB I tt T t AJ r 11 L D our ur party reached omaha at friday after advery a very pleasant ney odb b of ftc the t aln ca leaving hoine a heavy it cavy snowstorm has prot tailed along the liap of he av OT at 11 ja culp impeding ing bur pro rem somewhat on the western w end of the road but when the casy grades and long tangents of the nebraska feet ion were reached ferhad no dif ji cally in aci regaining a u all the time that iraq nail been eel as and tere ero enabled to r i i MAITA I f prompt promptly it on time after procuring tickets oke an we deboard board th Osame aram aua conveyed across the celebrated celebrate i iron ron tubular briam to vier handsome a acom lis dyet at V f the th oab Q C C WN IV S II 11 ap fc r t and chicago ck northwestern it II 11 co pathe the op hide of ilie tile river r vt PAT at this tills ai it facts J S hunter N X IV haws laws oharles harles martinau martinac Marti nau antl and wo G bhul viul took the babash wabash Va bash I t tS ouia D val ire R RR R r borst ai st louis from point they will go td Nane td meet I r ibe moreen eldera B I B 11 P T D belnap cenap a and rohn J osmond will fab follow I low to minnesota A W buchanan and J W coons took ohp CB Q for sot somo point int ill jowa to relatives lip tho re mainor of our party go down to chicago elders IV 11 wright and vf IV IV burton remained one dabit omaha calip I lien they also in f al gab k and aud thence t to arc tit in in wisconsin and the E east t the former to visit rela ahe I v alid tho thol latter atter upon bus business iness we bade goodby good by and god speed to it us at coun ci sy an ald diar Y routes foe to oun SEVERAL viuda OI 01 LABOR LA rolt it waa aas late before our t train rain null pull f the couill bouws us depot deot i we e were ip in darka larka cupl sef irb I rho tong day jay which bad been brig bight litand and sunny bearin bearing man many y q to I C returning spring jer br ili i aija fc dark anagno on r night black clouda en shrouded id tio th sky u upon on every side and all seemed to indicate n tl ichao tho near licar approach of a fi from amid thia this fleeth of darkness s the bright glare odi stant prairie arn iric firc shed a lurid larid ominous lobe iob of bf ci clouds oun W which P lich enveloped bif vif len dingi I ai a to the distant aliv i coriz horizons jj i A nights rest wasen was enjoyed 40 by all au ho dawning f in othar day found us I AWAY DOWN itt IN he had now completely changed we had passed from tle C chilling i pa bleak ands andt ando 1100 t lim of ti it fr i to tho grass I tl A 1118 of nebraska ka k baj but ting this I a na of spring jig the gently undulating hills vere were undisturbed ly by the husbandman and everywhere were eyet yet edwith with tho the first verdure vcr dure the forc roxre ip and potting f forth or tai iu t their beir foliage and the sweet influence n offering off ia pring prin filled all ri nature atura with tit afta ad frd warbling ing of birds bird is gave melody to the tile d day and nd all as loy oy and gladness V we r reached clinton at a ni ill alad d relied IS ad 10 ifa on an all iron bridge nearly a mile in len tho afi bamfor a considers vie alb diata a above and below the b I W ri lie J wili Jop i from tho the I i 11 ir t jf groves f i I of f W wisconsin I i n s n while its banks were f m lumden croul the nume numerous rou roul steam saw nulls which rind con constant employment at titis point tart tow it of bf camton n contains about abo t inhabitant and vic adi a U it rilla i kp vergin verging wel tsi ty r cr aalt and ano r about u 10 go more nio to luis mid tobt ol 01 ic of the most c extensive I 11 IME P pr W CID scipion tion a of the etc W t I arbetter aW better facilities f for I i D point a lp ali it andu I pi fj alte aasc soon meet the w western tern cx ex I V fraternally rater nally yours Jos BluA WEST on G l N W W april 14 t |