Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-07-10

IsDIAEAPoLI3 July 3, 1886
ED1Toss STANDARDIZATION lae, tuot,E
the columns of your paper, to sar fsw wor3s
to those who may be going westward. Wse'a-
er for pleasure, business purpose, Or % seek
new home. Travellers wishing II visit he
northern portion Of Illinois. or love. e.uay
do better than to take the Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad, west from CLicsgo- This
railroad is second to none in the county, The
perfect suoothness of its track, snd the safe
ty with which passengers and goods Gro ,rsns-
ported from point to point, by it The man-
ayers Of the Chicago and Rock islaDa Rail-
soad. sre doing all that money and skill
combined with sleepies5 ensrgy,-can 's,
to make it one Of the best roads in America,
We know many of the officers who manage
this road, and take pleasure is saying that
no road can boast of a more competent, GEN.
tlemanly and obliging corps. from President
to switch-tender than this. They have in
view the comfort If all who pass Oyer their
road, AMI its Conductors have become pro
verbally polite. The country between Chi
cago and the Mississippi--going the route
Of the Rock Island Railroad-and in the
perhaps, as rich in all the elements OF pros
perity, as any portion of the United States
Rock Island and Davenportis one Of the most
ronantically beautiful spots that we have
ever looked upon. Its hills and valleys, for
est and river-its bold and picturesque fore.
grounds of bluffs, clumps of trees and beautiful
| ly planed dwelliDgs-its broad river spr, a /
out like silver lake, intercepted below with
beautiful Islands, where willows bend aud
weep over it, and dress their yellow hair in
its mrrored waters, stirred not by the rude
canoe, but by many splendid steamers its
grand, magnificent bridge, spanning gracefully
RE father of waters" Rock l@is-. '-s-if
with oIden ruins Of "Fort Af..slroRg, 3
| Black Hhwk,s cave, and rock l,na1 4to -,
with cur dreams of forcie5 a'-ar. due7o
still lingering around, % 'lend enenaatm5it
1 to the view and transport as back 60 savaoe
warfare in the early settlement OF ihe cunn-
try--its receding hills ard enchanting hlue
distance where the limitess prairie lies like
lake, doubtful and dim, over whose far OF
surface steals half transparent yapoF, stirred
by the Iron Horse, . with his shrii cry start
ing the wild bird from her native fern, as he
rushes westward almost to the verse OF civ
ilization. Davenport, Moline, Camden and
! Rock Island IN the centre, all within = circle
of FIVE miles, have now over thitv thousand
inhabitants. They are poia', " possessed
! of advantages that are rapidly heins devel-
/ oped /; and the traveller looks upon them and
wonders, and his Imagination tindies ne.
ture OF the distant future, eniivenei by an
4 amount of business and an aggregate Of hap
pinesS rot to be excelled in any quarter Of
1 the globe Illinois is destined to he onn Of
the richest States in the cnnfedegaey, ana tho
emigrant who first broke the soil on her
prairies, and erected his rude cabin, NAY lirr
to see a population here, whose numbers
shall ontyie the densest OF the Lasterh StatVs,
and whose prosperity shall exceed theirs As
they now exceed the poorest and most
sparsely settled regions of the newest Tenn
tories-for certain IT is now, that Illinois l.
one of the happiest and most prosperous
States, and is ranking among the nfst Stste'
of the Union.
There Is no place in the United state:
where person travelling tor pleasure or to
see the country, can pass week with more
satisfaction to himself than at Rock Island
Here You will find what you don't always
find In the West. a good Hotel. very
necessary and pleasant institution Tor 'rsv'
; eler.U and one which cannot b ton highlT
priced. The Island City Hotel, i9 tlotc
West" but the same institution under ihs
same auspices, Mr. Stanly, wonld DO
Hotel still even beside the Burnett House
and will compare favorahlv with tbs, Dotec
House OF any other. We doh't puff
, Hotels, and all We have to say o, lhis one j.
any one stopping at the Island City shcui,
they ever 60 there, viii fiad thoUso-7esc'1l
o Portable a. far IS Hotel fare can % N al
: conducive, or Mr.. Stanly win nor 10 TN
d same Uucis Ben 4" he was Hher W vef
lthsrs, RAMBLER.