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md Stores. This place was tls,tcd by tho gusr-
sc,on. as tho vote At the last ELECTION shows.
nSs,ss t,s0n ',ns oith
hic%ory ard clms; the g.ound Is rolling, viii
about onc.lsnth Of ,,o,ion lands. The county cen-
ans a,o ,cs yine9 aud ns
u large one, sndlhe education Of the yonng
lcat'tt e 'dea m tho county management,
In Macon Comfy, whlc.. as its name implies, Is 4
coal MI with houscs round II. And the coat Is |
as beng ha and ss ftsn
hut Judge II must oc at least three 0. fous feet.
Three OF fons miles yond is Macon, where ihe
Til. Is a th.ivhs aud populous place, con,atnln.
many SUBSTANTIAL structures Of bdck, including
court house nr'd school home, and has ulauy new
rs ees se e tsst 1 st.as nnhaoi, on
very uneven ground. They are nskInE eight dol
lafS snd ,, aaf for good unnprossd lands a1
.Deyie;, I've mics bsyont Macon, orns u coal
pit which turnlees better coal than the Que at
he road, and Sss plenty 70 spare Tor St Jeseph
party, conta!nln. four veil oiled ears, fndlcaing
MACON County Is what may be call.d ''knobhy.'
It is full Of bills hollows; has great deaf Of
nas e ssynS
distnnt are Il was also :" WITH verduse clal," and
lying much lower than al present. Indeed there
about two hundred feet higher 1han now. Tie
farming processes. Tobacco is grown very snc-
Hroeiheid, linn County, one hundred miles
from the liver, Is halfway. station, where the
c1curslon pa1y got good dinner, showing that
al'ou1ishlne place, lying in the middle OF 4 ane
stretch Of pfat.ie, well ea!,iva,ea. They say they
have here indications nf oil AID have bored about
there Is no uneutered land in The whole stx hnu-
dled a5d hiiy square miles Of Linn Comfy. The
surface !: rolling prais'c interapesse1 with w2od
land. and Eaa pleIty OF water. The building
stone Of this county is excellent. Valiant, elm,
onS, ash, sycanorc. cottonwood, maple, linn
iosS sta s5sa e. &c soan1 s92s the noted on the trip
Chilltcos6, llvinsston. County, 1ss miles from
Qnipcy and 78 from r. Joteph is the largest place
oi i've stock, o@ wheh ests. ETC.. ase re- shipped I'll ped
70 other points. Il lies in a fne valley-that
Claimed b G,a''d River. ore mile 1eyond, My-
but j. dedctrnt In timber. The surface Is sl,ehuy
1olling, and the soil Is fertile. Lead has BEEN
found n several parts OF The souu!Y.
ihc Is miles lying between The ridge cast Of Grand
liver. AID =. Joseph. with he Platte Valley
hosd d,eomprlse much the hnest lands along ths line
The snltace ia generally e1se6ty rolling prairie,
the roll very t,rtle md we'll adapted to tho rals
III = @ hs Margins q he water
Y enc Growth nearly AL, al along The b1ps u nc
counties than eastward, the p;ice for unimproved
assfaGing inliy aneen dollars PET ncre. Ihia pot'
!ion OF NE traP oelnE ne1oilaca IN me aa.knest.
tne!e was i!ttie oppo!lunity 1or onEc[FAuon OF
rssnsy nof E ssen e. ne brilliant m prsi5e Tres e1m
az. hlSoahan I st eouniS CONTAINS w ety 9! sS
ieEPl;ss % of sone aixie.R hoasand Iahshl;an's:
innsacscd ,Ic1e u 'aitoau Saa i'ef s'"oe Is
% Ths couptrI n r. being t.pid,v se,t]ed along the
, Me 91 81 inc ~ anna t at ri hp k see
a.a " o e "uy 1oouI a 5a1 4;, @
r favee1 M en- ,o1m ba m faaeqasts idea oi tas
epnusnn o. se.,etnen1 M " loohtnE r., at .9e
stEds 3i o. ev2aton lSE sh; ns Of te road.
q 4 hs s Macon &c eosnty Ios
rst IL Neh s Snt hs Sr. ,Sa f hs e
ID sats rosa, y,'ich aserssee sm thsss to sesen
trtt, =. 'no ,Tar,r anu 9 ~ t,i parae
,hcte hcfor,. ~. Toi'Sos3 was h;if se1'e's ean''
lie c1eat disadvantage % Of Missouri ,s the diff
ne ner kSds Ieins broEcbt frem rbia9e sn
tSe lie e coareer | kinds from he upper @ Mlssisspoi, I
;ask.ng ins sf,isls yssy dsas y &c inc il fessa
aouauace eseeirnt a. r,ay wh;e es 70 ,ea
S1 and sna a. P a;s9
n,rt f Mssou arc mueb geter M than tbass ~
Illinois, for The very reason thaf brick is cheaper w
cs,n ri a,n4 th Il W. rs tds a ,asrned eee1
9he Hannibal & st. Joseph Railroad Is hciug
hard ume, for tic road, the eucrlllas burning as
an1 making Constant raida, airing on tiains, SC.
L became Necessary e organize the ralItoad en-
SIS!S DIG q sSs ;sSaJjidss J q 81 r
Sesliy miie1 % IND hal half or Dol dollars @ Save 'sa been
aeemrnt Of M Mead the wo1tSy suuer1nsendeni.
Who has hcid lbs setns tiucc aboui iWWclye munihs
ago. They afc putting IN new rails and rolling
aud otbeIwi e improving it. Nor dues tbsE efforts
siop here. On the 1e,h aiiino. Tho UannibI and
ST.. Joseph Railfoed Company bonght out The
feF ofb be past apd Of H. nannp. aaa s.
J5S.epn line giving I. two CONNECTIONS s. wiz DC
sonIncx Ta na.d ana q H. ~ s11a1 Raa
1n bn.a ass4 ,hf ~ Mississippi T.
h4ee e 2 sentt, ions e ena and aaEs M
J1sw. os ~ f ane ON ass ,35e W. ~ M nsse @ w.
niSr Thc wnr iI ba ., 11u " III
er ana h f.e H. cSere 10 ~ 1sG7 Gssta5, ears
WI a1t ,uu .oa oso 70 ene ", sHs
enn9i NJ M az vii, " III. st,er 4e .i1n
- .rof,ht hSisss. tntn- .t - -, .Ts a
a ~ oSlns daHen t,Sm me Auanc seaooaIo
~. ~ ae "a na;h ~ IseWe "lsnout caanslne Hom one
ea1 ~ aaotaes'
=. In Kansas.
AZ 5en o'tIocR on SATURDAY nlght INC party
1escaeq Mintnfop, aud took me noas LOT me othel
sde OF M ne Missouri. which IL here m more thar
1li 1ali miie wide ana apo9s twenty-five ieet deep
me boas ~ Is named v; 3. osoorns, atser tAe con
tractor Tor ths building OF The Central Branch
Union racine ltAiltohds The Kansas ahort
Mas quickly reached and ere long, 1ht
wn9le PAR, party Hzs o4 safe!y A. Tithln The hotels
ing themselves ultcr their weary journey II ths
Slate mat, Eitcr fcAfs OF suffering and OF blood
1s At last 1uld!!inG het nanttest dceuny- Tas
slaveoc!ats IN Kansas accepted the Inevitable
when % T. ne 81 i9svitaols @ cam came" much sooner thai