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Inent vas also es1dent to blockade lhe v1J for
he Rockford Road, and compel II to seek smother
peeed driving Oh the wo1kmen and tearing up the
az 1tsefasn o. ~ 1ae aaope
Cd and authorized 70 repair n once to that portion
ages already done, and restrain sny And al per-
sons rom anJ further proceedings IN damaging !
sid se b aSSog aSo %, ., 9anay e g
resist force By force, Il necessary, TO prevent The
further action Of sai1 f1i.1oad COMPANY" The
fori Roaa Is stn4piy past o. comh,ned pl4n nJ the
Chicago, Rock Island Pacific. the Western
Gn'oo s2a S.o!s An9ths. RsT Of tns sams zane
ts!a1d C!sy Council on Tuesday night that tho city
should rellnquiah to the two latter Ill her nghts on
ns @ @ e r. 70 e. az ether road
Fort Scott 4 laelele Railroad, pE; HoseY, Of Dai-
1asd 70 Comm eommaencsns % II Fort scott, Kaasas, Tt run
directly east, passing through the Counties Of Ter-
non. Cedar, Polk. Dallas and into, Laelede, en-
the Southwest Pacific Ut or near Lebanon the
county seat Of the latter. The estimated cost Of
the road. ,Ecludtns rolling stock, IS set down Al
he Rock Island Ml} Ua.on Of the sth SAYS:
"7he heavy grading On Tho Peoria Rock Island
tnenee to brton xM be comparatively cssy, and
will be performed IN 4 short time, Il It runs
through level prairie mcst Of tho way. NJ, Gray
saJs that there ii now no doubt but that con-
styuctton tEalDt to Thch will be attached rossen
ga car, viii be running from Rock 1sl.nd g Cam.
br1Jge BY the trst Of August ind similar one
fro1 the Peoria end Of the line Consequently. ~
the supplies will have to be brought from each
end, tie central portion Of the road WILL be the
LAST 10 be completed
Four reads are projected to !each the Grand
Traverse region Of Michigan The one nearest
rhe Fn; Ps Ta
and thirteen mics OF Grand Travesse. 4 second
Is The Grand Hapids i 1ndana Road now distant
H sesse. .' md Being 60 Constructed @ ID vita con- COD,
:eas'aI'f .on. i.n.Sx E' sss.aa3 Rosd d ~ f.
the othe1k It Is u Grand Rapids / Lake Shore
Line, or the extension Of the Jackson Grand
River and GEand .,!H Raplas Auskego Roads
finished to AArsnailtovn by the lss 81 September.
The Peoria OILY DkMoe7ut Of the sta saya:
rosa Is Being M ' prosecuted Viii s1or. Gfst t dim
Guilty and delay, however, experienced IN bridging
Little Indian Crcek the STRUCTURE being Of an e1-
are hard to procure and put ID place. The road
wil not ne eonp!sted through to Jacksonville BE-
1t II UNDERWOOD that the raIlroad along the
banks Of the Fox River will be built and IN run
ming order from Venom to Aurora, ILL.,. IN less
Keofut i 10 have railway to Mount Pleasant,
Iowa
The McGregor Sioux City Railroad Is now un-
dsr eo5s1acs @ Sora SPRINGS, village On the sne M
| niles west oI AcGrcgok.
The Bearlssown IGinoian Of the sth says: .The
rnasous commenced the foundation for the depot
| buildings on Monday. Tuesday morning, the 11st
installment Of lumber for depot and brtd9ea. IN.
elnd,ng two canal boats loaded with ties, reached
| here from Chicago. The gradtnx Is fast drawing
I'd ears, raeh. We I ~ iaio1med. xif 1e he hele =
as The oss5 No1 !; ea1 q ne ~
1.-The ottawa L Fo1 River valley Railroad Is now
t1ed fact TIE nsslim'naT,ss H. nc beng ssttled
Actual work ia expected to commence IN less than
four weeks The people IN tne southern part Of
much Just now: The To1iea people are pushing
the clatns Of the tine proposed to be run westerly
| from Fort Wayne By way Of Kankafee, Dwight,
Rock lsland Pacific. The Lostant folks are In.
tercsted In 3 road which 1s aao to start At Fost
Wa!ne Or LaFaretrc, and run west BY way oi
Stfentor, Lostant, Henry and 3tuscas,ne.'
L D. Ruckcr, Superintendent Of the Atlantic i
Grcai Western Kallroadt has been appointed So.
per!ntendent Of The Erie Railroad and all IL
tendent Of the A. i G. ".
The southern dlEis!on of the Rockford, Rocl
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quantity Of ties and iron are already on the line
md both grading and track taJinE arc IN progress
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Island AMI Cleveland Ferry Will soon be begun.
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Operations Of the Antt-Joy LenEucra
Fort Scott Kan {Hay y, Correspondence af tAe Ed,.
%. Cty Journal II Commerce.
the ( chsrosee Neutral Lands nave W % ii iensti Il
brought about nj act Of open violence.
Severn, meetings hare been held during the pas
lutions were passed 70 oppose Tic building Of il.
meetings we're held b the friends Of The 1s1irosd
CTaw!ord land Cherokee Counties. At Girard
resolutions we're passed almost unanimously, II
,sosnE The sqan Of The but at Columbus
broke np IN confusion, without Gansactlng an!
business.
address the people, hut was not allowed to speak
and was Threatened With personal Eiotencs
should be attempt to DO 30 Ar. Sumner, Of BAx
ter Springs, tried to address the meeting, but wa
pel,cd with tobacco cuds, sticks and stones, ant
not suffered to proceed.
Almost al the citizens from the Neutral 1and
under reign {: ;error. Threats arc freely mad'
to tar and feather, hang or drive out Of the coan
W al Who express Al opinion favorable to ~
present dIt1cuttcs- The leagncrs arr said to n
thoroughly armed and organized, aud to mec
weekly for drill and Couccrtation.
The excitement however eliminated on Thurs
dag, the 18th, in an open outrage upon the engl
neef paEsy xho hare been surveying for the rai!
| toaHs LIE <AE1CG1a1 AAAEE t2c tSaQcIenll VI Nu1
onel Chapman, Of your city, we're met about scvel
| mics south Of GEard. OF within twenty.si1 mile
Of the State line, b5 body Of about twenty-1v.
armed men, who surrounded them with drawn re
| FolNerB and mn.le Tho whole party prtsonera- Al
Ter searching them and finding that none Of then
were armed, their entire outfit was taken posses
sion Of. broken up and piled In one heap and &c
on fse. Nothing was suffered 70 escape but tn
wearing apparel on their backs, and thelr tents
well as thcf wagons, pirate blankets and othe
| property, destroyed All the engineers but tn
| were driven afoot northwa1d across the prairie
With warning never to return again under peua!t
| Of death.
The Two latter, Colonel Chapman, the p1incips
| engineer And Mt. Runk+ who Was IN charge Of III
IAFtr. were retained as prisoners, and taken bac
| about three miles southwark, when, hfs CT eonsuita
ton among their cspto1a, they were nn2lly relca1
should they eyer venture TO retufn+ or attempt t
survey for the railroad In either Crawford 0
Cherokee counties
| All the engineers h1yc now returned to TIL
| point and there u Some anxiety to know xha
etcEs wl1 be taken by the railroad company. Their
| y but one sentiment among our people tn COZ
1elnnaslon Of this outrage. and VIC hare feasona I
believe that It will he dlsayowed and denounce
hy tho better clazs OF citizens In the Sentrai Land
should they take the Initiative IN putting down Ii
laEIess men Ii their midst.
II Ii hoped that this outbreak will have no eIet
IN delaying the construction Of the tatlrpat no.
Hoid to be getting well under WAY. am Iulo1mc
by Mf. White. the agent for the contractors, th1
there arc now ,6sS men 1T work between Paola an
this place. and that they are Increasing at the raj
Of about dfty Ter dn5, 50 that about the middle
The summer NC hope to be Joined with jon by raj