The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-03-21
OUR TRIP TO THE CONVENTION.
On the 18th inst we,that is Messrs L,

On the 18th inst. we, that is Messrs Lu-
ling. Esslipger. White and ourselves, start
ed by til. % different conveyances for She
boygap; the sleighing was poor and it was
afternoon before we reached the hotel in
Sheboygan. with the hotel we mean of
course the Beekman House. the best in
that lively city, and as good as any in
Wisconsin, Friend Cole gave Us hearty
welcome. and first rate dinner, after
which we had inst time enough to call a;
the HerrH Office. where ne met Mr.
Marsh. Sen. one Of the best printers n
the Safe, and his accom- plished chill
dren, the pretty, Interesting local OF
that excellent parer and our young
friend Georg', who accnmranied us as
Delegate to Madison. Reaching Fond d,l
Lac, the Delegates stopped at the cele
bFated Patty House For supper and then
we were soon again on our road to hfadi-
the morning There our companion, Mr.
E>siinger had a very narrow escape from
sud len death; while he, was descending
from the car 10 tho platform, the train
was suddenly started. before balf of the
passengers got out, and Mr.. Esslinger
was very violently thrown on the plat
form, where he lay groaning and helpless
until the rest of the Delegates could
reach him; we carried him tosan omni
bus. which brought Us to he Park Hotel
where our rooms had already been spoke en-
for. and where orr poor friend had tn
lay. almost unable To move until de-
parting again for home Next morning
our delegation attended a caucus of the
several Delegates Of the newly formed
5th District, where the merits Of the
several candidates for electnr>hips- and
Delegation were Thoroughly discussed and
thc best selections made, which were all
approved by The State Convention in the
afternoon of the same day (See pro-
ceedincs on first page) We might have
started on our homeward journey the
same night but waited till noon of the
next Cay on account Of our bruised COM
panion Taking the regular train con-
necti' with the Chicago & Northwes-
tern at Clinton Junction. we reached
Fnn,i tlu Lac in the evening, and taking
the morning train TO Shehoygan arrived
a. the Beckman Ifouse in time for an
other go d dinner. The prop. St. Joseph
reached the pier at the same time we
rea.i ed the terminus of the Railroad.
which was o lucky event for our poor
fric. Il, Mr.. Essiinger. who was taken on
beard. accompanied By Nr. Luling, while
Mr. White kindly offered us seat in
his private conveyance, and thus we all
reached home not much the worse for
wear, with the exception of our p NJ,
who, we are sorry to say, is still confined
to his residence. On our trip we met
many friends and renewed many old ac-
qualntances at Madison our worthy
Representative. Hon. Jos. Rankin, who
seems to know everybody and is highly
estee ned by all who know him, made
our few leisure hous there highly agreea-
bic, showed us some Of the Madison
Menageyie and devoted to oar entertain
ment every moment he could spare from
his arluous Legislative obligations. The
same kind treatment we received from
our old townsman and friend, Hon Henry
Batz, at whose residence we all spent
happy evening, partaSing Of the splendid
hospitality and enjoying the interesting
company of his excellent lady and hes
relatives there present Oar whole dele
CATION is certainly united on one point
the grateful acknovledg ment Of the many
kindnesses rendered to US by our friends
now In Madison.