The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-07-18

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It i hardly necessary to ~ to thos'
acquainted With tie tworoutss Rbt tia
We chose tho ons By Toledo, Ohis, owe
the Western road and BY Quincy: x
had travelled both by this way I'D .
Chicago. There are less vexatiohB and
one finds thorough accommodations and
splendid connections by tho route
through Indiana. The only excuse thai
we see, for going by Chicago. is to fooi
At the country. Tho bridges at Kansai
City and Quincy causes no river trans
fer by boat but gives one. continuous
rail from Salina to New York City and
less large cities to vex one. At Detroit,
Mich, over the Chicago route, there ID
river transfer BY boat The Western
Lake Shore and Erie roads are all in first
class condition. The Western road is
exccl!ently managed and makes good
time. Parties going East should call
Upon the gestlemanly agent at Kansas
City, J. 8. Lazarus, and buy . through
ticket. Money can be saved BY it Two
weeks ago the fare from Kansas City to
Binghamton, N. Y, was $3.50. But
parties should be sure to ask for tickets
via Buffalo, N. Y. Two other. tip-top
railroads are the Kansas Pacific and
Hannibal and St Joe. Kansas has rea-
to be proud of her main and through line
to Denver. No road has . better and
more thorough conductor than John
Phelps, on the X. P. Beverly R. Keim,
general ticket agent at Kansas City for
the X. p, is another kind and gentle
manly official and past experience proves
him to be "the right man in the right
place." to subserve the interests of the
road and to assist in advertising the
section of the whole hne. The H. 4 st.
Zoe is gaining favorable opinions from
he travelling public and no road runs
or easier coaches.
The crops through Missouri appear
veil but they can not complete with
Kansas this year. One old Illinoision
N the train remarked that Kansas could
,eat that State on wheat, corn, oats and
ii crops. There is not that thrift in
Missouri that there is in Kansas. mol
,reat enterprise is exhibited in its towns.
A traveller gets into 4 new air as soon
% he gets into Illinois. Of course, the
state is older but the people and towns
re of the more thrifty classes.
Indiana, though not comparing with
illinois in fine territory, is far more ad-
'anced. 1t seemed to have moro lines
# railroads. The towns are larger, As
hey are older. Between Lafayette and
nd Toledo we found several large man
towns, as for instance Fl.
Wayne and Logansport support large
establishments. We pass
d our fourth at Lafayette, and during
sojourn of five days had the oppertu-
lity Of judging of that region. Lafay-
tie has about twenty thousand people
md supports three daily papers, two
and one Democratic. Lafay-
tie is a we'll laid-out and well built
own. It is evident that one with fair
mount of earthly goods can take his
ase there in very agreeable manner.
lafayette has four lines of railways and
he fifth, from that place to Bloomington,
H., will soon be in operation. Think
f this, ye who object in Kansas to aid
e railroad enterprise on tho thirty
ear payment plan! That county Clip
ecanoe) voted three hundred and fifty
1ousand dollars to the road, the same
, be paid half and half in two years.
he Injunction business was tried to re-
eve the county from paying the money
ut she has been beaten and has had to
ay few thousands O. interest and ex-
enses of suit in consequence. The
Ireets Of Lafayette were just chuck full
f people on the fourth of July. The
est bolloon ascension we ever saw in
ur life occurred there. A man per-
,rmed on . trapeze attached to the bal
ION as il went up. The balloon stood
.veral seconds over the city and came
own, landing not six block from where
started. We also paid our four bits
" going into an enclosure where We
w fine display of Pyrotechnics. Oar
erdict is that Lafayette is . good town
, stop of At
We hardly think Indiana may be
,unted on too strongly for the Greeley ,
,rces. Tho action of tho Democracy
+ Indiana in nominating . straight out (,
emocratic State ticket has "soured"
amy "Liberals." The clOven foot is /;
70 visible. The sentiment Of the peo-
|e along the line Of the Western road
in favor Of pure Republic
'nism and they take very little Of the
altimorc decOctiOn in theirs.
Space forbid that we shall make this