, 1873-08-30
A NOTABLE EXCURSION.

Account OF the Travels OF mr. COr1a'
stock, of tho Illinois Central Rails
road, Through Illinois md Dnikota'
Mr.. O. Fl. Comstock, paymaster Of the Illinois
Central Railway, has just returned from m or
eursiou to Yankton, Dakotn. Ho has for several
years bcon accustomed, during his Hummer va
cation, to tako his family aud O fow friends
over tho road to enjoy themselves
for few weeks among tho moro interesting seo-
tionB OF our State. This year ho LETT Chicago on
tho 18th Of August. going TO Gilman. On tho
18th ho went to 11attoou, md enjoyed tho hos-
pitalitieB of Mr.. r. B. Woolsoy, train-tlispatcher
OF tho Terro Hauto & indianapolis Hallway.
Thence to Ccntrnlin. whore h1r. Smith, Of tho
Ucntralin Hotel took tho best of caro- Of him and
hia party. From Centralia tho excursion oS-
tended 10 Cairo, returning to Anna, whcro thoy
woro tho gucgta of N[r. IIanna Thonco thoy
proceeded to Decatur and spent satur-
day, 4. J. polanl, train-master Of tho
Illinois Central extending tho hospitalities.
Thoy left Decatur on Monday morning, with tho
family Of A1r. Poland added to tho party. On
tho wny 10 Dubuque, tho eplendid crops occupied
much attention. The general aspect Of tho agri-
cultural district through which they passed
gLowod how progressive is tho apirit Of tie peo-
plc, and how rapid is their progress in wealth.
On tho goth, tho party ran from Dubuque to
Manchester, Iowa, whore hospitalitios were ex-
tended BY 1losgra. Toogood and Boshcl. Thence.
flna Iowa toS1ls, tho oxeursionssts proceeded 70
Mona on tho 8tato line, bctwcon Iowa and
| Minnesota; thence back to the main line, and
westward to Fort Dodge, through Iowa Falls aud
| Webster City, which aro also Iourishing Iowa
towns. On Saturday the party reacbel Sioux
City, having travelled Lis 1niloB from Chicago.
and through all this distance Mr.. Oomatocl<
made glad tho hoarta Of tho 1l!inoig Central
,111n
1,ast aorvicoa Then tho business part Of tho
| excursion entl1d.
At Sioux City, h1r. Comstocls received very
complimentary letter from j. S. Mochlng, Eng.,
inviting him to mako q trip to Yankton over Liz
road, and, what added much to tho pleaaure Of
tho party, tho family OF Mr., Mockling Joined in
tho excursion. On reaching. 'ernillion, tho
md Judge dookinp, Of hamilton, Vice President,
and 1Ir. Superintendent Mecltling Joined + the
party. The road crosses tho Big Sioux, Vor..
million, md Dakota,-thrce Ano rivora, aud
paseea through one Of tho most beautiful y 4, ana
productive sections Of the Missouri Valley.
They 1cac1ed Yankton, the capital, ut p. IN. on
Saturday, Aug. %. Tho whole distance Travelled
On tao arrival Of tho party, His Ezcel}oney,
Gov. Burbank, mot them at the St: Charlos
Hotel, nnd mado thom his guesta wliilo IN Da-
1sota. Mutual greetings wore tho order OF tue
day, after which q splendid gamo supper WaI
cnjoyod--tlle product Of tho skill Of Gen. McCool
Nai. Eastman, hlaj. Eyana, and others. After sup
por tho Governors Home Guard, together viii
large party of cultivated ladies and tho officer
Of tho Tersitory, unitod in o most enjoyable
syo1ing Of social intercourse. 1natcad of finding
md Ills friends mot at Yanhton mos
Intelligent and accomplished people, who wonlt
do credit to my city in the land. The Capital
Dakota occupies beautiful position Oh tho hlia
. aouri River and 1t Is hoped that her peoplo vii
. hayo the good sense to arrange al
, mattors with tho railway so TIM
, hor prosperity may not DO endangered b.
llso1ess opposition. Our fellow-citizon, Charle
g. Wicker, Esq, md fow friends hayo bull
tho road from Sioux City to Yan1ton, and the
deserve tue thanks Of tho entire Northwest 70
their energy aud enterprise. Twenty yoara agt
. who would have dared to predict that such u
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