, 1874-07-27
Enthusiastic Reception Of the Liter
ary Ambassadors. 1.
The Cream Cily Enjoys Its First s1ln-
day Sensation. j..
Crowds at the Different Suburban
Stations.
Success Of the Enterprise.

une minutes Of Chicago yesterday morning. Tho
Cream City now auings In tho Hamo orbit with
us-a lttlo in tho rcar--and Ia prepared to catch
the sparks from our oft-roourring biazos. This
Ia not M unmlxod OWL, for nho can also. oyory
Sunday morning, read tho acoo,,uts OF lor flros
In tho colurnns OF TIE TRIBUNE.
The average reader muBt knon that Milwaukee
los 81 miles north OF Chtcngo. The nnual
running timo for paasongera is somewhat
over three ard lalt hours, bocanao
Of tho humorous stopping places On
route. The Sunday newspaper train runa
through, making only ono or two hslIs, 1t tho
railroad-crosaings nnd to procure water.
THE F1Rar TRAIN
bearing Chicago Journals to the Cream City
started from tho Kinzto atseot depot. North
western Railroad Line, at 4:15 o'clock ycaterday
morning. It was composed Of tho locomotive,
tender mail.car, and enc passengor-car. and
was commanded by tho genia' conductor. Mr.
William Knight, who has long been mn employs
OF tho road.
TIE PASSENGERS
wore not moro than bali dozen, nearly all
newspaper mon. Thoro WAS ouc adventurous
lady who could not resist the temptation OF
riding on the rail at 40 miles IN hour.
Day wac jus. breaking whom tho train moved
out Of the depot, md wont at lively pace
through The northern suburbs Of tho city.
People. we.e eleeping on their piazzas and,
startled BY the noise, rose on their elbows to
by thom like lightning. a nsolanoholy-lookin
ntlrso.glrl, holding ,od-faced baby, who was
buBiiy engaged in practcing a hung ovort1lsot was
tue only wide-awako creature obeorvod within
the aea city I'm ms L BY III TO .S mysns0n ito nas
siderably but with incredible rapidity,
tho thunlor-c1ouds mustered Ia tho hori-
zon moved to meet eacll other. ACROSS
the hrmament forked lightning dartsd forth,
vailed, and, above tho no!so Of tho rapldly-ily-
ing train, tho awful dotonations Of tho "artil-
lorv Of heaven ;" could be heard. The lightning
wns something sublime in lts torribla grandeur.
seemed to all tho DIR with livid stroaly, which
mado singular contrast to tho pall-liko black
ness Of the clouds. Then canao tho rain. and
such torrent hardly oyer fell in 80 short
space. 1t flooded everything, and each little do
o'ivity hiong tho limo ran riot ovor tho track.
which was. however, too firm to be shsken by
such rude baptism.
At EVERY 8TAr1oH,
commencing this stdo OF Evanston, tho mail
Dew past, uoaAougoss boing ready at every
platform to receive them. At some OF tho
dapots, despite tho pouring rain, crowds OF tho
nur1ous had gathered to havo glimpse as tho
Tho BtDrm continued With 1luabated fflry until
u.e train ran by Waukognn, which It did when
leas than dfty-dvo minutes from tito Btarting
point, wbiph WAS remarkable tinoc. The sensation
hour is delightfully."- o1hilarating. Il choers tho
spirits, and Iryos from tho mind all Thought OF
broken rails and deadly obstrucsions.
NEARING KENosHA,
tho expedition had = MARION escape from what
might baYe proved q disastrous accidcnt. AZ the
point indicated. q man was observed upon the
track goaticu'ating wildly and evidently warn
lug the engineer Of Rono danger ahead. Tho
solitary lady III tho paasongeI-csr, trne to hoe
We arc los.!" and made q clean break for tho
rear platform, aa IL to make 4 dive
tLerefrom. A gallant brakeman kept her from
undertaking tho peEi!ous leap, aud meantime
tho speed Of the train began TO s!aeken, and
TIM easo Of tho warning WAS plainly observable.
largo maple tree waB blown down. tho ton
branches lying clear acrosa the track. These
we're quite stout enough to hayo hoayed tho
with loaa Of life or limb. Tno train-men, who
yet to work and chopped tho S oSstrpo.
ton from tue .road with the coler-
then explained that tho MN who gavo tho warn-
ing whs 4 ecction-inspector, who, in common
with all others On the road, had beon instructed
relative to tho sreelM newspaper. train, anu
walked tue track to aoa that, 1t was clear
The fall OF tho mnp'o, which WAS broken or
near the ground, carried with it two or thses
telegraph poles aud detnorai.zed tho 1res 10
quite dlstance. Several OF tho poloa alope tho
road were struck BY lightning aud split from top
The train arrived at
TIE MILWAUKEE DEror
Ut d.5G o'clock, and WAS met by quito a strong
:onttnGout Of persona anxious to secure good
Sunday road.ng, so.netlsing that M;1xaultee has
wi hawai- 4NFo 4n
Sront oxtout. ...
Within fow minutes tho nowspaper-bupdles
.ere disougaged, laulad up town, AID DIS
trlbuted to crowd OF eager ,1owaboya, who ID
dro"sy alilwaukeoanu. "Ero's your 0nloAao
TAlDuSE," ETC., which produced a1, odd otToct in
those Htaid ind palo-1aced atreets. Citfzone,
who would otherwise, no doubt, haYo wooed Nor.
Pnoun st Ssnn unt1 the masgia of gl sgtang
fruntleally aignaled tho ltosary boys to
FETCH THE PApERs,
which they were not siow i'll doing Within half
an hour gil Of Aflwaukao that WAS awake was
armed with Chicago Buuday ltoraturo, and tho
ore thing necessary for tho peace aud happiness
O. 81 tho Eream City waa AL accomplished facs.
When the other halt Of Milwaukee awoko, II
borrowed LIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE from tho trat
~ sno nnopa snppty OF papers takon OF the
DO feInoaiea - next Sunday and thereafter, for
g flot among the apprectative otizeus.
THE EXCURSION PARTY,
which waH accompanied from Chfoaro bv tba
genial editor Of tue milwaukee, Se,liit,el IL. A.
9. Hotk!u. proceeded to tho Newl.aIi wlern thnv
fortified "tLo inner man wife consiiorah1s "o sI
enthusiasm Subsequently,, clapeso,ed hy Mrs
l3otlin, the party Ind worry ouloynhln dr;ya
around the handHome city, which iookod tn ~
cellent advantage after tho sweeping rIn VIII,
had washod tho facos OF tho houaa.
and rendorea tho strootH as cloan IA MAYA |
floor. milwaukee, la a beautiful town ID sams
nlor, and, no1t to Chicago muy bo aet down an |
the beaS place Of rosort, during tho heated term
along tho line OF lakes. 1t Ii beautifully tnns
bered, and has tho advantage OF being built unan
anduiatlng ground: The GmldInga to bo sures
lack tho height aud beauty Of cur Chicaqo stYls
Of architecture, but they look comfortabla aud
respectable, eson though they do come unler
The bend Of aluatty.
Tho now Court-HouBo, bnllt Of Lake 8uuar1or
gandasono tho aa!no as the material used III TuE
tribune Building, is very handsome and re-
'emblus tho lilly plan, placed aauarely iuatead
IT on tho diagonal. Some Of tho private roat-
lences are worry elegant, surrounded by woll.kopt
srouadn and mostly Within ylow of tue bluit-
'horea lako.
After pushing tho time right PLEASANTLY until