, 1875-08-30
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DANFlIIlIIc.

cut Prosperous C0utiitinn-fIr. Ltn-
cntu'A FtrAt <ast.na Of Mtlitnrsaa.
6tseial Correspondence u jhs Ch,eaao Trsbunt.
DASysLLR, ILL.,, Aug. 2a-Dauye, tue eoun-
ty-aeas OF Vormllon County, was organized as 4 !
town in tho year 1927 {slouco n Bonli-centolnlal
ceIebs alton will soon bo tn or1ot), and IL htuat-
cd l2s mtloH aoutl OF Chicago. at tho terminus
OF tho Chicago Danvills Il V,nccnnes na,lruad.
At tho tlme OF ita organization tiAero waa no
town in oxBtence bstwocn this point and Lake
Minhigau, OH tho north. and nu settlement Of
any note uatil Fort Dearborn, which IL now tho
slto Of Chicago. wns raachel. III those early
dars. tho population Of tho county consisted al<
most entirely Of Indlans,-.lo white fa'nlos
/ residing here numbering not molo TINA tsnt
among which wcre thoso Of ffczotiah Cunning
ham, Daniel Deckwtl,, Amos Williams Solomon,
Samuel, and Jesse GILBERT Mr. Gun
nuglam, Who ID our pI1scnt CoroheI.
Ia thu Gully QUO Of tho uuulbor now
living. At that .i1uo. Gurdon =. llubbasd. who
has Tor many years resided in Chlcaso, had .
| trad,ng-post hero, managed by SiclotaB Do.lyin.
| q Young Frencl,n,an, whose widow now Ia also
resident of CAieaso. Mr. Hubbnrd rpent only
portion OF his tune llarc. AZ that time, Dan
yitlo was g central polut for al the indians OF
| this pslt Of the Slate, lLers beng many ladian
settlements and buryng-grounds along lie
streams bordering it; mud nuuy ouriositlcS, COLI
4 Bistiug Of totuahhwks, aEIow- points, md other
| wcapons OF Indian warfare. aro almost daily ex-
humed by hnuters after theae relics.
Dauvil1c IL located On tho northern bank Of
Tho Big Yesn,,lon RIVER. its wcstcr,l hurder
Icing travo,sed by tho Moth Fork. wh,cl, forms
Junction With tlio u:g VarI,Iion Just south and
west Of the cIty-llulitB. Tho spil IL OF sandy
nature, mud ID we'll atlapteA to fruit and
vogetuhlo growing. Thu drainage III most
excellent Nature having snp: Isod it means
by surrounding It on all Aldcs by streams
well adapted for tint purposc. Tho sccnery il
beaas,ful. Ito cpar, lhneI4 streams by Which
1t IL HulIouDdoa; tho gtaut futcstH Ut walnut.
oak sugar. inailic, md ssh Tint stretch away to
It. NORTH tho high blnfr4 on ,ts south and mest,
-al! oopuplte to nske Its location piatu1esluo
In 1889. tue Genozat Govornment established
the Laud.0 0lioo here sending Judge Samuel
defluhctts twho was afterwards Unltod 6tatea
Sau4tor) ns Receiver, Ru1 0cu. lrluce ~ ltogls-
ter. Tic establishment: Of Tho Lnnd-oEllco gayo
tho town prom,,leles III shs Htate tllut It otler
wtso woulL not have hai. alla Danylllo began 70
luox up md tuko Oh Mstsopo!itau airs 1u 1886,
tbs Hinlu'a ptojrct Of bu.ldint railroad itom
Toledo. o., TO some point on tho Mississippi
liver, y ID concalyed. Ard the road was Surveyed
though Dauyills, WHICH added to the cxcitemont
aready existing, md ,so p!'co OF rssl estate
s1us prices; but nh time passed ou, and
tho 1auu.U.iico was cloted aud tho records
sent TO Springfield. md thu railroad failed %
eotne. the prospective clts aets'ct hack into GU
years, Thosb uho Aat bought repi astate ut
railroad prizes reluaed to Be ut what was 70.
gs,tiel by purchasers IN reasonnbIo hgufes aud
it seemed for yr4rs that lhs little village to
thoao dayB, Tho must d!btnsulBl'oI feature oftho
times and that which tho o,dsst 1nlanlss,,te are
foildest Of seferrluR to, Vas tue Distinguished
bar that uractlccd here, aud oyor WlIlrA hs
| mi HtHfEn4
:, I}encn of tho UuiteI Staten, presided. Abraham
, I.ipoJtu was III tAoss days ieKlar attendant A.
. tue souii-annual to- OF tho Circuit Court, aud
lt ia tho deght Of thu old sstt!ors to repeat the
ulauy sturiue related IY Dir. Lincoln 1T tho old
l "Mecosmack HOUSE." where those osl limbs Of
tho law-L,ndol, 6wcot, F,nkliu, Lamo,I. anu Il
few others whom do not readily cal to mind
were in tho habit Of sto2plua aud Thoro many =
y;'s NJ! si!0''' 1ssoln wss 1'1 tat be isd ays1
3 h.s first (aDd have no toubt Luz last) gan'o
! ol billiards. here, baiug rurausds1 iuto it "
! Ward Il. Lan'on. 10 "Ao1l Llnculn seemel to
, taKo gerl OF paterua interest. and who attet-
4 wArds wrota atA published Mr. lnaoln's
:. "Lttp." Hill" 81 Lan4n war IN thoss layA
of tl,o village as tho clark bltneld-p!ayer, anc
! thought ho could easily vannah Nr. f1nco'n 1t
j. hls Nlst etfo1t tut, whet Quoaa Apo roae, took
!. up l1's cue. and Surveyed tho oys:snda7s nl!t
o i,nnresa than .st il,o game was not 10 10 alto
uogau, it became apPareat thAt +" Hill wonlt
l,n,e his hands full. II VAS ao.ced that Mr.
AFTER making q shot w you'll calmly Espp R!'t
eulsnt tho points hn lad made hGF6re he could bt
, induced to aAoJt agaln.-tAe in'ervns botwBeE
siis eh1tB beng 10 Er6et that lilll hocanlt
40 nprsons anl notAant ~ to nllss tho oaA'cs
y shbt-. The consequence was that alr. l4utnlE
t cssiiy waIkad awAy with Tho gsme. IND M ainnb
i r9ste4 up tho Aouots tlon Mol Ut ht!hards, "
4 tho elld oS his Ito. "l{li!'s r,4Gr.n eau bt
batter itnariun7 thin deareiIht Ta Wua sttDnf,
i tuFi0uR.
!. ia tno msanttmo.-185a-'4--tAe village H..
y grown into town of 1,0Qu inllabltan's al!I rait
road:ramors SOLO again rtc Ihc urcAt Wcstot1
ltosa {whtcE, since liz oolpplatlun and oous0ds
ton With the Wabash Valley i,al4. lur.uy tho 10
l.ao, Wa"ssl 4 Westora hailr9a4) hadteen sut
yevsa md ootnef,iots % sEs.n ent up wlth tas'
Il sgain leaked hopefully torYarl IL t!so tlne wLe
i al!a would he tho great Metropolis Ut CentF4
i IIl,uois. In 1880 the 1Ailroai "as completed
shsu. for te hrst tias IL IT. thirty yssr.' e.1ut
enee. 1apviise took oM y s'goFoua* hsa!thy. ~
, pornla4out growth. The exte,,stso coaf-dbposlt
It IN and around tic towu wers 4oon In process O
% opening up; captstpls were attracted by IL
n dull eountry-to~n1 kudaonlY walked w tu Ip
tliny up, aud d4a%.ns to stsuii both eapita! au
:. liz nrsl Coal Company formed ls,a, su
i the ulust extensive save ono. "As tle cAiesk
;. CRlbou Company, located just south NJ tost
: seross tho Lin vermil.on hivsr. ThIs ooupan
y ~Ax oreA4izsd III ISL. aud sooa bagen eF
n otatiols by. s,uklag Rllafss. sud opaEat
10 lng on sca!o that WAS astounding to tho goo
y 1supt9 of tts cou,mnnity. IhiB was folio 40
" tue piuss qi Chapdles noulun. tAs aoa.
u HAnk uitlcs. the Ellsworth Cual Company rlte,
~ anl many sn1ltler ones. until tlla co4l-itxto u
~ u4uy.e has Leeons cue Of Tue gtsAsast Bouncs c
" seY, y aaa entos. tisp -@hee belnK no !eey tha
D. annually. Four additional railroads have bes
D. co,apletssl aud ara naw iu operation, via III
y lA44anapolss, b!..ouinksau y Westesp; ChiesN
"a Uantina i fipcsnuca; Tsite lfsutu, EyausstlI
ia i Chicago; and Hltls i Dsayi!ie. e.-thus g,sln
10 outlet III Ill diFeetins, anu bringing the
ipta the .tsst laagkoIs VI Chicago, H. l-oau
r. Tolaaot 'lp3ianapolB. aud cinc1npat!.
- s1ha paf1lAtion Of she tUwn tn lH5A With n
BE rstlsaad. vas i,la5, III lBua With 0pa saJlroae
v s4s RaaylAstaaa s.4 a9'. n Asl4 WITH tAa ri