The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-18

ON the wing-What a Days Ride
showed Up-Somc Live Towns.
Special Correspondence Of the Star.
a TEMPTATION, Ind, Sept. 16.
To say that the writer enjoyed ride
over the l., @. & L. R. R.--..Kankakee
Iine''-is not strange, for-thanks to the
able management Of President ingalls,
and Superintendent Barrenger and their
etielent staff OF notwithstanding route
has become, beyond question, the popu-
lar route to ST. Louis, Chicago and the
West, as to attested by the large and
WslLflled passenger trains that speed
with the wings Of lightning-"Westward,
hop-from the ''Queen City," and vice
versa, daily.
Please allow us to cite, hastily, few
Of the vigorous and pleasant points On
said line. We took advantage Of our
'istop-over" at Greensburg, the county
seat Of Decatur, with Q population Of
goo0, solid in Its business strength, hay.
ing good streets, substantial business
houses end many elegant private res-
idences. In politics Republican, though
the "rag-babyites" elected the present
city officers. Greensburg boasts of her
graded and public schools, her CONNER
cial College Markham q Bro. proprie-
torsh \ eight churches, and her business,
which 10 done on s'solid" basis. Two
live county papers weekly edify the peo-
pie roundabout, and We observed, as U.s.
nal that the STAR takes the prestige in
cireulation, asit does generally, where
ever 1t has an agency established.
Greensburg is the abiding place Of Hon.
VIII Cunbaek, who would Willingly come
back to the United States Congress, and
who has, the past winter, through his
popular lecture, made many suggestions
that 'twould be well for his thousands Of
hearers to heed.
The next important point on this route
Is Shelbyvilie, another live city, where
people love TO live and live to loye--the
beautiful They boast--and we admit
with good degree of justice-the pret-
tiest women and fastest horses in the
State. We found the city hilarious over
their county fair, grand success. Shell
bgyille. probably, justly boasts the most
pleasant Fairgrounds and among the
best county fairs OF the Hoosier State.
day, was immense, and the trotting,
pacing and running races were highly
exciting and satisfactory.
We next "swung round the circle" OF
the CITY Of concentric circles, lndianapo.
lis, and were truly astonished to- see
the solid evidences Of genuine prosper
ity and substantial progress that pre-
sents itself at every point. Her streets
present the life of the busy bees that
ewarnl to this grand central hive OF
Hoosferdom. Space forbids doing JUS
Nce to her. growing strength and beauti-
fpl proportions. 1t is a pity that her en-
torprising citizens are embarrassed and
nAisrepresented by the inefficient man
sgers OF her Exposition, WHO open the
dooEs-by adverJisement-to the public
i've days before they propose to have a
formal opening, consequently hundreds
Of disgusted visitors repair to the city
and Exposition only to .meet disappoint-
ment and witness blank space at Expo
sition Hall. In justice to her business
men we say that the last days Of the
Exposition will be her best, and probably
avery creditable display will await the
eleventh hour visitors.
Hearing rumors OF rich land bonanzas
In Benton county, we again took the
Westward train on the "Kapkakee
Line" and CLEANED as we ran few
facts that may interest some of your
readers who are thinking OF going West
and growing up with the country. Ben
ton county undoubtedly presents splen-
did inducements to ambitious energy,
with her rich soil, healthful climate ana
cheap lands-cheap in price but rich In
soil. Until very recent period Benton
county has been, in railroad point Of
view, isolated, though, undoubtedly, one
Of the richest counties in the State, nat
urally. We found her crops lnxuriant,
both as to corn and small grain, the
farmers having garnered literally tAeir
cereal crops, and their potatoes would
excite q Paddy" to the highest degree;
thousands Of cattle, sleek aud fat, graz
Ing over their rolling prairies, and pros
perity 10 indicated all along the lines Of
roads now running through this county.
New towns are spfinglng up like magic.
At the junction OF the Indianapolis,
Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad and
the Lafay ette and bloomington Railroad,
twenty miles west OF Lafay cite, Is new
town, in the midst of beautiful rolling
prairie, we deem worthy of special men.
Mon. 1t was laid out about two years
ago by Colonel John w. TempIeton aud
cGristened "Templeton," and is likely to
be a splendid inland monument to the
Colonel. 1t already boasts of about five
0unuFeu cItlZens, Two Hue bUoTeS, Two
hotels, large grain warehouse, two luin- |
ber yards, selling thousands of feet Of
lumber daily, good schools, churches |
anu will soon have its newspaper, etc. !;
is already spoken of as the site tor the |
county seat of Benton at an early day. I
Though q new place it has The Advantage |
Of tour daily mails, TWO express offices, /
which shows business development on /
q solid basis, at other points Oh these /
lines are springlng UP settlements-ofI |
which we will again speak-that prom |
ise well for the future, but we feel that |
this point, owing to its. special railroad |
facilities, commands first attention at |
our hands, We sincerely advise ali who |
wish to Ego. West and grow up with the |
country" to not 20 where the grasshop-
pers eat Of their substance, but visit |
Benton county before locating a new
home. ZHIP.'
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Steel Pens.
The manufacture of metallic pens was
commenced in England-B Birmip CHAM
shout the year 1916, but it is only from
1880 thai this industry can really date.