Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-18
Excarsion 10 Huntington to-
Gay,


for t!se business men of Knoxville
and other towns between here and
AlhIA, with their ladies, oday
kThufdayl. We copy from the
HasaRe5e Of Tuesday the following
extraets:
TiW meeting at the Board of Trade
Roctfh yesterday morning To make,
prepvfations for the reception OF the
X knuxsiile excarsionists, was large
aiid enthusiastic and the best of feet
ing aHd uuanimity seemed 10 prevail.
Abssist seventy five of our leading
basitsess men We're present and COM
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES were made To
pT0Nssiea htting reception 10 these
gnerls who are expected here In such
geflefpus numbers next Thursday.
Ii lsstspectrd that the excursionists
To tfSH Number OF about three hundred
wiii@ arrive in the city about ten
o'ciuek ON u special train, and the
noilafstlslee of reception will go out
% ilAA them with the Orchard City
BasNs The meeting yesterday made
\ thofSugh work, aud HOW all that il
neessea Is for the various committees
10 siv fheir work carefully and Well,
and We will give the citizens Of
Maff,a couaiy euch a recep lion rs
thewMlIl moi soon forget.
ItsMas directed that Invitations he
semitic all the business men OF kuOS-
viiD~and adjoining towns, with the
reautsst that they distribute % others
OF thrir friends WHO may desire to
accslnlpany the excursion, aud the
Iiuvnati0rs be also extended % the
Masapr and Councilnen OF Knox.
WIG.
Nvcd and carried that committe
OF I've be appointed hy tie chair. to
pregnfe d banquet diuner for the ex-
cur-9ouisis from three 20 five O'Clock,
and thc chair appointed Mcssrs.
/ samuel Mcconnell, :. w. Green.
bauaa, l.. Ii. DaIholf, JAS. Morton
and q. HI. jones; and oa motion
! thisrommIttee Is instructed to raise
fantis.
Moved aud carried that the com
n1iItfe eH dinner select committee
oi twenty to. receive the eXcUr-ion
istSKNith the band.
Ga motion Mayor BELL was re-
/. guessed 10 deliver an addrcs uf wei.
cpltie 70 the eAcarsionists upon their
arFival. ...
The opening OF the Drs Noines
hraHch Of the Ca, u. * &. road 10
knu1 yiiic is q matter OF uu ittile i'm
poTsance 10 the business interests Of
BlWfiagtOu. Marion Is one oI the
la,i9Sa, moss pOpuiuas, aiia Mealthy
counties ia the lnteElof oi TIE Suttv,
lt has a population 0t over twenty
/ four thuusand, with two hundreu
I Thousand acrcs of proved land, Ot
which one hunurod and nttysLhfyr
/ thousand were under cultivation last
year, producing, IN round nHmber-,
+ live hundred aud thirty-titree thotis-
and bushels OF wheat, three million
eight hundred and thirty i've ihdus-
ami bushels Of corn, Win Other CrOls,
I live stock, aId farm products Eeu"r-
ally IN proportion. IN addition 10
! its agricultural Wealti aud resources,
/ il is one Of the best, II not. tnc bert,
I coal county ia TIE state, ainos,
the whole county iudaed being uu-
drriald with this III valuable drspoSlt.
! I'm the main this eXlIHu-tioss store ot
wealth il yet Ia nhedevciopcd, though
enough has been done Ia show t1p
extent aud richness of the supply.
I Until the opening OF the Chicago,
Darlington and Quincy branrN, thc
whole county, with the exception oi
"A small portion on the eastern side Oi
the Iis4 Moiues Tiver comprising
I. Pela aud vicinity, has been wtll0Ht
direct railroad taciijtIes, excepting as
they were reached after "UnaId"rHbi"
tfavel and the crossing Of II iormIda.
bic obstruction, at some Seasons uI
the year, of the Dees MOiucs river.
While Burlington merchants have
done soinc business at the county
seat, Knoxville, aud also III other
points, they have heeu ~ "A di~ad-
vantage wIth Other dealers Who
bave had more direct railroad ctu-
necli0H To stations from which tLr
Interior of the county was reAcItd.
The opening Of the line 10 Knoxville
viii change this and give ~ our
merchants chances heater than tllt'-'
enjoyed hy Others heretofore, Hnd
egun to any 10 be had h"reaitrr.
Win accustomed public spirit aId
peighb0riy corliaiity 0nrmcrchant@
and business men generally ~ con.
npctiOn with the G. B. IL q, Company
have Inafe. aud are now completing
the arrangements for thc Marion
County business mems excursion -
this city. The excursion tram u 4
special Que aud il necessarily lini'ttn
by the railroad Company To four pas
senger coaches, which will render
Imperative a corresponding limit 10
the invitations given. Tie maxi
mum comfortable capacity m the
caaclies viii ne a little over t" 40 hun
dred, or, AZ The outside, say two nun
dre,i and fifty, 30 that the ItTifauon-
will have 10 he likewise limited. as
the excursion IL primarily one for
the business tnen of Marion county,
the prominent Representatives. 81 that
class Of citizens viii BE- arst invitet,
and then as many Others, profession
~ men and leading citlz"ns ge'er
ally. ns there may be room Tor ~ tiie
coacilfs. 1T il hoped that thl- VIII
te satisfactory, though Of course were
IL uttx@tbI4. HARRINGTON would D1 glaU