The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-09-14

We were summoned to Mcpherson last week.
We took passage with Mr. c. T. Hilton, the
proprietor Of the mail line. We can truthful
ly say that no better hacks, horses and drivers
can be found in the state of Kansas than those
belonging to the Salina and Mcpherson daily
mail and hack line Hilton is one of those
progressive, enterprising men who help build
up country and make it attractive. His line
is first-class in all its equipments. He makes
good tune, and the distance of fifty miles you
travel which, under ordinary circumstances,
would be a wearisome journey, is made very
pleasant and attractive. Hilton and his aids
are all genteel and jolly, and keep you fully
posted upon all the interesting points on the
line. That 1.-The may be considered one OF the
institutions of Salina and Mcpherson. AT
Lindsborg you take dinner and have full two
hours to rest before starting out on the "Mc-
Pherson half of the route" Country hostelries.
as rule. are not the voluntry retreats OF high
livers. But Lindsborg has just as much rea-
son to boast Of her Henry House as Salina its
Pacific House. The house is clean, and you
get splendid meal. The town or Lindsborg
is nicely located. It's ''brown stone fronts"
are admired by all travellers. 1t is settled
principally by Swedish people. 1t contains
three elegant churches-the Swedish Metho-
dist, Swedish Lutheran, and New Lutheran. A
large and capacous school house is situated
in the western part of the town. Messrs.
Skancke & Heggelund have large store,
carry large stock and do thriving business.
DR.. j. B. Curtis has complete little drug
store, and his business flourisheth like green
bay tree. Messrs. Carlson & johnson have
fine store and handsome trade. Changing
cars" at Lindsborg you cross the Smoky and
are driven rapidly up and up, until you reach
as beautiful an upland country as can be found
in the world. We do not believe a finer wheat
country than that upland exists anywhere.
The mail bag is dropped at New Gotland post
office, where there Is also handsome church,
and then you are hurried on to Mcpherson.
I In this region much of the attention of the
farmers Is paid to raising broom-corn, and we
passed several places where the people were
busy preparing the brush for market. About
five o'clock in the afternoon you reach Nc
Pherson, the county seat. Mcpherson is a
suburb of Salina, as the original town company
were mostly composed of our citizens. In
size it is little larger than Lindsborg, and
just as handsomely located. The leading in
stitution of McPhersOnsis, of course the Inde-
pendent, of which G.. w. McClintick is the
proprietor. Nc. is also p. NJ, which is post
master. His paper is popular, influential and
ably conducted. Nc. is rising young man.
The court house is q commodious wooden
structure and makes fine appearance. Nc
PhersOn has good school house, and Meth
odist church building. The hotel-the McPher-
son House-is a good looking structure. Mr..
B. E. Smith, its genial proprietor, has our
thanks for courteous treatment. There are
number of business houses in town, but we
had no time to '"make calls and write them
up. Messrs Skancke & Heggelund have also
a large store here. Messrs. J. Q. Barnes and
Pierce 81 Bull are among the leading bust
ness men, and all doing well. We were much
pleased with the looks of all the business men.
We noticed drug store, hardware store
and furniture store-and were told that they
were all doing WELL We met several jolly
good fellows, among them were Bull, Hughes,
NJ. Z. and L. f Simpson, McClntick, Barnes
and Knapp. We expect to 60 down there
some time, take along our knitting and stay
week. Mcpherson people look upon Salina
as the "hub," and take interest in her prog
ress. They want railroad up the valley, and
probably will get il sometime. We were
pleased with our trip, and can be induced to
90 again.