The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-17

Starting from East ST. Louis over the
C. & A. II. r. We follow up the Mississip-
pi river 25 miles TO Alton, city Of 1900
people, five miles above the mouth ofthe
Missouri river. az miles further on
is Springfield. the capital nf the state 81
Illinois; population $4,000. Ii is u rail-
road center; has fine state house; is a
beautiful city, and is surrounded by a
rich, popuIous country, and is the coun-
" seat of Sangamon county Another
hours ride and We are at Lincoln, %
miles from Springfield. 1t is the county
seat of Logan county. Here we saw
what we guessed to be three or four hun
drcd thousand bushels of last years
corn in the crib. Also at Larondale we
saw vast quantities of. old corn. Thirty
one miles from Lincoln is Bloomington;
population 10000. 1t is a great railroad
center The car, machine and repair
shops of the g. 81 A. II. II. are located
here. They are among the most cxlcn-
sive in the west, offordIng regular en-
plOyment to 1900 men; is the county seat
of Mclean county. lightweight miles
from Bloomington is Joliet. As we pull
up here we see few laborers dressed in
striped clothes, whice tells us we are at
the Illinois state penitentiary, which con.
tains, at the present time, ], 800 convicts.
The Joliet steel company's works are
also located here. We saw the Bessem-
er steel rails manufactured for the A. r.
s. S. F. r. r. Co. being made here. Fine
stone quarries are found near Joliet. 1t
is situated on the Desplaines river
and on the Illinois s. Michigan Canal.
Population 5000.
Thirty-seyen miles from Joliet Is Chi
cago, the Boston of the lakes" the New
England of the west" which has sprung
from the fallen ruins, like jonas gourd,
in u single night. The distance from
ST. Louis to this city is 2S2 miles, OF IL
hours travel. Tie time, track and ac-
commodations on the Chicago & Alton
railroad are first class. On each side of
the roarl from st. Louis all the way
through Illinois there were immense
herds Of finee looking cattle. The gen
eral appearance of the country through
Missouri and Illinois was very fine The
apple crop throughout was short. A few
trees here and there were well loaded
We put Illinois down for wheat and corr,
Missouri for hogs and apples, Kansas
for cattle, corn, wheat and weeds Aflcr
calling at the Office of Geo. a. Adams &
Bros, stock commission men, at the
stock exchange building, Union Stock
Yards, Chicago, we made the acquain-
lance of Mr.. J. Z. Greer, n member of the
live stock COMMISSION firm of Hall,
Patterson & Co Then we went To Lin
coin Park, north of the city. 1t extends
two miles along the lake shore Here
you have II fair view of lake Michigan
with its eyer-sailing steamers. The park
contains fine flower beds, fountains,
lakes, running streams, water-works,
and an animal department. Here we
met our friend, Mr.. Richard Driscoll,
who has charge of the animal depart
ment, late managerof Forepaugh's men
agerie.
September cd we made run down to
South Bend Ind, Sc miles southeast OF
Southern railroad. Here is the celebrat-
ed Studebaker wagon works which en-
ploys 700 men, Ona side track stood two
special trains being prepared by the pro
prietors of the establishment to give
their employees free excursion to the
exposition ut Chicago. The StudebakeI
wagons meet with ready sale both in
United States and Europe. The estab
lishment is run by the four Studebakel
brothers and has been running q years
No one visiting Chicago, either or
on business or pleasure, should fail tC
visit Lincoln, Hyde and South parks
the water works tower, postoffice build
ing, Palmer house, custom house, expo
sition building, lake front, union stocI
yards and the pork packing establish
ments. At South Park we met Il. S
Stanton, our old schoolmate, whom W,
had not seen or heard from since Jun,
ACaO, WhCA VIC AC'b MN OA tAAO SIOuAeti
upon which Gen. Custer killed Blacl
Kettle, chief of the Cheyennes, nea
Camp Supply, Indian Territory. Oh
our way back we stopped over night a
East St. Louis at the Vandevener house
and slept with VIM. p Major who toll
us that that morning he had left GU
only brother at Hannibal, who was east
ward bound at rapid rate steering 70
Chicago.
No tram on the trip required so man.
coaches or carried as many passengers
, as the one ON which we returned iron
, Kansas City to Emporia over the A. I
& S. F. railroad LAKESIDE.