Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-16
Letter From Illinois.
A WILMIHGTONlAE On HIS
TRAvELR-sS MET IN ILLINOIS
WITH REJOAClNGa.

TRAvELH-Hs MET IN ILLINOIS
WITH REJOHCuNGs.
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Nv H. T Fl I SA WI
|CoRRHspoNDBNoE OF THE KspuBlIoAN.
SALT GREEK, Logan County, H.,
May 9.-As I told you was going to
take trip out west, thought would |
let you know where I am. i am now
twelve hundred miles from Whining.
ton in the western part OF Illinois.
| started from Philadelphia at 1i.2o q.
boarded car on the Pennsy lvania Rail. |
road, and nothing OF lnteres. transpir- |
ed until we arrived az Harris |
burg just at day break, stopped for a
few moments and then started for
Pittsburg. The scenery was grand
along the Juniata. Reached Altoona
for breakfast, stopped there SO minutes,
and then started again, up the moun-
tains around the horse shoe at Kittan-
ing Point, through the tunnel and then
down the mountain NJ rapid rate.
Reached Pittsburg at ~ O'Clock, stop
ped there for 20 minutes, changed cars,
crossed the Allegheny river and on
into the State Of Ohio on the Eort
III w hyu6 q OulCAkO NhttNOfsdf bl-iuukh
one of the handsomest parts of Ohio.
4 Stopped at O'Clock for supper 20
minutes. Boarded the cars again for
Orestline. Nothing:of interest tranepired
until we came to sudden halt iE the
midst of thunder storm.
IL We wondered what was the matter,
a until we were informed that there was
ID q smash up on the road anu just ahead
81 of us, and with nc prospect of getting
al away before morning. However, they
ltelegraphed for help and forty men ar
oil rived IN a short time. They went to
81 work aud laid track around the wreck
!. and we got started on again about o..
clock in the morning, reaching Crestline
9 at daylight. Got lunch and started for
b | Fort Wayne in Indiana. Here we chang
ed cars for Springfield, Illinois, on the
n | Wabash, st. Louis and Pacific Railroad
"a reached place called Decatur on the
o the same road and there changed cars
"a for Springfield, arriving there at 5 o.
o clock D. M, very tired. We went to the
At hotel, got washed and GOT supper. W.
,oI then started for Oakland County which
,e lay but mile due west. Went to the
"a corner to take car, but no car being II
:. lsight, the magnifcient State house fol
" the State of Illinois, being only on
le square, we thought we would taksa lOol
IN at 1t to see where such desperate
" struggle bad been carried on ell winte
,e to elect O United States Senator.
r. 1t is one Of the most beautiful build
ings in the country. 1t cost over nv
N mi illion dollars. We went in and hear
O. some of the members of the Legislator
" talk on the liquor lissnse question. W.
ca had not much time TO ppeBd, and W
" were determined to see Abraham Lin
ne coin q monument, but the cars comm
III along around the corner, we boarded
be for the cemetery TIE sun was nc
et more than 20 minutes high when "
es / arrived at the monument, and we ha
he Il to do our sight seeing in very Bhol
raj time We walked around the base an
Gel went up on the top. 1t is one Of th
nv most beautiful places ever looked a
ca We left for the carr, which starred at 8
he 10 D. IN. We arrived at Lincoln, Loga
70. County, at 70 O'Clock at night ane foun
IN. no one at the depot to meet us the hou
of being much later than expected. W
les inquired IL there were arg Of tho 1.F
~. hens chickens in that part OF tt
ii lcountry, and were informed that thel
were some about seven miles out ON II
re- prairie. We hired a,,team and starte
,er lout in the darkness and in course of a
~. hour found the old biddy with his he
of sitting on fifteen hundred acres Of Ian
atel We made noise to arouse then
1e- when the old fellow raised his hes
em and began to crow-a crow we we
ice quite familiar with In former yeal
do After we were invited In all the famil
our Numbering seven boys and one gi
were called mp and they all joined in
lal- lsersnade with their brass horns. '
to were aroused the next morning Ivy t
lass band, having n half hour OF excelle
,oor music by the whole family. This fan
,pleI ly Is musical WONDER. Inc I@.n
in lseven sons and one daughter can pi
for on any instrument you can picE
line brass horns, drums, violins, accordion
ont flutes, jewsharps, organ or piano,
kets one having any particular instrume
hey but each being able to play on what
min. or piece came the handiest. We exp
! IN TO spend q couple of weeks here a
hat then we W ill start for Ohio, where J
hey may hear from us again. j. MARTIN
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