The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-10
NEBRASKA.

Chicago, Wednesday night, at $50, by
the G. b. & O., the following morning
at Z, found us crossing the lordly Mis-
sissippi at Burlington. All the next
day we journey through Iowa, reaching
Pacific Junction early in the evening.
Then we change to the Burlington &
Missouri River road, and cross the Mis-
souri,, entering Nebraska. The B. &
nj. Il. for some twenty miles runs along
the bank of the great river, affording
the traveller an excellent opportunity
of surveying the various windiDgs of the
wayward stream. All through Iowa
we rode amid clouds of dust and cinders.
That Thursday was one of the sultry
days Of the season, and the country
from the Mississippi to the Missouri was
evidently suffering from long continued
drought. The change to the banks of
the river and the cool breezes of the
evening was most welcome. Soon we
leave the Missouri, and bearing south
east, we come to the higher ranges of
country, aud amid the fast gathering
shadows, see for the first time the beau
tiful rolling prairies of Nebraska. We
arrive at Lincoln at $50, five hundred
and forty miles from Chicago, in twenty
three hours, and find a hospitable home
in the new parsonage, where dwells
Rev. E. HI. Chaplin and his interesting
family.
THE CITY OF LINCOLN.
Lincoln is one of the wonderful
young cities of the wonderful West.
tits not yet twenty years old, the initial
movements for the place dating in 1857,
and now it claims" 25, 900 inhabitants.
1t certainly has upward of 10000, and
is growing each year with immense
strides. The city is we'll laid out with
wide streets, and on the principal ave-
nues, with double rows of shade trees.
The business blocks are substantial,
and new buildings are in process of
erection all over the city. The city is
evidently destined to be one of beau
tiful homes. The residence portion is
already very attractive, with handsome
houses and wide and well kept lawns,
and all the surroundings of taste and
even elegance. The capital buildings
are yet unfinished, the two wings only
are occupied. Work is now being pushed
forward vigorously on the central build
ing, which is to be surmounted with a
dome. Standing ON the highest ground
of the city, when finished, the building
will present an imposing appearance.
Lincoln is also the seat of the State
University, the main building erected
in 1870. During the last year an ele-
CANT brick chemical laboratory has been
erected on the campus, and will soon
be occupied. The University support
ed by income from the State, attracts
large number of students, although as
yet, the graduating classes are small
and give no adequate idea Of the num-
Der attending the University for partial
courses of instruction.
THE "BooM."
Lincoln has had its full share of
the Western ''boom.n The advance in
the value of property has been five and
six fold during the last ten years. The
"boom'' is still on, although more mod
crate at the present time. 1t goes
without saying that the loyal Lincoln
ties propose to keep it going as long as
possible. The people have full faith in
the future of their city,-a faith which
even the stranger within its gates sees
is well founded. The city is well sit
uated with some of the richest farming
lands of the country surrounding it on
all sides, and with the push and enter
prise of it's people, no doubt it has a
grand future before it, 1t goes on its
way rejoicing, even in view of the
amazing progress of Omaha, one
of the marvels of the Western world,
distant only some seyenty-five or eighty
miles.
THE STATE CONFERENCE.
The Conference was organized at $50
on Saturday afternoon, June 25, after
the usual devotional exercises, by the
choice of Rev. w. N. Becker as tenn
porary chairman, and Mrs. Ellen Stock
ton as secretary. The several commit
tees were duly Observation-Disclosures,
Business, and Rel igious services. Sub
the following officers were
elected by ballot for the current year
of the Conference: President-Rev. w.
N. Becker, of Marble Precinct; Vice
p resident-Hon. Charles A. Holmes,
Tecumseh; Recording Secretary-Mr
Ellen Stockton, Waverly; Correspond
ing Secretary-Rev. E. HI. Chaplin, Lin
coin; Treasurer-Mrs. E. G. Wilson,
Fairmont. Executive Committee -
o. NJ. Rogers, Rev. E. III. Chaplin, Mrs.
E. G. Wilson, Mrs. G. w. Pierce and
the vice-president, ex-officio. Rev. E.
Fl. Chaplin was also elected as dele
gate to the General Convention, and the
Conference voted to pay one-half of the
expense of attending the Akron session
of that body.
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