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The Atchison Weekly Champion from Atchison, Kansas • Page 2

The Atchison Weekly Champion from Atchison, Kansas • Page 2

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FORMAL 0PENIS3 GF DEPOT. tlie eoliiurv from Hie srl liiverio. Having aiveu a skficb oi' the pev roa.N low ras i. JLUccUIii Champion. now niiite.l at tli I will si' THE UNION DEPai, The Home We To-day a- htr -a; i.

our -ai i IsJiei cs t. How It Mas Dedicated OFFICIAL PAPER OF ('III A'D COl'MI JNO. A. MARTIN. Editor.

A History of the LnterprUe. tictiton. tiaius, September II, 1880. A.rhl-itii Anoiher Brilliant, hed ISutctsbful Festival. The Building and the Ken who Buiit The Loconiotiies Contest For the Prize of Beauty, IS ational Republican Ticket TOR PRESIDENT.

JAMES A. GARFIELD. OF OHIO. FOR VICE CHESTER A. ARTHUR1 Of- KW YOKK.

Address of General B. F. Stringfellow. We present this ttiorning an enravir: ol the Union Depot. The picture be found true to life, nave that the of space have led the artist to porr.

wh.it shorten the south front. The engravii.g is from a hne photograph by liaan tSt Munn, of Atchison. A hKETII. The necessity for a Union Depot, a spa-cioui and im posing fetructure in a convenient location, began to be apparent as If it had rained vesterday morning, en I LING, -J J. SNOiJDl j.it.

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r.i.'uV gA flic t'. p. ft ATCHISON UNION DEPOT. ATCHISON, KANS I nwu.ii I rs.r 4 1 1 -cl--iil iTC, 1 from i A l.n a September 7, 1880, Atchison would have been broken-hearted. The day opened with an "eager and a nipping air," aod between eight and nine o'clock a mass witi jti.ic, pedimental and circular windows.

The tirst -tory is lit by a prafusion of segment-jic-iioed windows, with ornamental arches of white, red and black, as before meutiorK-d. The massive doors opening on the track platform are grained in imitation of oak. Going around to Ihe main or north Iront, is seen the inner the L. The treatment is the same, with the exception of the two beautiful mam entrances or carved stone, tiie high pointed arcnt of which are surmoujit-ei by towers carried above the line of the ro'jf. THE I TEHIOK OF THE IEP0T.

The express companies are assigned to convenient quarter in the north end of the L. Thee rooms are large and commodious, being 18x41 feet, and are peculiarly fitted for the use of express companies. In the southeast corner is situated the ladies' waiting room. The room is feet, ai is also the gentlemen's room on the west. These rooms are iitttd up regardless of cost, the object being the comfort and convenience ot waiting passengers.

They "are each provided with and toilet rooms. Between the two waiting rooms is situated the general 1 and Pullman cket offices, both models of converter and utility. The dining room is feet, and the kitchen and pantry west of it are 18x22 aud 11x15. respectively. The gentlemen's closet aod bit br come next.

They are each lSxlS bet. Between the last named ro nd the mad room and telf-graph ii'ic is Dn cght foot passageway. Abe mail r-y-'ia and telegraph oihee are 18x18 are conveniently located. The Izi'ZHjr- orn in the west end of the de-i o. is THE OHN AAIETATIOJI of the interior is in excellent taste.

The ra rr.ing antl graining is first class. The 1 idn-." wa ting room is very elegant. Tne floor is laid in alternate white oak and i.lnek walnut, and the furniture is iu perforated birch wo id with mckel-platei arm and from the of Crsruner tt Canal street, New York. The ceiling is divided into six ry d-ep by cornice- painted in yelioiv, b.ue ami bgbt green, the blue pre- soon 'a- the railroad stern of which ontntillon lor tnur. it-T 'MKi'T-JuJIN A.

7 WiM of dark clouds came drifting over from the northeast, aud a few scattering drops fell, but nothing alarming, and soon a blue patch in the north began to extend itself and soon the conquering sun ehone forth and a bright day was assured. Kl.l'l T.I.K A hUlE 1H Kt'l. 1' i I' oi i-. W. I- i il JAili I ol To.

'V II 'y o. PREPARATIONS. There were no ambitious preparations at decoration at the Jepot, though the effect of what was done was very good. A i-ro- fusion of oak branches were wrapped about tie supports of the detached she also the sheds of the building. A line ot i- t'tecentre was devc.optd but larfe nii-ve klowly, tnd was not until 7 that the preliminary steps were taken in earnest to Becure the trillion of euch an edifice.

'J oe op- rations during the ye-r 37i went no lurti--r tisan the hoi iii.i: various meetings, formai auu iofornisd, raiiroad aud interested, employment of 1j. buj.i' Lo Uiie pians ana of j.a. Jl I ro-irieiiow to a-tri-j iur what prj: a site couni be jjur CUaifcd. (xunn e-i and and Gcii. iv-porled tuiit J.e fiad mtervieweu th; ot jiock -2, on Jiain street, twetrii amj 'ijjird.

and tiiaitne -itecuuid lii prot hi uures. A I. ni 'ii i wan organized in Novemi'pr, l'7s, ii. Mrjnjr-feiiow, L. W.

iowne, lowo-, i. Myie-i aod h. i-arn-wortii were iocc l-xa. I ijese aiier-va. r--iriicii, ao-t en W'jrk 1-r bul tiie boli had set in inch was- to uiiurwarus to sonie purjci.ie.

On ihe htii January, lrti, nearly a year alter the brat steps were Lakeu, the 'Atchison Union Jit-pot and Uaiiroad Company," the whicii fiiany to uuiid the depot, held a n-teting. I i young oaks was plauted on the south side of the tracks and along the carriageway on the north side; from a hundred liuials and projections on the roof ii uttered smalt )or Itfstrjei JiiIg-. Jti.Jl--!;.! iiiKTKl.i AT'iiXHi. flags, pocket editions of the "banner of wlio, in "lie enrty prl. of its iiet-efltv iin.a' Jt ihr'ud -i" ii-o Ii sl wr ii t.v iti- 7t i.

Aicfii-m mi 1" 1 I.ui 1 111 imuoe such Louis 11 in ot: I viiiii- i C'-ir- IrtUt.l ii i-uii liiO-i dirrctfy and luniictiiaioly tu ru I i -i, "7 USt i. VC-' 11 'iMtoW H.I.HM Ol Coi. an 1 Hrown 4 Bier rentier in ore in i-: n-- i.u'.l -i ruii Ir' tlir 11 I-v-m w-irt ii etl nervice in firocurini; tiie Kt-uuutt In in'iu Alflo-on to si. nd wuu-n 1 1 A H'tntf Outline. 10.

iiti.iriKry. Hltelnlt-d Hit- r.i;r ,1 1 1 tr i-1 in- 1.. ..1 t'i- i -V 01 rt i'Tit-K-. i lenl jr-ff jiiics; unti I Kuyittiit 1 hti 1. 1 ru 1 v.

1 (r -m 1. oli- Itie rlil llier of. i-poi. tlie pic-iisu-e ol u.tt niital ug In tut jutji.r-- s-m tli- io -t J-l l. i i-, 1 i 1 --r 1 1 .1 1 i of in lo p.aii 'u Jl 'r ll r'' nior.nianil i l.v ol ami oi 'it-r mLtera ol 1 utere-a pi v.

I 1 i. 1 u-'i 11 1 Mt" v- .11 1 1 011 itu- hjz -i. --f; Alci 1- I 1 i utr 1 to tue -situ oi tit" i-i iv 111 i i t- '). T-i i Ti-' nvm A l.niMiu I wlio, in -he early pt-r. of its net-eltv i.ui 1 in i nauit-surh a run b'Ht-i dirrctiy and iDiiiiejimoli to i i uciituj.

Coi. aii i Brown 4 Bier rentier etl c.pt';al tfrvne in procuring tne Kfjumi tien. Wuume. iitiornt-y. aitenried tin leal pna-ef Jincs; antl I may tsayinat 1 li tlie piasn-1; ol p.t i it iput nj; In ttit-pi ii'tn iti rlntrifi-.

in alvu-- a-t lo p.a.11 ui aim ot 'ier mautTa OI Iiltere-to toe iiu- ot tli" plan. beauty and glory" from the tall flaastaffon the east front flooded a beautiful American standard. Fronting the tracks were iM.iiieM re of j'ottitwaita Nike a- of i.e- a suuliower. brigh; emblem of our tuite smiled sweetly on an enterprising gourd-vine which ad cambered to it- aide, ihe space in the rrar of the kI heue was filled with melons and cthe produeLo of the farm and field. This was the engine which those two hearty hoys, B.

Craft, engineer, ar.d l'cter Uabey, fireman, tjroudly navigttttd down to ihe Union Depot. THE "ATCHISON," numbered representing the Atchison Nebra-iku road, presented a brilliant ap the inscription-, "Atchison, th-i Metropo liut ii is to J. K. tniaivJ, Supt. of he K.

I Si Joe A U. li. .1.11. -i, utri: Hint 1,. Iiunii Jbn-" Kniiietr, the H.

Jot- li. to imitaii, sun'. tne K.I. I. K.

K-t. A. A. Talium. ne gentlemen's waiting lis of Kaunas, welcomes the llaiin -i Of room is similar iu appomtmenu and ficials of the West, and Kansas tiie prevailing tint being yel and Nebraska." ieii supt.

oi ttit' Missouri PacMUr Kail uail it. low, ine dining room has a panelled iAIji m.i.i wuh a 7 inch hiit, arid CHICK oric of tJie aine hi.e. Hancock hat i inches, jmiJ one IlfCllO. W.t. iroMtj.

eten.TLil ol Hi ceiling, I tie prevailing tint used being 4S KK. K. 1 in-ns. Supt. of me j).

i r. iv. una io L. i ow WAITING FOR THE WAtJON. The crowd began to gather ou the pi nt green.

Ibe rooms are wainscotted throughout, in ash and walnut or Supt ot A. N. It. 'Iiiit pearance. 1 lie decorations were the work ally and niiiu.y indebted tor this Iippit.

oak. very thing is neat, new and nobby. their ad vine, ami on iheir rectniotienUatioii, for soon after eight o'clock, and by nine ttiee 'i'anies repre-euieo hy ttieiu were Iu Tin; licj.ijhlica.i- of Lawrence are arranri'fntf for a traiel ptm.ixr 1 7th, to ratify 1 1- Il'-pub o'clock when the strains of Phillips' band of Sriunpy lieichard, of St. Joseph. James Siraiui, engineer, aad Win.

Da vies fireman, E-arjagt-d the steam and fire. UUetd to atlojt the plan Wlilt-Q cured Its erection. THE MNINO IiOOM is under the charge of Osgood fiardner, of the J'omerov ot this city gen TothUenti a t-orpnration was organized, under liie name of tie "Atnon L'niou i- Maiionai, CouchaLt on the front platform was an pot an I Itallroad Company." with a capital of Man nomination omily. announced the coming of the Hannibal St. Joe train, the scattered groups had grown into a multitude.

The re.l ''object of the meeting, as stated by the Chairman," tlemen of popularity and exierience. The euormouft golden lion the platform itself ladies and gentlemen' waiting rooms are cuppiied with marble topped counters, of one iitiritireii tuotiatxi tioi rs 'f hK slo seven ty tbousairl tlolltrs wi tnke.i by the wev. railnmd conipunitm wlio road tirminate at our in- nt I' -i i-f tlu- n.if i 11 1.0 I lo i a I "''-r. i it. i(oe.

It- iiciin i J. 1 1 1 jM Im it 1 1 'avor. 1 11, (. i honor to iiinii- i .1 1 o. V.v i r.i 3-It AtfiosM-! tt hiijhh ..1 tne till fiili.nt -iorti ln.l 1 i 1 1 tt, a ol li.e 1.0,10, P.u-i.ir i-orJ, wnrcli.

l.v u'r 1 I n-y 10 an.j 'Z iik fo: h.t-l i.r-u -ti -i nr.n s-ouiu be itu- 1 at.U-. I r- i -i il. .1 i 1 i J. liieC-ntnil iJu.oi. ic, on.

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ir" I tlt-Lisoo it lo :t.ly f. n-ta nt. soii.tby rHiir.M.i.-.l.r.. A T. AS.

Ka yo an hi trt-o I lovl -I, Tli- Ailnwi aii.l St. Jo-pli :1, Wr Hi-venter r.i-!.! iir e. i.r r.fy tn mid ita iu- '''n a-hw. to 1 .1 tioi .0. f.tL.-n t.w ii Mtt ii, 1 vommil- r- o.

n.i. -1 ru. a': liou a iy t- '1 i. in- the in 1.11 -v 1 r. Iiii -u- ir-iitriL with 7 to tiran in Ittl I I n- a- in- (' onr ri a -1 cjuu! lid tn ri ''y wnifn Uie trant wus I 1 11 We Jm- u.

I. Wui unii i' I "iWanMH 1 to .1 ml.i i V.V.t. i HUrVmT-'. Si mii mi 7' 7, t. 1 Kllf.rt It in I hii.t 'i 1 -f-1 un.trt tw i I was bed of dahlias, and other Tiiegviit eiiit-n named, with the ex- biaefc walnut, beautnuiiy carved.

Ihe room ja a model of elegance ana bright colored flowers. Encirtliog the number plate was a wreath of rare hot tK ir nuuu, were eeiett liree a represental vei of their rc-periive Cyuvenience. 1 lie kitchen, with its pantries all the facilities of culinary art, Mr. i'owiiH was clios'-n I'resnletil and Mr. Uowns SeirreUirv an I Trt-asu'er- Mr.

Towne. was the COMPETITION OF THE ESOINES for the prizs of $GuO by the Exposition Company, two hats by Mel. Winegar, aud two boxes of cigars by Salinger otferrd for the house wers, forming a medalion, and pendant irom the headlight was a npleu- as Pie llent, an 1 M'. Barnard oid I towns is capaf of supplying any reasouablede-Taiid upon It. No passenirer stunning at de the KXei-iM ve tninittej and ir.

Itiere was a lull attendance of ail tue roa'is prt-rtnt, a rerrec from tne Ciiiearo Atclnson iiridt ton.j'any, and Jloli. A. Caidwtril, ol Leavenwortii, and Cen. Ji. t'.

Atchison. W. Towne, V. J' J. r.

Karnard and A. A. lalrnae t-ok the oath of olii' director- oi tne company, and W. Towoe was duiy elected President, and W. I'.

J'owns St-cie-tarv of tiie new oriranizalnm. A', tnis? rneetiii it was decided to erect a pot, wtioie i of wbich sJiouid be jui but Lb is sum was found lo be in-adtipjtte ti liuiid such a etrueaire as wa-dertiandfdj and the slock was increased to i Hi; On tiie of July the of Directors employed Mr. Taylor, of Kan-a City, ks arciiiteet and tt lent, 'i iie choice of Mr. Taylor was a most fortunate one. Though in years, lie had aln ady in connection with Mr.

Cro-a, 'he building of the Kansas Ciiv I c- did horseshoe or immortelles. All over Towne i'ri-xdent Mr Harnaid and 77tlr. the Aicnisou Union depot will ever have nil llie liulldlliir Coiriiuittee. 'I hk Kiiri-ai City mpies without cn -lit 'J Hi; "iia.mijosV ulne chowing the of tij i- Htatf in WO aii'l in I and tin- rank of liie count its ju population lliin yciir. 'J hk New Haven Jb-yt-frr oIimtvuh that v.

bile, in talk, a j'reai many an "mm to i-o'' wuy, "the h'alc ol matrimony k' epri aionfr at the sternly oi.l jo." Yri. it in a Hepubii-eau Mtaff -for the I 'mon, now and forever, The forruer fiiiiniittte had fh irtit of the provision of funds and otiier nialti'is ol gi usion to go away hungry or even hauled. HEATING APPARATUS. erti mtere tlie latter tne eUaryt; of tiie ereo tion oi the bin dlnu. nnest decorated engine.

Ail eyes were strained first up aod then down the track to catch a glimpse of the approaching The la tet uelevted Mr. Wm. K. Tayior, one oi lue most Uistmifiiiplied aivniteet The heating of the building is done by country, to prep.ne fie p. an and anperiiiLend i-tfaiu conducted on the principle of both contestants, the fame of which had pre tne coutnn-Mou lue uuildi nsf.

i iu wort; was let io Mr. Janie- A. The direct and indirect radiation. Ine radiators in tlie various rooms are very orna siuue In of the best of the Coltniwoo 1 and ceded them. Distinguished gentlemen arrived aud were taken iu hand by the committee of recntion, but the people I.

Ol i zz. mental, tLie coils iu dark brown aud the a.d the hrit-n are the hest pressed biivic ol a LouU. Work was eonimencetl in January lt.ot, an in gold color. The low pressure en th 're been, no delay iu ita prore. Lo is located in the basement and the miuiet'ou the engiue and cab and tank were beauti-iul festoons oi evergreens and flowers of brightest hue, and between the drivers were the le'tern A.

and N. in scarlet and white llowers. A giit eagle burmouuted the sand box. LITTLE EmEKf irr." The Little Buttercup," the Santa Fe engine, was a curiosity an well a a beauty. It was orginaily a narrow gauge engine called the Hinckley," an I altered tn wide gauge and generally rebuilt in the Santa Fe shoj-s at Topeka.

Tlie decorator was Henry and ofliciated as engineer aud Arthur Kose as lircnian. On the front platform lay the winged cap and cadueeus of Mer CUI7 of commercial travelers; there were intent only on the" iron horses" who were to pass at the Cnion smoke stack is eighty-six feet in heinth I could -z ve no better evidence of the a'ulily A. '7; vzz antl ri-ieiity wi: which ea ii his repei-five dm ies than, in a.l Depot. At last thev came, the famous rising thirty-six b-et above the roof. It is m-tauoiial, paneitd, and surmounted by an elegant iron cresting, the whole forming ter yoi to the ouUl.iii as ue.u so .1.

m. V'7 I will no aive a didailetl tie script -on, but an ornamental leature ot the building, in- Will shopiv hity that its is ZX feet, with au f-fei. i he wiilt ti of I he 'in ituil.lin: -lead oi uiriigurement. as is olteu the of "crow," theIi-h hprer.d ton tiie Alchi-on Cjiintv 1 icniocrtts, in tiie no'iiiiiaiion of the, I 't-iiioeraiic Slate tii Let, wxs about Hi un-avory a OiAi "I 'hat ie its tiny were ever invited to partake of. A more diviJ'''I ht of men than were the i JcmoiTHlic dehales from lliih county we iifive never heeii.

(nr neighbor, the to think itself called upon to introduce the ciuw we are impelled to refer to lite prepared for it by ili own and 1, is 41 feet. Tiie centre o' I lie union of the Kock Island being the first; then c.im the Central Branch engiae No. "old Iv. then, a-nid great enthusiasm, the beautiful A. tt N.

engine, No. 50, named Atchis then with her baautiful freight, animate and mum huihlmsr and is oi Wo stones, each in case. THE FLOOR hei-'ht is leel. wilha mansard in height I' feet. Then; is a basement under the en ire buildim; witii rooms for an engine to heat, the of tlie building is not yet fully completed.

The floor of the long arm of the building ii i Id our nil it; her ro tms lorct1 It has now twenty-two rooms, iinishcd and is to be divided into lodging rooms, which inanimate, the S.inta Fe Little furnished, iucudiiiif otli-'es. oassener. bn aaire and mail room, dining nxini, barber was a cow a head to represent stoc will be perfect iu the matter of light and ventilation, in the street front over the ladies' waiting room is a large shop, and all the looms a-id app im-iomc. neeessarv to a Completed, il wilt tiav forty-four rooms, more than enough for the glided down to the depot; then, after the ay a moment, bs-eked up some distance, ran down to a new position and stopped to await the examination and award. possible luture.

I'nooirh Us nominal length is 1 On either side of tiie platform stood Miss May Keith as Pomona," and Miss Julia Fisher as Ceres," beautifully and clerically dressed, and justifying the A-winuiy room. iunms are now occupied by the otlices of the Hannibal St. Joseph wiJth 41 feet, its nai len-zili is feet and its H'i feet, heiui; the extent covered by arid the Atchison, Topeka A tSanta Fe companies, and it is probable that the pot, ano inativ tiit-r public f-ritl privale Irtictores in Kansas City. had a No made depot aiehitecture a specialty, viit-iii ail tiie rt-at railroad stiucturcs of counlry. To the buihlint: tlie Atchison depot Mr.

Taylor brutish the ides' lth tliered in his experience. Mr, Ta lor opened an olliee in the Atchison tt Nebraska building and entered upon his labors. Kat.t Mr. Taylor was summoned to Denver as tiie urehheet of a first-class depot there, and the carrying out of his plans devolved largely on Mr. C.

Washburn, who gave tiie work until its completion his constant ami untiring attention. THE SITE. The process of 1 has already so far advanced and in a few appearance of thiiiLs in and around block '2, t'. wiil be so chnneu that we will stale for the benefit of fu'tifr readers the features a they existed wlien Mr. 'Jay lor and hisa-iAON began tin ir work.

One of the natural causes which has led to Atchison becoming a railroad lowu is ihe. break bu: through the blurts of the Missouri at of White Ciay creek. Tne vaih of tiie creek, widening" toward the mouth, aiforded a natural (iittlet from the west, and room for railroad the lmprovem-nt of oten rois. It thu: iiii). cauanlct of indefinite extension.

ancient heathen for their idolatry. Tow- As completed, vlnie nndrf the genrrni erine Ftalks of Kansas corn reached heav maua -emenl ol a Itttard O. Uireptor-1, reprt sent ins; Lue several railroads, it is under the enward, supporting tall standards with im mediate cUar-reof Major v-. Barrow Kiiiierintnl-tit. assisted bv an amide curt various colored pendants.

On the top of assistants. Such a building if an ortiamen W'lKi W. of the Clay county Ihs, has to 1 1n late 1 i e-i'tri' Sk a handsomely framed life i.e Jasw I. bed lo the portrait are opiet of the re, lii'ions of the Katia Slate 'onven-tin ol and March the (hdepiten fiectcu from Kana. to mipport Mr.

JSkaixe in the -Nation, inventions at I'ineinnati and 'i'o the reolmioiit are attached I the delegate elected to the Mational Vuiveiuions 'f s7b and ruid of the President and Secretary of the 'onventions. tn our city, ot wlnc-i we have a nnt lo ij prttud. It is mo'-e than an ornament. It Is "standing advertisement." not hidden In ih colutuna ofa ntwspaper bu-luilin Ihe view of all who look on it, that such a building THE TIDE OF FEELINO that swept over the crowd wa. wonderful.

Ladies and gentlemen alike crowded around the engiues as if they were living creatures. It reminded one of the "start at a great horse race. And while the engines are waiting we will give a brief notice of their appearance. THE AMERICA, the famous Rock Island engine was ruled out as not being a proper competitor as a 'decorated engine," since she appeared in her ordinary condition, but no American could look at the engiue without a feeling could only be needed at a city ot importance, I- I M. p.i-;i-;;Ki(rri::rnns5 M-- SiHSS s- i-J' SSF i 1 iSHH'Tj i -'nE '77.

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I in ll.rjl,-l,.,,.v I'i I. -I 7 I 7 -r I irir t-ilorls lo uist ,.,1 7,7 7 .7 v- i-re ii omce ot the other roads will be removed to the Union Depot. OCT.SIDE the arriving traveler is struck by, the conveniences, mat meet him. Around three cf Ine building are the spacious attached sheds, twenty-six feet in width. The tracks are covered by detached sheds, one lunning east and west, 21U feet long, and a lob transverse shed by 78 feet, i-hown iu the cut).

Passengers are thus completely protected from rain or snow. PERSONAL The management has been fortunate at the start in securing an efficient force to take charge of the depot, thus ensuring promptness and courtesy in the dispatch ot busuiess. 'ihe following is the roster at it city in wine many ranroatis coucen- the sand box was a most corpulent and bumptious looking rooster, three feet high, formed of wheat heads. He was crowing over Kansas as a wheat country. He had a full crop.

The boiler had ou an overdress of blue rimmed with stars, and "Little Buttercup being a young lady, a lace skirt ran clear around and hid her footboard. To hand rail and runuing board were suspended festoons of crimson trte. at ureal, centre of travel and trade, It. Isau advertisement which, not by it beautv and ixriuleiir alone. Dill Dy tne view which it of our bridge, our loundry our factories, our mi its, onr elevatoi our pork hou-ses.

our hotels, our mammoth store! and watehouse-t. onr streets cr witi people and ineri hantlise, ur monster trans- buildings. Khjck 'I'l is deno-it irround l-r the Wool ot near tiie ne-ihcin or upper side of ihe val- the pii of silver from oiormlo, grain hoin and golden apples. Around the top of iev ana on the ntn in depot i oiuuienced ii was a saiik-er pot, icvr tlie level of ihe surround Kansas, mer -nafniise Ir in the e-t-st ana ium b-riOMiitlie north, pr cUims present i ros peritv and tuture aie.itness. It is an adverrisemeut the town, not ,1 no nor dd bv tlie town, ntr by hpe ula of pride.

A model engine iu every respect, her silver jacket, silver headlight, and all the silver gauges were polished till they sn jae like the moon, and the 1 1 ur str. i t- ami track', owi- tor.sin town lots, Lut an atlvert isement net wi rank weeds, lud ot water in ani Did for by seven sre- the riKvi atx. eimoiit lir the tirr-t jrun of tiie campaign. 'J he expected, course, to carry that State. If reiiaidy Kepubijr n.

Cut it if evidt rii. from the turn- th i- relvtd, that the lapub-hcaii ha' carried tlie State by an immense niHiority, iiiukini larire pain? over tiie vote of two vear.i aro. In Wo, at tiie Si pUinLM-r election, the o(c (t 'ermont fcit iJovenn)r was: lie- America" looke i a when at the World's i ativer. isemeiiL is iimre tn'ii rainv weather, and ocitipu-d in part eint. bee tu-e it is known that railroads peIid two small one-storv brick Expositiou at Paris she carried off the monev in Buvtrnsiug vown unieis iitai of oihc-Ts and empioves: F.

Harrows, Superintendent and Ticket D. K. Farns worth. Assistant Ticket Agent. J.

Qtiigley, Assistant Ticket Agent. John D-UL'heny, Depot Master. A. T. Onus, AsHtant Dejnit Master.

Oeorge Scheigner, Yard Master. 'din Walsh, iiaggage Master. T. F. Armstrong, Assistant Baggage buihliup.

It was feared by some that i t-wn be im to them. It is an advertisement which not on'y the cub were festoons of New Mexican cedar and flowers. The engines and also the cab were decorattd with hanging baskets filled with grapes. Oa the top ot the cab was a sheaf of wheat, a plow, and a little br y. Frank representing a sun-burnt and flinty-fingered granger.

At the corners of the. tank were large shields bearing respectively tiie words "North," "South," "East" aud ''West." In the center stood Miss Annie Neal, resting on the shield of site i utnb rhud ly quicksand, and that priz? athe finest and best locomotive on earth. But the "America" was built for use as well ai show, and runs regularly the eves of Ibu tiuuvlred- ol 1 hoii-an Js ot who tread on it platform, hut a larire tti i irnr con id not tie saiclv erect ed, but careful soundings were made and wnih leaves an Im predion so poasin lastina lhat it mak. e-ich one ol them a- every precaution taken, and there ver; isi rig aeent spread iu ewry dirtulion every day on the road from Stewart to Cjuucil Bluffs. The gentlemen in the reason to suppo-e tnat tne I rnon uepot is the intelligence ol our pro-peruy.

us IO'-aiion, to is for' nat7. Not in un-ishtiy siihinii.or reraoie from tlio cab were Jack Williams, engineer Wit-I not as soiiti as if built on a rock. WHO IU 1LT THE HOI "sE. ness part of our rity it is td such close prox in The money being raided, the architect C. C.

Sautter, Baggageman. W. Liale, ii eg'-: tgeman J. Bnwen, Batg.igeman. '1.

D. K. 1 racy. Telegraph Manager. '-good fc Gardner, Caterers.

Matilda Booker, Waitress. LLOiaHiie iin-i the Union. S'ie was dressed in white, trimmed with gjlJen stars, and her giit imity to our business houses hat the "tweti'y minutes for ilmiier" tfives the traveller who ha ned, ample time get money from a bank. merchandise ir metlicine from a store nous--; ami yet such is Its sit'tation on the bank of the riVer. lint to reach ji but two smith piiPT.a-eti i thes- If-: Hon wa-I.

a Hi in- Ki.kio.oo lo- i 1,.. a ,7 JttJ 1 n.l.I 'In, lis lor Iii. nils, in. ol a .1 ion ol Ii n.a.i ,7.7 i .1. r' v.

tlirui-," to 1 I i -j I r. I- to tins Ho lini, i7 7.. ZiZ71' As llsi.y ll.r r. 7. .7, I 1 i I'll x-i pr.rfiiit is tiirui-, and site being selected, the letting of con tract? was maoe, Thos.

J'ahey, a pr rn i- no-nt -il h. ne.re helmet was surmounted bv the figure of a i another i to tne nent contractor ot Jeavenworth, to.jj: tne ra! llllla. '1. piMiuau, Ucniocralie, 71. Jlepublican majority, Ju JS7S it llepuldican, Democrat b', tireenhack, llcpublican nuiiority, Kcpuhlicjtu over the lemocratf, O.i'oo.

j'h-' of lie tdec.ion held ou 1 tuvdav 1hi indicate a Kepublican piu-ralily ut and a niKjori'y over both orpoini- parlies tf This will be the la'-ire-t publican vote ever pttlled in the Mate. I -1 -ie not. as w- it. le its -tiiii, bin. it I 'j i "f-1 Aoa.rs, re-, am a at oi- eou.d male- 1.

1,, i if two nv. rs Saved frotn the Poor House. F-tr ye.irs Djvid AllinsBworth suffered with KlieuniHi iui, and notwithstanding ihe bent tiie -houM r-. ny iiiuntieu IO 1.. 111, 1 a 1 of r.

i.a. 1-- II. I 1. 1 1," i fly Indtbf ed to L. C.

ihe r.i-.-.i,, ha.l. re liam Williams, fireman, and Ed. Beach, pilot. THE PIONFER ENGINE came next, bein no less than the old Central Branch No. 2," rebuilt within the last niue months, and now called "No.

162." This engine was decorated by A. All-man, Master Pamterof theCentral Branch, and E. Snyder, ihe well known Atchison florist The idea intended to be conveyed by the decoration of the eDgine, and which was never Tost sight of from the nose of the pilot t-i the tauk, was the development of the West by the railroad. Inula ol. v.

l.ii. K. i. Ai-ent. ol.

ii. v. l.ii. contract for liie substructure. tract included not only the masonry foundation proper, tiie extensive fid rf quired around the building and the preparation of tiie roadway tor tlie track-.

The superstructure, tiie bunding ns a whole, was lei to Capt. James A. Mctinn-iL'le, of Leavenworth, and here again tije tl eoii.meriinl mitrr 'Inu- l-idn. i oi, oi rnrt.i(.s, st. J.

liu, ti: or thereat river 's c. n-, tne Viti of 1 meuitvl atteuditnee, could nol Had relief. He road, it tl II ItH-t no -erieus tij.j. lure, came to the Couoty Poorhonse, and had to he cirried into and out of bed. on c- ur l.rosi active 7it- iiiici-ft, and lo our 1 Lane, ior our mc.

a of ihe Tatiric i H. l. Joe road, a.s aire rendered by road locomotive. Above her head met, from the four corners inentioatsd, bands of red, white and blue, fastened to the staff of the American (Us held She represented a new and popular divinity, "Calliope-anna," goddess of and the design of which she was part siguifiel that railroads bind the different sections in a common Union. Such, with the omission of some minor details, was the "Little anx.ous to a in th--.

tile ro wii i t.rohti- havf- of he seven r-ia-ls have to pnss through the citv. Thus our great are very hiitulv obstructed. Bit wii-n we look beyond the mere stnie-tuie. and consider thai wh'ell. in liie -1, I to e-ec ion, and the luture so inevilaMy indicated, we shall see alar higher si-ni canee a far eat for rejotcin.

1 In name is ol it-eli'sniniartt. ATlHilSiUN I'NiOS PKPOT. It is not a mere r-ulroa-i Lepn. It it not thei'epotof one ra; lnta-1 however great tie the road. It is not meieiy the Atcli u-ui lie-pot It is not merely the lenot of a city, isn-porlunt th.iuyii it be.

ItinaCnun Mepot the AtehtMiii t'nion I). p't. It is the l-pot for seven re railroads united at Atchison. Jt is mi spcnihition, nor has it been erec-ctl at ny cosi to lie i.H y. it is a railroad necfsslty i reU i rivers.

"oi his iielpkss condition. After Lhe th-n 1 broe a re-Te titde t-r-i-i---1 H'liT MX.T street a wlien I kins. Al lo I li rogfl is i iual of a great, riv hritiicn of the a- of failure of all the remedies which had been a th Direct ira of the IV-rhonse re- '-y lie let- o' part oJ a iin l.om the Missouri rive to is by Ihe tflorts lf mo toy tnd her- i will-ny lint no innn tlone 1 IU' twt ttN b-! lo ie lie celebrated German Remedy, Oil, Mid this was a fortunate reso- 1 Valle ro ie Maine of in Ail-i itnls tae protrperiiy onmr V. 1 have h.tu The la-L-islatuie overwhelmingly lif-puhlicau. Only one inocrat haw hi en to the Senate, and rv few the Hour-e.

Ail ho Kepublican C-oniiresmtn are elected by increftHed 1-. a roller the lie rejtter Ih' lie i-He for the r- Binrts to St Jo. 1 he), tliese two ls were hiEiwii; n.r, witli the trial of one bottle, the pdtni as already much Itetter, and when Director- were torMinate. Cant. M.tion-igle li 'd built the I'nioii depot at Kansas Citv, tiie line portico of the Caoitol aL peka the court liouse at Hiawatha, and many other superior structures in Kansas.

Captain McUonigle let tiie brick masonry to Ciiarlen W. l'ennine, Atchison, an extensive contractor 'and si, perior practical mechanic, and the iron under th pn-sni nmn of Kansas cny, st. Joeph Councii IJIuIl. The bars of the pilot, and even the drawbar, were covered with delicate lines arbor The front platform was a bv meetirii otVe.cn great rmironds roadi our lijtiits iiad been used upt.n him, he aua about the use of a en, iin ei to khow a inu" more puhue n't-rprise, more rady in i-ile geueronty. would nave be.

but a fit that he should ptesidd on lino lue mens Ihui set red, an ion en-vt-d was (tr lum. Wm. sb to, to wlitiiu leftjr- has been luite. Buttercup." ARRIVALS. While the engines had been taking their places- the regular trains had been arriving and dicharj-ipg their loads of nol runmnif in one dire-lion, but i he the roads, e.

"Lo nn uie WIU'll, -i hii- IIIOIIIC llJt Il'nl- in pi' f.loi jn' i(s ts oai o-iri ile hCid tiealltinil natne. the 'Missouri radii oi circle, f''o lliiai common cenlre diverg-ng to e.en dirleient points of the veritable scene. At each frout corner fj, n' liii'T a a ne dark iiu-t Tht fots as aIove Pt.Hed, will lie verified the Kbtor of the I'jrltmou-M, Oii, fur- work to tne well known esfahiiMiment off mpa a. I he 'orred lhe lutuo i ust rettiembf A I li 1 1 eha-ue il is und. thecont'-o! its -io--k I pi- luio the l.r.lel-or he i ii he necessity fo-r common Pepot were small arches of mo-s work, one in scribed, "Triumph, and the other passengers, and a special train came in at John ratin, of Atctsifti.

i iron was sub-let to T. V. ll rcail- ite- o'clock. Toueka, with the follow f. i ti.at in f.

It Is art lipi. KTI- lil.t KltKKIMi. Tiie of IIIhhmj-, like those of KanvLs, have placed a rene.rade Republican, l.MA i i.i Mr.i-j.i,, tlie head of their th kct. Iu addreimr a friend, ju! prior to the Cincinuiiii convent iju of 17l Tki i t. wrote: The lVniocrat- must le abwdutelv ex in I Ot.

i r.1 to i-ii: run no In i waid." Connecting thee arches and running across the front of the piwtform ing invited guests; to AT. Ol '1 all the tr-itns arriving and depariiiof the-e dinVrent could meet ai-d ex cnanse tu-ir risers withoa' del or ex-pens(f, mid willi coii vent enee lo I lie i d- ai.tt wiiich cdmi ltd the road ni ur if and eret a 17 i.ioii Hepot Let ine, liien, terer to tin- rod- construction liae made this iiiou ieiot a necessity. 1 Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council PQUTiCAL. 1 ut st from the Election iu Vrniiout.

hie i-llll: Tint ii-yv. and Mis. St. John, Chief Justice 1- eni to from i N'lrtheasl to ai-o. i i nivt-ioTi ina ne i ir i tr a t-I I OH iiiii-t.

west trom A O-hlsiu). 1 nun ntr r.iiirtcid i o- vr.t::' J( rohd j.rovis on tor Io on-) fiom Vi oi.e in its ern mir. us nt th in-ilirtti. n.ir hi. Kearney, to I'ttun.

il ediil-; jroiu to Ihe Umiii nier; l-au, oiu st. bv At rn--j nun the m-r namt-d. Ai 1. Pi.t-cv-r, was o.j gi -en to the A hi sol: () a distune- oi oft niji-. nlf iht a eoi.ne wou be made ii the K.

ur in tmtt i be hi. I', liowever. ums permuted to ch ingg its route Denver. Thus was this, br.wi.ii loooed off from the land, (if Chit a a 1 the inn -rtor and exterior, to P. Maddcn, ot' Ke The apparatus etintractrd by Kaker, usitii l'n, ot Cr.j-cajio, nd the wrought-iron sht ds bv ine Central llridge Company, of New York, who sub-let tne roofing to Knisley of Chicago.

i nils tin rettt down ine great ro-v bu: id lhe com pen ol 1 tois they tieotroy, tt sotoe was a railroad enbankment in moss, with track, cut, and truss bridge. Midway on the line of the track was a miniature ne nia-s I com; 'mat Ii direcf rout lete; of V- lid pi-tee '11111! uiuns Kh ll road, lulacelhis roatl Hr-t. as this firs' lis true i eneity, ur.sr and v. mountain in rock work. Behind the track were two obelisks, one bearing Bishop We oc a oiir iCustrafloo rtfr fnni, t.y i' j.

i-rit Unit tiie ar of fieids ol i lH; groves ol i loritiji, rjee flan so on around the coa-t, I keis lor our producj, bv tne lumber loresis tt the to the IiJlj.es ol Coin: ailo a ti oi a Mail- li.e contest tne two iireftt rivals for tne Berkeley's line, Westward the Star of NOMIXATf FOR SENATOR. rs-eoiHl to Tue Oiampioa. Ctavi.ord, Sept. S. Hon.

Jeo. II. Case, of Jeweli county, was nominated today, for Senator from Thirty-fourth Senatorial District, on the first ballot at Kir-win, Kansas. Wep.b MoNall. riuir- o( the Mississippi Vaili-v.

St tst. Lou lit wis lor vtirii rtad bii.lt to or from Atchison. Those who projected and Those who secured its construction laid the truer stone this Depot. That road is todav tue kevstone of tut ar; o' the circle of which these seven roads are tne radii, aud AtehlHoii the centre. Asprojertedttriglnally.it was only mad from Atchison to Hi.

Joseph, there to meet and tbuw extent! the Hannibal and St. Josepn road westward in Atchison, and so mve us a aaiu Empire takes its way," and on the other Benton's words iu regard to the Pacific THE PKOlillEsS OF THE WORK. Work was began first iu the Fail ot by Mr. Fahey, who pushed the contract in the face of much difficulty iu the way of weather. Mr.

Fahey employed in the construction of the foundation the and Mrs, Horton, Judge and Mrs. Valentine, Hon. and Mrs. Thos. Ryan, State Auditor and Mrs.

Bonebrake, Secretary of State and Mrs. Smith, Hon. and Mrs. Joab Mulvane, State Treasurer Francis and daughter Clara, Attorney General and Mrs. Davis, Hon.

F. P. Baker, wife and daughter, Major and Mrs. T. J.

Anderson, Col. and Mrs. Geo. VV. Wood, Mayor and Mrs.

Case, Judge F. G. Adams and daughter Hallie, Col. and Mrs. Edwin Scott Conductor and Mrs.

Geo. Kix, Mr. J. J. Blower, Chief Clerk in Auditor's Depart I trunk line.

lis iLau-eers then made an effort to get Congress lo fuJUii iis promise, tne in connect wun Its trunk, i he change a pubiit; u-inwi: a to grunts defeat ed in ih. ir erfoflt. to get furfheraid, an.i Attr. ii'iii a cluded; thi-ir Miirpsiions mu-t not be hetHied: their mu-t not be couid-en-J. They are a body ol" men, mostiv traiiors, who cannot be made useful for any purpose, 'ihe Cincinnati meetinj-mtist be distinctly a meeting v( iiepub-iicans.

It must nominate a candidate who is a di-tinclive Kepublican, one v. ho has been prominently identitied with Ke-imblic-au politics and measures. lemo-cratj must snored and iats iias said just as severe thinirs about iK-nwratf, but thev are row to maica to the polls and vote all tf.eointrr -fois leadi ng loAtemsttn blotted out. tins paid would yet gi4e us uireet rouies to thJfc-lohl-tbs of the t-oule til" our railroad, "There is the East; there is IMSPATCH FROM SENATOR EDM CNDS. itf liit-jiou was for yearn abau- India." Rising from the railway were two stairways extending nearly to the connection with Chicago, SI.

Louis and th East. A charter waa prepaid, by parties Interett-eii in what was lue i but a town site, thougl Ntw oRK.Sept. S. The following Io bv lhe ad vautstf-of posi i ion at I he jnnctjo: os our wo rent rivers, wllho.il a rival hi-cairo started with noadvauuges. H-iirotids bav broken down the a.lvun-tses of lhe position, and by its enterprise a.

energy and in tegf i ty, i (iieu-o hits hir tint si i ippe. her rival In the race (- inert i at siiprentscy. lw no men. of 'in your posts, trusilriix In the mi van la i Mir po but. w.th er t-.

'v "and ii.t-giry pre- youradan ages, and ym, loo, ca i ui'iw. TrnM ii'l to lhe snf'en of a trrmint Il ih an ad van Mice ol wm -n ou can no: -1 the meantime the fertile valley of the lew no The ina: l-oi, itr-ross -lr. Thin! sfref. head of the boiler, the successive steps of ui-pauu wis received by t.Teneral Irarlitrld: BrRLi.Norox, Sept. 7.

Hon. J. A. very hard blue limestone quarried near the city limits, an excellent material There is not a better foundation in the West than that under the Union depot. Material was rapidly collected: tite preed hru enninc from St.

Louis and the bearing the pretentious title of tlie City of Atehis in. Tuts ciiarter provided only for a road from tehisou to tst. Josepa. under the oABf iei.i buraugton, Oemocratic at ihe circle is bv our Kansas roads. z.

The Hannibn) and St. Jovpri IliLiiro.id though nol the Co ixl in its in piet on til Alchisoii, et, as hai. been shown, tuis roa by conn -tion wituthe a-nl mi. Josepn road, wm extend-- 1 to Atctiist.n, and gave us the hr-i iot. LoDls, hicao aui the So as tlie I -i the only raiintad roote to c.ti.Mi-i of Missouri Iroin Si.

Josepn was uy tit ii, ju. to on name oil be Atcuton and ft Joseph Itail-road. 1.P. T. Abeil.then 1'rei blent ot the the lat eitction, gives a Republican majority of one hundred and eight.

The n.t i nj wi in p-o- ple. an i iti it-st the owners ol the road, in the ne, e-siiies of i i interest, ni menceu tn ieni.n. It rtr- ins loiiny the vst rifon of Ki. now the ino-it ferTne of o. ti irlval e-l It has pa-sed uujer the i.uuirol of li ooibi i's e.iu i.sioii to Iietjver Js post-pneJ 1 bis deiy Is but for ad v.

tne iiLf liii-onu iiie tte-t land, a.oug whirh the of use. will main 'am ment cf T. S. F. R.

and Mrs. Blower, Mr. and Mrs. K. F.

Gee, Mrs. Geo. JV. Snii-ori, jchat an-l Ho n. oriel siiine.

cMatH win cheeryou to-night, Geo, F. EDMusrts. OTHER DISPATCHES. tlepnve.l. bu: it can be reniovi d.

I ihen.wherj jiaj may. 1 1'tte a'ivmitsige of a n-rmiinn are fr J'-ns tnn tba tf and un nterrcp'wi stone, principally ued in ornamentation, from the famous quarries at Cottonwood Kails. The work was pushed steadily and st-fely to completion, aud will everywhere pas the most rigid inspection. THE PREVAILING STYLE OF AKlHtTEC- Hackney and Mrs. Thos.

Knight, Mr. Geo. O. Manchester, Assistant Manager T. S.

F. R. W. F. White, General Pas I be to go on untu Mini.LEBfRy, Sept S.

Hon. J.A. Garfield: Yermont all right. Republican in Mlddlebury, 3h One- Town and wuom many ot you remember a imo of the most entt-rp isms anti public-spirited citizens of onr Slate, tine whose name Is a-scialed not only With our city, but with so msny publi work both in Kansas and I ikwuri, iuducel the lion. It.

M. Stewart, then a member Letriilature Missouri from our neis-b boring iiy, St. Josepu, to procure toe pasae of this eiiarler through thut at lire. Afterwards, when imvernor Stewa-t was, by some citizen of st. Joseph, who was then, 1 am sorry to say too many ot her citizens are tit-day, tjlind iu his jealousy of our city, charged with tavenug tlie passage of this ciianer, be relieved lie constituent hyjestniglv saying Hi, it is only a scheme of I'ete Abell and iien StriiiKiellow Uiseli which were covered with iseantiful fruits and collections ot grain in glass.

Between the flights stood an obelisk four feet high, composed of dahlias and other handsome flowers, on a groundwork of green, and decorated with little flags. Springing over all, from side to side of the platform, was a delicate arch of green, the summit passing just under the headlight, and from it was pendant the inscription, "Our Prosperity and Greatness." The arch was adorned with hanging bunches of grapes, dark and amber. The headlight was filled with a beautiful floral design, a bouquet and wreath. In the headlight a I fountain caused a light stream i lor liim. We feel confident tli.it many ol rciaseto do so.

The l-euioerats ight to have learned, after the disastrous experiment, that Republican otes cannot lie by the nominatioq of on a lVm-x-ratic platform. Every experiment they have ever made thin direction has been a failure. Thev nominated McCi.klkan, a war lVuioerat, on a peace platform, in 18t'4. and failed. This Year i my have nominated Haxcik-k, a purely riil tary man, when the country senger and Ticket Agent, Col.

A. S. John-eon, Land Commissioner, and Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. D.

J. Chase, Division Superintendent, Mrs. E. Wilder, Treasurer, J. F.

Goddard, Freight Agent, Hon.C. J. Brown, i now lo 1. mis, tney by Hie to Jeller-kuD. ilad I th- time, rn jil nunv incidents i.i Itie :o.d, and -pi, i-ally during i- days or the iebe.

iio.i. A the 0 oy road ihroun Missouri il wat tiie opjcoi 01 Hi stai; at ti-Ks by I 'oriiti hut litis is an oc-asi tr; reference "imply to sut-n int ideii rs lo nt.lroau iJiaiien. 1 have only i me suoti iro-i-jeL- have all' ete.i n.e i le' I have to i.i i.i.ter by Which it htirreudej-ed tne wra.iit i14 a brand! tf lhe road. sjt, Jtseph lost, mill At-iusou rfiad. ueeilOU a lei.

i icouuiiy. 1 cn ot I fr u. r. it wi be exten. I ith be extension 'if our rvmilt.

tier revolution h.w been fleeted- by raiiroais. wiitCii has rhur.gtsl ine system tf sTruek blow al he ruonopo uf 0 a multitude of i-imiiii-f(i: ri ami hie Ao-bison. it. iin toe UDpete with irk in li.iwn lor the trade oi trie 'et, by the irn reluct uf eorr. merei'il untn I nave n'tf lhe lime To more tlian Htfggft, your retUcLiou, some ci the ennif eifecul of 'his change.

The reiaii dealer is no longer Anmpe Sled to Atchi on A Nebra ka. This, the la-t ot t'ie ro i- i b- me-( 1 1 on eti ou thin ot-eawioii, tne clrci of roals united at this C-ntre. ron-t projeceij orani'-d by th" pet. pie of Atchison. ir was iijt to Ura the of the rertile fieids of to Athion: anl lo semi tufm oa lo.sji.

Louis. Ilx e.iiennif.n wn Intleft itelo'be iiorth.au. I it was rej bu on resforM tne trade ol the Missouri Valley to Its tural di e.tion along and down the iiiswmrl Kivertoits montn iilteado: s. ror.ne Id's TIKE eiuploypd is the Gothic. The ground piau is in the shape of the the short arm fronting 1'7 feet on Second street, and the long arm feet on the railroad track.

Tue width of this arm is aitn gam over i.o. Signedj V. M. Sahd. o.OOM majokh i'.

Northiteld, Sept. 8. Hon. J. A.

a kfield: The Republicans of Yermont send greet ins. and tive a majority of 25 Clerk of Supreme Court, C. W. Price, J. P.

Rawler, Col. II. H. Stanton, Marshal, Hit i st I lots. I will (in nosnch injustice to the me.norv of in ignoru.net oi us Voiiir, soia grut list peace.

iue capacity of th? i.artv James JJtlstaa, cam. Iat0n ana pnOtOC- Governor Stewart, a by such a jest ne wouiu seem to nave done himself. He did not tor monumental. iur a uoiiar More strafe it. th mi -i-s of St.

rapher J. R. Kiddle. on tha' charter as a mere scheme to sll 1 of me irie.st Louisnas permute i her aenve nal, i "luc igo. tt i control ibl rxw f.

trade wiiti-u by iuuxuh oi Kiver Mis uri, iija Jongpouro i li into b-r ip. i'2 feet. The sho-t arm of the which forms the ground plan of the building, is carried up one high story surmounted by a lofty Mansard roof, the remaining portion of the front is carried up two higa stones with a lofty Mansard, the centre "ot which forms an ornamental tower. From jo, oi wn iu we near so oi.ejj. m.

--u rajse He may not have seen all the future to be TUE io to tn" for run purchase, nor eoutlnt-d iu ills to a city io ail gooiln are to iiad. Tne imra-ri il ageot, nirn at hi- home, and on simple. Bijct, goods at The ni u.ent be may neei. Ity tlie fai-iiity wiih wnii-h nln p-ir-hasf citn re-civt-d, he in no longnr efmpeued lay In Ills -Em-it lit -tdvance. but procure laiaL au'iiir, ana sniit-r- i ii jti r.

L'. ihrougn ti.y openetl up tty luauuiie cnaner, out, wun a mind for quickness and comprehensiveness i tie roj. 1 i. unleted to Co! umbos, on THE NI KIIOV. The tfu Jtweph Gazette actually tins conar in pure.a.f maE-' tue pur- 'i air one womd cut bfl i ti." Mt-oi ri ny going to AH the engines and all the people arrived, a temporary rostrum was ine aite, the erefct i Yankton, of water to descend and trickle down the side of the little mountain.

On the sides of the engines the hand rails and running boards were decorated with festoons and lines of tiny silk flas. We tn explain lhe inora he me ciivi.MiHKi.il pooni as a Ion I ii.euce, up the valley ol th' wou -d re ot in- va lit, men of tne Ot Wi' Umes nem i om oay (may. as neeJel Hwsaveit tlie ir.tre-' on the -ewtment ilh their confidenee tn th- lhe Nor.h 'd tin for i placed near the west end of the covered platform, and after an introduction by Kiver Ii. i 10 ira. a nvi.

f-r grain and f-r capt'ai ej.n 'i moe iii-ii-s. Ot tlealer to '1 rr.e U4 i-iv set njn entire -Ujck n.ou.n With tin-li 'I'jn a'es, he: content wiLb sma.l proflu. Th i top of the sand-box was cove red ae tnei pr- no fuscU r. hi: agvti'-. tne ground, had Kro-wn ties, and so tney were iios'on uiaps, hleti Mk1 of oj portnui Ttu-ung to prostiiteti Kl.riu doit.

Rely on her vote securing the proud title, "The star that never sets." I Signed G. V. Noooi.ls, Chairman Rep. State Com. LATEST FROM VERMONT.

Write River Ji Returns of the State election and Gubernatorial vote have been heard trom 220 towns, leaving 21 to be heard from. The C-Tigres-ionai vote has been received from towns, leaving 30 towns to be heard from. The gubernatorial vote stands.Farnham, Republican, Pnelps, Democrat, 2U.717; Heath, Greenbaek, 1,530. Faro-ham's majority over 26,576. The same towns gave in 1876, Fairbanks, Bingham.

scattering, 73. Fairbanks' majority, 23 672. This shows a Republican gain of 2,904, and a Democratic gain of 396 on the 220 towns. The towns to be heard from gave in rarely equaled, ne foresaw, i uouot not, many of the which have foilowej. but no petty Jealousy ever swarei his He was a truly great man.

"opeat up I'tica" found his patriotism, but tne "who boundless continent of bis country eoiu-niandej his ser n-. When others jeered at it us an ldie scneme the coustructn of the Hanniha, St. Joe Kaiiroad, though tutlrr-ini! from rheumatism, whicn had disloca-Led many of bis limbs, and scarcely able to near trie agonies of transpomon, he superintended the preliminary survey of that roal, obtained the subscriptions of sfiek and etfected the arrangements wnich secured its construction, I have not time, nor is tnis the occasion, to do full justice to his memory. I wiil only sy wit i moss, on which was a rock, with an Col. John A.

Martin, Gen. B. F. String-fellow delivered the following address: urei uesert. eagle perched upon it.

Fore and aft Uodl may not surrender thisgneit rital, the B. il. Ht. L-iUli may awaKe fton her muiober, and wih his aid. the tra ie of this grant in tue Iesert" ior a doi.ar.

By -his system theci tie also lose populaf ion. of the sand-box were arches surmounted i i the ground to the crest of the tower is eighty feet. The material used in the ouiidiui: is dark red, hydraulic pree-i brick, wuich in such a mass as this irt.ui present, mid have a heavy etFect, but is admirable rr.u-ved by the pilasters of pure white stone, the pilasters being elabor.t.riy carved in the Queen An ne stvie; the waste cornice finishing the first story tiie oruat- bracketed corti.ee of the second story and Use arrangement of the windows. Tne window arches of the first rioor have white stone keys and skew-hacks, the intermediate spaces being broken bv bands of bick and redbrick. in me tum -nee oi inetr rami.

But it is hard to compreuend the in do en of st. Jo. It can oiuv be etpi-iued by tne idea wnich was no common, aLid wdt'-n had lies, who make their homos at the i. mailer towns to the field of their opera- greitt vai iey return to its natural cbanr.el. lo Atmison it ha been ut gr-at importance, not so mu by the sn pineni of ine nrodacts Me.

PniKiDEirr The event we now propose to ceieOraie Is one of no ordinary occur by sheaves of wheat Between the drivers, on the left side, was a circular already coaracierized the action of that city. serious Kepublican belt in this State, and commented upon it in an article half a column long: Stkingfield, the victim of this huge burl uque, is a Topeka Democrat, It is a qiustion whether there is not soimthing wrong in his head. His nomination for (ijv -nor was the work of number tf jokers at the Capital, and the victim accepted it so gravelv that everybody Topeka apueara to have entered into tne lati, and joined in torch-light procerus, mass meetings, and all the usual boom'' of a campaign. Poor did not understand, for several days, that titty were makint him ridiculous. rbrcSKa Ihrou'h A Lctoson ti.

i tn.n- This aeain Is a benefit to Atchison. Under this Hystem trade can and innae markets.aa by oppiying to our rner.hanua market for their mwcbanuiite oy a direct aud unbroken line for its Tout shield, with the words, "Pioneer Engine of the Atchison and Pike's Peak Rail a nuccess at any rs'I-rnd centre; and in prmf we can cue tuc- out oiercuanis tnn road." The windows of the -cab were rence. It is one wo'ca may never ain oo-cur in the State of Kansas. Inci ediUie as my of the multiplication of oar railroads in the fnture, it is not probable that there will be another depot erected by the union of seven jreat lines of railroad. I may, then, appreciate the compliment In selecting me to deliver the address on such an occasion.

I esteem it the more highly, as no mere compliment to a possible fitness to describe the beau iles of the structure whose opening Is now formally announced, or to pay well de-erved tnbute to those who have mat, ior quicauni ut iJ-r'epiitm, cearnes and comprenenfiveness of view and paiitjr of purposo ne had few equals. His patriotism nd no limit but that of his country his heart embraced all in its sympathies. Jt would be well lorour country had Wu many sucn men as R. M. Stewaru To return to oar roads: That lit tl charter of the Atchison fc St.

Joseph itatlroad oroved SHIUlAfliE adorned with lce curtains, the sides with designs in evergreens, and on the top was and the windows in pits are also joined iuai a terminus couiu aiuue save uieciLf. And so they strove to mate alt rodda terminate at St Jo. Thanks to the blindness which Called to terminate the road at st but sunVred it to pass on to ALcnison, and il not yet term in a led, but passing on. cuing the to teed the hungry mmons witn its Ileitis teeming with train and the caltU: on lie tnousaiid hbi. lhe same ifnorsnce lost to the Boton owners ine dc rjt.

Jo. road, the K. C. Sc A B. rod- In the "pring ot 1V, when we were st.

nugllng to sae this roau, I werrt 'n Boston in tne nope to Induce the owner of the H. A st. Jo. to lake It, and make it an extension of iheir road. Iwasgrav.y aked, by one of the Chief Sciatica, Lumhcqv, 1876, Fairbanks, Republican, 608; Brig-ham, Democratic, Out of the Re oy bands of biaefc this mingling of colors lightens the whole a pyramid, on the lower steps ware dis- rutreL has been guadrBpibd by the change oi ownership, and our merchants havean un-ntjerruDt! hue over the witlre line ol the B.

i ij. of Xi-hraka a line covering, as with a net work, the south half of Nebfitka a nne ot ls; miie in of the ciA uaues, the ieoxth of the Atchison; Nebraska. luUiiH auvajiue our cityhasagsin far than me lus of all tiie through n-encht to Lonls. I an not omit a reference to one io -ident in the history of this road, I refer to the deth t-ntxik Firth, it Chief toxineer and -uper-inu-ndent, Htsitfewaa a lucnfiee to his too g'eai aoiieitude for the saJetv ol his ni. the wittioni of its projectors.

Not. only did it enable Attell and sinngfellow to sell town publicans gain the remaining 21 towns, surface. The otherwise angular lines of cornitftte successfully with tne dealers of the great ciTleji Chicago and New York, and hav made this the com mtrt-lal centre of our great Stat5. With ro navltfible river, without railroads, the land- of Kansas, in despite of their fertl-iity, womd be one vast meadow f-r the buffalo. Without road.

tiie trannpo'tation of our products maraet wouid be itnpraetlea bie. By raiiroHtm. our farme are pii-l on an euai footing at marxet with the farmers of New York ami Pennsylvania, and lo have the advantage of the great ferule city of oar oil. This leads to a eoiderlon of the aborb- Ing question of rai ro-d rale. 1 admit thai I I have neither the time nor tue ability to di- coutriDutea uiu ctiLiiracnou.

UUers ooald played the flags of all nations, the American ensign rising above all, from the top. lots, bat it became theioundation upon wnich bas been bailt up the now important road roportioDflble to those heard troni, ram oo III is tar oeiir man i. I have attributed my selection toarecoent- ham's will be at least 26,936 of tie the roof are broken by the dormer windows with their towers and ornamental finials. A light and handsome iron crest inff The sides of the tank presented a white ground, with two beautiful wreaths flank crowns the deck of the rcofr. The cir cuiar windows which are used to flank the ing an oval, surrounding the word, "Wel towers and cable are very ornamenial was lied by the failing of a brio ge undermined by a 11 Od.

Bat a boy in ean. at the eany age of J4 ne was as Supttrinterwjwnt and thief put of.Uie crtnstrnc- come.7' The white surface was also broken by little sheaves ot wheat, bunches of The south front of the high portion of cus trns qaestton. I may, however, suggest a thought to a tniokicg mltid. Kaiiroad rales Backache, Soreness of ths ChzK Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, veilings end Sprains, Burns anJ Scalds, Genera Bodily Pains, Tooth, far and Headache, Feet and Ears, ard aii oiher Pains and Aches. V', -J O- A I'.

luring TA t-aU. rf rv Oh (mioaii tw and prl cUims. in ETn I-n(oiayi. 80LB BT ALL DBCG073T3 ASD DEALES-1 IH MEIlIOIHB. A.

VOGEUER Sc. entire vote of the State. In 1876 the Republican majority was 23,728. In the First Congressional District 74 towns give Joyce, Republican, a majority of 7,067. In the Second Congressional district, Ji towns give Avler, KepM majority of $,440.

In the Third district, 50 towns give Grant, a majority of 4,361. There are in this district 29 towns to be heard aepenn on so many ana sucn varied cause. jrnon as ine Kansas city, rsU Joseph A Council urfs Raii'oad. Tue inflmsnee of this toad upon the destiny of ourcny dm been such, and to much greater than that of any other ad. toatlwill be excused from to it at greater lenctn than to that Of any other.

Its history will serve lo show th-t of raii-roids, as of otner things, mighty effects often result from pprentiy trlSiugeanses toahow how the buna lei opponanities escape, while the wise make haute to seize taem. There are, too, mcident in its history to expose the incredible tolly of local Jeaioupy. and the now incomprehensible lawlessness of the days when men had learned to trample law under the foot of military power, This little road, the Atchison St Joseph, a road of but twenty mtlea in lens- h. In its verv me. uunuiog is no; so elaborate as the east front, the roof beine broken onW Vv a tion or tne pan i nave naa in ine projection and promotion of man of the great roads whose completion has made Atchison a groit Ra.iroad Centre and this Depot a railroad ne This recognition of services rendered, with no cost totne public, no profit to myself save such as is sharea by the public, in toe development of our Stale, and ine securing to our city a ivanbures which promise a future more brilliant than the fancy of the orator can depictthis Is the compument I appreciate.

It will, however, be expected thai I shall, though it may be imperfectly, refer to the buildmg which, as a mere structure, ts an ornament to oar city and a credit to the roads which hve erected it, and to uxose who have directly and effectively. In their aeverai 0. Choiic. Cholera and Ditrrhoei Remedy Will cure Pain in the Stcmash in fiv min-ui Cholera Morbus or Cramp Colic in lo to 31' minutes. One to three doses will cure an ordinary attack of Dysentery of Piarrhtpa.

Chronic Diarrho'a and Bloody Flux are speedily cured bv it. It is nnequaled for Summer Complaint and all kindred diseases. It is pleasant to take and never fails to cure. Manufactured by Owen Chamberlain, Marion, Iowa. Sold by all druggists.

Mc- Fike 4 Fox, wholesale and retail agent. tni expenemwsione can ne ante to Qx them. To tlx a raft oat mile, he favored sctieme. plain, pointed cable, with couoW -io. owners oi mis roua.

nai wan tne ue of our road? I found ne did not know tnai it eon-necedwithlhe U. 4 I gaveuaail hopes, at once, ana so tiie H. A St. Jo. lost the road it ciuld nave bad for a hlnce then tne 4 rt.

to a oodiimv tion with Pacitic Branch, the now impurtant C. B. P. road, wnich it had giveo awav, has been compelled to build from from st. Jo to Atchison along a road it refused to take as a gift! Hau the Boston men been advised of their interests, the H.

St. Jo. won Id to day own the K. St. Jo.

A C. control lhe trade of lhe valley of the Mtsoun from Kansas City to Omaha, and have a branch of the faeidc many, would be to sz elude the productsof grapes, coxcombs, flags, and other devices. From the tank rose a Kansas sod house, with its green sides and roof, Ave feet by seven, and firs feet high. On Litju KQiop ration or tn rjad from Alch sou to Lincoln, the apttal of N'brvki He was mar-titan equal to thin jespoosible puaition. 't-h but a few miles of iron to lay, ami anticipating tlie opening ot his mad to Lincoln on tb 4tn of July, on Ihe sth of June.

liTl, the accident o-enrred which was foilowei by his death oa lhe lwth of June, I knew him well, and wirn no time for a fit eui-gy to hfs worth and ins talents, I will say that I have never known a man of purer heart, of brighter in-teiiert. or more brilliant promise, lLa Fraok i K. Firth, dows, flanked by the circular dormer win-diwF, with elaborate stone trimmings. The iong line of 191 feet forming the one-story portion, running east and west, the long arm of the is broken some distance from iu western extremity by towrs lite either blanket door were the words, A rate at which it wou'd to transport tne era in of New York or Pennsylvania lo the coast, wouid be so enormous that the grain of Kansas would be more than consumed tn lia transportation. By the raiee now fixed by the road our farmers have a lair competition at the market of their choie.

ThecouipleiionoftheiieitLegisUture "Home of the Early Eaoaa infincy exerted a most vital inflaenceoa the spheres, contributed to its erection. wiu be more strongly Kepubucan. 1 from tne peak ot tne rocv I cannot be expected to refer by nam to all desUny oi Atchison. It gave as, by tne Haa-' road ut th soonest line thrwugh jTtxad rales per mlia wouid Uteir ruin i.

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