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With one branch it rey hes Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the country north thereof ; with anothe — 
line it pushes through J.csville, Watertown Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Escanaba, to Negaunee 
and Marquette ; with amother line it passes through Madison, Elroy, and for St, Paul and Minnapolis; — 
branching westward from Elroy,it runs to and through Winona, Owatonna, St. Peter, Mankato, New Ulin, 
and stops not until Lake Kameska, Dakota. is reached ; another line starts from Chicago and runs through 
Rigin and Rockford to Freeport, and, via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren, Galena and Dubuque, and 
the country beyond. Still another line rans almost due westward, and passes through Dixon. Sterling. 
Fulton, Clinton (Iowa), Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown, Grand Junction, Missouri Valley Junction, to Council 
Bluffs and Omaha. This last named is the 
GREAT TRANS-CONTINENTAL ROUTE 
—AND THE — 
Pioneer Overland Line 
— FOR — 
Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, !daho, Montana, Nevada, 
California, and the Pacific Coast. 
It runs through the Garden of Illinois and Towa, and is the Safest. Shortest. and Rest 
Route to OMAHA, LINCOLN, and other points in NEBRASKA, and for CHEYRNNE, 
DENVER, SALT LAKE CITY, VIRGINIA CITY, CARSON, SACRAMENTO, 
SAN FRANCISCO, ani all other points west of the Missouri River. 
The track is of the best steel rail, and is well ballasted, and as free from dust as a road can be made, 
The bridges are strong and durable and all the appointments are first class in every respect — The trains 
that ran over this route are made up of elegant new Pullman Palace Hotel and Sleeping Coaches, BUILT 
EXPRESSLY FOR THIS LINE, luxurious, well-lighted and well-ventilated Day Coaches, and pleasant 
lounging and sinoking cars—all built by this Company in their own shops. The cars are all equipped with 
the celebrated Miller Safety Platform, and Patent Buifers and Couplings, Westinghouse Safety Air Brakes, 
and every other appliance that has been devised for the safety of passenger trains. All trains are run by 
felegraph. In a word, this GREAT LINE has the best and smoothest track, and the most elegant and com- 
fortable equipment of any road in the West, and has no competitor in the conntry. It is eminently the 
favorite route with the Chicagoans traveling west, north, or north-west, and is acknowledged by the tray. 
eling public to he the popular line for all points in Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northern 
Michigan, Dakota, Western Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Califor- 
nia, and the Pacific Slope. ! 
TQ QPORTSMGN THI) LING PREVENT PEGULIAR ADVANTAGES, 
For Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Brant Shooti ng 
OUR IOWA LINE TO-DAY OFFERS 
MORE FAVORABLE POINTS THAN ANY OTHER ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, 
— WHILE FOR — 
DEER AND BEAR HUNTING, and for BROOK TROUT, LAKE 
SALMON, PIKE, PICKEREL, and BASS FISHING 
a hundred points on the Northern and Northwestern lines of this company will be found unsurpassed by 
snything in the West. 
ALL TICKET AGENTS CAN SELL YOU TICKETS BY THIS LINE. 
PHS f @ No other road runs Pwilman Hotel Cars, Pullman Dining 
§S BAR aN Ad | N i> ® Cars, or any other form of Hotel, Dining or Restaurant Cars 
THROUGH between Chicago and the Missouri River. On no other road can you get all the meals you 
require between Chica o and Omaha without leaving the car you start in. This is the only line that has 
THROUGH eating cars of any sort. 
MARVIN HUGHITT, W. H. STENNETT, 
General Manager, Chicago. ‘ Gen. Pass. Agent, Chicage. 
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