Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1877 — An Emigrant Train. [ARTICLE]

An Emigrant Train.

Saturday morning an emigration train passed through our city which caused considerable comment. The. train consisted of one small wagou, contufining a few blanket*, a small pine box. kettle, pan, shot-gun.and j two Email children. The wagon •was drawn by two stout looking men, about 40 years of age. The (woman accompanying ilie train occupied the position of driver, ns she was walking alongside the wagon. The nuraos of the parties were Samuel Shipp, wife and two children, and Samuel Eakens. They started Iron) their home near Altoona, Blair county, Pennsylvania, on the 14th day of May, and arrived here on the mornir.g of the 14th of July. They were bound for Nebraska, where they contemplate settling down on a piece of I’n.le Sam’s 1-tnd. These men have hauled their effects about six hundred miles iu two months, and probably by the first of October will be at their destination.- Peru Titnes-Seutinel.