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510 History University of Illinois THE EVANGELICAL HEADQUARTERS. For the evangelical and temperance portion of "the ring" and their friends, we had a quiet room set apart provided only with a bible, a pitcher of cold water, and a bottle of bay rum (for the hair); and here your correspondent spent most of his time. How much money was paid to senators or representatives for their votes; how much champagne was drunk; how much bad whiskey swallowed, and how much deviltry generally and stealing particularly, was accomplished, your correspondent, from his pious associations has no means of knowing. He goes no deeper into the affair than common report in Springfield gives him authority for doing. . OPPONENTS. But, though we had the inside track by previous arrangement, we found a formidable crowd from Jacksonville, headed by old man Turner, (who gave us a great deal of trouble); another body; equally formidable, from Bloomington; to say nothing about the Lincoln boys. Of course, $5,000 soon disappeared, and we had to "go back" on the people of Champaign county for more money and a bigger bid; again for a bigger bid and more money; and so on, several times repeated. ANOTHER BID. Finally, we brought the thing to a head by a bid valued at $400,000 but at a cost to the county not including legislative expenses, of $200,200, as follows: Champaign Male and Female Institute buildings and ten acres of land near centre section 7 T. 19, 9 E. $ 30,000 Ni/2 S. E. and S. % N. E. section 18, T. 19 9 E. 160 acres . . § 14,000 The Griggs tract of 400 acres, section 21, T. 19, 9 E. at B * ^IPBw"* * - ^ f i & « BpSS ^H , 22,000 The Busey tract, 410 acres, section 19, T. 19, 9 E. at $0 . H H 7 28,700 Bonds of Champaign county 100,000 The Dunlap subsidy of fruit and shade trees " a t lowest catalogue rates" ..... 2,000
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