Show CHICAGO tuesday Y nov and 2nd 1869 1860 editor deseret evening news dear bro the first company of ml missionaries 1 ss ion lon i arrived in this city on saturday night last at half past 7 too late to take the trains bound east so wo we had to lay here over sunday we all ali put up at the allan house situated situated on sher man street opposite the chicago and rock bock island railroad depot a very nice place for our people eople to stop at every accommodation and the c charges very rhes roes reasonable it would be w well weli I 1 to notify the company that start on the e soth to stop here if they have to layover in tb this is city as the house is convenient to all the railroad routes I 1 rendered good goo d assist anceto this thia company as many of them were not used to traveling and did not know where to go the first thing I 1 did on arriving at omaha Omah awas was to go to the ticket office and procure tickets for those that nailed jailed to get them before they started it would be well also to notify the company that are to start on the for every person men and women to get their tickets at salt lake olty city before they start as it will save them thema a great deal of annoyance and be money in their ir pockets some of the tho sisters who came in our dom company pany had to pay full fare I 1 the company had a good rest here ver sunday andrad and aud llad an opportunity of seeing chicago we found in some localities more whiskey iskey shops than any hing else and all in full blast at the same time the church bells were ringing aud and the people flocking to their several laces of or worship their countenances ool boking ing to us as thou though 0 h they were going to a sepulchre gewere we were treated very kindly oti on the i t bhago ail all arnd arid d rock island railroad they laced first class cars at our service I 1 old oid the agent at omaha that we wanted a car all to ourselves which was readily granted and two of them if we needed them we found better reat neat treatment ment at this end of the union pacific than we did at the other end we had several visits while traveling edween here and omaha from that congress d angress party that came to salt lake city two or three days before mr colfax bolfas dovenor to venor venon ward I 1 of new jersey and se several verral other the tho party sat in the ars s with us and listened attentively to the elders eiders A great many other passengers berdn in the same train heard we were mormons cormons Mor mons and they kept hopping in and out to see what we looked like I 1 could have sold agrest a great many olour of our church Cli oil publications if I 1 had had them I 1 have met lots of friends and aduain here henry mcewan is with me we called upon dr fuller who treated us very kindly I 1 saw paw the whole of the company off yesterday to their several beveral routes on the railroad railroads I 1 start Detroit for this morning to see tny toy relations and shail hall go to new york in a week it would be well to send a lot of bookma of Z mormon doctrine and covenants covenas its answers to questions c to new york as Ss I 1 know kilow there will be great call for wein wern th em I 1 I 1 praying god to bless his hia servants at home hoine aud and abroad I 1 am your bro JAMES jaxes |