Lincoln travels by train, on the Terre Haute & Alton Railroad, to Hillsboro. En route, the train makes a stop at the Shelbyville station where some recognize Lincoln and give him "three cheers." He arrives in Hillsboro in the evening, and proceeds to the home of Joseph T. Eccles, a local merchant and justice of the peace. Chicago Daily Press and Tribune (IL), 14 September 1858, 2:3.