The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-05-29
FROM WHITE CLOUD.
Way Notes of the Editorial EX-
curSiOn.
From Oar Own Correspondent.l

WHITE CLOUD, May 2lst, d3.
Having just arrived in town / will Jot
down a few notes taken on the road with the
Editorial Excursion which started from
A;chison Wednesday morning AT 10 O'Clock
on the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad, for
Lincoln, Nebraska. There were five coaches
well loaded with people. Among the num-
i-r ~-,- Gov. O-bprn and wife, Hon. ID. w.
wiider C1i Z bridge, aud many Others OF
more or les note. Two coaches were re-
served for gentlemen and their ladies, and if
i, man would attempt to enter those cars with
on. his wife, or some other mans, he would
be told that the forward cars were reserved
for snch a. he.
When the time came for the train to leave
the band which accompanied the excursion
played its best and the word was given TO go.
The first station Of any importance after
leaving Atchison, is Doniphan, the rival of
A,chison. The train stopped long enough
for one to get good view Of the town and
It's facilitie.. There are two pork houses in
full operation, besides one or two mills. At
this point We leave the river, ascending the
valley of Rock Creek, passing Bremen,
WY station on the A. & n. Il. r., thirteen
miles from Aichison, a town Of 100
inhabitants. Continuing our course in slight
ascending grades, we gain the summit OF the
Dsnidiry ridge, at an elevation of 800 feet
above the Missouri river, upon which is sit
ussed
TROY,
the county seat OF Doniphan county, for
.esn miles from tue river and seventeen miles
from Atchison. The town proper il
situated one mile from the A. & n depot,
which is located at Troy Junction, where
the A. & N. crosses the st. Joe q Denver
CITY Railroad. The fifteen hundred citizsns
who comprise the towns people, are wide |
awake, go-a-head people, and live in
lively place
The next station
TANNING,
IL a way station, yonr correspondent could
gain no information from the natives, and so
will only give it mere mention.
We next come TO, and pass
HIGHLAND.
Whose only noteworthy feature, is i; being the
scat of the University, which is under the
direction of the Presbyterian church. There
are at present about $50 sluIants in atten-
dance. The population consists of 600 peo-
Pile. About one mile nor.h of
this station was the scene of the
accident which caused the death
+ X. Firth, Superintendent of the \. & n.
X X. Having accomplished the "cut-ofi,"
We again came in full view of the Missouri
river, and arrive at Iowa Point, 60 called
from the Indian tribe of that name. In
mediately upon leaving the station We can
notice the efiet of the water Of the river
forcing the track closely to the bluffs. Where
The cars were running year ago is now the
channel of the river. Breaking ont of the
timber we catch a view of
WHITE CLOUD.
named alter the chief of the Iowa Indians,
ong since dead. 1t ia located on The Mi
'oUri river, three miles from the State lire
!ivi;ing Kansas from Nebraska. The town
claims population Of 1000 persons Busi-
iess here is quite lively, bu. people
c,mplan of q lack of the "needful."
rhere are two -four mills in operation, be- /
s'.ie- other ranch Of Industry. There are
some residences here Of which the town may
we'll feel proud. \ new school house has
just been erected. The binding is three
stori = in height, and is one Of the finest
school houses in the West. The City Hotel,
kept by &c. Lukin, is good institution,
and we would recommend him as one of the
hest "hoiel keepers" that We have met. All
who stay in White Cloud should make him
n visit. +. W.