The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-09-10

ees, aud finally reach the foundation of
their substantial houses, sometimes ten
or fifteen feet above the Sidewalk. The
main business street is quite level and
finely graded and paved, and on either
side OF it the land and buildings go climb
ing up, up, up, until it seems as if boys
must find a neck breaking paradise there
ia winter. But this conformation OF the
ground lnsures thorough drainage, nu-
merous deep gulleys running through the
centre Of the city, and, we should think,
perfectly dry cellars. The building is
also in most cases substantially done, and
few minutes walk in any direction re-
VeaIed scores of very comfortable, COM
modious and well built residences. It is
billy, but solid, city, and not liable to
have either its houses or business washed
away.
Commercial street is much narrower
than its namesake in Emporia, but it is
as well graded and paved, and eompactly
built up with two-story, interspersed
with three story, blocks, for at least four
or five squares, and q considerable bust
ness is done on the side streets. The ave-
nues were IN gala dress that day, every
window and door was erammed full of PEG
pie, the sidewalks were moving mass for
half mile, and it is estimated that the big
gest crowd ever gathered on Kansas soil
thronged the city of Atchison on that
occasion.
Immense as were the demands made by
10000 visitors for dinner, the hotels and
restaurants seemed equal to the emergen-
cy. The stores appeared to be all doing
the liyeliest kind of business.
The principal feature of the celebration,
and the only one witnessed by most of the
visitors, was the grand procession In the
afternoon. 1t has OF course been thorough
ly portrayed by the Atehison papers, and
we have not at this date space to reiterate
their descriptions of what is of special in
terest to their own city. Suffice it to say,
that it was a magnificent procession, I'M
doubleday the biggest and best display of
the kind ever witnessed in the state. The
colored people seemed numerous, and
had their fully uniformed organizations
in all branches, including very lively
brass band, and triumphal car full of
ebony beauties in patriotic costume.
Senators ingalls, and Harvey, Colonel
Burns and others, made excellent speeches,
full reports of which are given in the
Atchison papers.
Nelson Abbott, of the Atchison Pat
riot, we found to be pleasant gen.
tleman, blessed with an ATTRACTIVE and
hospitabIe wife, and very comfortable
home, commanding grand view of the
Missouri valley, Mr.. and Mrs. Abbott
were recently bereaved of their eldest
son, a very promising young man, and a
printer by trade, who was drowned while
crossing a river in Utah.
A torchlight procession and display of
fireworks were to light up the heavens,
but about seven P. NJ, a driving storm
from the west drove everybody under
shelter, and as it continued to sprinkle af-
ter the first fury of the storm subsidized,
the eXcursionists over the nine railroads
which centre at Atchison, mostly sought
their trains, and thought no more of pa
rading the streets or crossing the bridge.
Somewhere about ten or eleven or twelve
O'Clock the trains were on their respec-
tive routes home, and the Emporia party
arrived here again about seven \, NJ,
Friday morning, tired, hungry, satisfied,
aud agreeing that they had full 81 worth
of riding, had seen vigorous and pros
porous young city. which is sure to keep
on growing and increasing it's business,
and which has as good railroad bridge
as any of its Missouri river competitors.
Our advice is that whenever any more 81
rides of the kind are offered for everybody
10 get upon the train and take look at
Kansas