The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-08-15
NEWS o. m WEEK,

The Mace O'Baldwin fight comes of
today somewhere in Virginia.
Lead mines are reported to have been
discovered in Butler county, in this State
General Sherman, Nellie Grant ex
Secretary Borie and family leave En-
rope Sept. 5th for home.
There is some excitement in ireland
over u report that gold has been discov'
cred near the town of Kinsale.
King Amedeus has signed degree
providing for the gradual abolition OF sla
very in the colonies Of Cuba and Porto
Rico.
The Tribune states, on authority, that
the lately published reports that Chief
Justice Chase is in a very critical cond''
ton.
Patterson, n. J., offers to exempt the
Erie Railroad from local taxation fol
ten years if it will remove its repair
shops there.
Auditor Rutherford is thoroughly ex
amining the Kansas claims, which will
probably amount to $500, 900, and will be
adjusted and passed before the end Of
this week.
1t is rumorcd that the Union Pacific
Railroad is negotiating for the control Of
the Utah Southern, with the intention Of
pushing the work to the extreme south
ern part.
w. w. COrcoran has sold his country
sea known rs Harvard, and donates the
proceeds. s225, 900, to the gallery Of art,
which he has already donated to the city
of Washington.
A village on the Aslatic banks Of the
Bosphorus, inhabited by poor Jews and
Greeks, has been destroyed by fire, and
upwards Of 10000 families rendered
homeless and destitute.
Governor Harvey, Of Kansas, who is
now at Washington looking after the ad.
iustmcnt Of the Price raid claims OF
1864, fully expects to be able TO close w
his business with the treasury and re.
turn home in week.
II is stated that Gen. Hillery announc-
cs that he has determined to accept the
wager of $4,000 offered in the Daily
Nens that Greeley will bc elected, and be
will also wager the valuc Of his house
and lot In Harlem-twO to One-On
Grant.
A telegram from Rome to Archbishop
McCIoskcy announces the appointment
of Right Rev. VIM. Henry Elder, Bishop
of Matches, TO be Archbishop Of Balti,
more, to succeed Archbishop Spaulding.
Bishop Elder is u native OF Baltimore,
where he was born in 1872.
A Brownsville, Texas, special says the
details of Mexico outrages given before
the commission are shocking. Men are
ruined in u sin ,Ic day by crossing ttci
herds over the river, which is weekly
occurrence. Men arc killed for - dollar
tribute. There is reign of blood. The
country people are armed day and night.
Dispatches from Maine say that very
active canvassing is going on ON both
sides throughout the State. Senator
Doolittle is working very hard in behalf
of the Greeley ticket. Gov. Noycs, OF
Ohio, has arrived, and is addressing Re-
publican meetings. Senator Wilson, also,
is shortly expected there.
The sale of the St. Louis, Kansas City
& Northern Railroad, better known as
the North Missouri road, at public auc-
ton in St. Louis on September 18th,
will be announced Monday. The sale
was ordered by the United States Court,
on the petition OF William Hayes, Of
Philadelphia, and others, to satisfy judg'
ments against the road obtained by them
last fall, amounting to over half q mil
lion dollars. The railroad made no de.
tense.
A private letter from one Of the suf;
fercrs by the late foods in Alabama says
the best cotton crop since the war has
been swept away; not hill is lett. The
condition of the people is terrible, they
were in desperation, and are aow posi-
lively without resources Of any kind
and fifteen or sixteen months must clapse
before relief can come from another
crop. Thousands Of them arc without
bread, and must starvc if they cannot
get help.
Ceaeral Banks' DeiectIou.
In the detection Of General Banks