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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

There is not a single subject that meets
our eyes SO often INCUR Independent jour-
nails as that of. of railroad monopolies,
and railroad cxtostion. And, IN fact,
they nearly all tale the Same visw viz
that some remedy must speedily be re-
sorted to, to relieve the agricultural IN
dustrics of the country from the opprcs-
i've burlhcns of these monopolics, or the
people will DO forced to rise and redress
their own wrongs. A war has certainly
been commenced upon railroads, and will
be continued until the expressions OF
these corporations shall cease. When
evils so great exist, people speedily com
mence seeking a sure and certain remedy.
Like all other great reform movements
which have engaged the attention ofthe
country, tho incipicnt strides of this at
tractcd little notice. Men who adv anc-
cd the argument that the American poo
pic were gradually passing into a tbrali-
dom worse than existed under the most
tyrannlcal government of the old world,
were regarded as fanatics, and wero
scoffcd down. Repeated usurpation of
individual rights by railroads, and other
corporations, has at last disclosed that
the " fanatics werc not entirely wrong.
The question has now become all-absorb-
ing, and defence against these usurpa-
tons, which arc destroying our social
and political integrity and rctarding our
progress, is earnestly looked for. A
line of policy, of course, could not be
agreed upon tremendously thus carly in
the strife. But popular opinion seems
to direct that the government should OK
ercisc the right to inspect and supervise
the affairs of all the corporations upon
which it confers special powers; that
the government should make all the
affairs Of such corporations public, SO
that the people may know Of their con-
di,ion; that the manner Of choosing the
directors should be changed SO that the
minority may always be properly repre-
scented. These arc some of the RENE
dies proposed, while others may be orig
mated so that capital and labor may be
insured against many abuses existing at
present in the railroad system.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

Noble L. Prentice, the local editor Of
the Lawrence Journal, is one of the ris-
ing hun.orists of the West. His wit Is
original, always varied, and is bringing
him .oui1 PROMINENTLY before the public
He has given good success as lecturer,
and draws good houses. -.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

TIC accommodating party of Capt.
Hasbrouck, which started out into the
lava beds, has been heard from. The
Modocs made an attack upon the whites
and they were taken completely by sur.
prise. Five OF their number were killed
and six wounded. Capt. Jack, attircd in
the uniform of Gen. Candy, led the
band, and when near the camp Of SOL
dicrs, dismounted and made charge,
stampcding the horses and firing vollcy
after volley at the whites, while the lat
ter werc getting under arms. Captain
Hasbrouck rallied his command, made a
handsome charge upon the MOdocs,
causing them to retreat and scatter in all
directions, ami captured twenty-five OF
their horses. The troops arc now be-
tween the lava beds and the Modocs,
who have found refuge in the woods. A
strong effort will be made TO retain this
advantage. 1t is the opinion Of Capt.
Hasbrouk that the Indians are short of
ammunition, although there are indica-
tons that they have been lately supplied
with it from some source. The dis
patches further say:
The bodies found by the expedition
that went in search of Lieut.. CranstOn' 8
party, were those of Lieut.. Cranston,
Sergeant Zellig, Corporal Mooney, Bug
Ter Moran, and privates Alhin and Bloom.
Some of the bodies were badly mutila.
ted. Liet. CranstOn was scalpcd, rs was
also one other. Louis Weber, buried
on the Goth ult., had been dug up and
the tcndons of his leg taken ont. All
the bodies buried on that date had been
burned NOR, or less.
Lieut.. Cranston was a member of the
regiment TO which Capt. Wildman, Of
this city, belonged during the war. The
Captain speaks well ofhis abilities as an
officer, and says that he was highly cs.
tccmed by all who knew him.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15
DixSOZMfiOn Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that the coiHrtnershp hereto
fore existing between the undersigned, under the firm
name Of j. n. Russell C.. this day dissolved
by mutual consent. Thssr iniebfssi 10 j. ~ Russell
& Co. will please call in Lately and stile at their
b-s,f 4 shoe storr J. r. RUSSELL
Salina, May 5th, ISIS l.. J. GRANT.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

General Sherman, in conversation
with Senator Casserly, not only ex-
messed his opinion that there mood be no
apprehcnsions of q general Indian war,
hut also said he had no fears Of anything
like q general war even on the Pacific
cOAat
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

As the precedent seems to have been
established that no Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court can possibly become
Chief Justice, it is fair to suppose that
President Grant will not vary the Gus
tom. There is q dispatch that the Office
will remain vacant until the assembling
of Congress. Many persons are named
for the position, among whom are Pier.
pont, Charles Francis Adams, Conkling
and several other administration Sena-
tors. Now comes Matt. Carpenter, as it is
reported, who says that Senator Howe of
Wisconsin will be appointed. OF course
VIC do not know that Carpenter ever
said 50. II he did, VIC give our opinion
in this wise: Carpenter, a colleague OF
Howc's, fears only two men in Wisconsin
in any future contest for Senatorial hon.
ors, and they arc Howe and C.. C. Wash
burn, tho present Governor of that
State. By making Howe Chief Justice,
Carpenter will get him out of the way.
If Howe is made Chief Justice, Wash
burn will probablybc elected in his place.
Thus whom 1875 shall roll around, with
Howe and Washburn provided for, Matt.
will have the field to himself. The lat
ter undoubtedly wishes that Howe will
DO made Chief Justice, which is the wish
of thousands, as he is one Of the best
jurists in tho land, and is ono of the
purcst of American statesmen.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

Elliott V. Banks, a prominent attor-
ney Of Lawrence and Reporter Of the
Supreme Court OF this State, died Of
consumption at Lawrence on the 9th
inst.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

Official dispatches received from St
Petersburg confirm the reports previ
ously received, stating that the Khan Of
khiva has offered an unconditional sur.
render to the Russian government. No
further forward movement will at pres
ent be made against Khiva by the Rus
sian troops, and it is probable the expe.
difi0n will be recalled.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

The investigation which has been 60
ing on for the past few weeks before
Chief Justice Daily and the sheritf's jury
into tho mental condition of George
Francis Train, was concluded by q YER
dict rendered that he was and Is sane
and responsible for his acts. The Dis
trict Attorney will now prosecute Tram
on an indictment found against him for
publishing obscene papers, in coancc-
tion with the Woodhull-C lafiin matter.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

4. Eberharlt 4 II. II sal
,lcndorf, partners undsrS
the firm name of c. Eb-
Plaintiffs.
James ". Mcdowell,
Defendant. !
Said defendant jams II. Mcdowell, is hereby no
fice Of tire peace Of SMOKY Hill Township, in said sa-
line county that an order Of attachment the
18Th day OF April lisa. issued by said justice for the
thirfy-six dollars and seventy cenfs that said
order of attachment the lSh day q: April ls.J,
duly returned and II appearing from the return Of the
officer. that property. rights CREDITS ef
fecfs of the said Jam N. Mcdowell hal been taken
under the attachment bur tina; the said James NJ Nc
bowel Is the Of interest in resi- estate in SAID
county Of saline that said justice Of the peace nj the
Iequ. 81 m. said plaintiff. la. certified his pno~esi
in To the district 81 said county Of saline wnere
ssi action Is pending. That SAIL plaintiffs in their
bill Of particulars claim Judgment against the said
defendant the of thirty ELK dollars anil seventy
cent. for goods, merchandise and chstfss sold
aud d. iv-rv,l ly said plaintiffs o. ssi defendant
request Thai the following. described real estate of
sail dc:-naa; has s',ss.-l by the sheriff sari
>se county, 10 wit tine -sI'h half % Of tia north
ca-; quarter t:l .rcion 10 township fourteen 40
three % wet Df ibr sixth principal meridian
That the >si defendant mus; answer tn bill al par
t:cusrs or the sail plaintiffs hetoTe NJ 2sth day
Of June. A. ID Is5. said bill of particulars will be
taken tTn. and jls.n sll OF 20 vii
De r-nrr,t and orsi-r fr the sale Of the attschl
premises 10 satisfy saHi in f-Ia-n; and es.i.
ls-s { kBE.HARDr 4 90
~ Sriysy & WHDuAS. their Attorneys.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

Chief Justice Chase, ono OF Amer
cas- greatest statesmen, died Of apo
pIexy at tho residence of his daughter,
in the city of New York, on the 7th.
James l.. Orr. recently appointed
Minister to Russia, once leading soccs.
sionist, died on the banks of the Nova,
on the night of May 9Th, Of inflammation
of the lungs.
Cakes Amcs, tho great shovel man
and the head center of the Credit Mobi-
licr, died at Boston, on the 9th instant,
Of paralysis.
John Stuart Mill, the scholar and cham.
pion of English liberty, is also dead.
Capt. Hall, the Arctic explorer, who
% faithfully aided DIR. Kane in his ex'
plorations, died Of apoplexy, as the DIS
patch says, in 1871, the news of which
has lust arrived.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15
Notice to Breeders of Horses.
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I-i0htfOOt and
Lance. Dr.,

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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15
Le00f Notice.

Stat. Of Eansn., Saline County--
In the District Court Of the Of Kansas for sai
county.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

A dispatch from Portland says the ru
mors about tho conduct and attitRde Of
the Indians in Eastern Orcgen arc con
,Aicting. Echo, the chief Of the Snakes
says thas he.wiIl;rcmovc his people from
the lava bcds, and none shall give aid
to the Nodes. :
Including Senator Sumner, who wat
heard from Monday, twenty seven con
gressmcn have returned their back pay
to the treasury. Tho amount thus dis
gorgcd is Sill, 900, which leaves nearly
a million and half Of the stolen mon
az unrofuadcd.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15
Legal Notice.

STATE Of Ean.ds. Sriias Cosssv-ss.
In the District Court Of the state Of ksnsAs for Salfn.
csan;r.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-15

L. Eberharlt 4 II. II SUI I
dcndorf. partners under
the firm name of c. kb- !
erharif i Co., I
Plaintiffs, }
James ". Mcdowell, !
neg.p,iauf I
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11
ANTI-MONoPoLY MOVE
MENT.

An Illinois paper, commenting ups
on the election of Craig. the farmers
candidate for Judge of the Supreme
Court, says that the election is only
an incident in the movement. It is
not the end aimed at, nor the begin
ming of the end. It serves only to
draw the dividing lines distinguish
ing those who are heartily in sympa-
thy with the anti-monopoly move
ment, from those who tremblingly
gave it q quasi endorsement, not
daring to take q positive stand on
either side. The farmers have no
idea of stopping their action with this
election; indeed, no one thought of
this election when they began opera
tions; but they will go on until they
elect Legislature, Governor, men,.
bers of Congress, and q President, If
need be, if their objects are not at
tanned otherwise. They are fully
aware that it would be convenient, in
q great movement of this kind, to
have ''friends at court" to have men
in public positions who are in SYM
pathy with them, and will render
them assistance in organizing and
keeping together. Hence they will
endeavor to see that the various
county Offices, to be filed next Fall,
are supplied with men who have
already proved to be with them in
and sympathy.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11

THE WEDDING FIxaER.-Much has
been said and written about the
wedding ring. but the more lovely
part engaged in the mystic matter,
the taper residence Of this ornament,
has been neglected. Now this is
rather curious, as there are facts
which belong to the ring finger
which render it in peculiar manner
an appropriate emblem of matri-
monial union 1t is the only finger
where two principal nerves belong to
two distant trunks; the thumb is
supplied with its principal nerves
from the radical nerve as is also the
fore finger, middle finger, and the
thumb side of the right finger, while
the ulner nerve furnishes the little
finger and the other side of the ring
finger, at the point or extremity Of
which q real union takes place. It
seems as If it were intended by ma
ture to be the matrimonial finger.
That the side of the ring finger next
to the little finger is supplied by the
ulnar nerve, is frequently proved by
q common accident, that of striking
the elbow against the edge of the
chair, door. or any narrow, hard
substance; the ulner nerve is then
frequently struck, and thrilling
sensation is felt in the little finger,
and on the same side of the ring
finger. but not on the other side of it.
y ef
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11

I have noticed that all men a

I have noticed that all men are
honest when well watched.
I have noticed that purses will
hold pennies as we'll as pounds.
I have noticed that in order to be
q reasonable creature, it is necessary
at times TO be downright mad.
/ have noticed that some men are
so honest that necessity compels item
10 be dishonest in the end.
/ have noticed that silks, broad
cloths aud jewels are often bought
with other peoples money.
i have noticed that whatever is is
right with few exceptions-the left
eye, the left leg, and the left side Of
a plum pudding.
I have noticed that the prayer OF
the selfish man is Forgive us our
debts" while he makes everybody
who owes him pay to the utmost
farthing.
have noticed that he who thinks
every man q rogue is very certain to
see one when he shaves himself, and
he ought. in mercy to his neighbor,
to surrender the rascal TO justice.
/ have noticed that money is the
fools wisdom, the knave's reputation,
ths poor mans desire, the covetous
mans ambition. and the idol Of all.
I have noticed that all men speak
we'll Of all mems virtues when they
are dead, and that tombstones are
marked with the epitaphs Of the good
and virtuous. Is there any particu-
lar cemetery where the bad men are
buried?
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11
PAINLESS DEATH.

Chief-Justice Chase, says the Bos-
ton Traveller, was unfortunate
death as be bad been in life. The
cause OF his death was
ruptare of the cerebral artery,
wheace followed rush of blood to
the brain; and as the rupture took
place when he was asleep, he never
knew pains passing calmly away.
Mere dying. it is probable, never is
painful, but the circumstances that
attend death sometimes are very
painful; yet men suffer as much in
cases from which they recover as they
do in those that terminate fatally.
A strictly natural death would make
no more impression on q man than
was made on him by his birth. Ma
ture is not such o blunderer as to
make the inevitable source of pain
that can do no good. What is disa-
greeable in dying is the result of
violations of natures laws. To die
is simply to sleep, death being the
rounding of life as SHAKESPEARE says.
To the properly constituted mind,
death IS no more horrible than Is
sleep: but then the properly. con-
stituted mind has not yet been found.
Even those who die calmly or gladly,
do 30 because they have found life q
Gordian knot, which can be cut only
by the dart of Death, and not be-
cause they have philosophically con-
vinced themselves that it is matter
Of no moment. Be q man the most
confirmed of believers. or the most
confirmed of unbelievers, he must
have some doubt--and where there
is no doubt. be it ever so small, there
must be fear. So that when one de-
parts in his sleep he avoids the last
perplexity, that which waits on the
death bed Of the Christian as well as
on the death bed of the philosopher
which was felt by Adam, and which
will be felt by the last of Adams de-
scendants. Human egotism has not
yet reached to that point in which
death can be q matter of absolute in
difference, and probably it win never
reach it.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11


ANOTHER MAN WANrED.-Old Farm
er Pettingill went into his house
one day and caught John, the hired
man, hueging Mrs. p.
The farmer said nothing, and went
out into the field.
After dinner be wanted John for
something, but John was not to be
found. u Isig@. $50 ssHs -
/ He went, at last, into Johns room,
where the latter was on his knees
packing his trunk.
"What's the matter. John" said
p. m
30, nothing" replied John.
What are you packing your trunk
ssI'm going away"
Going awayl What are you going
away forpn so
so. you know" answered John.
s.No, don't know" rejoined p.
"come, give me the reason of your
sudden desire to 60 away"
"Well, = Ineekly answered John,
l"you know what you caught me do
ing this forenoonl"
20, pshawl' laughed Pettingill,
"do not be so foolish. If you and I
can't hug the old woman enough TIL
hire another man. ''ass aas
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11

. fr So
A ToUcHINa INcnENr.-A short
time since, in this city, a brilliant
and much admired lady, who had
been troubled for some time with an
affection of the eyes, was led to fear
a speedy change for the worse and
Immediately consulted her physician.
An examination discovered sudden
and fatal failing in the optic nerve,
and the information was impaired as
gently as possible. that the patient
could not retain her sight more than
few days at most, and was liable to
be deprived of it at any moment.
The afflicted mother returned to
her home, quietly made such ar
rangements as would occur to one
about to commence SO dark ajourney
of life, and then had her two little
children, attired in their brightest
and sweetest costumes, brought be-
fore her, and SO with their little
faces lifted to hers, and tears gather
ing for some great misfortune that
they hardly realized the light faded
out of the mothers eyes, leaving an
ineffacable picture OF those dearest
to her on earth-a memory of bright
faces that will console her in many
a dark hour. ~ Couingto,a nl KY
journal.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11
ssoaE ANNEXATION.

II is rumored in political circles
about Washington that negotiations
are pending looking towards the an
nexation Of q one-horse Central
American republic to the United
States. The last item coming under
our eye stated that the Minister of
Guatemala at Washington denied the
story that two citizens of that State
had held q conference with the Presi-
dent and reported that the Guate-
n1alans were anxious for annexation.
The Courier Journal says that it is
probable that the two citizens who
came TO Washington as annexation
ambassadors from Guatemala. and
whose names are suppressed, are q
brace of Brother Jonathan adyen-
lures, who, finding the market for
political strategy somewhat crowded
in the Southern States, set out for
Central America some time since.
and are now trying their fortunes on
their return trip. Possibly, they
may be some of the spectators who
figured SO conspicuously, though not
very creditably, in the Samana Bay
enterprise, and are now angling in
the pleasant waters of Honduras Bay
for larger fish to fry.
As the expectation has been large
ly entertained that the President de-
sires to cover his Long Branch in
dolence and dissipation by an an
nexation feat, brief note of the
territory under consideration NAV
not be without interest. Guate-
mala lies at the extreme west of the
Central America and along the south
ern border Of Mexico. It contains
SS. 900 square miles, and q popula-
ton of one million, of whom two.
thirds arc Indians and the remainder
whites. It's productions are rice,
cotton, sugar-cane, tobacco, indigo,
grain, coffee and cochineal. New
Gutemala, its capital, has a popula-
ton OF As 900 and is growing rapid
ly. In point of education, general
intelligence and morals they are on
an equality with their Mexican
neighbors.--u we annex it it would
take Parson Newman and the Freed
mans Bureau at least one year of
hard and self-depying labor to elevate
the new citizens to that high plane
of practical piety on which Brother
Harlan. OF the Washington Chroni-
Gle, and psalm-singing Pomeroy, of
Kansas, practice their godIy PAGES
TO the delight and edi6cation Of all
good people. le.-Ernminer
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11

The absurdity that the farming in
terest is benefited by the high tariffs
is exposed by the Fsadacier, an able
commercial paper:
ave scarcely need TO 60 further to
account for the restlesspess and dis
content of the farming interests. The
poor money bears harder npon them
than anybody else. But the tariff,
too, operates in the same general way
OF discrimination against them. The
tariff raises the price, and is adjusted
to that end on purpose, of the domes'
tic goods which the farmer has to buy;
raises the cost of the transportation
of his produce to the seaboard by du-
ties on all forms of iron and steel;
raises the freight to Europe by having
destroyed American shipping, and
thus lessened competition in freight
and retards the free development of
industry throughout the country, by
which agriculture also 10 kept back,
All legitimate interests are in harmo-
ny, and not in antagopism. A bad
system Injuries them all, but some
more than others. Agriculture is the
scape-goat that bears away towards
the wilderness of ruin the iniquities
of debauched money and of "pro-
tectiven tariff. If the farmers want
to know where to strike their ioes,
we bid them strike with all their
strength these giant evils of the day.
and ii there be any true statesmen
leftin the country who may wish TO
rally the agricultural interests into a
new party of reform, let their rallying
cry be, tSpecia payments and free
commerce sa1 4ef uA
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11

PLANTING BABIEs.-A great many
curious things happen to babies in
this round world Of ours, that readers
in general probably never heard of
One thing is-planting them. This
is. done by the dark-skinned women
of Guinea, and isn't half so dreadful
as it sounds. The mother digs hole
in the ground, stands baby in it, and
then packs the warm sand around
him to keep him in place, as you
would set up rosebush. It keeps
HIM out OF mischief. and he can play
in the sand while his mother works.
All day long be stays in his odd crib,
and at night, when she is done with
her work, be is dug ont. When this
agricultural mother wants to carry
baby about she ties him into chair,
which she straps to her back. If it
is some very grand occasion, be is
dressed neatly in stripes of white
paint. and ornamented with dozens of
brass bracelets and rings on arms aud
legs A funny looking baby he must
be!