The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-31

"A little learning Is = dangerous thing; .
wherefore drink deep at the fountain Of
knowledge. Pure streams of it How from the
counters at Whitehead & Seaman's. They have
al the news Of the day there.
Mr.. Hawkinson. the editor Of the Kansas
Monitor. desires us to state that the rumor that
his Office is soon to be moved to Lawrence is
without foundation. How such report be-
came current is mystery to hin.
Now is the time, while property is at the
''iowest ebb,'' to buy your residence property
and ornament the grounds. Buy of Z. T..
Bowen, who has some Of the choicest lots in
the city for sale.
The Isl Of August viii be tomorrow. and
Nimrois will rejoice. Some OF them have been
purchasing the best guns manufactured and
have tried them and not found them wanting.
The prairie chickens are doomed. =
it is said that countless millions of grasshop-
pers have been seen Tor several days at Sioux
City. Neb. Their general direction seems TO
be to the southwest We may possibly have
'.touc,l'' of them In this country.> We certain
! ly hope not.
Two Amazons, in region adjacent to Sa-
line, whose /" farms joined, being unable to
effect partition of the common privileges .oi
| travelling backward and forward over their es-
tates, fought it out with shllalahs. AMI like the
Kilkenny cats, nothing is left Of them except
| this tale. y
The farmers are to be IN council at The court
house on the 9Th of September. todiscuss mat
| tiers which concern their interests, and TO de-
termine whether they shall nominate an excln-
siye ticket for the fall election. >Suci is the inn
port of a notice which we publish in another
column.
J. r. Rose. son of Mr.. A. Fl. Rose of this ci-
ty, is employed as telegraph operator ut
Mount Vernon. Ind. In late letter TO his
father he states there were about 81 deaths from
cholera in that city during periOi of four
weeks. He represents that the town was al
most deserted.
The greatest travelling show OF the world is
goin. to be exhibited at Salina, Aug. stli, but
the New York store is still selling dry goods.
clothing. bats and caps, cheaper than any
other. Come one and all when you want to
save money. and bug your dry goods at the
New Yor!. Store. X
Mr.. ". S. Price, associated with Mr.. jSher-
man, has opened his auction rooms At the build
ing formerly occupied by Ober s Eondf These
gentlemen will also attend to traiaiag Of horses
and breaking OF colts. They fully understand
the mode 0! procedure in both departments
and will give satisfaction.
~. ;t.tt, rtI f;v
ing on the line of the z. 5. &. A. V. Il. r.. are
attracting some attention. Motions have been
made 10 dissolve them, which are being tried
to-day "Wednesday. Mr.. Cutter has been
mad, 4 party to the suits. The proceedings
are before judge Prescott, at chambers.
Jones So Bccbe want the people TO keep be-
fore them The fact that they are in business,
at the oil stand of G. w. jones'. Hardware
and agricultural implements will be their forte.
aud honorable dealing the order of the day
with them. Having sold three threshing ma
chimes The last week. they want TO sell three
acre in the ncx: few days.
One day last week, a maa b. the name of
Misenhe.ter. who WAS working for Mr.. James
Chase, descended TO the bottom of the well AZ !
ter i lost bucket. While at the bottom. sever
al large stones fell ia from the top, and one OF
them strack him ea the head. which nearly !
proved fatal 10 him. Careful nursing and prop |
cr remedies have nearly restored him 20 his
''asi h''''h ~
Although the Commonwealth has shown great |
enterprise in furnishing copies OF the paper to !
our citizens twelve hours in advance of all 9th |
er d:iilies. there is sone complaint that the ps-
per j. irregular in coming. 1.-The more we /
have. the more we want is common saying;
hence. the Commonwealth people must take |
this into consideration when seek ing to re-
move all causes Of complaint.
Aud this is the way friends Couse and Pro-
bert dispose of the i!ocks about:
MARY had little lamb.
With which she Used TO iussel
She snatched the wool clean off it back.
And stuffed it in hc- hustle.
And when he saw he had been fleecci,
He ia 4 passion. flew,
So Mary got upon her ear
And stuffed the lamb in too"
The following Oranges have been organized
during the pas; few days, by Mr.. raunenter:
One AT Cox's school house. Monday. July DIST
Liberty Grange. \. Divebess Master;
Miss Myra VI. Norton, Secretary. On the 2i,h
Grange. II. Sommeryi!lo. |
Master; John Richey. Secretary. On the 18th
Gramge-A. Haigh.. Master
W. ii. Annis. Secretary. On the a6th inst
Mcpherson Granse-Ja Murray. Master; L.
5. Bonney, Secretary.
NEW FEATUREs WITH 0LD JoHy RbBISsoX's
black Sea Lions. the Alaska /
Seals, the wonderful Rhinoceros, or Unicorn
Of holy Writ. the great African Ostrich. the
African Snake 30 feet in length Steer with 3