The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-12-31
NeighbOYing Counties.

Mitchell county has nine mills, and the tenth
one is talked of. SO says the Beloit Gazette.
Our old friend Tom. Boyle had a barrel OF
pork stolen from him. at his farm IN Lincoln
county, one night last week, by some of the
destitute. lie philosophically says he does
not blame them, and that he has enough left
for his own use.
TIE Ellsworth Reoos-ter and HAYS City Sen
tineL Issue no paper this week. They propose
to holiday " tor all It's worth.
The drawing of shares in the town OF Nc
Pherson takes place this week
The justices OF Mcpherson county Fave been
submitting bids for the privilege Of marrying a
couple IN that locality. The highest bid was
So the lowest 20 cents. After all the furry
the couple backed out and concluded they did
not want TO marry.
Tie Lincoln county Patriot SAYS:
As we go TO press we notice a " igon in front
Of the courthouse loaded with Government
clothing. consisting OF overcoats. blankets, and
shoes. Other articles were expected. but those
who went to Fort Hays after them arrived too
late. These were all that was lett.
The office and material Of the Lincoln cou.-
ty Patriot is for sale.
The following item is from tic Mc Pherson
Aarocdtc
hr. Jefferson Holmes, OF Lone Tree town
ship, called on us this week. In conversation
regarding good milk COWS he gave us the fol
lowing items regarding valuable COW of his
She il FIVE years old aud averages % pounds oi
milk per day. His wife makes IL pounds OF
butter per week from the milk OF this COW,
after det!ucting what milk their family of sew
Ell persons use and that required iu cooking
The COW is ihree-fourths short horn Durham.
We notice by the Ellsworth Reporter that
Hon. ii. J.. Pe,tana and his mother have LETT
Ellsworth for their old homestead in Pennsyl-
wanna. MIR. Pestana will reside permanently
in the East, although he will visit Kansas soon
to settle up bis business.
Wilson has decided to establish 4 cheese fac
tory.
A german named Philip Curs.ing. resident,
of Ellsworth county hung himself last week
Monday to cottonwood tree. He left a wife
and six children. This may be cited as an ex-
ample of how the cottonwood tree-gencrally
so useless-nay be Of some use, after all.
The Mcpherson Independent has struck man
who knows all about the habits of the MN
nontes which have settled in Mcpherson
county. Their habits are about as follows
They take their '.scIInaps'' regular. all cat
out of one dish set in the Middle OF the room,
sunday is a day tor sport. They keep their
dead three days and appear 10 care very little
obout the loss of friends. child when dead,
is wrapped up in a cloth aud hung upon the
wall as a sack of Hour until the end OF three
DAYS. minister who had been preaching a
funeral on Sunday stopped on his way back
aud traded tor cnIcHens and stock. They re-
luse TO become citizens. vote or serve ia the
military. They are anxious 10 learn to speak
English aud may, after two or three genera
lions, become useful citizens.
Rev DooIey. Rector Of the Episcopal church
al Salin9. was in town the first Of this week
looking alter The interests Of his church in this
place He called at the Ctrotlici, ana express
ed himself - highly pleased with the appear
ance oil our city.-Abiteile Chronicle.
From the same paper we clip the following;
Two civil engineers. from the corps Of the
h. i. X. r., arc in tOvn surveying a race from
Sand Springs 10 this town here j. "A gOvd
fall. and the expense of digging race that
distance would not be very great, and there J..
no reason why Abilene should not have good
water power a; her very door.
Also the following:
man named Becker met with terrible
death in Cheeyer township on Friday OF last
week. lie was engaged in wsliing up well.
when the peg that held the cylinder OF the
windlass gave way. and = man selling the lev
er suddenly stopped the descending bucket %
rock. and one large one was thrown overheard.
This in falling struck Mr.. p. on the thigh snd
threw him from the platform Oh which he Tss
at work. The platform was thirty feet high.
and there was ten loot u wafer tn the well
When taken out he was found 20 be- dead aud
terribly bruised. IL Is thought from striking
the sides OF the well when falling.