The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-10-29


The fall term Of the District Court com
menceS next Monday. There are very few
new CAGES upon the docket and the session
will not be long.
A game of base ball was played between thu
Smoky Valley Second Ninel AMI the Kansa.
Roughs, on The Saina grounds, last Tuesday
The roushs were victorious by p tallies~~<
Mr.. James Sharp desires it distinctly under
stood that he wishes the people 10 let his tur'
keys alone. Some persons have got away
with some Of them, while others have abused
them. - x
Correspondence is red-hot this week. We
are compelled to drop our editorial items to
give room to it. We are also compelled. foi
several reasons, to omit the usual variety of in.
teresting reading matter.
A fresh bunch Of green cherries was exhibit
cd in our office, the other day. Kansas is q
wonderful state. Two fruit crops year seems
to be the order, this year. Green cherries in
October How's that?
We have just learned that Capt. George r.
Anthony mot Col. ID. Il. will speak in this
place Lcxt Saturday. Capt. Anthony is one u
the best stump speakers ia the State and every
one should come out TO hear HIM.
We have been shown specimen of Alpine
clover which grows upon the farm of the
Messrs. Carlip. Tie root of the stalk meas
ures thirty and one-halt inches. Has any one
The document" to beat the Alpine x
= Sae,1, 81 Chagr,n Fails, Ohio, WHO is
now ia this county, intends startnya dairy
two mills northwest OF Bavaria <Me is to
commence operations in the spring. A dairy
has long been needed ~ Saline county. and we
have been surprised that 10 one heretofore
has engaged in the business. "
The old NJ. f.. Church on 9Th street, pur-
chased by the English Lutheran cOngregation
has been neatly and comfortably repaired and
rettted, and will be Dedicated next Sunday
morning at II o'clock Rev j. w. Goodwin,
OF York, Pa, will ofiiciate at the dedicatory
seri ices. ~
The eclipse of the Moon on Saturday night
was witnessed by quite number of our cit-
zcns. Between maps" We caught sight OF
the eclipse in its different stages, until the
Moon was almost wholly covered by the cop
per-colored curtain. During She transition
from bright moonlight to very respectable
darkness. we caught sight of two wandering
individuals who seemed looking for another
kind of an eclipse than the Moons. We guess
they found it.
Notices have been posted In this school dis
trct informing the voters that on next Mon
day All election will take place for the purpose
OF voting school bonds. OF these bonds the
amount OF $1,000 is to be expended in paying
for the school furniiure,i the furnaces and
school clock. The amount..oi $4,000 is to be
laid out in completing the building. IL is
claimed that the school rooms are already fill
ed, and there is demand for more room. In
consequence Of this it is proposed to complete
and furni h the third story
We had head of w. r. Gels AMI D rty
shooting so many ducks on the pond west of
town. la fact, the report had Travelled and
Travelled until it came TO us that they had kill
ed - at one shot. OF course, we thought We
would try our luck at duck shooting, too. We
persuaded Mr.. G. Post 10 FURNISH a team.
gun, ammunition and do the shooting. We
went with him last Monday afternoon out TO
the duck country. A. we approached that re-
gion, we could see al ong the brow Of The hills
long line of white something. This some
Thing was construed by us to be-in quick
succeSsion-buffalo bones, water. sand hill
cranes and, finally, wild geese. How We
were astonished when the latter prediction
proved TO be true. They were gcese-aIthough
some Of the town boys labored hard TO make
us think (and they almost succeeded ia doing
SOL that they were nothing but brants. We
gave up duck hunting. What was such small
sport compared with wild goose hunt. The
prairie was literally thick with them. Never
was there finer army of birds. We advanced
upon them. just as we were within haillng
distance, the grand army Of beautifully fratlI-
cred aud cOmparsoncd birds arose all toycth-
e., and the clapplmg of wings and the sqtiamk-
Ing of many hundreds VAS almost deafeniny.
One detachment flew low over us and Post
leyelcd his gun and brought one down. The
lecIons swung southward They settled
aga.n just b, hind tie hills aud we ,leployrd
as skirmisherS." 4 ravine was handy. and
by crawling carefully up this. Post managed
10 come within nifty Steps OF them unobseryed
Bang went his gun, and over Went a goose,
while its fellows rose again rs before and con-
inucd in their southern flight. East OF that
locality we saw another division of geese, and
We hastily made for that point. Another ra-
zine was conveniently near them. an up il Post
,ravled. Another shot aud over went anoth-
n goose. while its companions made OF in the
direction in which ourseif was ''camped." As
hey passed over, We saw a goose ialling-fall- /
ng-and we were satisfied thar Posts last shot
rad called two instead OF oLe 10 an account OF
heir stewardship The goose fell and scram-
Dled of in good order. pursued BY The team
md ourself across the toughest kind of ground
buggy springs being in the CREATES; amount
II danger. We captured it at last Ii was
low dark. and We han ed up for Post, who was
he proudest man that ever shot gun. He
vas now the champion goose hunter. As We
made into tewn we felt rs il We went AZ the
lead OF a coEquering army. The goose hunt
: the common talk Of to-day. oIller. have
Tied their luck. bat have not succeeded rs
veil as we did on Monday. Verify. We are at
he head OF goose slayers. aud are hsppy-es-
,ecislly our>clf.