The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-06

A wind storm last week Wednesday nigh,
did considerable damage in Ottowa COUNTY and
the northern part OF this county Seyer;i,
buildings were demolished and Some Others
badly injured The school hoGse in district
No. % and dwelling house kxere blown 10
pieces. The unfinished church in Lindsey was
blown down-,he second time that ediflce has
been Frustrated by wind. That evening
- blow y was quite strong at Salina, although
no particular damage was done.
/ Mr.. Souther, agent and business man
+ ager of the Topeka Commonwealth, called up
on US last Saturday. He was chock-full OF
blessings recollections of the late editorial
trip to Galveston and enthusiastic in his love
for the extention of the good name OF the
Commonwealth. One thing certain is that ifthcre
is any newspaper in Kansas entitled to the
name of the leading paper" il Is the Com
nonpeaIA under the present management
That's the kind of 2 clothes pin the Com
moa,ceaLM is.
Natrue intended tiiat the Smoky should al
ways remain navigable and now We ara to have
proof Of this. An enterprising gentleman OF
this place has already made arrangements to
purchase steamboat, which is to be run be
tween the two dams for the accommodation of
pleasure seekers, picnic parties, etc. The boat
is to be l6x32 feet. and ITO be run by an en-
CINE Of 4-horse powerLA screw wheel is &c
be the propclling power. These STEAMBOATS,
come 'ready-uade'' from. the East. The part
OF the boat for passengers looks something
like IN omnibus. only it is covered with q can
vas awning. A bsat of this fashion is run OH
a canal near Denver, and affords much pleas
ure TO the passengers and profit to the owners.
a steamboat on the Smoky Hill will be quite
4 novelty indeed. There are few bars and
snags between the two dams and the conse-
quence is that Il medium sized and speedy
steamboat trip can be taken. Hurrah for the
steamboat.
A spanking good fellow of tIis city appoiDi
ed himself the chief OF the museum" at the
late Odd Fellows ball lie bore his honers
modestly and becomingly. That section OF the
of the ball which may be called the museum
WAS stored with rich and rare curiosity, which
the chief undoubtedly brought TO this locality
at great expense and trouble. The books DO not
specially state Of what gsnWs the animal was,
and the consequence is that all our scientists
are in a qlaHdary what 10 name it. II cannot
be called the icthyo3aurus because the proper
''vertebrae" are lacking. Ii Don Alfonso dis
covered anything III his first midnight raid up
on his own house-whilc searching for cxtran-
eous substances and indIyiduals-it was this
same creature. Just how much money was
realized by the Odd Fellows from this part of
of the exhibition il unknown 10 this aiHant
At any rate it ''toek VEIL Most people were
not frightened at it, while there were some
who could not approach it without key of
ten-penny nails TO back them. Here Is a chance
for Barnum and we Hope the little witch vii
not escape until Barnua, comes to town.
We understand that some of the temperance
people find fault with The city council. because
the latter did not allow them to examine The
names on the petitions for licenses. We find
very few who object to the councils action In
this particular, and some of :. he few = could
not by any possible means be satisfied with
anything the present council should do. As
We understand the matter the petitions for H.
Dick and Harry and for their consideration
and nobody Else. The present city council is
OF honest and honorable gentlemen,
who expect to do what is right on every ocea-
sion. They are Is we'll acquainted with the
people Of Saina and know as well who are res
idents of the city as any other citizens. The
on licenses essrs Radclin. kruc-
ger and Going-Spent several days in a
thorough examination OF the petitions, in com
pany with tile gentleman who took the census,
who is member Of the temperance order, and
they made ii a special point to have personal
knowledge OF the residence Of every person on
the petition and TO have each and every one
thereon identified. They are willing 10 swear
that the petitions are correct and perfect. We
think that ali reasonable men are satisfied that
the council acted according TO what they
thought was right in this matter.