The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-09-02

II nIfy be several months before the decision
is made public.
!! New prints at he New York Store.
We understand HAT parties have arranged
.or race between the irish Girl and Little
Keccna. which il to take place on the 9Th OF
October. The winner is to carry away $500.
Some Of Salinas yonng men have recently
been investing in Topeka. They have been
purchasing houses and lots. There may be
millions in it," and then, again. there may
not be. -& 3
Hired girls abandon Salina and go and get
81 90 per day sorting broom corn. ConsaN
quently hired girls are hard to get for money,
AS far as The ''love'' part is concerned we can
not safely state.
SIR. Oscar Seitz has recently had constructed
IN elevating apparatus in the back part of his
store. Bulky goods now 60 booming mp and
down with alarming rapidly. Alex Shultz
was the architect and builder -
! Mr.. a. r. Shute. the cheese manufacturer at
! Bavaria. leaves rs a sample OF cheese made
| by himself. and we find it equal in quality and
tone" TO any cheese that first saw light on tho
+ old JTestcrn Reserve.
/ Mr.. II. c. Order, Of Gypsum Creek recent
! y lost a valuable horse his death being
caused, as it is supposed. from eating too
much wheat. lie lost horse last spring from
the same cause.
! H'e understand that Mr.. Ed. johnson has
sold his farm just south of the city to Mrs. J.
Lubbers. We also hear that Mr.. johnson in
! q
To J. w. Blondon, OF eagle face and good
heart. who wakes up the voters on the Saline.
tie JOURNAL boys present arms''-for numer-
Gus good melons.
Mr.. w. Hoover has fitted up his little barber
shop almost as coy as boudoir, and the av-
erage barber-chair subject feels his three days
whiskers gliding Off amid pleasant surround
ings. -
They have hardly commenced work on the
new railroad hotel at Abilene and consequent
| IL there is fair chance of Salinas retaining
her excellent railroad hotel until spring, at
least. *
The shucks arc tumbling from ears OF
cons, leaving the kernels almo-t entirely
bare. Those who pretend to be posted and
set themselves up rs equal 10 "Old Probs,''
himsclf,say that this is an Indication OF al open
winter
Maj. Joel Thomas sold ont his lest car load
of horses and mares very readily. Mr.. II. :. /
Schafcr bought eleven of them, we understand (
The Major viii always find Salina good place |
to market his stock.
Miss Mary Blodgctt. aged IG years. is the
first teacher TO take a first grade certificate in
Saline county since the grade w)k raised. which !
was done during last January The first grade !
certificate was awarded to this young lady at
the examination of teachers last Saturday.
Foot races have been looming up again. A
race came off at the track, last Friday after
noon. between Henry Mcdaniel and James
Mars. Mcdaniel was winner. Last Tuesday.
Il. X. ,jeffrcs and james Mars tried their
speed and JcfIre> was winner. He making 4
half mile in 2 ID minutes.
In another column will be found some valu-
able statistics concerning Saline county. kind
ly furnished us by our county clerk, David
Bcebc. Mr.. Beebc may be regarded is about
the best officer Saline comfy ever had. His
reports are always iutrlligblc. to The point and
correct.
There has been "A grand tumble down in the
wheat market. Oar wheat buyerslook gloomy
and say that it will he soDe time before the
market can do hctter-Yhcat ranging only
from 60 cents to 90 ccnts.f The best wheat in
the county may run the gauntlet and bring
8l.0G. The recent bank failures are made the
object Of considerable crrSin@.
In this paper will be found an advertisement
of book entitled The Rocky Mountain
Saints the author of which was TOR twenty
five years n Mormon elder, missionary, and
editor and proprietor OF The Salt Lake Datlyl
Telegraph. The book is 4 full history of the
Mormons and should be in the hands Of every
American citizen.
The stately sunflowers have ripencd and
scattered their seeds about town. Still another
year will 4 waving sea Of the plants of the
genus NeliaHtfus surround orr beautiful city
and present a resemblance TO the magnificent
forests which we of the land OF prairieS so
much pine for. Surely. there will be n multi
tude Of suls almost cclipsing the "only aLl
original" orb of day. TX
Rev. 4. II. Willard delivers 4 farewell lecture
in the Baptist church this evening. His sub
icct VIII be The last Minstrel, or the Life and
Genius of Sir Walter Scott" He will also
read 1.-The Aged Harper" "The Doom of
Constance de Beverly, > "Rosabelle,' Re
becas Prayer and other choice extracts.
Admission only % cents. Children 10 cents
Let there be 4 large attendance.
The young people are again making ar
to give a series OF theatrical enter
tainments. They are to take place during the
District Fair. and are to be for the benefit of
the order Of the knights OF Pythias. Stran-
gers from abroad can thus be treated TO night
as well rs day entertainments. The signal suc-
cess attending the recent entertainments is a
rst-ratc guaranty that those in October will
be in every way first-class.
Hon. Alfred Gray. in an article upon the CEN
sus, contributed 10 the Topeka Commonwealth
Of August 2s, THUS speaks OF our county clerk.
David Beebe:
One clerk sends in returns to-day IN splendid
shape, and says: They came 20 our hands in
teTy bad shape. aud We copied ihem. putting
lie sun totals all in red ink al the end Of each
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