The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-12-14
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

A Dill DaS Deen introduced IN tDs
House to organized the territory of
Black Hills.
Hendricks admits the possibility OF
the House declaring Tilden President
and the Senate Hayes.
Mexico is now "enjoying" three diff
ferent governments-a legal President
President inferno, and military die.
tator.
Several transactions in Confederate
bonds have taken place in London since
the election, all on account of the re.
ported election of Tilden.
The Kansas Legislature meets on Jan.
uary 9th, second Tuesday. The State
Printer will be elected on the 10th and
a u. S. Senator on the 23d.
Two Republicans electors-one.. in
South Carolina and one in Louisiana
were offered 100000 each if they would
cast their votes for Tilden. They voted
for Hayes.
Last Tuesday a great ice gorge on the
Mississippi, at st. Louis, destroyed sew
eral steamboats, and injured others. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
The jury in the case of jack Mccall,
charged with the murder of Wild Bill in
the Black Hills, brought in verdict OF
murder, last week Wednesday. The
penalty is death.
The Housejudiciary committee has re-
ported in favor Of seating REPRESENTATIVE
Bedford, Of Colorado. Neither will there
be further opposition to counting the
Colorado Electoral vote for Hayes.
Two sets of Electoral votes will be
sent 10 Congress from Florida, South
Carolina and Louisiana. Besides these
the Democrats will have several contest
ing electors from the Northern States.
The Leavenworth Times understands
that Judge Kingman, on account of i'll
health, will soon tender his resignation
as Chief Justice of our State Supreme
Court, TO take effect about the first of
January.
John Morrlssey has declared off all
pools sold in his house on the direct re-
suit of the presidential election. This
fact is regarded by some as an admis-
sion that Hayes will be inaugurated
without trouble.
The vote of New York City, for presi-
dent, was 179, $50, Philadelphia, 137 ,52l;
Brooklyn, 91,,562; Chicago, 62,2l9 /;
Baltimore, $1,000; Cincinnati, 1926;
Boston, 44,076; San Francisco, Al ,5i4
st. Louis, 40,006.
The mem bers of the Kansas President
ial College assembled at the Office of
Secretary of Safe, on last week Wednes-
day and cast their five votes for Hayes
and Wheeler. J. B. Johnson was elect.
ed messenger to transmit the vote to
Washington.
The remains of Donaldson, the lost
seronaut, were discovered by party OF
hunters on the 22d nit. IN Newaygo coun-
ty, Mich. Only q feshless skeleton was
found and portions of the clothing which
answer the description of that of the un
fortunate balloonist.
The Topeka Blade is reasonably con-
vinced" that the Bendcrs never left
Kansas, but wcro taken care of by q
vigilance committee. 1t bases its con-
viction on letters received from party
who lives in the Bender noighborhood,
in which letters it was stated that mhe
Blenders never got out of tho county"
The Great Bend Register claims that
Ellsworth county is not entitled to a.
in the Legislature; that
the legal vote of the county at tho last
election was 49,. notwithstanding the
canvassers made it $50. Friend Long
and other Ellsworth men had better 60
down and "bulldoze" that Register man.
The Topeka Water Power company
has closed a contract with ID. b. Sears,
Of Rock Island, ILL.,, to dam the Kansas
river three and half miles above the |
,ity and bring the water in canal
through the city. The dam is guaran-
eed to stand five years; and work is 10
commence early in January and to be
within two years.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat thus
lefines the attitude of Carl Schurz: "To
he best Of our knowledge and belief he
.ands in attitude of majestic isolation
grand, gloomy, and peculiar, as an
'rator once remarked of the late lament
d Napoleon. He seems to be in favor
f the election of Hayes and the inaug-
lration of Tilden. He is still the noblest
wing example of q strictly Independent
'oter."
Eighty-seven theaters, opera-houses
nd museums have been burned in the
United States since l79S. Among these
he severest calamity was that at Rich
aond, Va, Dec. 6, 1911, whereby 81
,ersons lost their lives in the hurninr