The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-04-06
EDITUnIsb ITEMS.

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Babcock. The trial wall soon begin.
The Senate has rejected the nomina-
ton of Richard II. Dana, Jr, to be
minister to England.
Louis Xavier Eyma, a French author,
ia dead. lie was born in St. Pierre,
Martinique, in 1916.
The American Express Company is
going TO arm all its messengers on in
porlant routes with pistols.
Batter. it is said, will run for Congress
again in the Seventh Massachusetts dis
trict, and so will Dir. Aver.
10 Clark, of Leavcnworth, has ship
ped his printing material TO Hays City,
aud will start 4 paper there in few
days. Jack Downing is to be the editor
Elizabeth Z. Greenfield, a colorcd
singer famous throughout the country
some years ago under the namo Of the
Black Swan, died on the 3l5t ultimo, at
the age of G8.
Secretary Taft has determined that
hereafter no post-traderships viii be
given to any person except on the
recommendativn Of the officers at the
post applied for.
Al. Cheney, w2ll-known conductor
on the the Kansas Pacific, will no longer
"punch with care in the face Of the pas
scniaire" OF the X. 2. The road has
dispensed VITA his services.
The Bishops of the Methodist Episco-
pal church Of the United States have
appointed Friday, Apri! 2Sth, as gen
eral day of fasting and prayer for the
members of that denomination.
Tho admirers of Thomas Payne, in
Boston, are DESTROYS Of having his
bones brought 70 Philadelphia and
placed in the Exposition. That's right |.
,Trot out all the old skeletons.
Owing to the stoppago OF mails by the
recent storms, tho Kansas Land and I'm
migration Association have announced
a short postponemcnt OF the grand real
estate distribution that was TO have
aaken place in Atchison on the 29th us.
a bill has passed The Pennsylvania
Legislature forbidding any persons un-
der pcnaity, unless already in practice
for five years at the date Of the act, to
practice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics
without a diploma from a chartered
medical school.
1t is understood that the capital re-
quircd for testing tho practicabiiity OF
tunneins the English channel is being
rapidly subscribed. a French company
already have two miliion francs, bait Of
1hc required amount. The English com
pany is not already equally advanced,
but doubtless soon will be, and expert
monts will be in active progress before
long.
Wilkes SPIRIT Of the Times publishes a
revised list of all the fast horses which
trotted during the season Of 1873, the
following of which have the best records:
Goldsmith Maid, 2:lis Ohio fastest
record), Lulu 2:l5, Hopeful 2:l7h Amerl-
can Girl 2:i73, Judge Fullerton 2:lS,
Lady Maud 2:lSt Bodine 2:l9l, Clomen-
tine 2:2l, General Garfield 2:2l, Music
2:2ll, and Smuggler 2:2ll.
The programme announced for The
opening of the Centennial will include
"rhe Grand March, "by Richard Wagner;
Invocation of Divine Blessing by J.
G.. Whittier; Original Cantata, by
Sydney Lanier of Georgia, and Dudley
Buck of Cincinnati; Presentation by the
President Of tho commission TO the
President of the United States an ad.
dress by General Grant, in which he will
declare The exhibition open. The flags
will then be unfurled, the artillery will
ire salute, the Gaines and bells will
ring. and GOO voices viii render Handles
"Hallelujah" chorus. At signal from
the President tho enormous engine wi!
DO put in motion and the exhibition
opened TO the world.
Those intending to try their fortunes
in The Black Hills will 60 well to con-
slider the chances of failure rs well as
The promise of success, and calculate
upon the difficulties Of getting there.
Late reports say there are thousands OF
people there, fading no gold or pros
poets of any, aud having nothing to
do-not even the poor privilege of eat
ing for recreation, victuals being about
as scarce As gold. Reports from Yank
ton say ihat hundreds o. teams and
people are on the plains between that
point and the hills, stuck in the snow,
,ri.houf food a. shelter for man az. beast