The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-04-20
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

fhe number of employees in a. 7.
Stewards late bushes house was o,
go.
There will be seven hundred and g.
ty-four woes in the national Republican
convention.
There are GO, 900 SUNDAY. schools in
the United States, with Coo, GOO teacher,
and 5,OOg,Goo pupils.
TIE "tramp qae>Iion" is getting 10 be
a6ont As ser.oaS Il one a the "Chincsc
question" on the Pacific coast
The bill TO suh.i silver for irac.
iional currency bias passed both houses
been sig led by President Grant.
Gen. Babcock has been indicted with
Harrington, Whitley, Benton, Male,
Ncttleship and Somer' lille, for compile
fly in the safe burglary conspiracy.
The New York Tribune'S corrcSpon.
dent insists that nine out CT ten Demo
Gratis in Washington believe that Judge
Davis is tho coming mar for the Demo
cratic Presidential nomination.
An Italian, who recently returned TO
New York. makes affidavit that he met
Vim. NJ. Tweed on a steamer between
Genoa and Leghorn. Tweed was travel
ing in Italy as AN american Baron
The Centennial grounds have been
close to visitors aud will remain so
until after the first Of May. This is
done that there may he no interference
with the worhmen on the part OF visit
ing crowds.
Judge Foster, of the United States
district court, in a case tried before HIM
last week at Topeka decided that IL is
no violation of the United States law
10 soil liquor to Indians when off their
reservations.
The Paola Spirit reviews the Con-
& ossional canvass in the Second dis
Jrict, and concludes that the nomination
lies between Cook and Simons, with
the chances in favor of the former
Either one OF the gentlemen named
would make a frSt-class Congressman.
Ex-Supervisor Mcdonald, of 81. Louis,
convicted of completely in the whisky
ring frauds, was last Thursday sentenced
TO three years Imprisonment and Hnc
of $4,000. w. .. Avery, ex.chicf clerk
of the treasury department, convicted Of
"a similar offensc, was awarded two years
and $1,000
A correspondent Of the Lcavcnworth
Times writes from the soutcrn part Of
Kansas that the recent Usage Coded
Land decision will strengthen the Re-
publican party by from 5000 to 5000
votes. In that case Goodin Cthc only
Democratic Congressman in Kansas
will have Republican successor.
Lewis Cornelius died Sep. 9th last in
0tisvillc, Orange county, y. Y. He was
6 feet high 6 #. > il. girth below the
waist 6 II. ? in. at the waist; and above
the elbow, , fl. = m; below #. in;
wrist #. Q in; thigh i fl. in; calf ,
it. in; ankle / II. I in; weighed naked
6i5l pounds.
Tho petitions TO tic President OF the
remission of part of tho sentence OF
Magurc, collector of the internal revenue
Mt st. Louis, have been presented. The
President after examining them, is
represented Is having said that he
should not interfere in the case of any
person convicted M the whisky trials.
President Grant has vetoed the bill
which provides t)r the reduction of the
salary Of President to $4,000. AS this
would not have taken effect until after
the 4th of March next, and as President
Grants term would then have expired.
ihe Democrats can make much of "a han.
die out Of the veto. We are sorry, but
80 il is.
A special Of The New York Times
sends dispatch 10 that paper from Salt 7
Lake City, in which he processes TO dis /
close the details or an intrigse under
which the Mormons are arranging to
abandon Utah 10 take possession Of
New Mckee, aud thus get into tie !
Union under the bill for its admission /,
- state. :
Dom Pcdro-noi Tho "Don Pedro"
where the tive-spot is called "Pedro" /.
and the nino spot "Don" - bat pNom 4
Pore, Emperor of Brazil, arrived al
New York last Saturday. Secretaries /
Fish, Robson and Taft, Vice Admiral
Gowen and Gen. Sherman, represented
the Government in the reception. The
hospitalitics of the city wcro ten
dered By Mayor Wickhan. lie is now
on bis way 20 San Francisco.