The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-04-13
The Saline County Journal
Ea1in q. Kansas.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1875.
EnyTOgikL ITEMS.

New Laredo, Mexico, has been cap
tured by the rcvolutionists.
Sentence is to be passed in the ST.
Louis whskey cases next Saturday.
Inman < Montgomery, of the Els
worth Reporter, are preparing to start
newspaper at Larned.
There will be thlrty-two of the Gov
ernments of the world represented at
the Centcn NAL, besides our own.
For the first time in the history OF
France, the newspapers OF that country
enjoy perfect freedom TO discuss all po-
liical questions.
Gov. Ingcrsoll's majority in Conncc-
ticut is 3,657-a Democratic loss OF
2,ssl. His plurality is 7,4l4-Demo-
cratic loss, zoos.
Tho King of Brazil will remain three
months In the United States. He is to
make the tour of Europe, visiting Asia
Minor and Egypt.
The Kansas newspapers are all pub
fishing "Perky's Cross'-Henry Kings
.ScriGner article. King will certainly be-
cone famous now.
Mrs. Spccr, wife of John Speer of the
Lawrence Tribune, died in Lawrence on
Sunday morning from q cancer, by
which she had long been afflicted.
Mr.. Il. X. Lippincott, lately discharg-
cd from the General Land Office at
Washington for completely in fraud, is
a husband of "Gracc Greenwood"
Judge Bassett, of Lawrence. has come
out as candidate for Governor. A few
days ago he was looking alter HE
chances in Russell and Ellsworth coun-
ties.
A. T. Stewart, the great merchant
king of New York, who bad been suffer
Ing for several days from Inflammation
of tho bowels, died last Monday after
noon.
The House Committee on Foreign Re-
lations will almost unanimously acquit
Gen. Schcnck of any intention of dis
honesty in his connection with the En-
ma Mine.
The Senate organized its Court Of I'm
parchment, Wednesday, and Gen. Bel
KNAPP was summoned TO appear on the
18th inst, to answer to tho charges
brought against HIM.
1t is stated that Joyce has been SEN
fenced for longer time than the law
allows, and that an effort Will be made
TO get him out of the penltcntiary on a
writ of habeas corpus.
Various efforts are being made to OBJ
tain complete record of Anderson
willie survivors. The National Union Of.
Andersonville Survivors is making
special efforts in that direction.
The royal titles bill, comforting the Ii
lie of Empress of India upon the queen
of Great Britain, has passed the house
of lords, having previously passed the
commons. The vote was 1877 to 81.
W. ii. Smallwood has started for
Oregon, TO enter upon the duties of the
office TO which he has lately been ap-
pointed. Smallwood's Kansas friends
wish him all the success in the world.
The Kansas Pacific railway has been
consolidated with the Colorado Central,
but retains its old name. The par value |
of its stock is now s20,000,000 nstcad
of $4,000, 900, Gs it was before the con-
solicitation.
A game of billiards between Cyrillc
Dion and A. z. Rudolph, for the cham
pionship of America, u diamond cue and
$1,000, on four pocket table, 1900
points, was won by Dion, Rudolph Scor-
ing only 394.
Tho terms of seventeen Republican
and nine DemocI attic United States Scna-
tors expire in 1877. Their places will
be filled by the State Legislatures next
winter. Among tho number is Senator
Harvey, OF Kansas.
Gov. Osborn recently visited the
College at Manhattan, took .
a case in the Industrial Office and set
typo for a few minutes with rapidity
that proved his skill rs compositor TO
the full satisfaction of the printing class.
The indianapolis Sentinel asserts that
j. c. S. Harrison, prominent banker
of that city and for a number Of years
Director of the Union Pa
cific railroad, is in possession of facts in
cx Speaker Blaine in receiving
So, 900 previous to 1872 from the Union
Pacific railroad The Journal OF the
Same place discredits and repudiaies the
repors.
That new paper has been started at
lIavs City. 1t is named the Ellis County /:
Star. 1t is a six column paper and is
made up and arranged in good newspa- 4
per architecture. j. Ii. Downing is
editor, and wo suppose that 10. Clark |
has some kind of an interest in the |