The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-20

Mr.. Thomas ROrdan informs US that the
survey of the Solomon branch has been en-
tirely completed as far as the Solomon Valley
is concerned, and that the surveyors now
/ in the Republican valley.
/ Mr. John A. Anderson's capacious ware
house on the Fourth street siding is filed from
! foundation stone to tip of the roof with broom
corn. He has been compelled to seek storing
capacity in other quarters.
! Improve the time. Call at ID. & j. b. White
heads and select your gold and silver wares
for Christmas. so that you can have them en-
graved. Remember they are crowded with
work, and will be till alter the holidays.
Mr. II. l. Ostheimer has bought out the
boot and shoe shop of l.. j. Grant on santa
Fe avenue, and Will now run it in all its
branches Good work done on short notice,
and remarkable low prices" is his motto.
Fort Scott Coal 500 per ton at the Farm
ers' Elevator, or $50 delivered. Leave
orders with Kingman, Anderson & Co., j. FL.
Dav & Co.. or at the Farmers Elevator office
JOHN DoNEGAN.
The regular annual business meeting Of the
Presbyterian church and society, will be held
at the church, Thursday afternoon, at O'Clock.
Let all interested in the financial interest OF
the church be present. By request of Trustees.
The festive horse thief seem to flourish with
.'fiorid vigor'' in this land. He taketh a
horse as the spirit moyeth HIM and fees to
boundless prairies of the Southwest-there to
he as safe as il he had never committed crime.
The editor of the Salina JOURNAL admits
that he Skipped up" the other day. But we
are glad to learn elsewhere in his paper that
the Murphy. movement will be inaugurated
there in January. -Marion Center Record
You fellow, go to the head. We cave.
We are requested to tender the thanks of the
ladies Of the Lutheran church to the Sana Athletic
Club for the free use of their halls the salnaCornet
Band for their attractive music, and to the citizens of
sana for the patronage at the festival last
| Tuesday evening
The necktie festival given by the ladies of
the Lutheran church at Athletic Hall, Tuesday
evening, was grand success for the society both
| i'm the entertainment offered and in the sum
realized above the expences. The net proceeds
| of the affair amounted to over 500. Miss
Emma Klnefelt was voted the most popular
young lady in the room.
| For the coming year subscribers of the
| JOURNAL can have The JOURNAL and Chicago
Western Rural for s.. 15 JOURNAL and Chicago
Weekly Inter-Ocean, for $500; JOURNAL and
N Y Weekly Sun or Cincinnati Weekly Star
for S2.75; JOURNAL and Harper's Weekly,
Magazine or Bazaar, for $500: JOURNAL and
| Scientific American, for $40. These terms
| req uire cash in advance.
We learn from gentleman who was recent
IL at Dodge City IN search of stolen horse, that
the above place is sort of headquarters for
horse thieves. He says that the officers of the
place seem to be in league with the thieves
and wink at their transgressions. He recover
ed his horses only by paying SO to the man
man who had stolen them. And he could do
nothing to bring the thief to justice.
Judge o. T. Hamilton has just returned
from Ellis county, where he located lands for
| a colony of some 60 families from Milwaukee,
Wis. The lands lie on the line Of the Kansas
Pacific, about half way between Hays City and
| Ellis. The location for the town is very fine.
and the lands superior. Upon the town site
the finest magnetism limestone quarries in
Central Kansas.
ID. & J. B. Whitehead, the popular jewelers.
have laid in an immense stock of fine goods,
suitable for holiday presents, such as ladies'
and gents gold and silver watches, ladies neck
chains, guard chains. crosses and lockets, gold
and silver thimbes. cameo sets, gold sets.
ha to-,
of this firm tor fair dealing and low prices is
well known, and there is good place to buy
presents.
Tax paying still continues. The time by
law fixed for the addition of the first penalty
is tomorrow. The time will be extended,
however, until next Monday, at which time
the books will be turned oyer to the county
clerk. There is rush of work at the treas
urer's office, of course, and the throng of tax
payers there is in size like unto that of a
mass meeting. The first installment OF the
taxes is being pretty well paid in.
person would not think there was much
| OF a chance for famine in this country after
looking in and about the mill and elevator of
CIR. Underwood & Co. 10000 bushels of wheat
are stored in their elevator, and 3, 800 sacks
of flour are packed away in the -four ware
house. The sacks are piled up with great reg
ularity in sections. with roomy aisles and ave
nues Surely there is bread for the million
over there. Their -four is being shipped eve
rywhere. They had just sent one car load to
Maeomb. Ills. Another car load was being
prepared for the New Mexico trade.
All those DESTROYS of taking stock in the
new building and loan ASSOCIATION should re-
pair Immediately TO the Office of Wight & Car
roll, and there sign document indicating the
number OF shares each person will probably
take upon the organization, Ii is desired that
at least 300 shares of 500 each shall be in a
fair way of being taken before the final organ
ization is attempted. II is also desired that
the association shall commence doing business
as near the first of the new year as possible.
Therefore, we urge upon those who are inter-
ested in taking stock to make itknown by sub
scribing the aforesaid document.
! 1t will be remembered that effort was being
made by the State Historical Society TO have
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