davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
PERSONAL AND POLI7ICAL.

EDIsoN's patents yield him yearly in
come Of over $4,000.
IRA d. SANKRY, the revivalist. goes to
Europe next month.
GEN. DAN SICKLEs is to enter the lee
ture field next winter and will tell what he
knows about Spain.
BEECHER'S ten lectures in California
noted his agent SlO,0 600 Beechcr also received
$4,000.
MAJOR o. L. GUM has been appointed
chief engineer of the Kansas City, burlington
& Santa Fo road.
GEN. BEAUREGARD declines to run for
Office in Louisiana on the Greenback ticket.
In the New York Democratic State
Convention at Syracuse, the Tammany ring Of
the party got control, and generally out
man9uvred the Tilden faction.
THE Greenback Labor party nominated
full city ticket in st. Louis on the night Of the
2Sth.
Music Hall, Cincinnati, was filled to its
utmost capacity on the night Of the 18th inst.
with ladies and gentlemen,t to listen to the speech
of Hon Carl Schnrz. Mr. Schurz was introduced
by Hon. Richard Smith, and was greeted with
enthusiastic cheers.
MIR. CHARLIE SMITH has been appinted
Acting Auditor of the Missouri River, Fort Scott
& Gulf and l.. l.. g. G. Railroads in place Of G.
II. Prescott resigned, and Mr.. James H. AID
rich Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM A. RUSSELL, of Lawrence,
was nominated iof congress by tne nePuohGans
IN Ben. buffers district last WEEK. but-
Ter was denounced.
SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, although
n ,,onpIar man NTH both mn rties il having CON
siderable difficulty in bringing about his re-
election.
Boz TOoMBs saws that the iackasses
in Georgia will elect old Alex. Stephens to Con-
ssiect b;e ad,5;n;strator
~,
CHlS Ian I'm IS tne name OF the Chl-
neso Minister. That's the kind Of quoue rious
hair pin he is.
MIss AvSr Many M,yy.pn dau0btor
of our Minister at Constantinople, was married
at the legation September IL, to DIR. jerome H.
Kidder, u. S. n.
JOSEPH Cook calls the Butler party the
Cheap-Jacs, Burglar Greenback and Greenhorn
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
NEWS SUMMARY.
WASAlEGTON.

SENIOR SAMACoNA, Mexican Minister.
says the purpose of the Mexican Government
in sending 5000 troops to the border was to
suppress the raiding and aid the United States
troops in putting down lawlessness.
INFORMATION has been received by
Captain Howgate, OF the signal Office, that Cap
tain Tyson, Of the schooner Florence, of the
Howgate Polar Expedition. reached st. Johns,
n. F., on Friday last. He has been absent II
months. All well.
The Secretary Of the Treasury on Satur.
day received an anonymous communication
from Boston enclosing Il 500, to be placed to
the credit OF the conscience fund.
Gov. HAMPTON having requested that
the state authorities be allowed to collect the
U. s. Revenue taxes in that state ON account
venue Officers in the performance OF that duty,
Commissioners Rauin, to whom the matter was
referred. replies that the proposition could not
DO entertained.
Two hundred thousand dollars Is to be
Immediately expended on the Washington
Monument.
THE President has accepted an invita-
ton rendered by committee Of citizens from
Cumberland. Nd. to visit the fair to be held At
that place on the Path Of October.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ap:
pointed A. L. StuItevant and George n West.
registers ONCE, ". n. Gibson, Of the Treas n ss
urer's office, and j. H. Lichbiter Of the Inter
nal Revenue Office. q committee to examine and
take an account Of special papers, United states
notes, and all other securities, whether partially
printed or complete, held by the Bureau Of En-
craving and printing.
THE Secretary OF the Treasury pro-
NOTED o. H. Irish. ofNebraska, Assistant Chief
of the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing Of the
Treasury Department, to be chief Of that bureau.
vice Mcpherson resigned.
THE President and Secretary of War
will take occasion very soon to make the selec-
tions for the retirement ofcertain army officers.
SO that the promotions may 60 to the Senate at
ouce upon the opening of Congress.
The Chinese Minister and his assistant,
Young Wing have performed the usual diplo-
matte courtesy Of calling upon the several For
eign Ministers, and leaving their cards. one in
Chinese characters, and the other in English.
Sir Edward Thornton was the first diplomat who
returned their visit.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
SAYS all patent or proprietary medicines arc
subject to stamp tax.
GEN. HALBERT E. PAINE, Of Wisconsin,
has b0eu appointed Commissioner Of Patents.
His commission will be prepared without delay.
He will soon enter upon the discharge Of his
duties.
THE Adiutant- General OF the Army will,
in few days, issue an order further explaining
the posse eomitdtus clause in the army bill. 1t
will state that officers can detail troops under
their command to protect the United States
property whenever it is in jeopardy, or when
there is any danger Of its destruction.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

anything to do with the aTneor's rejection Of the
British Mission.
The British Heet have lcf: the vicinity
Of ConstantinOple.
Two hundred stem winding American
watches have recently been sent to India for
railway service.
NEWS from various parts OF Bosnia
shows that the Turks and insurgents have abb
andoned further open resistance, having become
convinced that neither moral nor national
assistance can be longer hoped for from the
Porte, unless other political complications arise
MRssRs. Smith, FLEMING 4 Co.,
East India merchants, Leaden-hall street, +.
C., London. have failed. Liabilities several
million dollars.
A TELEGRAM from Jamaica contains
rumor of Q negro instruction in Santa Cruz:
Murder and other atrocities are reported. and
the negroes are said to have possession of the
island.
The Marquis Of Lorne and Princess
Louisa will sail for Canada on the 18th Of
November. The Allan steamer Samaritan has
been chartered to convey the new Governor
General and royal consort.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
A Brave Girl.
n.onsion Standard


Among the few survivors from the ter
ribls wreck Of the Princess Alice are three
members OF the same famly-Mr Thorp,
Of the old Kent Road, n Young man sew
enteen years old: his sister, Miss Thorpe,
who Is year older than himself, and his
brother, u mere boy of nine. All three
owe their lives tn the fact that they were
able to swim. When the terrible crash
was heard, and the doomed vessel began
To settle down. these three children-for
children they almost are In years, IL not In
courage and presence OF mind-found
themselves struggling In the water The
boys, II would seem, were somewhat sep
arated from their sister. They were both
picked up by the same. boat, and were. when
IL helped them from their perilous posi-
ton. swimming si.le by side. The sister.
who was older than either, achieved her
own safety. Sine struck boldly out, and
in spite Of thej incumbrance 81 her gar
ments, the force Of the tide. the darkness
Of the night and the danger Ia which sha
cannot but have been subjected by the
frantic efforts % those who wsr. struy-
Cling In the water 10 catch and cling u
any object within their grasp succeeded
In reaching the bank. II seems little short
OF miracle that, under such circunstan-
ces, mere girl, not twenty years Of are,
weighted with her heavy woman's dress,
bewildered by the suddenness Of tho ca
tastrophe, fnghtened-As she must have
been-by the terrible nature Of the scene,
and helpless fot want Of her natural pro-
tectors, should have been able. single
handed. 10 save her life. The feat N more
remarkable when we bear In mind the
fact that Miss Thorpe is not--as mr.. some
Young women tf her aOe-nn eminent
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

The following are Prof. Tees weather
predictions for October, 1878:
to Clear and cool.
2 to 6-Clouding weather and local
rains.
6 9-Clear or fair and cool.
9to ll-Clouding. threatening weather,
with heavy rairs. and perhaps snow storms
In the Rocky Mountains.
IL to l2-Fair AMI cool.
II to l6-Clouding. threatening weather,
with very heavy rains In places.
l6 to l9-Eair and cool.
~ to 23-Ciouding. threatening weather.
with heavy rains in places.
p TO s4-Generally clear or fair.
~ to 2s-Clouding. threatening weather.
with local storm.
- to 30-Clear or fair.
30 to 3l-Fair and warmer.
The warmer days will be about the 81,
10th, 18th. 2lst, 27th and 30th.
The cooler days will he about the lsf,
5th. 18th. 18th, 22i and 2Sth.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

II is claimed at Washington that the
Southern Pacific Railroad company has T.
and Santa Fe company, and that the lat
Ter road, which Is now completed to Trini-
dad, In the southern part of Colorado, is
to be pushed forward rapidly TO Albu-
querque, New Mexico. where it will con-
meet with the Southern Pacific, which ex-
poets to reach that point next summer
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
Esgii~h ChsrrA RieSesy.

y ssDe 81 The knRf1es church parsnns are
harrying Gu tissiah.3shzD~nf - fad rs
they can parsco re>renfly REUSED bur
ial In coo>crsset ground ;o TIE ehtid %
BapttS. pareafs. bst fnAly esss->sfesf 10
alo~ the buriai n znoncsecrsf.i grpssnd
near BY. II no SERVICES WEIR bid b the
graveyard. TAe Bzytiss atnis.ef Arranged
20 bod sAo,t serv4o~s T. The s;r-es. hr1; the
htfIe pruae-s<oa r..ehssf TIE graveyard .
half an bOzr iat~. vtsch - an1sr~s fte
waiting rar-sn that b. dlstzrts~s iA-- .er-
Nc, ha%ssly Iorkei the gate Asd uesf
hone, and The fss~s.i Party lLsf % esszh
the graveyard uaa h oder - lxy tse
ehid
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
TEE EAR.

THE presents at the Bennett Bell we'd
ding were both numerous and elaborate and
amounted in value to 100000.
A. H. LAFLIN, ex-Nayal Officer Of the
New York Custom House, committed suicide at
Pittsfield. Mass, last week.
C'LEARY and Hughes commenced their
championship walk OF 500 miles at New York
on the LIST.
CYRrLLE DION, the celebrated billiard
player, died Of congestion OF the lungs while en-
route for the Courtney Hanlon race.
AMONG the list OF cadet engineers ap-
pointed at the Naval Academy as having PASSED
Q satisfactoi y examination for admission 10 that
corps 10 the name Of Peter Miller, Of kansas
CALDER, the Cashier Of the Providence,
Grocers' and Producers Bank is q defaulter to
the extent OF probably 100000.
HANLoS won the international rowing
match ut LAchine. Canada. 1t is charged that
Courteney sold the race.
The Trustees Of the Peabody Bequost
for AN educational institution in the South met
in New York on the Sd and organized.
The United States authorities here have
received information that large gang o. coun-
terfeiters, who have been operating In tho
mountains of West Virginia, have been captured
and IL are nov under arrest. Plates, etc -,
were captured Their operations were extensive.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

EMIGRATION from Europe seems to
have set in again pretty largely for the
Atlantic States. In the month Of August,
9,459 people left Liverpool as cmigrants.
This Is the greatest number inany month
during the present year. except in the
month Of May, when 9, $50 sailed.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
fHR SOUfH,

J. +. CUMMINGS, an old Kansas news
paper man. and we'll known in and about Topeka
died Of yellow fever At Memphis on the 18th
whittier he had gone 10 assist the sufferers.
On the ith. the following was the yellow
fever report from New Orleans: Total cases
1913: deaths 5000.
GREKNKvlLLE, Mss, reports As follows:
Total population at the beginning OF the fever,
l.350; number Of deaths to date, 200; number
nov SICK. III: numbW convalescent ss5T :
nnmbes still TO have n 343: new cases, Is.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
THE WEST.

FRANK II. TRACY has purchased John
L. Bittinger's interest in the Daily st. Joseph
Herald. and is now sole proprietor and editor.
The Presbyterian Synod Of Kansas
meets in Wichita, October 3Oth.
T. C. HENRY's 1000 acres Of wheat near
Abilene, Kansas, averaged D bushels to the
acre.
The Missouri car and foundry works
and round house Of tlse Ohio And Mississippi
railroad, in East st. Louis was totally destroyed
by IRE at late hour on the night Of the 26th.
Twelyebuildings in ALL covering An area Of several
acres, besides several cars and an engine
we're destroyed.
AT st. Louis, on Saturday. Rarus made
third in 2:17la.
Hon. THOMAS HARLAND, counsel for
Mr.. Tilden. was srraigned before United States
Commissioner Davis in Detroit on Saturday.
His case was set down for a hearing on October
5th. His bail was fixed at $1,000. He was
arrested for being party to the bold robbery Of
archives bearing on one OF Tilden's Michigan
railroad law suits from tho Court in open ses-
sion.
THEtreasure coach Of the Cheyenne and
Dsadwood stage line was stopped by five armed
mon at Canon Springs. forty five miles south Of
DeadwoOd on Friday afternoon. Two mes
sengers, Captain Suiith and Gale Hill, were
seriously wounded. and ono passenger, II. o..
Campbell. a telegraph operator, was killed.
$S3O.QOO. Ten armed men have started in pur-
suit Of the robbers.
AN explosion in the foundry of the Min.
nesota State prison. at Saltwater on the night Of
the 18th. injured six men, more or less seriously
A DETECTIVE from the Treasury Depart
ment has been at work for the last six months
in Kansas endeavoring to ascertain who are
passing counterfeit silver His work resulted
in the arrest, Wednesday, Mt Eskridse, Of
three brothers, Charles, Edward and William
Earle, and one other by the name Of Daniel
Pratt.
THE American Board OF Commissioners
for foreign missions began its Goth annual scs-
sion at Chicago on the I'd.
In the Louisville Lottery ticket 35,5
drew $50, 900; ticket a4.757 drew so, 900 !;
and ticket % ,l76 drew - 900.
THE eleventh annual session of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors OF the
United States. met in Chicago on the lst, and
will hold sessions daily during the week.
THE Cheyenne Indians have crossed
the Kansas Pacific Railroad ut Carlisle station.
a number Of miles east Of the point where they
were expeetad to cross and good ways from
where the troops were stationed
JOHN H. Brown, one OF the parties en-
gagged in the late stage robberies near Cheyenne
who was captured Q few days ago near the
stockade. arrived in Cheyenne and is now in Jail
Another named Burr is now in the hands OF the
pursuing party.
An order was issued ON Tuesday by
General Pope, Commanding Department OF
tho memory Of Colonel Lewis, killed in an en-
gagement with the Indians near Fort Wallace.
THE Topeka Commonwealth has a special
from Hayes City saying that a band of the runa-
WY Indians crossed the X. P. track ON the LIST,
90 miles east Of that city. When to 10 miles
cattlemen. when hand to hand tight ensued,
resulting In the loss OF eighteen citizens killed
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

IT is estimated upon good authority
that ton OF fair engine coal will convey
a freight or passenger train thirty-ilve
miles. The average amount consumed on
n freight and passenger train would he
about the same. for the reason that what
the freight lacked in speed it would make
up In weight to be drawn; and vice
yersa0
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
TIE death roll in the South from yellow

TIE death roll in the South from yellow
fever f0Ots up total Of 1896. New Or
leans presents the largest death-roll-
2.slO. At Memphis 200 have died; at
Vicksburg. 700; at Grenada, 279; at
Greenvillc, 500; at Holly Springs, IFS; at
Port Gibson. los; at Canton, 100; at
Hickman, KY, 40; at Brownsville. Tenn,
50; at Plaquemine, la, Co: ut Baton
Rouge, 50: at Lake, Miss, A; a. Morgan
City. In, =; at Grand Junction, Tenn,
"a, and ut CHATTANOOGA "a.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

TIE Lerant Herald says that the word
Pasha means the feet OF the Shah," and
that the application Of 1t to officials is is
old rs the time Of Cyrus. He called his
judges his tongues" his police agents his
-ears, his tax gatherers his hands, his
officers charged with the administration
Of internal affairs his eyes" and his war
iOr chiefs his feet"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

The Austrian conquest OF Bosnia seems
10 be now beyond a doubt, the over
whelming strength of the army having
made success gradually certain. The oc-
cupatiOn of Herzegovina was affected
without much trouble, so that the two
provinces are now virtually annexed to the
Austrian Empire.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

CHICAGO has opened direct trade in
grain with Great Britain. schooner
recently arrived at Glasgow from that
port with cargo OF HES bushels OF
wheat
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

THE officials OF the Treasury are OF the
opinion, from facts within their knowl-
edge, that more than seven-clghths Of the
bonds Of the United States are held at
home. and that the proportion con-
Stantly increasing
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

The Atchison Champion estimates the
increase of population in Kansas since
March, by immigration. at not lesSs than
10000. anil claims that the STATE viii
have at least loo. 900 n'lssO.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

THE exports Of grain from New York
are very large. The shipments last week
were: 1926, 900 bushels of wheat, 65l 900
bushels Of corn, lSO. 900 bushels of oats
and 25, 600 barrels OF flour. The exports
Of wheat during the previous week were
the largest ever KNOWN, sol, 900 bushels.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

THE farmer who keeps all the stock his
farm will safely carry and feeds them
fat soon has fat acres, even If they We're
not originally SO, from the manure return
ed u the soil. And the fatter the cattle
are made the better the soil will become.
So fat cattle make fat farmers.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

On the 3lst Of July there were 3, l55
postal savings banks in Italy. They were
first established In 1876, and the number
Of deposits since is 413.9Ol, amounting to
about 20, 0OO, 900.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

A VERMONT paper afirms that many
pastures in that State are carrying more
pounds of grasshoppers than sheep.
Gasshoppers in Vermont! How is this?
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

In 1886 there were 1887 .63S sheep in
the United States; in 1878, 81, FAC, 500, 1t
Is estimated that there are in the world,
4s4, Ooo, 600 of these animals.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

THE Topeka Commonwealth states that
MIR. Burtis, Of Davenport, Iowa, has
bought the old Tefft House, in that city,
paving S22,OO8
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10

The Taeianrhc.y days have ecme.
The sa-iaess OF The y~sr.
When u,eu ran balls al ovsz tusn.
Then swiftly disappear
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
EDITORIAL COMMENTARIES.

The city Of Berlin, Germany's capital,
now has population of LOB, SSs.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-10-10
Inrertstien Of Railroad Iron.

The following table shows the amount
IL railroad iron imported into the United
States each year foF the past eleven years:
Year ending June 80 Tons Imported
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-26
Asuggestion TO The Travelling
Public,

Tourists, emigrants and mariners find
that Hostetters Stomach BitterS is q medic
nal safeguard against u~nhealthtul inilu-
ences, upon which they eau implicitly rely,
since It prevents the effects that on un.
healthy climate, vitiated atmosphere, un.
accustomed or unwIolesome diet bad
water, or other conditions %uniavorable to
health would otheraise produce. On long
voyages, or journeys by lind in ATTITUDES
adjaScent to the equator, 1t Is especially
useful as a preventive Of the febrile com,
plants and disorders OF the stomach, liver
and bowels, which arc apt to attack ma
tiyes Of the temperate zones soi~ourning or
travelling In such regions, and i Is IN ex:
cellent protection against the influence OF
extreme cold, sudden changes Of tempera-
ture, exposure 10 damp or extreme fatigue.
II not only prevents intermittent or remit.
tent fever, aud other diseases OF o malarial
type, bat eradicates them, q fact which has
been notorious for years past In North and
South America, Mexico, tho West Indies,
Australia and other countries.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-26
mn MA LINE
ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS,
New York 10 Queenstown and Liverpool,
Every Thursday or Saturday.

TbnI 76nL.
Cry or BgrLN- CRY OF BRpssEIs.-8776
CRY OF RIcHAosp-A607lCITY OF new $500
CRY oY CHEsTER ..4E66ICIrY or A .........30sl
CRY or M~osTRKAI-4i9ol CRY OF BRooKLfs.20n
These magnificent steamers, built 10 watertight
compartments,Are among the strongest, larsuat and
fastest on the Atlantic.
The saloons are luxuriously Furnished, especially
well LIGHTED aud ventilated, and take up the whole
wid,hot the ship. The principal staieroom1 are
amidships, forward Of the engines, whtre least
noise and motion Is feltand are Teplete with every
comfort, having oil latest Improvements, double
The cuisine ks Away, been a speciality Of this
Line.
smoking aud bathrooms. Barbera' shops, pianos,
Libraries, de-, provided.
The steerage accommodation cannot DO exceled.
Passenger Of this class Will ind their comfort and
privacy piItlcularly studied, and The provisioning
Unsurpassed.
ply to iohh q DALE, Asenf,
Or to Jso. BAILIE; THoa. UBElEN, Wheeling.
fGIlsfO1 .| "a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-26

every honr In tha wav al. healthy devel-
0FTRent, dscadenee, Or warped growth:
w Or ,nree 1id plack 1nua
siao rom : mill ap9ye were .osseq apouI
IN Ie plown, swoiLen Wa.ets; 1. Wa
slowlng ousk, OUT 9DIecn cosia 20 JUS
.iheuy aissefned. Ahuman nsure tossea
ABOUT and swept aneSa 81 lhose plscS
!oon wouia os ateilip!e oglecsi los more
terrible, Reid thought than The game
ngare enauea wlla iie, pacing me more,
ana crying IN t@ torture 10 lne omuipo-