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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-11

IL seems that some little time SINCE
certain road leading east from Kansas City
paid scaJpers as high as - 20 commission
for all tickets sold over their line 81 rad.
This, 81 course, came u the ears 81 some
OF the other companies. and the rate was
not only met. but Il GO you enc better
was the cry. The thing went on Ia this
way for some weeks, and scalpers were
paid as high n $50 for sending passsrn-
gers over certain russis. s...h ss.ss,sr
could not last long, and the ordinations
and recrininafions mt last came Ia head
quarters. This Il where the matter stood
when the committee came together nj ST
Louis. Just how Ia meet the ease IL wa.
hard To determine, and nj first IL was pro-
posed tn do away with all the uptown
ticket Offices here In Kansas City. This
plan met with ~ much opposition. how
ever, that II was abandoned. ard after a
long debate the matter was settled by the
issuing 81 the following circular b. the dr.
ferent ticket agents In Kansas City:
ST. Louis, June "a. ISIS.
r. g. JeSett r. J. johnson. W. n. MeDesrInon.
Ticket Agents, Kansas City. Mo.
From and after this date you VIII not be
permitted To sell tiekets ut ls-s than tariff
rates, nor win you he allowed o. furnish
tickets to scaipers les- than full rates.
neither viii you be allowed To divide CON-
missions with either scaiper- 90 pa-sengery.
or in any way furnish tickets a; les- than
full rates. Any agent violating this order
win be at once dismissed from the service
q the company b. repre-eu's.
fSignedi A A. TALsaor.
Gen. Supi. No. Pse. Ky. Go.
T. NrEissocE,
Gen sapi- 81; l.. X c. An. r.
J. X. CsEsos.
Gen sgr. H. 4 ST. Joe. X. x
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THE EAST.

An attempt was made ut Sweetsburg,
Quebec, Thursday night, to assassinate Edward
H. Goff, President Of the Boston, Montreal and
Portland Railroad.
THE corporation known as the Fall River
Print Works has suspended. The mill contained
$4,000 spindles, and employed 175 hands. 1t
is one Of the oldest in the city.
COL ALvAH BUCKBEE, a prominent
resident Of Elmira, n. Y, shot his wife, his
out, dying instantly. Both women are fatally
injured.
THE noise and smoke OF the MetropOli-
tan Elevated railroad Of New York have moved
one hundred and thirty eight prominent ply
Jury q vigorous complaint and protest.
THE Eastern Coal Companies have stop
ped work until the 18th inst. Twenty-Five
thousand men are thrown out Of employment.
The reported disturbances fortunately proved to
be untrue.
THE creditors Of S. Angler Chace, OF
Fall River, Mass, sentenced to State Prison for
stealing funds Of the Union Mills, while Treas
urer. met on Wednesday. Claims to the amount
Of 1924 ,4O7 were allowed. The claim OF 1885,
600 presented by the Union Mills was not
allowed. Assignees have been appointed.
JAMES S. BEDLow, Superintendent of
the Western Union Telegraph company, was
drowned at Pine Point, Scarboro, while rescuing
his daughter.
HARVARD is victorious over Yale on the
land as well on the water. The contest for
the base ball championship in Hartford ON Sat
Hon. j. G. SINCLAIR, OF Bethlehem,
n. Y, has failed for 800 900, with no assets.
The steamer, J. B. Walker, lies at New
Haven, Conn, ready to sail for Constantinople
with cargo Of war material worth two million
dollars.
THE Receiver Generals Office at Toronto
was robbed by a sneak thief on the 9Th Of bills
and silver to the amount of $l3.1OO.
THE Metropolitan Elevated Railroad has
secured the services of Thomas A. Edison, the
electrician, to invent some method Of running
their cars without noise, and also to condense
smoke on engines.
vANDERHoEF Il BEATTY, OF New York,
dealers in straw goods, have suspended. Their
liabilities are estimated at $25O,OOO.
ToBIN, the old soldier convicted OF muir
der at West Point has been sentenced to be
hanged next September. The President will DO
asked to commute the sentence to life imprison-
ment
SING SING PRISON, with an average of
1868 convicts. earned during June $40, 257,
against an expenditure OF SIG, 1881.
The New York Central Railroad Com
pany offers 81 900 reward for the detection Of
the wretch who removed a rail from its track
near Albany. Saturday night whereby an oil
train was burned and brakeman Frank, Of
Cranes Village, killed.
MANY exaggerated stories have been
afoat on the Dominion side of tho border TO the
effect that several thousand Fenians of Toronto
Ont, and Buffalo, N. Y, were making prepare
tons to concentrate at Lewiston, N. Y, for az
gressive purposes.
THE New York and New England Rail-
road Companies have decided to pay on October
LIST the bonds Of the Hartford Providence and
Fishkill Railroad amounting to S2.0o5,OoO
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tfrom the Boston Transcript
Henry A. Parr was arraigned yesterday
before Commissioner Hallett. on charge
II murder. committed In December. isei.
In connection with others. passengers on
board the steamer Chesapeake. on a pas
sage from New York to Portland, which
had as a cargo $40 bales ~ cottSn valued
at $40. 600. shipped by Frank Skinner 4
Co.. for use In certain mills located In
Maine. and for which they were Agents,
and also $4,000 worth IL sugar owned
by parties In Quebec. The vessel was
taken possession IL by Parr and tho ether
passengers. In the name u The Canfcsicvate
States IL America: the second engineer
was shot and thrown overheard. the cap
tain was put In iruns. and the tlni officer
was seriously wounded. AMI e,smp-iIesi "a
take charge II the vessel whIsh WA soon
after captured by the prize steamer Eiia
and Anna In Ssmbfa haTbor. wh-r. she
was living, waiting for tho return ~ Cap
tain Locke, formerly captain 81 this pri-
vatecr Retribsf'on. and one Henry braine.
who hal taken command of the Chssa-
peaks and had gone Ia Halifax Ia obtain en-
gincers. The crew IL the Chssapsaks.
with the exception 81 three. succrcded Ia
escaping. and those who were taken wer.
first rescued by the citizens IL Halifax.
and, though Afterwards tried. escaped
punishment. A short time ago Informal
ton was had by III. Government that
Parr, who. u Ia alleged. tDok MI sctiS.
part In the seizure. WAS living In In. prov.
inces. and would bc In Boston nn short
visit, when measures were taken Ia s-cura
his arrest Ball was fixed Yesterday after
noon at $l0. 900, and the cnsr was con-
,inued for further hearing on July 5.
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II has been said by English ncwrpap~rs
that Lord Bcaconsiieli would presently b.
raised to dnkedom. There H. nn pr~ce-
dent for any such e!eyatt,a. nsd ps,s'.s.sst
II closely followed In England. Tho lA,.
Lord Derby, who mAyht have been a duke
had b. pleased. did not accept an ace.sssion
81 rank. nor did Lord Melbourne or Lord
Palmerstnn. The only Instances in mod
ern times 81 men rising la Ensiand from
Tia. Position u coInm0sars Ia III. highest
rank Ia III. peera1e. ar. Marlborough.
Wellington. and Sir Hugh smithsBs. The
latter father Il the founder ~ the fndth-
sonian AT washinRto6- married liz. Count
ess IL Northumberland ia hrf osD right.
and having immense influence in osssssc
quence ~ this cosnection viii, tls b@irr@s
81 the historic Pereys. MAJ given q duke
dom. IL n. however. highly pf'Jl,abss that.
Lea view 81 Lord BeacsslsfslJs ssrstass in
the Congress, be will not only resolve tbs
garter, but tina, his tits viii he e1tsnaasi
to his nephew This has been done In the
e.S-o - ,nnny -isu hal Tar is--s .iasss
90 the public regard. The Last instafso,
xa- that ~ Lord BrOngtara: bat as his
brother. on wbom hIs tltlr dssa,lve.t. ,,r,ys-i
Ia b. implicated In matters thai BE- hal
best have 1T alone. a f~~iing Ar.s.e ~ L,
the unds.iraliiity - extending bosors
colIa;eraily. and isi future II IL likely auiy
81 te done 10 view 10 very gfrss ssrsto.-z.
One tory presiece>~-os - Lord Besessasfsesd.
his winlafn ehief and ssii.s-gas4n, tAygst
for his iatt-r~~t baxts-d Asrv~.. Sls Ey's-rt
Pe.l. not only declined all bsass~, :iss
garter inci,ded. bu; ieft special injunction
that his widow and children vsr~ " DE-
cline them.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-11

Hereafter he will answer these questions
through three or four thousand patent
outsides, and the whole people will hear
from week to week Just what progress Is
making in kansas-the land safes, wheat
and corn crops, the tide 81 immigration.
and the onward and imperial progress Of
the great commonwealth Of the West.
And it will not cost Kansas dollar
There is sublimity about this new adver-
Using scheme that quite overeomes US
Let all patent medicine men. book agents,
insurance solicitors and lightning rod men
pause in their cheeky career and rever-
entity raise their hats to Kansas. She can
teach YOU all in your own line Of business.
No wonder that Barnum offered thirty
thousand dollars for the Kansas exhibit at
Philadelphia, and begged the privilege Of
making il part IL his show.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-11

AT the aquarium in New York there Is q
human phenomenon known ~ the 81
Benoit twins, who were reared in Canada
and brought To this country = few weeks
ago They have perfectly formed heads
and bodies as far - she last rib Below
that the babes are fused in one Each has
two arms but only one Iex. When . pia Is
thrus, into the night leg the right girl wilI
cry, whiie the Ieft girl smiles - esaaL
One may be sleeping while The other is
laughing They have bsa one abdomen.
ia; the beart and the upper insessines IN
each are separs.e- The twins arc seven
months Old. perfectly healthy. handsome.
and judging from APPEARANCES have the
same chance Of life - ordinary children
Ose Of the Physicians presnt said thu,
il They had bccn born srTafsseiy. one wcalS
have been boy and the cher Eiri
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he win stock with sheep. He proposes to DEM
onstrate the proftableness Of wool-growing in
the South.
The building Of the Examiner newspa-
per, at Waco. Texas, burned Thursday night
Loss about $4,000; insured for $4,000. The
work Of an incendiary.
COTTON in Alabama and Mississippi
fruiting well.
THE Nashville and Chattanooga railroad
now has sixty-two miles of steel rails. =
THE grain crop OF the South this year is
said to be larger than at any time since 1865.
The prospect Of an European war had something
to do with it.
NoRTH CAROLINA contains LOIS dis
tilleries: then comes Kentucky with 754.
SINCE the cotton factory and cotton
seed oil mill were started at Natchez every
cant house in the city has been occupied, and
there is demand for more houses.
GALVESTON is again happy in the pros
pect of having the Santa Fe road built. The
company, it is caid, through Mr.. G. II. Warren,
has secured q loan Of s.. zoo, 900 from English
capitalists, and work will commence at once in
consequence.
MISS LUCY STAMPS, niece Of JEFF Davis,
was married in New Orleans last week to Mr..
Edward H. Farrar. Mr.. Davis was present and
gave the bride away, though he is not in the
habit OF giving away stamps.
me- uSt Dsiie Vi Tue ucw crop OI cOttOu
reached New Orleans on Sunday from Southern
Texas, via the Morgan steamship and railroad
route, It was promptly expressed to Messrs.
Woodward StiIlman, Of New York.
A GALVESTON Ners' special from San
Antonio says: An official dispatch from Fort
COncho, from Col Grierson. leaves but little
room to doubt that the party who fired into the
FL PasO stage and wounded q passenger. not
long since. were white men or Mexicans, and not
Indians at all, although SO disguised.
THE Spanish residents Of New Orleans
on the 4th attended grand requiem mass in
memory OF Queen Mercedes.
The Republican State Convention OF
Alabama met on July 18th, and adjourned after
tabling resolutions to nominate a State ticket
and endorse President Hayes policy as wise and
patriotic.
DICK DAWSON (cOlored) was hanged at
Thomastown, Ga, on Friday, for the murder Of
Thomas Cunningham. Dawson said that Cum
ningham had bewitched him and he would die il
he did not kill Cunningham. Cunningham's
wife is held as an accomplice.
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Turkish Ftnasees.

The Gsea feature q the dlsrnefnief-
meut II Turkey h Interesting. The iatAd
Indebtedness a the Ottoman Esnpsrs is
stated i.y Different as1tfnsi.Ies To IL from
81. on. GO. 90 10 81. 90. ssa. SO. q vhseh
1914. 20. siS CONES under tbe bess - for
~iap indebtedness. Nearly TIE shaa@ II
this /. hcld by English creditors. and sB
Turkish tsssdh.kssfs have trsn szs s<st
a ihs3r nSOn~y by The ,sees-i.n - The
Porte. July .. ls.s. iizs. DO ssssr~ fsymss;.
voad 10 elss5e -sssfa tsse Internal Afxir<
q the Esnp.se bad b-oosse ussr~ s~tsss.d-
II aysrars tat ilss Berlin osxsresz is go
ing to bod ssfss The Interests Il ;iss ss1zfer-
sr.x tsDnsihokiey- by crs-csstns The d~sAcss-a
psxtio<s- ~ The EsE;srr "a The Sess- Eng
lard can oovrs isx assi by taking ETyp
alo<s~. and - that esssntry skse - already
virtually The owner.
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THE WEST.

THE gathering at Louisville, Ky, to see
the race betwe Ten Brock and Molly McCar-
thy was enormous.
HENRY SCOOTER filed a suit on the I'd
against the Illinois and st. Louis Bridge Com
pany. for $5OOOO damages. for being refused
passage through the tunnel after buying q
ticket.
THE action Of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railway company in refusing TO pro rate with
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line, has
road is subject to the dictation of Jay Gould.
THE Southern Hotel, In st. Louis, n
ruin since the fire in which lives were lost, is to
he rebuilt
REVENUE Collector II. c. Newman and
Deputy Roberts were arrested on Wednesday,
up embezzlements Of Wallace r. Bartlett. a
former deputy, who is now in Michigan, and
whose arrest will also follow.
THE Denver and Rio Grande railroad
will be completed 10 Ojo Caliente this fall. and
is expected TO reach Santa Fe New Mexico, by
January 1. Alamosa. Col. is now the terminus.
THE Missouri River at Atchison was
higher than il has been for twelve years.
GEORGE FEssLER, absconding Treasu-
rer Of Stark county. Ohio. is reported TO have
deposited $33, 900 in q bank at London Ont.
ALL is quiet at East St. Louis. The
metropolitans who shot the deputy mxrshals
are still under arrest
The Kansas Pacific Railroad has Just
issued . new freight tariff. which shows a slight
reduction in rates To Colorado points. This has
undoubtedly been done To make the rates the
same by way Of Kansas City as by way Of
Omaha
JACOB SCHAEFFER, of Chicago, and
William Sexton, Of New York, have completed
arrangements for their billiard match. 70 be
played in Chicago, ST. Louis. and New York
The remaining 81 900 Of the stakes Vas deIos-
tied Wednesday
THE ST. Louis tunnel and railroad, ex-
tending from the western end Of the bridge %
the Union Depot was sold Wednesday under
foreclosure of the mortgage Of 1872. the bonds
amounting. with accrued interest. to 81 5000
The property Vas bid in for the bondhoiders BY
Charles E. Tracy for $4,000
THE bridge over the Missouri at St Joe
was greatly damaged by the high water
At gainesville. Ohio. on the I'd inst, an
express messengers bee. containing <2l 100,
vas stolen. and. As yet clue Ia the money az
thieves has been found
NE. Horn. Gen. d. T. Stanley. Mai. ].
u. Hayvorth. and Rev. A l. Ricys. the eoruInis-
sion appointed % select ioeasions for the spot
ted Tail and Red Cloud Indians. lef. Yanktou On
the ath fox the Saoux country
The storm which swept over Pittsburx
and neichboThooi On the 9Th proves 20 have
been the most destructive in loss q Efc AID
property that has occurred there fnx several
years
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The Yankees Win the Boat Race.

LONDON, July 5.-The Columbus have
won the only boat rnce over gained by an Amer
lean crew in England and are the heroes Of Hen
Icy. The superb form they have shown for the
past two days surprised even their best friends.
At the start for the final heat Of Visitors Chal
lenge cup to-day. the Columbia crew dipped
their oars FIRST and took the lead. rowing q ire
mendous stroke, and at Fawley Court boat
house were q length ahead Of the Hartford boat.
Nearing Remenham the Hartfords, being in
structed from the shore, spurted and reduced
the COlumbias' lend to Ealf a length. but exact
ly at Remenhsm farm house the COlumbias in
creased their speed, improved their position,
and soon were able to take the Hartfords' wa
ter. The Hartfortls' only hope now was to
touch the Columbia boat, and by touching it
thus to claim a foui. the Columbia boat being
out Of its own water. Goodwin perceived the
danger, called on his men for another squirt, and
they answered with q tremendous burst Of
speed, which sent them ahead fully two lengths
and half. The speed was great that it COM
pletely exhausted the Hartfords, whose bow
dropped his oar almost fainting. The others
were completely pumped, and the boat not be-
ing steered, ran ashore. The COlumbias con-
tinued on, finishing the course amid ringing
cheers.
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CRAPS LAST DODGE.


Kansas Is the advertising State. Since
DIR. Brandreth and A. r. Stewart died
there has been nobody In the business
that could approach Kansas In keeping it,
name. lands, houses, schools and stock Of
provisions and groceries constantly before
the people. Her newspapers. railroads.
officers and private citizens work At Il Al
night and day. a; home and abroad, In
season and out ri season
She has q State Board II Agriculture
that Is always At work. Alfred Gray. it,
Secretary, issues an annual volume fun 81
statistics. maps. pictures. estimates and
Kansas attractions II ali sorts- During
the last two years he has also issued .
monthly or quarterly report 81 the cos.di-
ton 81 the crops. the grorfh In popula-
ton, In cattle. sheep. hngs. bees. English
sparrows and red-bsrds. He even giDffdsd
the grAs.hoyper. and showed with figures
and ersgrayings tina; Kansas had NOR and
better hoppers than any Other state In the
Union- When thee ksensfs few away.
four years ago. il Was proved TIA; Thy
lad fertilizesi the sol q every book and
GRANNY In The State, and that the marvel
Gus crops a. IS. sc - and IS ver~ largeiy
due 20 grassbopper e'altivasioG and ser-lb-
za;ssn q the sol When tia; bsess-sfsg dis
apt.ss-d oshee hsnefaefe<- came in ADD
were duly utilized by The Kansas advert
srrs-
His lAss stroke u e~ssias vas mas,~SsS;y
uoenfson~i IN us by Mr.. Gray hsns<f Ass
week Tier arr sfme tboszseocs ~ b~-s-
pagers In this country Which have -hsf
are called patent outs&Sas. uas Il. the
firSs and fourth pAg~> ~. printed IN Chs
eaeo. -, Louis. % Nawsssk~e. fh~r- i-
a xSxx ~
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Nm. krsrr1L paid the New York Her.

NM. REsTELL paid the New York Her.
aid $3.50. 900 for advertising.
THE Chicago Inter- Ocean says the Hon.
DAVID Davis viii return to Illinois as soon as
the bridges between this and Washington are
strengthened
THE Shah Of Persia sat with Marshal
NacMahon at the races at Lonschamps the other
DAY. dressed in . sober cashmere dressing gown,
slightly embroidered with gold. a black hat. q
rundown collar, and simple silk necktis.
FREMONT, the younger, will ofliciate as
his fathers secretary in the Arizona governor
ship.
THE Shah will confer on Paul De Cas-
sagnac the order Of the Lion and Sun.
SENATOR HOWE and Matt Carpenter are
both in the lists for q Senatorial nomination in
Wisconsin.
BEACONSFIELD talks such very poor
French, and is SO ignorant Of the tongues gener-
ally. that The Neirs, an opposition journal, ven-
lures to be decOrously satiricai at his ludship's
expense.
The Duchess Dowager Of Montrose won
So, 500 on the Derby.
The Shah only took with him to Paris
thirty-six boxes Of gold coin, valued at 81, 900
per box.
HENRY W. RAYMOND, son OF the late
Henry J. Raymond. proposes to practice law in
Chicago.
THE administrators Of Bngham's estate
are settling up with quite a number of heirs,
transferring to them individually property
amounting 70 $21 600 each.
DIR. JAMES C. AVER died at winchendon,
Mass, last week.
TWENTY years ago Albert Grant. the
London fnancier, of Emma mine and Lisbon
ONCE for So a week and as discharged because
he was mot sharp enough"
The delegations to the Democratic State
Convention of Texas at last count stand as fol-
lows: Throckmorton. $50; Hubbard. Il 50; Lang,
81; uninstructed. 343; total, ~. II is claimed
by the Hubbard papers that lag Of the unin-
structed favor their candidate for Governor,
while Il favor Throckmorton and 45 Lana
HENRY WARD BEEcHER's vacation will
begin in the middle Of July and last until Octo-
Der. He will spend his leisure in California and
the Northwest, lecturing the greater part of the
time.
New York Sun: II General Butler has
really made up his mind to be the next Governor
Of Massachusetts the starched responsibilities
who have been misgOverning the old Common
wealth ever since the civil war may well imi-
tate Capt. SCOTS coon and come down At once.
THE English dead-beat in New York
who calls himself Lord Osilvy is said to have
victimized three Chicago gentlemen to the
amount Of 81 600 each.
SAMUEL ]. TILDEN sailed for Europe,
in the steamer Russia, on the Sd.
THE heir to the throne Of Hanover has
had the sense to take 15,OOO.OOO thalers, full
payment, for his interest in that country, and
agrees to renounce all claims to the throne.
]. g. BENEFITS steamer, until now
called the Pandora, was re-christened the Jean
nette at Havre the 4th. Bennett sailed for
New York on the 5th. y
GOVERNOR MILLER, Of Arkansas, has
been renominated by the Democratic State con-
vention..
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