The Saline County journal., 1878-05-23

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In the Su preme Court, the ease Of John An
derscn VS.. the Board or County Commissioners. ss-
line county. decision OF the below, favor
OF Anderson reversed.
The Pacific House is being enlareed-an ad-
dition of thirty feet being made on the west.
bath room. besides q number OF sleeping
rooms. Shnltz & WIlmarth have the con-
tract.
The public schools OF our city will close on
June 18th In the afternoon, O'Clock, the gradua-
tion exercises will take place Miss Maggie Rash and
Arthur H. Day are the graduates. In the evening
there will be public exhibition in which al the
school VIII take part
The Germans talk Of holding grand San
gerfest in Oak Dale Park on the Fourth Of
July. In connection with il they propose to
get up one of the grandes: trades professions
ever seen in the State. Full particulars will
be given in due tine.
1t is acknowledged by all classes, with the
exception of few, that Mccormick is the lead
ing tailor of the west. He has the largest stock
OF goods. He gives better fitting garments
and makes to order cheaper than any other
merchant tailor in Kansas.
wehave employed Mr.. Geo. C. Cobb to assist
us in the Office this summer. He has had con-
siderable experience in the newspaper busi-
ness, having at one time owned and edited 3
newspaper in Mississippi, and has had other
editorial experience in this State.
There will be meeting of the Sallna Athletic
bu;r Hall r For
the purpose Of taking into consideration the
reorganization Of the Club. All members are
expected to be present. F.. r. TITLE,
Sec'y.
Mr.. NJ. X. Jordan, an attorney Of Minneap-
oils, committed suicide on Friday morning by
taking morphine. The Independent gives the
particulars of his death. and from it We learn
that trouble in family affairs together with
disease prompted the deed. His wife lives in
FrelOnia.
Mr.. J. o. Campbell, proprietor Of the new
drug under the Opera House. has m advertise
ment IN this weeks paper. Mr. Campbell has dis
PLAYED good taste in getting up his store. and every
thing about it and attractive He has been
unsvoiisbly delayed in opening his store, bnt he is
now prepared to attend the wants of any who may
he wanting soois IN his line.
A onstrocify IN the way Of man % years
old with immense head measuring 80 inches in cir
cumferenee; shryeled body and limbs and weighing
only 20 pounds, exhibition at the building
known rs Capt Wildman's of6ce, on Santa Fe ave-
nue. yesterday. He was born perfect child, but
soon after berth head began growing rapidly and
soon attained its present size. Many Of our citizens
visited him.
The fine blooded stock of Mr.. G. 5 Shaw,
on his farm seven miles south Of Salina, is in
splendid condition this spring. M. Shaw has
one handsome COW which cost him 81 600.
He has others for which he paid nearly as
much per head. fIe has two fine spring colts
either one of which is as large as an ordinary
horse.
We have taken pains to inquire of farmers
living in different parts of the county IS to the
OF gram in their neighborhoods. All
report little rust on the blades in lowlands.
but none report damage to the heads as yet.
The winter wheat is filling up in good shape.
and it does seem the crop of winter wheat will
be very large in this section this summer.
The work of extending the Kansas Pacihc
road up the Solomon valley is being pushed
forward as fast as possible. track laying being
engaged in by a number Of men. The iron for
this new extension is from the Las Animas
track, which was bought in at trustees sale
about ten days ago in Denver. by X. p. Off
cials. The old track near Ia Junta is where
the present iron came from.
The Abilene Gazette boasts that her lumber
yards (which it says ''there are none better,
are selling larger quantities of lumber than
ever before, and remarking that business is GER
tainly reviving. We would ask our eontrers of
the Gazette to come over to Sa'ina some day
and notice the rapid evidence Of thrift, enter
prise and go-ahead ativeness rs exempliiied in
our lumber dealers. We have four yards and
all doing large business.
Messrs. Krueger Il Parker have recently
built an extensive carpenter shop on Seventh
street. adjoining Culp 4 Wickham's lumber
yard. This firm has just completed that or
nament to our city aud evidence Of local enter
PRISE. the Salina Opera House. and the manner
In which they have: done their WORK Is indeed
superior and shows them TO be skilliul me-
They have a number OF other build
ings under way.
Mr.. w. b. Flanders brought bunch of
to the JOURNAL Office, which are
ahead Of anything in that line we have yet
seen. There were eight berries In the bunch
and they weighed nearly a quarter OF pound
One OF the berries measured four and One-half
inches in circumference. They are Of the Mon
,rch variety. Mr.. Flanders picked one berry
from his vines which measured six and one
half inches in circumference. We have the
berries on exhibition af this Office.
The vote on the proposition TO issue bonds
10 the amount of 5000 towards building a
double track bridge across the smoky on Iron
avenue brought ont over 300 voters last FRI
lay. and the proposition was carried, there be-
ing only % votes against it. No doubt many
lid not vote who favored the proposition be-
.alise OF the known disposition of large ma
ority OF the voters of the township being in
Is favor. Yet it would have been much bet
Ter had the entire vote been brought out. rs 1t
would have been more satisfactory to all in
ierested.
Salina Is still advancing on the road OF I'M
provement and rapid increase. Besides the
new business blocks now in course Of erection
ON Santa Re Avenue. we notice two new houses
gong up on Fifth street. in the northeastern
part OF the city the remodIeing OF Mr.. u. l..
Phillips residence. also in the northeast .por-