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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-15
OF COURSE IT BEGINS IN CHICAGO.
COMMERCIAL


GR.IN-No. 2, winter wheat, 97c: No. 8 do
Csc; No. do, &c. Spring wheat, No. y, SOC;
No. 8, Tic. Rye, No. 2. Sc. Oats, No. 2, &c.
Corn, No. mixed, 29l4c.
PRoDUcE-Butter, good to choice. l2Jfd14c.
Eggs, Sc per doz. Chickens per doz, $2.00@
275; turkeys, 50@75c each. Cheese. 5@6c for
prime Kansas. Hides, 1850 for green.
Onions per bushel, 75@l.00. Potatoes per
bushel. 6O@9oc. Broom corn, lIl@3c per h.
according to quality. Feathers, live geese,
4Oc. Hay, s6.50@ 7.50 per ton baled.
LIVE SrocK-Choice native steers, I 400 Ms.
and upward, si.50@i 20; good de-, 1900 to
1.400 lbs. average. t4.2o@ 4.50; butcher stecrs,
900 to ]. 200. s375@4.0O; feeders, e35Od 400;
good, native COWS, eS.00@ SEQ; medium to
common, do, s2.40@2s0; bulls and stags,
s2.25@275; milch cows, t25@s5: calves, $500
um to light grades, S2.75@2.95; stockers, S2.00
@25O. Sheep, extra natives, t4.00@ LAO;
medium to common $2OO635O.
SNew York-Wheat, quiet; No.2 Chicago, el.0l
CLOS; No. Milwaukee, stl.05; No. 2 red win
ter, s1.17l ga LIS; Corn quiet; steamer, 45Ifc;
No. 8, 45c; No. 2 l6c.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., weak; hard, el.O2; No
I. s9c:, No. 2, 9Sc cash and May; s6ssc June
96assc July; No. 8, s2hc.
Chicago-wheas, May. Csc; June. .ssls;
July, 96c. Corn, May, IS; June, s5sSc bid
July ,361fd365sc.
St Louis-wheat, May, sl.osaz; June, o.
bid; July. sl.001s. Corn, May. SIC; June
s4lsc; July. 35as.
Toledo-Wheat steady; No. 2 red wabash
s1.09i4 cash; s1.09as June. Corn, No. 2, caab
Sc: May, 37SIc; June 37jS.
Baltimore-Wheat, western, steady At Gig
Corn, mixed western435kc.
Observation-Disclosures firm; winter
wheat IS l0d to % i'd; spring wheat, 70 Cd "a
Sc. Corn, A i'd.
London-Consols, unchanged.
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Selling q Sweetheart.

1t has grown into fashionable custom
of late to have mock auction sale Of the
prettiest girls at church festivals. Ittends
to increase the resources Of the church and
at the same time very clearly demonstrates
in which way the affections of youth are
lent. For it is reasonable TO suppose that
mo ambitious young man will permit his
sweetheart TO be knocked down to q rival
until he had expended his last cent in the
effort to become the fortunate purchaser.
Acting upon this idea, fashionable
church in Denver is preparing for festi-
val IN which the auction business is to
form prominent feature. II has put the
young ladies in quite futter OF excite
ment, and unbappily at this early stage Of
the novelty-for, however, common IN the
east, it is novelty hcre-has come very
near wrecking the future happiness Of two
estimable young creatures. The facts m
the case are these. A young gentleman
who confesses TO an amiable weakness for
one Of the young ladies to be disposed Of on
the occasion referred TO, called on his dpi
Gina few evenings since. and yery nat
urally the subject Of the festival came up.
I'm 10 be sold. Charley. did you know
it?" exclaimed the enchantress.
mo? are you though lsuppose shall
have to buy your"
''Of course. But how much do you
reckon will sell forI''
This was a nairs inquiry but II led 10 a
moment Of brief but sagacious speculation.
II be lad any rival, the glrl was likely 10
go hight he didn't have any, it would
appear as If he ives investing IN an exceed
Ingiy cheap article.
II don't know" the words were long
drawn out, and his face was grave. ]
suppose dollar OF two"
If he had reflected moment longer be
never would have made this observation.
II was born, however Of sense Of econ
omy. and he mad no idea of what If would
lead 10. But a. the words fell from his
lips he looked at his iuamorass and caught
the fash Of indignant blue eyes, which
made his heart sink
''One or two dollars-indeei, Ill sell
for ffty at the very lowest"
81 can't buy you then"
"Sir." and the laay's face ~zs rigid
with ans,ement-
''Tha: isl mean 10 say-oonfo1nd II
Nara can't spare tia. much money"
and the poor feller looked zpp>Alingiy q,
the divinity Which vas about 70 shape the
end Of his pure. Bat the disaster had
come. Tie young lady rose from her sat
like a queen, and with the cruel remark
that GENTLEMAN uho thoaght 20 much Of
sffy dollan was no; suitable p>rsOn 20
encourage a. lover. sailed najes;ieally
from the room.
And nov that young mans sSal 70 coz
vulsed WITH anguish. and he remarks up
on church festivals are fearful 20 confszn-
plate
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FOREIGN

The first naval encounter of the CHILEAN
and Peruvian forces took place on April 18th
Oh the mouth of the river Los, between the
Peruvian wooden corvettes Union and Pilco-
mage and the Gillian steam sloop AaRalleres.
The Magalleres, after An engagement lasting
over two hours, being faster vessel than those
opposing, steamed away.
TAKEN WITH THE srAaGKHA
Parole was beaten in England in the
race for the Chester cup. As the hofses came
streaming around castle pole turn, Parole came
with such q dash that the race seemed quite 1t
his control but to the astoniahment Of al, and
especially his rider, he stopped suddenly - If
shto, and began to reel all over the csurse like
. drunken man.
Russia has agreed to surrender Kuldja
to China in return for the revision of the
treaties relative to the frontier and other con-
cessions.
ON The TIE.
The skull race on the Tyne was won by
Hanlon over Hawdon. HsnlOn came out four
lengths ahead. Time ~ minutes seconds.
XINIsIKRIALIsr MAJORITY.
In Spain the Senatorial elections result
ed in the choice of l65 Ninisterialists and Is
Liberals.
NOTES IRON ABROAD.
In the house OF commons on the 9Th the
vice-president of the council, stated that swine
from Philadelphia having been discovered suf-
fering from the trichina worm, an order in the
council would be issued exacting that swine
from the United States must be slaughtered
at the port of landing. The order will take
effect the LIST OF June.
The car, in letter brought by Gen.
Brutscheff, declares his firm resolve TO execute
the provisions of the treaty, but thinks the
Turks should refrain from garisoning the Bal
kans for . year. though they might garrison
Bourgas. The Russian evacuation of eastern
Roumelia is likely to be completed by the 3rd
of July.
The sections of the council of State have
unanimously decided that Monsigneur FORBADE,
Archbishop of AK. is guilty of violation of
the Law in having issued pastoral attacking
Jules Ferry's educational bill.
A Nihilist printing press has been dis
covered At the Office of the ministry of public
communications in st. Petersburg. Eight off,
Gals have been arrested.
The old established bank of Swami,
Clough & Co.. of Cork, Ireland, known a the
Cork bank, has suspended. Note circulation
was 46 ,3S7 pounds.
Parole has retrieved his loss of the race
for the Chester trade cup, by winning that for
the great Chester handicap stakes, which took
place on the Sth.
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Selling Convicts In Alabsrpa.
Yion the Couner Journal.

YIon the CoussT JourrAA
A lot Of prisoners sentenced to hard
labor in Alabama were knocked down TO
the highest bidder at the following figures:
Martha Jackson. negro woman. went of
at 81 10 per month; Emma Parker. negro
woman. " 05; an old negro man. William
Moulton, - %; Sarah Moulton, his wife.
a: Sam Malone. a negro man, vest for
q: Sam vas likely fellow" and the
bidding was quite lively.
Jim Graham, a negro boy, brought
o. 80; John Fleming a negro man. vas
Knocked of a. IS 30: James OdiOrne, a
white man. brought only twenty-five cents
a month. while another white man bJ the
name Of Mann. went for the small s1m Of
Eve cents. A number q negroes we're
among the bidders, and one said be never
expected 10 1--we 10 see the day when a
Niger would be worth Irore than white
man.
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A Partial Settlement +.
Tr.. Ne Tltak.a fc.L } s-v,-

Yr1Fa II IIta(sf ILsA ~
Judge Bradford. Of Pueblo. some time
ago. va, trying n case befor. Judge
whom he took dislike 20. In the oo1rse
Of his remarks, IN referring TO The Court.
he said be reminded him of an &s ,'Jing
70 rs1neh hzy." The oo1rt called the at
toner 20 ordsr AID srel him y for con-
tempt. 5ut remarked a: the szsse time tbs,
be .ozd rera.; the fne provided that tie
rould ayoloSiD. Bradford yea.
through his pccke.s, and sndlnx bu, half
the amour, required, sAi1- ''Abeni
aheu, III take down the hay, b, vlil
corner the ass. Her is go. juig..
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-15
MISCELLANEOUS,
MO. CONVENTIONS.

The Kansas and Missouri Valley Homeo-
pathic Medical association met in St. Joseph
in annual convention on the 7th. About thirty
physicians were in attendance. The National
WOmens Suffrage association met in st. Louis
on the 7th. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. s. A. Spencer, Washington; treasurer, Mrs.
]. G. Spafford, Washington.
THuMPERs.
A prize fight between Dwyer and Elliot
took place on the Canadian side opposite Erie
Pa. Twelve rounds were fought, lasting IL
minutes and 40 seconds. Elliot was badly
punished almost from the first, and ~ the end
of the last round was insensible. Dryer was
comparatively fresh At the close, and was hurt
but little. Elliot fought bravely, even desper.
ately, and was game to the last, but was clear.
ly overmatched.
OF CoCRsE IT BEGINS IN CHICAGO.
The socialist leaders at Chicago assert
that they. with the trades unions, are organic
ing q strike. to begin July 5tb, and to be gen.
eral throughout the country. They will de-
mand the universal adoption of the eight
hour system, and will settle the matter of
wages after their demands on that point are
acceded TO.
NEW CONSTITUTION.
In California the new constitution has
been adopted by majority of from 5000 to
10000. The result has caused much better
feeling in business circles.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-15

These, being in fashion. are no. 10 be
summed: Grenadine scarf wells Of tan
color o. high. blue. with a gay Roman
striped border on the~elvedge; pocket
handkechiefs Of sheer linen cAmhrse With
Breton insertion; mask wells Of Breton
lace. either black or White; chanSeable
siiks fog dresses and Ia. trimming.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-15

ny sehon,mas.er. s.5s Carlyle. Var
a god Latin scholar. and a the hsza.
aSsd be knew thls raach-tha; j; had q
f.cni.. called rse-zory which zsgh; t.
r-aehed ;hrozsh tie Muscular Ir;<SsEens
BIZ TIE Application o. szrebez rr,as-
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-15

If the Congressman frrn Alabama
doesa' gust fosllnS around S<nz.es Logan.
the krss thing be knovs be oil End thzs
somebody d Lowe dad.
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In COUBT.
CASUAL.
DUALITY.

Two Burlington. Ia, young men, Au-
gust Miller and John Miller, friends but not
relatives, attempted suicide on the morning of
the Sth. The former was successful having
used . pistol, and the latter used knife, with
probable fatal effect. They lived in different
parts of the city, and it is not known whether
they had . mutual understanding.
A DRUGGISTS MISTAKE
AT Palmyra, Portage county. Ohio, DR..
Rose invited his friend, Sylvester Garfield, to
try some new liquor which he had just receiv-
ed. By mistake, they each drank about two
ounces of aconite. The doctor died in few
hours. Garfield il in . precsrious situation
At North Adams, Massachusetts, on the
str, the Baptist church ives damaged to the ex-
tent of S45,0 200, while at Overton, Texas, on the
same day. two prisoners were burned to death
in . jail which they had set on fire in order to
escape.
KILLED By A STREET CAR.
A FIVE year cid child-Mamie Haas,
daughter of Peter Haas, proprietor of the st.
Louis hotel, Kansas City, ran out into the
street, ahead of the street car, after kitten
and was run over and killed.
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EDITORIAL ETHICS.

throat and afterward cut his own. She died
but he will live. Jealousy was the cause of the
act.
EDToRIAL ETHICS.
GeorgeC. Harding, editor of the Indian
apolis Herald, has made two attempts with .
pistol upon the life of Calvin A. Light, editor
of the Democrat. rival paper.
In COUET.
There is conflict of jurisdiction be-
tween federal and county court in Warren
county, Kentucky. A murder case il the one
involved.
KILLED HIS DAU6HTEk
Edward Parr, aged sixty. fatally stab
bed his daughter Susan Irwin, aged thirty, At
Philsdelphia on the 9Th.
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-Ihe sorrgn Eevsp.p>r szy TIA, beth
Ioea Brown asS Q1esn ys>sarsa fossd
Lake NAs4,oss beastsssl
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POLITICS..
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS

A joint conference of the Republicans
of both Houses of Congress was held in the
hall of the House of Representatives, Senator
Allison in the chair. The meeting was called
to consider what action should be taken by the
Republicans on the bill introduced in both
Houses TO prohibit military interference at
elections. There was . general expression of
views by Senators Conkling and Edmunds,
Representatives Robson, Hawley and others.
Distrust was expressed by them a. to the sin
cerity of the Democrats - it was not known
by what other name this bill was to be sue
ceeded, and hence they were suspicious As well
a. their future movements. The conference
was of three hours duration.
coLoRED CONFERENCE.
The National COlored Conference met in
the hall of the House of Representatives at
Nashville, Tenn, on the 9Th, with Representa-
tives from Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky,
Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia,
Virginia, District of Columbia, Texas, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Illinois. Ohio, Oregon, Nebraska,
Florida, Louisiana and Alabama.
sHERMAN's SPEECH.
Secretary Sherman, on being serenaded
at hotel at Mansfield, Ohio, responded in .
speech in which he gave his views on the Presi-
dents course in vetoing the election bill. Sher-
man heartily approved the Presidents course.
IN FAVOR OF REPUBLICANS.
At the late elections in Indiana with
the exception of one or two cities where the
result was Influenced by local issues, the Re
publicans made large gains.
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sxNryycxD roE LIE.

Cox. the murder Of Col. Aston, at At
lanta, Ga. has been sentenced to tn peniten-
tiary for life. This is the extreme panish-
ment, the death penalty being in effect sbol-
ished.
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A MASCULINE TRICK.

Mrs. Sarah W. Underwood. a lady
moving in the first circles of society, Was A.
rested as the instance of Harvey 8. Hayden, Of
Chicago. on the charge Of uttering forged paper
gave bonds, Ex-Governor Ludington becoming
her principal surety.
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HRrLf OF yIALocsY

Lewis Coons q young married man Of
IoashkAais. n. T. on the sth, cut his wifs's
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CRIME.
TKRRIBLE YI0HT.

In August last Bob Harrison Page, ex-
sheriff of Claiborne county, Tenn, killed sher-
il and deputy, and attempted to assassinate
District Attorney Briscol. Subsequently he
killed of the sherifs posse who attempted
to arrest him. He with one Jasper were cor
rallied in Tensas parish, Ia. on April Gath by
detective Frank Pierce and U. s. Detective
Juo. H. Boyle. They made fight. Detective
Pierce Vas killed. Bob Harrison Page and
Jasper were captured at Port Gibson. Pierce,
of Memphis. had 26 balls in his clothes when
he arrived in vicksburg on the steamer White.
Seven thousand dollars reward was offered for
PAGE which Pierce and Bowie will get
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While William Bell, State railroad
commissioner. of Columbus. Ohio, was seated
shot was heard, and the same instant . bullet
came crashing through the window pane near
where the party Vas sitting. scattering the
glass but doing no other damage. No one Was
seen near the window, but ut the instance of
Bell . warrant was sworn out for the arrest of
Geo. Z. Lyon, vice-president of the State Mu-
tual Aid Association. charging him with shoot
ing with intent to kill.
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Ln9ian Nonlu,,ssioneI nay mas peen IN
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Ienuy 1ePresenune 'ne Am0unt Oh tne sssets
OF .ne internAtionAi trust Oompany. ne gave
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There has been introduced bill In re-
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paper on which cOunterfeits are printed are never
fiber paper. 1t is an impOssbity for counterfeit
ers to procure paper of this kind Only one of
them, Tom Ballarad, ever succeeded in making
paper with fiber in it and he was captured before
he could use it. In the counterfeit the fiber is
initiated by indiscrimnate scratching on the plate.
The national banks until about two years ago did
not use fiber paper, but they had to come to it as
a precaution. Of all notes the fves of national
banks are the most counterfeited. A counterfeiter
makes set of plates for one national bank, and
when his handiwork becomes so well known as to
be extremely dangerous he inserts for the plate
from which the name Of the bank and the seal of
the state is printed the note, another plate bear
ing different name and seal. By this means with
a change of only one plate in his set he can run
the gamut Of all the national banks in the country
This is called "transfer" work. 1t is the most
tensively prosecuted of any branch of the profess
ion.
HOW THE BOGUS MONEY is PUT IN CIRCULATION.
The manufacturer of counterfeit money never
puts his production directly into circulation
Those who make spurious coin in very small
way sometimes do, but the larger manufacturer has
drummers employed like any other business-house
The drunlmers will take a stock and go through
the country disposing of it to smaller dealers and
receiving orders. In this way it will sometimes go
through thirty forty hands before it is "shoved"
or put IN clrculatlOn Inls makes IL very ulIhcuIt
to capture counterfeiter. When a secret service
man pounces on n "shover of the queer to get at
counterfeiter, he will have to trace his way back
tediously and under all manner of difficulties He
must catch the engraver at work on his plate be-
fore he can convict him of making them. And he
must capture the working the presses or filling
the molds in the very act. And, besides, the cOun-
terfeiters are always shrewd and desperate.
ONE OF THE MOST CURIOUS ARRESTS
made by the service was about two weeks ago
The man taken into custody going through
the country peddling silver-ware. The secret
service men found out that he resorted to 'sweat-
ing to get this silver for planting. He awaits
trial down in Virginia.
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they get to Heaven will be to look and see II thar
wings are cut bias while the wings of other an als
are gored.
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NOTHING NEW.

From the dawn of Spring till the year grows hoary,
Nothing is new that is done or said;
The leaves are telling the same old story;
Budding-bursting -dying-dead.
And ever and always the birds chorus
Is: "Coming-building- g-fying-fed."
Never the round Earth roams or ranges
Out of her circuit, so old, so old;
And the smile of the Sun knows but these changes
Beaming -burning-tender-cold,
AS the Springtime softens or Winter estranges
The mighty heart of this orb of gold
From our great sires birth the last morns break
ing,
There were tempest and sunshine, fruit and frost
And the sea was calm, or the sea was shaking
It's mighty name, like the lion crossed;
And ever this cry the heart was making,
"Longing-loying- -lOsing-lOst."
Forever the wild wind wanders, crying,
Southerly-E -Easterly-NOrth and West;
And one worn song the fields are signing:
"Sowing-growing- -harvest-rest."
And the tired thought of the World, replying
Like an echo to what is last and blest
Murmurs-"Restw
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Gs-A young man at social gathering at Mil
vaukee recently got into trouble with another
Gentleman whose sweetheart he monopolized and
when he tearfully explained that he had known
her for thirty-five years, she took a hand in and
nearly scalped him.
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gs-A Georgia farmer kills snakes, lays them in
a furrow and plants corn in the furrow.-Neo
York Herald. Great Scott When the corn comes
to be distilled and consumed! But we don't like
to think of it.
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M@-What an effect climate has on natural de
velopment In California they make alcohol ou'
of beets Here we make beats out of alcohol.
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BUSINESS OF MAKING SPURIOUS COINS.
THE SWEATING PROCESS.

All that is now left to give the coin pretty de-
cent appearance as genuine money is q coating OF
silver This the cOunterfeiter secures from genuine
coins. The genuine coin subjected to the action
of the battery loses of its silver. Before
it is sufficiently dissolved to totally deface it the
coin is taken out. Enough genuine silver is in
this way procured from single piece to plate n
dozen counterfeits and the original looks, after
the operation, as if it was but little worn, and
can readily be passed This process is called
Sweating" The work is very simple good
hand at the business can make his m0lds from
plaster of Paris and begin turning out spurious
pieces all in two or three hours In counterfeting
gold coin the same method is pursued, genuine
gold coin substituted for the silver one in the
sweating being the only change. Itis much more
difficult, however, to get decent-looking gold
counterfeit than it is of silver therefore there
is not much doing in that line of business.
ANOTHER TRICK OF THE CoUNrERFEITER
in gold is with an instrument made for that pur-
pose to hollow out the coin through small hole in
the edge, fill in with base metal and mill over
the aperture. In this way fourteen dollars worth
of gold can be gotten from twenty dollar gold
piece. The work is delicate one, however, and
not much resorted to. Silver could be treated in
the same way, but would hardly pay. AS an in
stance of the readiness with which all coins can be
counterfeited it may be mentioned that spurious
standard silver dollars appeared the day after the
genuine were issued by the treasury. Plaster of
Paris moulds are not used altogether in counter
feiting coin. Steel and brass molds and dies are.
sometimes used. The faces of the coins are never
engraved in the counterfeit implement as the dies
used in manufacturing by the governmentinvari-
ably are. The impressions of the two faces of the
coin are produced in steel and brass counterfeit
moulds and dies by inserting In either end OF the
cavity to be filled by melted metal soft metal of
some kind. Upon this the coin to be initiated is
heavily impressed until complete identation is
made Dies are very seldom used The machin-
cry for their use is heavy, cumbersome and
costly that they are but seldom resOrted to. The
use of puverized glass in the composition of coun-
terft coins is for the purpose of giving them
"ring" some thing like that possessed by the gen.
uine metal. They can always be detected, how
ever, by their weight never being as heavy as the
genuine.