The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-10
Actual Circulation, Io22-A8o moro
than tho Satina herald.

The depot building at Assaria Is approach
ing completion.
Lightning seems Ia be especially spiteful to-
wards the elevators. r..
Trains are now running regularly on the
s5aiina j. Southwestern.
I Mr.. II. G. Rash. Is builJing q. y Jog TO his
Eighth street residence
! A canvass awning ornaments the front 81
John Gels & Co.'S bank.
Mr.. Louis HaehnIen designs starting a to-
bacco store in LindsbOrg. ..
The Orphan Girl beat Leadyil:- in the race
at the Park on the Fourth. $50 ...
Joe Wellington, OF the po.softice, Is visiting
in Illinois and Cincinnati. sss
Mr.. q. s. Templeton Is the conductor OF the
Salina Southwestern trains. b..
Regular trains commenced running on the
Saiina & Southwestern last Monday.
| Mr.. C. Eberhardt has returned from Wis
cOnsin, much pleased and benefited by his
northern trip.
The Chicago Lumber Yard Co. have CON-
menced shipping lumber TO their branch yard
at LindsbOrg.
! Twenty-one persons have been received in
to the fellowship Of the Baptist church OF this
city during the past month.
Mr.. W. j. Henry, postmaster Of Lindsborg,
and Mr.. Agrelius. real estate dealer OF the
same place, called last Tuesday.
TIRE switches on the Salina and Lindsbors
route: One at Z. IL. Berg's, one at the Carlin
place, and one at the county line
The county commissioners spent Monday
and Tuesday on '.bills.' Yesterday road
matter consumed the whole day. ..
We learn that the first settler Of Saline coun.
ty was German doctor who had for his
wife black woman. Will somebody give Us
his name:
Ifrs. John Foster and children, and Miss
Langworthy, started for Ohio last Saturday
morning, where they vii! visit dnring the
Mrs. ". F. Cotton started for Louisiana,
Mo. last Monday morning. She will remain
in that city during The summer, visiting with
relatives.
Notwithstanding the hish-priced tickets. =
gooi-si1ed Audience was gathered at the Opas
House. last Thursday evening, to greet the
'Larks''
The ball belonging to the solomon Valleys
was lost on the Fourth at the Park. The
finder will please leave the same at Whitehead
& Seaman's.
A real estate and insurance firm. under the
style Of Snead, Buckingham q O'COnnor (all
former residents OF SainaJ, are now doing bus
mess al Mcpherson.
Nessrs -. H. Powers, A. W. Wickham, r.
). Lynde. aud 3. n. Palmer officers Of the
Saiins & Southwestern we're iuaketfne al
LIndsborg on the Fourth. ..e..
la another column will bs found an inter
estiBg communication from Hon. ii. L. Jones,
concerning early Kansas history which has
never been published before.
Owing to the fire alarm. just At church time.
which dispersed the audience. Col Logan did
not make his temperance speech at the Pres
byterisn church, last Sabbath evening.
The pretended valuation" Of the county s
real and personal property. 10 the assessment,
made under the tax laws, does not correspond
very well with the dctsd! value Of the same.
| On yesterday Police Judge Bondi found
Pemberton Scott, Ed. Campbell and Martin
Olson guilty of yagrsncy, They were fined S.
each, and sentenced TO 10 days Imprisonment
Mr.. Frank. RothsohiId inssrms us INST h
designs engaging in the clothing buIasss q
McPherson commencing shout the losh o,
August. The firm name will be Leoy 4 Roths
child. Fssfs-s .ss
The county commissioners started in a spe.
cial train this morning for trip over the So
lima & Southwestern. for the purpose Of 10.
spectingt the road with reference to It's sccept
ance.
Capt Lewis Hanback,. the newly elected and
confirmed Receiver Of the L a. Land Ortics u
Ssiina, expects 70 arrive In SaIlsa to eues
upon tae dbchsrge Of his dutse, sbon, tbe'l 4
Of August. IsfssEYfSgi III
The Kansas Pacific Railway having consoli
dated and cancelled its various old mortgage:
on its lands, the other day filed with Register
Crss, mortgage TO Jay Gould and Russell
Sage tor s30,000,0O0.
Already the hunters are fixing up their guns
and training their dogs for'the prairie chicken
season. A month hence and they will all b.
At it. The boys are already forming partie.
for the 18th OF August 80
Monday night was one Of those down ess'
su!try nights, when . man can no more sleeI
than ny. People went to bed-to fan. and
arose in the morning more wearied than wher
they sought their touches.
! Mr.. A. G. Virgins recently returned from
the State Of Ohio, where he had been visiting
with the same team that he started out with
for that State several months ago. One Of the
horses died q few days ago.
Mr. 5. Aiarfield, IT.. editor 81 tho Circlevills
(ohio) Union and Herald, was one OF the Ohlt
editorial excursionists, snd stopped 81 fG {
short visit with his brother-in-law, Mr.. c. B
Thompson, of Gypsum creek.
| Mr.. n. NJ. Briggs started for wisconsIn lss
Monday morning. He will visit with his reia
tiyes in the vicinity Of Milwaukee, and return
in about two weeks. May you have q splen
did visit in that charming locality, frieno
Briggs.
One ot our citizens has volunteered TO be
4 come party of the second part" in a walk
Ting match TO take place At an early day, be
4 tween himself and Sslins s Southwestern