The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-10-23

Rev. J. w. Clock reported at THE
JOURNAL Office Tuesday morning. He
came up from Lawrence to attend the
s. S. convention, and will report the
proceedings for the Kansas City Jour
nal.
Farmers from the vicinity of Limbs
burg and Marquette daily avail them
selves of the superior advantages Of
the Salina grain market. They say it
pays to bring their grain here. Of
course it does.
Rev. and Mrs. Crafts, of Chicago,
and Mrs. st. John, wife of Gov.
st. John, are at the Pacific House.
These distinguished persons are in at
tendance upon the Sunday School
Convention.
The picnic given at the Park last
Thursday afternoon by the ladies Ofthe
Catholic Church was quite well attend
ed, and was certainly a success, as
about $500 was the proceeds of the en-
tertainment.
The proposition for bridging the
Smoky Hill at NJ. T. Bassett's cross
ing, Walnut township, was defeated
at the election held last Saturday.
There were 50 votes pOlled, which
stood q for to So against.
The Salina COrnet Band is to Ike re-
organized. A teacher-One of the best
band instructors in the country-has
been engaged, and will arrive this
week. Efforts will be made to make
our band one of the best i'm the State.
The taxes upon all the real estate
and personal property in Saline coun-
ty for the last year amounted to over
Ss7 900. OF this amount the State tax
was sl3. 900. and the balance was cOun-
ty, township, city and school district
taxes.
Mr.. r. F. Carver, who has been at
tending court i'm Lincoln county, states
that volunteer wheat i'm certain pOr-
tons of that county has commenced
heading out. This il certainly an ex-
traordinary sight for this season of the
year.
It has been suggested by number
of people that the school building is
in great need of paint. In many places
the bricks are crumbling and SCARED,
and i'm need of repairs. Painting will
do much to keeping the walls In good
condition.
Mrs. TheodOsia Travis, wife of Jas.
Travis, of Lincoln Center-bOth for
mer residents of this city-died i'm
Lincoln Center on the 10th inst. Mrs.
Travis was the daughter of Capt. ID.
w. Henderson, well known here, and
was twenty-One years of age at the
time of her death.
The Commonwealth of Tuesday says
that Messrs. c. E. Faulkner, J. L.
Weaver, 7. T. Taylor, A. #. Sharpe
and Edwin Knowles, who constitute
the State Board of Trustees of Charita-
bic Institutions, are i'm Topeka to To-
cate the State Reform School.
Friend Wight, when he saw the Gar
risons under charge of our citizens and
on their way to the hills east of town,
said they were going up into an ex-
ceeding high mountain, and would be
tempted. How could they help but be
with such a glorious scene before
them, and the glory of it.
Messrs. F. Goodnow & Co. report
the following prices for grain: Wheat
No. =, Sl.O5; No. 3, Sl.OO; No. 4,
97c. Rye, 4Oc.; corn, lie. 1t will be
observed that our market is far ahead
of all others i'm this portion of the
State on prices. Surely the farmers
have reason to be encouraged over the
ruling prices.
c. Melbert will open his hall, on
Santa Fe avenue, next Sunday. for the
German people, and will lecture on
practical Christian Life and Knowl-
edge" All Germans are respectfully
invited to the meeting at half-past 10
o'clock in the morning, and to send
their children, at 2 o'clock in the af-
ternoon, to German Sunday school.
Geo. Adler, butcher, was arrested
yesterday on charge of bigamy, the
woman claiming to be his 'first wife"
appearing on the scene and making
the complaint. She comes from near
Kansas City, and claims that she sup
posed Adler was still hunting up a To-
cation for business, until recently.
Adler has been released upon bail.
Salina will not rest on the college
question until she has secured some
institution of Aarning. 1t is proposed
by some of the subscribers that the
amount lately pledged to the Presby-
terrain Synod be turned over to the NJ.
+. Church, certain prominent men of
that church being already at work in
this good move. Let us have y col
lege anyway.
Messrs. Chapman. Fassett, Seaton,
Emil Very and Brickman started
Monday night on a grand hunt to one
of the ponds west Of Mcpherson.
Thousands of ducks and geese are re-
ported "a visitors in that vicinity.
The boys were well provided with
thunder and lightning. inside and out,
and will probably have death and
slaughter following closely in their
wake.
Last Monday the charter for the
Atchison, Minneapolis 4 Saline VAL
ley Railroad was filed i'm the Office of
the Secretary of State. The route of
the proposed road j. from Clyde,
the counties of Cloud, Otta-
wa, Saline, Lincoln, Russell, Osborne,
Rocks, Graham, Sheridan and Deca-
tur. The incorporators are W. +.
Downs, Thos. J. White, NJ. l.. Sar-
gent, J. p. Pomeroy and W. W.
Pagan.
The work for the Saline County Di.
rectory is nearly completed, and the |
book will be delivered i'm few days.