The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-20
STATE NEWS.
Wood $l.O IN Lawrence.
Erpx Z cents at Lawrence.

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Spearev,lle Is to have IN elevator.
Twenty townships in Reno county.
Mechanics are in demand in Atehison-
Lead continues firm at Galena at t4.9.
A great many new settlers It CimaR-
ron.
Our country towns all have the base ban
fever.
Parsons is putting down new side
walks.
Prairie fires are numerous In Ford
county.
Speareville Is setting out shade trees o
its streets.
Empire City has lady clerk in the
post ONCE.
Ducks are worth $l.3O per dosen at
Pleasanton.
Droves of horses and mules are coming
into the State.
The Shawnee county treasures safe has
q time lock on it.
Hereafter Atehison viii elect its mayor
every two years.
Flows are at work by tie hundred In
sight Of Kingsley.
The new opera house at Atchison will
be open in a few days.
The packing house at Atkinson has
closed business for two weeks.
Fort Scott will have full peoples ticket
In the field at the next election.
Mad itch has made its appearance
among the stock in jefferson county.
Twenty four hundred pounds Of lead
was taken from one shaft in Galena last
week.
Topeka gave a banquet :, the State Of
flcers and members Of the Legislature last
week.
Mrs. ARROGANT Of Linn county died re-
Gently from the effect OF having tumor
removed.
The University students are arranging
exercises.
The Kansas Methodist conference met
at Leavenworth last week, Bishop Wiley
presiding.
Salna boasts of larger number Of ele-
giant stores than any other place OF Its sire
in the west.
A carload of hogs was shipped from
Manhattan last week that averaged over
400 pounds
The annual meeting of the board Of TO
gents OF the State University will oScur
early in April.
The Boston Trareier says. crowds are
| already on their way 10 Kansas from this
| and adjoining states.
A number Of moneyed men from the
east were in Mcpherson last week looking
| for business locations.
The young ladies Of Galena are ignor-
ing the young gentlemen who refuse TO
sign the temperance pledge.
There are ninety organized school dis
tricts in Reno county, with an average at
tendance Of thirty-fve scholars.
O.. Nelson, Of Burlingame sid last
] week ninety head OF cattle that averaged
over thirteen hundred pounds.
Three hundred and eighteen have signed
the Murphy pledge in Galena since the
commencement Of their meetings.
A Douglass county farmer has secured
| a cage of English Ferrets. He says they
will clean out all the rats in the county.
Seven thousand emigrants passed
through Kansas City in two days OF last
week on their way TO homes IN Kan
sas.
Mr.. N. J. Crosby OF Balwin. Douglas
county was recently visited by his brother
from New York. Tney had not seen each
other for twenty-o years.
Eight years ago this month, where Par.
sons now stands was a bare prairie. To-
day it is live busting town OF $500 in
habitants with bright future.
Benjamin Turner a young man from
Linn county, Kansas had the old conf
dence game played on him in Sedalia.
Mo. He got off light, it only cost him
$40.
A delegation Of about one hundred bus
iness men OF Kansas City visited Topeka
last week 10 urge upon the Legislature Of
Kansas the annexation Of that city b
Kansas.
-Four freight car loads Of immigrants
and their farm stock anu utensils came 10
on the Chicago, 70 OK Island 4 Pacific
road from Ohio. and were sent out on the
Kansas Pacific, for Dickinson county.
The fne-blooded horse belonging 10 G.
II. Miller Of Wichita which jumped from
the box car on the A. I. 4 s. r.. while
the trail. was running at the rate Of TWEEN
ty miles per hour. was found Walking
quietly up the track, uninJured, at De
Tram reports show that every freight
train out Of Brookville west. for thirty
days, have earned from FIVE 70 fifteen cars
Of horpes. mules, cows, etc. They are foS
points between Brookville and Wa keepeV.
and show. the demand there for farm
stock
The number Of counties in the state ass
l02: number Of oounties organized. a;
number Of unorganized Counties, Il. a.
ganized counties with railroads, 81; a..
ganized counties without railroad fsalli-
'ies. ~: counties with more than one
line Of railroad. 10.
Mr. Austin Washburn, a settler on 0
soldier homestead. three miles southwest.
returned recently aftsr an extended alb
sence, and was disagreeabiy surprised %
snd that Miss Mary Green had Jumped
his clam. Even admission into hD own
house vas refused him.
Some Of the lest lands in the State are
.fIll 10 BE- secured in Reno county. Reno
county lies On toth hides Of the Arkansas
river and the eat line Of the county 10 Sss
hundred and sixty miles By rail. south
vest Of the capital Of the STATE The
main line Of the Atchison. Topeka -
Santa Fe railway pasaes through the oous-
Is from east 20 vet.
Reno county vas organized IN 1871. 10
contains |, 30 squzre miles and has Pop
ulafion at PRESENT Of 1900. Abost t.o-
thirds Of the people are natives OF the
United stsfss. asd the balance from vars
sas foreign oountne.; The pcpolss'on %
inueasisg very rapidly and a far esfs-
mate ~culd be an iscrezse ~ about thar
ty-,hree pr cent for every twelve months.
The name Of the Missouri Rrer. Fsf
Scott 4 Gulf rad 70 n i,e ehanrsd % the
X ansas City. Fos. Scott 4 Gull. and the