The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-06-05
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Kate Claxton.
Some fall-like weather.
Kate CIaxton at the Opera House. June 18th.
| A number of fields OF wheat will he cut this
week.
The street sprinkler is doing good and noble
work.
Mr.. C. A. Nave returned from Indiana las,
Friday.
ency In town.
The Managers gall still gets away with his
discretion.
Next week harvest will be commenced in
good earnest.
Miss Woods has gone: east to spend her
summer vacation.
Mr.. Phillips. advance agent for Kate Clax-
ton. called yesterday.
The farmers are all on the qui vIve. prepar-
ing for their harvest.
In Salina there are three sets Of abstract Of
title books for this county.
Some Of the people advocate making school
building Of the Court House.
A handsome new soda fountain at Any
Engstrom & Co g drug store.
The mason work on the Mulberry bridge, at
the Stimmel place, is finished.
Mr.. &. f. Libbey is getting up some very
good stereoscopIc views Of Salina.
1t Is predicted that we shall have cyclones
again on the 9th inst. next Monday.
Mcdaniel & Gaylord have just finished plas-
tering their saloon. and are to paper it.
A handsome new safe ornaments the back
part of W. & NJ. ID. Berg's furniture store.
A sister of Mr.. Chas. Hyde is visiting with
him. and enjoying our bracing atmosphere.
Mr.. E. C. Phillips is the happy father OF a
bright daughter, born on Wednesday morning.
Col. Ms. Goss. land attorney for the A. +.
& S. F.. and NJ. X. & T. Ry's, was in town
Saturday.
The steamer Belle u Salina" will be launch
ed again tomorrow. Il has been nicely paint
ed and repaired.
The City Council was in session last Mon
day night. Ordinance revision was the BUSH
ness Of the evening.
A drilling rain set in last Saturday, which
seemed to do a great deal of good. 1t was
quite extended.
Remember the Presbyterian Ice cream social
which is to take place at Capt. B. J. F. Hanna's
residence tonight.
Mrs. J. w. Aldrich started for Danville.
New York. last Tuesday, where she will re-
main during the summer months.
Mr.. Frank Goodnow proposes to have a
Golden Belt' for the little daughter which
came into his home this morning.
in Salina last week to attend the crystal we'd
ding Of Mr.. and Mrs. b. McA llaster'
We hear that the receipts of the PinafOre
house amounted to about $3.50. The troupe
clears about 800 on the performance.
The census returns shows the population Of
Saline county to he in the neighborhood OF
IL 800. The population OF one year ago was
less than 10000.
Mr.. Geo. Woolley returned last Thursday
evening from New York. where he has been
so indnstriousIy pursuing his studies during
the past winter.
Mrs. W. X. Gels and children, accompanied
by Mr.. 4. A. Williams, cashier In John Gels
& Co.'S bank, started for Pennsylvania last
Tuesday morning.
A forty-foot addition is being constructed to
the rear of the building occupied by Emil
Werry's saloon. The back part will be used
for a billiard hall.
Last Friday two Of Salinas ladies. by them
selves and without ostentatiOn, decorated the
one of our cemeteries.
We have received very valuable CO
munication from Hon. Il. II. Cavanaugh
on railroad matters, which is deferred until
next week, from lack of space.
George Edward Walk, OF Kansas City, will
preach In the Christian church next Sunday,
June Sth, at IL o'clock A. NJ, and at O'Clock
T. NJ All are invited to hear him.
The ladies Of the NJ. +. church will give q
sociable at the Maxey House mex: Thursday
evening, June 18th. Abundance of ice cream.
A very pleasant time is anticipated. All made
welcome.
A petition is in circulation asking the City
Council to grant the right of way on Fourth
street to the Salina and Southwestern Railway.
A remonstrance is also in circulation, and 10 is
q mammoth one.
There is disposition among our people to
return, in the style OF their buildings, to the
'.dug-out' architecture OF the primitive days.
Only such establishments seem secure against
the march of the dreaded cyclone.
Last Saturdays rain did not prevent the oc-
currence of the Sunday School Convention
which was to take place at Mr.. Joseph
Tolle's grove, on Gypsum creek. The proceed
ings will he published next week.
Rev. Wm. Smith, Methodist minister at Sa-
lima. preached in this place on Friday evening
and sound, logical speaker. The Methodists
of Ssllna are fortunate In securing the services
of him.-Minneapolis Independent.
Saline county for this year increases its acre
age in winter wheat nearly {, 1000 acres; in corn.
an acreage of between 1900 and lA,00 over
that of last year. Its acreage in Spring wheat
is about ! 200 acres less than last year.
We really had frost last Sunday night