The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-17

The Electic Educational Series received the
highest awards at all the worlds great fairs.
A. X. Head, sole agent tor Saline county.
School boards should withhold adoption until
his series is examined.
| A srotting race took place at the park last
Saturday between Bonner Boy. belonging TO
DR.. Skarns. of Brookville. and Sym Dip. be-
longing to +. c. York, of Bavaria The race
was won 10y Sym Dip. A running race also
took place.
| \ long and ably writt.n communication up
on the negro exodus. from the pen OF Mr.
Frank WilkesoD, OfGypsum Greek, was pub
lished in the New York Sun Of Jaly &. We
shall endeavor to republish extracts from it in
the JoURNAL.
| In the '-cooi of thee yenipg'' if there Is such
a thing at the present time, numieriess vehic-
les 90 ..promenading" on our avenues and
streets .'Ghe ride is a delicious relieffrOm hot
rooms and If there is any air stirring, the ear
rage people get the benefit of it.
Col. Splvey and family started for Manitou
Springs, Colorado,Ila-t Tuesday night. la
that mountain region they will seek health
AMI recreation camping out. - au'l will have
the company of Judge Austin and wife. Of
Junction City.
In another part OF this paper will he found
spicy, weli-written communication about
1.-The first settler of Saline county, from the
nent citizen OF Saline county, and now II resi-
dent Of Mcpherson county.
| Among the Kansas City Journal Railway
notes of July IL, was the following:
The plans for the IindsbOrg depot were
| lying on Nj. Smeed's table yesterday III the X.
r. general offices. This depot will he located
at the terminus Of the Salina & Southwestern,
and will be model Of neatness and cOnven-
fence. = - ssstt
With reference to the printing Of the city ordinance
book ,iiscusslos, the Advocate Of last week says:
In the light between the Journal and the Herald,
confess our sympathies are with the latter.
| Another sheep bieating for fodder. However. We
will do Mr. Beebe (fe life and soul of the Advocated
justice, by stating that he informs us that he in
way approved the above article and that il he hsd
any sympathy all in the controversy 1t was for the
JoukSAL.
The City Clerk has complied with the in
strlction Of the City Council to write to the
various water works contractors, informing
them that Salina is ready to talk business. pro =
vided they will send on representatives at their
own expense. TO look over the ground, make
estimates, etc.
With 'swithering contempt" Stacey annOun-
ced few weeks ago that he was done with
Sampson, that "scab" of the JOURNAL, and
that he proposed never to mention his name
in the sacred columns of the Herald again.
Well, last week the better part Of the Herald
certainly the most interesting part pertained
wholly to Sampson. And thus the ''gailed
jade winces.''
A Mr.. II. v. Langen is making arrange
ments to start German paper here. He has
already ordered the material from Chicago.
He calledllast Saturday, and seems to be very
pleasant gentleman. A. paper Of this kind
will undoubtedly do much towards encourage
ing German enligration to this country, and
the Gern,an people always prove to be thrifty
and Industrious citizens.
From the L,ndsborg Locaiist of the 18th
inst. We take the following items.
The Chicago lumber company of Salina,
have started branch yard here
Trains. on the S. & 5. railroad arrive here at
9 p. m. and leave at 3. NJ.
i Mr. Robinson, of Salina bought and shipped
the first car load of wheat over the ). n. ).
railroad, it was shipped from this place on the
twelfth.
The work of putting up a telegraph line
from Salina to IindsbOrg will commence next
week.
3 Quites number Of people were collected at
the rstNsOn Tuesday u witness the match
game Of base ball between Salinas PinafOres
aud New Cambrials Buckeyes. The game
was holly contested for, Int the Buckeyes
won by a large maiority-the score standing
III fer them and for the Pinaiores. Willis
pKesler and 4. r Hutton also got mp a little
shooting match, which was quite a success.
The complete score OF the base ball game was
handed in to late for publication this week.
4 MI. Harkias, on. Of the Oldest residents on
lGypsam Creck. Chains that the water was
tnigisr during the late raise in that country,
thar il has been before since he residcsi there.
Mr.. Geo. Jay who resides in the neighborhood
Of Bridge Z. o., lost COW. 1t was piqueted
on low ground, and was drowned before IL
could be rescued. The water came in great
volumes and so rapidly that human lives were
in danger Of beng sacrificed. A huge straw
stack which stood on Mr.. Jonathan 7inklcr's
place was picked up as. it stood, and floated
away like an iceberg. Many hogs were
drowned. There was terrible slaughter OF
low water bridges.
Mrs. D. B. Powers received telegram on
Monday, announcing the death Of her father.
Mr.. VI. Hail, which occurred at the residence
of his sOn-in-law, Mr.. II. Reyes, in Leaven-
worth Mr.. Hail was born In Virginia, and
emisrated to Kentucky while a youth. In
1853 be removed; with bis family to Missouri.
He was q man Of strict temperance habits and
exemplary character. For more than fifty
years, be wss.a member OF the Baptist church,
in which faith he died. He raised large fami-
l lyoi ehihhes, eight Of whom survive him.
He died at the ripe old age OF eighty five
years. Iwo months and five days. large
circle Of felativcs and friends mourn his loss.
Marshal Tuttle left Salina last Friday, In
pursuit Of party who was supposed to have
been the person who assaulted and robbed Mr..
n. Gaverick last week. He returned Monday
morning with . man named Stanley. and an.
other person who had apparently beena '.pal''
. Of his. Stanley was In town sometime before
the robbery and disappeared from Sslins that
night. The marshal on his journey learned