The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-12-30
o, the blizzard (!
Elurries of snow.


M. E. Supper tomorrow night.
The signing winds are soughing.
At the Daily Block tomorrow night
We are now bound on all sides with
icy letters
DR.. r. f. Nickles now has a pair
a pair of girls.
Fellows don't stop to count theil
steps these days.
That 1l-foot fall of snow was "nix'
deep in this county.
Pc Bond is with us again, to re
main until next Monday.
Business has suspended and cold
weather has the floor.
Be sure and date your epistIes on
and after Saturday with 1881.
Mrs. w. F. Cotton, of Oberlin, has
been visiting her friend, Miss NJ A.
Woods.
Each family is now compelled to
have, an additional domestic, viz: q
fireman
Remember the Methodist social
which takes place tomorrow night, at
the Daily Block.
Spelling Schools relieve the solemn
stiffness of country life. We hear of
q number of them.
Be careful of your fires. To be
burned out such weather as this would
be a terrible calamity.
The latest advices as to the condition
Of Mr. Ed. Smith is that he is regarded
by the doctors as some better.
The Cornet Band assembled at "the
corners" Christmas afternoon and gave
the public some very good music.
The first sleigh OF the season came
in from near Salemsborg last Friday,
and ne'ir a sleigh has been seen since.
Two wagon loads of coal-brought
from about Ellsworth-were sold here
at the rate of $500 per ton, the other
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Mcconnell, of
Lawrence, came up TO spend Christ
mas with their father, Maj. Jno. w.
Berks.
Capt. James Donegan, a captain of a
lake vessel and resident of Chicago, is
visiting his brother-in-law, Mr.. James
Murphy.
The Episcopal people realized from
their entertainment some $50. The
expenses were about one-half of this
amount
The Kansas City market report for
this morning shows hogs weak and
slow; wheat, market firm, a fraction
higher; corn weaker and lower
We understand that the Methodist
people design giving at an early date
an entertainment similar in character
to the one of last Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Seaman started for
Cornwall, New York, yesterday morn
ing. They will visit at their old
home during the coming two months.
The ice gatherers were little "too
previous" The article is now of the
regulation thickness and much better
for preservation than that put up few
weeks ago.
Congregational meeting Ofthe men,
bers of the Christian church, next
Sunday, January 2, at II o'clock All
members of the church are requested
to be present.
On Christmas day there was quite n
congregation of skaters skimming over
the ice of the Smoky Hill. The sport
seemed to be enjoyed very much by
all the participants.
We learned yesterday morning that
Chauncey Taft, a welI-known citizen
of Brookville, had died suddenly last
Monday. We have not learned the
particulars of his death.
At the Pacific House on Christmas
day, Mrs. Jeffries entertained a large
company Of relatives and friends. The
dinner served was an elegant affair
and most heartily relished by the
guests.
Compliments of the ladies of the
Christian church" were the introduce
tory remarks, as cake basket heavily
laden with delicious confections was
left upon our table. Thank you.
ladies.
Mr.. ]. H, Day, having spent several
months i'm the vicinity of Leadville, is
now satisfied to be with his home
friends again. He has enjoyed noun
tain life very well but enjoys being at
home much better.
Mr.. w. b. Shoil was remembered i'm
an unexpected but very substantial
way on Christmas. A nephew who
resides in Denver sent him a very
handsome seal skin cap and a valua-
able set of scalskin furs for Mrs. Sholl.
Several cases.have been disposed of
in the District Court since our last
issue, but were all tried without juries.
The diverse case of Milbourne VS.. Mil
bourne occupied some little time. 4
decree was refused, the Judge giving
both parties some good advice.
The supper given by
the Christian church on Tuesday and
last evening were successes. when we
consider that the weather was So
frightfully cold. A handsome little
profit was realized. Good music and
social converse helped enliven the en-.
tertainments.
Something wrong about the Court
House furnace, after all. The heat is
not uniform. On the north side of the
building the officers are daily playing
q game Of "freezeout." 1t was so cold
In the courtroom yesterday that court
was held in the room of the Clerk of
the District Court. 1t is to be
thoroughly repaired.
The Agricultural College of Manhat-
tan have heretofore claimed that the
stone building occupied by Ober &