The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

Inc arrival or gold at the assay once IN
New York from Europe for the week end
Ing Saturday, the 18th, were Sl.6i0..0O: to-
tai arrivals since August. So, ISL 800; of
which S5.1d9,t0 was American coin, and
Si66l. 900 was foreign coin and bars total
arrivals for the same period last year, S4l.-
0;se.GO0. The payments by the assay Office
on this account were S2,sil,l6s last week
and $40. 3J1 los since August the ID. This
gold is not remaining in New York but is
being promptly shipped to the West and
South where il is held aud employed in
moving crops and i'm enlarging the areas of
agricultural development.
The scarcity of ears is still vexing
question with the millers at Minneapolis.
IL was reported one day last week that the
three Washburn mills contained fifteen
thousand barrels Of -four, and that At one
time the mills We're stopped, as there was
room for no more flour. All were going
III last accounts.
The city of Omaha has accepted prop
position by 5. SterliBg Morton that he may
proceed. 1T his own cost. 10 collect from
the United States a claim for $4,000 eNpen-
ded b. the city on the territorial capitol
building, Morton to have One-half of all
moneys collected.
Rnmors having found credence that tbs
Conneriara colonists in Minnesota arc
suffering for want of fuel. Governor Pills
bury has sent J. Fletcher Williams and
Dillon OBrien to investigate their condi.
tion.
The Boston gentlemen who own the
Toledo. Cincinnati and 81. Louis railway
VIII invest S3,tU1.G0 in extending the road
from kokomo to the city Of the great
bridge. expecting To have the line com
pic'cd by October next.
The directors of the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy road have called special
meeting of stockholders for Dec. -. 10 vote
on the consolidation of the Council Bluffs
and other lines and issue new stock there
for.
The count made by the Milwaukee post
office for the first seven days of December,
shows daily average of 46.7Gi pieces of
niai!able matter handled. a daily average
gain of s, y1 over the icOunt made year
ago.
The cases Of Philip, Byrne, Post. and
Hart, concerned i'm the Morey forgery,
have been transferred To another court in
New York, but their demand that the in
dictment for libel be quashed was refused.
The Grand Jury Of Decatur county. In
diana. has indicted all the township asses
sOrs Of that county. and seven of the couii-
~ officers for charging, demanding, and
accepting fees not allowed by the law.
The Rev. Father Bernard Donnelly, who
for nearly half a century had laborcd first
as a missionary, then IS n clergyman and
always aS devOut Christian in Kansas
City, died on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
Three negroes, who for some time have
been charges on the county Of Bedford.
Virginia. were sold at auction for 81. under
an old yagrant law. The purchaser will
have their labor for three months.
Six more Of the overdue transatlantic
steamers arrived at New York Saturday.
There are four still out. The earliest date
at which any Of these overdue vessels left
port was the 18th Of November.
Rev. Andrew J. Ferguson, Of Washing
ton. Ind, prominent among the African
Methodists, suddenly became insane at
the depot in Indianapolis, and has been
sent TO a lunatic asylum.
The Milwaukee News has been pur-
chased by syndicate with the Hon..
Horace Rubbie at the head. The politics
of the sheet will be changed from Demo
cratic 10 Republican.
The menhaden fishing season in Long
Island Sound. just closed, has been thor
Oughly successful. The steamers belong
ing to two Long Island companies captured
over SO.OOo.000 fish.
The postofiice money-order deposits foot
ed up S.i5026 at the Sioux City Office for
November. the largest months business on
record. The footing for December is like
ly To exceed this.
Gould has purchased all the privileges
Of the International railway between San
Antonio and the Rio Gran.ia, and is ncgo-
tiating for the track between Milan and
San Antonio.
The fishermen have begun their winter
operations on the ice at the mouth Of sag
inaw river. They anticipate some big catch
e.. and have made extensive preparations
for that end.
Representatives of the confederate Cen
erals Bragg and Polk desire 70 sell 20 tho
war department the private papers 81
those officers, the estimated value Of each
being $1,000.
Mile. Jeanne. a younger sister Of Sarah
Bernhard, has arrived in Boston from
Paris.
A newsletter at Adrain. Mich. named
Henry i. Secley, while standing on the
sidewalk. drew rvJlyer and sent q
bullet through his brain.
4 confidence operator at st. Louis was
chased out upon the great bridge by pc
liceman. and ended his days by fall oi
ninety feet into the Mississippi.
Two coaches on the Missouri Pacific rad
flew the Track near Eureka, twelve passed.
gers being injured.
Hiram :. Ioibrook. local agent
the American Express company a, Dn-
huquc. Iowa shot himself dead IN be,i, The
bullet also killing his little daughter
4 daughter Of Gen Worth has been ap-
pointed Ia clerkship IN the pension OF
ice.
CAPTAIN Eais has arrived at the city OF
Mexico. and will Immediately proceed 20
the i>thmu, If T.huanteIec and examine
the country for a canal
4 contract for tunnel through Look
out mountain will soon b. let by the Ala
bama Great Southern railroad.