The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-12-09
Fuel is king.

The epizootic is waning.
Buckwheat cakes dead ripe.
Fuel is the absorbing question
District Court i'm session to-day.
Wood has been coming in lively.
Wheat has taken a tumble again,
The skating has been good again.
Hastings-Burt Star Combination.
Cash ONLY will buy coal i'm Salina-
1t was % below zero Sunday night
Some severe weather, my hearties.
A full hand of porkers and turkeys.
Christmas two weeks from next Sat
urday.
That survey was commenced this
morning.
A real London fog last Saturday
morning.
Board of Trade meeting tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock.
Winter weather continued. 20 be-
low zero Sunday night.
Mr.. August Holmqvist has returned
to his home i'm California.
The old mutflers have come out from
their summer hiding places.
A mining company, for operations
in New Mexico, has been formed.
Rev. Alex. Sterrett at the Presby-
terrain church next Tuesday night.
Hastings-Burt Star Combination ut
the Opera House next Monday night
Rev. A. Wibbert is confined to his
room with severe attack of sickness
Mr.. Will Logan, of Denver, Col,
was i'm town a few hours, one day last
week.
The work of repairing the Fourth
street side track was begun yesterday
morning
Mr. Frank l.. Webster, representing
the Kansas City Times, called last
Monday.
Help Oh the Reading Room Associa-
ton by attending the entertainment
next Monday night.
Ferlen & Leksell and Kingman,
Hayward & Bowen are now establish
ed i'm their new quarters.
The northeast room of the Rail
road Hotel" building now serves as
temporary passenger depot
Hon. Nels Peterson has been to Topc-
kalooking up quarters to occupy dur
ing the session of the Legislature.
Jesse Frost has made arrangements
for constructing provision stand adj
joining Engstrom's drug store on the
north.
Aug Ziebell wants the privilege of
herding his stock on growing wheat.
He will pay reasonable amount for
the privilege.
Miss Mary Jenney, of Greenwich
Station, Ohio, is visiting her brother,
DR.. J. w. Jenney. She will visit here
about three months.
On and after. next Sunday the
night passenger train from the east
which reaches Salina at 40 A. NJ,
will run no further than Ellis.
Messrs. Wight & Carroll present us
with Continental Insurance Co, cal
enders for 1881. A first-class conf
pany, represented by first-class agents.
The Public Reading room will be
opened next:rhursday evening. Miss
Stailey is in charge, and the place is
the room occupied by DIR. r. L. Nick
les.
Mr.. f. III. Gibbs has purchased of
the Agricultural College of Manhat-
tan, the stone building occupied 10y |
Ober & Hageman, rs well As the half |
lot adjoining on the south.
The new furnace at the Court House
works like charm The officers have
to ventilate pretty frequently i'm order |
to keep rooms from being overheated.
The furnace is good scheme.
Mrs. A. l.. Williams and Mrs. Viii
marth, Topeka, are visiting with Mrs.
Hanback,. Miss Emma Ferguson ac-
companied them on Saturday, and re-
turned to Topeka on the following
evening.
Mr.. w. A. Briggs has disposed of
his interest i'm the soap works, and will
return TO Wisconsin next week. We
are sorry to lose Mr.. Briggs from our
city. He is an energetic, thorough
going young man.
Jerry Dean, who recently was tried
and convicted of murder i'm McPhcr-
son county, and whose motion for a
new trial was overruled, was yester-
day sentenced TO four years confine-
ment in the penitentiary.
Mr.. J. c. Yungfieisch has been up
from Kansas City, visiting relatives.
He is now running a restaurant in
that city and doing well. He fondly
turns TO SaIina, however, as the pleas
ATTEST place in the country.
The Railroad company refuses TO
operate the Fourth street sidetrack
until it has been put i'm better repair
They claim that the ties are SO dam
age in places As TO make the track un-
safe. The track is now being repaired.
Mr.. H. Reese, of Gypsum creek, has
rented Henry Liebert's house, oppo-
site Mrs.Grier's store, on Santa Fe. for
the purpose of starting bakery and
store. A new front is
to be built. SO rs ITO put a business house
touch to the building. |,
The prospects are that we shall have
\ coal famine in Salina. The coal
supply is very short, with no prospect
Of speedy relief The other day, al /,
Abilene, soft coal was selling at $40
per ton. A gloomy outlook for poor
people, and cold winter i'm prospect.
w. S. Fletcher, who has been in the !
law Office of c. A. Hitler, Esq, for l
several months, passed very satisfac- $
tory examination before his Honor, ]