The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-05-20

| IA very pleasant family picnic &C.
cured at the grove near the upper mill
last Friday. There were games and |
swinging for the children. and the
same kind of smusement for the older |
picnicers. A very enjoyable day was
spent in the pleasant woods.
A few minutes before the late fire |
Col. Culp, one Of the guests Of the |
Central hotel, enclosed twenty-five |!
dollars i'm currency. in a letter to his |
wife, and deposited it in the mail box |
at the hotel 1t has not been seen
since and was probably burned. and
uncle Sam has got his liabilities
reduced in that amount Winfield
Monitor.
About fifteen couples participated
in the very pleasant hop given at the
Liederk ranZ Hall, last Monday night. |
Music was furnished by the Salina
band, and refreshments were served
both AT the hall and the DelmonicO
restaurant, all Of which were pro-
nounced very fine.
Len. Williams, who with his broth
| er Jim has been q resident of Salina
for number Of years, came down last
Saturday on visit TO the old folks at
home. Len. il one of the hest boys
ever raised in PaOla, and his friends
always welcome him with words of
hearty greeting and are ever glad to
know that he does well and prospers
In Salina.-f"Otd Citizen.
A picnic WAS contemplated by the
members of the Univcrsalist church
at Oak Dale Park last Friday SITTER
noon, hut the rain i'm the morning in
terfered with their plans. In the
evening however, they enjoyed very
pleasant dance in Exhibition hall,
which was quite well attended.
Mr.. Frank SiniOns, Of this Office,
having taken clay OFF, for four
! weeks, started for Iowa last evening,
i'm which state he will visit among
| relatives and friends. Frank has
been a steady, faithful and efficient
assistant in our job department, and
is entitled 10 a "little play" after so
long, continuous service.
Our Military Company has been Or
| ganized. G. II. Hilton is captain; a.
q. Stacey, first lieutenant, and Chas.
Bush, second lieutenant. with Jesse
Frost a. orderly sergeant. We sup
pose the company will soon receive
their arms, be uniformed and in trim
to strive for the honor of being the
hest drilled company in the State.
Yesterday afternoon l45 head of ma
tive steers, belonging to Hawkes. &
Baliard-fed by Stephen and VIM.
KOuns and Cliff Thompson, were
driven through town to the depot, for
the purpose Of shipment to Chicago.
They made one of the finest cattle
shows ever presented i'm Salina. They
averaged about l6OO pounds. No finer
| cattle were ever seen i'm Salina.
Gen. T. r. Taylor, of Hutchinson.
was in the city last Saturday, and
| called. The General is a candidate
for Lieutenant Governor. The pros
pect is that every county in the West
will he favorable to him. While here
| the General met an old Ohio friend in
| the person Of Mr.. A. II. Head. He also
came across Mr.. II. ii. Nash, an army
comrade. They are enthusiastically
for Taylor
Mr.. T. Il. Davidson, cousin Of MIR.
ID. &. Lock wOOd, who has been visit
ing here for several days, has return
ell to his home in Baltimore. While
here Mr.. Davidson impressed all who
made his acquaintance most favor
ably, and seemed soon To establish
himself as general favoritc. He,
! too, was very much pleased with Sa-
lima. We hope he may seq fit (" visit
| this section again.
A distinguished historian is now
making his residence in Salina. We
refer to the illustrious author Of IAN
about Kansas - Fourth Thousand"
We point with pride 10 the long list
of the worlds renowned historians,
among whom Salinas gifted son ranks
so high. Here they are: Hume, Glib
bon, ct'auley, Grote, Micheiet, ALI
son, Motley. Martineau, Frou.ie, Ban
croft, DE Stacey, and 80 on.
A gentleman of some prominence in
the State, who was in town this week,
stated TO us the slObbering prOpensi-
| ~ of the JOURNAL, aud also the alb
sence of originality in that paper.
For u dollar, II would smile all over u
fellow NeWs- Advocate.
This gentleman of prominence must
have been overpowered by the daz-
cling genius and wonderful abilities of
the editor who is able to bring out his
little seven-column paper only once in
three weeks.
Quite q sensation was created out on
Gypsum Greek last week by the report
that u newly made grave had been
discovered in Mr.. S. w. Collins corn
field, supposed to be that Of boy who
had been receiving ill-treatment from
his employer and had suddenly disap-
peared. Putting this and that to-
gether" first -class murder had been
manufactured. An examination into
matters proved the report to be a ca
nard.
Although rats have been generally
regarded As very scarce in this region,
Mr.. C. $. Martin and another gentle
man succeeded i'm capturing l4l rats in
Mr.. Martins stable. on his Gypsum
Creek farm, one day last week. For
many years the rat was entirely UNI
known to Kansas. In fact, even I'M
til lately they have been rarely seen.
We have never seen one since our res
idence I'm Kansas. except the one which