The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-11

OUT door uTiil last Satufuay night
Marbles are now a lively game
among the youths of the sand plots.
The last day for registering your vot'
will be tv o weeks from next Saturday
Three separate towns are to be start
ed on Gypsum Greek, according to re
port.
Willis Kesler starts for McPherseI
tonight, TO take part in the shooting
tournament.
Gus Nelson has rented the Nelson
House TO Peter Gerhart Gus will eli
gage in farming.
Upon the second page We publish by
request the call for the Democratic
State Convention.
We publish by request On the frs
page of this paper, an article entitled
Border Churches"
DIR. Bishop will occupy the pulpit o.
the Methodist church, next Sabbath
morning and evening.
Mrs. Emerson will leave for Denver
Sunday night, where Mr.. Emerson
has located i'm business.
Mr.. NJ. J. WelIslager writes that h,
will return TO Salina between the 20tl
and 18th of this month.
A colony of six families arrived In
Salina recently, and are now looking
for farms in this county.
II. G. Rash started for Chicago on
Monday to make his purchases OF
spring and summer goods.
Theodore Tilton lectures before the
Salina Lecture Course, at the Opera
House, on the 9th Of April.
A. +. Ransom is out again, having
nearly recovered from injuries he sus-
tanned in a runaway, recently.
Yesterday Mr.. Faulkner, as assignee
of John Gels & Co., commenced hear
ing the demands against the estate.
j. Johnson has withdrawn from
Those Johnson's appear to be trolling
stones. "-.Mdnhattdn Enterprise.
Rev. VIM. Smith, of this city, was
reelected Secretary of the Kansas NJ.
T.. Conference now i'm session ut TOpe-
ka.
There is to be a daily mail from Sa-
lima to Mcpherson by the Salina 4
Southwestern, on and after the LIST 81
April.
"Just wait until after Easter Sunday
the 18th of March-and then won't
we make the fur fly"-hangs on the
tongues end.
1t is stated that Isaac Broomfield,
who was lately arrested for an assault
upon VIM. Bocook, has skipped" for
parts unknown.
Rev. VIM. Smith and family, Rev.
G. S. Dearborn and Capt. 5. II. Will
liams are attending the NJ. +. Confer
ence, at Topeka
l.. W. Bates now goes around with.
out a case and invites the mer.
chants down to his house to see his
sample IL pound boy.
The puzzle of Fifteen" will soon
be along, and our entire population
will be wasting the nights trying to be
masters of the situation.
Mr. Geissler is closing out his stock
of general merchandise in Bavaria
and announces in this paper splendid
bargains TO purchasers.
We understand that Mr.. c. Post in
tends putting up u store building on
his place. on Gypsum Creek, the sec
ond story to be used rs a hall
We are still without an operator at
the uptown telegraph Office, but will
probably have either an American or
Western Union employe soon.
The County Commissioners have or
dered quite number of Dazzler's stat
utes for the use of township officers
to be purchased by the officers.
The planet Mars will celebrate the
18th inst, by being occultlted by the
moon between half-past six and forty
minutes past seven in the evening.
The l.. s. Land Officers have not
yet taken possession of their new quar-
tiers, owing TO the unfinished state Of
the new furniture they are TO hare.
Major +. l.. Norton went down to
Atchison TO attend the meeting of the
Grand Eneampment, /. o. o, F.,
which occurred in that city Tuesday.
We regret to hear of the death of
Mrs. r. II. Buell., which occurred at
the farm near New Cambria, last Tues
day night. The funeral takes place
to-day.
Mr.. J. Diss DeBar, the gentleman
who represents the Brooklyn colony
settling here, was formerly Commits
sioner of Immigration for the State of
Virginia.
Tees cyclone, which was advertis-
ed for last Monday, did not come Off
The management" certainly have
the thanks of various people who were
a little nervous over the prospect.
lnfantiie @hirlwinds have been dis
turbing the peace and dignity Of the
dust for several days. Do they not indi-
cate that disturbed condition of the
atmosphere which leads TO cyclones,
&c.
The gospel meetings now in progress
at the Christian Church are progress
ing with interest I,aptisms last night.
The meeting will continue as long as
good is being done. Singers are re-
Quasted to be present at 7:l5 every
evening.
Mr.. c. c. Campbell, mail agent on
the X. p, has gone to Ohio, having
received telegram announcing the
severe illness of his brother. He will
return TO mail duty In about two
weeks.