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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-13
Christmas Cheer.

Atmores Genuine English Plum Pudding.
AlmoreS Xxx Mince Meat. -..-
Finest Dihesa Raisins, for table use.
Sultana Raisins, seeileSs.
Loose Muscatel Raisins-
Valencia RaisinS.
California RaisinS.
Zante Currants.
IRghorn Cttron.
Candied Lemon Peel.
Candied Orange Peel.
Pine Apple Cheese.
English Pickles, Scotch Jams, Dundee Mar
mslade, White Clover Honey, Mocha and Java
Coffee. All OF the best quality.
r. ]. SMYTH,
dec Cor Market and Fourteenth SITS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LOST.

n OuIs BAKER, A wEAK-MINDED NAN.
IL about IS years Of age, left his home, 28iI
Market street, Last night. Any Information
leading to his recovery win be gladly received
by his friends. SEoHdh DAhnn-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-13

Pine Moquet;cs, with Boo"
10 match. u
Rich yeiye<. with booion
match. ~,a
Extra BODY Brussels VI
Borders % match.
Choice Tape-ir,es, wiz ~
ders 10 match. ~ 80.
Church, Hall. and staif "a
pets In Body and Isps'
Bruveis' ,..
Tbree-Pys, Super Inf1s
Double Cotton Chains, Ab1 -,
phin Hemps In lsysr 'n'
than ever shown before
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-13

Baltimore Gdrette.
z The cohesive power of public plumber Is
about all that is now left to the Repubii-
can party ~
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-13

psst English and Ans<o s
Cyahs FROM 3 % q fes. - IL
stair and Hall Nles
our OiicIotk ssoet y -,
sosss, Ga s!vsy s:~ =
stngtohsd befoss ~sss
DOWN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-13
-HArTIxGs.

India and Rattan As,nsr
fortDnices and Publle b9is1<
Cocoa Nattings IN AL ,
China Mating Of eyefY - =
ity, from 2tSc pr yAf' "
the flnlst LlntAn.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
East Greeley Items.

AUGUST l. 1881.
since the rams nave come the nun
OF the threshihg machines nave ceased
anu the farmers are taxing advantage
OF the good CONDITION OF the GROUND
ana are turning under the weeds.
There will not be any more, if a.
much, wheat sown this fall as last.
The Oregon wheat, as far as heard
from, is doing the best. Wheat, gen.
orally, is falling far below the esti.
mate of the farmers, and is yielding
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
8ro0kville 0tesNo,
Pleasant weather nowadays.

Pleasant weather nowadays.
Mr.. q. J. Gentry has been appointed
station agent ut Wallace. George, Is
he is familiarity called, has been clerk
mt the station here for 1.-The past year
and over, and by the strict attention
to business has gained the confidence
of the management, and now gets a
splendid position. George, you are a
good boy, and we wish you success in
your merited position.
Mr.. Chas Crawford is paying a visit
to friends in West Virginia.
Mr.. T.. &. Blanchard, who has for so
long been manager of the telegraph
Office here, goes to Wallace this week
Ia work i'm the train dispatcher's Office.
We are very sorry To lose MFR. b. from
BrOokville, but are pleased tn see him
advancing Mr.. Blanchard, during his
stay i'm BrOOkville, has made friends
with all with whom he has come in
contact. He il Il true business man
and a gentleman. Success To him.
1t appears that whenever Wallace
wants good business man they draw
on BroOkville. This last is the third
man taken from BroOkville to Wallace.
We are gratified To learn that the
corn was not injured SO badly as sup
posed, 10y the hot weather 1t was in
deed q very good thing that the farmers
did not get their corn in until late.
The brother of Mrs. w. H. Gentry,
from Texas, is visiting here.
Several loads of wheat are brought
in these mornings before breakfast.
There are rumors of a new grocery
store i'm the city.
Mr.. Peck's son-nOt Peck's sun "
takes the place vacated by Mr.. Il. J.
Gentry.
A new cabOose went over the road
for the new road out of Denver, called
CAD.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
Falun items.

Oh, the glorious Kansas aud its beau
tiful rain The rain has come at last,
but is rather late. Nevertheless il will
help the late corn.
Fall blowing has commenced in
earnest.
The people are i'm q great conjecture
as to what they should do Many are
thinking of leaving for the far west,
for the region that glitters with gold
where many seek but few find il.
This il all well, 50 long as they start
i'm the right direction and do not do as
Mr.. Simple run wild i'm among the
thOrns. But it's 50 easy for anything
10 happen in these Amendment days
Very naturally, Simple could not keep
the road. He thought, considered and
prayed, and 10 the thOrns would not
bow before him. He saw the blossom
and thought IL was the crown, and
commenced to climb for it, When
half way there his strength failed, his
powerful body fell and his eyes were
fixed on the blossoming thOrns-a
sight not soon to be forgotten.
Threshing has commenced, but very
slowly, rs tbreshing machines are
scarce in this neighberhOod.
A number of immigrants from the
old country arrived last week.
Last Monday was circus day Early
i'm the morning you could see the peO-
pie starting towards Salina to see the
show.
I have heard people talk Of man,
commonly called Mule Pete, making
considerable trouble among the farm
ers. He struck the corner OF our town.
ship, but seeing those large hills lie
thought ii not safe to go any farther,
rs they looked mysterious to him.
1t is not often in this country that
one Is permitted to see a panorama,
but il you should take telescope and
look carefully you might see a man,
well along i'm years, wearing a big
hat, the hat itself is respect
able but on account of the size of the
man it looks, when he stands leaning
against a post with his knees bending
inwards, that his hat is taking an
and cannot keep level.
"Oh, / can't (hic) make il (hicl."
Just then his noble son steps up and
says: Dear father, don't you know
you are -" "Well. John, I know
it. This is my last trip; l shall do
better, and then, my son, thicl we will
show them (hicl-" Hush, father,
some one is around" Arm i'm arm
they march into the house. The seen
cry was gone. Ii was better than a
side show FALUBO.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
Col. JOHN c. BURcH. Secretary Of
the United States Senate, died recently
1t his residence in Washington, Of
organic disease of the heart.
AssaPia items.

II seems to be fact that my success.
sOr has nominated, elected and quar-.
fed himself, and named himself
"Comet." All right. Mr.. Comet, II
you will agree to give us all the news
g IL occurs I will withdraw, but take
this opportunity to inform you that !
am still alive and am liable to connect
occasionally.
Last Monday afternoon we hooked
our team to Q buggy and wended our
way to Salina, to see the elephant:
After we had put up our team and
taken supper At the Keystone, we, In
company with nobody in particular
and everybody In general, hied Ourseif
to the scene Of entertainment When
once inside that mammoth canvas we
were both sstOnished and surprised
at what? Not at what We saw, but at
what we did not see. III l am
able to Judge, I think II was the thin-
nest entertainment of the kind ever
saw.
ID, McPhaiIs elevator Is fast al'-
preaching completion, and will be
credit to our little burg when once IN
running order.
Mr.. X. p. Cravens WAS seen on our
streets to-day In conversation with
him he told ane that he wrote out sew
eral policies, while here, for different
parties i'm town.
The weather Is getting hot once
more, and IL is feared that we will have
another spell Of hot, hotter, hottest y
Mr.. NJ. T. Basset, of Walnut town
ship, was i'm town to-day. He came
In for the purpose Of selling his wheat
to Judd.
Last Sunday afternoon Oscar Lind
gren was called home by the death Of
his grandmother. The old lady WAS
buried Monday afternoon near the farm
of s. p. Lindgren.
Our landlord has gone north to grow
up with the country. When last heard
from he was i'm Iowa City.
We were informed to-day that the
bridge company will commence work
OH the bridge tomorrow. We say,
+" So be it."
c. X. Fairchild has got possession of
q pretty nice top buggy, and l have no
doubt but every body of the female sex
will want to " go riding" with Char
ley.
Our hotel is running in full blast,
with nine regular boarders, and pros
pect for more
The river is up a little to-day, so
much SO that communication il cut of
from the opposite side. We hope it will
come up n. %. MORE.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

We cannot see why the anti-prohi.
bitionists in some of the large Kansas
cities are SO strenuous i'm their efforts
to oppose the enforcement of the liquor
law. Those who are posted i'm such
movements As the temperance cause
must know that the more the temper
ance people are fought the more deter
mined they become. They have the
law and the hest If the argument on
their side, aud clad in such "A panoply,
and firm in 80 gust a cause, what can
be the result but victory on every field
ultimately. IL the liquor law is a good
and practicable one, IL will prevail and
be upheld even against the most pow
erful opposition. There is one field
upon which the prohibitionists and
the snti-prohibitionist- can fight under
. common banner, and that Is for the
enforcement at the law, That is--for
such . Thorough test rs will prove
whether 1t il n sound, living statute or
{. nuiiity. IL is for the interests of both
PARTIES to seek all immediate, thorough
test Ii will come 10 that eventually.
II the law will not then stand the
pressure, let IL go down n il should
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

section Of the State, and unite their
action and counsel to carry forward
the work 20 auspiciOusly begun. We
can not afford TO jeopardixe the rssults
Of recent and successive victories BY
apathy or indifference. The supeens-
acy Of law must be maintained. Let
meeting yet held by the State Union.
The annual meeting will convene 1t
10 o'clock A. NJ, August IL, and the
entire day will be devoted to business
connected with our State work.
Thursday evening grand macs meet
ing will be held.
Indications are that this encamp-
ment will eclipse anything of the kind
ever held In the West. Most Of the
speakers from abroad will be heard for
the first time In Kansas; while home
talent will be freely utilized.
Philip Phillips. of New York, the
renowned singer and musical COM
poser, has engaged to be present, with
his son, at least three days, and CON-
duct the music
Parties desiring to camp on the
ground can rent large and c0mmOdi-
Gus tents ut from fifty cents to one dol.
lar per day. Good board can be secur.
ed at from twenty-five to fifty cents
per meal. No admission fee will be
charged to the grove, except for teams.
Single teams will be charged fifteen
cents for one admission, or twenty-five
cents per day /; double teams, twenty.
five cents for one admission, or thirty.
five cents per day. This entities the
party to q stall for his team
Don't fail to attend this grand en-
campment.
By order of the Executive Com.
mittee. JAMES A. TROUTMAN.
Secretary.
In accordance with the above those
delegates to represent Saline county
will lie chosen ut the close of the union
service in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday evening.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
BISMARCK TEMPERANCE ENCAaP.
MeNT.
TOPEKA, kNAsAs, July

TOPEKA, kNAsAs, July %, 1881.
The Fourth Annual Temperance
Encampment. under the auspices Of
the Kansas State Temperance Union,
will open on Wednesday evening, Au-
gust IL, and continue for eight days.
On that evening Gov. st. John will
deliver an address of welcome, and
eminent speakers from abroad will re-
spond.
On Thursday the annual meeting OF
the State Temperance Union will be
held; officers for the ensuing year will
be elected, and the various questions
growing out Of our prohibit0Fy policy
will be fully and freely discussed, aud
steps will be taken to insure more
thorough and efficient Organization
throughout the State. Every temper
ance society, church or other organi1A-
ton that 1abors for the promotion Of
Temperance will be entitled to three
delegates. II 10 the wish Of the COM
mittee that the friends Of prohibition
gather in large number from every
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

The Comet" still moves.
Warm to-day and prospects Of an
other term Of dry weather.
Everybody and his darling went to
6alina, Monday, and took In the circus.
We went to Salina early Monday
morning and thus took In the best part
Of the circus, which was the street
parade.
The boys keep pounding away on
the elevator, and il nothing happens
them, they will have IL I'm running Or
der next week.
Mr. Poole, Of Salina, is helping the
boys on the elevator.
H. =. Blair Is making calculations
to start to Colorado in . few days. We
understand he il going to Pueblo.
Come, H. B., tell US whether you are
going to stay or not.
Wesaw Jno. Fairchild drive through
town yesterday loaded with household
goods. Wonder whether he IL going
to move TO Salina.
In the absence Of L. A. Wilcox near
School last Sunday. Come out next
Sunday for Mr.. Lester will be there IL
nothing happens.
There will be q sermon preached in
our school house one week from next
Sunday. at IL O'Clock .. m. Remem-
Der the appointment and govern your
selves accordingly.
Mr.. Bartlett, of Salina, shipped car
load of hogs from our place, last Thurs
day, for which he paid the round sum
s per hundred pounds.
Johnson and Il Swanson are still
pounding away behind the counter.
Not much business these days but
they live i'm hope.
DIR. Knox seems TO enjoy himself
pretty well in the absence Of his better
half. Nothing like being jolly.
How they parted-time, Sunday
night top buggy. We
know they parted in the usual way
by kissing each other good night ut
least eighty-three times by the watch.
"Well guess must go, he says with
q sigh, about half an hour before he
did go. Then after another little con-
versation about one thing and another,
he presses her hand and says he must
go and moves toward the buggy, but
he puts his arm around her to prevent
her from falling over in swOOn, and
kisses her minutes in one inning and
then another kiss for luck, and re-
luctantantly steps in the buggy and
is of.
These are lovely nights and the
moon shines in all her glory and SO
does the COMET
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
IQrcY Items.

Such beautiful weather and delight
fui atmosphere has succeeded the siege
of hot winds, which must have been
detected from Mexico or some other
disOrganized country to the south
grated. But on looking about us after
we regained our senses, We recognize
our own beautiful Kansas, and con-
clude she was merely INDUCING i'm one
of her caprices by way of oppOsites,
which things are incident Ia all of her
fair sisters and is manifested i'm some
phase or other on occasions. We
would prefer, however, that she would
not give il so much emphasis IA il has
been expensive.
Our corn crop i'm consequence of the
dry weather will not be more than half
A. good rs was expected.
We perceive there is q disposition to
turn the disaster Ia advantage and
utilize the abundant prairie grass for
stock, Instead of turning IL all under as
heretofore.
Since harvest aud during the dry
weather, hay making was given con-
side rable attention AMI many Of our
farmers declared their purpose of SOW
ing but little wheat this season Since
the rain, however, the plows have
started and We cannot predict when
they will stop.
There has been no wheat threshed
in this immediate neighborhOod, but
from the reports to the west Of us-the
great wheat fields Of the Smoky-we
feel like compromising with the thr,sli-
er and -four chest, unless Dave Kings
wheat brings up the average when
heard from, as IL usually does, and We
GENERALLY hear. We wish We had
more Kings raising wheat.
=. s. Godfrey has good yields down
ON his valley farm, but when he gets
up on the hills along with David he
gets vanquished Try again =. :. you
have not been accustomed to the up
lands
We have some farmers, in whom
wisdom abides, that sowed oats last
Spring, and some that did not, and the
latter are sorrowing over their empty
bins. The yield was good.
A short time since we received q
report that negotiations were COM
pleted for our new railroad which,
taken In connection with the good
rains, enhanced real estate twenty-five
per cent, and We guess that We can
hold II at that on the prospects we
have. Our home merchants are con-
tinually increasing their stock of goods
May their prosperity continue.
The former neighbors and acquaint.
enances of Mr.. VIM. Stahl will be
pleased to learn that he intends to re-
turn to his old home from Greenwood
he moved last April,
with his stock Of cattle. We will well
come You back, William.
We can realize that il is natural for
President Garfield to feel sorry for
Roscoe Conkling, but we disapprove
Of his disposition to give him foreign
mission. We hope the naughty Lord
Roscoe will be retired. where all ma
chine politicians and bosses ought to be
whether national, state, coun-
ty, township, school or road district
OmoetD, ANNOTATOR.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
Bridge items.

Squire Reynolds says ne will not
pay the doctor for that midnight visit
at his house II was mistake.
John Rogers. residing on the county
line, lost all his stacks of wheat while
trying to burn the stubble on his fields.
The loss will be several hundred dol
lars.
The threshing outfit that was thresh-
ing on the farm of J. NJ. Bert had q
little misunderstanding with Mr.. Bert
and tried to bulldoze him. They found
they could not do that, when one Of
the proprietors stepped behind Mr..
Bert and struck him with his fist on
the back of the head, knocking him
down. They Immediately piled up
their machine and skipped for Nc
Pherson county, leaving his tLreshing
partly done.
The mite society's picnic, at Mr.. &.
Posts, OH last Wednesday afternoon,
was pleasant affair. The exercises
consisted Of speaking. select reading,
singing, and picnic supper. The
cap-sheaf song Of the evening was
sung by Miss George, accompanied by
Postmaster Order, and Squire Rey-
nOlds was picking green peas.
Pliny and Bridge Sunday schools
will hold their picnic at WheelOck's
grove, Wednesday, August 10, next.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

the contest for the nomination for
Judge in the Fifteenth Judicial Dis
trict was hot one 276 ballots were
taken. The candidates were Clark a.
Smith, Of Mitchell county /; A. Saxey,
Of Osborne, and G. Angevine, Of Jew
ell. The district is composed of Mitch
ell, Osborne, Jewell and Smith conn
ties The nomination Of Angevine
was effected by the votes of Jewell
aud Osborne counties, which gave
him q majority of the convention. He
10 the present county attorney of Jew
ell county, and said to be q good law
var
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
AQN 10 Save.

All men and women who work herd
mind or body are subject to periodical
attacks of biliousness, which may end
in disordered kidneys or liver and dan.
gerous illness. A 50 ct. or 81 90 bottle
of Parker's Ginger Tonic will keep
these organs active, and by preventing
the attack save you much sickness. loss
Of time and great expense. Many fam
lilies are kept in perfect health by using
the Tonic when spring or fall sickness
threatens. Delay at such times means
danger-DsfroH Pres. See other col
umn.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

THE experiment Of locating the ball
by the Induction balance" method
In the Presidents body has at last
met with success. 1t Is located just
above the groin on the right side. and
imbedded about q inches. So long a.
the ball gives no trouble ii will he al
lowed to remain in its present place.
The question of the disposition to be
finally made of il will be considered
when the President shall have recOv-
cred his strength.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

TO all WHOM II nay Coneer6, bot more ksps-
eially to John Barrett, Naelie 1arrstt Han
at Law and Guardians Ad-Litem Of Helm st
Law efBridset Barrett, deceased, late Of saline
county, Kansas:
Won are hereby nosiAsa that I. Johe 1iordal,
Il Guardiaa Of the Minor Helm Of aid decsese1,
did, on the tad day Of August, A: D.. ISL. AZ .
petition Ia the ProAats Coart Of Saline County,
kansas, ps.yins that night BE- sutho. issd AID
empowered 70 ssu the following described land for
the purposs Of paying the debts and costs Of ID
minstratiou 0f said estate, to-wit:
One undivided oue-ninth Interest In the south
east quarter Of section No. nine %. the southeast
quarter Of the nosth.vsst quarter, the northwest
quarter Of the south-east quarter the north cost
quarter Of the southwest quarter, and the south
vest quarter OF the northeast quartz, Of section
No. ten l10) all In township No thirteen tl3l. Of
Range No. one ~ west Of the Sixth Principal Ne
ridian, In Saline county, kanaas.
And said petition viii Be heard ct the once Of
the Probate Judge Of aid county on the nth day
Of August, A. D., 1881, aa 10 O'Clock .. m Of said
day, At which time and plsee each Of you and all
others interested are noti6ed to be present and
shos cause II any you have Why order Of sae. -
prayed for shall not be granted. Dated this End
Civ JOHN RIORDAN, Guardian.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

THE election Of Miller and LAphanl
In New York, Ia succeed CoIikling
and Plstt, will undoubtedly do much
tn nnify and -oiidify the Republican
party in the Z" Imperial State" lap
liam was known as n stAlwart aud
Miller .. . haif-breed, aud q concession
has thus been made Ia the two great
factions which have been contending
~ bitterly for the mastery. We do not
believe there f. hardly Republican
tno matter what may have been his
opinion IF Cohkling's actions during
the pest few months) who does not in
= measure regret that circumstances
HAYES shaped themselves - to require
the great Senator'S retiracy for the
present at least from an active partic-
ipation In American politics. But II
Asems to have been . necessity that he
sl,ould retire to prevent the disruption
81 the Psrty In New York. We believe
ehaf the party will now be united and
that henealterwe can count New York
- Rspa,blican State Wefurther be-
lieve that Roscoe Conkljng will be true
b the party which has bestowed 50
many honoss upon him, and will ut
sane time in the future be Republir
IN 6saator from New York.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

II you keep your stomach, liver and
kidneys in perfect working order, you
will prevent and cure by fAr the great
er part Of the ills that adlict mankind
In this or any section. There h no
medicine known that will do this -
quickly or surely - Parker.s Ginger
Tonic which will secure . perfectly
natural action Of those important Or
gans without interfering In the leaGt
with your daily duty. See adv.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
Be Wise and Happy.

Ifyou will stop all your extravagant
and wrong notions in doctoring your
self and families with expensive doc
tors of humbug cure-alls, that do harm
always, and use only natures simple
remedies for all your ailments, you
will be wise, we'll and happy, and save
great expense. The greatest remedy
for this, the great, wise and good will
tell you, il Hop Bitters-rely on IL.
See another column.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04
Publication Notice.

NOTICE 10 hereby given that on the l3th day
~ Of June, 1851, the undenigued. Joseph Arnold
vas appointed BY the County Court Of Arspahoe
county. State Of Colorado - Administrator Of the
estate Of William j. Arnold. late deceased, intes-
tate and has qualified In accordance with the Law.
AL persons Indebted to said estate are hereby
required to make immediate payment 1t the ONCE
Of ]. Il. Haldeman, in Brookvills. Saline county,
Kansas, sud all persons having claims against said
estate are requested to present them At the same
place. JOSEPH ARNOLD.
August 4, 1881. E-3w