The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-04-21

/ able note, anu t0efe Is some toIk
securing his services In behalf of tn
Reading Room.
The Easter services at the Episcopa
church, last Sabbath. were very beau
tiful and impressive. The audienc
was large and appreciative. The mu
sic, which was very fine, was furnishe,
| by Mr.. and Mrs. Hitler, Miss Blodgett
Miss Dooley and Mr.. McClelland
The floral decorations were elegan
and pronounced the best display whicl
has vet been made in Salina.
Mr.. c. f. Norton, fuel and tie agen
of the st. Louis 4 Iron Mountain Rail
way, accompanied by Mrs. Norton an,
her sister, Miss Grace Keyes, arrives
last Sunday, for short visit with hi
father, Maj. E. l.. Norton. "Char
ley" has attained some considerable
prominence as q railroad 0fficial, and
his old friends always greet him with
the warmest congratulations upon hi
very deserved promotions.
Bonds in favor of the Topeka, Salin,
4 Western Railway were carried b,
500 majority In Shawnee county las
Thursday. The attempt of the grea
rival lines runningthorugh that count,
to defeat the proposition was an ute
failure. The people would not be de
ceived. The townships of M0rri
county vote upon the proposition mex
Monday. Thera Is little doubt in fiv,
of the townships of its success. Tn,
new railroad is q fixed fact.
Mr.. Calvin Hale succeeded the othel
day in capturing a large Norway
rat" which had infested his stable fo
some time, and been engaged in tn,
delightful diversion Of sucking eggs
The rat was caught In n steel trap, af
ter several unsuccessful attempts OF
the part of Mr.. Hale To poison him
The rat disposed of "poisOned goods
with the greatest sang .frOid. He wOulG
have eaten key of nails on wager
no doubt.
The Elk Mountain Pilot, published
at Irwin, Colorado, thus makes men.
ton of some of the work Of q well.
known company, which was formed
| here:
The Ruby 4 Treasury Mountain
mining company has force ut work
| on the Kansas Girl lode, situated nj
the head of Lake Brennan. just below
the lead Chief. The shaft Is now ~
feet deep on q vein seven feet wide, OF
gray quartz impregnated with arscni'
cal iron.
The boys Of the hook and ladder
company are expecting good patron
age for their ball tomorrow night.
hnt n .s,k ~s e.,
tainment IL to be devoted to the pur-
tainly exhibited considerable profic-
iency Of late, and are evidently In
earnest In the good work Of making
the department the best drilled Of any
in this section of the State. Our citi-
zens can afford to encourage them by
patronizing the entertainments they
give. Let there be q good turnout
tomorrow evening.
New subscriptions to the Fair AssO.
citation are being recsived daily. The
farmers are taking mold Of the matter
as II they expected to make II o sue
cess. There IL q remarkable unanim-
ity among them. They feel that IL Ii
high time that something should be
done to make our county fairs more
successful. All parties seem to
have confidence In the new Officers,
and that Ii everything. The directors
bylaws, when they will take immedi.
ate steps to put the machine in motion.
The efforts being made to extend the
Fifth street railroad track into the
main line south meets with great dis
favor. While . few would be accom-
m0dsted the many would be damaged.
We do not think that even the Rail.
road company Is In favor Of any such
change. They would certainly gain
nothing by changing their track. The
city of Saiina can not afford to pay the
damages that would be claimed and
sustained by the lot-owners on Fifth
street, In case the extension were made.
An extension on Fourth street IL sim
ply preposterous. There Is no way Of
getting to Fourth street except by run
ming under or over the bridge.
J. c. and Mrs. McQuary were up to
Hays City the other day. They report
that at all points between here and
that place the wheat could not be bet.
ter, and that it is farther advanced in
Ellis and Russell counties than at Sa.
lima. That section has been more IA
vored with rains this spring than we
have. The rain we had Sunday night
came down In torrents, and was wide
spread. Mr.. and Mrs. McQuary have
. farm few miles distant from HAYS
City and expect to 60 upon It when
they cab make suitable arrangements
to leave Salina-wbich may not be be-
fore another season. They have two
sons located upon farms in Ellis county
A fine rain last Sunday removed the
doubts and fears of the agricultural
lists in the west half Of the county.
The rain extended east only to Iron
Mound. The Gypsum Creek people
were blessed with . splendid lin
about two weeks ago which brouaht
on: their wheat In fine style, but bhe
rain did not extend much west of ga
lima Now the ''westerners" whose
farms have really been suffering nom
q lack Of rain have had equally ~ r.
agO. Thus the county has been favor
ed with moisture all over, and under |
the influence Of the warm sun the
" uOos 70 pro1pcIiuB BIouuiy. "A very
small proportion Of Il has been found |
70 be winter-killsd, and we may look |
for . rich harvest.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
City Council was held last Monday
night. While NO important business |
wae transacted, the ground work for
: quantity was laid. Councilman
Wight, chairman Of the streets snd
committee, was authorized
10 purchase car load Of oak lumber
lof uoe In street work. The following
petitions for sidewalks were presented:
,ne on the est side Of Eighth street
lfom Mulberry to We'll Place; one on
he north side Of Elm street TO west
Iide Of Front street, and on east eide
II Second street from Mulberry TO
north side Of lot IS one on west side
u Fifth street from Iron avenue 10
Walnut The annual reports Of Polics
Judge and City Treasurer were n
,eived. A petition for Q Vegetable
Market was psssented and refefrsd 70