The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-09

b. F. Eggleston has returned from
the west.
New potatoes have made their ap-
peannce.
"Color Guard" at the Opera House,
June Is, 10 and IL.
FIG. Prouty, Of the Commonwealth,
called last Tuesday.
A Mr.. Cary occupies the Park Cot
tage for the present.
GreenbackI meeting at the City Hall
next Saturday forenoon.
A fan and handkerchief-tae nee
essary implements now days.
Rev. E. +. Hill, of Clay Center, has
been In town for several days,
The clank-clank aud grating" of
that school bell Is heard no more.
Strawberries at the corner Store
Room Of the Opera House tonight.
&C. Fleck has opened shop for
the repair Of watches at BroOkville.
The Color Guard''-it has delight
ed all from Portland, Maine, to Port
land, Oregon.
One hundred and eight dollars WAS
the amount taken in at the Public
School Exhibition.
Mr.. Will Phillips, who has been at
tending college at Ann Arbor, Mich,
has returned home.
The farmers have conquered the
weeds In the corn-fields and the corn
begins TO look we'll.
Mrs. J. T. Robinson has returned
from Illinois, where she has been Wis
iting foE several weeks.
The contract for rebuilding the
bridge ut Brookville has been let to the
King Bridge Company.
Mr.. Al. Shuler, Of the Abilene
Chronicle, and Mr.. Adams-alsO Of
Abilene. called yesterday.
G. L. Lofgren, travelling agent and
correspondent Of the Svenska 7ritu-
men, Of Chicago, is i'm town.
The County Commissioners were
sitting rs q Board of Equalizers" on
Monday, Tuesday and yesterday.
Hon. w. H. Fitzpatrick, Register of
the u. q. Land Office at Topeka, has
been visiting his son, the Professor.
Mr.. H. e. Rash has gone to Toronto,
Canada, as one Of the Kansas delegates
to the International Sunday School
Convention.
One Of the most valuable horses
owned by Arson Gillum, Jr., died
last Monday, from the effects Of eating
green wheat.
The weather could not have been
better for the ripening grain than IL
has been for several days. The grain
IL turning.
Mr.. James Going has returned from
the State University, for the summers
vacation. He enters the freshman
class next fall.
Miss Hettie Hamilton, teacher in the
Public School, started for Illinois this
morning, where she will remain dur
Ing the vacation.
In the District Court the case of
Magnus Holmqvist VS.. John Holm
qvist has been settled favorably to the
last-nsmed person.
Most of the farmers with whom we
have conversed believe that harvest
will commence by the 20th-one week
from next monday.
Some of the farmers have been com
PEELED to purchase harvesters and
binders this season just for the reason
that help is 80 scarce.
Now is the lime for the City authori
ties to enforce the ordinance requiring
the weeds to be cut down on lots occu'
pied and unoccupied.
The Quaker Policy" prevails-as
witness those cheap, green-faced hats
which 50 becomingly become no one.
Shoot the gresn-faced.
Commencing with Sunday the
weather has been very hot for this sea.
son of the year-the thermometer
ranging from so to s2o
We begin to hear of several proposed
picnics for the Fourth of July-most-
ly Of . private nature. No general
celebration Is yet spoken of.
Mr.. Henry Miller, q welI-known
farmer of the Smoky Hill valley of
former years but now a resident of
Greenwood county, is visiting here.
Mr. Chas. Ocksler, formerly q clerk
1t Seitz's drug store, is now in town
on his return from the West. He goes
to Sherman, Texas, where he resides.
Mr.. Eben Locke writes that he has
removed from New Albuquerque. n.
NJ, to Golden, I'm the same territory,
where he will remain for the present
year.
The County Commissioners have
appointed Mr.. J. w. Wells bridge
overseer for the new Assaria bridge,
which Is to be completed by the 18th
OF July next.
Capt. Hanna has purchased for the
the Salina Herald the cylinder press
lately used In the WaKeeney Leader
ONCE. The press has been at the de-
pot for some time.
The farmers are all praying that no
heavy wind storms may sweep over
the country between this and harvest
The grain Is 10 heavy that il would lie
easily lodged by wind storm.
The good Deacon dropped the Police
0d:ctte for bis original articles last
week TO take up the Kansas City
Times, In which paper "A Romance Of
Our Own Day" originally appeared.
There were rumors that rust in the
wheat wasprevailing. We have made
considerable enquiry about ii and find
that there L. very little Of 1t, and in no