The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-07-28
Assaria Items.

1t seems to be o fact that IN. O.
More" has laid down his pen and lef,
US without correspondent from THU
permission, Mr.. Editor, will try to
enfOld my tale to the many readers Of
your valuable paper.
Time has wrought many changes In
the last three or four weeks, and IL my
tale don't lose any Of its brilliancy,
these changes will all be narrated.
Mr.. Michael Dorsey, our worthy
section boss, has been removed to
more genial cliInes, and on . better
salary. Sorry to lose you, Mr.. Dorsey,
but our loss Is your gain. Mr.. Dor
sey's family will follow him In the
near future. They go to Solomon
City.
ID. McPhail's elevator Is assuming
huge proportions. II Is growing rap
idly, and il getting It's back up in the
center-away above everything else
In this vicinity. Dan says that 1t will
have. when completed, Q capac city. OF
% 700 bushels.
1t seems that some of our bridge
committee boys are getting dissatisfied
about the way J. A. Bulleen & Co. are
acting. When the bridge material IL
nearly all here and the men about to
commence work it seems strange that
some of the most disinterested ones
will try and Fly the track" just be-
cause they see q chance to do 30. We
hope the boys will reconsider their
action in this matter and let us have
bridge.
The Sunday school at the school
house, under the supervision of L. A.
Wilcox, has been progressing finely.
1t Is hoped that the superintendent
elect, Isaac Lester, will soon come and
take charge of the school, for l.. A Ii
non est.
All Of q sudden, and without any
particular fOrethought, Mr.. L. A.
Wilcox settled up his business affairs
here and took the north bound train
last Monday evening for the genial
cline of Minnesota. He leaves his
wife and X. H. Ginnold Mrs. Will
cox's brother) to run the hotel during
his absence.
Mrs. DIR. Knox and little ones, &C.
companied by the doctors sister, took
the train at Salina Tuesday morning,
to visit friends and relatives i'm Indi-
ana. Doc looks the picture Of despair.
b. o. Peahrsen, H. Il. Blair's clerk,
Ii back to his post Of duty once more,
after an absence of four weeks I'm the
harvest field. b. o. Is q genial, good
fellow, and liked by everybody who
trades with him.
w. ID. Judd is q whale among little
fish. He says that James Carol
cheated him out Of SIS in horse trade
q few days ago, but he seems satisfied
In his own mind that he has got the
best animal.
Oh that rain, that beautiful rain
It commenced raining Tuesday morn
ing before day break and continued to
rain almost uninterruptedly till 2
o'clock p. N. It was one Of the most
gentle as well rs one Of the most need
ed rains that II has been our lot to be-
hold i'm Kansas. The farmers are
smiling now, and have gone to stir.
ring the ground, preparatory to SOW
ing.
w. J. Moorehead Is threshing his
immense crop Of wheat, and hauling
Il to the elevator here ut the same
time. The Captain expects to have
5000 bushels.
Mr.. Godfrey Is delivering seven car
loads Of wheat at our elevator, which
he sold to w. d. Judd. We would
advise all to do likewise rs soon as
they get their wheat threshed.
We notice that DR.. Knox has got
new clerk. We are not positive, but
think his name Is Lindgren, and halls
from Salina.
8. w. Swanson has sold the meat
market building 10 stranger, for the
purchaser intends to do We know not.
Our new section boss We understand,
II . young man, and boards ut the ho-
tel. From what we have seen Of him
We judge him to be . genial sort Of
fellow. Welcome. boss.
Mr.. Ericsson, of Salina, has just fin
ished painting the residence Of Swan
Heslef. Swan feels proud Of his house
now.
w. c. Skinner IL rusticating In
town now. preparatory to leaving for
Illinois, which he contemplates doing
next week.
We almost forgot to mention the
fact that Charley Fsirchild Is the
owner ofa 80 top buggy, for which he
traded . SIS mare. Now he can take
take the girls out riding.
lfyou will get your old dinner horn
and ascend TO the top Of Dan McPhail's
elevator, and look through your horn
you can then see the tail Of the
COMET.