The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-04

guished non-debt- paying POoley, ha'
achieved renown in Pratt county by
being accused with other county offic
ials of swindling the county by the
$4,000 funding bill passed by the last
Legislature. a mob is after these
swindling officers, and our Pooley i:
liable to swing at the nearest limb un
less he skips-
Only one drunken man on the streets
circus day, and both he and the liquor
came from Solomon City. He came to
the circus, but owing to circumstances
over which he had no control he was
compelled to tade a nap in the Gala.
boose and his SAUNDERS were prolonged
far beyond the circus hours. The only
circus he saw happened the next morn
ing, when his hair began to pull.
The county commissioners went out
| yesterday morning to view the new
bridge Oh Mulberry creek, near the
Sutton place. They found everything
| connected with the structure satisfac-
tory, and have accepted il. From the
Mulberry they passed to Dry Creek to
view the proposed location of q new
bridge across that stream, in the neigh
borhood of Mr.. Jos. Johns place.
They found the location suitable.
Col Spivey was called last week tn
Abilene by the temperance people
| of that place, to assist in the
prosecution of one Hansbrough,
charged with violating the liquor law.
The party was convicted Ii is stated
that Col. Spivey's plea TO the jury was
very forcible and eloquent. The tenn
perance people of Abilene could not
employ All ADLER attorney for these
prosecutions than the Colonel.
The Circus Royal has come and gone
The performances were of the regula-
ton circus order, with nothing TO dis
tinglIish them unless il was the bare
back riding of Miss Mollie Brown,
whicE was really something extraor-
binary. The attendance was very
large Ii is estimated that the circus
and its accompanying side shows, con-
certs, &c, took away i'm the neigbbor-
hood Of 81 800 of Saline county money.
+. Goodnow 4 Co. propose to utilize
the smoke which pours in such vast,
black volumes from the funnel mt the
mill. They have contracted with a
gentleman to wheel it away, and the
Receiver of the U. s. Land office Is to
furnish the land for all this refuse
The contractor will commence his
labors As soon IA he finds round
square, "A square cork-screw and one
or two other implements which are
not obtainable i'm this market
Ii begins to look a. if the Burlington
& Missouri Railroad had strong inten-
tons Of building branch down this
way. The intelligence was commune
Gated from Concordia To the Kansas
City Times OF last week "Wednesday
that the surveyors of the Il. 4 NJ. had
passed through that place the day be-
fore, surveying from Chester, Neb, TO
Salina, and that another party WAS
following, establishing and setting the
grade stakes Ii was understood that
the grade, commenced at Chester the
Monday before.
The county commissioners met last
Monday To fix the tsx levie- for the
ensuing year. The following is the
county tax levy:
General Fund, seven mills.
Interest Fund, one and one-half
mills.
Sinking Fund, one and one-half
mills.
Judgment Fund, one mill.
State Fund, fixed by the State, five
mills.
Road Tax Fund, three mills.
Total, nineteen mills.
This levy is one mill less than last
year.
Last Monday evening the news was
circulated that the little three-year old
child Of +. c. York, of Lindsborg, was
lost in our city. The parents and the
child had been visiting at the residence
Of Mr.. J. b. Hamilton, Eighth street,
that day. A number of ladies and /
gentlemen patrolled the streets, vacant
lots, and territory i'm the neighb orhood
Of the circus. in search of the child.
but To no purpose. When the parents
and people generally had really COM
nenced feeling that the little one was
certainly lost, lady suggested that
the house he more thoroughly searched
which being done, the missing in
FAINT was found snugly slowed away
under bed. fast asleep. somewhat
like little "Bo-peep."
The weather prophets, Vennor and
and Tice, seem 10 agree pretty well on
the weather for August. Vennor pre-
iicted cool weather, and the preiic-
ions Of Tice, published below, seem To
pretty well. But the
joint prophecy does not correspond
with the actual weather 40 far, for il
las been hot since the first of the
month. Here is Tice:
lst To Sd, clouding, threatening
weather., with local stopns; eth and ,
'th, clear or fair 9Th to 9Th, clouding,
threatening weather, with heavy rsins
md storms in localities; 10th and nth.
lear; 18th to 18th, clouding, threat.
ming weather, with local rains: 18th
md 18th, clear; 18th to I'D, cloudine.
weather, with heavy rain
forms; I'd and sd, clear and cool,
liability to frost in northern tier OF
'tates IL heavy storms have occurred:
ath to 9TH, clouding, threatening
with local rains; 9th and
sth, clear; 18th to 3lst, cloudinR.
weather, with local rains.
The comparatively warmer days will {
e about the Sd, 9Th, 18th, I'D, 9th ,