The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-05-18

word that comes from every hand
The testimony is pretty well i'm and
all agree that we shall have the heav-
lest harvest this season We have had
for years.
hill and does not now become enrap-
tured with the lovely panorama of
wheat fields. streams, trees and houses,
has no eye for beauty. AMI is an incor-
rigibIe leicester of Nature and her
paintings.
Miss Lutte Hanna, youngest daugh-
ter of Capt. and Mrs. B. ]. f. Hanna,
was to have been married to Mr.. B. +.
Morgan, of Va-Keeney, last night.
The ceremony was to he performed at
the residence Of the brides parents in
Wa-Keeney.
The Singer Sewing machine office
has been removed from the building
opposite the JOURNAL block to the
front room-lower story-of the Odd
Fellows building formerly the King
man building. next door north of the
city building.
Through the efforts Of Mr.. a. w.
Wickham the unfortunate cripple
Somcrs. Of whose serious fall on the
sidewalk we spoke of last week, OBJ
tanned pass and sufficient money TO
carry him Ia Denver, where he has
;iirn.ir 10 receive him.
II il reported that the Chicago.
Rock Island X Pacific railroad Com
rany has leased the Leavenworth,
Topeka S Southwestern road for a
period of ninty-nine years, and will
at once take hold of the line and push
II to completion. This will Ice a most
excellent arrangement, both for our
road and Tor the state at largc-Oska-
t0oSn Nidcpcndent
May this news Ice true,
A finer "expanse" of railroad depot
platform does not exist i'm the state
than that of our own depot. Ii is
so constructed that the passengers
can step 10 or from the train with
out difficulty when the train stands
there. We understand that n plat
form some loo feet long is still to be
built east of Ninth street, but for
-t..t
In Saline county there are III L. :
pensioners who receive annually, ST..
5l1. Dickinson has 10l, who receive
1850. Ottawa county, 1872 pensioners
drawing 26, 80. Lincoln 81. receiv-
ing II ,l6i. Ellsworth 81. which draw
Sl2, i2i; Mcpherson, los and draw
SD, o62 IL will be seen that SOS. 536
comes annually to this vicinity, and
Is great help when ''crops are short"
The programme of the Salina Liter
AIRY Society for Friday evening May
18th, is as follows:
Recitation-H. &. Rash.
Debate-ProfF Fitzpatrick, Mr. Moore
Mr.. McCleIland and Judge Hanb back.
There will be no meeting of the So
ciety May 20, on account of the COM
mencement exercises of the High
School
We infer from the last issue of the
JOURNAL that Tom Cavanaugh has
skinned the editor on game of
double-discount billiards or pin pool
We hope the Lord will forgive Tom
for being good billiard player, even
il the JOURNAL man can't. Tom is
naturally smart, but he can't help il
-Herald
lfyou are not skinned OH anything
worse than billiards or pin pool before
you get through with Tom, you'll be- a
lucky man.
TheJ Jersey Bull. Duke of Lawndale,
owned by J. NJ. Anderson for the past
three years, and who has done much
towards improving the Dairy stock of
this country died on the evening of the
Ii inst. He was bred bv Mr.. G.. :.
Dole. Crystal Lake, III sold by him to
l.. NJ. Ballow. Beloit. Wis, by him TO
\. {. Willard, Bavaria, Kas., by him
to Anderson. He was registered "a No.
ees6l, i'm the Herd Register of Ameri-
can Jersey cattle club. He cost 500.
Mr.. Long, the Fish Commissioners.
says that he has several fish ponds on
his farm near Ellsworth. He has them
so constructed As to eonfine the vari-
Gus kinds to separate ponds. He states
that he has already had German carp
from his own pond on his table They
resemble the buffalo, but are not much
inferior in quality to the trout. In
three years after stocking. q person
can eat fish from his own pond. Farm
ers can be furnished with these carp
by applying TO Mr. Long.
Mr. Bonebrake was up from Abilene
yesterday consulting with c. r. I'm
derwood & Co. with reference to the
well for the water works The differ
ence was all adjusted and it was ar
ranged that Mr.. Bonebrake on his re
turn To Abilene should have a contract
drawn up embodying the agreement
both parties had come to. which will
probably bo here to-day, for the sigma
lures Of the mill firm. Mr.. Bonebrake
stated that work would probably be
commenced on some portion of the
water works some time this month.
The Gypsum Hill Cemetery Asso-
citation met last Monday and elected
the following officers: X. II. Bishop.
president; VIM. Berg, vice-president;
;. NJ. Palmer, secretary; c. X. Under
wood. treasurer; f. l.. Norton, super
intendent. Arrangements have been
made TO complete the purchase of the
addition of twenty acres of the North
rop farm, bringing the cemetery
grounds down to the west line of the
Northrop place. This gives the asso-
citation 80 acres of as well located GEM
etery property as exists anywhere in
the State. An order was also passed