The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-04-13

Ericsson, died last Thursday at the age
of seventy-one years and five months.
The funeral occurred on Saturday az
ternoon.
The total receipts Of the Handel
Oratorio performances were $3.50, of
which amount some $500 will be de-
voted to the Lutheran Academy at
Lindsborg.
The two boys Cothren aud Done
haer, sent to Jail for stealing copper
boiler, made their escape last Thurs.
day. They had worked their fine
about half out.
The clouds had quite Ia tile above
our city last Friday afternoon. They
seemed to be in fair way to seethe
and boil, when they commenced scat
tering In every direction.
The public schools will give their
last monthly rhetorical exercises for
this school year. Friday, April 14th
The public are invited to visit the
various rooms during that afternoon.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. J.
NJ. Postlewait is still suffering very
severely from rheumatism, and Is net
doing AZ well As she was few days
ago.
Rev. II. Shumaker, pastor Of the
Salina mission of the Reformed
Church in the United States, has been
located at Holton, Kansas. and started
for his new charge last Saturday even
ing.
Judge Foster thinks his new type
writer the best one in existence.
Mr.. Meeker says that he can now get
up q letter with the machine in quicker
time than he can write it-and he Is
no slow writer either.
IF the same system Of warfare was
INDUCED in by two rival country
papers as is now being adopted by the
Topeka Commonwealth and Capital,
there would be no end to the COM
plants of the readers.
1t Is believed that the late moisture
will carry the wheat through the most
trying weather to the time the berry
forms, and then q little rain will be
needed. So a grand harvest is al
most certainly assured.
sheriff Radcliff. last Friday, came
across stolen team at livery stable
in Lindsborg, belonging to party liv-
ing at Ellis. He went I'm search Of the
team upon the strength of q telegram
sent him. The reward offered was SIS.
The l.. T. 4 s. w railway has all of
its line between LeavenwOrth and To
peka graded, with the exception Of
about three miles. In these three miles
however, there are two heavy cuts,
and il will probably be four weeks be-
fore the grading is completed.-7ope-
ka Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Claflin raised
about 500 in money and supplies for
those who suffered by the storm last
week. They were turned over to the
committee for distribution !:
P. Hamburger, Robert Storer, Lester
Parker, Robert Came, and Mr.. Saun-
ders.
The retiring councilman of the Sec
ond ward, Mr.. F. l.. Wight, has every |
reason to feel proud of his official re-
cord. He proved himself to be an ef-
iicient and valuable officer. He was
i'm the discharge of all
his duties and was very much respect
ed by his colleagues.
The Holman Opera Troupe will NOT
be here on the 18th inst. They have
all their Kansas engage
ments. The cause of this Is the death
Of George Holman, the little nine
year old son of the proprietor of the
He died in st. Joseph,
The company has been dis.
On Easter Monday q Parish meet
ing of Christ's (EpiscopaD Church
was held and the following gentlemen
elected rs wardens and Vestrymen for
The ensuing year. r. T. Watson, Sen
or Warden; Frank Goodnow, Junior
E. c. Culp, H. b. MerrelL
Z. ID Smith, c. A. Hitler and Alfred
Wellington, Vestrymen.
Sheriff Gleason, of Mcpherson,
brought up prisoner last Friday
night and lodged him In our county
all. He had been found guilty of H.
egsl voting. fined $50 and costs, and
sentenced to sixty days in the county
all. He had only been q resident Of
three days when he at.
empted to vote. He was q lightning
'od man, of course. /
The Mcpherson train last Sunday
light jumped the track at the June
ion Of the new and old tracks. I'll
was caused by the spreading of the
ais. All the cars were of, the en-
line alone remaining on the track.
The railroad men worked all night to
estore the train to the track and II
vas O'Clock the next morning before
he train was en- route again.
Chicago Tribune: President w. b.
strong, Of the Atchison, Topeka and
santa Fe Railroad Company, who 10
making short stay in this city, states
hat there Is no truth in the report
hat his company had acquired con.
rol 81 the Leavenworth, Topeka, and
Railroad. This COM
,any Is still an independent corpor-
ion, and the Atchison, Topeka and
ante Fe has nothing whatever to do
nth 1t, and does not desire to obtain
ontrol of il. Ii
Judge Hanback, has rendered his
esignation as Captain of the Salina
titles, and the command Of the com.
any falls back upon First Lieut..
Hilton. The latter says that he de-
lgns to put the boys in lighting
rim" at once, and bring the compa-
y back to the condition which it
'as in when he relinquished the
ommand. Capt Hanback's excuse
,r rendering his resignation IL that