The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-07-20

| with q new disease unknown tn stock
men. One firm lost over . hundred
head last week.
The Sunday train on the Gulf ROAD
il now dubbed the whiskey train, De
| cause many Of those who take the
| train Sunday morning are said 10 90
to Kansas City to order whisky.
Web Wilder was fifty years old last
Saturday.
Henry Innian would be good ed
| itor for the Rd,isds Magazine II thai
publication should be revived.
The Troy Chief thus tells the Green
back story: "a Greenbacker was in
town, one day last week, hunting for
Greenbackers TO make a speech 10.
He didn't find any. Everything Is too
promising. The Greenbacker Is an
extinct race in Doniphan county.
The last one eInmigrated to Colorado,
q year ago"
Fort LeavenwOrth." writes q Wor-
cester woman in Manhattan, Is the
only spot in Kansas that looks at all
like New England. Everywhere else
things look so unfinished. 10 new,
poor but honest"
Hiawatha World: OF Noble Prem
it's books, "kansan Abr,a ." 1877,
edition of 1890 copies, published
by Geo. w. Martin, Topeka. In IS
IA second edition, Loo copies. All
sold. Southern Letters" published
by Martin, first edition I,0g', May
81 second edition. 10. JuEe Isl !;
The last book of this set sold In Hia-
watha, July 9Th, 10 Thomas Stevens,
who bought the first '.kansan
Abroad" that came here The New
Mexico letters Ia tire Champion will
probably be published 10y Rand and
McNaily, Chicago. They are the best
of the whole series. and have been
the most extensively copied.
IL has been decided to hold the
county fair October II. 18th 9Th and
18th. and PROMISES To be one Of the
best ever held in the county.-Min-
ncdpoiis !S,rtfiaok.
An Emporia man has sold one hun
bred bushels Of potatoes from a half
acre of ground, this season.
Boston Cor5ett raised pie-plant
leaf that measured twenty-eight inches
across H. No state in the Union can
beat that.-t0rco5tfia Empire.
A tornado passed through Pratt
county last week Tuesday afternoon.
Five houses were blown down in luka.
The RoSstield hotel and several other
buildings were badly damaged u half
mile north of Iuka. Mr.. Beach and
family were all badly hurt, his son and
daughter being probably fatally in
jured. Their house Was blown away.
Mr. Eg.lcston, one mile south of luka,
had everything save one chair blown
away. The hail was ankle deep. The
family escaped 10y going To the cellar.
Mr. Maltbey's house was unrOOfed and
the granary blown down. The crops
were destroyed in belt four miles
wide. Report from 1t. John state that
heavy damage was done between
st. John and Larned. One man was
killed and women will probably die.
The demon of the air presented a
terrible appearance IA IL passed over
the country destroying everything in
its course.
No 2-the fast express going east,
recently ran from Bunker Hill tn
Brookville, fifty-five miles in one hour
and twenty minutes. Conductor Ike
Jrion WAS In charge of the train. and
Petite Martin handled the thrsttle.-
Puss,N Rrcord.
Mr.. IupalI, characterized n crowd of
fellows who are i'm The habit of coming
nm tor Office i'm Kansas witbout any
r,..nrJ az .ervir, unon which 10 base
their preteilsions, as u "lot of political
Ctes who never come to the surface
except when the annuities are To be
distributed"
Tn. stat. SUNDAY S.booI Conyen-
tion will meet nj Lawrence ON the