The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-08-17
0rookville Items.

The roads are dusty.
Farmers get your fire guards ready.
Hay making il now the rush.
The new railroad tank Is good one.
The freight traffic Is gradually In.
creasing on TIE Union Pacific.
Apples, pears, peaches and tomatoes
are now plenty on the market.
John Ceszewski is lying very sick nj
his residence three miles south of
town.
DIR. Stearns says nearly all of his
cases among the children are well OF
improving quite fast.
The proprietors of the railroad house
have got their bar room repapered, and
it is looking fine.
Thomas Kane and Walter Mar,iii,
made u trip to Salina, Tuesday, and
report business quiet there.
The editor Of the Russell Record,
made us another call Sunday. He
calls quite often; what can he the At
traction:
There was quite q gathering at the
concert and dance at the City Hall last
Friday night. A combination Of that
kind always draws a crowd, i'm our
city.
The editor of the Transcript, was
down to Kansas City this week.
Charles Geisler has moved his shoe
shop one door west of the post Office
Rev. Edmund Loeb, of Wilson, called
on us q few days ago. He is well
pleased with his new home at Wilson
Another change of time card, l.
talked of on the Union Pacific.
Joe. Duncan has his new furniture
and music store now in full blast, aud
a Swift for manager.
Richard Sparks has gone 10 look up
another location, IL he can find one to
suit him better.
Thirty car loads of cattle shipped
from this place on Monday.
ID. q. Denton writes that his health
Is improving at Hot Springs, also that
of =. X. Segar's.
T. +. Carver, OF the firm of Carver 4
Bond attorneys at Salina. was up here
man, and q good lawyer, and We are
glad to meet him In our city.
There is q large amount of wheat
brought to Brookville the past week
and sold Mr.. Nail bought SOO bushels
of Mr.. Detomby and paid him seventy
ceuts q bushel for it. They continue
to roll the wheat in from all directions
to our little city, where they get the
highest going price paid for wheat.
County Attorney Cunningham, was
up on Monday in behalf Of the state,
in the case of the State of Kansas vs..
Peter Malone. Mr.. Cunningham Is
an able lawyer, and works hard to do
the most good and incur as little ex-
pense on the county as any county at
torney we have ever had. He certainly
should be reelected this fall.
Mrs. J. NJ. COombs Is getting ready
to 90 to her husband, who Ii now To-
Gated in Washington, and at this time
laid up with q severe sprained ankle.
But we hope 10 soon hear that he Is
all right again, and glad to hear he
has good position.
The ticket nominated at the State
convention don't appear to suit q pOr-
ton of our Spring Creek. They prefer
the clear white instead Of cl0uded tick
cts when they vote.
The case of the State of Kansas vs..
Peter ID. Malone, was tried before
Squire Ingraham on Monday. County
attorney Cunningham and J. H.
Snead were attorneys for the State.
and +. F. Carver and G. E. Granger
| for the defendant; and after thorough
investigation, and points Of law
brought out touching this case BY the
able council, it was finally submitted
to the jury at 10 o'clock p. NJ. and
after they deliberated about an hour,
they brought i'm verdict Of not guilty.
The prisoner was discharged and the
cost falls ON the county.
Jim Grant started Wednesday morn
ing for Caldwell, about one hundred
miles south of here. Hedrove his fine
mare, Kit, and led his fine stallion.
He expects to be gone about ten days,
and IL he can make trade to suit him
will probably buy some cattle. We
wish him . pleasant and succeasful
trip. U. BE