The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-09-14

A sad afternoon was that Of yester.-
day. Three successive funeral pro-
eessions moved to the cemetery dur
ing the afternoon. They were those
Of John :. Ciarkson, John Boyd and
VIM. d. Hill.
Two brothers of Messrs. l.. o. and
If l.. Wight. who are residents nj
New York State, are visiting here.
The Younger gentleman, Mr.. o. b.
| Whit. was q resident of this place
in early days.
We are glad to be Informed almost
directly from the young lady herself,
that Miss Ida Crissweil Is not near 30
i'll as we reported her last week. She
!. now i'm reasonable health rs COM
parei with what it ha. been.
John Fiacg, tnc JoChNALS '"'@
man i I'm Topeka for the week. be-
inv member Of the Sslina Rifles.
lie j. 10 perform guard duty. When
h.. shouts. Halt who goes there?'
Won had better prepare to drop your
watermelon.
! +. Il. Bishop. who has been travel
Ing about the counties OF saline,
Nrpherson. Ellsworth. Lincoln and
Ottawa in the interest Of the Fair As
ISOLATION. reports much more fall
Moving done in Saline than in any
other of the counties named
| lie. Harrison, Sr. has been sick
again, but l. now some better. 1t will
| be remembered that he was badly |
| bitten bv a savage dog some months |
| ago. The leg which was bitten has
recently been affected, and his sick |
mes may in part he occasioned by this
old trouble.
Capt. Arson Miller dropped US a |
postal card from Topeka, Tuesday,
which contained the following:
Trains are coming from all direc- |
| tions loaded with old soldiers. Camp |
| Douthitt i alive with old comrades. |
| I have secured tents sufficient tn AZ
cornnIoiate all the Saline County boys
| who will come"
Prairie chicken hunting j. not
| much of Il success this year. The
BOYS go out for days hunt. and
| bring back rabbit, ~ few snipe or
some other "harAless game" and
that's all The "incidentals" Of such
| an expedition foot up to much more
| than a whole wagon-load of chickens.
Mr.. Robert DevereauN, who left Sa-
lima "A couple of months ago for at least
one or two years residence in New
York State. has returned after travel
ing through Michigan. Canada, etc,
and runtcnied tn make Saline county
his home. The old story there's no
place like Kansas" They all come
back.
Mrs X. l.. Leigh. of Eureka town.
ship, brought TO our Office the other
day. bean pod filled with beans,
which measured 30 inches i'm length.
II was raised in her garden. The Ia
dies should not he behind the gentle
men in exhibiting mammoth samples
of our agriculture, and we hope they
will all follow Mrs. Leigh's example.
Mr. William -. iiiil. Of the firm Of
Johnson * Hill, stock dealers, died of
lvsentrry NJ his residence on Seventh
street. Tuesday night. The funeral
services occurred Yesterday, at the
Baptist church. We were not ac
guaiuted with Mr. Hill. but hear him
spoken of in good terms. His age
was . years. ) months and 2S days.
We suggest that il is but fitting
that from the handsome property he
lucathed 10 the city of Salina by the
late john Boyd, a sufficient amount
nc al aside 10 erect suitable monu-
meat, with appropriate inscriptions,
tn his memory, over his grave. And
If this does not seem exactly the suit
able thin-, let the amount he raised
by private subscriptions.
Mr.. f II Gibbs learned while at
Topeka last week that there was still
a goot prospect of the Topeka ,Salina 4
Western being built through to Salina
Patterson the contractor, is confident
of winning ;he case brought against
him To- stop work under his contract: In
which ease he will build the road on
10 Salina. and all h Santa Fe road
can't prevent him II
rhe Salina Rifles. twenty-siX
uniformed men, accompanied by
five northumberland for the State |
Fair Monday morning. They have
tiIir expenses all paid and i'm addi- ,
ton are allowed fifty cents per day
each. They perform guard duty i'm
consideration of all this. Capt Hill.
ton and Lieut.. Bush accompanied the
company.
On August Joth, Mr.. Fritz VAIN ;
and Mrs. Elizabeth Very were mar
ried AT Pueblo, Colorado. Mr.. VAIN ;
was formerly proprietor of the green
house ut Oak Dale Park. He is now
engaged in the steel works of Pueblo. ;
This couple is highly esteemed in
Salina. and they have the best wishes
ofmany Salinaites for their happiness
and prosperity.
The Salina Post No. &C A. r.,