The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-05-25


Sabbath Schools of Abilene will visit
Salina n excursionists, next Tuesday,
and will have a picnic in the Park.
The train will arrive at $50 AN.
Rev. Aug. Johnson, who has re-
turned from visit to Mcpherson and
Saline counties, says the crops there
give the best promise ever known In
the history of Kansas.-7opeka Cup
tdi.
The Commencement exercises ofthe
High School occur at the Opera House
to morrow night. There will no
doubt be a large crowd present, IA the
exercises promise to be very interest
ing.
Judge Prescott has sentenced Char
ley Fisher. the boy tramp who bur
ylarized l.. &. Warmers house ut
BrookvilIe on circus day, to six
month. confinement at the Reform
School.
4 fine banquet was given at the
Metropolitan Hotel on Wednesday
evening of last week, by the Askelon
Commandry, in honor Of the several
gentlemen from the northwest who
were taking degrees.
Mai. r. l.. Norton has been elected
delegate from the Grand Encamp-
ment of Kansas 10 the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the World, to lie
held in Baltimore In September. Quite
distinguished honor.
The Old Reliable Is the Hannibal &
~. 10. and &. Il. & q. Route to all
points east. For speed, safety and
comfort the Old Reliable is always
ahead. Seventeen hours TO Chicago
and forty-one TO New York.
Mr.. +. G. Phillips has returned
from the line of the Missouri Pacific
extension, having finished his grading
contract up there. We understand
that he has made bid for building
the union depot at Hiawatha-
Encouraging news from all the min
ing properties in which Sslina people
are interested We would like To see
twenty or thirty millionaires residents
of SaIina. II would ice ~ good for us
A. two ar three new railroads.
Mrs. Nrttie l.. Cronkhite, of
Wyoming. y. v, "A sister Of Mrs. q.
\. Eastman. has arrived in this city
for a wears visit She j. graduate
"i Philadelphia school Of clocution
and thinks "f forming a class here.
w take thr following marriage mo-
iirc from the Canon city ttol.l En-
press:
Married. 10y the Rev q. r. Dodge,
AT the residence of Mr.. w. :. Lowe,
Nr. John ii. Read and Miss Nellie NJ.
Lowe, SUNDAY evening, May llth,
49,
II i-a Titan strife between the
weeds aud vegetables The weeds are
considerably ahead just at present.
hut ii the weather settles for few
days the hoe will leave the prcsump-
t;Irns, coar>r-srain.d pig weed in the
back ground.
The City Board Of Education met
last Monday night. They accepted
the resignation of L. J. Going as
member uf the Board from First Ward,
and appointed in his place Harding
M,pes, the weli-known miller at &. D..
Underwood X Co.'S.
J.. NJ. Anderson has bought of Car
ruthers 4 Brown the three year old
short Horn Bull, Mereschaum, which
they procured of. &. Stone, Leaven-
worth, Kansas, about one year ago.
He Was bred in Kentucky and is reg
istered IN vol. ~ A. ii. Ii.
The following is the railroad time
table for passenger trains under the
late change: No. West, 5.0l p. NJ.
No. Fast, IL. 30 A. NJ. No. 3-West,
7:,a A. NJ. No. EAST, 9:a0 z. NJ.
There are rumors of still another
change TO be made next sunday.
The different grades of the public
schools will Ice glad To see their friends
and the pul,lic generally in the vari-
Gus rooms on Friday, the a6th, at I:3o
T.. NJ. The closing exercises will con-
sist of singing, declaiming, dialogues,
etc. A pleasant time is expected.
The ladies who labor i'm the interest
of the churches and tire themselves
out with Improbable festivals, are re-
specially referred TO the "broom
drill'' entertainment, which has been
given with 50 much success and profit
in Topeka and other Kansas cities.
\ frost occurred last Sunday night
which does not seem 10 have done
much damage in this county, though
we hear of considerable damage in
Dickinson and Davis counties. We
have heard of injury to some fields of
POTATOES in this vicinity, but of no