The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-07-13
MElANGE.

sued BY the Union Pacific road: 1.-THE
rules regarding measurement Of furni-
ture and wOOdenware cars are hereby
cancelled. Henceforth the3charge will
be for weight only subject to the usual
minimum of 1000 pounds to the ear.
The rules regarding tare and weight
OF ice, etc, for refrigerator cars are
hereby cancelled. Henceforth the
regular tariff rate will he collected on
the freight No charge for necessary
quantity of ice and no charge for tare
weight of car, whatever ii may be.
The new Burlington route to Den
yer is doing a good business for u
starter. The first train from Denver
on Sunday carried forty-six passengers
and the second train on Monday had
sixty-eight passengers, fully One-half
being ticketed TO points in the east.
The west bound train is running rath-
er light. The new road, however, Is
meeting with cordial reception ut
the hands of the travelling public.
The King Of the Sandwich Islands
wants immigrants, and proposes to
set apart $2,OOO,000 to fetch them.
The United States cOnld spare him a
large slice of its Utah population.
The body of the assassin Guiteau
has been taken to the army medical
museum i'm Washington, which, by
the way, IL i'm the building formerly
occupied by FOrd's theatre, and where
Lincoln was shot The skeleton will
be nicely polished and put on exhibi-
tion among the curiosities of the mu-
scum.
1t Is stated by the Cincinnati Conn
mercidf that the widow and two chill
dren of Andrew Jackson's adopted
son, are living i'm penury ut the Her
mitage, in Tennessee.
The large oil painting of President
Garfield used i'm the house of represent
tatives on the occasion of the Gar.
field memorial services, has been hung
in the main hall OF the executive man
sion. The painting of Mrs. Hayes,
presented by the temperance people
of the country, has been assigned "A
permanent place on the wall Of the
green room.
The estimated cost Of kilograms,
foreign and domestic, on account of
Gen. Garfield's illness and death, is
put at $1,000.
Advices received by the Agricultu-
raj Bureau ut Washington regarding
the wheat, oats. corn and rye crops
are favorable from all sections of the
country. Wheat and oats especially
are turning out better than was in
Dictated by the flattering reports Of u
month ago, and corn prospects are
steadily improving.
The Chase County Leader makes
note Of the fact that o. s. Munsell, Of
the Council Grove Republican, is
spoken Of rs q candidate for Lieu
tenant-GOvernor. and does not hest
tate TO say good word for him.
At Clinton, Illinois. il is estimated
that wheat will go thirty-five to forty
bushels per acre on many farms.
Corn however is in q discOuraging
condition.
A Lincoln, Illinois special says,
the condition Of the corn is but very
little improved. The heavy rains
have stopped the plows and the farm.
ers cannot harvest. although the
wheat Is ripe and In good condition
Chas. Lane heimer, immortalized
by Dickens American Notes, was ar
rested the other day for theft for the
thirtieth time. He has lived forty
years out of seventy In the peniten-
tiary. When last released u month
ago, a philanthropist arranged him q
life provision, but he says he is bound
to steal IA long rs he lives.
A Vincennes Indiana, special says,
the wheat crop of Southern Indiana,
turns out wonderfully and Is the
largest the country was ever blessed
with. The average is eighteen to
twenty bushels per acre. The esti-
mated yield I'm fifteen southern coun-
ties Of Indiana Is twelve millions
bushels.
NEW YORK, July 9.-Beecher in his
sermon to-day defined his idea of
Heaven and He'll. He did not believe
they were localities /; he did not believe
in any place Of endless torment; he
there must be some degree Of
extending for limit into
That punishment will be
remOrse for sin committed, but ulti.
mately peace and happiness will come
to the souls Of all.
The Fish company at Racine, Wis.,,
has assigned.
TrevelyAn denies that the Govern
ment will use blood-hounds to track
the Irish criminals.
DIR. Crane, nominated for Surgeon
General Of the army, II Democrat
and labored hard to secure the cleo
ton OF Gen. Hancock In 1880.
The Louisville Oburier-y Journal says
there are no hopes Of saving Vir-
ginia to the Democrats but Tennessee
may yet be rescued
The Boston P0sf says IL would like
to see the United States come into
the market this fall with 500. O00, 900
bushels Of corn. Kansas will soon
have l75.OOO, 600, and it seems proba-
bic that the other thirty-seven Btates
can raise the SIS ,O00, 900, Necessary to
make up the amount Topeka Cdp%
tai.
Hablot Knight Brown, comic de-
siguef, better known - "Phi1, illuo-
tratof Of Dickens works, b dead.
Major General Irwin NcD0well,
commanding the military divisioa q