The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-01-04
A light snow last night.

A light snow last night.
Sign the railroad petitions.
The telephone lines are booming.
New Years callers few and far be
tween.
Mr.. Lude- has removed to his new
quarters.
The express office IN the new quar-
tiers runs along nicely
The winter wheat seems injured In
some fields. TO much dry" the
cause
Mr.. II. J. Parker has sold his Sew
enth street residence to Mr.. {. 5
. Martin.
The case of Louis Donmyer vs.. X p
Ry Co., in Supreme court, has been
afYirmed
The new county officers enter upon
the discharge Of their duties next
Monday.
DR. Daily contemplates putting up
. new block west Of the Daily Block
In the spring
Charley kingmau removes 10 ILL
nois to engage in the agricultural Inn
plement business.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of Mrs. See-published on the
outside of thi, paper.
The city Board Of Education Eaet
last Monday night but transacted no
business Of importance.
=. Ed. Whitman will soon he "mine-
host" OF the Linden. He commences
repairs on IL right away.
Numerous skating parties have been
enjoying themselves for few days on
the ice above the bridge.
Quite a number of our citizens go to
Topeka to witness the Inauguration.
and opening of the Legislature.
Mr.. George Arnold, after a pleasant
visit with his parents aud, friends. re-
turned To Wisconsin last Friday.
New Years day was unusually quiet
There were very few farmers in town
and the streets were almost deserted.
Mr. II. r woolley is preparing to
locate In Rock Island, Ill, for the pur.
pose Of whnlesaling r Goodnow Il
Co.'S -four
We have been furnished with pretty
cold weather since Saturday-cold
enough To produce prolonged shiver
In the iaui.
The County Commissioners are hold
Ing their quarterly meeting. They
will be i'm session all this week and
part of next.
Mrs. voorhees,, formerly "f this
place, was recently married 10 gem
tleman by the name of Buchanan, at
Seneca, this state
Mrs. Irwin, of Kansas City, will
visit with her sister, Mr.. Wooliey, for
several weeks. Mr.. Irwin returned
home last Satu day
Clint. Bartlett and Phil. Lockwood
have started n roller skating rink AT
the Opera House. They opened up for
the first time last night.
Elder q. p. Peal. of Indiana. will
preach again In the Christian church
next Sunday morning, January eth.
Mr.. Peal is n fine speaker.
The funeral of Mrs. West took place
lest Friday afternoon at the NJ. F.
church. Most appropriate remarks
were made toy Rev. J. a. Antrim.
Last nights paper reported the con-
formation by the Senate of Alex NJ
Campbelrs appointment a postmas-
ter for another four years Good!
There IL some talk of establishing a
rost of the q. A r., In the southern
part Of the county. the meetings TO be
held At Assaria. We hope TO see it
established.
Mr.. John w. Light, of Mason, Tex,
brother of Mr.. +. Light, of Bavaria,
IL visiting here. John w. is a splen-
did boy and his old friends are more
than glad To welcome him back.
We are pleased to learn that the in
juries which occurred on the rail
road to our friend Mr.. VIM. Wirge are
not near SO serious as reported, and
that he il able already to resume his
duties.
On the ist day Of January the Regis
tsr's clerk in the L :. Land Office was
dispensed with by an order from the
department Mr.. Lockwood designs
travelling for the Kansas Benevolent
Society.
The telephone ut the court house,
placed i'm the office OF the Clerk of the
District Court, keeps the court house
boys pretty busy answering questions.
The janitor answers the call and tells
which county officer is wanted.
The railroad propositions are re-
ceiving pledges Of friendship and sup
port in parts of the county where they
absolutely had none at the first elec-
ton The indications are strong that
the election will be carried by a much
larger vote than before.
Mes-rs Nels Peterson, Ed. Lott. J.
E. GebhaIt, the Pacific House and
Bartlett Il Jenkins have taken advan-
tage Of the cold weather and have been
putting up ice, which yesterday was
about six inches thick. SaliHa will
have plenty Of ice next summer.
The new iron bridge across Dry
creek at Sie!ert's crossing is completed,
and the county commissioners have
accepted il. The new bridge is "A vast
Improvement over the old wooden one.
which wa. condemned before the
bonds were voted TO build il. bad been
paid.
Yesterday the petition for the rail-
road propositions ut Mr. Clafiin's store
showed S5S names. We notice that
other petitions are also pretty well
signed. II i estimated that there are
row some l.oJ5 petitioners The mum.