The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-11-01
PERSONS AND THINGS.

General Robert +. Lees friends say
that he died Of broken heart, worry
ing over social changes In the South.
John Jacob AstOr came over from
Germany just q hundred years ago,
with SIS in his pocket and some flutes
in his earpet-bag.
The population Of Ireland Is 4, Co.,
900 less than il was thirty-eight years
ago Ii has declined almost one-half.
At this rate the island will be depOpu-
lated In fifty years more.
General Miles, of the regular army,
had q ehiidless Boston uncle worth
81 200, 600, but refused to resign his
commission, and was left only 5000
by his erusty relative. After q lawsuit
the General obtained $50, 600.
The Iowa State Fair, without any
horse tFOts, gathered I'm receipts to the
amount of $4,000. This does not look
as II the agricultural boss trOt" was
a necessity for success in that enter
prising State.
1t must have been a cyclone which
struck Ohio, with its center at Cinein-
nati.-EUdnsBiiis Courier. Yes, the
disturbance was funnel-shaped. That
was evident by the vote on the second
northumberland Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 25.-N. w.
Fitzgerald & Co. and ]. w. Flenner,
pension agents Ofthis city, and Frank
Smith Of Baltimore, have been sus-
pended from practice before the PEN
sion Bureau, on various charges.
The construction Of Eads' ship rail.
,s-..r- swrcaa e1,a Tefnsf,.rro ~
pee Is actually i'm progress. The scheme
appears 10 be perfectly visionary, but
In this age Of progress it is becoming
unsafe to pronounce anything imprac
ticable.
Paper is now made in Sweden from
the bleached and blanched remains Of
MOSES that lived centuries ago, and
now found in enormous quantities.
The paper Is turned out IN all degrees
Of excellence, from tissue to sheets
three-fourths Of an inch thick.
The fairs are about all over, the
pumpkins are being gathered into
barns and the apples in bins, the nuts
stored in the garrets, and the cider
ripening in the barrels, and Il would
seem as II there was a round lot of
prospective comfort amid the SHOWS Of
winter.
One of our merchants received the
following order from 8 customer q
few days since "Mr. B, please
send me 81 worth of cOffy and 81
worth Of shOOgar, some small males.
My wife had baby last mite, also two
padlOcks and a monkey reneh. Ma
con (Gd) Telegraph.
The Brooklyn bridge is a great archi-
tectural success. The someW hat aston
ishing statement Is made, however,
that while the interest on the invest
ment amounts 30 $3.50. 900 per annum,
the net earnings are only $4,000. II
this be true, big bridges will not grow
in popularity with taxpayers.
An old gentleman recently died in
France at the age Of 20. For fifty
years he kept a careful lOg-bOOk show
ing the liquor he consumed. It footed
up La, s27 pints of wine ,l09, 566 glasses
of absinthe, and 219, 1873 glasses Of
spirits. He must have been a travel
ing distillery before he died. They
ought to dig him up and squeeze him
out.
Some Eastern journalist gives the
following version Of the story of "Old
he says: odd Grimes
was janitOr of Yale College. was some
what eccentric, wore an old brown |
coat, land was styled Professor Of Dust |
and Ashes by the students. After his |
death one Of the college rhymsters |
wrote the stsnzas in question, which |
were sung by the students assembled |
for that purpose on the roof Of the col
lege building.