The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-07-05
PERSONS AND THINGS.

PERSONS AND THINGS.
Mn. Harriet Beechcr Stowe was Il
years old last Saturday. She gets u
fair income from the sale Of Uncle
Toms Cabin"
Time has dealt kindly with ex Vice
President Colfax. His hair Is entirely
gray, but his figure IL ~ erect rs ever.
and his brow remains unfurrowed.
Old Brazil has caught the spirit Of
the age, and many Of her influential
and leading families are freeing their
slaves The whole world IL looking
ut America for example.
The Usage County Chronicle claims
that we cannot have artesian wells in
Kansas for the reason that the coal
VEINS Of the state dip To the north
west This theory will not hold good
a. il has been exploded a thousand
times.
In a recent interview, Senator Har-
risOn expresses a reasonable conf
dence As to the outlook in Indiana.
He says that the party organization
there Is in very good shape, and that
II Ii quite ready for the canvass, wheth-
er opened early ar late.
While vote was being taken in the
New Hampshire Senatorial contest.
an iiinerant organ grinder took post
beneath the open windows and began
to grind out: I'VE shall meet beyond
the river" and. almost persuaded ~
II took the Sergeant al Arms and two
dOor-keepers to persuade him 10 desist
The salaries of the forty-six revenue
collectors and their clerks whose Of
fees have been consolidated amount
to sos. 900 per anuuin. Ii makes par
tisan Democrats weep to think Of such
Il sacrifice of patronage. But the act
Of the President meets with large
favor from thinking men Of all parties.
Col Samuel h. Halabird, Of the
generals department.
has been recommended by Secretary
Lincoln to the president for the APP
pointment of quarternaster general,
to succeed Gen. ingalls, who will be
placed OH the retired list. The APP
pointnent will be made As soon A. the
Office becomes vacant.
The Ohio supreme court decision,
pronouncing the Scott saloon taxation
law constitutional, will put at least
s., 00O, 900 i'm the state treasury, thus
relieving the farmers and mechanics
of that amount of taxation. Hereto
fore owing To a provision in the con-
stitution against licensing the liquor
traffic, saloons have not paid anything
In Ohio. The Scott law provides n
tax instead OF license, and so gets
around the constitutional provision.
A gentleman has been making cal
culations as to the amount of money
that is being expended on buildings Of
= public character In Topeka. says
that the aggregate il between five and
six hundred thousand. Ofthis amount
the government will expend $4,000
this year, the A T. & $. +. railroad, on
its shops, Sl50,O00. the state. on the
insane asylum, about Sl50. 900 on the
state house, S100.0O0 Mr.. Crosby, on
his mill. 500, 900, other mills, $50. 900,
and other amounts OH Otht r buildings.
The largest book ever printed In he
West, IL not the largest ever bound.
when estimated by the amount of
matter therein contained, is
The History of Kansas" from the
house Of A. 7. Andreas.
This immense work contains nearly
IL .0W, 900 ems of type, and the edition
required eighty-One tons Of paper.
The total sales reach the enormous
sum of sos, 900. A venture of such
Is characteristic Of Chi
ago, and proves the advancement Of
his city as publishing center.
An important decision has just been
rendered by the supreme cont of Tex
Is, in which IL Is held that the act of
he legislature Furnishing the giving
way of whiskey in districts where
ocal option has been adopted is I'M
iOnal. In view of the prOvis-
on Of the constitution which requires
he legislature Ia pass laws To pro-
lihit the sale Of Intoxicating liquors.
The court holds II tn be constitutional.
tut that II Is no offence to give away
liquor unless il is with the purpose Of
vading the law.
The report OF the open rupture be- |
ween the King and Queen of Spain.
md the departure Of her Queen for
Ter old home in Austria, appears to
q credited in European circles. The
LEGGED cause Is the immortality of the
Dung King Alfonso. which Queen
farie Christins(who IL q young and
Austrian princessl could |
ut endure. The Kings alleged |
favOrite" Ia La Senorita Carmen
'acutes, a fascinating Andalusian cir
us.rider, who appears To have charm.
4 the senses out Of him.
The pronlinent beer brewing cities.
= regards quantity made last year.
land IN this order: New York, Phila-
elphia, st. louis, Milwaukee, Brook.
IN. Cincinnati, Boston. Chicago and
iewark. New York state produces
of tse whole amount, and
hrce times as much as any other one
tate. Sales i'm the United States were
900, 900 barrels, or about ten gallons
er head Of population. Arkansas,
florida, Maine. Mississippi and Yer.
lont brew no beer, and Alabama and
forth Carolina hardly any.
Near waynesborough, Va, Satur-
ay, Beirne and Elan, the Richmond
iitors, met aud settled their Difficult
les with Colts five-shooters at eight
aces. The first fire was barren Of re-
llts, but at the second shot the bullet
rom Beirne's revolver struck and
,dged in Eiam's right thigh, produc-
" q painful and serious wound.
|eirne then quilted the ground upon
Is adversary's seconds expressing
and Elan was taken to
he residence OF Lieutenant Governor
ewes, q short distance of.
Upon the recommendation OF the
econd comptroller of the United
tates treasury, Secretary Folgef ha0
eferred to the court Of claims the
Hal Of the case Of General Adam
ladeau, the United States army IRE
lredi, new consul general at Havana
his case involves the right Of ~
red army officer employed In consul
" service to receive pay for both Of
ces. IL also involves the general
ueetion whether the acceptance by .
etirtd army Oflcer Of position In
mother branch Of the Government IL
ct equivalent to . resignation In
he army.
The site for the Garfield monument
- been selected In Lake View GENE
cry, nesr Cleveland. II Is on the
highest eminence Of the ridge. Il n
y far the most eligible spot In the
cemetery. and commando fine view |
{ the lake and surrounding country. /
he city Of Cleveland, and the old Gar.