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

Il was with feeiisss axis 10 plsa60Se
t6et ~ shook the duo Of sessnton
from Our fsst. end turned our bsck i've
fondiy bopsd) upon the plscs Soesves.
A. The tssin went round Tie bend the
few pseasapt. and many painfal mem
osies crowded our miuds. In addition
70 ~ numerous saloons. pay day
dsunks and accompanying fights. for
u b notswosthy fact that the less
able man b TO stand up. the greater
his desire for mortal combat, Il had
. marshal-a tall. sannt individual.
with Weilingtouisn nose, and fsont-
Ter Whisken-who never made an
arrest without being compelled to.
He was the sole proprietor Of deliv.
cry wagon, and when not Otherwise
ensagsd, made Il his business 70 ses
that the counties kegs Of stomach In.
vigorater. and whisky (tsa) landed It
the depot. were properly Distributed
among the salooosL We journeyed 10
Topeka In company with . lunatic-a
tall finely formed woman, With . re.
markably white face; and eyes large,
black, nerce. cold and giitteFlng; long
dark hair, tangled and twisted, hung
about her shoulder, when not In her
mouth fest and arms were pini0ned |;
her teeth broken by savage biting. A
tin cup from which she drank was
covered With marks, and had to BE-
wrestsd from her Jaws She seemed
10 take pleasure In skaking her hair
down over her face, and getting Il into
her mouth; and through this dark |
and luxuriaut veil, her eyes cleaned
with An expression such - Roch~s-
tef's wife might have worn when she |
stood by the bedside Of Jane Eyre.
For this unfortunate, destined to harsh |
treatment in An asylum, life will be q
burden indeed.
During . short stay at Rosedale. We
visited the rolling mills accompanied
by NJ. W. A. Shope. one Of the oldest |
settlers Ia the place, who gave Us the \
particulars Of the discovery Of the |
bodies Of two unknown men found |
lying dead, with bullet holes In their
headsa and revolvers ON the ground he |
side them.
The New Year dawned upon Kan.
sas City, cold and cherries. snow Wa
falling when the hand upon the dial
Indicated the departure OF the old aud
the birth Of the new. Morning came |
gray and dismal, no ray of sunshine
lighted up the scene. The ruins If
the state line elevator, blsckened aud
charfed, did not enhance its beauty, |
and the pedestrian whose footsteps
were mu1iled In snow, seemed tO
k~o s.aaaoA In amt 2toiUh
bells jingled and sporting men rose
event Of the year, - dog fight" This
soul stirring event took lace In n "a
loon In Wyandotte, In crowded room
amid an atmosphere sitting with odOrr
Of whisky, beer and tObacco. The
crowd almost beside itself with excite
ment. alternately cheered and cursed.
each other. Much money changed
ried out In blankets, and on the fol-
lowing morning the news boys her.
aided the event with, "Times sir, all
about the dog fight at Wyandotte."
and cOpies went of like hot cakes.
Paddy Ryan's benefit ut the c0mique
was we'll attended. He Is . man ut
ube oPpeoIouC0 WcikuIuS oOOuS SoV /
pounds, and declares hi nself resolved
to meet Mr.. Sullivan again his spar
ring with John D0nelsOn, Of Milwau-
kee was fine. Several amateurs hal
encounters: one young man,
Sc. Clair by name, from Pueblo, had
The audscity to face Donels0n, but he
|0upd to his sorrow that IL was beyond
his power TO touch johns face and for
MS attempts, received some very wild
treatment from him, such a sundry
racks In the ribs, that made him
hink his side was gone, slaps Oh the
ar that threw him away out of the
and q flattener or two
N the nose that drew the claret. He
ras very glad to retire long before
hey came to the third round, for he
cit, what the audience sdU, that the
John D0nelson. who stood
Def0re Sullivan nineteen minutes,
,Ould put IL all over him too easy.
Ice men are now reapIng . harvest
Or which they have long waited, and
hundreds Of men are employed ia the
york. Four packing houses are now
n operation and the festive swine suf-
er no more. Glucose sugar Is being
without the eastern
walls of the Citadel, but the stranger
rho would know the how and the
vhy IL forbidden to enter. Therefore
le whose soul "hungereth and thirst
tb" after knowledge Ia compelled to
nv U. r. A. BRICK.