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


some time past. we have not furnished
the JOURNAL with any notes but In
the meantime have been enabled to
make some observations. The incl
tents aud associations of Christmas
iud the holidays have come aud gone.
With whatever of joy or.regrets they
nay have suggested, and now that
We are over the threshold If the new
year. the people are settling down t.
business.
The weather the past week has
.ern IA lutte more wintry than any OF
nr proceeding ones since IL sci ia and
vet we congratulate ourselves on it.
nildness when we read of the Their
Inometer registering from 90 to 30
below zero in other states east and
north. During the mild weather Of
December, We raw considerable i'm
provements going on, In the way of
building and In repairs which indi-
Gates thrift and enterprise.
Our people all around are alive aud
wide awake to the railroad projeci
now before the people Of this county.
The common sense observation Is that
the more railroads We have the better,
when they cost us no more than the
proposed one does, that will soon be
submitted to the qualified voters Of
the county. Better in every sense
that the words enterprise and assured
wealth can suggest.
John H. Kinvman has q saw mill
on bis farm aud will soon b convert
ing some Of the portly cottonwood
and dns walnut trees thereon into
plank.
The Kouns brothers and W. H.
WheelOck have been patronIslug
Missouri IN the cattle line. They have
recently imported good many head
We believe there Is no prohibition on
cattle raising In Kansas.
The members Of the g. A. R., at
Bridge, are lavish In their accounts
Of the good time had on the evening
Of the new year, and We are willing
to take their word for II, - We feel as
sured that the men who braved the
dangers and hardships Of the late
"onplessantnees''wouid not, II they
could, extenuate.
All of the Sabbath school festivals
we believe, passed Of pleasantly and
probably. Pliny, Bridge, Liberty,
UuO t0DS Out uOt 1CUSt, S0ululIt. ucTc
vas not - much money expended 1t
Summit. but there was probably ~
much saved. II was gotten up On an
economical plan. The ladies furnish
ed the supper-sons oysters and cOliee
lin baskets and tin pals. and these
were numbered and the gentlemen
paid their money for these number
shaken up and down In hat and had
no choice. The result was . promis
cuous mingiing Of youth and age
There are always . few, however.
persevering. curious fellows, VII"
know what 10 going on. and illustfaio
the wisdom Of Burns when he said:
THE best laid plans Of mice or men
gang . Ian" such We nutice VII. .
they leave . basket-that ID about III
they do leave. We are glad to state
however. that on this occasion. there
wAs plenty and to spare-unless II
was chicken and that could not be ex-
pected where there h q preacher
around. The cake furnished By Mn.
A. C. Wait and baked BY our school
mistress. Miss Hattie. brought . good
price. The apple. peanut. and candy
stand contributed by EequIre Wait.
swelled the revenue Of tiiis occasion
considerably. Much credit h due the
committee. Messrs Farley. Godfrey
and Wait, and IN all the ladies present
with their well-fiIled beskeis-snd
even to some of the mothefs who
were not present but sent their dsugh
ters. who are members Of the Sabbath
school, with we'll provided supper.
We were unable To be present. u the
Liberty festival, but are fully assured
that the manager, and the ladies e.
pecially, did themselvee great credit.
16e the ontogtalnmento Of that 0oaasSoa.
AHuo4A40o.