The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-02

The oysters beds of Chesapeake bay
are said to be gradually giving out.
Very stringent measures must be TAX
en- or Baltimore will soon be q thing
Of the past as an oyster depot
1t is believed that the father Of the
late Gen. Ord was a grandson of
George " and Mrs. Fitzherebert by
marriage contract when George was
Prince Regent
Over hundred persons In attend
anee at lawn party Ia Joliet We'd
nesday night were made seriously ill
by eating ice-cream, the fiavOring in
which is believed 10 have been poison
Gus.
The works Of the Howe Sewing
Machine Company, at Bridgeport,
Conn, occupying three sides OF
square, were destroyed by fire on
Thursday. The loss is estimated at
1854, 600.
The old method Of working out the
road tax has been abandoned In Ohio,
and roads are now repaired under
contract and paid for by tax received
from the county and township treas
uries The results are said to be eX-
cellent.
James Carey, the infOrmer In the
Phmnix park murder cases, was shot
dead on she steamship MelrOse, while
she was between Cape Town and Port
Elizabeth. The deed was committed
by a fellow passenger named O'DOn-
mel.
A terrible accident occurred on the
Rome, WatertOwn & Ogdensburg
Railroad near Albion, N. Y, Satur-
day. An excursion train cOllided with
a freight car which had been blown
on the track by a heavy gale. Nine
teen people were killed, and over
thirty were seriously IL not fatally
injured. Quite a number Of the vic
Tins were pleasure seekers from the
West. Thomas HOyne, Of Chicago,
is reported among the killed
The new postal rate goes into effect
on the first Of October. The stamps
aud stamped envelopes now In use
will be valid after that date, but OF
course, will have 10 be used without
rebate. No three cent stamps will bs
issued by the pOstOffiee department
after the l4th OfSeptember, unless the
reuuisition for them Is accompanied
with q statement that they are needed
for immediate use, and that the supply
called for will be exhausted by the
first Of October. No Scent stamped
envelope will be issued after the 3lsi
Of August, unless the requisitiOn FOL
them Is accompanied by q similAl
statement.
Fort Scott Monitor: Some partisan
Of John A. Anderson has the temerity
| to compare hin to John ]. ingalls,
II Is really enough 10 make one laugh
his sides sore. Ingalls, stands to-day
without a rival as an eloquent ali6
able debater I'm the United States sen
ate. Anderson never rose 10 the 20
sitiOn Of q second-rate preacher witt
the members OF bis presbytery. Tit
effort 20 obscure Ingalls, by puttnl
him on q par with eX-preacher An
derson reminds us Of the Wag tha
compared the brilliancy Of the noon
day sun 70 the feeble cOrruscatiOns o
lightning bug.
A friend OF Don Cameron's living II
Washington received a letter from
him recently, In which Don says tha
he Is not having such q royalty goo
time as some people said he would
The English country, he says, is yer.
pretty, but not near 20 interesting .
the country about Harrisburg. Tn
old church architecture bushes is
good deal Of bore, ne says. L0ndOl
he likes, and he could content himsel
there for an indefinite period II he Onl
had some of the "bOys" with him
talk some good United States languag