The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-02-14
PERsnNs ANn THINGS.

The HOODS AZ Clucihnhll anu filla-
burg seem likely to exceed those Ol
last year In tragic magnitude and de-
structlveness-
London, February 9.-Advices to
the Queens Bench from South Africa
report the death OF CetewayO, the IA
nous Zulu chieftaln, OF heart disease.
~ Eugene Ware didn't have
many delegates In the Congressional
Convention, but he has the consola-
ton Of knowing that he
Hess Savior for friend,
who will keep him 10 the end.
Troy CsisC
Winnie Ream HOxie tOlds delight
full receptions at Washington. She
plays the harp charmlngly. aud heI
beautiful baby always Is exhibited
and ls an attractive feature Of the
entertainment.
Rt. Rev. T. n. Vail. the venerable
and beloved Bishop Of Kansas, has
again been bereaved. His eldest
daughter, wife Of Rev. John Black.
we'll, ID. ID. died at Santa Barbara, Cali.
fornia, on the 3Oth Of December, 1888
At2A. NJ, Monday the water al
Cincinnati registered 6j feet st inches,
and rising half an inch an hour. Nc
change Ia the situation at Lawrence
burg. The Mississippi Is rising in
the vicinity Of Nieksburg.
The representative OF an English
syndicate who came to Texas to in
vest fl ,OOO, 900 In lands, quilted Dsl-
las for home Friday, averring that,
under present conditions, fence-eut-
ting and lawlessness was too preva-
lent, and that there was no security Oi
property In Texas.
Mrs. Daniel O'Connell, wife Of the
Liberator's only surviving son, gave
q fancy ball in London lately, al
which her son appeared. dressed 10
legal attire similar 10 that worn by bis
grandfather, 10 whom be presented
marvellous resemblance.
The Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon
long the highly original, but OFthO'
dOx, pastor Of the rich Park Congre-
gatiOnal Church, Of Norwich. Conn.,,
has set the church gOssips all by the
ears By becoming n Unitarian clergy
man IN a Worcester pulpit.
Edward Niederer, who has just died
In Memphis Of water on the braln,
was quite character, notable chiefly
for his exDeFtness and success with
the game Of poker. He was q Swiss
by birth, but was taken TO New Or
leans when q boy. He was one Oi
the few survivors Of the Nicaragua
expedition, and In the war Of the
rebelllsn was In the COmmissary De-
psrtment Of the Confederate army,
In 1883 be was sent on q secret mis-.
sion to England, and on his return
vas made Chief Of the Secret Service.
After the war be conducted q saloon
until he made q fortune, devOting the
greater part OF his time to poker. II
is put down among bis remarkable
exploits that he once bet $1,000 on .
hand he held, his face in the mean
time being perfectly immOvable. h
rarely lost ct q game, and such wa
his luck he drew three capital prize
IN lotteries He died ct the age Of s.
yesrs. his life being insured for $50, ,OOC
One Of the Qualntest and mos
singular hamlets Of Illinois or o
the West wa the venerable town o.
Cahokin, that nestled scroGs the rive
from st. Louis, even its existence be
ing known to very few Of the inhab
itants Of the city. It was an earl,
French and Indian trading-pOst, sn'
was old before Sc. Louis was though
Of. It's people and its houses were
peculiar study to the occasional strag.
9ler Of recent years who fell among L
venerable ways, and Il was the onll
place In the u. B., perhaps, Wher
An entire community lived withOu
labor, the population being suppOrte'
bv land pensions. In its early de.
II Was an important frontier post
whence expeditions started and whef
revela were held, lts advantage beinI
disturbed when Laciede started th
rIval post across the river, now 81
Louis. It was In Cahokia that Pom
tinc. the famous Indian chief, ate
whom one Of our towns was named
vas murdered in In q drunken bfag
bv his English enemies- There 1
now Of the place only a heap Of grass
grown ruins, with scarcely q vestig
Of life.