The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-06-11

When JET Davis was secretary Of
War he appointed q man named JOr-
dan 30 be department. messenger for
personal attendance on the Secretary.
AfterWard, when Jacob Thompson
Wns Secretary Of the Interior, he also
appointed Jordan. When the rebel
lion broke out, JoriOn followed JEFF
Davis and ThOmpsOn into the Con-
fsderate cause Now Secretary La
mar has again appointed JOriOn 10 be
his messenger. Thus ls hdeiity-tO
JEFF Davis and rebelliOn-reWaried
as soon as the Democratic party
again obtains pOWer.-DetrOt Post.
ChattanOOga now has a population
Of . 200 and q tax roll OF 1909, ,OOO.
At the close Of the war Il was little
more than q elump OF white washed
shanties. Other cities Of the south
have shown almost equal pruaDeFity.
There is no reason why that In the
near future there should mot be q
boom Of business throughout the
South. except In the uuWillingness
Of the people In many places % wei
come Il unless Il brings with Il the
old fOgy notions that were shot TO
death . quarter Of century ago.
Calcutta, June S'-Dispatches con-
tinue TO be received here about the
earthquake Ia the Vale OF Cashmere.
Whole villages have 6een destroyed
and DubgOOd, Janialapar, and Ovan
have disappeared enlirply, having
been completely sngulfed IN The aw-
ful eOnvulslOn. During the cOntinu-
ailee Of the shocks snlphurOus dust
Was sent forth lmpreguating the
atmosphere. At the same time vol
umgs Of hot water ISSUED from great
fissures Ia the earth. The Fort Of
GneTais and gFanaries Ia many parts
Of Vale have been swallowed up. A
large supply Of rice aud considerable
amount Of money have been distTibu-
ted throughout the Vale OF Cashmere
TO relieve the distress OF the peOple
II Is estimated that 1000 were killed.
nashville, June "a special
from Chattanooga says that facts
were learned 20 day in references Ia
| the appearance OF sWarms OF lOeusts
on the ridges north OF this city. fhs
numbers are Increasing, and all
shrubbeFy aud trees and every green
object is covered with the insects.
In some localities they are 81 nu-
meruus that all other sounds are
drowned by their noise. To-day they
began moving into the valley aud are
sprea,ling through the low land faTuIs.
They appeared in this country IL
years ago aud their ravages destroyed
nearly all vegetation.
The members Of the e.. A. r., Ia
this state feel confident that before
/ the Portland eneampment there will
be rate OF so from the river 10 that
/ city aud return. There has already
been q cut aud the correspondence
now going On between officials In
/ this city and authorities OF different
/ ruads indicate that there will be a
/ still further reduction and that the
/ fun will soon commence. IL Is Ger.
tain that the old soldiers In Kansas,
| Nebraska aud Western Missouri must
be offered special Inducements or they
| will not 90, aud tine number avAiling
themselves OF the present rate will be
~ small that no money will be made,
| The officials in this state believe that
a cut will be made from the agreed
price and that our people will have
the cheapest excursion ever before
given.-TOpeka Cor, h0Dsas CITY
| 1OuFuul-
LONDON. June "a dispatch from
Cairo says: Some excitement has
been created here among the English
official residents by the arrival Of q
merchant from KhartOum.
He states that he witnessed the cap.
turs OF KhartOum, and that inImedi-
ately after the massacre OF the garri-
son the Mahdi demanded tlie head of
Gen. Gordon for q trophy, but his
warriors produced the head Of the
Austrian consul, Mr.. HAnsel. When
the mistake was discovered q second
search was made for General Gordon,
but the Mahdi's followers were uh-
able to find q trace OF the hero OI
KhartOum. They found several Othel
Europeans, but no other documents
were found on their clothes TO show
that either Of them was Gen. Gordon
The merchant says that It Is possible
that Gen. Gordon, seeing that all was
lost, escaped toward the South.