The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-09-17


spectively The church Temperance So
cisty and the society for the Proven
tion Of Crime, are hard at work 70 se-
cure the passage Of the proposed Ex-
else Bill for New York State. Great
pains have been taken 10 drafting the
bill and now copies are being dis
tributed widely 10 mInis1ers, edlt0rs.
aud Others, inviting Suggestions aud
corporation. It h license bill, TIE
fees running 70 1000 for the highest
elass. It's adgOcates claim that I'm q
5tate containing such large cities and
20 many Of fthem, that no other means
Of e5ntrOlling the liquor interest Is
possible, This method Of ObtaininR
needed legislation must commend IT.
seift0 al fair-mlndedeitlzen The local
papers win give large publicity 10 the
bill The fheI that it will meet siren
uOus opposition aud discussion only
shows that II Il becomes q Law It will
be far more perfect from this prelim-
inary work, than u evolved in q iegis-
lative COMMITTEES room smid the pres
enee and haste OF the session. fall
our laws. before their passage, were
subjected 10 the ordeal Of public dis
eussIOn and criticism, Il would be Of
vast benedt 20 our Governmental
system.
MT. @. B. Stebbins. Of Chicago. ILL.,.
has charge OF the Office Of the West
ern Telegraph COmpany,In this place,
In the absence Of Miss Lizzie Thomp-
SOD.
Female missionaries are nov pro-
vlded with n full medical education
before starting for Eastern lands, 10
enable them the more easily 10 Pene-
trRte the homes Of the people.
A comparison Of the speed Of differ
ent cruisers, shows that England pos
sesses the fastest vessels Of this kind
The Mercury which has a speed OF
ISi knots an hour the Esmeralda Of
Chill, and the Milan Of France come |
next, with q speed Of IS knots each.
The asphalt pavements 10 France
are said 10 have caused y curious and
painful swelling Of the lower limbs I'm
all persons who walk upon them bare
footed.
A chemical analysis Of can Of to-
matces In France, showed that the
contents were carrots and pumpkins
cOlOred with aniIine dye.
A large anvil for a ten ton steel
hammer containing 500 cubic feet and
weighing los tons was recently cast
in Lombariy. The operation took
% hour.
A new explosive called ROmite has
been made by a Swedish engineer,
named siOber.
The advantages OF q Geological sur.
vey Of the country has become ap-
parent to our Mexican neighbors ana
the work Is TO he commenced ut once.
Lightning can be seen 200 miles
away and thunder may be heard at q
distance Of 25 miles.
Some theorists 20 whom cremation
Is not acceptable have proposed to the
Strand board OF Guardians In London,
to dispose Of the dead 10y placing the
collins in blocks Of concrete. aud
building a sea wall out OftheIn. The
suggestion has not been favOrably re-
ceived.
On the Sth instant occurred a total
eclipse Of the sun, visible in the South
Pacific Ocean.
Next Wednesday, a partial eclipse
Of the moon will occur in which
Of the moons disk will
he Obscdred The moons entrance (,
into tile penumbra is largely percepti-
BILE, resembling haze. We give be-
low some Os the circumstances Of the
eclipse for this county, calculated by
Mr.. Chas, A. Hitler:
Moon enters shadow l2h II m.
Middle Of eclipge-lh 4Sm m.
Moon leaves shad0w-Sh, 22m A. NJ
The times are Ia Central time. To ,
ind the sun times Of each place de- s
iuct thirty minutes in each case.
a new star has been discovered IN {
he large Nebula in Andromeda, :
which Il Is claimed has Just undeI- ]
rome transformation from nebuls to L
tar. An astronomer named Hartlng
claims TO have witnessed the sudden
,hange from an unknown nebulOus
mass Of cloud to the crystallized brill
liant which now shines in lts place.
rhe incident creates great excite
nent and interest among scientists.