The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-17
NEIeHsORHooD ITEMS.

THE saloons Of Atchlson have been
enjoined.
Cassius NJ. Clay. at the age Of IS,
still personally manages his Ken
lucky farm.
Nine. Patti was the only woman in
the audience at EfgGrO's recent aunu-
al sOiree.i
Gath" says John Wilkes Booth
was never married, and that the story
about his wife aud children Is q hoax
A Washington correspondent est
mates that the funeral Of Vice Presi-
dent Hendricks cost the government
$lG0, 600.
Mrs. Dahlgren, the novelist. is a
GAINESVILLE, o., girl. She is wealthy,
and owns several houses in Washing
ton.
EX-AttOrney General Brewster has
resumed his law practice in Philadel-
phia, and is almost overwhelmed
with business.
Nine Sophia Menter, the famous
pianist, is now enjoying the possession
Of fortune Of 50 ,W0, ,OOO left her by a
Russian admiTeT.
Congressman Tillman, Of South
Carolina, IL the man In Washington
lhis winter distinguished for his con-
tempt Of OvereOats.
The papers used in the famous trial
u Aaron Burr for treason have been
deposited Ia the new government
building at Cincinnati.
A wild man clothed in q gunny-
sack and long beard il soaring the
women 10 death at Rnckaway Beach
y. Y. He l. a mugwump.
A biography OF Adelaide Nelson
has been written by Laura C. HOllO-
way, 10 be illustrated with nine photos
10y SarOny, and a picture of her grave.
Princess Louise and the Marquis
OF Lnrne have prepared an article for
Good Words, Lord L0rne eOntribu.
ting the text and the Princess the
illustrations.
The National Dress Society advises
ladies to throw aside the old riding
habit, don trousers aud sit astride, II
they would be comfortable, and save
their horses.
Reuben Il. Thrall, Of Rutland. VT,
Is said 60 be the oldest piaeticing law
yer living. He recently celebrated hts
yOth birthday and has several cases
now on the docket.
Oeeulations Of Tauri anl several
other stars visible in the n ;ades Ia
the naked eye, will occur on the
18th inst, by means Of which asst
ners expect 10 get renewed measure
ments Of the semi-diameter Of the
moon.
A passage from the will Of Napoleon
B0nAparte IL in a st Louis museum,
II is dated az - Helena. April l3 1921
and reads: II die In the holy Roman
Catholic faith, in the bosom Of which
] was born more than fifty years agU." "
In Professor Angili's nearly CON-
pleted portrait of the Queen Il er Mai
esty Is represented in her royal robes
and crown, standing on throne,
while the rich folds Of the purple
train fall gracefully down the steps.
She Is also decorated with the garter.
Atthe time Of the great railroad
strike In 1877 Mr.. Vanderbilt made a
plain business statement to the EN-
plOyees on his roads, and then ordered
the regular 10 per cent reduction. or
only 500 expressed dissatisfaction
They protected the property and Aug.
!, the millionaire manager sent q gratuis
" Of Sl01. 900 for pro rata distribution
among them, with the announcement,
"yOur pay will be increased the mo-
ment the business Of the bOuntry will
justify it,"
On Tuesday the editors private sec
retary was coughing from a cold;
moreover, lac looked exceedingly slen-
der-all the result of having shaved
of, the day before a slight mustache
that he has vainly tried for the past
year TO coax out to a length worth
mentioning. After he han made, out the
last pot hooks Of q dictated letter, he
Strengthened up and pulled an imag-
mary mustache. In variably an indica-
tiOn he was ready 10 talk il there was
any listener. Fire away" the edi
tor remarked, pulling another batch
OF letters In front OF him TO be answer
ed. 81 believe" the secretary said,
"that the lumber dealers In Nebraska
and Dakota are a smart set Of fellows
II strikes me there Is big difference
between the letters they write TO this
office, and the letters that cOme in
from some older sections Of the cOun-
try. / cannot account for Il only ON
the theory that wide-awake men, with
heads on 'em, are the ones who pull
out 20 q new country that h open ed
up. Now here's n letter cutter and
smarteT'n lightning, all the way
from Montana. IL Il hailed from
down east, from the shades Of Yale or
Harvard, IL would he worthy Of the
culture dispensed by those old chest
nuts. Old Greeiey's advice To young
men, tell you, was followed by some
hang up Ones.n The editor saw that
the young man was loaded. 80 he sug-
gested rs kindly a. he could, that he
reserved his Grafton until the FOurt h
OF July, aud proceed with his short.
hand work Northeastern lumber
man Of Dec. u.