The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-09-03

all parts Of the world residing the re-
quired boOks for 1885.
General Sherman told Gsnefal Joe
Johnston that school commence
ments were q block and q half ahead
Of military glory.
Stanley, the explorer, says that
when you can't whip or buy an Afri-
can King you can scare him out Of
his boots with ghost story.
Vietorien SardOu still has jet black
hair, but his fage is like parchment,
with . hard, conceited mouth, with
its corners pinned back into smiles. F"
The descendants Of John Smith,
who settled at PeaDack, N. e, iH l74O,
held q reunion ~ that place Wednes
day which was attended BY several
thousand Smiths.
The name Emma itself eonyegs
luck. Emma Alhani, Emma Nevada,
Emma ThuTsby, Emma Jueh, and
Emma Abbott, all high sopranos, and
all successful.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, the eloquent
temperance orator Of Iowa, h at work
In New York State, and wherever
she follows Sc. John she shows him
up In his true light
The Rev. Frank T. ingalls,, Of En-
pOria, Kan, = brother Of Senator
Ingslls, Is visiting his sister as West
Roxbury, Mass, where be preached
ut the Orthodox Church recently.
Francis Murphy says the temper
ence people are nov divided, the poll
IL
In the cause. and between them the
cause Is not advancing.
Henry Ward Beeeher has accepted
the invitation Of the Boston Board OF
Aldermen 70 deliver the public eulO-
" on General Grant In that city.
Ex-senator COnkling was first in
vited.
A monument 70 to be erected 20 the
memory Of Colonel Drake, first dis
eOvereF Of crude petroleum. The
Philadelphia Net0s suggests that an
oil csn rampant and q servant girl
eOuehant would be an appropriate de-
vice.
The memory Of Jerry MeAuley,
the ex-cOnvlet who founded the eele-
brated McAuley Mission IN New
York, is TO be kept green by q drink
ing fountain over his grave IN Wood
lawn Cemetery. The fountain will
cost S2OOO.
Rhode Island retains the greatest
density Of population Of all the States.
A pure-blOOded negress, at Louis
willie, has blue eyes, and Is considered
q rarity.
A drum corps Of twenty girls nom
South DskOtah will attend the militia
1t Fargo next mouth.
John Russell Young says he will
not re-enteF journalism. His pursuits
will be literary but In altogether DIFF
ferent direction.
Six thousand letters Of Peter the
Great hAYe remained under suppress
sion. The Emperor Of Russia now
permits the publication Of = selection.
The Castle Of Buda, q home Of Hun
gaFian monarchy for centuries, Is 70
be completely rebuilt by the Emper-
or Frances Joseph At q cost OF s., 80
OO.
The directors Of the Grand Open Of
Paris have announced that hereafter
only persons In full evening dress
will be admitted 10 the performance.
A sea turtle weighing 800 pounds
was caught or Cape Ann the other
day. IL was eight feet long, three
feet wide, and twenty inches deep.
The present year has been = disAs-
LrOus one 10 some Of the irst
81. Louis estates, aud the losses sus-
Iained by leading families by reason
Df shrinkage in alleged securities will
aggregate $2,OOO,OOO.
William Becker, the newly appoin-
led Democratic postmaster at MaTys-
Vile. Kan. Ia Rn''nffansive naDtisan." ="
and the Kansas ity Times says the
'libertine, ,drunkard, ,pOlltlcala pOstate,
Ind ungentlemanly ignOramus must
10"
The Anarchists organ, Die Ztl1in-
'et, at Philadelphia has suspended be
;ause Of the disruption In the social
sts' ranks. Herr Most Is held respOn-
ible for the failure Of the paper whose
name meant future" but failed 70
'ealiEe its expectations.
RBIL Is sentenced TO be hanged on
he Sth inst, and Il looks very much
low rs II be would be swung or The
most strenuous efforts have been made
o secure bis pardon, or q Communication
II his sentence to imprisonment, but
u yet the government has manifested
10 disposition 10 be meFeiful.s
Dan Rice, the old circus clown,
las ret up q claim 10 the whole Island
m which stands the city Of Calves
on, Texas. Mr.. Rice has in his pos.
essiOn an old Mexican land grant Ut-
aimed from Daniel Mel fen, an
riginal spanish settler, which COW
rs the claim.
IL Is said that q ship that recently |
allied from Boston TO Western Africa
arried 1910 gallons Of rum and /
hree missionaries. That seems 10 be
great deal Of rum for three mission
Ties, but perhaps they we're from
dissOuri.
Joaquin Miller tells how be and
lret Harte stood ct the tomb Of Dick
rs. His lsft hand sought mine IN
Hence" says Miller, In describing
be mOmentOus occasion "his eyes
He'd with tears. We had never
cen friends BEFORE"
The New York World insisls thai
.OIlin N. Squire, the fiery pOet Of the
the City Hall, has resigned as Com
ilssiOner Of Public Works, but Mr.
quires seems 10 be abOat - stubborn
bout this - he was about his Obitn-
~ poetry, aud refuses 10 send hia
ssignatiOn to the proper authOfiuss-
q other words, he GAgs Ms lie.
Edgar CoWan, who died e his
ONE in Greensburg, Pa, SatuTdag,
as one Of the brightest and ablest
sbaters Of his time-fiOm 1851 %
,6T-in the United States Senaie.
Ie was elected - . Republican, but
rifted over 20 the side Of Andrew
DhnsOn after the assassinatiOn Of Mr..
lincoln, and in consequence Of his
election, Lost all his inhne1Ce and
antling with the majority. He Wa,
p to the time Of his fatei illness, one
the leading lawyers Of Pennsyl-
lnia, but since his retirement from
le Senate he has taken no active
lFt In politics.
Rev. n. MeylcaF. HID.