The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-06-25

Blanche X. Bruce, ex.Register Of
the Treasury, intends 10 reside In the
future at his old home in Mississippi.
Postage stamps are used on the
Oregon railways in making change,
there being q scarcity Of pennies and
cent peices.
Princess Beatrice Is two inches
perfect that it Is said art can add no
beauty TO its outline.
baron Prandau, the largest land
owner in Croatia, has died, leaving q
property Of s., ,OO0, 600 forms. He Was
the last Of his line.
Francis Murphy spoke to the Pitts
burg strikers the other day and said
n they must strike let it be against
strong drink and bad company.
Mrs. james A. Garfield will be Civ
en- q reception by the Trustees and
President Of Williams College ~
WllliamstOwn, Mass, June 80.
The fashionable people Of Newport
are highly elated that the President
has promised 70 wash In the surf at
that summer resort In July.
Clara Morris says that Mr.. Tilden
Is the best eOnversatiOnalist she has
ever met. In her opinion he Is far too
lOVable % have remained q bachelor.
A Wilkesbarre (Pa) woman fell of
q chair and broke three ribs and a
collar bone while trying to hang =
neighbOF's cat for eating her chickens.
An eagle kept In Vienna, Austria,
died efter 8 confinement OF ia years.
swans on the River Thames have
been known TO live $50 years and
more.
BY actual count, said to have been
made there recently, p, sos vehicles
passed q certain point Of Broadway,
New York, between the hours Of :
=. m. and Up. N.
Chief Justice COleFidge invited
Chief Justice Waite and wife TO visit
him during their visit TO England,
but they declined, their object being
health rather than society.
The newspaper men OF London are
raising funds 10 erect suitable monu-
ment in St. Paul's Cathedral 10 the
memory Of the special war eOrrespOn-
dents who were Killed In the SOudan'
The ninth Massachusetts, mOnu-
ment Is now going up at Gettysburg,
near the north base Of Round Top.
Several others will be placed in posi-
tiOn this month and dedicated early
In July.
II is reported that Charles Francis
Adams has been for some time q COM
plete imbecile from sOftening OF the
brain. He will be "a years old next
August. His father John Quincy
Adams, died in Slst year.
Congressman FOran saps his novel
is about ready for the press and that
he wants 10 have Il in the hands Of
his publishers before he goes back to
Congress next fall. The book Is an
answer To tine Bread winners" from
the labor standpoint
The Rev. Mr.. De La Matyr, the ex-
Greenbacker, and the venerable ThOs.
Harrison, the "bOy preacher" are
holding 3 revival In Denver at a cost
Of $50 day.
Washington society people at first
objected TO Miss Cleveland's style Of
doing hef hair. which is short, but
are now recOneiled TO II, says a CORE
spOndent, because they have discover.
ell that she resembles Rosa BOnheur.
Ex-Justice,Strong, Of the Supreme
Court, does not indulge In that elegant
leisure which he might enjoy ON his
pension Of 500 y year, but il one
Of the most active aud industrious
working lawyers In Washington.
General s. b. Buckuer, who Was
married at Richmond recently, Is
in Washington He Is the same
BuekneF that surrendered to Grant at
Fort DOnelsOn. He Is well stricken
In years, and his hair Is white. His
wife Is q descendant of the George
Washington family.
Miss Cleveland II the baby Of the
Cleveland family. She looks 10 be IS.
She Is q medium size woman, inclined
to he petite, with square shoulders, q
short neck, and a face sallOw In its
complexion, but decidedly intellectual
in It's features. From q high forehead
little brown curls stand upward, and
going backward cover her whole head
with ringlets.
Cottonwood and silver poplar trees
absorb q great deal of moisture, both
by roots and leaves, and are regarded
rs anti-malaTial agents. The park al
Washington covering the Potomac
flats will have many Of these trees for
these reasons. The great objection to
the silver poplar is its sprOutIng quail
ties, which make a wilderness of
brush Of q grass plat In 4 few years.
The London RdiIlUdy NesDs suggests
that modern travellers who fret and
fume II the train Is five minutes late,
or any other iTregulaTity occurs, would
do we'll 70 lay heart to the following
which suggests the com.
mRnd Of temper which must have
been required In railway travel q half
3 century since: Passengers expect
ing To join the. trains At any of the
stopping places, ars desired to be in
good time, as the train will leave each
station a. soon rs ready, without ref
srence to the time stated on the tables
Lhe main object being to perform the
whole journey as eXpeditlOusly a.
possible. Passengers will be booked
only eOnditiOnally upon there being
room on the arrival Of the trains. and
hey will have the preference Of seats
m the order IN which they are booked.
No persons are booked after the arrI-
'AlIOf. the tTaln.All persons are request
ii 20 get into and alight from the
coaches invariably on the left side ~
he only means Of preventing acci-
lents from trains passing In opposite
direction. Each passengers luggage
will, as far as possible, be placed on
he roof Of the coach in which he has
AIKEN his place; carpet bags and small
luggage may be placed under the seat
ppOsite 10 that which the owner
Important.
When you visit or leave New York