The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-11-26
THE sTATE -.

). THURSDAY, NOV. Is. 1885.
THE STATE PRESS.
9 Junction Gty Union:
e Itisa cold day when Junction City
4 gets left. We had occasion 10 remarE
:, = week or 80 ago that no important
event had YET occurred, in which
4 Junction CITY did not have an inter
! est The hanging Of the Canadian
: rebel Rel last Monday Is not an eX-
. eeption. WIN. &. Calkin, book-keep-
er for Davidson 4 Hansen, spent three
: yean Surveying in Manitoba, and
: knew Rel well. Rel slept two
, nights az different times In Calkin's
tent. The first time he met Riel was
in the latter part Of August, 1870.
The surveying party were In the mid
die Of vast body Of swamp grass,
/. high as q horse, in the Red River
bottom, about sixty miles north Of
the Northeastern corner Of Dakota,
and q great prairie fire was sweeping
wildly toward them. The party started
q back fire, and had burned a small
place for their protection, when two
men on horseback come rushing upon
them. One Of the men was Riei. He
stopped with them two days. This
was after his first rebellion, when
reward Of 81, 600 was pending for
him. Calkins iOked him c0usidera-
bly, about this reward. He met him
n dozen Of times, and was present AT
Fort Gay, when Reil, still a fugitive,
Offer ed his services 10 Governor Arch
ibald, 20 resist the raid threatened 3t
that time by the Fenians under John
| O'Neal. The Governor had no troops
and in his extremity accepted the
services OF Riel, who had about three
| hundred cavalry men. AS soon As
news came that the American author
titles had stopped O'Neal, Riel and
his half-breeds took to the wilds
again. The Oangemen made il 50
warm for the Governor for accepting
Reil's services that he remained Ia
his quarters for two months Calkins
says the pictures Of Rel published in
the papers are all good
Minneapolis Messenger:
The President Of the United States |
has deliberately iusulted every loyal
man in Kansas by the appointment OF |
Geo. w. Click TO the Pension Agency /
at Topeka.
This action Is wholly without ex-
cuse. There are q hundred eX-sold-
iers among the Democrats Of Kansas,
any one of whom would have
been Just as competent for the duties
Of the Office rs Is Mr.. Click. IL Is an
Office that may be more appropriately
held by an ex-sOldier than any other.
The duties are such, aud the infOrma-
ton necessary TO n qualification for
the place, that Il h fitting and proper
for an soldier Ia occupy il. This
was recognized by the President when
he chose Gen. Black for Commission
er Of Pensions. Gen. Black was no
less good soldier because he was
Democrat, and the President was no
less a good Democrat because he APP
pointed him, and that Black makes "a
good officer no one disputes. So far
the President did well. and all loyal |
men, South as well as North applaud
ed his action. But TO single out
Click, the Copperhead, for Pension
Agent, is atrOciOus. Better thOus-
and times to have selected an unre-
pentant rebel who had the nerve TO
fight for his convictions than 10 have
dragged TO the front from out OF his
'eave Of gloom" this distinguished
representative OF class that was too
AuAN vi AlEAHuu ~ AkAlk AWA us GUILTY. 1
and too cOwaTdly to fight against II. |
This is heaping reprOach upon the
men who suffered 10 save the nation
and the widows aud orphans to whom
the nation pays "A pittance for the
blood of their loved ones. Il is sub
verting and overtuIning every princi-
pie of patriotism, Of good government,
OF decency. IL is making loyalty,
and not treason, OdIOus.
Lincoln Center Beacon
Grading began on the line two miles
northwest Of Salina last Tuesday. ,
Graders are scattered along the route
for about four miles, and several adj
ditiOnal forces were expected 10 com
mence yesterday. Lumber is being
hauled out along the line, and car .
penters are engaged in building win
ter quarters for the graders, preparing
for active work during the winter.
The Company hopes TO finish the
pillow and scraper work by the time
the cold weather sets in, after which
the grading through the bluffs will be
continued, and all preparations made
for laying the track in the spring as
soon as the weather will permit. The {
Lincoln end OF the line is not vet To-
mine in few days, when work will
begin all along the line.
Lincoln Center Banner:
We dropped into w. Z. Hamlin's
jewelry store yesterday and he show
ed US a Tarantula, which he has Oh !,
exhibition. Our readers are familiar
with the fact, that tine Tarantula is
a very poisonous species Of the Spider.
Mr.. Hamlln fOnud IL in q buuch OF }
bananas at Minneapolis. He came
near being bitten by Il as he was pick
ing the bananas, but n bystander Oh
served Il In time to prevent the fatal
bite. We understand our tOwnsman,
M. n. Adams, was bitten by one, but
in neHrly every case their bite is fatal.
IL Is a real curiosity and will well
repay anyone who has not seen Il TO {
drop in and examine 1t.
T. s. &W. Items in Council Grove i
Republican:
Last Friday night engine no. So on [
the II. 81 & w. cOllided with a car !
which had been LEFT on the track be- :
tween Hope and Harrington. The
front Of the engine was badly damag-
ed and the car was completely
wrecked. Fortunately no one was
injured. The engine was sent to Par '
sons on Saturday for repairs.
Station agent Gibson was appointed
train dispatcher on the 7. 5. & W., :
and now controls the movement Of all
trains on the Great TerOugh Line.
Engine No. was sent down TO Par
sons this week for additional repairs
to her boiler.
Joe Barber will commence work on
the Y q the depot Monday.
The Telegraph men are now ahead
OF the track lsyers. q
There are two trains running daily /
20 the end Of the track, which Is now
several miles west Of Hope.
The merchants Of Hope sre happy
now that they can get their goods by !
rail instead Of by wagon road.
The people Of Hope have conciud ed
10 postpone their excursion 70 that I
place until spring, when they propose
10 have grand time. I
They had a collision at Hope Mon
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