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

A seemingly dead pigeon was pick
ed up from the ocean near Dover. Eng
land, but Il revived while lying In
the sun, and proved to be a carrier
pigeon with letter. The bird being
Waylaid by a hawk while flying from
It's masters yacht 10 his home.
A movement has been started al
Defuniak Springs, Fla, 10 send a. a
return gilt TO France q colossal bronze
statue Of Washington, the pedestal Of
which ia 20 show in bas-relief the fig-
ures OF Generals Grant and Lee aud
the early Freneh-Amerioan mission
aries.
An entirely new kind OF bank-nots,
printed In eOlOFs instead Of black and
white Of the Bank Of England notes
is being prepared fnr issue by the
Bank Of Scotland. The chief novelty
Of the new note r. its colon, which
will, Of course, make reproduction By
photography impossible, and lt Is be-
heved will prevent forgery.
Glass plates cast like iron aFInor and
made 20 conform 90 the curve IN the
hull, have been used on an italian
ship instead Of copper sheathings.
The joints Of the plates are made wa
ter-tight by the use % Watef. proof
mastie. The advantages claimed for
the material are lis insenslbIlity To
oxidation aud it's ability 10 resist In
erusiatiOn.
The Mexican editors who lately Wis
tied the United States have been ioy-
Ously Welcomed home. They lave
Travelled IA 900 miles in the land Of the
Yankee without q single accident, and
the trip cost them about SIS apiece,
which, says the New York CONNER
eial-Adpc-fiser, g. about ~ monument
81 piece Of deadheading rs there Is
on record.
The first volume Of Gen. Grants
book is in type. The manuscript Of
the second volume Il all written and
completed as Originly intended and
will Ia due course be published 81
prepared by Grant himself. IL comes
down 70 the close Of the civil war.
The fiFst volume will be published a.
bout the first Of November, and the
second volume next March.
Rev. DR.. Frederick w. Farrar,
Canon and Archdeaeon Of Westmint-
ter, expects 10 sail for New York early
in September and will make q two
months tour of the I'm tied States.
He has accepted invitations 20 lecture
la several Of the larger cities ON Dante,
browning, Napoleon and the Talmud
The Slckles tragedy In Washington
In 1854 Is recalled by the death OF Al
len B. MagrudeF, one Of General sick.
les counsel. The Sickles house, on
Lafayette Square, has twice been
wholly changed In general appear
enoe, the first time being veneered by
white enameied bricks, and this sum-
msr the owner has had the enamel
chiseled on and big bay window
built in. Il was from one OF the win
d0Ns Of this house thar Mrs. Sickies
hung out q handkerchief 10 signify TO
Philip Barlpu Key that she would
meet hls1. The huge elm Tree that
stood on TIE corner Of Pennsylvania /
avenue AID Fiflseu-aui-a-half street,
where Slckies shot Key, long ago /
went the way OF al dead trees, The |
old club house, whence Slckles saw
Key spproachings was afterVard occa-
pied by Secretary Seward, and IL Vas 1
Ia this house that the desperate stFug- |
gle With Payne, the assassin, took /
piacs. 10 b nov occupied By the |
o6iesTs Of COmuiissary General Mac |
Feely. 'i.f ii /
Nleolini ls said 10 have once
danced attendance behind bar.
The census 81 DAKOTA cosi 81, 900,
Of which ne Genera GOveFnnent /
vii pay SO ,0o0 : taN
Three Of the original seven men APP
pointed b guard President Garfield's
grave have gone crazy.
John Jarrett, the tabor leader, d
nov nt the head Of a Temperance
movement IN the churches.
rs estimated fiiat ts ans eco 1
neWspapers On tue world, which will
riVe ons 70 every $500 inhabitants.
Harrison, General Grants body
sartant, has been engaged By Mara
TWain - eanvnsser for b0st OF the
dead oenesaA HH
Itis esllrn "a that two tons Of gold,
worth 81 t11 go. afe lost every ye.ir
~ e = E1rlrTv,n
Aioiv isia eile,iaiion thai Fetal-
usnd Warf ssisnet l7eltlal lllant'e
lanslai, havia7 c'psP earfiage and /
ara de1ntias Ut1 1II1,
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