The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-06-24

thieves have al been run out Of New
York.
A sturgeon eight feet long and
weighing 23T pounds has been caught
in the Connecticut.
Upward Of p, 900 persons registered
as visitors % Bunker Hili monument
the past year.
One Indiana county has paid So
I76 In three years as bounties on l5,-
6S6 WOOd-ohuek's scalps.
Ex-Alderman Jaehne manages to
beat the taxpayers even In Sing
Sing. he has already gained III
pounds Of flesh.
A small party OF Wel-knOWn New
YOrkers are making . trip on a Penn
syIganla canal In an upholstered
canal boat.
The largest pearl in the world was
lately sold in London for $3.50. 1t
weighed three ounces.
The total number Of readers IN the
AstOr Library last year was ~. .5S4. q
marked increase over all former
years.
The Ocean steamer fieet, carrying
tourists abroad, now numbers $50
vessels, but never q one flies the stars
and stripes.
Ia q chlvalrous but pathetic way
Montana bachelors name q town in
honor Of q girl and then wait for the
girls to come.
It's martyrdom enough to be a
British soldier assigned TO the Sou
dan. In one regiment lO6 men have
died In the past two months.
Colleges Oftwenty-three States will
be represented ~ the summer school
Of Bible study b be conducted by
Mr.. Moody at NOrthfeld.
Convict labor Is one Of the issues Of
the Georgia gubernatOFial campaign,
and MFjOr A. .. Bacon, General Cor
dOn's opponent, for one is against It.
He advocates using the conyiets on
the public roads.
Rear Admiral James e. JOuett,
commanding the North Atlantic
Squadron, hauled down his flag, on
the Tenness ee, last Tuesday, aud will
become Pre- sident Of the Naval Board
Of Inspection aud Survey.
should Paul OfTarsus come along
now he would see queer-lOOking Bri {
ish creatures talking about luggage
and brasses, you know" IN his same
native city. An English railway is
now mystifying the simple country
men Of the Apostle.
The following Is said to be a COM
plete list Of the war Governors" now
living: Curtin, Of Pennsylvania I:
KirkWOOd, Of Iowa: Ramsey, of Min
nesOta Sprague, Of Rhode Island ;
Berry, Of New Hampshire; Blair, OF
Michigan, and Solomon Of WiscOn-
sin.
During the three years Of Its use the
Brooklyn bridge has served 81 ,537 ,657
passengers and earned in toto 81 ,64S,-
749.
A Waterford, Pa, wife-beater was
Penned up under q crOckery crate
and made meet for repentance with 3
powerful stream from q dre engine.
: The Court in Chancery In New Jer-
sey has just rendered an opinion
holding that q witness In that State
who sWears by the Bible is not bound
70 kiss the book.
The Republicans Of the New York
Legislature passed q bill banishing
the saloon from the State Capitol.
The Democratic Governor Of the
State promptly vetoed IL. When st.
John gets little time he will doubt
less drop In on Governor Hill and
pat him on the back.
When George w. Childs, Of Phila-
delphia, went to the steamer the
other day to receive Miss Margaret
Jones, Of London, prominent and
wealthy lady, and near relative Of
the Lord Caithness, be was told by
the captain that che had died on the
voyage and been consigned to the sea.
From 5000 to 5000 green Turtles are
annually brought 10 New YOrk, and
they sell at an average Of Is cents
per pound, grUss weight. They come
from Florida, the West Indies, and
the shores OF the Spanish main. Oc-
easiOnally one is caught as far north
as Long Island. They are caught In
nets, and also on the beach when
they come up 10 lay their eggs. They
do not bite or snap. Their food Is
green stuffs. In warm weather, with
an OecaslOned BASH, they will live six
weeks without food.
Pasteur has treated over / 1000 pa
tlents for hydrOphObia. His late
American patient, Miss AmRlia Moro
sini, Of New York, returned Ia excel.
lent health and spirits. Pasteur is
professor Of biology in the Institute
OF France, and 80 compensation to
the scientist goes as property in the
foam of subscription 10 the Institute.
The Pasteur fund is now over mil.
lion francs. He does not yet consider
bis theory Thoroughly proven, though
results have been emlnently satisfse-
tory.
Senator Ingalls, uttered an import
ant truth In the Senate the other dAy
when he said "that by pOstpOning
the time when our supply Of arabic
public lands should be exhausted, we
would postpone the time Of being
brought face TO face with the eonsid-
Grafton whether we should restrict
or that other and more
dangerous consideration whether we
should enter upon q new career of
conquest for the purpose OF acquiring
In the north or In the south new ter
ritOry over which our population
might spread"
The Senate Committee on Public
Lands this morning discussed and
amended Senator Mltehell's proposed
to the bill to repeal the
pre-emptiOn and timber culture laws.
It now provides: THAT nothing here
In shall be construed as depriving
the holders Of military bounty land
warrants, or other land warrants, or
other land scrip, at any time, hereto
fore Issued under or in pursuance Of
The provisions OF any law Of the
United States, Of their right to locate
such warrants or scrip on the public
lands Of the United States In the same
as II this act had not been
passed" In this form the committee
will accept the amendment.
Lieut., Greely, United States navy,
II Arctic fame, is extremely plOus
md prayeFful. Lieut.. Ray, United
States navy, another noted explorer,
e quite the reverse. They recently |
net at Washington, and fell to dis
.ussing their experiences In the |
North Sea. 81 suppose, said Raw 10 |
freely, that you kept up q steady |
Itream Of prayer through all those |
errible days. You believe 10 the
,mcagy Of prayer ?" Indeed I do.
Every moment Of the day I found |
trsngth and consolation In sending
lp my prayers 20 heaven" "Well,n
spilled Ray, 81 swore like . trooper
he whole time was Ia the north.
ahmed the cold, the Ice, the food.