The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-22


Q tes, cheap At Z. w. obeF's. t4s
The county commissioners have O.
cided to bald asphaltum walks from
each corner Of the eOuTt yard and
from the front entrance, to the court
house. Stone steps will also Be con-
: structed in front Of the three 'front.'
dOon.
} Mr.. n. Wilson l. alive 10 the i'm
poFtanee Of making his addition Is At
traetive as possible and has set ont
800 maple trees and sOWn blue grass
without stint. He will have q charm
log addition surely, with such i'm
provemeBts.
The warm sun Of the past few days
has done wonderful things In quick
ening the wheat plant, and in some
sections, that which was supposed TO
be lifeless has come out a. fresh and
green as wheat ever was at this season
Of the year.
Mr. P. T. Caldwell's famIly have re-
turned east, and Mr.. Caldwell him
self expects to join them soon. We
are only one Of many who regret very
much Mr.. Caldwell's determination to
remove from Sallna. and hope TO see
him finally return. H
The ladies Of the Christian church
will be pleased to entertain their
friends this evening at the residence
Of F. G. Miller on Ninth street.
First-class refreshments, good music,
and q pleasant evening guaranteed
for the small sum OF IS cents.
On Saturday night the city census
taker, Mr.. d. A. VanTrihe, had pro
eeeded with the enumeration Of Sail
mas inhabitants to the number Of
4,5O4. He thinks there will be no
trouble at ell In finding 5000 inhab-
itants within our limits this year.
Ladies' muslin Underwear, the bes
fitting aud best made goods on earth,
for sale IS low as you can buy the ma
terial. Come and examine AZ Z. w.
Ober's Old Reliable and Mammoth
Corner Store.
Mr.. Girls. BachtOl has sold TO Rev. |
d. d. Campbell one acre Of his ground |
situated on the West side Of the Kan
sas Wesleyan University grounds.
The price price paid for the same was
500. Mr.. Campbell will Immediate
ly build residence upon this prop
erty.
J. J. Diekey, Superintendent Of the
Western Union and Union Pacific
telegraph company, L. H. Korty, as
sistant superintendent and II E. Jen-
nisOn, superintendent Of construction,
were in town Tuesday night. They
were on q tour Of inspection Of the
various offices.
Mr.. Jesse Frost has rented the
Shute meat market bailding, and on
or about the first Of May will start In
with first-class restaurant. AS soon
~ the present occupants move out he
will proceed at once TO fix up the
room In ship shape. He will no
doubt make a splendid restauranter.
The sympathy of this community
will be rendered to Mrs. r. w. Mil
Ter, In her loss OF Recommendations
by the death Of her little boy. She
will soon be conveyed to an asylum.
We hear her spoken Of a. most ex-
csllent lady. II is to be trusted that
her grievOus affiietiOn Is only tempo
rarY.
Frank WIlkesOn's picture now ap.
pears In nearly all the papers which
publish the pictures and accompany
ing sketches Of eminent characters.
The sketch is contributed by Ger
trude Garrison. It was published in
the Topeka Capital Of Sunday, as
special correspondence from New
York.
Bristol Sisters, Florists Of Topeka,
will exhibit In Salina q choice line of
their plants and flowers at Mr.. Keil-
horns Drug Store (Dr. Houser's old
stand) Friday snd Saturday Of this
week. The ladies OfSalina are invited
to go and look at the display. They
will certainly find something TO inter
est them.
There was quite . good attendance
at the concert given by the talented
Nine. Frye and her daughters Tues
day night. 1t is spoken Of as having
been q fne entertainment. Nine. Frye
was in SaIlna once before. This ex-
cellent concert company win ever re-
celve q warm welcome from the mu-
sic-lOving Salinaites.
Mr.. R. P. Cravens has bought q
half interest in the Herald property,
aud now assists in running the ina
sheen" Cravens II . thOrough-gOIng
Democrat and possesses good bust
ness tact. Where Davis fails to punch
Republican pates, Cravens will come
in with edge-hammer blows, and
thus will the mill proceed until the
32d round.
Junction City might feel proud be-
cause she was hOnOred as the meeting
place Of the Abilene Phillip and Anna.
Sallna claims an equal honor. and
Ellsworth furnishes the material.
Shall Junction and Salina combine
sgainst their neighbOrs In an offensive
and defensive compalgn, or rest plse-
idly On their oars and allow such
things to be
On Saturday last Mr.. A. ]. Holm
qvist received q fine double carriage
for Jewett & Johnson's livery stable.
Mr.. HOlmqvist has ordered q Boston
ROekaway-eOsting about $1OOO-fOF
Aaron Adams, who will soon be
upon the street 10 answer all calls 20
and from the trains, or drives 10 and
shout the city. It viii be q very
handsome vehicle.
Mr.. Aug. Nelson is just eOmpl citing
q fne cement walk In front Of his
residence on South Eighth street II
Is laid In = mosaic pattern-vhits and
grey squares, making most sttrae-
live appearance. Mr., Nelson asserts